Black★Rock Shooter (anime)/Characters

Don't expect many Y chromosomes here.

Humans
Main human characters who attend Mato's school.

Mato Kuroi
A happy-go-lucky girl who's very excitable and hyper. She's very naïve, however, and very closed-minded; she likes to marvel at things, and enjoys playing the guitar. She's also very skilled at basketball and is a bit of a Tomboy (although not quite as much as one would expect from her appearance).

In the 2012 anime, she seems to be fond of philosophical musings or just "zoning out" and staring at stuff. Saya notes that she is innocent, and that she has never hated anyone nor has, up until now, anyone hated her.

Has a younger brother, Hiro, and a mother who shows up a bit onscreen. Her dad is never shown, however the 2012 anime says he is often on business trips.

Voiced by Kana Hanazawa.

General Tropes:

 * Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: Doesn't wear black clothes, but a lot of her clothing has a blue/star motif.
 * Blue Eyes: One of the only ones with them in the school.
 * Genki Girl: To a certain extent.
 * Girlish Pigtails: Very short ones.
 * Meaningful Name: "Kuroi" means "black clothes"; "Mato" with the proper kanji means "target" (as in target shooting).
 * The aforementioned kanji for "mato" also is used to form adjectives, so together "Kuroi Mato" could just mean "black-clothed."
 * In basketball, one "shoots" baskets.
 * Ordinary Junior High School Student: Well,.
 * Romantic Two-Girl Friendship: With Yomi.
 * Tomboy: Not quite a Bokukko, but according to the OVA, she evidently gained her basketball skills from practicing with boys in the park.

2012 Anime Tropes:

 * Battle in The Center of The Mind: She goes even deeper
 * Beauty Is Never Tarnished:
 * Disappeared Dad: Specifically stated to be on a business trip here.
 * Grasp the Sun
 * The Philosopher: She sometimes lapses into internal monologue about "the color of things" and "birds". She even sees herself as "black".
 * Psychic Dreams for Everyone:.
 * Synchronization :
 * Grasp the Sun
 * The Philosopher: She sometimes lapses into internal monologue about "the color of things" and "birds". She even sees herself as "black".
 * Psychic Dreams for Everyone:.
 * Synchronization :
 * The Philosopher: She sometimes lapses into internal monologue about "the color of things" and "birds". She even sees herself as "black".
 * Psychic Dreams for Everyone:.
 * Synchronization :
 * Psychic Dreams for Everyone:.
 * Synchronization :
 * Synchronization :
 * Synchronization :

Yomi Takanashi
A girl who catches Mato's eye due to her Friendless Background and her having been dropped off by a car on her first day. As fate would have it, she lives in the same neighborhood as Mato. She takes the train with Mato from then on, and also joins the volleyball team (which she shows skill in) after watching Mato in the basketball team. Her parents are very rich.

She starts to drift away from Mato after she is separated from her class-wise in their second year, and.

The 2012 anime plays her a little differently, not only giving her glasses but changing her personality a bit. Unlike before, she is unwilling to make friends both due to the fear she will hurt them and because Kagari seems to have her on a leash. Again, she seems to not like Yuu.

Voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro.

General Tropes:

 * Expy: Of Yomi Isayama.
 * Green-Eyed Monster: A source of conflict in both the OVA and broadcast anime is the jealousy she feels regarding Yuu and Mato's friendship. It gets worse in the TV anime, where she also has to contend with Kagari's new friends.
 * Green Eyes: The only one with them in the school.
 * Meaningful Name: Her name, written with different kanji, means "underworld".
 * Ojou: In the OVA, she apparently lived in Germany for a period of time (but is not very good at German). She was dropped off at school by her dad in a car on her first day (which is rare in Japan), - she even has the first kind of Ojou personality, kind and gentle.
 * In the 2012 anime, she also lives in a huge mansion.
 * Ordinary Junior High School Student
 * Princess Curls: An odd variation, as the curls appear on the front part of her hair, but behind her shoulders, her hair is cropped closely to her head. The 2012 anime does this a little differently, as at one point she lets her hair down and it looks normal, albeit a little long, implying she wears pigtails of some sort.
 * Tomboyish Sidetails: Looks like this
 * Punny Name / Alternate Character Reading: Her family name, "Takanashi". (It's written "kotori-asobi", "little birds playing", but pronounced as "no hawks" - because there are no hawks where little birds play.)
 * Romantic Two-Girl Friendship: With Mato.
 * Yamato Nadeshiko: Has shades of this.

