Steins;Gate/Characters

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Steins;Gate has a relatively small cast, with only eight important characters, and only a handful of recurring side characters. They include:

Rintaro Okabe

Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano (JP), J. Michael Tatum (EN)

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".

Mayuri Shiina

Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa (JP), Jackie Ross (EN)

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 themed maid cafe.
  • Childhood Friends: With Okabe.
  • Cosplay Otaku Girl: She loves cosplay, but is only interested in making the costumes and having others wear them.
  • The Cutie: Easily the most adorable member of Future Gadget Lab
  • The Ditz: She tends not to understand anything that's going on in the lab and, unlike Daru, doesn't seem to get it even after having it simplified. When Mayuri says that one of the names Kurisu came up for to describe what they're doing was too complicated, Kurisu nearly says it doesn't count because Mayuri is dumb, which Okabe catches her on.
  • Gamer Chick: She's a big fan of RaiNet, but there's no indication that she's actually any good at it. Rather, she just thinks the mascot is adorable.
  • Green Eyes
  • In-Series Nickname: "Mayushii", a nickname she gives to herself, itself a portmanteau of her full name: Mayuri Shiina.
  • Incorruptible Pure Pureness: She's a pretty mild example: while Okabe and Daru are all gung-ho about hacking into SERN and other dubious activities, Mayuri disapproves even when it's clear that SERN is up to some pretty shady business.
  • 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: Almost always wears a wide brimmed, frilly looking blue hat.
  • Smarter Than You Look: Despite what her ditzy mannerisms might suggest, she can be very insightful.
  • Third Person Person: Always refers to herself as Mayushii instead of using a pronoun.
  • 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

Voiced by: Asami Imai (JP), Trina Nishimura (EN)

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.
  • Accidental Innuendo: Subjects herself to these often, and it never ceases to embarrass her any time Okabe or Daru point it out.
  • Adaptation Dye Job: Kurisu's hair is brown in the original visual novel, but has red hair in the anime.
  • Blue Eyes: And they're pretty big, too.
  • Broken Bird
  • Can't Hold Her Liquor: In the film, it only takes one can of beer to get Kurisu drunk of her ass.
  • Captain Ersatz: Looks very similar to Tsubaki Yayoi (anime only) in terms of appearance, she even has the same voice actor to boot!
  • Closet Geek: She often quotes internet memes, denies being an OTP without any hesitation, and clearly knows what a "tsundere" is. She also does a poor job of hiding her geeky side though.
  • Cool Big Sis: she is this to Mayuri, despite the two not being related. Not only does she treat Mayuri with more respect than the guys, but she becomes concerned for her when Okabe becomes more and more distant from her.
  • Crippling Overspecialization: Non-action variety. She took up maths and science from a young age, but sacrificed education in pretty much everything else to a point where even her social skills left a lot to be desired.
  • 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", reducing her to tears. This was out of relief when she realised he's being his goofy self and his anger wasn't genuine.
  • Fiery Redhead: Only in the anime, and she has quite the temper to match.
  • Guilty Pleasure: Posting on 2channel, dropping internet slang, just to name a few. Often becomes embarrassed when Daru and Okarin points them out.
  • Hypocrite: In the 3rd Soumei Eichi no Cognitive Computing short, she criticises both Okabe and Daru for wearing the same clothes every day, but as Okabe points out, she is never seen wearing any other clothes besides her default herself.
    • She is also in no position to give dating advice to anyone after she accidentally outs herself as a virgin.
    • In the Sekimen Hissi no Gossip drama CD, she urges Daru to show his true self to his new girlfriend, yet she share her true self with Okabe, only alluding to an attraction after some prodding from Daru, Faris, and Moeka.
  • 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", and each one seems to piss her off in varying measures. She states that "The Zombie" is the nickname she hates the most.
  • Intelligence Equals Isolation: Prior to knowing Okabe and 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.
  • Jerkass: She has many shades of this at times, as she can be rude, defensive, and needlessly confrontational towards Okabe. In her defense though, he himself didn't exactly make a very good first impression with her.
  • Lethal Chef: Her apple pie is considered a lethal weapon.
  • My Name Is Not CHRISTINA!: That pretty much speaks for itself...
  • 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 visual novel, there's a couple of scenes showing she's not that flat-chested.
  • Red Headed Heroine
  • Sobriquet: "Mother of Time Machine", in the future where SERN rules.
  • She's Got Legs: Though she's quite short, her legs are rather long, even being longer than her torso. They're also covered by black stockings and a pair of dark short shorts.
  • Teen Genius: From an early age, she studied math and science like crazy at the expense of everything else, which has left her a more respected scientist than her father, even though she's seventeen when the story starts.
  • 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.
  • Troll: At one point toys with Okabe by hanging up on him when he tries to call her until he talks to her in a more polite manner.
  • Tsundere: A hilariously stereotypical one, at that. Lampshaded by Daru, much to her dismay and denial. Since she has all the characteristics of one, and she likes to post on 2chan frequently, she should know what a tsundere is.
  • Unkempt Beauty: She is no doubt easy on the eyes, but she also dresses like your average teenager with untied bootlaces, a tie that isn't done all the way up, and her jacket hangs off the shoulders.
  • Who Wears Short Shorts?: She wears a pair as part of her default attire, with a pair of stockings underneath.
  • Will They or Won't They?: Shares this dynamic with Okarin.
  • 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/Daru

Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki (JP), Tyson Rinehart (EN)

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: He's a big, fat and somewhat messy guy, but he helps keep the mood going with his generally laid back personality.
  • 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 daughter.
  • Everyone Has Standards: Even he finds Okabe's repeated insistence that Ruka is a dude to be crossing the line!
  • In-Series Nickname: Everybody calls him "Daru".
  • Lovable Sex Maniac: Whenever a girl lets loose an Accidental Innuendo, he'll ask them to repeat it. He also insists on having all the technical stuff explained to him in terms of eroge.
  • Luke, I Am Your Father: He's Suzuha's.
  • Megane
  • My Name Is Not Hakka: "It's HACKER! The way you say it makes no sense!"
  • Nice Hat
  • Otaku: 2-D girls are the only girls for him! Except when they aren't, of course.
  • Younger Than He Looks: You'd think Daru was in his mid-20's by how he acts, looks, and sounds, but you'd be wrong; he's 18, same age as Okabe.

Ruka Urushibara

Voiced by: Yuu Kobayashi (JP), Lindsey Seidel (EN)

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!"
  • Gender Bender: After sending his D-Mail, he becomes a full-fledged female in the following timelines.
  • Hair Decorations: "But... he's a guy!"
  • In-Series Nickname: "Rukako", used by Okabe.
  • Miko: Despite being male, Luka seems to work as the shrine miko anyway, which doesn't help when it comes to being recognized as male.
  • Pettanko: Keeps the same bust size even after changing gender.
  • Purple Eyes
  • Shrinking Violet: He's very shy and quiet, so Okabe seems to have taken it upon himself to give him manliness lessons by practice swinging a fake sword.
  • 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

Voiced by: Saori Goto (JP), Jessica Cavanagh (EN)

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.

  • Berserk Button: She is super attached to her mobile phone; try to snatch it from her, and she goes berserk until she retrieves it!
  • 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.
  • The Glasses Come Off: She's missing her glasses when she reveals to the lab members that she's an SERN agent.
  • In-Series Nickname: Rintaro calls her "Shining Finger" because she can text someone lightning fast.
  • Meganekko: Her glasses help her look withdrawn and timid.
  • The Mole: She joins the lab group largely because she's also looking for the IBN 5100, and once she has everything she needs, she leads a team to capture them all apart from Mayuri, who is marked for death instead.
  • Perpetual Frowner: Her life is pretty empty, so she always looks essentially expressionless and depressed. When in the lab for the first time, she seems intrigued by these people, but since she looks so emotionless, it's a little hard to tell.
  • The Quiet One: She hates having to speak, but when using mail, she's a real chatterbox to the point where the frequency of her messages really irritates Okabe.
    • Gradually downplayed as she becomes more talkative by the time the movie comes around, and in 0 she is less dependent on her phone, is more chatty, and will actually speak to her comrades over the phone instead of just texting them.
  • Rei Ayanami Expy: Has some shades.
  • Shrinking Violet
  • Signature Device: The phone she always has in her hand. Moeka is almost never seen without, and as mentioned under Berserk Button, she becomes extremely angry if it's taken from her forcefully. She will however, hand it over if asked politely.
  • 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

Voiced by: Yukari Tamura (JP), Cherami Leigh (EN)

