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3!Darwin's Game Players
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5!!Sunset Ravens
6The clan Kaname Sudou forms after winning the Treasure Hunt event. The founding members are Kaname, Shuka, Rein, Ryuji, and Sui/Souta. Liu Xuelan, Ximing, Ouji, Inukai, and [[spoiler:Oboro]] would later join the clan.
7[[folder:In General]]
8[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/46_6.jpg]]
9 [[caption-width-right:350:Minus Ximing, Ouji, Inukai, and [[spoiler:Oboro]]]]
10* BadassCrew: They are one of, if not ''the'' most powerful clan in Japan, boasting no less than three A-ranked players where there are less than ten of them in the entire country.
11* EnemyMine: This is how they got their start. During the Treasure Hunt event, Rein, Ishiro, Ryuji and Sui/Souta all teamed up with Kaname and Shuka because they couldn't defeat Eighth on their own. Since they all worked so well together, everyone besides Ishiro (who died fighting two of Eighth's top commanders) joined the clan Kaname formed.
12* HobbesWasRight: [[spoiler: After massacring the Eigth, the Sunset Ravens effectively end up establishing Martial Law. Though all of the rules they end up enforcing end up being beneficial to majority of the community; prohibiting killing outside of events, limiting battles to matches held in the Danjou Boxing Club, providing safe houses and guidance to new players who find themselves in the game. About the only two people who takes issue with this change of events are Themis and Kanehira, and that's because their new rules have negatively impacted their finances.]]
13* HomeBase: After forming the clan, they bought a fortified building where they all live together. [[spoiler: It was abandoned after the Greed Invasion and the members who didn't take part in the Pirates event have a new base where they protect civilians]].
14* FamedInStory: They become famous as the group that won the Treasure Hunt event though the clan was not officially formed until afterwards. And then they wiped out Eighth in a clan battle and almost ''immediately'' took over all of their territory, firmly establishing them as names every player should know.
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17[[folder:Kaname Sudou]]
18[[quoteright:115:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sudoukaname.png]]
19-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/YuusukeKobayashi (JP), Creator/StephenFu (EN)
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21Kaname gained access to ''Darwin's Game'' upon getting an SMS from his friend Kyoda, who was desperately looking for help during his current battle. While Kaname quickly learned that his curiosity regarding the game led him into dangerous situations, he began to adapt and learned to use his quick thinking and determination to progress.
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23His Sigil is the ''Fire God's Hammer'', an extremely rare ability that allows him to recreate any item. Due to being the winner of the Shibuya Treasure Hunt event, he managed to obtain a winner's privilege called High Roller, which allows him to bet more than the usual points on a game battle and force his or his clan's opponents to match it, up to the limit of either's total points at the time.
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25* TheAce: Despite initially getting by in his early battles thanks to some luck, Kaname is frequently praised for having an uncanny level of reflexes and intuition. Kanehira in particular praises Kaname for having been BornInTheWrongCentury, and once Kaname finally receives formal hand to hand combat training from Alexei and Ximing, he becomes an absolute nightmare to fight.
26* AchievementsInIgnorance: He had to be told just how impressive beating Banda and Shuka, back to back, really is.
27* AwesomeByAnalysis: His brain is his best weapon. He's the one most likely to figure out the hidden loopholes in an enemy strategy or a D-Game event.
28* BadassNormal: Even without the use of his Sigil, Kaname manages to win his battles through sheer determination and turns out to be pretty quick on his feet, when the situation arises for it. Once Ximing starts to teach him martial arts, Kaname is a decent opponent without any weapons.
29* BewareTheNiceOnes: Kaname is overall a very nice guy, but his simple exterior can easily lead people to not take him seriously. And if you don't do that, he will ''make'' you take him seriously.
30* BornLucky: His first ever, and only, gacha spin resulted in a handgun, which is stated by the GM to have only an 8% chance. His victory over Banda involved Banda (while invisible) getting hit by a passing car.
31* CharacterDevelopment: Kaname's time in Darwin's game has greatly affected him.
32** Starts a bit naive and unwilling to kill his opponents but after Shinozuka was murdered by Wang, he develops a more ruthless side and will kill his enemies if they threaten him or anyone else in his clan, especially Shuka.
33** Becomes more confident of his skills as the leader of his clan after he deals with his personal struggles firsthand.
34* ConfusionFu: Kaname's ability to [[HyperspaceArsenal summon any weapon]] he's familiar with makes him completely unpredictable in close range combat.
35* TheDeterminator: One of his defining traits. His sheer determination to not die was one of the reasons that he managed to win against Banda-kun, which was his first ever battle.
36* DisappearedDad: His father is working overseas.
37* DistressedDude: At one point he's kidnapped by the ''top player of the game'' because she wants to recruit him. [[spoiler: Not into her clan, but into her family of assassins. Her family has been killing people for money for centuries.]]
38* FamedInStory:
39** From his very first match in Darwin’s Game, he made waves in the game. Defeating Banda-kun got him noticed because he was a notable player with a memorable appearance, but people didn’t think much of it at the time because Banda-kun was relatively weak. Him defeating Shuka who was until then undefeated was what ''really'' got people interested. And then he and his friends defeated Eighth and won the Treasure Hunt event, before destroying the Eighth in a clan war, firmly establishing him and his friends as a top-tier clan.
40** By the third arc, intel on him has reached the point where player's are now speculating that Kaname's OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent background ''must'' be some sort of cover-up both due to how quickly he climbed the ranks in the game and the amount of influence he's amassed.
41* {{Forgiveness}}: A firm believer of it. If you kill only because D-Game forces you, and have sympathetic motives, he'll be all too happy to let that pass like water under the bridge. Be bloodthirsty and do despicable things only for your own convenience, and you're digging your own grave.
42* FromNobodyToNightmare: OrdinaryHighschoolStudent to the leader and founder of the Sunset Ravens, the {{Yakuza}} and most powerful clan that rules the city of Shibuya.
43* GainingTheWillToKill: When he first started out as a D-game player, he bent himself into pretzels to avoid killing others, even being reluctant to open fire on Eighth when they came at him in massive numbers. Then Wang goes and sadistically tortures a close friend to death. [[LetsGetDangerous Well, no more Mr. Nice Guy.]]
44* GoodIsNotSoft: Always willing to lend a helping hand to the helpless, and only fights when he has to. Force him to fight, or worse kill, and things are going to get ''very unpleasant'' for you.
45* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: His central philosophy is that there's no such thing as a "useless" sigil. If your sigil is lack-luster, it's because you haven't puzzled out all the possible applications yet. '''He's right.'''
46* HeroicNeutral: Combined with WildCard. His biggest wish is to get out of Darwin's Game, and all his efforts are to stop pointless D-Game matches. Ally with that, you've got a powerful ally, regardless of your past. Work to make the D-Game go on, draw in innocents, or increase its scale for petty reasons, or your own amusement, and things are going to get real bleak for you, real fast.
47* InstantExpert: Part of his ability allows him to instantly understand the mechanisms of anything he's handled and recreate it on demand, even modifying them if he needs to, as long as it stays within the restrictions of his ability.
48* ItsPersonal: Kaname already didn't like Eighth all that much, but when they [[spoiler:kidnapped and tortured his friend, Shinozuka, on camera]], Kaname was prepared to '''end''' them, one way or another.
49* JadeColoredGlasses: During the battle with Eight, [[spoiler: seeing the aftermath of his friend brutrally killed causes Kaname to quickly give up his ThouShaltNotKill morals]].
50* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Subverted. Eighth does enough horrible things both in general and [[spoiler:to Kaname's friends]] that it causes Kaname to temporarily go against his principles, but once they're gone, Kaname goes back to his old self.
51* KarmicJackpot: Be good to Kaname, and usually, though not always, things will go well for you. Antagonize him, and things will go badly. Antagonize him enough and YouAreAlreadyDead. You just haven't got the memo yet.
52* KissOfLife: When Kaname finds Shuka almost dead in the flooded underground subway, with no better options, he tries artificial respiration to revive her. It works and Shuka who was already smitten with him gives him a proper BigDamnKiss because it was her SacredFirstKiss and she wanted to do it properly.
53* LetsGetDangerous: When he realizes Eighth is just as AxeCrazy, cruel, murderous, and sadistic outside D-Game as they are in it, he pulls out all the stops. [[spoiler: And utterly annihilates a group of hundreds, with an army of 4.]]
54* LogicalWeakness: His ability to create things out of thin air cannot create items that are too complex (like smartphones), nor can he create a weapon without having handled it first. If he doesn't know it, he can't create it.
55* MagneticHero: Kaname tends to make allies of every character who's not a complete psychopath, and some of those who are. One event even ends with him collecting [[spoiler:an entire post-apocalyptic society]].
56* MinorLivingAlone: Despite being a teenager, he lived on his own since his mother is dead and his father works overseas when the story started. After forming the clan, he then moved into the clan base.
57* MissingMom: His mother has been dead for some time.
58* MoralityChain: His existence is just about the only thing that keeps Shuka on the straight and narrow, and she likes it that way.
59* MyGreatestFailure: The deaths of his friends, directly or indirectly, due to the D-game.
60* PersonalityPowers: Interestingly enough, it's [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]; Kaname generally has a reluctance to kill but his power actually lends itself quite well to ''assassinations''.
61* PostVictoryCollapse: The moment Shuka surrenders, he faints and collapses right on top of her due to a concussion. The only thing keeping him going was pure adrenaline.
62* ThePowerOfCreation: His Sigil can create objects out of thin air, with some restrictions. He can create [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation all sorts of conventional weapons]] (firearms, grenades, etc.), but not complex electronics like smartphones or large objects like cars. He can only use the ability so many times in a short period, and he actually has to understand how the item itself functions, though his Sigil grants him the ability to gain such knowledge through skin contact. Finally, objects he create only exist [[NoOntologicalInertia as long as he's conscious]], keeping him from amassing stockpiles of weapons which would break the game's economy.
63* SingleTargetSexuality: Subtly. Despite Shuka's advances on him being far more aggressive than he likes, no matter how many other girls show attraction towards him (even Xuelan), it's clear Kaname considers only her as a future partner.
64* TechnicalPacifist: Kaname is against killing anyone in the game, but he will fight to survive.
65* TemptingFate: His first D-game battle is a direct result of him clicking "OK" on his phone app when he received a notice of a challenger, despite earlier having a "hallucination" of a snake biting his neck from his phone, which caused him to black out and wind up in the infirmary, and not reading the manual first.
66* TookALevelInBadass: From regular highschool student to a newbie ''Darwin's Game'' player that won his first battle because luck was involved to winning his battles because of actual skill, and he just kept getting better.
67* UndyingLoyalty: To Shuka, he's deeply in love with her and will do anything to protect her, even if it means risking his life.
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69
70[[folder:Shuka Karino]]
71[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/57_0.jpg]]
72 [[caption-width-right:350:Wow, Kaname's cute!]]
73-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/ReinaUeda (JP), Creator/AlexisTipton (EN)
74
75A girl that is one of the highest ranked players of ''Darwin's Game''. Since she never lost a single battle, she was quickly known as ''the Undefeated Queen''. However, she earned her first ever loss with Kaname.
76
77Her Sigil is ''Queen of Thorns'', which allows her to manipulate any string-like object.
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79* ActionGirl: She's one of Sunset Ravens best fighter, and has an incredible battle record, having only two onscreen losses and doing well or outright dominating her opponent in every other battle.
80* AdoptivePeerParent: She sees Sui as a daughter figure, not as a peer. Sui is perfectly happy with this, as Shuka treats her very, very kindly.
81* BadassInDistress: When she finds herself about to drown in the subway.
82* BathtubBonding: She starts chapter 22 sharing a bath with Sui.
83* BeautyEqualsGoodness: She's a beautiful blonde with a ruthless but caring side to her as she loves Kaname and will protect him and the other members of the Sunset Ravens.
84* BedmateReveal: After Kaname hands her very first defeat, he wakes up, two days later to find she's in bed with him, butt naked. She continues to sneak into his bed from time to time over the series' run, but in those instances, does so while wearing simple, yet elegant sleepwear.
85* BestHerToBedHer: Subdued, but present. She believes Kaname is her "destined one" because he dominated her in their fight.
86* BloodKnight: She doesn't care about points, money, or any of the traditional D-Game "rewards." She fights in D-battles, ''for fun.''
87* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Downplayed but being in the D-Game since before she was a teenager has resulted in her view of the moral worth of life being a bit skewed, to say the least. She needs a reason ''not'' to kill her opponents.
