List of Future Diary characters

This is a list of characters from the manga and anime series Future Diary. The Diary game contestants are named after Dii Consentes or Twelve Olympians in Roman and Greek Mythology ^[1].

Contents 1 Main characters 2 Diary game contestants and judges 3 Other characters 4 References

Main characters

Yukiteru Amano (天野 雪輝, Amano Yukiteru^?)

Voiced by: Misuzu Togashi^[2]

The main male protagonist of the series and the First Diary user. Also known as Yuki (ユッキー, Yukkī^?), he is a 14 year old middle schooler who is a rather quiet boy that doesn't talk much with behavior bordering on un-social. He mostly sees things around him as a bystander and writes it down in his cell phone diary. Yuki becomes involved in the Diary Game when to his shock that Deus, a god-like being whom he thought was an imaginary friend turns out to be real, selects him as one of twelve contestants in a 90 day battle royale where they must kill each other using their special diaries where the last survivor becomes Deus' new heir. Yuki's diary is called the Random Diary (無差別日記, Musabetsu Nikki^?), which written from his point of view, gives a detail explanation of his surroundings very accurately whether it be the present or the future. While versatile in any situation, the main disadvantage of the Random Diary is that it doesn't tells him what is happening to himself which leaves him vulnerable. Furthermore, since the diary is written from his point of view, Yuki can be tricked into thinking something he sees is true without realizing it which is a disadvantage for other people who use the Random Diary.

Unlike most of the contestants, Yuki doesn't want any part of the game as he just wants to live peacefully and doesn't want to kill anyone, but is forced to play to survive and will only kill as a last resort as he is the main target by the other diary users because Deus sees Yuki as his favorite to win. Because he is weak, in order to protect himself, he quickly makes friends and allies to help him including Yuno Gasai, a girl in his class who is madly in love with him and another diary user. Yuki is a kind person yet is naive for quickly trusting people whether they be friend or other diary users as they may have ulterior motives. The most complex relationship he has is Yuno, while Yuno is a formidable ally, her mad obsessive love for him to the point she is willing to kill or use anyone so both of them can survive scares him yet despite the many things she does that shocks him including kidnapping him against his will and learning she killed her parents, Yuki still relies on Yuno in order to protect himself.

Originally, Yuki's main goal was to find a way to end the game peacefully without killing anyone but that goal quickly changes when during the middle of the game, his mother is accidentally killed by his father, who is also later killed by agents of John Balks, the Eleventh Diary user. Grieving over his parents death, Yuno seduces and convinces him that in order to bring his parents back to life, he should win the game and once he becomes the new God of Time and Space, he can use his divine powers to bring them back from the dead. With this new goal, Yuki becomes determined to win no matter what including lying, killing, backstabbing and destruction. His new behavior shocks his friends as his and Yuno's actions cause a series of terrorist attacks across the city. By the end of the manga, Yuki becomes the new god after Yuno kills herself to ensure he wins, but he spends 10,000 years in limbo in mourning, until the third incarnation of Yuno, maintaining the first's memories, reunites with him.

He is named after Jupiter, the Roman god of the sky, weather and lightning ^[1].

Yuno Gasai (我妻 由乃, Gasai Yuno^?)

Voiced by: Tomosa Murata^[3]

The main female protagonist and the Second Diary user. Smart, beautiful, and diligent, to most students she is seen as the model student but in reality, she is secretly obsessed with Yuki and constantly stalks him. Having Yandere-like tendencies, she is so obsessed with Yuki that she is willing to hurt or kill anyone who hurts him and is constantly jealous if anyone other than her is getting close with Yuki to the point she won't hesitant to sacrifice them because to her, the only important thing is that she and Yuki survive the game. Her diary is the Yukiteru Diary (雪輝日記, Yukiteru Nikki^?), a diary which gives her details whatever Yuki is doing in the present every 10 minutes. Because it only focuses on Yuki, her diary doesn't details anything about her unless it has to do with Yuki. But working together with Yuki's Random Diary, they are able to solve their diaries weaknesses.

Yuno's behavior was the result of her parents, who used to be loving parents before becoming demanding and pressuring their daughter to be the perfect citizen to the point they would lock her up in a cage and only allowed her certain amount of time for her to sleep and how much food she ate. Their treatment drove Yuno insane up to the point that she locked her parents in the same cage, hoping they would realize how she felt and change back to their old-selves only for them to die of hunger. To hide her parents' death, she made a cover story that they were working over-seas but Yuki would later learn about this as well as the truth after Aru Akise investigated the bodies. Yuno's origins are further explored, revealing she originates from a destroyed parallel world where the survival game already occured and she emerged as the victor, but was unable to resurrect the previous version of Yuki. This prompted her to perform a time leap to the past, creating a second world, where she murdered and replaced her second self.

