All 52 Shinkaidle characters

Akari Shinohara

Takaki's childhood friend, who moves away to Tochigi.

Film

5 Centimeters per Second

Year

2007

Gender

Female

Age

Teen

Role

Love interest

Job

Student

Home

Tochigi

Asuna Watase

Girl in a mountain village who listens to strange music on a crystal radio.

Film

Children Who Chase Lost Voices

Year

2011

Gender

Female

Age

Child

Role

Protagonist

Job

Student

Home

Mountain village

Aya

Suzume's school friend in Miyazaki, who sees her off on her trip.

Film

Suzume

Year

2022

Gender

Female

Age

Teen

Role

Friend

Job

Student

Home

Miyazaki

Chika Amabe

Girl in Ehime whose family runs an inn and who helps Suzume.

Film

Suzume

Year

2022

Gender

Female

Age

Teen

Role

Friend

Job

Student, Service

Home

Ehime

Daijin

Small white cat who leads Suzume and Souta on a chase across Japan.

Film

Suzume

Year

2022

Gender

Male

Age

Ageless

Role

Guardian, Antagonist

Job

Keystone

Home

Miyazaki

Fumi Tachibana

Elderly woman Hodaka and Hina visit in Tokyo, related to a Your Name lead.

Film

Weathering with You

Year

2019

Gender

Female

Age

Elder

Role

Ally

Job

None

Home

Tokyo

Futaba Miyamizu

Mitsuha and Yotsuha's mother, remembered in the Miyamizu family's past.

Film

Your Name

Year

2016

Gender

Female

Age

Adult

Role

Family

Job

Shrine

Home

Itomori

Hina Amano

Girl who can make the sun come out by praying, and looks after her little brother.

Film

Weathering with You

Year

2019

Gender

Female

Age

Teen

Role

Protagonist, Love interest

Job

Service

Home

Tokyo

Hiroki Fujisawa

Boy in an alternate postwar Aomori who builds a plane with his friend.

Film

The Place Promised in Our Early Days

Year

2004

Gender

Male

Age

Teen

Role

Protagonist

Job

Student

Home

Aomori

Hitoha Miyamizu

Mitsuha's grandmother, head of the Miyamizu shrine, who teaches the girls to braid cords.

Film

Your Name

Year

2016

Gender

Female

Age

Elder

Role

Family, Mentor

Job

Shrine

Home

Itomori

Hitsujirou Munakata

Souta's grandfather, an old Closer lying in a Tokyo hospital.

Film

Suzume

Year

2022

Gender

Male

Age

Elder

Role

Family, Mentor

Job

Closer

Home

Tokyo

Hodaka Morishima

Teenage runaway from the Izu Islands who comes to rain-soaked Tokyo.

Film

Weathering with You

Year

2019

Gender

Male

Age

Teen

Role

Protagonist

Job

Student, Writer

Home

Izu Islands

Kanae Sumida

Tanegashima surfer girl with a crush on Takaki.

Film

5 Centimeters per Second

Year

2007

Gender

Female

Age

Teen

Role

Protagonist

Job

Student

Home

Tanegashima

Katsuhiko Teshigawara

Mitsuha's friend, a construction family's son with a love of the occult.

Film

Your Name, Weathering with You

Year

2016

Gender

Male

Age

Teen

Role

Friend

Job

Student

Home

Itomori

Keisuke Suga

Writer who runs a small occult magazine company and gives Hodaka a job.

Film

Weathering with You

Year

2019

Gender

Male

Age

Adult

Role

Mentor

Job

Writer

Home

Tokyo

Midori Koshimizu

Kanae's older sister, a teacher at her school.

Film

5 Centimeters per Second

Year

2007

Gender

Female

Age

Adult

Role

Family

Job

Teacher

Home

Tanegashima

Mikako Nagamine

Girl chosen to pilot a mecha in a space war, sending texts home to Noboru.

Film

Voices of a Distant Star

Year

2002

Gender

Female

Age

Teen

Role

Protagonist, Love interest

Job

Student, Pilot

Home

Unnamed town

Miki Okudera

Older co-worker at Taki's restaurant job, on whom Taki has a crush.

