Note that, because trope titles are not whited out, there may be spoilers if you read past the character descriptions
The character sheet for the series is here, and the trope page for the book is here.
Characters from the novel:
Joe Cinnadella
A truck driver who fought with the Italians during WWII.
- Double Agent: Secretly working for the Nazis to weaken anti-government resistance forces.
- Slashed Throat: How Juliana kills him after discovering he is a Nazi agent.
Charley
The cook/manager of a diner.
- You No Take Candle: Charley puts on an 'asian' accent to tease Juliana.
Juliana Frink
A Judo instructor formerly married to Frank Frink.
- Sanity Slippage: When she discovers that Joe Cinnadella, with whom she has been in a sort-of relationship for most of the book, is a Nazi agent, she does not take it well and it ends with his Slashed Throat.
- Up the Real Rabbit Hole: In the last scene of the book the I Ching tells her and Abendsen that The Grasshopper is actually true: Germany and Japan really lost the war.
The Man in the High Castle aka Hawthorne Abendsen
The Man in the High Castle is known publicly across all three parts of the former United States as the author of the anti-fascist book The Grasshopper Lies Heavy.
- Secondary Character Title: He's a minor character.
- Shrouded in Myth: He's known for writing a 'fictional' anti-fascist book where the Nazis and Japanese lose WWII.
Frank Frink aka Frank Fink
The ex-husband of Juliana Frink. He is secretly Jewish and hides his name for fear of being deported to Nazi-controlled territory for extermination.
- Pass Fail: Frank Frink is actually Jewish, with the birth name "Frank Fink".
Ed McCarthy
A colleague of Frank Frink in a San Francisco factory, he works in creating replica American souvenirs for Japanese residents to buy a relic of American history.
Mr Wyndam-Matson
A manager of the factory where Frank works.
Robert Childan
A dealer in Americana who owns a world famous store.
- Deliberate Values Dissonance: While outwardly he is quite sycophantic toward the occupying Japanese (and has gone so far as even thinking like them according to an introduction included with some editions of the book), inwardly he is quite racist and regards German culture as superior, with all the implications this brings.
Nobusuke Tagomi
A Japanese Trade Minister representative living in the PSA.
- Deal with the Devil: Minister Tagomi and Kotomichi have to do this when they learn about the impending nuclear destruction of Japan at the hands of the German Army.
- Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Given the minister's position as a Trade Minister representative in the PSA.
- Precision F-Strike: The reserved Tagomi saying "Chicken shit" in the middle of an intense political discussion.
- Prevent the War: Tagomi wants to prevent a shooting war between the Nazis and the Japanese.
- Punch-Clock Villain/Anti-Villain: He never really does anything evil throughout the course of the book, but given who he's working for, he qualifies as this.
- Took a Level in Badass: Mr. Tagomi uses a (replica) Civil War revolver to kill two American Nazi agents. He has a Heroic BSoD following this.
- Up the Real Rabbit Hole: Near the end of the book he's temporarily drawn into what is either our universe or the universe of The Grasshopper Lies Heavy after focussing on a piece of American folk art.
Paul Kasoura
A young Japanese national working for the Standard of Living for Unfortunate Areas Planning Commission of Inquiry, and living in the San Francisco area.
Betty Kasoura
The wife of Paul, she shares his interest in American culture.
Kotomichi
A Japanese Trade Ministry employee and the aide of Tagomi in the PSA.
- Deal with the Devil: Like his superior, he understands the reluctance of Tagomi when he learns of the Nazi plans to destroy Japan with nukes.
- Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Given his position as a Trade Ministry employee in the JPS.
Rudolph Wegener
A Nazi official from Berlin, he travels usually under the assumed name of Swedish businessman Victore Baynes. He knows Tagomi from way back.
- Crazy-Prepared: Travels under a fake name.
- Mr. Exposition: Serves as this in providing Tagomi (and the audience) on what's happening in Germany.
- Pass Fail: Wegener is Jewish and has undergone plastic surgery to make himself look more "Aryan". An ever-present theme in the book is, at which point do you become what you're pretending to be? Although he may have been lying about that, to mess with Lotze. Or was he?
- Prevent the War: Agrees with Tagomi that they should prevent a shooting war between the Nazis and the Japanese.
- Punch-Clock Villain/Anti-Villain: Like Tagomi, he never really does anything evil throughout the course of the book, but given who he's working for, he qualifies as this.