By the end of the manga, Yuno's past is revealed, and she comes to the belief that she was merely using Yuki and tries to rid herself of him by sealing him in a illusionary world using her godly powers. However, Yuki breaks free just as Yuno realises she does love Yuki and she kills herself to ensure he wins the survival game. However, thanks to Deus Ex Machina, Yuno's memories are implanted in her third incarnation, allowing Yuno and Yuki to reunite.

She is named after the Roman goddess Juno^[4].

Minene Uryu (雨流 みねね, Uryū Minene^?)

Voiced by: Mai Aizawa^[5]

The secondary female protagonist, the Ninth Diary user and the protagonist of the side-story manga, Future Diary: Mosaic. An infamous atheist terrorist, Minene is a young woman who has hatred against organized religion particular God. Her hatred of religion stems from her past when she and parents were traveling in a city in the Middle East but got caught in a battle, which is hinted between Israelis and Palestinians, where her parents were killed in the crossfire. Blaming God for her parents death, she leads a crusade of destruction against those associated with God. Minene got involved in the Diary game when after a failed assassination to kill a Catholic Cardinal, she tried to escape but almost fell to her death but was saved by Deus who gave her an offer to save her if she join his game. Minene's diary is the Escape Diary (逃亡日記, Tōbō Nikki^?), which will chart out the best course of actions for her to escape whenever she finds herself in a dangerous situation. While it means she can escape anything, it is not perfect as the diary can only tell her how to escape if there are favorably conditions that allow her any chance to escape.

Originally, she wants to win the game to destroy religion worldwide but later mellows out after befriending Yuki and his friends. While she began as an antagonist against Yuki, she later became his ally, becoming a big sister figure to him and both of them hold no animosity with each other despite Minene was responsible for the destruction and deaths at his school and Yuki was the one who blinded her left eye. She shares an interesting relationship with Masumi Nishijima of the police whom she met during her failed assassination of the Cardinal. While she constantly dismisses all of his attempts to get to know her, she finally relents and eventually falls in love with Masumi. Minene is seemingly killed during the fight against the Eleventh user John Balks, but is saved by Deus who gives her a portion of his power to stop Yuno and Muru Muru's plan to restart the game in the third world, allowing her to aid Yuki in the final chapters of the manga.

She is named after the Roman goddess Minerva^[6].

Aru Akise (秋瀬 或, Akise Aru^?)

Voiced by: Akira Ishida^[7]

The secondary male protagonist and the protagonist of the side-story manga, Future Diary: Paradox. One of Yuki's new friends at his new school, Aru is genius with an amazing investigation skills and wants to be a great detective. He becomes involve in the Diary Game to learn the mysteries surrounding it and protect Yuki. Aru is bisexual, as not only he is interested in Yuki, but shows interest for Minene and Tsubaki as well. As the games continue, Aru becomes suspicious of Yuno and tries to find out what secrets is she hiding from Yuki. He discovers Yuno's origins, and is further revealed to be an artificial creation of Deus, known as an "observer", to keep an eye on the survival game's development. Aru confronts Yuki and Yuno, but is decapitated by the latter, but not before he realises Yuno is from an alternate world and warns Yuki with a text message.

Diary game contestants and judges

Takao Hiyama (火山 高夫, Hiyama Takao^?)

Voiced by: Jin Domon^[8]

The Third Diary user. Takao is a teacher at Yuki's school who is secretly a serial killer who wears a heavy bulletproof trenchcoat with a hat and mask that hides his identity. Takao's diary is the Murder Diary (殺人日記, Satsujin Nikki^?) which gives him details on who his next victims are and where and how he kills them. While the diary helps him catch his victims and prevents them from escaping, it does not tell him what to do if his victims will fight back thus he can be easily defeated. He was killed by a dart Yukiteru threw at his diary.

It is revealed by Muru Muru that Takao repeatedly accidentally killed himself when she was presenting him with his Future Diary. First was when he thought she was a witness to his recent killing and sliced the phone, and then thinking the phone was evidence, he destroyed it again. She admitted she suspected he would be the first to go because of his paranoid personality.

He is named after the Roman god Vulcan ^[9].

Keigo Kurusu (来須 圭悟, Kurusu Keigo^?)

