Note: apart from the main groups, this list includes characters that only appear in side games or adaptations. Please refer to the description on the main page for a complete list of media associated with a particular storyline.
! Harukanaru Toki no Naka de
!! The Mikos
!!! Motomiya Akane - the Dragon-God/White Dragon Miko (voiced by Creator/TomokoKawakami)
* AccidentalKiss: With Yorihisa in the manga.
* {{Chaste Hero}}ine[=/=]ObliviousToLove: In ''Hachiyou Shou'', most of the time; though it was required to allow for MultipleEndings.
* IdenticalStranger: Akane-hime, from one manga/anime story.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent.
!!! Morimura Ran - the Dark Dragon Miko (voiced by Creator/HoukoKuwashima)
* ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth: Ran's Dark Dragon powers manifest as purple butterflies.
* DarkMagicalGirl[=/=]EvilCounterpart: While the Mikos aren't {{Magical Girl}}s ''per se'', Ran could fit into this, being Akane's Yin counterpart.
* MindControlEyes: In ''Hachiyou Shou'', when in full DarkMagicalGirl mode.
!! The Hachiyou
!!! Minamoto no Yorihisa - the Seiryuu of Heaven (voiced by Creator/ShinichiroMiki)
* AccidentalKiss: With Akane in the manga.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow.
* KissingUnderTheInfluence: Sorta. In the manga, a half-conscious (due to a fever) Yorihisa manages to accidentally kiss Akane when she gets too close. Might count as an inversion of DudeShesLikeInAComa.
* {{Samurai}}.
!!! Morimura Tenma - the Seiryuu of Earth (voiced by Creator/TomokazuSeki)
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow.
* HowDoIShotWeb: In ''Hachiyou Shou'' episode 4. He later complains about this.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent.
!!! Inori - the Suzaku of Heaven (voiced by Creator/NaozumiTakahashi)
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow.
* OnlyOneName: Due to being a street boy.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: But he isn't evil.
!!! Nagareyama Shimon - the Suzaku of Earth (voiced by Creator/KoukiMiyata)
* [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Ordinary Middle School Student]].
* PhenotypeStereotype.
!!! Fujiwara no Takamichi - the Byakko of Heaven (voiced by Creator/ShigeruNakahara)
!!! Tachibana no Tomomasa - the Byakko of Earth (voiced by Creator/KazuhikoInoue)
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow.
!!! Eisen - the Genbu of Heaven (voiced by Creator/SoichiroHoshi)
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow.
* OnlyOneName: Due to being from the Imperial family.
!!! Abe no Yasuaki - the Genbu of Earth (voiced by Creator/AkiraIshida)
* ArtificialHuman: Yasuaki was created by Abe no Seimei and has the full set of issues that come with not being human.
* AsianRuneChant: Several times in the TV series, complete with the associated {{Magical Gesture}}s.
* CannotTellALie: This trait becomes an important point in both the manga and the TV series, albeit in very different ways.
* CatchPhrase: ''Mondai nai'' ("No problem").
* EmotionalMaturityIsPhysicalMaturity: Subverted in the manga. He is clever enough for his apparent age, but his understanding of human emotions is on the level of a small child.
* NonSingingVoice: Amazingly, he ''still'' got an ImageSong, despite being voiced by Creator/AkiraIshida, who generally avoids this kind of stuff.
* PaperTalisman: Uses ''ofuda'' routinely.
* ThePowerOfLove: Implied (and pretty much stated directly in the game) to be the means for Yasuaki to become human.
* TheStoic: Although how much emotions he ''does'' have varies greatly depending on the version.
* SupernaturalAngst: Over being an ArtificialHuman. And he claims to have no emotions...
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Yasuaki is supposed to look 21, but is really only about 2 years old.
!! The Oni Clan
* OnlyOneName.
!!! Akuram[=*=] (voiced by Creator/RyotaroOkiayu)
* TheBigBad: From the main characters' point of view, at least.
* TheChessmaster: Even uses the associated metaphors at some points.
