Tokyo Revengers follows Takemichi Hanagaki, a 26-year-old drifting through dead-end jobs who learns that Hinata, his middle school girlfriend, died in an incident tied to the Tokyo Manji Gang. He finds himself 12 years in the past, in 2005, and sets out to change what happens from inside the gang itself. The cast centres on Toman, the gang founded by Mikey and Draken and split into numbered divisions, each with a captain and vice captain. Facing them are the rival gangs of each arc: Moebius, Valhalla, the Black Dragons and Tenjiku. In the present day, Hinata's brother Naoto works with Takemichi to track the effects of every change. This page covers 18 characters: the hero, the Tachibana siblings, Toman's leaders and captains, Takemichi's school friends and the main rival gang figures, all described as they appear early on, without spoilers.
Protagonist
Takemichi Hanagaki 花垣 武道
Tokyo Manji Gang (Toman) · Japanese voice: Yuuki Shin
The protagonist. At 26 he works part-time jobs and considers himself a failure, until a time leap drops him back into middle school in 2005. To save Hinata he tries to rise within Toman. He is a weak fighter and takes plenty of beatings, but his refusal to back down earns the respect of the gang's leaders. He cries easily and never gives up on people.
Main characters
Hinata Tachibana 橘 日向
Japanese voice: Azumi Waki
Takemichi's middle school girlfriend, nicknamed Hina. Kind but firm, she understands Takemichi better than he understands himself. The news of her death in the present is what sets the whole story in motion. In the past she stands up to delinquents to protect the people she cares about, and she is close friends with Emma Sano.
Naoto Tachibana 橘 直人
Japanese voice: Ryōta Ōsaka
Hinata's younger brother. Takemichi meets him in the past, and in the present Naoto is a police detective. A handshake between the two acts as the trigger for the time leaps, so Naoto becomes the partner who checks, in the future, what each change in the past has caused. He is serious, logical and determined to save his sister.
Manjiro "Mikey" Sano 佐野 万次郎
Tokyo Manji Gang (Toman) · Japanese voice: Yū Hayashi
Manjiro Sano, president of Toman, known as Invincible Mikey. Short and easygoing, he loves sweets and naps anywhere, yet he knocks opponents down with lightning-fast kicks. He is the emotional centre of the gang and treats its members like family. Takemichi comes to believe the future depends on keeping Mikey on the right path.
Ken "Draken" Ryuguji 龍宮寺 堅
Tokyo Manji Gang (Toman) · Japanese voice: Tatsuhisa Suzuki (season 1), Masaya Fukunishi (season 2)
Ken Ryuguji, Toman's vice president, recognisable by his height and the dragon tattoo on his temple. He is Mikey's right hand and the one who reins him in when he goes too far. Calm, loyal and protective, Draken takes the gang's rules seriously and quickly comes to respect Takemichi's courage.
Chifuyu Matsuno 松野 千冬
Toman 1st Division · Japanese voice: Shō Karino
Chifuyu Matsuno, vice captain of the 1st Division. Loyal to Baji above everything, he is sharp and good-hearted. Over the story he becomes Takemichi's closest partner in the past, helping plan how to change the future. Many fans see him as the hero's best friend.
Rivals
Kakucho 鶴蝶
Tenjiku · Japanese voice: Seiichiro Yamashita
Kakucho, one of Tenjiku's Four Heavenly Kings and its strongest fighter after the leader. A scar runs across his face, and he is serious and disciplined. He is completely devoted to Izana. In season 3 his path crosses Takemichi's in a personal way, which makes him one of the most remembered rivals.
Supporting characters
Takashi Mitsuya 三ツ谷 隆
Toman 2nd Division · Japanese voice: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Takashi Mitsuya, captain of Toman's 2nd Division and one of its founders. Outside of fights he is president of his school's sewing club and looks after his younger sisters. He is mature, observant and one of the steadiest people in the group. He takes a bigger role in season 2 alongside Hakkai.