88* ChainPain: Her preferred weapon is a long, metal chain.
89* ChildrenForcedToKill: As a result of D-Game, she was forced into a life-or-death battle with her parents' killer, as a pre-teen. What's worse, a classmate lured her into the game.
90* ClingyJealousGirl: Zigzagged. When she does feel jealous, she takes it to ridiculous levels, but yet when she hears that a certain 30-year-old very attractive female master-assassin wants to get herself knocked up with Kaname's child, purely to have an heir for her fighting style, she's okay with that. Furthermore, the fact that the population of Sunset Ravens is predominantly female and attractive is her doing.
91* DeathByGenreSavvy: Subverted. She goes into a subway to avoid snipers, [[spoiler: and almost drowns.]]
92* ElegantGothicLolita: Her usual attire outside of school.
93* EveryoneHasStandards: She may be a blood knight who fights and kills for fun, but Wang absolutely sickens her with his sadistic cruelty and fondness for torture.
94* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Multiple men throughout the series wanted a piece of her, unfortunately for them, Kaname is the lucky one that gets to have her.
95* ExoticWeaponSupremacy: Her proficiency with strings and chains is so exemplary, a master assassin who has ''decades'' of combat experience and martial arts training considers her style "perfect" and utterly incapable of improvement.
96* FriendToAllChildren: Shuka has a soft side for children given how she accepted Sui in without any argument and bonds with her and her brothers side as well. Given this knowledge, it wouldn't be much surprise that Shuka would want to be pregnant with Kaname's child.
97* FriendlessBackground: Prior to Kaname, she lived alone at the penthouse of an office building.
98* GirlishPigtails: Her hair is usually put up into two braids.
99* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: If you can manage to avoid antagonizing her, she's actually a very sweet and sensitive woman, and excellent mother figure if Sui is anything to go by. She also happens to be golden-haired blonde.
100* HarmfulToMinors: Flashbacks show that she ''watched her parents die'' as a result of D-Game, when she was a pre-teen.
101* HatesBeingTouched: Any man that isn't Kaname touches her will find themselves short one hand. Some delinquents involved with Darwin's Game found this out the hard way.
102* HiddenDepths: When it comes to her maternal instincts, she proves that she's quite promising.
103* IAmNotLeftHanded: Her chains make her opponents think her Sigil is exclusively limited to that type of weapon. As [[spoiler:Wang]] learns the hard way, her Sigil is way more versatile than it appears.
104* InnocentFanserviceGirl: For a certain definition of "innocent." She doesn't seem to comprehend why lying naked next to a guy she likes is inappropriate. She wears clothes in future bed visits only because of Kaname's FreakOut.
105* ItAmusedMe: She reached out to help Kaname in the fight with Banda because she thought Kaname was cute.
106* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Her battles usually have her fighting in her typical gothic lolita clothes, which don't seem to hinder her at all.
107* KissOfLife: Played straight with Kaname when he tries to revive her with artificial respiration in the flooded underground subway. She was so happy to get it that she gave Kaname a BigDamnKiss for it.
108* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Pinned to the ground, gun in your face, and the guy pointing it at you feels cornered? Surrendering is a damn fine idea, as he could fire ''by accident'' if you try anything else.
109* LonelyRichKid: The only thing she had in life before the D-game is money.
110* MamaBear: As surprising as it might seem, she's actually ''very'' protective of children, and her anger is not something you want to be on the wrong side of.
111* MinorLivingAlone: At the beginning of the story, she lived on her own after the death of her parents and with no surviving relatives. She then moved into the clan base after the clan was formed.
112* NotAfraidToDie: To the point that hallucinations of her own death don't faze her, at all. The fact that she was able to NoSell Liu Xuelan's trump card impressed the latter immensely.
113* OneWomanArmy: An official analysis from the CIA indicates that in order to beat her, it would take either someone with a very long-range sniper-rifle, or an attack helicopter. The Shibuya event proves that the former is not a guarantee.
114* ParentalAbandonment: She has no memory of her parents because they both died while she was very young, and she has no known living relatives.
115* RazorFloss: One of the most dangerous aspects of her Sigil to control ''any'' string. She can make threads almost too small to see by the naked eye vibrate like an electric bone-saw. [[spoiler: Which she demonstrates by slicing Wang's limbs into LudicrousGibs.]]
116* RedBaron: Prior to her defeat by Kaname, she was known as the Undefeated Queen.
117* {{Revenge}}: In the anime, her motivation for playing D-game is not simply for fun. She wants vengeance against two people: her parents' killer, and D-game's creator, the latter a sentiment Kaname shares.
118* SacredFirstKiss: Not content with Kaname's KissOfLife, she gives him a BigDamnKiss, and voices the trope word for word.
119* SingleTargetSexuality: She loves Kaname and only Kaname, shown that she severed the hand of another high school student who tried to flirt with her.
120* SmittenTeenageGirl: She is utterly smitten with Kaname, sure that they will get married. Kaname is fully aware of her feelings but told her they'll have that talk ''after'' they clear the game.
121* SociopathicHero: She may be one of the "good" guys, being a member, and founder, of the Sunset Ravens, but she has to be given a reason to ''not'' kill people who irritate her. Anyone other than Kaname who touches her without an engraved invitation is likely to lose that hand.
122* TheirFirstTime: Implied. She invites Kaname to her bedroom for an important "meeting", snuggles up to him, asks him if he likes her, gets pushed down unto the bed, and the next scene has Sui chasing everyone away from her bedroom door.
123* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Even for a teenager, she seems a little ''too'' easy-going with causing harm to people.
124* UndyingLoyalty: Given her obsessive love for Kaname, she will do anything to protect him and if anyone tries to hurt him then, get ready to die.
125* VerbalTic: She tends to end her sentences with "nya~".
126* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Shuka will do anything to protect Kaname. While she's already a OneWomanArmy, you harm Kaname, it gets personal as she will make her enemies suffer before they die.
127* YouKilledMyFather: During the TrappedInAnotherWorld arc in the manga, she's revealed to have already fulfilled this on the person who murdered her parents; the ''Flag Game'' side story shows the events leading up to that moment. The anime, which originally aired while the latter was still in serialization, adapts her backstory early and inserts it during her scenes in Shibuya's subway.
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129
130[[folder:Rein Kashiwagi]]
131[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rein.jpg]]
132 [[caption-width-right:350:Interesting. It's been a long time since I got new information that I could sell for a lot of points.]]
133-> '''Voiced by''': Nichika Omori (JP), Creator/TiaBallard (EN)
134
135A middle-school student who Kaname encounters during the Treasure Hunt event. She trades information for points.
136
137Her sigil is Laplace Function. It gives her the ability to predict things in the short-term future.
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139* CombatClairvoyance: Rein's Sigil is the ability to analyze the location and momentum of everything around her, which allows her to predict where things (like bullets) are ''going'' to be.
140* FriendlySniper: Is skilled with a sniper rifle.
141* GamerChick: Unsurprisingly, her hobby outside of analyzing data is playing computer games. Sui notes that she "has not feminine interests".
142* HackerCave: What she prefers for living quarters.
143* ImprobableAimingSkills: By applying her Sigil to her sharpshooting, she can make shots with far better accuracy then what should otherwise be possible.
144* InformationBroker: Before the clan was formed, she finds information she thinks she can sell for lots of points. After Sunset Ravens was officially formed, she is the one responsible for gathering intelligence her clan needs.
145* InUniverseNickname: Is often called "Rain."
146* LogicalWeakness: Her sigil allows her to avoid attacks analyzing the momentum of objects and forming predictions based on that. A teleportation sigil such as the one possessed by Eighth's leader therefore cannot be predicted. An attack with a wide enough area-of-effect that would leave her with nowhere to escape could also bypass her prediction-based evasion.
147* NotTheIntendedUse: While she mainly uses her Sigil's analytical abilities to predict the future in the short-term, she's shown to be able to turn it on herself in order to find the information needed to decipher a critical clue in the Shibuya Event. While she does succeed, the effort she put in caused her to have a nosebleed.
148* RedBaron: Rein is also known as "The Information Broker" or "The Analyst".
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150
151[[folder:Ryuji Maesaka]]
152[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ryuji.jpg]]
153 [[caption-width-right:350:What?! Eighth is coming here?! Count me in then!]]
154-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/TakuYashiro (JP), Creator/JarrodGreene (EN)
155A man who teamed up with Kaname during the Treasure Hunt event after learning King is also participating in the event.
156
157His sigil is Truth or Lie[[note]]One fan-translation humorously gave it the name of Bullshit Detector[[/note]]. It allows him to tell when someone is lying or not.
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159* AnArmAndALeg: In the Treasure Hunt event, Eighth manages to sneak up on him and sever his arm, along the hand. Fortunately, the top healer at Danjou Boxing Club manages to either grow it back, or re-attach it.
160* ChangedMyMindKid: Agreed to just take his three rings and head on his merry way, considering becoming PeoplePuppets for "The Florist" was unforgivable. When he heard Eighth was coming, he quickly decided to enter into an EnemyMine situation with both Kaname and "The Florist" to deal with them.
161* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: After Kaname proved to him how good his Sigil really is, Sunset Ravens benefited a lot from his ability to weed out liars and determine the sincerity of potential allies. It's also the most reliable way of [[spoiler: weeding out the Greed that has disguised themselves as humans. All Ryuji has to do is ask if they're human and his sigil will see through their lies]].
162* IdenticalStranger: He bears a strong resemblance to Kyouda Hiroyuki, which Kaname points out when he finally unmasks.
163* LivingLieDetector: Ryuji's Sigil can tell if someone is telling the truth or a lie.
164* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: He thought his ability to detect lies was useless, but Kaname managed to prove him wrong by proving he considered Ryuji a friend by lying about not being friends.
165* YouKilledMyFather: He wants to kill Wang because [[spoiler:Wang murdered his kid brother]].
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167
168[[folder:Hiragi Ishiro "The Florist"]]
169[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/40_7.jpg]]
170 [[caption-width-right:350:Sorry, kid, but one man's death can mean another man's life.]]
171-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (JP), Creator/ChristopherWehkamp (EN)
172A man with a terminally ill daughter who joined the D-Game to get enough money to get her a heart transplant.
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174* AdaptationalAttractiveness: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. The anime shortens his hair and lessens the wrinkles on his face, making him look somewhat younger.
175* AllForNothing: Played with. On one hand, him going into Darwin's Game to earn enough cash so his daughter could get a transplant is rejected by said daughter when she learned of his death. On the other, if his daughter Suzune didn't start investigating Darwin's Game as a result of said death, she would have died of cardiac arrest.
176* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Died inside Darwin's Game trying to earn enough cash to get his daughter a heart transplant.
177* GreenThumb: His sigil allows him to grow and control plants.
178* HollywoodHacking: His plants can get into computers and take control of them.
179* HonoraryTrueCompanion: He was never officially part of Sunset Ravens since the clan wasn't formed until after he died, but while he was alive, they all worked well together in order to defeat Eighth during the Treasure Hunt event. In gratitude for his help, the Ravens went out of their way to protect his daughter until she joined an allied clan.
180* LogicalWeakness: His plants are very vulnerable to fire.
181* PeoplePuppets: His plants can mind-control people through the use of drugs.
182* SwissArmySuperpower: There's very little his control of plants can't do. He can attack from afar, create armor to fight at close range, lay deadly traps, take over computer systems, MindControl people, keep his heart pumping after a fatal wound...
183* TakingYouWithMe: When he finds himself cornered by two powerful members of Eighth, he brings a 40+ story building down on all three of them. He only managed to kill one; the other survived, though not unscathed.
184* TrapMaster: He fights primarily through traps, but if forced to fight in person is no pushover.
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186
187[[folder:Sui/Souta]]
188[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/54_5.jpg]]
189 [[caption-width-right:350:Shuka Onee-san!]]
190-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/YumiriHanamori (JP), Creator/BrittanyLauda (EN)
191A young girl participating in the game. She says Souta, her brother, is within her.
192
193Sui's sigil, Pollux Light, allows her to manipulate water while Souta's sigil, Castor Light, lets him turn water into ice.
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195* AwesomeByAnalysis: She's the one who figures out the antagonist in Out of Range Village, not anyone else, including Rein.
196* BathtubBonding: She starts chapter 22 sharing a bath with Shuka.