* {{Guyliner}}: Not ''really'' (probably), but in ''Ajisai Yumegatari'' he does look like he is wearing lipstick when compared to the rest of the guys.
* MaskOfPower: Literally. This comes up near the end of ''Hachiyou Shou'' TV and subsequently in ''Oborosoushi'', when the Hachiyou need to do something to depower him.
!!! Iktidar (voiced by Creator/KoujiIshii)
* BabiesEverAfter: With Seri in ''Hachiyou Shou'' TV.
* TheDragon: Explicitly identifies himself as one.
* DualWielding.
* EyepatchOfPower: Implied to have lost one eye as a punishment for disobedience; generally fits into the "experienced" type of this.
!!! Shirin[=*=] (voiced by Creator/MariaKawamura)
* SomethingAboutARose: Plain or weaponised petals, thorn-covered vines, etc.
!!! Sefuru (voiced by Creator/YuuAsakawa)
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:Revealed to be a halfling abandoned by his mother (who was from Kyou).]]
!! Other
!!! Fuji-hime (voiced by Creator/IkueOtani; in ''Maihitoyo'' movie voiced by Creator/SatomiKoorogi)
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: She is basically a mentor for the team. She is also ten years old.
!!! Kotengu (voiced by Junko Shimakata)
* BigEater.
* [[spoiler:DisneyDeath]]: In ''Hachiyou Shou''.
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]: In the manga, though it at least served some point.
* MartialArtsHeadband: Sports it in one ''Hachiyou Shou'' OAV, when in {{Determinator}} mode.
* SleepModeSize
* SnotBubble: In one ''Hachiyou Shou'' OAV.
* WingedHumanoid.
* {{Youkai}}: Though a more human-like one, as the manga lampshades the fact that he lacks the long nose, one of the Tengu's traits.
!!! Seri (voiced by Creator/AyaHisakawa)
* BabiesEverAfter: With Iktidar in ''Hachiyou Shou'' TV.
* OnlyOneName.
!!! Nue (voiced by Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa)
* HellishPupils.
* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: Poison-induced.
* LastOfHisKind.
* SuicideByCop: Suicide by his childhood friend, [[spoiler:Yorihisa]].
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: His default ability.
* WingedHumanoid: Of the "sprouting wings" type.
* {{Youkai}}.
!!! Abe no Seimei (voiced by DaiMatsumoto)
* TheFaceless.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter.
!!! Oo no Suefumi (voiced by Creator/TakahiroSakurai)
* [[spoiler:DeadAllAlong]]: [[TearJerker This was never going to end well...]]
* HellishPupils: When he [[spoiler:turns into an ''onryou'']].
* StarCrossedLovers: With Akane; read the spoilers above to see why.
[=*=] These two characters also appear in ''Haruka 2'' with slight changes, but they are no longer the focus of the story.
! Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 2
!! The Mikos
!!! Takakura Karin - the Dragon-God/White Dragon Miko (voiced by Creator/TomokoKawakami)
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent.
!!! Taira no Chitose - the Dark Dragon Miko (voiced by Creator/HoukoKuwashima)
* DarkMagicalGirl[=/=]EvilCounterpart.
!! The Hachiyou
!!! Minamoto no Yoritada - the Seiryuu of Heaven (voiced by Creator/ShinichiroMiki)
* {{Samurai}}.
!!! Taira no Katsuzane - the Seiryuu of Earth (voiced by Creator/TomokazuSeki)
!!! Isato - the Suzaku of Heaven (voiced by Creator/NaozumiTakahashi)
* OnlyOneName.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: But he isn't evil.
!!! Akifumi - the Suzaku of Earth (voiced by Creator/KoukiMiyata)
* OnlyOneName: Due to being from the Imperial family.
!!! Fujiwara no Yukitaka - the Byakko of Heaven (voiced by Creator/ShigeruNakahara)
!!! Hisui - the Byakko of Earth (voiced by Creator/KazuhikoInoue)
* OnlyOneName.
!!! Minamoto no Motomi - the Genbu of Heaven (voiced by Creator/SoichiroHoshi)
!!! Abe no Yasutsugu - the Genbu of Earth (voiced by Creator/AkiraIshida)
* ArtificialHuman: Has the same origins as Yasuaki.
