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Attack on Titan is set in a world where the last humans live behind three huge walls, Maria, Rose and Sina, to stay safe from Titans, giant man-eating figures that roam outside. When the outer wall is breached in Eren Yeager's home district of Shiganshina, Eren, Mikasa and Armin lose their homes and later enlist in the 104th Training Corps. The military has three branches: the Garrison that guards the walls, the Military Police who serve the interior, and the Survey Corps, who ride out beyond the walls to study the Titans. This page covers 16 characters: the trio, their 104th classmates, the Survey Corps leaders, and the adults who shape their early years. Every description stops at how the character first appears, so it is safe for first-time viewers.
Eren Yeager is the protagonist, a boy from Shiganshina whose life changes when the outer wall falls and Titans pour into the district, destroying his home. He is stubborn, angry at a world that keeps humanity caged, and fixed on one goal: joining the Survey Corps and wiping out the Titans. He trains with the 104th Training Corps alongside his childhood friends Mikasa and Armin. Japanese voice: Yuki Kaji.
Mikasa Ackerman grew up with Eren after his family took her in, and she treats protecting him as her first duty. Quiet and calm, she graduates at the top of the 104th class, with skills well beyond her classmates in swordwork and the vertical manoeuvring gear. She follows Eren into the Survey Corps mainly to keep him alive, which often leads to arguments between them. Japanese voice: Yui Ishikawa.
Armin Arlert is Eren and Mikasa's other childhood friend and the one who first told Eren about the world outside the walls through an old book. He is physically weaker than his friends and often doubts himself, but he reads situations quickly and comes up with plans others miss. Over the series he grows into the group's strategist. Japanese voice: Marina Inoue.
Levi is the captain known as humanity's strongest soldier, a Survey Corps officer who leads an elite squad and can take down Titans faster than anyone. He speaks bluntly, keeps people at a distance and is famously obsessed with cleanliness. Behind the cold manner he respects discipline and trusts commander Erwin completely. He is one of the most searched characters in the series. Japanese voice: Hiroshi Kamiya.
Jean Kirstein is a 104th cadet who openly says he wants to join the Military Police so he can live a safe life in the interior. That attitude clashes with Eren's from the first day, and the two argue constantly. Jean is honest about his fears and good at reading the mood of a group, a quality that later makes him a natural squad leader. Japanese voice: Kishō Taniyama.
Erwin Smith is the commander of the Survey Corps. He is calm, persuasive and willing to bet everything on unusual strategies if they might move humanity forward. Soldiers follow him because he speaks plainly about the risks of each mission. He works closely with Levi and gives Eren's group their first real place in the expeditions beyond the walls. Japanese voice: Daisuke Ono.
Keith Shadis is the drill instructor of the 104th Training Corps. Bald, with a small patch of beard under his chin and a voice that carries across the yard, he is famously strict and greets new recruits by shouting at them one by one to break their old habits. His evaluations of each cadet, from Mikasa to Reiner, set out how the class sees itself. Japanese voice: Tsuguo Mogami.
Hange Zoë is a Survey Corps squad leader with glasses and boundless curiosity, the veteran who studies Titans more closely than anyone else. Where most soldiers feel only fear, Hange is fascinated, wants to understand how Titans work and leads the Corps' research on them, and is openly excited to meet Eren. That energy makes Hange both comic relief and one of the Corps' sharpest minds. Japanese voice: Romi Park.
Connie Springer is a short, buzz-cut cadet from Ragako, a village inside Wall Rose. He is cheerful, a little slow on the uptake and often paired with Sasha for comic moments. He first planned to join the Military Police but changes his mind after hearing Eren speak about fighting the Titans. Japanese voice: Hiro Shimono.
Sasha Braus is a hunter's daughter from Dauper, a mountain village. She is a skilled archer with sharp hearing and an enormous appetite: eating a potato in the middle of a training drill earns her the nickname Potato Girl. She is polite in an odd, formal way and struggles with authority, yet her instincts make her a useful scout in the field. Japanese voice: Yū Kobayashi.
Reiner Braun is a tall, broad-shouldered cadet who graduates second in the 104th class. Instructor Shadis describes him as strong and a natural leader, and the other recruits look up to him like an older brother. He is close to his quiet hometown friend Bertolt and often steps in to keep the peace when tempers flare. Japanese voice: Yoshimasa Hosoya.
Bertolt Hoover is a very tall, reserved cadet who graduates third in the 104th class. Instructors see him as able to master anything he is taught, but he rarely pushes himself forward and seldom says what he thinks. He is most relaxed around Reiner, who comes from the same village, and tends to follow his lead. Japanese voice: Tomohisa Hashizume.
Annie Leonhart is a small, quiet cadet with short blonde hair who graduates fourth in the 104th class. She keeps to herself, shows little interest in teamwork and rarely explains what she thinks of the others. In hand-to-hand combat, though, she is one of the best in the class, and sparring sessions with her leave even the strongest recruits on the ground. Japanese voice: Yū Shimamura.
Hannes is a soldier of the Garrison, the branch that guards the walls, and an old family friend of the Yeagers. When the story begins he is often seen drinking with the other Garrison soldiers, far from the image of a hero. On the day the wall is breached, he is the one who rescues Eren and Mikasa from Shiganshina, and he later becomes a squad leader. Japanese voice: Keiji Fujiwara in season 1, Kenjiro Tsuda later.
Grisha Yeager is Eren's father, a respected doctor in Shiganshina who once saved the district from an epidemic and still travels to make house calls. He is calm and kind to his patients but often away from home. He is married to Carla, Eren's mother, and the key he entrusts to Eren, which opens the family's basement, becomes one of the first mysteries of the story. Japanese voice: Hiroshi Tsuchida.
Dot Pixis is the Garrison commander in charge of the southern territory and one of the highest-ranking officers inside the walls. He is bald, moustached and has a reputation as an eccentric, but he is also a sharp, practical leader who is willing to listen to the young soldiers. He becomes an important ally of the Survey Corps and commander Erwin. Japanese voice: Masahiko Tanaka.
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