Steins;Gate/Characters

Left to right: Daru, Kurisu, Ruka, Faris, Suzuha. Moeka, Mayuri, and Rintaro.

Steins;Gate has a relatively small cast, with only eight important characters, and only a handful of recurring minor side characters. Listed tropes will also come from Steins;Gate 0. Spin-off titles will be included as well, and characters introduced in Steins;Gate 0 will not be included here, going on that work's own character page instead.

WARNING! There are unmarked Spoilers ahead. Beware.

The eight main characters are listed in order of their Lab inductions.

The Main Cast

Rintaro Okabe

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

EN: Imma bust out some questions yo, so holla at yer booooiiiiiii! Word to your motha!

JP: I am mad scientist! It's so cooool! Sonuvabitch!

—Okabe's attempt to communicate with a foreign person

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".

Accidental Pervert: Happens plenty of time throughout the series. Such as barging in on Kurisu and Mayuri while they're in the shower, covering himself with Moeka's undergarments, seeing Maho completely naked in a panic, etc.
Adaptational Attractiveness: He is given a much less gaunt appearance in the anime.
Always Save the Girl: He goes through many timelines to save Mayuri, although it is implied that he ultimately chooses Kurisu.
Beat: When realises that the term "airhead" was an insult rather than a compliment like Kurisu had insinuated.
Big No: Shares one with Kurisu when the latter's dream of the pair being lovey-dovey manifests in video form is broadcast across Akiba.
Catch Phrase: "I am mad scientist!", "This is the choice of Stein's Gate!", "El Psy Kongroo", among others.
Chick Magnet: He seems to have no problem with girls swooning over him, and yes, that includes Ruka. Romance options are somewhat explored in the original game depending on the player's actions but aren't the main focus. My Darling's Embrace leans more into the romantic options given the nature of the game itself. That said, it's also the only place where Moeka's attraction to Okabe is made apparent, and Suzuha's relationship with him is the only one that is platonic (though she does give him a kiss before she leaves just so Okabe doesn't forget her).
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!"
- Inverted in Steins;Gate 0 where he has to remind Faris to not call him Kyouma anymore, much to her dismay.
Epic Fail: In Faris' ending, he plays a few friendly RaiNet matches with her. He reveals to us that he lost all 19 of them!
Evil Laugh: Quite good at it, and hilarious too!
Eyes of Gold
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.
Geeky Turn On: Has one when Kurisu puts on a lab coat intended for Daru and Mayuri.
Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!: Delivered by Mayuri, complete with a slap.
The Gift: Reading Steiner.
Got Me Doing It: Okabe slips in a random nya in the middle of a phone call with Ruka, having spent time around Faris previously.
Gratuitous English: Uses it constantly. Along with Gratuitous German.
Heroic BSOD: Suffers a major one halfway through the series after his numerous attempts to save Mayuri from death doesn't produce the desired results. It's only when Kurisu and Suzuha offer to help that he snaps out of it.
- Suffers a massive one in Episode 23;beta, the catalyst for 0. Without Mayuri's words of encouragement, or instructions from his Future self, Okabe is so distraught over his failure to save Kurisu, and being responsible for her death, he abandons his time travel escapades, ditches his Hououin Kyouma act, and barely recovers from his series-long depression spell. His misery eventually starts to affect everyone around him, particularly Mayuri.
Hit Me Dammit: Outright demands Daru punch him square in the face after time leaping back to 2011 from 2036.
I Lied: If the player choses to undo Faris' D-Mail, Okabe assures her that she'll remember both sides of the worldline shift. He knows full well that he is lying to her just to give her some comfort. After the shift though, he gives her a hug and quietly apologises to her repeatedly.
Incredibly Lame Pun: "Operation K-Boom" or "Operation Sweet Side".
Innocently Insensitive: Okabe comes within inches of death in My Darling's Embrace when he almost drowns at a swimming pool, but when Daru and Faris make sure he's okay, he acts as though nothing had happened by putting on his Hououin Kyouma act... only to upset Mayuri without realising it. Considering she was the one who saved his life, he really should've been a bit more appreciative for her heroic actions, and while he didn't mean to upset her, it also shows how inconsiderate he can be sometimes. His attempts to calm her down don't help, either.