* PaperTalisman: Uses ''ofuda'' routinely.
!! Other
!!! Fujiwara no Yukari&Misono (voiced by Creator/IkueOtani)
* WiseBeyondTheirYears.
!!! Minamoto no Tokitomo (voiced by Creator/KoujiIshii)
* BloodFromTheMouth: In ''Shiroki Ryuu no Miko'' on one occasion.
* EyepatchOfPower.
!!! Kazuhito (voiced by Creator/YuuAsakawa)
* OnlyOneName.
! Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3
!! The Mikos
!!! Kasuga Nozomi - the Dragon-God/White Dragon Miko (voiced by Creator/TomokoKawakami)
* ActionGirl: In a drastic difference from her predecessors, Nozomi learns to use a sword and participates in battles directly instead of just hanging around to purify stuff.
* HeroesPreferSwords: The first time the franchise lives up to this trope. Nozomi fights with a double-bladed Chinese-style sword.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent.
!!! Kajiwara Saku - the Dark Dragon Miko (voiced by Creator/HoukoKuwashima)
* DarkMagicalGirl[=/=]EvilCounterpart: Unusually subverted in that while she still posesses dark powers, she is not only on Nozomi's side, but is arguably one of the nicest characters in the game.
* DivineDate: She was deeply in love with her dragon god, Kokuryuu, but he died shortly after they married.
* [[WarriorMonk Warrior Nun]]: She renounced the world after Kokuryuu's death and became a nun, but she was recruited into Minatomo no Yoritomo's forces for her ability to exorcise ''onryo''.
!! The Hachiyou
!!! Arikawa Masaomi - the Seiryuu of Heaven (voiced by Creator/ShinichiroMiki)
* {{BFS}}: His weapon is a giant Odachi.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: He was in the same grade as Nozomi before they were TrappedInAnotherWorld.
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: Masaomi ends up spending three extra years in the parallel world due to getting lost during the transition; therefore, when Nozomi meets him there, he is older than her, even though they were originally the same age.
* ReplacementGoldfish: The Taira Clan takes him in [[spoiler:based on his resemblance to Taira no Shigemori, the deceased eldest son of the clan patriarch Kiyomori. Kiyomori believes Masaomi is Shigemori reborn,]] while Masaomi is so moved by the kindness of the Taira family that he attempts to use his knowledge of the Genpei War to reverse their fortunes.
* TalkingInYourDreams: Before Nozomi learns Masaomi's whereabouts in the other world, they meet in her dreams.
!!! Minamoto no Kurou Yoshitsune - the Seiryuu of Earth (voiced by Creator/TomokazuSeki)
* TheExile: Matches history in that he spent some of his youth LockedAwayInAMonastery where he met up with Benkei, before going even further afield to live under the protection of the Oshu Fujiwara family in their city in the north.
* EveryJapaneseSwordIsAKatana: His weapon is in fact a tachi, the predecessor of the katana.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter[=/=]HistoricalBeautyUpdate.
* SkilledButNaive: He is a great warrior and leader with a talent rallying people behind him, but Yoritomo's distrust of him consistently cuts him to the quick.
!!! Hinoe - the Suzaku of Heaven (voiced by Creator/NaozumiTakahashi)
* TheCharmer: He is a shameless flirt, and a pretty effective one at that.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: It's implied that "Hinoe" isn't his actual name, but something he made up.
* OnlyOneName: And it might not even be his real name.
* WolverineClaws: Fights using Katar daggers.
!!! Musashibo Benkei - the Suzaku of Earth (voiced by Creator/KoukiMiyata)
* ChessmasterSidekick: Benkei is, in accordance with folklore, a faithful retainer to Kurou (Yoshitsune). In a departure from folklore, he is also a [[TheStrategist strategist]] who will [[IDidWhatIHadToDo do what he has to do]] to insure that the Genpei War ends, and he decided that Kurou will be the means. Heaven help our heroes if he changes his mind...