197* BewareTheNiceOnes: It's Sui, not Souta [[spoiler: that kills the parrot who is using clay puppets to threaten Ryuji, and putting them all in danger.]] And she does it without hesitation, and barely any remorse.
198* CannotSpitItOut: She develops a crush on [[spoiler:Ryuji]], but being a ShrinkingViolet, can't bring herself to speak out her feelings, even after [[ShipperOnDeck Souta]] has her trip and fall on him to make her confess.
199* CombatPragmatist: Souta fights dirty, without regret or remorse.
200* EasilyForgiven: In spite of being responsible for Shuka nearly dying, Shuka is incredibly forgiving of her, though it helps that Shuka is incredibly smitten with Kaname and the whole incident led to Kaname giving her the KissOfLife for which Shuka actually said she was ''grateful''. Not to mention Kaname's in the room, and she knows he ''hates'' pointless killing.
201* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Sui is actually a very sweet girl, and is platinum blonde.
202* HoldTheLine: When a Greed LL attacks the Sunset Ravens in Shibuya, she uses her sigil to hold off its HollywoodAcid BreathWeapon so the team can escape.
203* MakingASplash[=/=]AnIcePerson: Sui[=/=]Souta's Sigil. Sui controls water while Souta freezes it.
204* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: She can detect Sigil use by the blood flow fluctuations of the user. She used this to [[spoiler: figure out that it was the ''parrot'' that was attacking them at Off-Range Village]].
205* ShrinkingViolet: Sui is painfully shy.
206* SplitMindSplitPowers: Sui's sigil in the game, Pollux Light, allows her to manipulate water while Souta's sigil, Castor Light, lets him turn water into ice.
207* SplitPersonality: Souta's personality is within Sui, and Sui sometimes let's him control, though she is capable of taking it back if she thinks he's going too far.
208* SuperpowerLottery: She’s a clear winner with the ability to manipulate water. It includes the water inside living beings. The only reason she doesn’t use her sigil that way more often is due to her unwillingness to use violence in general. [[spoiler: Push comes to shove though, if her TrueCompanions are threatened, she ''will'' do whatever it takes, even killing her enemies by controlling the water within them]].
209* WaterIsWomanly: Sui's Sigil lets her control water and she's a shy, sweet girl.
210[[/folder]]
211
212[[folder:Liu Xuelan]]
213[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/liu_xelan.jpg]]
214 [[caption-width-right:350:I want your baby, Kaname!]]
215-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/AiKayano (JP), Creator/KatelynBarr (EN)
216The top Japan player in Darwin’s Game and the top assassin in the world. She's from China and her sigil is unknown, because ''she never used it in her matches''.
217----
218* TheAce: She's the #1 D-game player in Japan.
219* BadassNormal: Nobody knows what her sigil is ''because she does not need it!'' She's climbed to #1 without using her sigil ''at all!''
220* TheBet: She joins Sunset Ravens because she lost the bet that she would be Kaname's subordinate if she couldn't defeat them without having to resort to deadly force.
221* GuestStarPartyMember: She and her butler Ximing are technically members of Sunset Ravens, but they just do whatever they want.
222* HitmanWithAHeart: She's a master assassin, but otherwise a good woman.
223* KillingIntent: Weaponized. It's so intense that it can completely incapacitate others by making them hallucinate their own death. And to drive home just how insanely powerful she is, this ''isn't'' her sigil; she had this ability '''''before''''' joining the game.
224* LateToTheTragedy: In chapter 31, she arrives at the Japanese CIA office to try and negotiate a non-aggression agreement. Said office had already been firebombed by A Darwin's Game Executioner.
225* MyBiologicalClockIsTicking: Combined with BestHerToBedHer. She wants an heir to her martial style, but only her bloodline can inherit, and not just anybody is good enough to be her GlorifiedSpermDonor. She set her sights on Kaname because she decided the winner of the Treasure Hunt event was a suitable sire for her child.
226* PowerIsSexy: When Shuka was able to NoSell her weaponized killing intent, and cornered her atop a moving limo, she openly proposed to Shuka in response!
227* TheSpartanWay: Which she lampshades. Just as she's about to put Kaname and Inukai through TrainingFromHell, she shouts "THIS IS SPARTA!"
228* TrainingFromHell: She puts Kaname through it so he can be strong enough to qualify to be her baby daddy.
229* TheUnreveal: She never shows a Sigil because [[spoiler:she already acquired it before she joined Darwin's Game; in other words, her KillingIntent ''was'' her innate Sigil]].
230* WorthyOpponent: How she and Shuka see each other. It's impossible to determine a winner in a fight between them, if neither of them are trying to kill the other.
231[[/folder]]
232
233[[folder:Ximing]]
234[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shiming.jpg]]
235 [[caption-width-right:350:Lady Shuka, are you perhaps a long lost relative of Lady Liu Xuelan?]]
236-> '''Voiced by''': Hideyuki Umezu (JP), Creator/RBruceElliott (EN)
237
238Lady Liu Xuelan's butler.
239----
240* BadassInANiceSuit: Wears traditional butler attire, does not fall far behind Liu Xuelan.
241* BattleButler: Impeccable butler, expert fighter.
242* CrazyPrepared: In chapter 34, while driving to the SR's hideout/base after a negotiation with Saigou Family Clan, Kaname gets the notice that he's starring in a major game event, to take place ... ''in 30 seconds.'' Siming stops the limo, opens the trunk and gives Kaname a backpack with three days of food and water inside.
243* GracefulLoser: When he finds that Liu Xuelan is in a predicament where she can't win the fight without breaking her oath to avoid using lethal force, he calmly and politely admits their loss.
244* GuestStarPartyMember: Like Liu Xuelan, he's a member of Sunset Ravens, but only takes orders from Liu Xuelan and otherwise does whatever he feels like.
245%%%* HighClassGlass:
246* TrainingFromHell: The first to put Kaname and Inukai through the ringer.
247* UndyingLoyalty: To Liu Xuelan, and the only one who could tell her when to stand down.
248[[/folder]]
249
250[[folder:Ouji Kimihiko]]
251[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ouji.jpg]]
252 [[caption-width-right:350:You...YOU'RE KANAME OF SUNSET RAVENS?!]]
253A gun {{Otaku}} who bumps into Kaname during the Hunting Island event. Sigil: Penguin's Eye.
254----
255* AintTooProudToBeg: Upon meeting Kaname, he begs to join Sunset Ravens, and then when Kaname has him flee from the Doume, he begins shouting, begging for someone to come to Kaname's rescue. Both times, it was the right course of action.
256* AscendedFanboy: Upon joining D-game, and hearing about the Sunset Ravens, he idolized them. When he got to meet Kaname, and was offered the chance to join, he couldn't click the "OK" button fast enough.
257* BlessedWithSuck: What he originally thinks about his sigil, until Kaname teaches him how to use it properly, at which point he comes to realize it's DifficultButAwesome.
258* BornLucky: Not only does spending all his starter points in the gacha actually prove justified when he walks away with a sweet high-power, super-long range anti-materiel sniper rifle and managed to not die because he got one of the widely-distributed Clan Shelters from the Sunset Ravens, but he manages to bump into Seigen's cult and get away unmolested, and then, the guy he scopes out through his sniper rifle, going purely by thermal vision, '''Kaname''', is probably the only player who wouldn't hold a grudge for that.
259* CrazyPrepared: Deconstructed. During the hour he had to prepare for the hunting event, he brought some sweet survivalist gear, including camouflage painted fatigues, and used it all correctly and wisely, but the combined weight was too much for him, causing him to go through his water rations far too quickly. If he hadn't met Kaname, death by thirst was a very real possibility.
260* DidNotThinkThisThrough: He was so fixated on trying to sneak into the southern supply point that he never bothered to check for local resources. When Kaname points out a fresh-water spring, he almost facepalms at his lack of foresight.
261* EasilyForgiven: Targets Kaname with a sniper rifle, intending to kill him. Kaname's response? Sharing his supplies, and recruiting him to Sunset Ravens, after helping him clear the Hunting Island event.
262* FriendlySniper: He is actually quite proficient with his high-power anti-materiel rifle, sniping a deer through the chest on his very first shot. The only reason he didn't hit Kaname with it is that he never got a chance to fire, Kaname disappearing from his vision and coming up behind him before he could blink.
263* IncompletelyTrained: He's got the gear, the knowledge and proficiency to use it, but his body lacks the proper training to handle it for any length of time unaided. Joining Sunset Ravens fixes this shortcoming nicely.
264* MundaneUtility: He practiced using his sigil "Penguin's Eye" by searching for a porn mag he lost under his bed.
265* NonIndicativeName: His sigil has nothing to do with actual penguins.
266* NecessaryDrawback: While using his sigil, he has to shut his eyes, and remain almost motionless.
267* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: His reaction to being spotted by Seigen is to run for the hills. It's the correct decision.
268* SuperSenses: His sigil allows him to target scope within 50 meters of himself, in all directions.
269* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Using a high-power anti-materiel sniper rifle for hunting deer sounds like a good plan, on paper. But if the bullet is too high-powered, the bullet can pass right through the deer, causing it to run away, rather than killing it.
270
271[[/folder]]
272
273!!Eighth
274One of many clans in the game, and one of the most notorious ones for their murderous brutality. Their leader is Wang.
275[[folder:In General]]
276* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: Most people are glad they’re gone. The exceptions are limited to those that had a personal connection with them.
277* AxeCrazy: Pretty much all of them love inflicting barbaric brutality on other people. Darwin’s Game just makes it easier for them to get away with it right up until Sunset Ravens took all their points.
278* TheDreaded: They were feared for their brutality in killing anyone that opposed them.
279* RevengeMyopia: They rampage, steal, and sadistically maim, torture, and kill across Shibuya whenever they please, but one of them gets hurt, especially by the people they're victimizing? Total annihilation to the offender! No exceptions!
280* TotalPartyKill: They were massacred once Kaname, Ryuji and Shuka pulled out all the stops, and by the end of the clan war, anyone left were killed by the mechanics of the game as they lost all their points.
281[[/folder]]
282
283[[folder:Wang]]
284[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/one_17.jpg]]
285 [[caption-width-right:350:Look at me, the "hero" of Darwin's Game.]]
286-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/YoshitsuguMatsuoka (JP), Creator/MikeMcFarland (EN)
287The leader of Eighth. His sigil, Beelzebub, allows him to manipulate the space around him up to 10 meters, allowing him to teleport and to cut people up.
288----
289* AnArmAndALeg: He loses quite a few limbs going after Shuka.
290* AxeCrazy: He'll kill you and laugh about it, ''if you're lucky''. If you're not, he'll torture you first, ''then'' kill you.
291* BloodKnight: He relishes killing, and delights in torturing people.
292* CollectorOfTheStrange: Combined with CreepySouvenir. He has a bizarre obsession with collecting people's severed fingers and putting them in a giant pickle jar, stating that the resulting liquid is his favorite "energy drink."
293* DirtyCoward: As Shuka continues to chop off his limbs, he breaks down into a pathetic wreck as he crys his eyes out saying he doesn't want to die. Shuka mocks him for his cowardice and even faces Kaname before he dies saying that he shouldn't die as he's the "protagonist" of Darwin's Game and shouldn't die like the rest.
294* TheFarmerAndTheViper: How does he "thank" Kaname for sparing him at the end of the Shibuya Treasure Hunt event? Swearing, and carrying out, bloody RevengeByProxy. Kaname's retaliation is... not pretty.
295* {{Fingore}}: He loves chopping off and collecting the fingers of those he targets.
296* GlasgowGrin: He's got some kind of facial deformity that makes it look like he's got a massive smile on almost all occasions, even when he's royally pissed.
297* HesBack:
298** In chapter 92, [[spoiler:he apparently returns as a Humanoid Greed, and he's far, far more dangerous than before, having gained a VictorGainsLosersPowers ability]].
299** Chapter 93 makes the above a subversion instead: [[spoiler:that particular Wang is actually from a [[AlternateTimeline World Line]] where he never fought Kaname and instead was consumed by Emulator to add Beelzebub to his own skillset (via "emulating" that Wang's personality)]].
300* IControlMyMinionsThrough: Loyalty, amazingly enough. He doesn't have to use violence or threats to get people to join him, they do it willingly, due to his inherent charisma. Once he considers you a member of his gang, he, mostly, looks out for your well being, but only if you are all about hurting anyone and everyone outside the gang, as brutally and graphically as possible.
301* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: Since he never faced a real challenge until he foolishly pissed off Sunset Ravens, he grew complacent in his strength and abilities, thinking way too highly of himself and his gang. This made his actions utterly predictable, and he completely underestimated how dangerous Shuka is.
302* InconsistentSpelling: Early translations named him "One", reasoning that it matches his clan's name being Eighth. The anime, and his slate headstone in Chapter 99, confirm his name was meant to be translated as "Wang", which is further supported by his past history with Long in the slums of China.
303* MoralMyopia: He wants something you've got, no matter what it is, he and his gang will happily kill you and take it. You fight back, successfully or not, you're a monster that deserves a FateWorseThanDeath.
304* {{Narcissist}}: Believes himself to be the "protagonist" of Darwin's Game and as a king as he attempts to kill everyone who doesn't follow him or gets in his way.
305* NeverMyFault: As Shuka is tearing him apart in retaliation for his many offenses against Sunset Ravens, he yells out "DARWIN'S GAME IS BUGGED! ADMINISTRATION! DO SOMETHING!" It's not until he's moments away from being completely pixelated that he realizes Rein's lecture about the ritual of Gu indicates how he screwed himself over with his sadistic cruelty.
306* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Deliberately trying to enrage Kaname by targeting his friends backfired in the most spectacular way possible. Kaname, realizing that Wang is beyond reason, eliminated his entire gang on the spot.
307* OhCrap: Wang was not prepared for the possibility that Kaname would actually break from his ThouShaltNotKill policy. He ended up looking like a deer staring at headlights when Kaname declares a Clan Battle and starts gunning down his men.
308* PowerfulButIncompetent: He's certainly not an idiot. He figured out the real purpose of the Treasure Hunt event shortly after Kaname did. His [[StupidEvil petty sadism]], delusions that ''he'' is the "hero" of Darwin's Game, and the fact he never faced anyone on his level before negate his intelligence and [[SpaceMaster powerful sigil]]. [[spoiler:He killed a hostage, destroying all his leverage, just to hurt Kaname. All it did was cause Kaname to [[GainingTheWillToKill realize]] that some people [[ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer can't be reasoned with and need to be killed]]. He always used the same move in his fights so Shuka easily countered him. When Shuka was about to kill him, he teleported himself 100 meters into the air. He was only ever able to teleport himself 10 meters before, implying that his sigil was far more powerful than he thought. He only realizes his mistakes as he is being disintegrated for losing the clan battle.]]
309* PowerIncontinence: When he was desperate to escape from Shuka's retribution, he finds himself 100 meters in the air, falling uncontrollably. He does manage to slow himself down and land, [[FromBadToWorse right in front of Kaname and Ryuji, helpless.]]
310* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Wang thought he, not Kaname, was TheProtagonist of Darwin's Game, even with all his sadistic cruelty.
311* PsychopathicManchild: The instant things start going south for him, he throws a tantrum and complains Darwin's game is unfair.
312* RevengeByProxy: If he can't get at you directly, he will hunt down people you care about, take out his frustrations on them, and then show you a video of it, just so he can make you suffer.
313* {{Sadist}}: Kills people for pure enjoyment.
314* SayingTooMuch: Which Kaname repeatedly calls him out on. He's a compulsive talker, addicted to the sound of his own voice, so he just goes on rants at the drop of a hat.
315* TheSociopath: A clear cut example, being a sadistic thug who uses his charisma to manipulate people to serve him, and showing no remorse for all the cruelty that he inflicted on other people.
316* SoreLoser: Swore vengeance on Kaname for winning the Treasure Hunt event.
317* SmarterThanYouLook:
318** He may look just like a thug, and certainly acts like one, but he was smart enough to realize that the rings weren't the real treasure of the Shibuya Treasure Hunt event, something only Kaname's group previously figured out.
319** He also figured out that you ''can'' use the D-game store while actively in a D-battle, if you can somehow find a safe place to be unmolested enough, which is something only Kaname himself discovered, almost by accident, moments before, and on the other side of Shibuya.
320* SpaceMaster: His Sigil, Beelzebub, works by manipulating space. It's how he can cut people up without touching them.
321* StupidEvil:
322** His greatest enemy was not Sunset Ravens, though they are quite formidable. It's his own sadistic cruelty. In the Treasure Hunt event, he had a massive home-field advantage, but blew it in the final moments by happily revealing that he and his gang would sadistically torture and kill Kaname's group regardless of what the latter did. Then when his gang has one of Kaname's friends as a hostage, throws away all the leverage having a hostage brings by slicing the poor guy into chunks, putting his pieces in a bloody box and gloating. It's not until he's being disintegrated by Darwin's Game mechanics that he realizes how bad an idea that was.
323** Moments before his death, it's implied that his sigil was potentially stronger than even he initially realized, but he never bothered to actually test the limits of his abilities. He manages to teleport away from Shuka moments before she kills him and is elated about this revelation, but he ends up landing next Kaname and Ryuji instead. Had he actually experimented with his Sigil outside of his mindless killing spree, he might have been able to turn the tables when he eventually got backed into a corner.
324* SwapTeleportation: He can swap himself with another person, which is less practical than simply teleporting away or cutting but good in a pinch if he's trapped. [[spoiler:It does him no good when he tries it on Shuka, because the wires trapping him are under her control and won't harm her.]]
325* TouchOfDeath: His Sigil allows him to cut anything, from walls to other people, like a hot knife through butter using nothing more than his hands, but unlike his teleportation abilities, its range is limited to only 1 meter.
326* TeleportationWithDrawbacks: Can teleport using his sigil, up to 10 meters, unless pressed, then he can go further.
327* VillainsWantMercy: When he finds himself at Shuka's non-existent mercy with a pissed off [[MoralityChain Kaname]] glaring down at him, he pleads for his life and officially surrenders. Unfortunately for him, it's way too little, too late by this point.
328* VillainousBreakdown: Wang has a cocky bravado as long as he is able to maintain the upper hand by attacking in numbers. He completely loses his composure when Kaname guns down all of his men.
329* WrongAssumption: After giving Kaname a combination TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and BreakingSpeech, he thinks Kaname is in an AngstComa, and starts to leave, bored. In reality, Kaname is in a perfect TranquilFury and responds by going through his entire gang like a laxative, leaving him to Shuka's "tender mercy."
330* WrongGenreSavvy: He thinks he's the VillainProtagonist of the story.
331[[/folder]]
332
333[[folder:Katsura Keiichi]]
334[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kei_4.jpg]]
335 [[caption-width-right:350:Really? I'm smart?! Thanks, Wang!]]
336-> '''Voiced by''': Ryuuichi Kijima (JP), Zach Bolton (EN)
337The member of Eighth Wang is most likely to bounce ideas off of. Sigil: Tempest.
338----
339* AccidentalMurder: While in an official Mixed Martial Arts event, he accidentally killed his opponent, due to the latter having some kind of medical condition he didn't know about. While the law saw him as innocent, the friends and family of the dead martial artist do not.
340* ArrogantKungFuGuy: He is a karate champion, and is very arrogant.
341* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: He is completely faithful to Wang because the latter helped him out at his darkest moment.
342* BlowYouAway: His sigil allows him to manipulate air-pressure to the point that he can make walls of air harder than steel.
343* CoDragons: Was one of Eighth's top leaders right below Wang alongside Sig, until the latter died.
344* DyingDeclarationOfHate: "I'll be waiting for our rematch in hell!"
345* EyeScream: Though he did survive his encounter with "The Florist", he did not come out unscathed.
346* HandicappedBadass: Though he lost an eye in the Shibuya event, his ability to kick ass has not waned.
347* HeroWorshipper: Although Wang is only a "hero" in his own head, Kei openly praises Wang's "greatness" at the drop of a hat.
348* InUniverseNickname: Goes by "Kei."
349* ItGetsEasier: Invoked. Kei was crushed with guilt at the accidental death of his martial arts tournament opponent, until Wang came along and said "your problem is that you only killed one person. If you kill a bunch of people, the pain will go away." [[StartOfDarkness And the pain did go away alright.]]
350* StealthInsult: On the receiving end. As shown in the page image, Wang is calling him an idiot, but he thinks Wang is praising him.
351[[/folder]]
352
353[[folder:Sig]]
354[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/syg.jpg]]
355 [[caption-width-right:350:Go, Agni Drive!]]
356-> '''Voiced by''': Masaaki Mizunaka (JP)
357
358One of Eighth's top enforcers. Sigil: Agni Drive.
359----
360* CallingYourAttacks: "Agni Drive!"
361* CoDragons: Was one of Eighth's top leaders right below Wang alongside Keiichi, until he died.
362* MagicPants: When he uses his sigil, his clothes somehow come through intact.
363* NoNameGiven: His true name is unknown. "Sig" is merely a nickname.
364* PlayingWithFire: He can cloak his entire body with a thin armor of flame, ala The Human Torch.
365* RedBaron: "Devil Flame Sig".
366* RequiredSecondaryPowers: His flames only burn what he wants them to.
367* WeHardlyKnewYe: Killed off soon after he appears.
368[[/folder]]
369
370[[folder:Shinji]]
371[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shinji_4.jpg]]
372 [[caption-width-right:350:Y-yeah, King, whatever you say!]] Sigil: Unknown.
373-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/SomaSaito (JP)
374
375----
376* AdaptationalWimp: The anime makes his physique less imposing, leaves him perpetually stuttering or cowering, and makes him come across like a pathetic welp.
377* BoomHeadshot: Gets one from Kaname.
378* GainingTheWillToKill: After much angsting, he finally draws his gun on what he thinks is a catatonic Kaname. Unfortunately for him, Kaname got the will to kill a bit quicker than he did.
379* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: On the receiving end. Wang tests his "loyalty" by ordering him to kill Eighth's hostage as they're retreating from the hangar that the police is trying to storm.
380* NothingPersonal: Lampshaded when going after Eighth's hostage. "I know this isn't your fault, but Sudou shouldn't have trampled Wang's greatness."
381* SmallRoleBigImpact: He's a minor character, barely more notable than Eighth's average {{Mook}}, but it's through him that Wang finds out about Darwin's Game.
382* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Wang learns about Darwin's Game from looking at Shinji's phone from behind him, turning Wang from just another two-bit thug to a real AxeCrazy menace.
383[[/folder]]
384
385[[folder:Kurosu Kazuya]]
386A member of Eighth that Ryuji killed.
387----
388* AxCrazy: Ryuji describes him as a psychopath who loves tormenting people to death. A perfect fit for Eighth.
389* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He had an uncle on his mother’s side [[spoiler: who took in his pet parrot]]. Said uncle also kept a photo of him from when he was a student and before he joined Eighth.
390* PetTheDog: He must have treated his [[spoiler: pet parrot]] well since [[spoiler: said parrot]] tried to get revenge on Ryuji for killing him.
391* PostHumousCharacter: Was killed by Ryuji before the start of the story.
392* TattooedCrook: The clay dummies that attack Ryuji and Co. in Out-of-Range Village all have full body tattoos, and so does Ryuji's flashback.
393[[/folder]]
394
395!!Trinity
396A clan that due to winning a game event, their leader managed to obtain a special privilege known as Bookmaker, allowing them to operate as a gambling ring for Darwin's game.
397[[folder:In General]]
398* IllegalGamblingDen: They are the main way people can bet on game matches and events thanks to Themis' Bookmaker privilege.
399[[/folder]]
400
401[[folder:Themis]]
402[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/themis.jpg]]
403 [[caption-width-right:350:Damn you, Shuka!]]
404-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/AiKakuma
405The D-Game player who won the privilege known as "Bookmaker." Her Sigil, Unbalance or Crooked Scale, grants her MindManipulation abilities, mainly the ability to amplify negative emotions and to control someone's consciousness.
406----
407* TheBet: Engages in one with Shuka [[spoiler: where she'd become Shuka's subordinate, turning over her clan and assets to Sunset Ravens, if Kaname wins the Hunting Event. She loses.]]
408* BitchInSheepsClothing: All smiles and politeness to your face, scheming and treachery behind your back.
409* EvilRedhead: Red hair, and a RichBitch.
410* TheFarmerAndTheViper: How does she repay being treated very, very kindly by the Sunset Ravens? Try to backstab and destroy them first chance she gets. [[spoiler: They were not amused and not only did her attempt fail before it could even start, they warn her that trying anything of the sort again will not end well]].
411* GirlishPigtails: Like Shuka, she wears her hair like this, though the innocence and cheerfulness often associated with the look is just a mask.