In-Series Nickname: Refers to himself as "Hououin Kyouma". Mayuri and Daru call him "Okarin", a portmanteau of his full name.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: he is an annoying obnoxious tool at the worst of times, but when the chips are down, he really does care about his friends. This side of him really shines in My Darling's Embrace, as he demonstrates on multiple occasions that he has a way with words when cheering up his companions, particularly when it comes to Moeka, Faris, and Suzuha.
Jive Turkey: In the English dub, he tries to speak jive instead of Gratuitous English.
La Résistance
Large Ham: When he's acting out his Hououin Kyouma persona, he tends to be very loud and theatrical. When Okabe himself shines through, he's inclined towards gloominess and is actually fairly mellow.
Love Makes You Crazy
Mad Scientist: Or, as he prefers to call himself, the Crazy Mad Scientist "Hououin Kyouma".
Misblamed: Okabe faces Daru's wrath after the latter falls into the swimming pool from being hit with a volleyball, even though it was Faris' fault that Daru fell to begin with by using him as a shield.
Mistaken for Pedophile: Because of his weird antics, Nae is understandably creeped out by him, enough to where Mr. Braun won't allow him to be alone with her for this very reason, even when Okabe insists that he isn't doing anything to her.
Nerds Are Sexy: Despite being an awkward, scrawny looking chap, Okabe has quite a few female friends. His relationships with the girls are properly delved into the one of the spin-off titles. Among his potential love interests are:
- His childhood friend (Mayuri)
- His sidekick (Kurisu)
- The self-conscientious beauty (Moeka)
- The popular girl (Faris)
- The tomboy (Suzuha)
The Nicknamer: Enjoys giving other people nicknames based on their deeds, including:
- Shining Finger (Moeka)
- Rukako (Ruka)
- Part-Time Warrior (Suzuha)
- Super Hack (Daru)
- Mister Braun (Yuugo Tennouji)
- Sister Braun or Chipmunk (Nae)
- A multitude of nicknames for Kurisu.
  - Mayuri, who already coined her own nickname "Mayushii", and Faris, who rarely uses her real name anyway, are exceptions to this.
  - Only Daru and Kurisu object to their given nicknames, though Daru more because Okabe calls him "Hack" rather than "Hacker". As for Kurisu...well, no matter what he calls her, it just pisses her off.
One Head Taller: The 5'10'' Okabe is this next to the 5'3'' Kurisu.
- In worldlines in which he can enter a relationship with Faris, he becomes huge guy part of Huge Guy, Tiny Girl (he is 3 inches taller than the average Japanese man compared to 4'7'' Faris, who is over half a foot shorter than the average Japanese girl).
Phrase Catcher: "You're the last person I want to hear that from."
Screw Destiny
Seen It All: His "Reading Steiner" allows him to retain memories of alternate world lines.
Serious Business: You know this is the case when he either drops the theatrics for a bit, or when he addresses Kurisu by her proper name.
Shirtless Scene: He is seen without a T-shirt at the end of the Faris route, which has both Faris and Mayuri rubbing medicine over his body.
Shout-Out: He thinks Suzuha looks like someone out of Street Fighter without her track top.
- He indirectly references Back to the Future when thinking about Suzuha's predicament in her route.
- He makes a Pokémon reference when he mentions Upa being more popular than a certain electric yellow rat.
- Remember how he says, "Word to your mother!" to a foreign person? That is a quote from Vanilla Ice.
Sore Loser: Cannot handle losing a game of RaiNet to anyone, be it Kurisu or Suzuha, and especially gets pissed off when Kurisu outsmarts him in a debate. Cannot stand that Faris plays into his delusional ramblings so effortlessly since he feels she does it better he does, and thus cannot beat her.
Talking to Himself: There are times when he'll whip out his phone as if to talk with his cohort. First time he does this in front of Kurisu, she accurately surmises that he's doing just that.
Tickle Torture: My Darling's Embrace reveals that Okabe is rather ticklish, as described under Shirtless Scene above.
Tsundere: He's not as blatant as Kurisu, but he fills this category as well, as is cheerfully pointed out by Mayuri.
Will They or Won't They?: Shares this dynamic with Kurisu.
Would Hit a Girl: Hits Moeka hard when he believes it's the only way to save Mayuri.
- In My Darling Embrace, he accidentally hurts Faris while trying to steal her cat ears as payback for teasing him (not realising until he gets a closer look that they are attached with hair clips rather than being part of a headband).