OVA Tropes:

 * Huge Schoolgirl: Not all that tall, but in the OVA, Mato seems to point it out constantly. (It is to be noted, however, that by normal human proportions, she is significantly taller than Mato.) Yomi also admits to having a complex about her height.
 * New Transfer Student: In the OVA, her backstory is that she lived in Germany for a while. Her name, "Takanashi", is also not very common in Mato's area.

2012 Anime Tropes:

 * Creator Breakdown: Her paintings get a lot creepier as her loneliness worsens.
 * Fragile Flower: She cries a lot. Though this is probably more a by-product of her very, very parasitic relationship with Kagari.
 * It's All My Fault: The reason for her current relationship with Kagari.
 * Meganekko
 * It's All My Fault: The reason for her current relationship with Kagari.
 * Meganekko
 * Meganekko
 * Meganekko
 * Meganekko

Yuu Koutari
The manager of the basketball team at Mato and Yomi's junior high school.

In the OVA, Mato only respects her in her first year, but becomes close friends with Yuu in her second year (as they are in the same class together, and Mato and Yomi are not).

In the 2012 anime, she is a childhood friend of Mato who often skips classes. She is also fond of coffee.

Voiced by Kana Asumi.

General Tropes:

 * Genki Girl: Very much so.

OVA Tropes:

 * No Name Given: She was only given a last name in the 2012 Anime.
 * Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Trailer: Did not appear in the pilot or the trailer, and her existence was unknown before a magazine and the website revealed her existence.

2012 Anime Tropes:

 * : Inverts this trope.
 * Ascended Extra: In the OVA, she was simply a girl who seemed to be awkward around Yomi, generally acting as an annoyance to Yomi and being extremely pissed off about being left out from Mato and Yomi's friendship. The anime? Quite a departure.
 * Mysterious Waif: To an extent.
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Hero / Nice Job Fixing It, Villain:
 * Straight Man: To Mato.
 * Mysterious Waif: To an extent.
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Hero / Nice Job Fixing It, Villain:
 * Straight Man: To Mato.
 * Mysterious Waif: To an extent.
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Hero / Nice Job Fixing It, Villain:
 * Straight Man: To Mato.
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Hero / Nice Job Fixing It, Villain:
 * Straight Man: To Mato.
 * Straight Man: To Mato.
 * Straight Man: To Mato.
 * Straight Man: To Mato.

Other Selves
The denizens of the "Otherworld", the "other selves" are weaponized human-type girls who constantly fight against each other for some reason. A hint of magic seems to exist as. The reason for their existence, or their fighting, is unknown.

In the 2012 anime it is revealed that

Black★Rock Shooter (Anime) /
A mysterious girl in the Otherworld who seems to be a good fighter, but does not give any reason for her fighting. Seems to be a silent hero.

In the OVA, she loses her katana, the "black blade", in a battle with Black★Gold Saw and fights with the ★rock cannon, which can fire 20 bullets per second.

In the 2012 anime,

General Tropes:

 * Badass Longcoat: With a star on the back.
 * BFG: The ★rock cannon.
 * Black Swords Are Better
 * Cute Bruiser
 * Girlish Pigtails: Doesn't define her personality at all, however; they're also extremely long, and one of them is shorter than the other.
 * Good Scars, Evil Scars: Has a scar on her hip and another on her leg; in the OVA it's likely from the impact of Black★Gold Saw's final stroke.
 * She doesn't have them in the 2012 anime.
 * In the Hood: Her Badass Longcoat always featured one, but she has always kept it down until the 2012 Anime.
 * Shapeshifter Weapon: Rock Shooter's "★rock cannon", which can transform into a small katana "black blade" and also into a 30mm Gatling Cannon.
 * Small Girl, Big Gun: The ★rock cannon is almost as big as her.
 * Stripperiffic: Bikini top, booty shorts, thigh-high boots, and a hoodie.
 * Walking Swimsuit Scene
 * Who Wears Short Shorts?
 * Thigh-High Boots
 * In the Hood
 * Super Strength: May or may not have this, as in the OVA,
 * There's also the fact that she can even lift her cannon, let alone wield it as both a ranged and melee weapon.
 * Sword and Gun: She loses the sword in the first scene of the OVA, however; instead, her gun gets to become some sword-like blunt object.
 * The Rival: Can be interpreted as this to Dead Master.
 * The Voiceless / The Speechless: Does not speak at all; whether she does so because she is The Stoic or because she cannot is unknown.
 * At the end of the first anime episode it seems she's incapable of making any sound as

