History Characters / AliceInBorderland

* MindRape: Was able to gaslight Arisu into thinking that the reason the games exist was all in his head as a coping mechanism for his dead friends, all for shits and giggles.

->'''Portrayed by:''' Aina Yamada

A Merceneray veteran who oversees all the Spade Games, his event is a simple manhunt: You MUST kill him to win, and he is allowed to roam ANYWHERE in the Borderlands (except other active game venues).

* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: PlayedWith. In the manga, he apparently dies from a game when he is away from the beach, and dies for real later in the Face Card arc on-screen from his own game.

* {{Troll}}: Give's a absurdly long winded explanation for the reason the games exist; only to laugh at the look on Arisu's face before telling him she was only joking.

* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: PlayedWith. In the manga, he apparently dies from a game when he is away from the beach, and dies for real later in the Face Card arc on-screen from his own game. In the Netflix adaption, he seemingly dies in the Beach arc protesting against the Military faction over killing people, but later turns up alive as the King of Diamonds and dies to his own game in season 2 just as he does in the manga.

* UnexplainedRecovery: How he survived a close-up gun attack in the Netflix adaption is not explained.

* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: PlayedWith. In the manga, he apparently dies from a game when he is away from the beach, and dies for real later in the Face Card arc on-screen from his own game.
* FingerTenting: It's pretty much his default pose during season 2.

* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: PlayedWith. In the manga, he apparently dies from a game when he is away from the beach, and dies for real later in the Face Card arc on-screen from his own game. In the Netflix adaption, he seemingly dies in the Beach arc protesting against the Military faction over killing people, but later turns up alive as the King of Diamonds and dies to his own game in season 2 just as he does in the manga.
* FingerTenting: It's pretty much his default pose during season 2.
* UnexplainedRecovery: How he survived a close-up gun attack in the Netflix adaption is not explained.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the manga version of the Seven of Hearts game, [[spoiler:after Arisu tries to give away his chance to survive, Chouta refuses and hides himself until the game ends;]] in the live-action, [[spoiler:he restrains Shibuki to keep her from chasing Arisu]].

* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Reaches this in the live-action series when Aguni begs him to put an end to the Beach and he realizes his attempt to create a paradise has failed. He’s so distraught that he points his unloaded gun at Aguni and mimics pulling the trigger, [[SuicideByCop knowing Aguni will reflexively shoot him down]].]]

* AdaptationalJobChange: In the Netflix show, he's the No. 3 behind [[NumberTwo Kuzuryū]], leading to [[spoiler:[[TheMutiny a mutiny]] where the former takes power by force after Hatter dies.]]

* AnimalMotifs: Caterpillars and butterflies, as part of her Allusion. She's already completed her transformation, from [[spoiler: an unhappy and meek child abused by a traditional father to a beautiful and strong-willed transgender woman]].
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Kuina is a transgender woman. Her father, wanting "him" to be a strong fighter by the time "he" takes over the dojo, subjects her to harsh training. This ends when she decides to leave on her own accord]].

* SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat: [[spoiler:Starts using her karate mastery to defeat Last Boss even though she has long left her dojo]].
* TransTribulations: Her father didn't accept that she was [[spoiler: transgender and kicked her out.]]
** The end of Netflix's Season 2 implies [[spoiler:their relationship will improve after she sees her parents at the hospital, starting with her father calling her Hikari instead of using her deadname.]]

* MeaningfulName: Chishiya is a Japanese approximation of "Cheshire", in keeping with the ''Alice in Wonderland'' theme.

* TheSociopath: A non-serial killer example in the manga. He is genuinely unable to empathize with the plights of other people. In the real world during his work as a med student, a terminally ill patient gives him a letter to deliver to his family, as he wants to see them again one final time before he dies. Chishiya agrees, but then throws the letter away as he doesn't want to deal with the trouble of it. However, we see that he is somewhat disturbed by his sociopathy and wishes to understand why others care so much. It's what draws him to [[spoiler:the King of Diamonds towards the end of the series. As Chishiya notes, the King of Diamonds is basically the exact opposite of him, he cares ''too'' much about the value of a life and is paralyzed by his inability to conclude whose life is inherently more valuable. When the King of Diamond concludes the game with an action that had a fifty percent chance of killing him (and does kill him) due to deciding that he can't choose which of their lives is more valuable, Chishiya finds he is jealous of him, as even though he died, he died due to empathy, something Chishiya lacks.]]

[[folder: Arisu Ryohei]]

[[folder: Karube Daikichi]]

* WouldHurtAChild: Of all the players, she chose a little boy as their king so that even though he cannot be tagged into the opposing side, he would be too physically weak to tag his opponents.