Mayuri Shiina

**Voiced by:** Kana Hanazawa (JP), Ashly Burch (credited as Jackie Ross), Megan Shipman (*Steins;Gate 0*, Episode 14 onwards) (EN)

Tutturuuu! I prefer "Mayushii."
—Her introduction as Lab Member 002

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. She is designated Lab Member 002.

Berserk Button: This is Mayuri we're talking about, so downplayed to the most extreme possible degree here. She does, however, get particularly angry towards Okarin after his continued insistence that *female* Ruka was a boy makes her cry.
- Mayuri is aware that she isn't particularly bright, but she doesn't like when others belittle her intelligence so blatantly, nor when they play up her ditziness.
- Don't ever get in the way of Mayuri and her fried chicken! She gets particular upset if you pinch one without her O.K.
Big Eater: Often buys a ton of snacks, and is often seen snacking on either bananas, or microwavable fried chicken bites. In spite of this, Mayuri still maintains a decent figure.
Big Ol' Eyebrows: You can just about see them beneath her fringe. No one ever comments on them though.
Big, Thin, Short Trio: She is the short one out of the original trio, with Okabe being the Thin one, and Daru being the Big one.
Break the Cutie: Very much so.
Catch Phrase: Her "Tutturu~" whenever she greets someone.
Cat Smile: Part of her default expression in the games. She never has one in the anime, though.
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: Whether you like her or not, there is no denying her sweet and innocent personality.
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.
- Perverted comments she repeats at Daru's requests seem to just fly over her head, doing so without any hint of self-awareness whatsoever.
Gamer Chick: She's a big fan of RaiNet Access Battlers, but she fleetingly admits she's not very good at it. Rather, she just thinks the mascot, an Upa, is adorable. She also compares Okabe's assessment of world lines to different walkthroughs of a video game.
Green Eyes
The Glomp: Does this a couple of times to Kurisu; first when they first meet, and second when the latter returns to Japan in the film.
- She does it to Okabe at the end her route in the spin-off, which humorously knocks him over.
Guide Dang It: Out of the 6 possible relationships in My Darling's Embrace, Mayuri's route is the hardest to get onto, because it isn't as simple as picking the contents and timing of the D-mail; the player must also respond to Mayuri's text messages with specific replies while ignoring messages from everyone else. If Mayuri's fourth message mentions a certain location, you're on the right track. Her route is the only one that is partially influenced by the player's answers to text messages.
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Despite her Love Confession towards the end of Steins;Gate 0, she cannot stand to see Okabe looking so miserable that she goes back to August 2010 with Suzuha to correct the timeline for his happiness rather than her own.
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.
Love Confession: In her route, she confesses to Okabe that she loved him for a long time but felt great heartache when Kurisu came into their lives and feared that he liked the latter more. She also felt that her upcoming move was God's way of punishing her because of this.
Meido: While she's at work, she wears a maid uniform which includes a blonde ponytail.
Nice Girl: Sweet and friendly, Mayuri dislikes conflict and wants her fellow Lab Mems to get along with each other, almost acting as the Peacekeeper.
Nice Hat: Almost always wears a wide brimmed, frilly looking blue hat.
The Other Darrin: The only character to change voice actress at any point, with Ashly Burch being replaced with Megan Shipman in the second half of Steins;Gate 0. However, the voices are near enough identical to where you wouldn't notice the difference.
She Cleans Up Nicely: Downplayed, since she's already rather pretty to begin with, but nevertheless, she becomes so beautiful when preparing for her photoshoot in her route in My Darling's Embrace, that even Okabe is stunned into silence.
Shout-Out: The costume she makes for Suzuha in "Agape of Root" is modelled after Mei Orisaka from the Phantom Breaker series, another 5pb. property.
Smarter Than You Look: Despite what her ditzy mannerisms might suggest, she can be very insightful. After all, she was the one who figured out who Suzuha's dad was.
Static Character: Mayuri is sweet, innocent, and a little slow from the beginning of the series. Unfortunately, she isn't given much character development and she remains as sweet, innocent, and a little slow by the end.
Teens Are Short: Like Faris, Mayuri has a very petite stature, standing only 5'0'' in height, shorter than the average girl of her age.
Third Person Person: Always refers to herself as "Mayushii" instead of using a pronoun.
Tragic Keepsake: "Pockety", a pocket watch she inherited from her grandmother after she passed away.
Two First Names: Of course, Mayuri is her given name, however "Shiina" is also a forename used for girls in Japan.
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.
- Her ending averts this somewhat, whereby Mayuri becomes Okabe's girlfriend after the latter decides to return to the Beta worldline, sacrificing Kurisu in the process.
- That said, a possible romance arc between the two is explored in My Darling's Embrace as a potential What Could Be scenario.