412* HiddenBadass: Although her [[TheStarscream Starscream]] antics can overshadow her competence, it was stated that she actually won a past D-Game event that led to her being rewarded the "Bookmaker" privilege.
413* MoreThanMindControl: From her explanation of her Sigil, she's only able to use it to influence what a person's already feeling or what a person's already thinking, rather than straight out controlling them. [[PersonalityPowers Of course, its perfect for an opportunist like herself.]]
414* NeverMyFault: She doesn't acknowledge that her clan's current status as [[spoiler: Sunset Raven's subordinates]] is her fault where even Kondou (mentally) acknowledges the situation is just her reaping what she sowed.
415* NoodleIncident: What did she do to earn the "bookmaker" perk?
416* OnlyInItForTheMoney: She set up Trinity clan purely to get rich(er) from the gambling that goes on from players and corrupt politicians, businessmen, etc.
417* RichBitch: Tons of money, horrible personality.
418* TheStarscream: If she's your subordinate, no matter how well you treat her, she will backstab and take your possessions and authority the moment she thinks she can get away with it. [[spoiler: She tried it on Sunset Ravens, once, she tries again, and her life is forfeit.]]
419* SoreLoser: She only takes losses with dignity while in public. In private, she seethes with fury and resentment. [[spoiler: She tries to backstab and seize the Sunset Ravens with treachery while Kaname is in an Event, not realizing Kaname saw it coming, thanks to a couple of fortune tellers from "Japan's" leaders that owe him their loyalty.]]
420* StrawHypocrite: Loves to backstab her superiors, but when her subordinates go against her wishes, even if it's the only thing keeping her alive, she tears into them. [[spoiler: Ryuji immediately calls her out on it, also revealing to Themis that Sunset Ravens was fully aware of her schemes]].
421* VillainousBreakdown: She enters a state where she barely reacts to anything and her subordinate Kondou ends up representing Trinity at meetings with the Ravens [[spoiler: after her attempt to escape the Sunset Ravens' control fails before it can even start]].
422* WeCanRuleTogether: She once tried to recruit Shuka with the intention of having Shuka as her RightHandAttackDog. Shuka declined.
423[[/folder]]
424
425[[folder:Kondou]]
426[[quoteright:316:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/koudo.jpg]]
427 [[caption-width-right:316: [[{{Parody}} I wear my sunglasses at night, and inside doors, and... well, everywhere apparently.]]]]Themis' subordinate and the announcer for the events Darwin's Game holds.
428----
429* HiddenEyes: He has yet to make an appearance without wearing sunglasses, indoors, at night, you name it.
430* KnowWhenToFoldThem: Knows there is no point in Trinity and Themis trying to act against [[spoiler: Sunset Ravens]] after seeing indisputable proof that they have someone who can see through lies and someone who can ''see the freaking future.'' Instead, he decides to keep Trinity in their good books by fully cooperating with them.
431* MrExposition: He's the one to explain the finer details of Themis' Bookmaker privilege [[spoiler: to the Sunset Ravens]].
432
433[[/folder]]
434
435!!Danjou Boxing Club
436The Sunset Ravens' strongest ally.
437
438[[folder:Inukai]]
439[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/inukai.jpg]]
440 [[caption-width-right:350:Hah! All too easy.]]
441-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/JunyaEnoki (JP), Creator/AnthonyBowling (EN)
442The first of the members named and introduced to the audience.
443----
444* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Almost as bad as Kei from Eighth.
445* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: He's on the wrong end of this trope. He swipes and threatens Kaname's phone to force a D-game battle. Kaname then managed to swipe and threaten his to force his surrender.
446* CurbstompBattle: On the wrong end when he wound up facing Kei in a one-on-one fight.
447* FragileSpeedster: His sigil grants him SuperSpeed, but he's still as fragile as a normal human.
448* GuestStarPartyMember: Allied with Sunset Ravens during their Clan War against the Eigth. [[spoiler: He formally joins the group after his rematch with Kaname]].
449* HonorBeforeReason: Initiates a rematch against Kaname even though he knows full well that Kaname and Alexei are now allies, so any D-Game between the two clans is off-limits. All because he's frustrated with the fact that Kaname has surpassed him as a fighter.
450* HotBlooded: Quick to go into battle, slow to think about the consequences.
451* InTheHood: Wears a hoodie.
452* SmugSuper: Starts out very smug, but loses his smugness after receiving one painful loss after another.
453* SpiritedCompetitor: Loves to fight strong opponents to improve himself.
454* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: If you ignore your clan's boss and provoke fights from clan allies, getting thrown out of the clan is getting off easy!
455* UnknownRival: Towards Kaname; the first time they had a D-Game match, Inukai was the superior fighter but was forced to forfeit his match after Kaname swiped his phone and threatened to smash it. Inukai then began to resent how quickly Kaname was to level grind, but by that point Kaname cared more about ending the D-Game entirely so the rivalry ended up being one-sided.
456* UnskilledButStrong: [[DownplayedTrope Relatively speaking]], Inukai has been a trained boxer for 5 years but when it comes to coordinating his martial arts with his sigil, he tends to get left in the dust by all skilled D-Ranked players. [[spoiler: After finally joining the Sunset Ravens, he undergoes a TrainingFromHell Xuelan to address this issue]].
457[[/folder]]
458
459[[folder:Alexei Bergen Nicolai]]
460[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/danjou.jpg]]
461 [[caption-width-right:350:Alright, Kaname. Let's see if you are worthy of being our ally.]]
462-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/ShunsukeTakeuchi
463The leader of Danjou Boxing Club. His Sigil, Iron Fortress, transforms his body to steel that, by his own admission, is stronger than tungsten steel.
464----
465* BoxingBattler: His primary martial art is kickboxing.
466* CadreOfForeignBodyguards: He used to be in one when he lived in Russia. Unfortunately for him, the man his group was paid to guard was the target of Liu Xuelan. Amazingly, he doesn't hold a grudge.
467* DivingSave: In Chapter 92, [[spoiler:he throws Kaname and Suzune away from Emulator's kill range and tries to defend with his Sigil. Unfortunately, Emulator reveals his use of '''''Wang's Sigil''''', which bypasses Alexei's defense.]]
468* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: Most people call him "Danjou." It's not until the CIA is reviewing his file in chapter 31 that his name's revealed.
469* IfWeGetThroughThis: He and his wife Kaede were considering adopting Suzune as their own daughter after the Greed were wiped out. [[spoiler:He dies to Emulator before that can happen.]]
470* LastRequest: [[spoiler:Knowing he's been bested by Emulator, he uses his last moments to tell Kaname to take care of Suzune and the others.]]
471* MartialPacifist: Alexei is adverse to killing and after winning a D-Game event, the special privlege he requested from the GM was the ability to create a second battle system that doesn't result in the loser's death.
472* OneLastJob: He had retired from the front lines to train Suzune during the five years of the Greed invasion, but comes back to protect a camp being attacked by Greed. [[spoiler:This leads to his death by Emulator, in front of Suzune.]]
473* ParentalSubstitute: He was considering adopting Suzune after caring for her like his own daughter in the five-year timeskip.
474* RankScalesWithAsskicking: Prior to Kaname and the Sunset Ravens setting martial law to end all killing in the D-Game, Alexei's turf was originally considered the one safe haven in Tokyo where killing was off-limits. Wang and the Eighth avoided ever directly confronting his clan and even [[WorldsStrongestWoman Xuelan]] respected him as a fighter.
475* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: After winning a D-Game event, Alexei established the Danjou Boxing Club where players could be able to learn martial arts and actually compete in battles without the risk of death.
476* SpiritedCompetitor: He only fights for the challenge. Win or lose doesn't matter to him. With the help of Sunset Ravens, his dojo hosts D-game battles as a sport, not life-or-death combat.
477* SuperToughness: His sigil can temporarily transform his body to steel.
478* WorthyOpponent: He fully respects Lie Xuelan's ''far'' superior martial art abilities.
479[[/folder]]
480
481[[folder:Kaede]]
482[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kaede_0.jpg]]
483 [[caption-width-right:350:Hurt somewhere?]]
484-> '''Voiced by''': Yuuki Takada (JP)
485The boxing club's second-in-command and primary healer. Her Sigil, Healing Grace, lets her boosts a body's ability to self-heal.
486----
487* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Blonde and not only the healer, but a very kind and gentle woman.
488* HealingHands: Her sigil allows her to accelerate natural healing to the point that she can graft severed limbs back on, if not cause them to regrow.
489* HealingMagicIsTheHardest: Her sigil has absolutely no combat utility, and Darwin's Game is primarily about winning points from others.
490* LogicalWeakness: Her Sigil does not fix inherent co-genital defects nor heal illnesses.
491* NumberTwo: She's the vice leader of her husband's clan.
492* OccidentalOtaku: Despite being Russian, she has a Japanese name because she's a self-admitted extreme Japanophile.
493* ParentalSubstitute: She was considering adopting Suzune after caring for her like her own daughter in the five-year timeskip. [[spoiler:When the World Line's collapse puts them in danger, Suzune actually calls her "mother" as she's guiding them to safety.]]
494* VerbalTic: One fan-translation has her end most of her sentences in "hun!"
495[[/folder]]
496
497[[folder:Hiragi Suzune]]
498[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/58_4.jpg]]
499 [[caption-width-right:350:Dad?! What happened to you?!]]
500-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/KonomiKohara (JP), Creator/ApphiaYu (EN)
501
502The daughter of "The Florist".
503----
504* [[BeastMan Beast Woman]]: Her sigil allows her to change parts of her body into animal body parts.
505* CommonalityConnection: Her name and Rein's start with the [[SignificantNameOverlap same kanji]], "Bell."
506* DelicateAndSickly: For a good portion of the story, she's in the hospital waiting for a heart transplant.
507* DumbassNoMore: She wakes up to how idiotic her StupidGood nature is when Doctor Amagasa comes into her room for a bit of SickbedSlaying in the middle of the night, and starts getting real smart, real quick, although even then she still needed rescue.
508* FiveStagesOfGrief: She goes through all of them when Kanehira Hideaki shows up with the death insurance money that resulted from her father's death in the D-game.
509* PowerIncontinence: It took her a while before she figured out how to turn off her shapeshifting.
510* RightForTheWrongReasons: Her irrational decision to lock her inheritance money away in a charitable trust and refusal to use it to buy herself a new heart proves justified in hindsight when it's revealed that her doctor is entirely untrustworthy.
511* StupidGood: She turned down her inheritance and her father's will for a heart transplant because she didn't feel "worthy" of it.
512* TooDumbToLive: As mentioned, not only does she turn down the heart transplant and the hundreds of millions of yen her father died getting for her, but she goes and decides to investigate Darwin's Game, despite being well aware that it's exactly what got her father killed.
513* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Her sigil allows her to manifest animal features to boost her senses and physical abilities.
514[[/folder]]
515
516!!Kanehira Insurance Association
517[[folder:Kanehira Hideaki]]
518[[quoteright:334:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kanehara_2.jpg]]
519 [[caption-width-right:334:Dear client, we won't force you to renew. Do you wish the form to cancel the contract?]]
520The leader of the clan, and the "insurance broker." Sigil, Halation Ghost.
521----
522* AffablyEvil: Impeccably polite and friendly, but morally ambiguous, at the best of times.
523* AmoralAttorney: Played with. On one hand, he is an evil sot who would happily send a subordinate on an UriahGambit, and gun down helpless children to meet his goals. On the other, he has a very strong sense of professional ethics and not only honors contracts in the letter and spirit in which they are signed, but discharges his legal duties impeccably, even handing over an inheritance of hundreds of millions of yen to a terminally ill, little girl, rather than engage in any kind of legal trickery to try and claim any of it for himself.
524* EvilVirtues: Honor. If he has a contract with you, he will follow the contract to the best of his abilities, in both the letter and the spirit in which it was signed.
525* ExitPursuedByABear: [[spoiler: Combined with HeroicSacrifice, ironically. He meets his end at the claws of a Doume while protecting the life of a client]].
526* FourEyesZeroSoul: Wears glasses and is a cruel bastard who will gun down children with a smile.
527* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: He didn't meet his end by getting killed by Kaname for trying to murder the island natives, but by protecting a client from the Doumes]].
528* MesACrowd: He can manifest up to three "clones" that can attack, but which are intangible if attacked.
529* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Charges exorbitant rates for "life insurance" which guarantees protecting the life of the one that's insured. At least he follows through on protecting all his clients.
