Re:Zero follows Subaru Natsuki, a teenager who is suddenly pulled from a Japanese convenience store into a fantasy kingdom called Lugunica. He has no special strength or magic. His only power, which he calls Return by Death, sends him back to an earlier moment whenever he dies, keeping his memories while everyone else forgets. The kingdom is choosing its next ruler through a Royal Selection between five candidates, and Subaru ends up at the side of Emilia, a half-elf candidate many people distrust. This page covers 15 characters: Subaru, Emilia and the residents of Roswaal's mansion, plus the other royal candidates, their knights and allies. Each profile describes the character as they first appear, with no spoilers for later arcs, hidden pasts or true forms.
Subaru Natsuki ナツキ・スバル
Emilia's camp · Japanese voice: Yūsuke Kobayashi
Subaru Natsuki is a 17-year-old who spent his days shut in at home before being pulled into another world on the way back from a convenience store. Talkative, stubborn and often reckless, he wants badly to be useful. His only ability, Return by Death, resets time to a fixed point whenever he dies, and he cannot tell anyone about it. He uses it to try again until he can protect the people he cares about. Japanese voice: Yūsuke Kobayashi.
Emilia エミリア
Emilia's camp · Japanese voice: Rie Takahashi
Emilia is a silver-haired half-elf and one of the five candidates in the Royal Selection to rule Lugunica. Kind, honest and a little naive, she uses spirit magic with the help of her contracted spirit Puck. Many people avoid or insult her because she looks like the Witch of Envy, a feared figure from the kingdom's history. She meets Subaru when her royal insignia is stolen in the capital. Japanese voice: Rie Takahashi.
Rem レム
Roswaal's mansion · Japanese voice: Inori Minase
Rem is a blue-haired maid at Roswaal's mansion and Ram's younger twin sister. Polite and hard-working, she runs much of the household, and she is also an oni, a demon race, which makes her far stronger than she looks. When Subaru arrives at the mansion, she distrusts him because he carries the scent of the Witch, and she keeps a close eye on him. Japanese voice: Inori Minase.
Ram ラム
Roswaal's mansion · Japanese voice: Rie Murakawa
Ram is a pink-haired maid at Roswaal's mansion and Rem's twin sister, also of the oni race. She is blunt and sharp-tongued, and she rarely misses a chance to mock Subaru or remind him that he is the newest and least useful servant in the house. Even so, she knows the mansion and its people well, and she is loyal to its master. Japanese voice: Rie Murakawa.
Beatrice ベアトリス
Roswaal's mansion · Japanese voice: Satomi Arai
Beatrice is a young-looking girl who guards the forbidden library inside Roswaal's mansion. She can move its entrance from door to door, so visitors only find the room when she lets them in. Proud and sharp-tongued, with an unusual way of ending her sentences, she treats Subaru as a nuisance from their first meeting, yet she is not as cold as she first appears. Japanese voice: Satomi Arai.
Julius Juukulius ユリウス・ユークリウス
Royal Selection: Anastasia's camp · Japanese voice: Takuya Eguchi
Julius Juukulius is Anastasia's knight and a member of the Royal Guard. Elegant, strict and proud, he fights with the help of spirits and is known as the Spirit Knight. He holds himself and other knights to a high standard of conduct, and when he first meets Subaru, who has no training and little sense of court manners, he looks down on him. Japanese voice: Takuya Eguchi.
Roswaal L. Mathers ロズワール・L・メイザース
Roswaal's mansion · Japanese voice: Takehito Koyasu
Roswaal L. Mathers is a margrave, the head of a noble house and the kingdom's court magician, and he is Emilia's sponsor in the Royal Selection. Eccentric in his looks and in his slow, playful way of speaking, he is hard to read and rarely says everything he is thinking. He takes Subaru in as a servant at his mansion after Subaru helps Emilia. Japanese voice: Takehito Koyasu.
Puck パック
Emilia's camp · Japanese voice: Yumi Uchiyama
Puck is a small cat-shaped spirit contracted to Emilia, who travels with her and fights alongside her. He can read the emotions of the people around him, which makes him very hard to lie to, and he treats Emilia like a daughter he wants to protect. Cheerful and playful, he keeps fixed working hours, so he is not always out when Emilia might need him. Japanese voice: Yumi Uchiyama.
Felt フェルト
Royal Selection: Felt's camp · Japanese voice: Chinatsu Akasaki
Felt is a 15-year-old thief who grew up in the slums of the capital and lives by her own rules. At the start of the story she is the one who steals Emilia's insignia, hoping to sell it for a good price. When the insignia reacts to her touch, she is drawn into the Royal Selection as a candidate, even though she has no interest in nobles or thrones. Japanese voice: Chinatsu Akasaki.
Reinhard van Astrea ラインハルト・ヴァン・アストレア
Royal Selection: Felt's camp · Japanese voice: Yūichi Nakamura
Reinhard van Astrea is the current Sword Saint, a knight of the Royal Guard and widely seen as the strongest swordsman in the kingdom. Calm, polite and generous, he becomes friendly with Subaru from their first meeting in the capital, and he treats people of every background with the same courtesy. In the Royal Selection he becomes Felt's knight. Japanese voice: Yūichi Nakamura.
Crusch Karsten クルシュ・カルステン
Royal Selection: Crusch's camp · Japanese voice: Yuka Iguchi
Crusch Karsten is a 20-year-old woman who heads House Karsten, a ducal family, and is a candidate in the Royal Selection. She speaks plainly and expects the same from others. Her blessing lets her sense when someone is lying, so honesty matters to her above almost anything else, and flattery gets nowhere with her. Her knight is the healer Ferris. Japanese voice: Yuka Iguchi.
Ferris フェリス
Royal Selection: Crusch's camp · Japanese voice: Yui Horie
Ferris, whose full name is Felix Argyle, is Crusch's knight and the best healer in the kingdom, using water magic to treat wounds and illness. A cat-eared beastman, Ferris is playful, teasing and openly devoted to Crusch, but also sharp and serious when it comes to medicine or protecting her. Ferris refuses to fight with a sword and leaves the battles to others. Japanese voice: Yui Horie.
Anastasia Hoshin アナスタシア・ホーシン
Royal Selection: Anastasia's camp · Japanese voice: Kana Ueda
Anastasia Hoshin is a 22-year-old candidate in the Royal Selection and the head of the Hoshin Company, a large merchant business. She speaks in a Kansai-style dialect and looks at most situations as a trader would, weighing costs and gains before she commits to anything. Her camp includes the Iron Fang, a band of mercenaries, and her knight Julius. Japanese voice: Kana Ueda.
Priscilla Barielle プリシラ・バーリエル
Royal Selection: Priscilla's camp · Japanese voice: Yukari Tamura
Priscilla Barielle is a 19-year-old candidate in the Royal Selection and the head of House Barielle. Extravagant and supremely confident, she behaves as if the world exists to suit her, and her luck is so strong that it seems almost supernatural. She treats most people with open contempt. Her knight is Al, a former gladiator who always wears a helmet. Japanese voice: Yukari Tamura.
Otto Suwen オットー・スーウェン
Emilia's camp · Japanese voice: Kōhei Amasaki
Otto Suwen is a travelling merchant whose business plans rarely go the way he hopes. His blessing lets him talk with animals, which helps him on the road far more often than it helps him at the market. Nervous, chatty and easily flustered, he crosses paths with Subaru's group during his travels and ends up caught in their troubles. Japanese voice: Kōhei Amasaki.