2012 Anime Tropes :

 * Atop a Mountain of Corpses:
 * Cartridges in Flight: B★RS's minigun appears to eject entire bullets instead of spent casings.
 * : Or something like that.
 * Gatling Good: Her response to getting a giant waterfall of macarons thrown at her is to upgrade her gun into a minigun and fire so many bullets that they even scatter everywhere. She later uses a stationary double minigun for a brief moment.
 * (Non-) Human Pincushion
 * Impaled With Extreme Prejudice: It's just the first episode and B★RS is already ran through by Chariot's wedge-like form, which is as big as a bus.
 * Offhand Backhand: Chariot tries to rush at her with a sword when her back is turned, but instead B★RS.
 * Made of Iron: She takes enough damage to kill a human several times over in the first episode alone.
 * More Dakka: See Gatling Good.
 * Nineties Anti-Hero: Badass Longcoat, Stripperiffic, talks with her humongous gun and katana, vague ill-defined powers revolving about being Made of Iron and Good Thing You Can Heal and she's not afraid in the least to use lethal force. She's just missing the Most Common Superpower.
 * Perpetual Motion Monster: All otherselves doesn't need sustenance other than justification for their existence -- the continual suffering of their humanselves, for them to shoulder. But B★RS is especially notable in this regard, because she invades the realm of other otherselves to kill them.
 * Sword and Gun: Wields both her sword and cannon at the same time in episode 5.
 * : Sort of.
 * Offhand Backhand: Chariot tries to rush at her with a sword when her back is turned, but instead B★RS.
 * Made of Iron: She takes enough damage to kill a human several times over in the first episode alone.
 * More Dakka: See Gatling Good.
 * Nineties Anti-Hero: Badass Longcoat, Stripperiffic, talks with her humongous gun and katana, vague ill-defined powers revolving about being Made of Iron and Good Thing You Can Heal and she's not afraid in the least to use lethal force. She's just missing the Most Common Superpower.
 * Perpetual Motion Monster: All otherselves doesn't need sustenance other than justification for their existence -- the continual suffering of their humanselves, for them to shoulder. But B★RS is especially notable in this regard, because she invades the realm of other otherselves to kill them.
 * Sword and Gun: Wields both her sword and cannon at the same time in episode 5.
 * : Sort of.

2012 Anime Tropes :

 * The Berserker
 * BFS Below The Shoulder
 * Gun Blade: Also can be used to shoot a MASSIVE amount of shots.
 * Dissonant Serenity / Tranquil Fury: Despite her rage-filled expression
 * Dual-Wielding: Has her BFS/BFG on her right arm, holds a much smaller blade in the other.
 * Feel No Pain:
 * Fusion Dance: One fan story has her be a fusion of Black★Rock Shooter and Black★Gold Saw.
 * Painful Transformation: All that new armor plating bloodily burst out from beneath her skin.
 * Purple Is Powerful: BRS is strong normally, but as
 * The Juggernaut: And nothing stands between her and her kills.
 * Trailers Always Spoil: Her toy was advertised on the website before she appeared in the anime.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist:
 * Fusion Dance: One fan story has her be a fusion of Black★Rock Shooter and Black★Gold Saw.
 * Painful Transformation: All that new armor plating bloodily burst out from beneath her skin.
 * Purple Is Powerful: BRS is strong normally, but as
 * The Juggernaut: And nothing stands between her and her kills.
 * Trailers Always Spoil: Her toy was advertised on the website before she appeared in the anime.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist:
 * Trailers Always Spoil: Her toy was advertised on the website before she appeared in the anime.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist:
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist:

Dead Master
A girl with two horns and the "Dead Scythe". Seems to be followed around by two telepathic skulls, which she uses as weapons. She also has powers over chains.

She receives a noticeable redesign in the 2012 Anime, including glasses and a wedding veil.