Film

Your Name

Year

2016

Gender

Female

Age

Adult

Role

Friend, Love interest

Job

Service

Home

Tokyo

Minoru Okabe

Tamaki's co-worker at the fisheries cooperative, who has a crush on her.

Film

Suzume

Year

2022

Gender

Male

Age

Adult

Role

Ally

Job

Fishery

Home

Miyazaki

Mitsuha Miyamizu

Shrine maiden in the small town of Itomori who wishes she could live in Tokyo.

Film

Your Name, Weathering with You

Year

2016

Gender

Female

Age

Teen

Role

Protagonist, Love interest

Job

Student, Shrine

Home

Itomori

Moka Suga

Suga's young daughter, who lives with her grandmother.

Film

Weathering with You

Year

2019

Gender

Female

Age

Child

Role

Family

Job

None

Home

Tokyo

Nagi Amano

Hina's little brother, a smooth talker with the girls in his class.

Film

Weathering with You

Year

2019

Gender

Male

Age

Child

Role

Family

Job

Student

Home

Tokyo

Natsumi Suga

Suga's niece, a college student who works with him on the magazine.

Film

Weathering with You

Year

2019

Gender

Female

Age

Adult

Role

Ally

Job

Student, Writer

Home

Tokyo

Noboru Terao

Mikako's classmate on Earth, waiting years for her messages from space.

Film

Voices of a Distant Star

Year

2002

Gender

Male

Age

Teen

Role

Protagonist, Love interest

Job

Student

Home

Unnamed town

Reimi Akizuki

Takao's carefree mother, who is rarely at home in The Garden of Words.

Film

The Garden of Words

Year

2013

Gender

Female

Age

Adult

Role

Family

Job

Office

Home

Tokyo

Rika Teramoto

Shōta's girlfriend, who he plans to move in with in The Garden of Words.

Film

The Garden of Words

Year

2013

Gender

Female

Age

Adult

Role

Ally

Job

Student

Home

Tokyo

Risa Mizuno

Woman Takaki dates as an adult in Tokyo.

Film

5 Centimeters per Second

Year

2007

Gender

Female

Age

Adult

Role

Love interest

Job

Office

Home

Tokyo

Rumi Ninomiya

Single mother in Kobe who runs a snack bar and takes Suzume in.

Film

Suzume

Year

2022

Gender

Female

Age

Adult

Role

Ally

Job

Service

Home

Kobe

Ryūji Morisaki

Asuna's new teacher, searching for a way into Agartha.

Film

Children Who Chase Lost Voices

Year

2011

Gender

Male

Age

Adult

Role

Mentor, Antagonist

Job

Teacher, Warrior

Home

Mountain village

Sadaijin

Large black cat keystone that appears later in Suzume.

Film

Suzume

Year

2022

Gender

None

Age

Ageless

Role

Guardian

Job

Keystone

Home

Tokyo

Sayaka Natori

Mitsuha's friend at school, who works in the broadcast club.

Film

Your Name, Weathering with You

Year

2016

Gender

Female

Age

Teen

Role

Friend

Job

Student

Home

Itomori

Sayuri Sawatari

Classmate both boys promise to fly to the mysterious tower.

Film

The Place Promised in Our Early Days

Year

2004

Gender

Female

Age

Teen

Role

Love interest

Job

Student

Home

Aomori

Shin

Young warrior from Agartha, Shun's younger brother, who follows Asuna into his homeland.

Film

Children Who Chase Lost Voices

Year

2011

Gender

Male

Age

Teen

Role

Ally

Job

Warrior

Home

Agartha

Shōko Aizawa

Popular student at Takao's school with a nasty streak.

Film

The Garden of Words

Year

2013

Gender

Female

Age

Teen

Role

Antagonist

Job

Student

Home

Tokyo

Shōta Akizuki

Takao's older brother, who is moving out to live with his girlfriend.

