Steins;Gate/Characters
Rintaro Okabe
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Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano |
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The protagonist, an 18-year-old 1st-year college student and leader of the Future Gadget Laboratory. He is the first in the series to be conscious of the timeline changes, an ability he calls "Reading Steiner".
- Always Save the Girl: He goes through many timelines to save Mayuri, although it is implied that he ultimately chooses Kurisu.
- Catch Phrase: "I am mad scientist!", "This is the choice of Stein's Gate!", "El Psy Congroo", among others.
- Despair Event Horizon: Burst out crying after countless time-leaps in order to save Mayuri with no success.
- The Determinator
- Do Not Call Me Paul: "Call me Hououin Kyouma!"
- Eyes of Gold
- Evil Laugh: Quite good at it, and hilarious too!
- The Gift: Reading Steiner.
- Fate Worse Than Death: In 2025 of Alpha timeline, he's captured by the Rounders and gruesomely tortured to death.
- Future Badass: Alpha timeline, where he leads an international terrrorist group against SERN in the future and Beta timeline, where he creates the time machine.
- Get a Hold of Yourself Man: Delivered by Mayuri.
- Gratuitous English: Uses it constantly. Along with Gratuitous German.
- Hey Its That Voice: Light traded in his Death Note for a Phone Microwave and a Time Leap Machine.
- In Series Nickname: Refers to himself as "Hououin Kyouma". Mayuri and Daru call him "Okarin".
- Jerk With a Heart of Gold
- La Résistance
- Large Ham
- Love Makes You Crazy
- Mad Scientist: Or, as he prefers to call himself, the Crazy Mad Scientist "Hououin Kyouma".
- The Nicknamer: Enjoys giving other people nicknames based on their deeds, except Mayuri, who already coined her own nickname "Mayushii".
- Phrase Catcher: "You're the last person I want to hear that from"
- Screw Destiny
- Seen It All
- Tsundere: He's not as blatant as Kurisu, but he fills this category as well, as is cheerfully pointed out by Mayuri.
- Would Hit a Girl: Hits Moeka hard when he believes it's the only way to save Mayuri.
Mayuri Shiina
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Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa |
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A 16-year-old high school student and Okabe's childhood friend. She works at May Queen and is also a cosplay designer. She's killed in most timelines, often by Moeka.
- Break the Cutie: Very much so.
- Catch Phrase: Her "Tuturu~" whenever she greets someone.
- Cat Smile: Justified that she work as a waitress in a cat girl cafe.
- Childhood Friends: With Okabe.
- Cosplay Otaku Girl
- The Ditz
- Gamer Chick
- Green Eyes
- Incorruptible Pure Pureness
- In Series Nickname: "Mayushii", a nickname she gives to herself.
- Kill the Cutie: Many times. Okabe went through many timelines to try to save her, but the few times he did ended badly for Kurisu.
- Nice Hat
- Smarter Than She Looks: Despite what her ditzy mannerisms might suggest, she can be very insightful.
- Third Person Person
- Unlucky Childhood Friend: Ambiguous, but implied in the true ending.
- Your Mileage May Vary. There are little to no romantic/sexual implications between Okabe and Mayuri whereas there are plenty of examples between Okabe and the other female characters, including Ruka.
Kurisu Makise
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Voiced by: Asami Imai |
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An 18-year-old Teen Genius killed in the initial timeline, only to reappear alive and well in another. She later becomes a lab member, and starts working along with Daru in the creation of new gadgets. In the final chapters, Okabe has to save her from being stabbed to death by her father. She falls in love with Okabe, and kisses him after listening to his confession.
- Abusive Parents/Parental Neglect: Kurisu's father keeps a distance from her, downright refusing to see her. Justified in that he is Dr.Nakabachi.
- Adaptation Dye Job: Kurisu's hair is brown in the original visual novel, but has red hair in the anime.