General Tropes:

 * Cute Witch
 * Dark Magical Girl: In the OVA, Still counts for the Anime too.
 * Elegant Gothic Lolita: It covers up a lot of skin, but adds to her evil-ness. It gets even frillier in the 2012 anime.
 * Good Wings, Evil Wings: She has bat wings sticking out of her back.
 * Green-Eyed Monster: Then again, in the OVA,
 * Green Eyes
 * Horned Humanoid
 * Princess Curls:
 * Psychotic Smirk: She is almost always portrayed sporting this on, as opposed to her human counterpart.
 * Slasher Smile
 * Sickly Green Glow
 * Sinister Scythe: Hers seems to dual-function as her Magic Wand.
 * The Rival: Can be interpreted as this to Black★Rock Shooter.

OVA Tropes:

 * Oh Crap:
 * Orcus On Her Throne: In the OVA,, she did absolutely nothing except apparently sit in her throne room waiting.
 * Oh Crap:
 * Orcus On Her Throne: In the OVA,, she did absolutely nothing except apparently sit in her throne room waiting.

2012 Anime Tropes:

 * Adaptational Badass: Inverted. In the OVA, Dead Master was a perfectly capable fighter. In the anime, B★RS quickly unravels the chain, and she gets carried away helplessly by Chariot's spider minions. After struggling for a ridiculously long time against the chains binding her, the moment it seems like she might join the fight, she gets dragged into a fissure created by Black★Gold Saw.
 * Big Boo's Haunt: Her zone of the otherworld.
 * Chained By Fashion: Sealed by Chariot with her own chains as a symbolism of Kagari's control over Yomi's guilt. When
 * Meganekko
 * Four Eyes, Zero Soul
 * Natural Weapon: Has huge claws.
 * Meganekko
 * Four Eyes, Zero Soul
 * Natural Weapon: Has huge claws.

Strength
A mysterious "other self" that is approaching the Dead Master and Black★Rock Shooter throughout the OVA.

In the 2012 anime,

General Tropes:

 * Artificial Limbs: Both arms.
 * Darkskinned Blonde/White-Haired Pretty Girl
 * Four-Fingered Hands
 * Giant Hands of Doom
 * Hades Shaded: Unlike other Others, she has brown skin instead of Undeathly Pallor.
 * Prophet Eyes: In huke's artwork and in the 2012 anime.
 * Small Girl, Big Gun: Her arms are made up of two huge mechanical guns.
 * Tarot Motifs

2012 Anime:

 * Ascended Extra:
 * Be Careful What You Wish For:
 * Beware My Stinger Tail
 * Big Damn Heroes:
 * : Final episode.
 * Emotionless Girl:
 * Finger Firearms/Gatling Good
 * Lethal Lava Land: Her zone of the otherworld.
 * Multi-Armed and Dangerous: She can unfold another pair of arms out of her first set.
 * Panty Shot: Constant when she's fighting. She really needs to invest in a Magic Skirt or pair of shorts or something.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning: She gets them in the 2012 anime, making her an albino of sorts.
 * SuperStrength
 * Swiss Army Weapon: Her fists are incredibly versatile. Outside of the obvious punches, she can shoot bullets from the fingertips, transform and combine her fists into a minigun, take out an extra pair of arms, and even form some kind of railed apparatus that uses one fist to propel the other.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning: She gets them in the 2012 anime, making her an albino of sorts.
 * SuperStrength
 * Swiss Army Weapon: Her fists are incredibly versatile. Outside of the obvious punches, she can shoot bullets from the fingertips, transform and combine her fists into a minigun, take out an extra pair of arms, and even form some kind of railed apparatus that uses one fist to propel the other.
 * SuperStrength
 * Swiss Army Weapon: Her fists are incredibly versatile. Outside of the obvious punches, she can shoot bullets from the fingertips, transform and combine her fists into a minigun, take out an extra pair of arms, and even form some kind of railed apparatus that uses one fist to propel the other.
 * SuperStrength
 * Swiss Army Weapon: Her fists are incredibly versatile. Outside of the obvious punches, she can shoot bullets from the fingertips, transform and combine her fists into a minigun, take out an extra pair of arms, and even form some kind of railed apparatus that uses one fist to propel the other.