A teen girl who works at Mr. Braun's 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: Part of Okabe's reason for annointing her as "Part-Time Warrior" is because she more or less describes herself as such.
  • Bare Your Midriff: She wears a cropped undershirt under her jacket, which she forced to walk around in for a day after her "seduction technique" to distract Mr. Braun while the Lab mems perform a time leap backfires.
  • Braids of Action/Tomboyish Sidetails: Always sports these. The only time we see her without them is in 0 when they come undone after a vicious fight with Kagari.
  • Cat Smile: often has one in the VN's, like Mayuri and Faris. Unlike those two however, Suzuha doesn't work at Queen Maye's
  • 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: She's Daru's daughter from the future. When he asks her who is her mother, she decides to keep it a secret.
  • Mundane Made Awesome: Despite being 18 years old, Suzuha treats even the most trivial things as if it's a grand discovery, even corn on the cob. This may allude that she isn't from this time period.
  • Ret-Gone
  • Slacker: Much to Mr. Braun's annoyance, Suzuha tends to slack off from her work.
  • Tomboy and Girly Girl: She is the Tomboy while Mayuri is the Girly Girl.
  • Totally Radical: Suzuha often speaks like this. Hell, first thing she says (in Japanese) is "Oha!!", a greeting that was considered to be dated by the 2000's. Maybe she's out of touch...maybe?
  • Walking Spoiler: It isn't easy talking about her without spoiling major lore and plot details. This applies to Steins;Gate 0 as well.
  • What the Hell, Hero?: Is visibly weirded out by Okabe's bizarre attempts to speak jive/gratuitous English.

Suzuha:I can't believe you said "Word to your Mother" to this guy, you freak!

Faris Nyannyan/Rumiho Akiha

Voiced by: Halko Momoi (JP), Jad Saxton (EN)

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.

  • Animal-Eared Headband: As part of her attire, she wears a headband with cat ears. She is almost never seen without them, even when she isn't at work. She has implied that they also enhance her hearing too, but whether that's true or not is unclear.
  • The Ace: A master of the board game Rai-Net Battle to the extent where she ranks nationally in the competitive scene.
  • Animal Motifs: Clearly, it's cats, since the maid café she works at has a cat theme. She wears a headband with cat ears, and works "meow" into everything she says. Steins;Gate 0 adds a tail and giant cat paw gloves to her attire. Hell, she even behaves like a cat sometimes.
  • Because You Were Nice to Me: After Okabe rescues her from a group of thugs, she allows him to call her by real name as a sign of gratitude and trust.
  • Catgirl: Justified that she works as waitress in a cat themed maid café, which she also happens to own.
  • Cat Smile: Her default expression is a playful smile.
  • Cry Cute: When she decides to undo the effects of her D-Mail.
  • Curtains Match the Window: Pink hair and pink eyes.
  • Disappeared Dad: Her father died, but he's alive in the timelines after she sent her D-Mail.
  • Gamer Chick: Not just a fan of RaiNet Battle, but she's also a competitive player. She pretty damn good at it too it seems.
  • Girlish Pigtails
  • In-Series Nickname: Faris is not her real name. Very few people outside her circle of friends even know what her real name is.
    • Unless he objects, Faris almost alway addresses Okabe as Kyouma.
  • Large Ham: Faris loves her theatrics just as much as Okabe does, especially when they're talking to each other.
  • Living Lie Detector: She can spot whether a person is being dishonest or not simply by reading their body language.
  • Meaningful Name: Her real name is "Rumiho Akiha" as in "Akihabara", due to the influence on the city's Moe culture.
  • Moe: Only seems natural considering her influence on Moe culture in Akihabara. Her playful, energetic, and cutesy mannerisms only serve to reinforce this.
  • Never Live It Down: After her dad took a business trip instead of celebrating her 8th birthday, she got so upset that she wished he was dead. He died in a plane crash not long afterwards. She has never forgiven herself since.
  • The Ojou: She's extremely wealthy and has quite the wealthy lifestyle, though she keeps this hidden from most people.
  • Rose-Haired Girl: Her energetic, playful attitude and pink hair matching is quite possibly not a coincidence at all: as much as she loves anime culture and considering the otherwise natural-ish hair colors, it could be dyed.
  • Serious Business: She takes off the cat earred headband when she wants to be serious.
  • Spell My Name with an "S": "Faris" is apparently the official spelling, but "Feiris" and "Feyris" also see heavy use.
  • Verbal Tic: She even ends her sentences with "-nya". There's also working "meow" into her sentences where possible.

Yuugo Tennouji

Voiced by: Masaki Terasoma

A CRT-TV store owner, and Rintaro's landlord. He is secretly working for SERN, sending orders to Moeka and her group.

Nae Tennouji

Voiced by: Ayano Yamamoto

Yuugo's daughter and good friends with Mayuri.

Yuki Amane

Voiced by: Yukari Tamura

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.

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