530* ShooTheDog: [[spoiler: Right before his death]], he tells Yamauchi to run for his life after the Doume find them. Yamauchi tries protesting at first but is convinced in the end.
531* WouldHurtAChild: As was already mentioned, he sees nothing wrong with gunning down helpless children if it advances his goals.
532[[/folder]]
533
534!!Saigou Family Clan
535[[folder:Saigou Takeshi]]
536[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/takeshi_6.jpg]]
537 [[caption-width-right:350:Too naive, Kaname... OhCrap]]
538----
539* BullyingADragon: Attacking the winner of the Shibuya event while he's in your office negotiating a non-aggression pact, [[SarcasmMode that can't possibly backfire, right?]]
540* DelinquentHair: Has a pompadour.
541* ExtraOreDinary: His sigil lets him control metal telekinetically. He can use this to manipulate multiple weapons, including guns, at the same time.
542* HostageSituation: Finds himself in one, as the hostage, when Kaname retaliates against his ill-advised attack.
543* KnowWhenToFoldEm: In a hostage situation, with a blade at your carotid artery, after the hostage taker has already drawn your blood, yeah, surrendering is a smart idea.
544* MoreDakka: His sigil lets him mimic a squad by allowing him to control a squad's worth of semi-automatic weapons simultaneously. During the Hunting Event, this comes in very, very handy.
545* OhCrap: When he realizes Kaname's not bluffing.
546* SuicidalOverconfidence: When he's got Kaname in his office, trying to negotiate a non-aggression pact, he has his gang pull out submachine guns and attack. Say hello to being on the wrong end of a HostageSituation.
547* VillainousValor: After surrendering, he, of his own volition, offers up concessions, and isn't comfortable with the fact that Kaname's not interested in them.
548[[/folder]]
549
550[[folder:Saigou Arisa]]
551[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/arisa_9.jpg]]
552 [[caption-width-right:350:What a waste of time...]]
553----
554* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Her sigil increases the cutting power of her sword. Kaname speculates that this happens through vibrations, but she hasn't confirmed that.
555* MafiaPrincess: As Takeshi's younger sister, she counts.
556* MoralMyopia: She advises her elder brother to attack Kaname "for looking down on them too much" and then has the gall to be enraged when Kaname retaliates and takes her brother hostage to defuse the situation.
557[[/folder]]
558
559!!"Kuchinawa Assembly" clan
560
561[[folder:Uruma Seigen]]
562[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/seigen.jpg]]
563 [[caption-width-right:350:All hail the glory of Kuchinawa's blessings!]]
564----
565* BadassAbnormal: He's among the top 5 Darwin's Game players, and just look at the entries below.
566* {{Cult}}: He founded a religion worshiping Darwin's Game, and he genuinely believes in his own teachings. 50,000 people are known members.
567* EyesAlwaysShut: Justified. His eyes are so deformed it's Not Safe For Life!
568* EyeScream: Chapter 97 reveals exactly what caused his eyes to be in the condition they're in: [[spoiler:in his original timeline, he was blinded by a Greed's acid spit during what turned out to be a failed assault on a Greed stronghold]].
569* FacialHorror: His eyes are horrifying to look at, and they scare Ouji away when he used them to look directly at him, even though Ouji was far away.
570* MindOverMatter: He and his top followers all have the same Sigil which allows them to simply open their palms at people and wring them out like one wrings out a towel, killing them. It's later revealed how this Sigil sharing was possible: [[spoiler:[[BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood through hypnosis and drugs, he was able to have his followers gain a weaker version of his Sigil]]]].
571* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: As Ouji is looking at him through a sniper's scope, he senses it, and turns his face directly to Ouji. Ouji wisely gets the hell outta dodge.
572* {{Seers}}: He's rumored to be able to predict the future. Chapter 97 reveals the truth: [[spoiler:[[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong he's experienced this World Line once before]]]].
573* TimeTravelForFunAndProfit: [[spoiler:He used his knowledge of the World Line to amass wealth for his Clan via the stock market.]]
574* WildCard: For the first half of the story, Kaname isn't sure whether to ultimately consider Seigen a threat or an ally. [[spoiler:[[GoodAllAlong He's firmly on the side of good.]]]]
575[[/folder]]
576
577!!Most Wicked Evolution Association
578[[folder:Oosako]]
579----
580[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oosako.jpg]]
581 [[caption-width-right:350:Who the hell are these yahoos?!]]
582* TheBully: Combined with BadBoss. He would brutalize Shigeo like a stereotypical high school bully who demands your lunch or beats you up and takes it. When Shigeo brings in [[MuggingTheMonster some new recruits...]]
583* HeelRealization: Though it happens off-screen, he realizes that Shigeo was right to wound and try to kill him as he's telling Kaname that Shigeo somehow escaped the Pirates Vs Sailors event, meaning that Shigeo is now with the Darwin's Game administration.
584* LargeAndInCharge: He's the leader and largest of his group of delinquents.
585* LightEmUp: He can use his lightning attacks to generate bright light in a pinch.
586* MoralMyopia: Bullied Shigeo relentlessly, constantly forcing him to choose between risking his life through point loss, or beatings. Shigeo retaliates, and Shigeo's the monster that needs to be stopped and taken down.
587* NotQuiteDead: Although he had a bit of assistance, he does manage to recover from a NeckSnap even when D-Game officially registered him as dead, by using his Sigil as a makeshift AED before the voxelization starts.
588* PaperTiger: He talks a big game, but at that point in time he's just small fry who runs at the first sign of trouble.
589* RecognitionFailure: Combined with GenreBlind. He completely and utterly failed to recognize some of ''the most famous players in Japan'' when face-to-face with Kaname and Shuka. He's never even heard of their clan Sunset Ravens when every other player worth their salt, most of those who aren't, and even some people who aren't even players in the first place know who the Sunset Ravens and some of their top fighters are.
590* ShockAndAwe: He has electricity powers.
591* SuicidalOverconfidence: He's a no-name player who thought he could take on Kaname and Shuka. It ends with him running with his tail between his legs and calling for help on his phone.
592[[/folder]]
593
594[[folder:Shigeo]]
595----
596[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shigeo.jpg]]
597 [[caption-width-right:350:W-what do you want with me?]]
598* TheDogBitesBack: He finds himself with Oosako in a major D-Game event, and he openly retaliates for all the bullying Oosako put him through.
599* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Once he figures out how to use his Sigil properly, he was able to use it in battle to devastating effect.
600* HumanShield: He's used as one by Oosako against Kaname, unwillingly.
601* JudgeJuryAndExecutioner: What he ultimately becomes once he masters his Sigil. By the "Sailors vs Pirates" event, he begins judging people, and if he thinks your morality doesn't measure up...
602* LethalHarmlessPowers: Yes, he can spin your head, [[NeckSnap while it's attached to your neck]], for starters...
603* SpectacularSpinning: His Sigil allows him to spin ''anything''.
604* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: He and the other members of the clan thought his Sigil to spin things was useless. At least until Kaname encouraged him to abandon his preconceptions.
605[[/folder]]
606
607!!Unaffiliated
608[[folder:Kyouda Hiroyuki]]
609[[quoteright:258:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kyouda.jpg]]
610 [[caption-width-right:258:I should have never clicked that link on my phone!]]
611-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/ChiakiKobayashi (JP), Creator/KylePhillips (EN)
612Kaname's friend who sends an SOS that drags Kaname into Darwin's Game.
613----
614* AdaptationalBadass: In the anime, though he still dies in the first episode, he manages to save Kaname's life from Banda, as well as deal a notable wound to the latter.
615* DeathByOriginStory: His death kicks off the plot.
616* DecompositeCharacter: An anime-only character, Hamada, is the one who calls Kaname for help; in the manga, he's the one who calls for help, but Kaname doesn't receive the message until it's too late.
617* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: He is still killed by Banda-kun in the anime, but in the manga, it's while calling Kaname for help. In the anime, he ''saves'' Kaname and is fatally wounded in the process.
618* DidNotThinkThisThrough: A "free to play" app that promises easy money for playing has to have some kind of catch.
619* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Blonde hair and a NiceGuy.
620* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Shoulder-length hair and quite handsome, even had a girlfriend.
621* SmallRoleBigImpact: He died within a few pages of the very first chapter, but he was the one to send Kaname the Darwin's Game invite, and Kaname ended up making big waves in the game.
622* WasItReallyWorthIt: Joins the D-game so he can have enough money to buy the sweet motorcycle he's got his eye on. Gets killed by Banda-kun before he can ride it. Kaname doesn't believe it was worth it.
623[[/folder]]
624
625[[folder:Banda-kun]]
626[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/banda.jpg]]
627 [[caption-width-right:350:DIE FOR MY LIFE!]]
628-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/EijiTakemoto (JP), Creator/JeremyInman (EN)
629The second D-Game player introduced to the audience.
630----
631* AdaptationalBadass: To a subtle degree. The anime removes his pitiful demanor, and he doesn't let himself get distracted during his hunt nearly as easy as he did in the manga. As a result, despite his actions remaining largely the same, his anime counterpart comes off as much more dangerous.
632* AdaptationDistillation: The anime cuts out basically all of his backstory. Rather than being a teacher who got into debt out of lust for a hot girl and was tricked into D-Game by a murderous colleague who he murdered in self-defense, he's just a random stranger who enjoys killing.
633* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: Due to the anime adaptation cutting out how he converts all his points to cash in order to stay afloat, there's no explanation for why he died after losing against Kaname.
634* AdaptationalVillainy: As bad as he is in the manga, he's even worse in the anime. In the manga, he kills to convert the points into cash to see a hot girl. In the anime, he's full-on AxCrazy rather than motivated by {{Greed}} and {{Lust}}.
635* ApatheticTeacher: Worse than apathetic. He lures people into D-Game, then tricks them into death matches with him by the Battle functions.
636* ApologeticAttacker: While chasing Kaname down, he keeps saying "sorry" over and over again, as if that will somehow make everything alright. Kaname doesn't agree.
637* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Disintegrated by the mechanics of Darwin's Game, one body part at a time.
638* DidNotThinkThisThrough: In his obsession with Rika, he lived his life on a dangerous knife's edge, constantly spending way more money than he had in the bank, well in advance of his paycheck, forcing himself into life-or-death battles where he ''had'' to kill his opponent or die himself just to stay ahead of loan sharks and all his other debts, [[NeverMyFault but it's always those pesky kids he's hunting that make his life difficult]].
639* DirtyCoward:
640** Exclusively targets rookie players who haven't had the chance to acclimate themselves to the rules so that he can make quick cash. As shown with his fight with Kaname, he [[VillainousBreakdown completely loses it]] if his target is actually able to fend him off.
641** This is heightened with his sigil, which allows him to turn himself invisible. He ambushes his opponents without them even realizing his presence and will run away the second he loses the advantage.
642* FaceDeathWithDignity: In the anime, when he's about to die, he accepts it well stating that he's had a good run and he's more bothered by the fact he lost to a rookie who doesn't know how to use his sigil than anything else. This is in sharp contrast to his manga counterpart, who pitifully begs for his life.
643* FatalFlaw: Lust. His obsession with a prostitute, Rika, caused him to blow through his teacher's salary, forsake his bills, borrow money from loan sharks, and after turning to Darwin's Game, hunting people for money, he'd turn all his points into cash to stay afloat. So Kaname didn't even have to kill him, just tie him up until the battle timer ended, and it was NonStandardGameOver.
644* {{Foil}}: To Kaname. Both of them were dragged into Darwin's Game by colleagues, but while Kaname managed to resist the temptation to drown in decadence and murder, Kato reveled in it for "easy cash".
645* HoistByHisOwnPetard: His own power of invisibility caused him to be run over by a car, with the driver and passenger blissfully unaware.
646* ItsAllAboutMe: Even his avatar says "don't haunt me when I kill you".
647* KarmicDeath: He used Darwin's Game to murder people for money, but when he loses his last few points to Kaname, Darwin's Game voxelizes him.
648* LoveMakesYouStupid: Combined with LoveMakesYouEvil. He spent money with so much abandon that even Rika was concerned, but he brushed it all off because "Darwin's Game is all about making easy money."
649* MascotVillain: His disguise takes the form of the popular baseball team's mascot.
650* MoralMyopia: He hunts down people, specifically teens he lures to D-Game who haven't had a chance to learn the rules yet, purely for money, stabbing them to death with a knife. When said teens fight back, or even run away, he curses them for "making things difficult".