Black★Gold Saw
An "other self" who was seen fighting Black★Rock Shooter at the beginning of the OVA. She caused some of her scars;.

In the 2012 anime, her eye is seen opening in various locations of the "Otherworld", implying that she's watching. It appears that she has a great deal of power over the Otherworld, and is cultivating the Other Selves.

General Tropes:

 * BFS: She has a large sword, possibly as big as her in some drawings.
 * Fusion Dance/Demonic Possession: According to some fan-theories, she can merge with BRS into Insane Black★Rock Shooter.
 * Gainaxing
 * Horned Humanoid
 * Non-Indicative Name: She does not, in fact, wear gold in any of the artwork. There is one figure that gives her a bit of gold on her armor and sword, however.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning: Her entire scheme is red, however, so it doesn't look quite evil - just like an enemy.
 * Who Wears Short Shorts?

OVA Tropes:

 * What Happened to The Mouse?: What was B★GS even doing in the OVA? And what did she do after she won the battle? Did she even win?

2012 Anime Tropes:

 * Adaptational Badass: Her powers go from hand-to-hand combat to reality-warping.
 * Inverted in regards to B★GS. In the OVA she appears to actually beat B★RS, but in the anime she puts up the least impressive fight of any character.Though note that
 * Ascended Extra: Compared to the OVA.
 * Evil Redhead: Of sorts - the 2012 anime makes her hair a very dark red...
 * Multicolored Hair: ...to the point where it looks pure black at the top of her head.
 * Lady in Red: The 2012 anime adds more red to her outfit.
 * Red and Black And Evil All Over
 * Lightning Bruiser: The fact that she wields a BFS might not justify it alone as the other characters are also able to wield lofty weapons. She is however the fastest in combination with her strength. It takes both DM and BRS a few seconds to notice her, or rather where she was just standing. In addition,.
 * Making a Splash: Seems to have a lot of water related powers.
 * Mook Maker: In episode 6, she shows the ability to create a massive amount of soldiers by throwing water from her watering can onto the ground.
 * Mysterious Watcher: She can watch any area of the otherworld she desires by opening a gigantic eye in the sky.
 * Older Than They Look:  says she resembles a middle-aged lady.
 * It can be justified by the fact that
 * Teleporters and Transporters: Moves between different parts of the otherworld by sinking into the ground.
 * It can be justified by the fact that
 * Teleporters and Transporters: Moves between different parts of the otherworld by sinking into the ground.

Saya Irino
The middle school counselor of "Dawn Counseling" at Mato's school. She is often the one to go to when talking about personal problems, and will do it while offering them lots of coffee.

Voiced by Mamiko Noto


 * Brown Eyes
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: Would you believe that she has the same seiyuu as Enma Ai? Both are capable of inducing Mind Screw on their victims! Saya also used to have a Hime Cut back then.
 * Hime Cut: When she was young.
 * Misplaced Kindergarten Teacher: Only visually. She wears a strange kiddish armband.
 * Psychologist Teacher: Well, she is a counselor after all...
 * Sensei Chan: They actually call her Saya-chan-sensei.
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Coffee.
 * : Her reasons for is that
 * Psychologist Teacher: Well, she is a counselor after all...
 * Sensei Chan: They actually call her Saya-chan-sensei.
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Coffee.
 * : Her reasons for is that
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Coffee.
 * : Her reasons for is that
 * : Her reasons for is that
 * : Her reasons for is that

Kagari Izuriha
A girl who lives close to Yomi. She is a childhood friend of hers, and is bound to a wheelchair; thus, she does not attend their school. She lives next door to Yomi and seems to be controlling her via a Tin Can Telephone, constantly telling her that she "must not make friends" and claiming Yomi to be "hers"; according to her Yomi must "take responsibility".

Fond of pastries and dolls, but is very, very blatant about her hatred for anyone.