* TheSociopath: A non-serial killer example. He is genuinely unable to empathize with the plights of other people. In the real world during his work as a med student, a terminally ill patient gives him a letter to deliver to his family, as he wants to see them again one final time before he dies. Chishiya agrees, but then throws the letter away as he doesn't want to deal with the trouble of it. However, we see that he is somewhat disturbed by his sociopathy and wishes to understand why others care so much. It's what draws him to [[spoiler:the King of Diamonds towards the end of the series. As Chishiya notes, the King of Diamonds is basically the exact opposite of him, he cares ''too'' much about the value of a life and is paralyzed by his inability to conclude whose life is inherently more valuable. When the King of Diamond concludes the game with an action that had a fifty percent chance of killing him (and does kill him) due to deciding that he can't choose which of their lives is more valuable, Chishiya finds he is jealous of him, as even though he died, he died due to empathy, something Chishiya lacks.]]

A High schooler who attends the frankly downright unfair 7♠ event.

* GutFeeling: The ONLY reason she doesn't die right at the beginning alongside everyone else in the 7♠ event? She just didn't feel like going near the instructions. It's explored of course, but she shows a VERY strong intuition for situations going forward: she avoids a vent that leads into superheated water with no way out, and even successfully avoids/detects the K♠ ambushes for a while during his event.

* CanonForeigner : The Queen of Spades game is not shown in the manga meaning she is a character created exclusively for the adaptation.

->'''Specialty:''' ♥ (Psychological, Manga) / ♦ (Intellect, Netflix)

->'''Specialty:''' ♠ (Physical, Netflix only)

->'''Specialty:''' ♣ (Balanced, Netflix only)

-->'''Portrayed by:''' Dori Sakurada

The leader of the opposing side who hosts the most difficult game involving teamwork.

The citizen hosting Q&sSpades; ''Checkmate''. To beat her game, the players' side must tag more members than hers by the end of the round.

** The ending implies [[spoiler:their relationship will improve after she sees her parents at the hospital, starting with her father calling her Hikari instead of using her deadname.]]

->'''Specialty:''' ♥ (Psychological)
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KentoYamazaki

->'''Portrayed by:''' Keita Machida

->'''Portrayed by:''' Yuki Morinaga

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-->'''Faction:''' Cult
-->'''Specialty:''' ♠ (Physical)
-->'''Portrayed by:''' Nobuaki Kaneko

-->'''Faction:''' Military
-->'''Specialty:''' ♠ (Physical)
-->'''Portrayed by:''' Sho Aoyagi

-->'''Faction:''' Military
-->'''Specialty:''' ♦ (Intellect)

-->'''Faction:''' Cult
-->'''Specialty:''' ♣ (Balanced)

-->'''Faction:''' Cult
-->'''Specialty:''' ♦ (Intellect)
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-->'''Portrayed by:''' Ayaka Miyoshi

-->'''Faction:''' Military
-->'''Specialty:''' ♠ (Physical)

-->'''Portrayed by:''' Shuntaro Yanagi

-->'''Specialty:''' ♣ (Balanced) → ♠ (Physical)

-->'''Portrayed by:''' Aya Asahina (Female, present), Rihito Itagaki (Male, past)

-->'''Specialty:''' ♣ (Balanced)

-->'''Portrayed by:''' Yutaro Watanabe

-->'''Specialty:''' ♠ (Physical)

An Merceneray veteran who oversees all the Spade Games, His Event is a simple manhunt: You MUST kill him to win, and he is allowed to roam ANYWHERE in the Borderlands (except other active game venues).

The leader of the opposing side hosts the most difficult game involving teamwork.

Eventually, the few survivors identify the J&hearts as Enji Matsushita, a hypnotherapist who initially partnered with serial killer Banda. Through subtle suggestions, he influenced other players into being more aggressive and rash.

-->'''Portrayed by:''' Tsuyoshi Abe

[[folder:Queen of Spades]]
-->'''Portrayed by:''' Chihiro Yamamoto
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* CanonForeigner : The Queen of Spades game is not shown in the manga meaning she is a character created exclusively for the adaptation.
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-->'''Portrayed by:''' Riisa Naka

-->'''Specialty:''' ♦ (Intellect) → ♥ (Psychological)

-->'''Portrayed by:''' Nijiro Murakami

-->'''Specialty:''' ♥ (Psychological)

-->'''Specialty:''' ♠ (Physical)

-->'''Specialty:''' ♥ (Psychological)

-->'''Specialty:''' ♥ (Psychological)

* AffablyEvil: He sees Arisu as a competitor playing a game and he tries his hardest to make the game fair for both teams, while he doesn't make it easy for Arisu's team to win, he truly respects Arisu's team and them as individuals. Also, he is one of the few antagonists that never directly tries to kill Arisu or anyone in his team in spite of the fact that it's perfectly allowed within game rules to make a player have minus points and therefore kill him if his reaction to Arisu amputating Yutaro so they could win is anything to go by, he didn't want to harm anyone on Arisu team because that would be too much for him.

The leader of the opposing side who hosts the most difficult game involving teamwork.

* AffablyEvil: He sees Arisu as a competitor playing a game and he tries his hardest to make the game fair for both teams, while he doesn't make it easy for Arisu's team to win, he truly respects Arisu's team and them as individuals.
* FullFrontalAssault: He plays the entire game on the nude.

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