Itaru Hashida/Daru

You know you said "You just wanna see me eat a banana" just a moment ago? Could you repeat that for me? Only, with more of a whisper?
—One of many examples of Daru asking for a repeat of a Double Entendre

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

Best known as "Daru", he is Okabe's best friend and a hacker. Okabe considers him to be his "favourite right arm", is a hardcore otaku and a massive pervert; if a girl says something that can be interpreted as a double entendre, he will ask them to repeat it in a specific manner. He is a huge fan of Faris. He's Suzuha's father, but he isn't aware of this fact until she leaves. He is Lab Member 003.

Berserk Button: Two big ones:
- Apathy towards a friend's suffering (e.g., Okabe's non-reaction to Mayuri dying of a heart attack).
- That one time a power cut disrupts his eroge game sessions.
Big Fun: He's a big, fat and somewhat messy guy, but he helps keep the mood going with his generally laid-back personality.
Big, Thin, Short Trio: He is the big one to Okabe the Thin one, and to Mayuri the short one.
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.
Butt Monkey: Like Ruka, Daru is reduced to this in My Darling's Embrace, as he is often on the receiving end of Kurisu's wrath, having his ideas rejected in a heartbeat, and generally being portrayed as a clumsy oaf more often.
Cat Smile: a rare male example, as he is seen with one a few times in Steins;Gate 0.
Everyone Has Standards: Even he finds Okabe's repeated insistence that Ruka is a dude to be crossing the line!
Geeky Turn On: Has one when Okabe reverts back to his old self towards the end of Steins;Gate 0.
Got Her Doing It: Gets annoyed that Mayuri started calling him "Hack/Super Hacka", but thankfully he takes his frustration out on Okabe for it and not her ("Now you got her saying it!").
In-Series Nickname: Everybody calls him "Daru".
Insistent Terminology: Daru is NOT a pervert. He is a perverted gentleman.
Leaning on the Fourth Wall: In the games specifically, Daru frequently references the fact that he is in a video game by wondering if his dialogue has triggered a flag for a character route. He even calls Mayuri's route in My Darling's Embrace "the childhood friend route".
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.
Love At First Sight: Whether it's in the main series or in spin-offs, Daru's first time meeting Yuki Amane is this.
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 Guy: Despite his perverted nature, Daru is actually quite a friendly fellow who cares about his friends and is generally very hard to anger.
Nice Hat: he is almost never seen not wearing it.
The Nicknamer: He's the only one besides Mayuri to call Okabe "Okarin", and the only one to consistently address the former as "Mayushii".
- In 0, he loves to call Maho "Mini-Maho", mainly because he finds her short stature adorable.
OOC is Serious Business: Usually one to fall for Faris' charm, Daru gives her the cold shoulder during Suzuha's route in My Darling's Embrace because he has serious matters to deal with (to him at least), reducing Faris to tears as a result.
Otaku: 2-D girls are the only girls for him! Except when they aren't, of course. Prior to 0, Faris is the exception to this.
The Pervert: Oh, very much so! It doesn't matter who is in his crosshairs, he'll crack a perverted joke or comment in their direction, including Ruka and even Suzuha.
Precision F-Strike: He is one of the only characters to drop an F-bomb in the whole series.
Rage Breaking Point: Episode 16 of 0: Daru gets so fed up with Okabe's abrasive attitude after the latter insults Maho one time too many that he outright punches him in the face and delivering an awesome "It's Not Always About You!" type of speech.
Stalker with a Crush: Can be mistaken as such due to his obsession/infatuation with Faris.
Took a Level in Jerkass: Takes a massive one in Suzuha's route by ordering Okabe to not get too close to Suzuha herself, issuing backhanded apologies (while insulting Okabe's social standing with girls), refusing to listen to reason, ignoring him, even making Faris cry, and generally acting like an unreasonable douchebag throughout the whole route.
What the Hell, Hero?: Pretty much his response when he realises that Okabe had tricked him into ditching his offline meet-up by promising that Faris would be attending the lab's party.
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 19, a year older than Okabe.