Voiced by Eri Kitamura

""Go away! Go away! Go away!""
 * Ambiguous Disorder: Kagari has this.
 * Bastard Girlfriend: She doesn't have one. She is one. When she stops being a bastard and becomes capable of normal relationships with other people, [[spoiler: Yomi snaps\\. That's an eerily familiar development...
 * Unsexy Sadist: She's definitely portrayed as repulsive.
 * Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
 * Blondes Are Evil: Never has a cute lil' blonde girl saying "Kaere (Go away)!" been SO CREEPY.
 * Creepy Child
 * Used to Be A Sweet Kid: At least before the accident.
 * Creepy Doll: Heavily associated with one. Its name is Mary. She also "talks through" it, claiming that anything she says while acting as Mary is not something that she is saying. YMMV whether the doll or her owner is creepier.
 * Creepy Doll: Heavily associated with one. Its name is Mary. She also "talks through" it, claiming that anything she says while acting as Mary is not something that she is saying. YMMV whether the doll or her owner is creepier.


 * Curtains Match the Windows: Blonde hair and creepy, creepy Eyes of Gold.
 * Cute and Psycho: Mostly psycho, though.
 * Yandere: For Yomi.
 * Defrosting Ice Queen: She instantly becomes a nice person and is friends with Mato. Not only that, but she gets instantly popular in the class just by saying "shut up!"
 * Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Says this almost word for word.
 * Dull Eyes of Unhappiness
 * Epiphany Therapy:
 * Evil Cripple: Subverted.
 * Expository Hairstyle Change: Upon, she ties her hair into a side-ponytail.
 * Expy: Some fans think of her as Taiga.
 * Glurge Addict: Loves dolls and macarons and is almost always seen with one or the other. This does not make her any less creepy.
 * Hair Decorations
 * Jerkass: In Japanese and most Asian cultures, it's one thing to not like someone, but it's another thing to tell them to their face to GTFO.
 * Look Both Ways: Her accident.
 * No Social Skills: Ridiculously blunt in her psychoticness toward Mato.
 * Pseudo Crisis: At the end of Episode 2 it seems like something bad happened to Kagari...
 * Self-Inflicted Hell: A mundane example.
 * Third Person Person
 * Villainous Breakdown: End of episode 2.
 * Why Did You Make Me Hit You?: Semi-inversion; it's more like Why Did You Make Me Hit Myself?
 * No Social Skills: Ridiculously blunt in her psychoticness toward Mato.
 * Pseudo Crisis: At the end of Episode 2 it seems like something bad happened to Kagari...
 * Self-Inflicted Hell: A mundane example.
 * Third Person Person
 * Villainous Breakdown: End of episode 2.
 * Why Did You Make Me Hit You?: Semi-inversion; it's more like Why Did You Make Me Hit Myself?

Arata Kohata
A member of Mato and Yuu's basketball team. Seems to always wear her jersey.

Voiced by Manami Numakura


 * A Cup Angst: Claims to Saya that the only reason she can't confess to a boy she likes is because she doesn't have "big boobs".
 * Genki Girl: All Mato wanted to do was show interest in the basketball club. Instead, Arata made her run sprints.
 * Girlish Pigtails
 * Hair Decorations
 * In-Series Nickname: Kohacchi.
 * Laser-Guided Amnesia:
 * Love Confession: She likes a boy in her class named Taku and gives him a love letter.
 * Out of Focus:
 * Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Trailer: She does appear on the website, however.
 * Tsundere
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Unlike the OVA, the TV anime plays this fairly straight with Arata, whose red hair is quite implausible.
 * Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Trailer: She does appear on the website, however.
 * Tsundere
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Unlike the OVA, the TV anime plays this fairly straight with Arata, whose red hair is quite implausible.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Unlike the OVA, the TV anime plays this fairly straight with Arata, whose red hair is quite implausible.

Chariot

 * Black Swords Are Better: Unclear if it's actually better, but it does look cool.
 * Canon Foreigner/Expy: She doesn't appear to be any of huke's previously created characters, but she bears a noticeable resemblance to the Apostle SZZU from the video game.
 * Cool Crown
 * Edible Ammunition: Her vehicle has cannons that fire giant explosive macarons
 * Elegant Gothic Lolita
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Giant Spider: Drives a giant robot spider as a sort of chariot.
 * Mythology Gag: It resembles an enemy from the PSP game.
 * Level Ate: Her zone of the otherworld.
 * Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: Huge, wheel-like shield.
 * Rollerblade Good: Except the wheels are actually her feet.
 * Spiked Wheels
 * Tarot Motifs
 * Rollerblade Good: Except the wheels are actually her feet.
 * Spiked Wheels
 * Tarot Motifs

Humans
The twelve survivors in 2051 of the 2032 disaster when an alien invasion destroyed almost all of humanity.