651* NeverMyFault:
652** The fact that he got shot, as a direct result of attacking a police officer? "Damn brat! Why do I have to work so hard?! Isn't Darwin's Game all about easy money?!"
653** Banda-kun finds himself in a cycle of debt because he continually borrows money from loan sharks only to recklessly spend it all on visiting a hostess.
654* NumberOfTheBeast: His costume's jersey number is 666.
655* SayMyName: "RIKA-SSSAAAAAAANNNNN!!!"
656* StartOfDarkness: Like Kaname, he was lured into Darwin's Game by a colleague. Unlike Kaname, the sudden windfall from his first fight ultimately became his downfall.
657* StarterVillain: He's the first antagonist Kaname has to fight.
658* TooDumbToLive: He stops to answer his cell phone, in the middle of attacking somebody with a knife, while inside a police station, ''and turning his back on the guy he's attacking in the process''! The only reason it didn't result in his loss then and there was that Kaname was too dumbfounded by the turn of events.
659[[/folder]]
660
661[[folder:Tanaka]]
662[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tanaki.jpg]]
663 [[caption-width-right:350:I've always hated you, Kato!]]
664Kato's fellow teacher, and the one who introduced him to Darwin's Game in order to kill him.
665----
666* BitCharacter: Shows up alive in one frame of chapter 3 and dead the next as a flashback, he is often mentioned but never appears in the story proper.
667* DeathOrGloryAttack: In the one frame he's shown, he blindly charges at Kato with a knife screaming, "Kato!! DIEE!!"
668* FourEyesZeroSoul: Wears glasses and invited Kato into the game to kill him.
669* HoistByHisOwnPetard: His own knife is what kills him.
670* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Killed by a knife to the chest.
671* LaserGuidedKarma: Lured Kato into the D-game to kill him. Wound up killed instead.
672* PostHumousCharacter: By the time the story starts, he is long dead.
673[[/folder]]
674
675[[folder:Shino Akane]]
676[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shino_9.jpg]]
677 [[caption-width-right:350:HOW DID YOU DO THAT?!]]
678A D-Game player who becomes the first casualty of the Shibuya Treasure Hunt Event.
679----
680* AwesomeButImpractical: Her Sigil allows her to summon flames supposedly hot enough to reduce bones to ash, but it comes with so many drawbacks, like having to be within spitting distance of her target, that she's far better off not using it most of the time.
681* DidNotSeeThatComing: When she faced off against Wang, she found herself in midair, falling to her death.
682* ExplainingYourPowersToTheEnemy: As she was using her Sigil against Wang, she went into detail as to how it works. In the omakes, she explains that she did so to keep him distracted so she could buy enough time to pump it up to its most effective form. This does not go as planned.
683* NoNameGiven: If you skip the omakes, you would never learn her name.
684* PlayingWithFire: Her Sigil is flame-based.
685* WeHardlyKnewYe: Introduced and killed off within panels.
686[[/folder]]
687
688[[folder:Shinozuka Youta]]
689[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shinozuka.jpg]]
690 [[caption-width-right:350:I guess I'd better enjoy these fingers while I got 'em, huh?]]
691-> '''Voiced by''': Fukushi Ochiai (JP), Creator/CrisGeorge (EN)
692One of Kaname's closest friends before Darwin's Game.
693----
694* DefiantToTheEnd: "I AM NOT A PIGGY!" (sends mooks flying)
695* EntertaininglyWrong: When he gets Kaname's invite for Darwin's Game, he thinks Kaname wants him to use his Sigil to escape (which isn't a bad strategy). What Kaname wanted him to do was use the [=HelpCall=] function, which would have teleported Kaname to his location.
696* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Since he was within the kill range of Wang's Sigil and Wang had already given the order to "slaughter the piggy", nothing Shinozuka could have done would have helped.
697* {{Fingore}}: Wang had all of Shinozuka's fingers sliced off on camera for his sick thrills.
698* MauveShirt: After getting captured by the Eighth, Shinozuka ends up getting sent an invite and joins D-Game, gaining a sigil of his own. It'd be easy to assume that this was setting up him eventually joining Kaname's clan, [[spoiler:but he ends up dying anyway not long after]].
699* MindOverMatter: He's granted a telekinetic sigil to make up for not being able to use his hands. It was quite useful, for a little while.
700* SacrificialLion: He serves to teach Kaname that sometimes killing is the only option, and leaving enemies alive to retaliate is a bad idea.
701* SmallRoleBigImpact: He has only a few scattered appearances throughout the manga, but [[spoiler:his death]] was a huge motivating factor for Kaname that says some people aren't people but just rabid animals that look human and need to be put down.
702* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: {{Downplayed|Trope}}, as it's only noticeable in hindsight. The anime's intro has a scene depicting him with Kyouda and Hamada surrounding Kaname looking happy, initially making it seem like Kaname's just remembering all his friends from before the game. [[spoiler:It quickly becomes clear later on that it was actually showing the people Kaname has ''lost'' because of the game, and indirectly spoils the fact Shinozuka dies after joining Darwin's Game.]]
703[[/folder]]
704
705[[folder:Doctor Amagasa]]
706[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/amagasa.jpg]]
707 [[caption-width-right:350:How sweet, Suzune-chan! Fresh meat!]]
708Suzune's doctor. Sigil: Asclepius.
709----
710* AxeCrazy: She lives for the thrill of killing people, not nursing them. Darwin's Game is a very effective method for her to get away with it.
711* BattleaxeNurse: Uses the fact that she's a doctor to scope out fresh victims.
712* BoomHeadshot: For lying to [[LivingLieDetector Ryuji]] when claiming she would stop going after Suzune, she gets a bullet in her head.
713* DeadlyDoctor: Her medical degree combined with her Sigil has her able to dish out all sorts of horrific chemical concoctions that can easily make her deadly in just about any situation.
714* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Her impeccable uniform and attention to medical ethics was able to fool all her patients, the authorities, ''and the audience'', that she was a truly kind and benevolent doctor who wanted what's best for Suzune until she sends Suzune the link for Darwin's Game and drops her mask...
715* GoodPowersBadPeople: Her Sigil allows her to synthesize any medicine she wants. She uses said medicines as poisons to paralyze, incapacitate, and kill people for her own amusement.
716* ISurrenderSuckers: Played with. On one hand, she genuinely surrenders when cornered by Sunset Ravens. On the other, she fakes agreement with their demand to keep her claws off Suzune, quite convincingly. Unfortunately for her, she tries it on [[LivingLieDetector Ryuji]].
717* MaskOfSanity: Pretends very effectively to be a caring and professional doctor. She's truly a psycho who is addicted to the "thrill" of killing people.
718* NiceJobFixingItVillain: If she hadn't used her authority and the trust she'd earned as Suzune's doctor to lure her into Darwin's Game, Suzune's own StupidGood tendencies would have resulted in Suzune dying of a heart attack. For some unexplained reason, Suzune's sigil granted her perfect health as a fringe benefit.
719* PlayingWithSyringes: Quite literally. With her sigil's ability to synthesize any chemical she knows, she happily fills any syringes she can get her hands on with all sorts of nasty things, and uses them as weapons while happily chasing down people to kill them.
720* SickbedSlaying: Her specialty.
721* WolfInSheepsClothing: In public, respected doctor. In private, psychotic killer who hunts down people for her own amusement.
722[[/folder]]
723
724[[folder:Inori]]
725The Rank 7 of Darwin's Game. Her Sigil is Cheshire Cat.
726----
727* BackToBackBadasses: She and Sakuji work together during the Pirate event to take down the Oni soldiers.
728* BrotherSisterTeam: Cousins team, but she and Sakuji work well as a team.
729* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler: In order to escape from Darwin's Game, she and her cousin choose to stay in the Oni's world]].
730* {{Intangibility}}: Her Sigil allows her to become intangible. She can extend this effect to other things within an unspecified range as demonstrated when she makes the Onis' weapons fly out of their hands without being in contact.
731* NoSell: She can make attacks phase through her, making them ineffective.
732* StrongFamilyResemblance: The moment she appeared with Sakuji, it was clear they were related before it was confirmed they were cousins.
733[[/folder]]
734
735[[folder:Sakuji Gyokuto]]
736The Rank 2 of Darwin's Game. His Sigil is Tartaros.
737----
738* BackToBackBadasses: He and Inori work together during the Pirate event to take down the Oni soldiers.
739* BrotherSisterTeam: Cousins team, but he and Inori work well as a team.
740* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler: In order to escape from Darwin's Game, he and his cousin choose to stay in the Oni's world]].
741* StrongFamilyResemblance: The moment he appeared with Inori, it was clear they were related before it was confirmed they were cousins.
742* TouchOfDeath: His sigil manifests in his hands and is described by the Oni as death.
743[[/folder]]
744
745!Civilians (Non-Players)
746!!Special Anti-Organized Crime Division
747A task force formed by the Japanese authorities to specifically deal with Darwin's Game.
748[[folder:Inspector Tagonaka Yukimasa]]
749[[quoteright:253:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tagonaka_2.jpg]]
750 [[caption-width-right:253:Anyone who thinks this is not all connected will never be a good cop.]]A police inspector dragged into the game while investigating the "pixel vandalism" case. His sigil is a highly unusual one that summons the ghost of his deceased pet.
751----
752* ByTheBookCop: A stickler for the rules, and a good police officer.
753* CanineCompanion: His sigil summons the ghost of his deceased pet dog, Tarou.
754* DemotedToExtra: In the anime adaptation, he never enters D-Game and is completely removed from the Shibuya Treasure Hunt event. He only makes a brief cameo with his partner in a restaurant, watching news footage of the event after it's all over.
755* EvilDetectingDog: Tarou can detect when Tagonaka's in danger, and warn him.
756* GutFeeling: He's got an excellent intuition, honed by many years on the police force.
757* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Discussed. He once posited forcing Kaname to reveal what he was hiding, if Kaname wasn't a minor.
758* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Thanks to him and the superintendent of police blocking Kaname from rescue operations with an impromptu "interview", and mounting a massive police frontal assault on the warehouse where Kaname's friend was being held hostage, the rescue operation was a total wash, and [[spoiler: Kaname's friend was sliced to pieces, shoved into a box, and shown off to Kaname for Wang's sick thrills]].
759* RightHandAttackDog: Tarou can attack Tagonaka's enemies with tangible physical effects to their confusion since Tagonaka is the only one who can see him.
760[[/folder]]
761
762[[folder:Superintendent Ayanokouji Kaito]]
763[[quoteright:344:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ayano_0.jpg]]
764 [[caption-width-right:344:I don't know how long this line will be secure...]]
765Among the first policemen with authority shown investigating the "human vandalism" case.
766----
767* LaserGuidedAmnesia: His powers involve memory manipulation, which he uses to hide the fact that he's TheMole.
768* TheMole: He posed as a customer of Trinity, but he's one of the highest-ranking police officers investigating them and Darwin's Game.
769* NiceJobBreakingItHero: His well-intentioned attack on the Eighth warehouse has some pretty dire consequences.
770* PoliceAreUseless: Which he invokes. He sends a riot suppression unit against Eighth, fully expecting they'd die horribly without even being able to put up a fight, just to showcase to his superiors how completely and utterly outmatched the police are compared to players of D-Game. This forces them to acknowledge that they need to change their tactics to properly deal with D-Game.
771[[/folder]]
772
773[[folder:Inspector Sakamoto]]
774[[quoteright:346:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sakamoto.jpg]]
775 [[caption-width-right:346:A hitman? Really?]]An undercover police officer serving under Superintendent Ayano Kyouji. Her sigil is unknown.
776----
777* FairCop: She's an officer who's definitely easy on the eyes.
778* JustAKid: She knows that Kaname is one of the top players in Darwin's Game, but she has trouble moving past the fact that he's a teenager.
779* TheMole: Is an undercover cop.
780* SheCleansUpNicely: Does she ever. That dress suits her far more than a police uniform.
781[[/folder]]
782
783[[folder:Nayuta]]
784The Defence Minister of Off-Range Village. Her Sigil is some sort of sound-based ability that relies heavily on a small bell she carries around.
785----
786* BrownNote: Her Sigil can affect her opponent's mind and cause them to stumble and collapse.
787* EnemyDetectingRadar: One of the applications of her Sigil is that she can detect what's around her up to an unspecified range.
788[[/folder]]
789
790!!US Military
791[[folder:In General]]
792* EagleLand: Type 1. Out of the hundreds of US soldiers introduced, named or otherwise, the number of jerks or outright assholes? '''TWO!''' All the others are professional, reasonable, and genuinely do their best to help deal with the situation brought about by D-Game and the aftermath purely for its own sake and at great cost and risk to themselves, not because they're trying to profit from it.
