List of Senran Kagura characters

The main characters from Senran Kagura Burst. Clockwise from right: Hibari, Yagyū, Katsuragi, Ikaruga, Asuka, Homura, Yomi, Hikage, Mirai, Haruka

The following is a list of characters from Tamsoft's video game, manga, and anime franchise, Senran Kagura. The series revolves around several high school girls who secretly train in the ninja arts.

Hanzō Academy

The main characters of the first game and the anime. Hanzō Academy (国立半蔵学院, Kokuritsu Hanzō Gakuin) was originally created by the Japanese Government in order to counter other ninjas hired by corporations and politicians to further their ambitions. Also known as the "Light Faction", where only the good are accepted; this means that only individuals with a clean record, i.e. has not killed anyone, can enroll.

Asuka (飛鳥)

Voiced by: Hitomi Harada (Japanese), Felecia Angelle (English)

The main character, she is a second year, who barely passed the promotion exam. She wants to follow in her grandfather's footsteps and become a great ninja. She's an upbeat person, though she is naive at times and has a fear of frogs which is (unfortunately) also her family's summon animal. Her weapons of choice are the Ninjatō passed down from her grandfather.

Ikaruga (斑鳩)

Voiced by: Asami Imai (Japanese), Alexis Tipton (English)

A third year, she is mature and supportive and takes her duty as a ninja very seriously. However, she sometimes loses her composure and acts more naturally. She is an adopted daughter of a wealthy ninja family, however she was chosen to be the next head of her family over her brother, who is a failure as a ninja. Her summoning animal is the Chinese Phoenix. Her weapon of choice is the Katana, Hien which has been passed down to her by her adopted Father (Voiced by: Jin Yamanoi (Japanese), Brian Mathis (English)).

Katsuragi (葛城)

Voiced by: Yū Kobayashi (Japanese), Brittney Karbowski (English)

A third year, she is the perverted member of the group, who loves to fondle Asuka's breasts. Her summoning animal is the dragon. Her weapon of choice is a pair of greaves. She is fighting to prove herself the strongest and re-establish the lost honor of her family, which was lost when they failed a mission and had to choose between suicide or running away without their daughter. In Shinovi Versus, it is revealed that her parents were assigned to assassinate Kurokage, but were unable to bring themselves to do so and chose to abandon Katsuragi and live a life on the run.

Yagyū (柳生, Yagyū)

Voiced by: Kaori Mizuhashi (Japanese), Bryn Apprill (English)

A first year, she is a ninja prodigy. She cares very much for Hibari who she supports the most and vows to protect at all cost. She wears an eye patch over her right eye and carries an umbrella (with various weapons hidden within) at all times. Her summoning animal is the giant squid. She used to have a little sister, who died in a car accident years ago, and her deceased sister looks like Hibari, which is why she is initially attracted to Hibari.

Hibari (雲雀)

Voiced by: Yuka Iguchi (Japanese), Megan Shipman (English)

A first year of the group, she is very childish and clumsy and loves cute and sweet things. She is also really close to Yagyū, whom she says to love. Her summoning animal is a large pink rabbit. Hibari is one of the very few characters who don't have a sad, painful, or dark past.

Kiriya-sensei (霧夜)

Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara (Japanese), Philip Weber (English)

The girls' ninja teacher. He has a habit of appearing in a puff of smoke. He trained Rin when she was a member of the Light Faction.

Daidoji-senpai (大道寺, Daidōji)

Voiced by: Yu Asakawa (Japanese), Martha Harms (English)

A ninja who was two years junior to Rin. She vowed not to graduate until she defeated Rin. She is always followed by a black cat. Her summoning animal is the Tiger.

Hanzō (半蔵)

Voiced by: Kanehira Yamamoto (Japanese), Bill Brooks (English)

Asuka's grandfather and founder of the academy, who was once a great ninja. He has since retired and now owns a sushi restaurant. He always gives Asuka oversized sushi rolls for lunch which she and the other girls enjoy.

Homura Crimson Squad

The main rivals of Skirting Shadows and main characters of Crimson Girls. As of Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus, they have broken off from Hebijo Clandestine Girls' Academy and formed their own unit, the Homura Crimson Squad (焔紅蓮隊, Homura Guren-tai).

Homura (焔)

Voiced by: Eri Kitamura (Japanese), Monica Rial (English)

A second year, the leader of Homura Gurentai, and the main character in Senran Kagura Burst. She fights with 3 katanas in each hand, brandished like claws. It is revealed in episode 9 that she was supposed to enroll in Hanzō Academy, but she killed someone, and Hanzō Academy only accepts those with clean records. The person she killed is in turn revealed to be an evil ninja who attacked her when she was still a middle-school student. Despite doing it in self-defense, she was banished from her family for it anyway.

Yomi (詠)

Voiced by: Ai Kayano (Japanese), Trina Nishimura (English)

Yomi is a calm and somewhat slow girl, who however, has also a darker side. She's also obsessed with bean sprouts and puts them in almost everything she cooks. Her obsession stems from her youth, as she and her parents lived in the slums filled with poverty and hunger, and her parents passed away from malnutrition, and she considers bean sprouts to be good food for the poor to live on. She fights with a huge claymore-like sword.

Hikage (日影)

Voiced by: Ryoko Shiraishi (Japanese), Kara Edwards (English)

A mysterious, snake-like girl who tries not to show any emotion. In the anime, it is told that she was raised to be a killing machine, while in game it's revealed: she grew up on the streets, and was adopted by a female gang leader named Hinata who was killed in a fight some time afterward. She fights using various knives stored in her gauntlets.