Film

The Garden of Words

Year

2013

Gender

Male

Age

Adult

Role

Family

Job

Office

Home

Tokyo

Shun

Boy from the underworld of Agartha whom Asuna meets in the mountains.

Film

Children Who Chase Lost Voices

Year

2011

Gender

Male

Age

Teen

Role

Ally, Love interest

Job

Warrior

Home

Agartha

Sōichirō Ito

Teacher at Takao's school in The Garden of Words.

Film

The Garden of Words

Year

2013

Gender

Male

Age

Adult

Role

Ally

Job

Teacher

Home

Tokyo

Souta Munakata

Student and Closer who travels Japan to shut the doors that disasters come through.

Film

Suzume

Year

2022

Gender

Male

Age

Adult

Role

Love interest

Job

Student, Closer

Home

Tokyo

Suzume Iwato

High school girl from Kyushu who opens a mysterious door in an abandoned ruin.

Film

Suzume

Year

2022

Gender

Female

Age

Teen

Role

Protagonist

Job

Student

Home

Miyazaki

Takaki Tōno

Boy whose bond with his childhood friend Akari is tested by distance.

Film

5 Centimeters per Second

Year

2007

Gender

Male

Age

Teen

Role

Protagonist

Job

Student

Home

Tokyo

Takao Akizuki

Fifteen-year-old who skips class on rainy mornings to sketch shoes in a garden.

Film

The Garden of Words

Year

2013

Gender

Male

Age

Teen

Role

Protagonist

Job

Student

Home

Tokyo

Takashi Takai

Police detective searching Tokyo for the runaway Hodaka.

Film

Weathering with You

Year

2019

Gender

Male

Age

Adult

Role

Antagonist

Job

Police

Home

Tokyo

Taki Tachibana

Tokyo high school boy who wakes up in a girl's body in the countryside and works part time at a restaurant.

Film

Your Name, Weathering with You

Year

2016

Gender

Male

Age

Teen

Role

Protagonist, Love interest

Job

Student, Service

Home

Tokyo

Takuya Shirakawa

Hiroki's best friend, who helps build their plane.

Film

The Place Promised in Our Early Days

Year

2004

Gender

Male

Age

Teen

Role

Friend

Job

Student

Home

Aomori

Tamaki Iwato

Suzume's aunt, who raised her in Miyazaki and worries constantly.

Film

Suzume

Year

2022

Gender

Female

Age

Adult

Role

Family

Job

Fishery

Home

Miyazaki

The Worm

Huge red force that pours out of the doors and causes earthquakes.

Film

Suzume

Year

2022

Gender

None

Age

Ageless

Role

Antagonist

Job

None

Home

Ever-After

Tomoya Serizawa

Souta's friend from university, who drives a red convertible.

Film

Suzume

Year

2022

Gender

Male

Age

Adult

Role

Friend

Job

Student

Home

Tokyo

Toshiki Miyamizu

Mitsuha's estranged father, the mayor of Itomori, who left the shrine life behind.

Film

Your Name

Year

2016

Gender

Male

Age

Adult

Role

Family

Job

Politician

Home

Itomori

Tsubame Iwato

Suzume's mother, a nurse in Iwate, seen in Suzume's memories.

Film

Suzume

Year

2022

Gender

Female

Age

Adult

Role

Family

Job

Nurse

Home

Iwate

Tsukasa Fujii

One of Taki's close school friends in Tokyo.

Film

Your Name

Year

2016

Gender

Male

Age

Teen

Role

Friend

Job

Student

Home

Tokyo

Yotsuha Miyamizu

Mitsuha's sharp-tongued little sister, who helps at the family shrine.

Film

Your Name, Weathering with You

Year

2016

Gender

Female

Age

Child

Role

Family

Job

Student, Shrine

Home

Itomori

Yukari Yukino

Woman Takao keeps meeting in the garden shelter on rainy days.

Film

The Garden of Words, Your Name

Year

2013

Gender

Female

Age

Adult

Role

Love interest, Mentor

Job

Teacher

Home

Tokyo