793[[/folder]]
794
795[[folder:Dr. Ghislain]]
796[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ghaislin.jpg]]
797 [[caption-width-right:350:It would be great if we could get genetic samples of Wang, but he's gone forever...]]One of two scientists hired by the US army to research D-Game.
798----
799* AmbiguouslyBrown: Whatever the ethnicity, the skin tone is very dark.
800* ForScience: Just wants to research sigils because they're "interesting".
801* InnocentlyInsensitive: Due to being ObliviousToLove, fails to pick up on the fact that Maria is romantically interested, and is helping research Sigils in the hopes of getting some kind of romantic overture.
802* ObliviousToLove: Maria is completely smitten. Ghislain's either clueless or so devoted to being purely professional that there's no effective difference.
803* ViewerGenderConfusion: Some panels painted Ghislain as effeminate, especially in tertiary aspects like lips and eyelashes. Others painted Ghislain as masculine, especially in posture and mannerisms. Other characters refer to Ghislain as Dr. Ghislain, and refrain from using pronouns. The question was finally answered in Chapter 87: [[spoiler:he's male, ''and'' has two kids with his assistant Maria]].
804[[/folder]]
805
806[[folder:Maria Anderson]]
807[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maria_1.jpg]]
808 [[caption-width-right:350:Would it kill you to dote on me a bit, Ghislain?]]The second of the scientists hired by the US military to research D-Game.
809----
810* IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: Completely smitten with her boss, Ghislain. Ghislain appears completely clueless.
811* MsExposition: Justified. As the assistant to Ghislain, who is wheelchair bound, she often has to take the stage to explain their D-Game findings.
812[[/folder]]
813
814!!Others
815[[folder:Detective Sakaki]]
816[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sakaki_4.jpg]]
817 [[caption-width-right:350:Darwin's Game? What's that?]]
818Tagonaka's partner.
819----
820* ByTheBookCop: Just like Tagonaka.
821* LockedOutOfTheLoop: For his own safety, he's not briefed very much on Darwin's Game.
822* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Shoulder-length hair and handsome.
823* OutOfFocus: He hasn't been seen since after the Treasure Hunt arc.
824[[/folder]]
825
826[[folder:Rokko]]
827[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rokko.jpg]]
828 [[caption-width-right:350:Look, Shuka! Isn't this cool?!]]
829The one classmate Shuka had who got anywhere near her.
830----
831* AccidentalTruth: When Shuka gets a text from Kaname, Rokko asks "Is it a boy? Did you get a boyfriend?!" She's right about the boy part, but the boyfriend part was only half-confirmed [[spoiler:before Kaname and Shuka did the deed much later on]].
832* BitCharacter: She gets about five lines in about three panels in chapter 4 and is never seen again.
833* MoralityPet: Shuka may be a ruthless blood knight who fights and kills for fun, but she treats Rokko kindly.
834* OnlyFriend: Prior to Kaname, Rokko was the closest thing Shuka had to a friend, and a link to a normal life.
835[[/folder]]
836
837[[folder:CIA Analyst Edward Risler]]
838[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/edward_9.jpg]]
839 [[caption-width-right:350:OhCrap]]
840A CIA agent tasked with investigating Darwin's Game.
841----
842* BitCharacter: Only has two spoken lines, and gets killed off.
843* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Went to extreme lengths to keep the Darwin's Game administration unaware of his activities, even typing reports on an ancient manual typewriter, which tired him out. Kept his superiors updated by cell phone communication and uses a state-of-the-art alarm system. Oops!
844* EntertaininglyWrong: Because of Kaname's spectacular game record, Edward thinks his history as an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent is just an elaborate disguise and that he’s actually a Russian spy.
845* MrExposition: His one and only appearance is typing up a report concerning Sunset Ravens, thus showcasing how the world sees them. Said report never manages to leave his office.
846* OhCrap: When he finds himself face-to-face with an Executioner, who stops the bullets from his gun in midair.
847* WeHardlyKnewYe: Introduced and killed off in chapter 31.
848[[/folder]]
849
850!Darwin's Game Administration
851[[folder:N / Shidou Izaya]]
852[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gm02.jpg]]
853 [[caption-width-right:350:Now, have fun!]]
854The creator of Darwin's Game, he is the Game Master of modern-day society's World Line.
855----
856* TheExtremistWasRight: Granting random superpowers to trained soldiers and law enforcement would never have worked, as it's shown that their training and experiences actually work against them, not to mention all the political jockeying that goes around in world governments. Time also wasn't his ally.
857* HiddenAgendaVillain: His goal has yet to be revealed, though he tells Kaname that the only two ways to leave Darwin's Game with your life is either clearing the game (which completes his goal) or completely killing him.
858* KillerGameMaster: Surviving Darwin's Game for any length of time is an extremely difficult task. The events, for the most part, have hidden conditions that tend to weed out players in a hurry. Not to mention that Kaname's been yanked into an event with little to no warning on occasion.
859* WellIntentionedExtremist: He exploits Darwin's Game (though he claims he didn't create it) to give people the power and combat experience needed [[spoiler:to protect Earth from a dimensional invasion]].
860[[/folder]]
861
862[[folder:Oboro]]
863An Executioner employed by the D-Game Administration.
864----
865* CopKiller: As the Executioner, it is his duty to get rid of cops and other government officials who get involved in the game.
866* {{Expy}}: Murderous disposition and an ability to [[spoiler:control vectors]]? Sounds like [[spoiler:[[Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex Accelerator]]]].
867* EyesAlwaysShut: As soon as he opens them, things are about to get messy.
868* ImmuneToBullets: His Sigil has the power to stop bullets from reaching him. It is possible to catch him off-guard since a sniper bullet did touch his forehead, but his skill with his Sigil is so incredibly high that said bullet only scratched him.
869* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Single-handedly took down the boss of the Hunting Island event, when even one of the Doume mooks, who are her small children, usually require an entire armed squad to take down.]] Yeah, good thing Kaname didn't have to fight him back then.
870[[/folder]]
871
872[[folder:Arabaki]]
873The Game Master of the World Line from which "Japan" originated.
874* DeityOfHumanOrigin: He is worshiped as a god by the citizens of "Japan". He has and grants his people superpowers without technological aid, and by his own admission, he began life as a human. There is no mention of how he got his powers.
875* HeroicSacrifice: Used the very last of his power, and his life, to transport all the surviving citizens of "Japan" into Kaname's world before Darwin's Game yanked the island they were on [[spoiler:back to its native dimension]].
876* WeHardlyKnewYe: Showed up and was killed off within a couple of chapters.
877[[/folder]]
878
879!Other Beings of Darwin's Game
880!!People of "Japan"
881Humans introduced in the "Hunting Game" event.
882[[folder: Minoru]]
883The country chief of "Japan". He allows Rick to use a blade after he and Kaname defeated one of the Doume.
884* HeadInTheSandManagement: Combined with StubbornMule. He was adamant that the village could deal with both the Doume and the armed invaders. It took a Doume attack and Kaname's demonstration of a gun to make him realize how totally helpless the village really is.
885* WakeUpCall: He refused to accept Kaname's help because he refused to understand the true danger of their mutual enemies, believing their fighting force to be superior. It was not until Kaname demonstrated the superiority of his modern weaponry compared to the weapons of Minoru's village which were Iron Age at latest did he realize how badly in the wrong he was.
886[[/folder]]
887
888[[folder:Yukari]]
889One of the elders of "Japan".
890* TheGadfly: She calls Minoru by his given name in spite of, or perhaps ''because of'' knowing he hates it.
891[[/folder]]
892
893[[folder: Tooru]]
894One of the elders of "Japan".
895* GuiltByAssociation: Since Kaname came from the same place as Kanehira's group, he ''must'' be working with Kanehira to attack the villagers, starting with a pair of kids who were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
896* MortonsFork: He invokes one on Kaname. Either Kaname sits in a dungeon and lets himself be beaten to death, or he fights back "revealing his true nature" and gets marked for execution as an enemy.
897[[/folder]]
898
899[[folder:Samurai Riku]]
900[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/48_3.jpg]]
901 [[caption-width-right:350:Well-met, Kaname-san.]]
902The first member of an alternate Japan that Kaname encountered during the Hunting Game.
903----
904* AmbiguouslyBrown: Very dark-skinned for a native of an alternate Japan.
905* BigDamnHeroes: Saves Kaname from a Doume's claws, JustInTime.
906* BowAndSwordInAccord: Well, bow and spear, but the spirit's the same.
907* {{Expy}}: Of Samurai Jack, of course.
908* HonorBeforeReason: The trial by combat is interrupted? Kaname proves his innocence with an IntimidationDemonstration? Hmm... Let's just have Kaname and myself punch each other silly with our fists! Small wonder the female villagers call them both idiots.
909* {{Hunk}}: Look at those biceps!
910* MultiMeleeMaster: In addition to his skill with a bow, he is proficient with just about any melee weapon, or no weapon at all.
911* MusclesAreMeaningful: Has bulging biceps, and can match a Doume in raw strength.
912* TrialByCombat: Against Kaname because the latter was stuck in a MortonsFork, and it was the only alternative.
913[[/folder]]
914
915[[folder:Mokuren]]
916[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/55_04.jpg]]
917 [[caption-width-right:350:Mokuren (right) and Towa (left)]]
918Rick's younger sister and one of Japan's shrine maidens.
919----
920* AllLoveIsUnrequited: She gets a crush on Kaname, but he's only got eyes for Shuka.
921* {{Seers}}: She has the power to see the future.
922* ShrineMaiden: Her job at the island village.
923* YamatoNadeshiko: Elegant and humble, but a wildflower at heart.
924[[/folder]]
925
926[[folder:Towa]]
927Magnolia's assistant and an apprentice shrine maiden.
928----
929* MrExposition: She explains how exactly her powers work during the Off-Range Village arc.
930* {{Seers}}: She has the power to see the future.
931* ShrineMaiden: She’s the assistant shrine maiden to Magnolia.
932* StandingBetweenTheEnemies: [[spoiler:She interrupts Kaname and Rick's duel which helped defuse the entire situation and show Kaname he was someone her people could trust.]]
933[[/folder]]
934
935!!Others
936[[folder: Oni]]
937The "Pirates" in the "Sailors vs Pirates" event.
938
939! Common to all:
940
941* AntiquatedLinguistics: Played with. Their speech is quite close to modern Japanese, but their printed text is clearly archaic, lining up with Heian-era norms.
942* EntertaininglyWrong: Due to their warrior culture, they get many things about Kaname and his companions wrong. For example, after seeing the utility of radios and smartphones, they preclude that such devices were developed by human laboratories for ease of logistics and communications in warfare. In truth, such things were created in peacetime, for quality of life and comfort.
943* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Their home dimension is the spitting image of Heian-era Japan.
944* HornedHumanoid: They sport horns, which grow in over their life. They even make horn prosthetics to help people whose horns were either lost in battle or unable to develop properly.
945* MirroringFactions: Aside from their horns, they are identical to humans from the Heian era. Their tech level, architecture, and politics all confirm this.
946* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: They see being sent to the battlefield as an honor, and don't bear a grudge if their relatives fall in battle.
947
948[[/folder]]
949
950[[folder: Greed]]
951The creatures that attack Shibuya while Kaname, Shuka, Xuelan, and Inukai are tied up with the "Sailors vs Pirates" event.
952----
953* AcidAttack: The mammoth-like ones can fire acid out of their trunks.
954* TheDreaded: The GM fears them so much that he launches an event to deal with their sudden arrival. When this event fails to eliminate them in a timely manner and ''multiple'' "Greed LL" appear, he abandons Shibuya.
955* GenericDoomsdayVillain: There's no indication of ''why'' they attacked Shibuya. Even D-Game's Game Master can only speculate that they're after Kaname, but even he is not sure why.
956* ItCanThink: They're not mindless beasts, though they initially appear to be. While it looks like they're simply attacking people indiscriminately at first glance, they do deploy proper formations and tactics. When the "Greed LL" sees an attack helicopter approaching, it takes cover behind a building as a "Greed S" bear appears in the cockpit to attack the pilots.
957* KillAndReplace: The people they kill and eat are soon replaced by facsimiles that look, act, and sound like them but are actually Humanoid Greeds working to destabilise human society from the inside and sabotage all attempts to stop them.

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