- Blue Eyes
- Broken Bird
- Closet Geek
- Captain Ersatz: Looks very similar to Tsubaki Yayoi (anime only) in terms of appearance, she even has the same voice actor to boot!
- Cry Cute: In episode 5, after Okabe, already irate at losing a board game with her, yells at her for calling him by his real name, and then calling her "Christina".
- Guilty Pleasure: Posting on 2channel, dropping internet slang, just to name a few. Often becomes embarrassed when Daru and Okarin points them out.
- Hey Its That Voice: A brown-haired (but still flat) Chihaya Kisaragi as a mad scientist.
- In Series Nickname: Multiple nicknames used by Okabe, mainly "Christina". There's also "The Zombie" or simply "Assistant". There was also the short lived "Celebrity 7" or "Celeb-7".
- Intelligence Equals Isolation: Prior to knowing Okabe & co., though not so much she isolates herself as others isolate her. Her dad no longer wants to see her after she disproved his theory at the age of eleven, and her co-workers are mostly scientist with big egos, who are jealous of her due to her young age. In one fairly comical scene between herself, Daru, and Okabe, she unintentionally reveals she's a virgin and has never been on a date.
- Lethal Chef
- My Name Is Not CHRISTINA!
- Omnidisciplinary Scientist: Is a neuroscientist, but is apparently well-versed enough in theoretical physics to conceptualize and build a time machine.
- Pettanko: Maybe only in the anime. In the VN there's a couple of scenes showing she's not that flat-chested.
- Red Baron: "Mother of Time Machine", in the future where SERN rules.
- Red Headed Heroine
- Teen Genius
- Took a Level In Badass: She's one of the 2 guest characters in the 2D fighting game Phantom Breaker, and is the only normal human but she can fight an even match against superpowered adversaries using lab gadgets. It should be noted that she's among the only 2 characters who have 2 supers.
- Tsundere: A hilariously stereotypical one, at that. Lampshaded by Daru, much to her dismay and denial.
- Yandere: Just... Listen to this drama CD.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Implied to be her fate at SERN's hands, after she completed the time machine for them in 2034.
Itaru Hashida
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Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki |
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Okabe's best friend and a hacker. He's Suzuha's father, but he isn't aware of this fact until she leaves.
- Big Fun
- Future Badass: He leads the terrorist organization against SERN after Okabe dies in 2025, and manages to create another time machine (it's not complete like Kurisu's though), which he leaves for his daghter.
- Lovable Sex Maniac
- In Series Nickname: Everybody calls him "Daru".
- Luke I Am Your Father: He's Suzuha's.
- Megane
- My Name Is Not Hakka: It's HACKER!
- Nice Hat
- Otaku
Ruka Urushibara
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Voiced by: Yuu Kobayashi |
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Mayuri's classmate, a crossdresser boy who works at his family's shrine. His family owns the IBN 5100 left by Suzu Hashida, but loses it in following timelines after he sends his D-mail and becomes a girl. He is the second character that remembers things from other timelines.
- A-Cup Angst : Gets this when he turns into a girl but retains the same appearance.
- Bokukko
- Cry Cute: Even cuter than Kurisu!
- Dude Looks Like a Lady: "But...he's a guy!"
- Hair Decorations: "But... he's a guy!"
- Gender Bender: After sending his D-mail, he becomes a full-fledged female in the following timelines.
- In Series Nickname: "Rukako", used by Okabe.
- Miko
- Pettanko: Keeps the same bust size even after changing gender.
- Purple Eyes
- Shrinking Violet
- Single Target Sexuality: Okabe. Even when he was male and told Okabe he didn't like him that way, there are still hints dropped that he does have at least a crush on him. He didn't get a lot of screen time to show any interest in anybody else.
- Transgender: Why she sends her D-mail.
