Characters
14 entries in the Akira compendium.
Characters — Era Chart
Colonel ShikishimaThe JSDF commander who gambled everything on suppressing Akira, only to witness his own auTakashiThe wizened child Esper whose accidental encounter with Tetsuo ignites Neo-Tokyo's destrucCaptain MurotaSource material covers only Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence; Captain Murota from Akira is noGeneral TokumaruThe stern commander tasked with containing a power that cannot be controlled.YumieA name misattributed to Akira; present only in Kouta Hirano's unrelated short story Hi-AndNozamaA loyal aide to Lem Kannagi in his scheme for world domination.Child Number 1An escaped child esper whose collision triggers a chain reaction of destruction.KeiA terrorist operative turned supernatural survivor who bridges the gap between human rebelDr. OnishiThe scientist who attempted to let a disturbed teenager harness the power of Akira.RyuA terrorist leader leveraging leaked government secrets in a city on the brink of collapseTakeshiFrom strip theater MC to Golden Lion winner: the comedian who redefined Japanese cinema wiKazuoA writer who turned imaginary memories into global masterpieces, earning the Nobel Prize iItoFour distinct Japanese figures sharing one name: a footballer, a field hockey player, a maKiyoshiA filmmaker of psychological horror who, as The New York Times put it, 'is to psychologica
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