Keisuke Baji 場地 圭介
Toman 1st Division · Japanese voice: Masaaki Mizunaka
Keisuke Baji, captain of the 1st Division and another Toman founder. Long-haired and impulsive, he loves a fight and acts on instinct. He shares a long history with Mikey and Kazutora, and his choices drive the Valhalla arc of season 1. He is also the idol of Chifuyu, his vice captain.
Haruki "Pah-chin" Hayashida 林田 春樹
Toman 3rd Division · Japanese voice: Subaru Kimura
Haruki Hayashida, known as Pah-chin, captain of the 3rd Division. Hot-headed and fiercely loyal, he sets off one of the series' first conflicts, against the Moebius gang, after a friend is wronged. He is usually seen with his vice captain, Peh-yan. His reaction shows how Toman runs on codes of loyalty.
Hakkai Shiba 柴 八戒
Toman 2nd Division · Japanese voice: Tasuku Hatanaka
Hakkai Shiba, vice captain of the 2nd Division and Mitsuya's right hand. Tall and intimidating, he goes to pieces around girls, which becomes a running joke. He is the brother of Yuzuha and of Taiju, leader of the Black Dragons, and his family is at the heart of the Christmas arc in season 2.
Yuzuha Shiba 柴 柚葉
Japanese voice: Mikako Komatsu
Yuzuha Shiba, Hakkai's older sister. Strong-willed and blunt, she is not intimidated by anyone. She protects her younger brother and lives with a difficult relationship with their older brother, Taiju. She becomes an important figure in season 2, when the Shiba family's story takes centre stage.
Emma Sano 佐野 エマ
Japanese voice: Yumi Uchiyama
Emma Sano, Mikey's younger sister. Cheerful, fashion-conscious and close to Hinata, she is part of the gang's daily life without joining its fights. She has an open crush on Draken and makes no secret of it. She shows Mikey's family side and helps make clear what Toman stands to lose.
Atsushi "Akkun" Sendo 千堂 敦
Mizo Middle School group · Japanese voice: Takuma Terashima
Atsushi Sendo, called Akkun, Takemichi's best friend in middle school and leader of their small Mizo Middle School group. Red-haired and loyal, he is always ready to stand up for his friends and believes in Takemichi when others do not. Meeting Akkun's group again is one of Takemichi's first shocks on returning to 2005.
Antagonists
Kazutora Hanemiya 羽宮 一虎
Valhalla · Japanese voice: Shun'ichi Toki
Kazutora Hanemiya, one of Toman's founders, who sides with Valhalla when Takemichi arrives. He wears a bell earring and has a tiger tattoo on his neck. He carries unresolved history with Mikey and Baji and swings between calm and sudden anger. He sits at the centre of the Halloween arc.
Tetta Kisaki 稀咲 鉄太
Tokyo Manji Gang (Toman) · Japanese voice: Showtaro Morikubo
Tetta Kisaki, a young man in glasses who joins Toman and climbs its ranks fast thanks to his strategic mind. Cold and calculating, he stands out from the gang's brawlers. Takemichi distrusts him early on because Kisaki's name keeps appearing around the dark future he is trying to prevent. He is often seen with Hanma.
Shuji Hanma 半間 修二
Valhalla · Japanese voice: Takuya Eguchi
Shuji Hanma, acting leader of Valhalla. Very tall, grinning and mocking, he has the words for sin and punishment tattooed on his hands. He claims he only wants entertainment and holds his own in any fight. He stays close to Kisaki and is one of Takemichi's biggest obstacles in season 1.
Izana Kurokawa 黒川 イザナ
Tenjiku · Japanese voice: Nobunaga Shimazaki
Izana Kurokawa, president of Tenjiku, the Yokohama gang that dominates season 3. Calm on the surface and violent when provoked, he commands the group known as the Four Heavenly Kings. He has a cold charisma and a link to Mikey's past that the arc explores. He is Toman's main rival in this stage.