Moeka Kiryuu
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Voiced by: Saori Goto |
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A silent young woman who prefers to communicate through her cellphone. Seems to be searching the IBN 5100 as well. She works for a man named FB, and will do anything he orders.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
- Driven to Suicide: Twice. The first was four years prior, only to be stopped when she received FB's first message. The second is on the timeline after Ruka undoes the effects of her D-mail, as she hasn't received any messages from FB.
- In Series Nickname: Rintaro calls her "Shining Finger"
- Meganekko
- The Glasses Come Off: She's missing her glasses when she reveals to the lab members that she's an SERN agent.
- The Mole
- Perpetual Frowner
- The Quiet One
- Rei Ayanami Expy: Has some shades
- Shrinking Violet
- Tall Dark and Bishoujo
- Villainous Breakdown: Driven to Suicide after FB drops her for failing her mission in the timeline where Ruka undoes the effects of her D-Mail, typing on her cell phone nothing but endless strings of "FB".
Suzuha Amane
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Voiced by: Yukari Tamura |
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A teen girl who works at Mr. Braun shop. Likes to ride her bicycle and gets along very well with Nae, Mr. Braun's daughter. She's actually a member of the future La Résistance against SERN, and has traveled to past to meet with her father Itaru, a creator of the time traveling machine. She then travels back to The Seventies and leaves the IBN 5100 in the Urushibara shrine.
- Action Girl
- Braids of Action/Tomboyish Sidetails
- The Determinator
- Driven to Suicide: In some timelines, her older self committed suicide after giving an apology letter to Mr. Braun directed to Okabe. In others, she passes away due to illness.
- Eyes of Gold
- Gender Flip/Samus Is a Girl: She is John Titor.
- In Series Nickname: Rintaro calls her "Part-Time Warrior".
- Kid From the Future
- Ret Gone
Faris Nyannyan/Rumiho Akiha
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Voiced by: Halko Momoi |
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Mayuri's coworker at the May Queen Cafe and the owner. After she sends her D-mail, Akihabara loses everything related with moe culture as her father is still alive. She also is the first character to remember memories from other timelines apart from Okabe and Ruka.
- Catgirl: Justified that she work as waitress in a cat girl cafe.
- Cat Smile
- Verbal Tic - She even ends her sentences with "-nya"
- Cry Cute: When she decides to undo the effects of her D-mail.
- Curtains Match the Window
- Disappeared Dad: Her father died, but he's alive in the timelines after she sent her D-mail.
- Girlish Pigtails
- The Ojou
- Rose Haired Girl
- Spell My Name With an S: "Faris" is apparently the official spelling, but "Feiris" and "Feyris" also see heavy use.
Yuugo Tennouji
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Voiced by: Masaki Terasoma |
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A CRT-TV store owner, and Rintaro's landlord. He is secretly working for SERN, sending orders to Moeka and her group.
- Cranky Landlord: Seeing as though his tenant is Rintaro...
- In Series Nickname: Rintaro calls him "Mr. Braun".
- Jerk With a Heart of Gold: Even though Rintaro gets on his nerves, he actually likes him.
- Manipulative Bastard: To Moeka, and implied to be towards the other agents he controls.
- The Man Behind the Man
Nae Tennouji
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Voiced by: Ayano Yamamoto |
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Yuugo's daughter and good friends with Mayuri.
- Ascended Extra: Will be appearing in Robotics;Notes all grown up.
- Children Are Innocent -> Enfant Terrible
- The Cutie
- Corrupt the Cutie: Thanks to the Time Leap machine
- Revenge Before Reason
Yuki Amane
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Voiced by: Yukari Tamura |
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Appears in the 25th episode; she is a woman whom Rintaro initially mistakes for Suzuha. Actually, she is Suzuha's future mother and Itaru's wife-to-be.
- Strong Family Resemblance: She looks (and sounds) just like Suzuha without the braids.
- Anime version only. Her appearance in the manga Boukan no Rebellion makes it clear that Suzuha takes after her father there.
- Significant Double Casting