Stella or BRS (Black★Rock Shooter)
One of the twelve survivors of an After the End Earth. She's the only one with enough power to destroy aliens.

Voiced by Maaya Sakamoto.


 * Artificial Human
 * Blue Eyes
 * Cool Bike: It even has swords attached to it!
 * Emotionless Girl
 * Expy: In her flashbacks, her younger self looks exactly like a younger version of Kuroi Mato
 * I Am Not Shazam: In the game, her name isn't actually "Black★Rock Shooter". Nobody in the game ever calls her that. "Stella" is the only actual name she's referred to as.
 * Katanas Are Just Better
 * Last Of Their Kind: She lives in a world after almost everyone else is dead.
 * The Other Darrin: Yes! Maaya Sakamoto took the role which Kana Hanazawa once took.

Nana Grey/Gray (RPG)
An ally to Black★Rock Shooter.

Voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro.


 * Because You Were Nice to Me: Her relationship to Black★Rock Shooter.
 * BFS
 * Cloning Blues: Inversion. Grey is the prototype to Black★Rock Shooter. She wasn't even given a name.

Apostles
The Apostles are the leaders of the alien invasion on Earth, with each one being classified as "Class A" aliens. There were once fifteen of them, but by the events of The Game only seven remain. They are ranked in ascending order of power (with "first" being the weakest).

MEFE
Ranked first. She has light purple hair and eyes, and her costume resembles that of a magician.

Voiced by Mai Nakahara.


 * An Axe to Grind: Her apparent weapon of choice
 * Blood Lust: Apparently, she likes drinking people's blood.
 * Gratuitous Spanish: Uses it constantly.
 * Hot Witch
 * Nice Hat
 * Purple Eyes
 * Sinister Scythe
 * You Gotta Have Purple Hair: With matching eyes

MZMA
Ranked second. His primary colour is red, and his preferred element is fire. He is very fond of showmanship and can create clones of himself in battle.

Voiced by Tomokazu Sugita.


 * BFS
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Playing With Fire
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning

SZZU
Ranked third. Unlike the other Apostles, she is rather knowledgeable in human emotions and thus able to understand her twin, CKRY.

Voiced by Youko Hikasa.


 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Meganekko

CKRY
Ranked fourth. A big, bulky male with such a violent, primal temperment that he can only be properly understood by SZZU, his twin.

Voiced by Yoshimitsu Shimoyama.


 * The Berserker: Seems to be this.
 * The Big Guy
 * I'm a Humanitarian: Although not seen doing it, it is heavily implied that he ate MZMA after his defeat.

XNFE
Ranked fifth. She has pink hair and eyes, and has a large headpiece that resemble a bunny's ears. She is physically weak, so she fights by controlling drones.

Voiced by Asami Shimoda.


 * Animal Motifs: Rabbits.
 * Power Fist
 * Rose-Haired Girl: And the curtains match the windows.
 * Stripperific: She doesn't even get the benefit of a bra like BRS does - she gets this weird cross thing.
 * You Have Failed Me: Her ultimate fate after being spared by BRS.

LLWO
Ranked sixth. His primary colour is green, and he has a strange lightning mark on his hair. May have feelings for XNFE.

Voiced by Hiroshi Kamiya.


 * The Archer
 * Green Eyes
 * Jack of All Stats: Seems to do both close combat and long range.
 * Multicolored Hair: Has a streak of black on white.

SAHA
Ranked seventh, making him the most powerful of the Apostles. Though he resembles an old man, he fights using a large exoskeleton.


 * Mighty Glacier
 * Powered Armor

White★Rock Shooter (RPG)
A mysterious young woman who appears as an "inverted" version of B★RS, trading black for white and blue eyes for red. .

Voiced by Maaya Sakamoto.


 * Ascended Extra: Before the RPG came out, White Rock Shooter was just a "negative" version of BRS that appeared in artwork. In the RPG,
 * Evil Counterpart/Evil Twin: Highly likely to be this.
 * I Am Not Shazam: Like Stella, nobody ever actually calls her "White★Rock Shooter".
 * Woman in White
 * Light Is Not Good: She's in white yet she is evil.
 * Sinister Scythe
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl
 * Zettai Ryouiki
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl
 * Zettai Ryouiki

Rock (Black★Rock Shooter)
A girl who watches over Hazama.