Voiced by: Masahiko Tanaka^[10]

The Fourth Diary user. Keigo is a police captain who was chosen for the Diary Game to balance out the other Diary users who were much worse. Calm, cool and collected, Keigo has no interest in the game and wants to find a way to stop it before more people get hurt and thus becoming Yuki's ally. His diary is the Criminal Investigation Diary (捜査日記, Sōsa Nikki^?), which gives him details of crimes that will happen within the next 90 days, but it cannot predict the future of an investigation done by someone other than himself.

He is introduced helping Yuki and Yuno against Minene after she terrorize their school and latter forms an alliance with them to find and stop the other Diary users. Thanks to his position, he provides police intel for Yuki and Yuno. Later, he joins them to the Omekata cult's shrine where its leader, Tsubaki has held Minene prisoner. After a three-way battle between them, the twelfth Diary user Yomotsu and Tsubaki's cult, Keigo helps Minene escape in exchange she becomes his informant and protect his son who is hospitalized due to his condition. But upon learning that his son's condition is not improving and will die in several weeks, Keigo, desperate to save his son's life, decides to win the game. After killing the Diary user Karyuudo, he frames Yuki and Yuno for trying to kill him and has the police go on a manhunt for them with orders to shoot to killed on sight. Yuki and Yuno hides at the hospital where Keigo's wife and son are along with Minene who decides to help them after learning of Keigo's betrayal. Keigo soon has the hospital surrounded and personally leads the SWAT police to kill Yuki, Yuno, Minene and save his family. But unbeknownst to him, Minene was able to sneak out and tells Masumi of what Keigo really did. After a standoff between him and Yuki, Keigo realizes he cannot kill a child and kills himself by destroying his Future Diary. Before dying, he apologizes to Yuki for betraying him and tells him to protect his family.

He is named after the Roman god Mercury^[11].

Tsubaki Kasugano (春日野 椿, Kasugano Tsubaki^?)

Voiced by: Eri Sendai^[12]

The Sixth Diary user. A frail girl with bad eye-sight, she is the leader of the Omekata cult (御目方教, Omekata Kyō^?) where she's serves as the group priestess. The scroll she carries is actually her Future diary called the Clairvoyance Diary (千里眼日記, Senrigan Nikki^?) which allows her to read what her followers see. However, Tsubaki does not trust what her diary tells her because what her followers see may not be accurate and her fear of traitors from within.

Tsubaki is introduced after Yuki, Yuno and Keigo are invited to her cult's shrine to help deal with a Diary user who is disguising himself as one of her followers and planning to kill her in exchange she surrenders Minene to them after her cult captured her. Yuki agrees to help her due to her condition and Tsubaki's claim she has no interests in winning the game much to Yuno's jealousy. When the Twelfth diary user Yomotsu takes action to kill Tsubaki by hypnotizing her followers, Yuki and Yuno protects her and kills Yomotsu. However, Tsubaki betrays everyone, revealing she was using Minene as bait to lure them so she could trap and kill them and tells Yuki that she lied about not being interested in the game as she wants win and end the world as she hates it.

The reason she hates the world was because when she was young, her parents who were the original leaders of the cult were killed in a car crash and she was made the priestess. However, the cult's second-in-command wanted the members of the cult not to leave so he had Tsubaki trapped in a cage and allowed the male members of the cult to rape her as part of a "ritual". The rapes traumatized Tsubaki with the only thing keeping her sane was a ball given to her by her mother but when she loses it during one of the cult's gang rapes, Tsubaki finally had enough and wanted the world to end for making her suffer. After Yuno helps Yuki escape by cutting off Tsubaki's right hand, Yuki goes into hiding until Tsubaki orders him to show himself or her cult will rape Yuno. Yuki charges into the room where Tsubaki and Yuno are and distracts everyone by throwing a ball, the ball Tsubaki lost, into the air and throwing a dart at Tsubaki's Future Diary. Before her death, Tsubaki cries it was unfair that her ball came back now when she needed it the most.

In Future Diary: Paradox, Aru, who replaces Yuki as the First Diary user is ordered by Muru Muru to reenacted the events above but instead, Aru refuses and does things differently by having Ai and Orin help him distract Muru Muru and the Omekata cult so he can bring Tsubaki out of the cult's shrine. With Aru, Tsubaki learns from his investigations that her parents were actually murdered by the cult's second-in-command because her parents wanted to end the cult and give Tsubaki a normal life. Due to his kindness and him teaching her that despite what she had gone through, there was still some good in the world, Tsubaki falls in love with Aru.

She is named after Proserpina, the Roman goddess of the spring^[13].

Yomotsu Hirasaka (平坂 黄泉, Hirasaka Yomotsu^?)