* HistoricalDomainCharacter[=/=]HistoricalBeautyUpdate: Traditionally Benkei is portrayed as an exceptionally large and powerful man, but this game subverts the conventional portrayal by making Benkei slight of stature and delicate looking.
!!! Arikawa Yuzuru - the Byakko of Heaven (voiced by Creator/ShigeruNakahara)
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: The Arikawa family apparently has Star Clan ancestry, and this manifests in Yuzuru in the form of prophetic dreams.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Yuzuru, with his serious demeanor, is definitely the responsible one; his big brother Masaomi is at best a downplayed foolish that borders on ObfuscatingStupidity.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: His weapon is a bow and arrows, and he takes the place of Nasu no Yoichi in a famous feat of markmanship.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: In the grade below Nozomi.
!!! Kajiwara Kagetoki - the Byakko of Earth (voiced by Creator/KazuhikoInoue)
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Works as a spy and assassin for Yoritomo because Yoritomo holds his mother hostage.
* AnachronismStew: His character design features a crop top, to go along with his no less anachronistic UsefulNotes/{{Onmyodo}} rifle.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter[=/=]HistoricalBeautyUpdate: Kajiwara Kagetoki is known in historical dramas for his backstabbing, but the game recasts him in a sympathetic light.
!!! Taira no Atsumori - the Genbu of Heaven (voiced by Creator/SoichiroHoshi)
* ForegoneConclusion: The historical Atsumori is known in ''The Tale of the Heike'' for his tragic death. ''This'' Atsumori [[spoiler:is also dead, although under different circumstances - but was brought back from the dead as an ''onryo''.]] He holds people at arms length because of this.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter[=/=]HistoricalBeautyUpdate: While the historical Atsumori was noted for youthful beauty, this Atsumori has a very different set of attractive traits.
* WarriorPoet: Plays the flute as an indicator of courtly refinement.
!!! Ridvan - the Genbu of Earth (voiced by Creator/AkiraIshida)
* DoomedHometown: Covers his face to conceal scars inflicted when his childhood village burned down.
* OldMaster: The oldest of the Hachiyou in ''Haruka 3'' at a ripe old (for shoujo) age of 34, he teaches swordplay to both Kurou and Nozomi.
* OnlyOneName: Similar to other Oni characters in this franchise.
!! Other
!!! Hakuryuu (voiced by Creator/IkueOtani in child form and by Creator/RyotaroOkiayu in adult form)
* GodInHumanForm: Literally the god that the main character is priestess of.
* EmotionalMaturityIsPhysicalMaturity: Seems to be played straight until he grows up, retaining some of the childlike traits - he is simply not used to being among humans.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He is technically hundreds of years old, being a god and all, but gets a form of a ten-year-old kid (and later a twenty-something-year-old {{bishonen}}).
* TagalongKid: Until he grows up.
!!! Taira no Tomomori (voiced by Creator/KenjiHamada)
* BloodKnight: A fearsome opponent who lives for combat. Despite initial indications he's not AxeCrazy per se. Fighting is just his preferred method of self-expression.
* DualWielding: Fights with two swords.
* FacialMarkings: Small, un-commented-on markings under his eyes.
* ForegoneConclusion: The main thing Tomomori is known for in historical narratives is that he meets a watery death during the battle of Dan no Ura. [[spoiler:And he almost always meets this fate in the game as well. Nozomi has to ''really'' overhaul the timeline to keep him from dying.]]
* HistoricalDomainCharacter[=/=]HistoricalBeautyUpdate.
* WarriorPoet: As is typical with the Taira Clan, he is also a highly accomplished ''buyo'' dancer.
!!! Shirogane (voiced by Creator/KenjiHamada)
* HistoricalDomainCharacter[=/=]HistoricalBeautyUpdate.
* IdentityAmnesia: He is a vassal of Fujiwara no Yasuhira and cannot remember his life before coming to Hiraizumi. [[spoiler:He is eventually revealed to be Taira no Shigehira, the younger brother of Tomomori.]]
!!! Fujiwara no Yasuhira (voiced by Creator/KosukeToriumi)
* HistoricalDomainCharacter[=/=]HistoricalBeautyUpdate.
! Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 4
!! The Mikos
!!! Ashihara Chihiro (voiced by Creator/TomokoKawakami)
* IAmWho
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent.
!! The Hachiyou
!!! Kazahaya - the Seiryuu of Heaven (voiced by Creator/KazuhikoInoue)
* BunnyEarsLawyer
* CoolTeacher
!!! Ashvin - the Seiryuu of Earth (voiced by Creator/AkiraIshida)
* WarriorPrince: Ashvin is royalty of [[TheEmpire Tokoyo]]. Since the heroine is [[RebelLeader fighting to free her kingdom]] from Tokoyo, he's a DefectingForLove waiting to happen.
!!! Sazaki - the Suzaku of Heaven (voiced by Creator/TomokazuSeki)
* BoisterousBruiser
* FieryRedhead
* WingedHumanoid.
!!! Nagi - the Suzaku of Earth (voiced by Creator/KoukiMiyata)
* DeadpanSnarker
* AnOddPlaceToSleep: He's unlikely to admit it, but Nagi loves quiet, out-of-the-way spots to take naps in.
!!! Futsuhiko - the Byakko of Heaven (voiced by Creator/SoichiroHoshi)
* BodyguardCrush: His case is unusually pronounced.
* {{Samurai}}: More of a proto-samurai.
!!! Hiiragi - the Byakko of Earth (voiced by Creator/ShinichiroMiki)
* {{Seers}}: He is the keeper of the game's TomesOfProphecyAndFate.
!!! Tooya - the Genbu of Heaven (voiced by Creator/NaozumiTakahashi)
* MagicMusic
* TheQuietOne
!!! Katsuragi Oshihito - the Genbu of Earth (voiced by Creator/ShigeruNakahara)
* BlessedWithSuck: Has overwhelming combat abilities, but the drawbacks are severe - [[spoiler:they are simultaneously CastFromHitPoints and CastFromLifespan]].
* SternTeacher
* TheStoic: To the point of having virtually NoSenseOfHumor.
!! Other
!!! Ayuki (voiced by Creator/YuuAsakawa)
* WolfMan: Ayuki belongs to a race of anthropomorphic wolves.
! Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 5
!! The Mikos
!!! Hasumi Yuki - the Dragon-God/White Dragon Miko (voiced by Creator/MikakoTakahashi)
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent.
!!! Yakumo Miyako - the Dark Dragon Miko (voiced by Creator/MitsukiSaiga)
* {{Bifauxnen}}.
!! The Hachiyou
!!! Kiryuu Shun - the Seiryuu of Heaven (voiced by Creator/TakumaTerashima)
!!! Sakamoto Ryouma - the Seiryuu of Earth (voiced by Creator/KenichiSuzumura)
* HistoricalDomainCharacter[=/=]HistoricalBeautyUpdate.
!!! Chinami - the Suzaku of Heaven (voiced by Creator/AtsushiAbe)
* OnlyOneName.
!!! Okita Souji - the Suzaku of Earth (voiced by Creator/NobuhikoOkamoto)
* HistoricalDomainCharacter[=/=]HistoricalBeautyUpdate.
!!! Komatsu Tatewaki - the Byakko of Heaven (voiced by Creator/ShinnosukeTachibana)
* HistoricalDomainCharacter[=/=]HistoricalBeautyUpdate.
!!! Fukuchi Ouchi - the Byakko of Earth (voiced by Creator/EijiTakemoto)
* HistoricalDomainCharacter[=/=]HistoricalBeautyUpdate.
!!! Ernest Satow - the Genbu of Heaven (voiced by MichaelShintanda)
* HistoricalDomainCharacter[=/=]HistoricalBeautyUpdate.
* PhenotypeStereotype.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Was called "Honest Sato" in an early report. Much lulz ensued.
!!! Takasugi Shinsaku - the Genbu of Earth (voiced by Creator/HirokiYasumoto)
* HistoricalDomainCharacter[=/=]HistoricalBeautyUpdate.
!! Other
!!! Amami (voiced by Creator/JunichiSuwabe)