Mirai (未来)

Voiced by: Saori Gotō (Japanese), Lara Woodhull (English)

A first year, the smallest girl of the group, who carries an umbrella like Yagyū and has an eyepatch over her other eye. She fights using various fire arms hidden in her dress in addition to her umbrella. She used to be bullied in her old school, and came to the dark faction so she could fight against bullies.

Haruka (春花)

Voiced by: Megumi Toyoguchi (Japanese), Teri Rogers (English)

The scientist of the group. She has a fascination with creating puppets. She fights by using the arm sleeves of her lab coat, as well as a vast repertoire of exploding chemical vials. She is mentally twisted due her past, when her mother used to use Haruka as her dress-up doll.

Rin

Voiced by: Suzuko Mimori (Japanese), Lydia Mackay (English)

The girls' ninja teacher of Homura Gurentai during Senran Kagura Burst. She was formerly called Rin, and was a student of Hanzō Academy until she faked her own death due to a failed mission. In Shinovi Versus, it was revealed that her first mission was to clear out a den of Youmas, but they proved too powerful and wiped out her entire team, leaving her as the sole survivor where she was found by a group of evil shinobi and nursed back to health. Her goal when young was to become a "super ninja."

Hebijo Clandestine Girls' Academy

The Hebijo Clandestine Girls' Academy (秘立蛇女子学園, Hiritsu Hebi Joshi Gakuen, lit. Hidden Serpent Girls' Academy), also known as the "Dark Faction", is the rival school to Hanzō Academy. Here everybody is accepted, hence the quote, "The darkness accepts all."

Miyabi (雅緋)

Voiced by: Hiromi Hirata

A third year of the group. Her weapon of choice is the Demon Blade. Her mother was brutally killed by a youma (a monster which only ninjas can defeat) in front of her when she was a child.

Imu (忌夢)

Voiced by: Chiwa Saitō

A third year of the group, Miyabi's Childhood Friend. Her weapon of choice is a Staff.

Murasaki (紫)

Voiced by: Sayuri Yahagi

Imu's sister. She never attends school, making her the first truant in Hebijo Academy. She has the largest breasts in the series so far, and her weapon of choice is a large Shuriken.

Ryobi (両備, Ryōbi)

Voiced by: Yōko Hikasa

Transfer Student from Shijuku Gessen Jogakkan. Her weapon of choice is the sniper rifle.

Ryona (両奈, Ryōna)

Voiced by: MAKO

Transfer Student from Shijuku Gessen Jogakkan, and Ryobi's twin sister. She wields a unique pair of handguns in combat.

Gessen Girls' Academy

Yumi (雪泉)

Voiced by: Yumi Hara

A third-year student of the group. Her parents are killed after encountering a ninja, and raised by Hanzō's rival afterwards. Her weapons are a pair of fans and her summoning animal is the snow spider. Her name means "snowy spring" in Japanese, which may have subconsciously contributed to her cool personality and fighting style.

Murakumo (叢)

Voiced by: Hisako Kanemoto

A third-year stduent. Murakumo is a shy girl that always wear her own special, demonic mask during combat. When her mask inevitably does come off, she has a very shy and introverted personality, getting so nervous that she stammers and stutters, on nearly every syllable. She'll use anything she can get her hands on (even a garbage bag) to hide her face from the world in these situations Her preferred weaponry is a large cleaver and a snake-styled spear, and her summoning animal is a pack of wolves.

Yozakura (夜桜)

Voiced by: Kaori Ishihara

A second-year student. Though she's typically serious and humorless, she's quick to fly into rage when things go awry, at which point her hometown accent comes out with a vengeance. She disapproves of twisted or warped things, nor things that get hot. Yozakura is the oldest of 12 brother and sisters, and her mother died in a battle as shinobi when she was 8 years old and her father died a year later as shinobi, too. After his death, Yozakura was separated from her relatives. Her weapon is a pair of piston-powered gloves that enlarge during combat, maximizing the damage dealt.

Shiki (四季)

Voiced by: Ayano Yamamoto

A first-year student. She speaks with a high-spirited valley girl accent and has a lot of friends outside of her shinobi team. Despite her appearance, she's someone her classmates can always count on during training. She is seen mostly with her phone. Like Yumi, her parents were killed, but unlike in her case, Shiki's parents died in the line of duty as shinobi. Her preferred weapon is a scythe, and she can summon a bat swarm during combat.

Minori (美野里)

Voiced by: Hiromi Igarashi

A first-year student, she is very childish despite her age and loves to play around, being a simple-minded child. Yozakura diligently tries to discipline/teach her manners. She uses a frying pan and bucket as her weapons.

Other characters

Murasame (村雨)

Voiced by: Kanehira Yamamoto (video game), Hiroki Yasumoto (anime) (Japanese), Scott Freeman (English)

Ikaruga's adoptive older brother. He is a failure as a ninja and so was passed over to be the future head of the family. He once tried to steal Hien but proved to be outclassed by Ikaruga. However, he is a brilliant businessman, a quality he did not know that his father also recognised, and ends up running the family's business empire.

Ryoki (両姫)

Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue

The (formerly) deceased sister of Ryōbi and Ryōna. During the Estival Versus, she was revived by Sayuri and her company during the special Kagura Festival.

Renka

Voiced by: Minami Tsuda

Hanabi (華毘)

Voiced by: Sora Tokui

Kafuru (華風流)

Voiced by: Shiori Izawa

Sayuri

Voiced by: Reiko Suzuki (as Sayuri) and Voiced by: Rie Tanaka (as Jasmine)

Asuka's 81-year old grandmother and Hanzo's wife. Her Shinobi Transformation allows her to take a younger form in which she is called Jasmine.