Voiced by: Yoshihisa Kawahara^[14]

The Twelfth Diary user. Blind and insane, he is a vigilante who acts like a super sentai hero including wearing spandex and a large, round one eye mask. While claiming to be fighting for "Justice", his view of justice is very different as to him, justice is the one who wins. His tape recorder called the Justice Diary (正義日記, Seigi Nikki^?), has the ability to tell him what evil deeds that will happen in the future which range from normally criminal like plotting murder to the nonsensical like littering. Furthermore, his diary can hypnotize people by giving them illusions. Yuno later chopped off his head and therefore killing him. A running gag with him is his real face is never seen, at one point going as far as to wear two separate bags on his head so as to continue hiding it even after having it removed.

He is named after the Roman god Pluto^[15].

Reisuke Houjou (豊穣 礼佑, Hōjō Reisuke^?)

Voiced by: Asami Sanada^[16]

The Fifth Diary user. Reisuke is a four year old boy who despite looking seemingly harmless, is very intelligent for his age and has a very diabolical mind. He sometimes speaks in third person with his hand puppets who talks with. Reisuke's diary is the Hyper Vision Diary (はいぱーびじょんだいありー, Haipā Bijon Daiarī^?), a coloring book that gives a small summary of the activities that he will perform for the day. However, his diary only shows three entries for the day during the morning, noon, and night. Despite that, it has a certain advantage of giving Reisuke all three entries at the same time, which allows him ample time to carefully plot his next move, as well as some pictures drawn by him, giving him some source material other than writing.

Reisuke parents were members of the Omekata cult who both later committed mass suicide after the police raided their temple. However, Reisuke claims he never loved his parents since they neglected him and wants to win the game to be a "Super Elite" to prove he doesn't need to depend on adults. But despite these claims, Minene learned Reisuke did love his parents and was devastated when they died. After his parents' death, Reisuke is adopted by Mrs. Amano as she was a friend of his father. Due to the fact Yuki and Yuno were responsible for the incident that led to the police raid at the Omekata temple, Reisuke plans to kill them first, holding them responsible for his parents' deaths yet at the same time, he grows fond of them in a uniquely sadistic way, even calling them big brother and big sister. He was then killed by a stab wound given by Yuno.

He is named after the Roman goddess Ceres^[17]

Karyuudo Tsukishima (月島 狩人, Tsukishima Karyūdo^?)

Voiced by: Hirokazu Hiramatsu^[18]

The Tenth Diary user. A rich man with elegant taste, Karyuudo is a dog breeder who loves and cares about his dogs so much that he neglect his family. His diary is the Breeder's Diary (飼育日記, Shiiku Nikki^?), which allows him to control his dogs to attack his enemies using his cell phone by voice command. However, it's the disadvantage is that the more dogs that user control, the greater concentration needed to command all of them which leaves the user vulnerable. Karyuudo gets shot to death by Keigo.

He is named after the Roman goddess Diana^[19].

Marco Ikusaba (戦場 マルコ, Ikusaba Maruko^?) and Ai Mikami (美神 愛, Mikami Ai^?)

Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki (Marco), Natsuko Kuwatani (Ai)^[20]

Originally assumed to be two separate Diary users, Marco and Ai are in fact both the Seventh Diary user. When first introduced, Marco and Ai were using apprentice diaries which were assume by Yuki and his allies as their real Future diaries with Marco's The Unbeatable Brawler Diary (常勝無敗ケンカ日記, Jōshō Muhai Kenka Nikki^?) predicting attacks before they happened, while Ai's Flirting Diary (逆ナン日記, Gyaku-nan Nikki^?) locates any man she wants to flirt in the future. Their real diaries is the Exchange Diaries (交換日記, Kōkan Nikki^?) which report each other's immediate future. The couple displays excellent teamwork as they use their diaries to cover each other's weaknesses.

Ai appeared early in the series working undercover as member of the Omekata cult with her friend Orin Miyashiro to spy on Tsubaki. She returns later, this time with her boyfriend, Marco to eliminate the threat that of Yuki and Yuno. Marco and Ai are orphans who fell in love with each other after Ai was adopted by Kamado Ueshita, Marco's guardian. Their devotion is so strong that they want to win the game so they can become God and live for eternity together.

Marco and Ai are named after the Roman gods Mars and Venus, respectively^[21].

Kamado Ueshita (上下 かまど, Ueshita Kamado^?)

Voiced by: Hiromi Konno^[22]

The Eighth Diary user. A large, strangely shaped woman, she is in charge of the "Mother's Home" orphanage where Marco, Ai and Orin were raised. Her diary, the Blog Diary (増殖日記, Zōshoku Nikki^?, "Propagation Diary"), is actually a server that can be accessed by the people she allows in, giving each person their own "Apprentice Diary" that can predict the future in their own various ways. Kamado has no interest in the Diary Game as the only thing she cares about looking after her orphans. Ironically, it is her orphans who want her to win as they love Kamado and will kill anyone who harms her.