 * Berserk Button: Flips out when she hears the word "Disappear".
 * Emotionless Girl: Has difficulty recognizing what "fun" is, and utterly confused why she has tears leaking from her eyes . She's not quite content with this, however.
 * Gender Blender Name: Here, BRS is called "Rock".
 * Good Is Not Nice: She knows what her mission is, and she offers no consolation to . Time will tell whether she's a full-blown Anti-Hero.
 * Shinigami: Her role is fairly close to one, in that she makes sure souls aren't trapped in Hazama.

Ron
A sort of snake-like being, he forms a sort of partnership as a sort of physical manifestation of Rock's powers.


 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Empathic Weapon: He turns into both Rock★Cannon and Black Blade, but only one at the time.

Acta
Another Black Shooter.


 * :  at the end of the chapter she's introduced.

Nico
Acta's partner.


 * Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: He seems nice,
 * Drop the Hammer: Can turn into a rather large hammer.

Jack Olie
A mass murderer who feeds on souls who have drifted to Hazama.

"Rock: You're fucked-up."
 * Complete Monster: His hatred is so massive that it traps him in the Hazama, the realm between Heaven and Earth.


 * Monster of the Week

Hanako Nakamura
A student who lives in a big empty school in Hazama.


 * Freudian Excuse:
 * Headphones Equal Isolation:
 * Screwy Squirrel
 * Strange Girl
 * Headphones Equal Isolation:
 * Screwy Squirrel
 * Strange Girl
 * Strange Girl

Dead (Dead Master)
A mysterious, ominous person who approaches Rock at the end of the first chapter.


 * Cute and Psycho: Pretty much adorable. Eats souls.
 * Extreme Omnivore:, she also ate her teddy bear in her sleep and proceed to eat Rock's hair next. And people are asking why Rock's pig-tails are in an uneven length...
 * Les Yay: Pretty much explicitly in love/lust with Rock.

Others
If they ever appear in anime-related material, they are likely to be "other selves". Unlikely to appear in the RPG at this rate.

Black★Devil Girl

 * Green Eyes
 * Horned Humanoid
 * Katanas Are Just Better
 * Meganekko
 * Stripperiffic: She's dressed a lot like Black★Rock Shooter, only her jacket is short and closed.
 * Zettai Ryouiki

Black★Matagi

 * BFS: Combined with BFG to create a gunblade.
 * Eyepatch of Power
 * Joshikousei
 * Purple Eyes
 * Small Girl, Big Gun

Black★Rock Shooter BEAST

 * BFS
 * Cool Crown: Made of flames coming from her EYE.
 * Revolvers Are Just Better

Death Scythe

 * Badass Longcoat
 * Gray Eyes
 * Hot Chick in A Badass Suit
 * Sinister Scythe

Demon Cannon User

 * BFG
 * Catgirl
 * Green Eyes
 * Meganekko

Dragon Slayer

 * Authority Equals Asskicking: Art surprisingly shows presiding over a throne, surrounded by knights.
 * BFS
 * Bondage Is Bad: Art also surprisingly shows her keeping three horned girls. Whatever reason she has them, she's certainly finding uses for those chains keeping them in place.
 * Cool Crown
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Hot Chick With a Sword
 * Zettai Ryouiki

Geshumaru

 * Blue Eyes
 * BFS: The robot carries a pair.
 * Humongous Mecha: Not all that humongous, but huge enough in comparison when it's holding her.
 * Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja: The robot.
 * Katanas Are Just Better
 * Puppet Master

Great Black Sword / Underworld Icicle

 * Dual Wield
 * Exactly What It Says On the Tin: She's called "Great Black Sword" because she carries a great black sword.
 * Katanas Are Just Better: Her other weapon.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning

Maid Gunner

 * BFG
 * Meido
 * Technicolor Eyes: Pink.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: In Petite Rock Shooter

Ninja Zero Two

 * Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja
 * Purple Eyes
 * Sexy Backless Outfit
 * Wolverine Claws

Underworld Vulcan / Maid Vulcan

 * Bayonet Ya
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Gatling Good
 * Meido
 * More Dakka
 * Rose-Haired Girl