She is named after the Roman goddess Vesta^[23].

John Balks (ジョン バックス, Jon Bakkusu^?)

Voiced by: Takaya Hashi^[24]

The Eleventh Diary user and final one to be introduced. Balks is the Mayor of Sakurami City and is mastermind behind the Diary Game as he was the one who convince Deus to create the battle royale that will determine Deus' successor. Balks diary is the Watcher Diary ("The Watcher" in the Japanese version) which enables him to read the other diary users entries including the Apprentice Diary users. A believer in Nazi ideology, Balks' main goal is to create a race of superior beings with him as their leader.

He is named for the Roman god Bacchus^[25].

The Thirteenth Diary user

An exclusive character that only appears in the PSP visual novel, Future Diary: The 13th Diary Owner (未来日記 -13人目の日記所有者-, Mirai Nikki: 13-nin-me no Nikki Shoyūsha^?). Not much is known about her except that she is a high school student who wears a yellow raincoat.

Deus Ex Machina (デウス エクス マキナ, Deusu Ekusu Makina^?)

Voiced by: Norio Wakamoto^[26]

The God of Time and Space and the Diary Game overseer and creator. Yuki always assume that Deus was just his imaginary friend only to learn he is in fact real. Convinced by John Balks, Deus created the Diary Game to find a worthy successor to take over his place as the reason he created the game as his life is coming to an end.

He is named after the Greek god, Zeus

Muru Muru (ムルムル, Murumuru^?)

Voiced by: Manami Honda^[27]

A brown, white haired girl who is Deus' servant. She has a rather playful and nonchalant attitude toward Deus and the other Diary users. Most of the time she serves as the comic relief of the series.

She is named after Murmur, one of the 72 Goetic demons^[28].

Other characters

Masumi Nishijima (西島 真澄, Nishijima Masumi^?)

Voiced by: Makoto Ishii

Chief Investigator and Keigo's subordinate within the police. He is an ally of Yuki within the police force. Masumi is interested in Minene, when the latter disguised herself as police detective. Even when he learns her real identity and what she does, Masumi still continues pursuing a relationship with Minene, much to the latter's confusion.

Ouji Kosaka (高坂 王子, Kōsaka Ōji^?)

Voiced by: Minoru Shiraishi

A classmate of Yuki's who used to bully him in the past but later became his friend during the Diary Game. He is the first one to receive his Disciple Diary from the Eighth Diary user. He helps Yuki whenever possible.

Hinata Hino (日野 日向, Hino Hinata^?)

Voiced by: Yuki Matsuoka

One of Yuki's new friends in his new school. Her father is actually Karyuudo Tsukishima, the Tenth Diary user. Although she initially attempted to kill Yuki, Yuno, Aki and Kosaka, she did so under her father's promise (later revealed to be a lie) that they could be a family again. After her father's death, she helps Yuki whenever possible.

She is named after Apollo, the Greek god of the prophecy.

Mao Nonosaka (野々坂 まお, Nonosaka Mao^?)

Voiced by: Yukana

One of Yuki's new friends in his new school. She is in love with Hinata and would do anything for her.

Orin Miyashiro (宮代 お鈴, Miyashiro Orin^?)

Voiced by: Etsuko Kozakura

An assistant to Kamado.

Rea Amano (天野 礼亜, Amano Rea^?)

Voiced by: Kaoru Mizuhara

Yuki's mother who is rarely at home because of her work as a video game programmer. Despite this, she has a very casual and close relationship with her son and even approved Yuno as his girlfriend. However, she is oblivious of her son's involvement in the Diary Game and Yuno's true nature. Prior to the series, she divorced her husband Kurou for gaining a large debt. She later finds her ex-husband and the two fight, with both dying together.

She is named after Rhea, the mother of Jupiter's Greek equivalent, Zeus.

Kurou Amano (天野 九郎, Amano Kurō^?)

Yuki's father, who is divorced from his wife for gaining a large debt. He appears later trying to sympathize with Yuki and reform their family. This is a facade however as he is secretely working under the Eleventh Diary user, to kill Yuki by destroying his diary, in exchange of having his debts paid. His plans are foiled by the Seventh users, and while he makes his escape, he is confronted by his ex-wife. The two fight and die together.

He is named after Cronus, the father of Jupiter's Greek equivalent, Zeus.

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