Kurisu Makise

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

Oh for the love of- Could you be any more of a Wesley?

—Kurisu accidentally slipping internet slang into her dialogue

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. To indulge her curiosity about the time machine, Okabe assigns her as Lab Member 004.

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.
Badass Arm-Fold: Combined with the smug look on her face as described below under Smug Smiler.
Berserk Button: In the Alpha Drama CD, she gets unreasonably irate when Faris alludes to her less-than-impressive bust when talking about her costumes potentially not fitting her.
- Unflattering comments about her scrawny appearance will be met with threats to have your brain turned to pickle juice.
- She also gets angry when someone eats her snacks, doubly so if her name is clearly written on it.
- She hates being called a nerd.
Blue Eyes: Closer to violet, and they're pretty big, too. Okabe does comment on how beautiful her eyes are in the VN, making it one of the only times he has acknowledged some attraction to her.
Broken Bird
Can't Hold Her Liquor: In the film, it only takes one can of beer (which she doesn't even finish) to get Kurisu drunk off 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!
Clingy Jealous Girl: has shades of this at times, particularly when it comes to Okabe's relationship with Mayuri. Specifically, in one of the spin-offs, she openly asks Okabe how he can be completely honest about everything with Mayuri, but turn up the theatrics with herself.
Closet Geek: She often quotes internet memes, denies being an OTP without any hesitation, and clearly knows what a "tsundere" is. She is quite the geek, but does a poor job hiding it.
Cool Big Sis: she acts this way towards Mayuri. Not only does she treat Mayuri with more respect than the guys, but she becomes concerned for her when Okabe becomes distant from her.
Cordon Bleugh Chef: As Suzuha puts it, her apple pie could be classified as a lethal weapon. Aside from that, she gets the idea to add pineapple to a curry that Faris was cooking up, only relenting when Okabe recalls a similar incident.
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 realises he's being his goofy self and his anger wasn't genuine.
- She has a more hilarious one at the end of Faris' route in My Darling's Embrace when she has a little too much fun with her Hell Maid schtick at MayQueen, only to discover that her colleagues in America saw the PV and asked her to perform at college events with the cat maid costume (ears included).
Depending on the Artist: As mentioned under Adaption Dye Job, her hair is red in the anime as opposed to brown in the visual novels. She also has an average sized bust in the visual novels, but in the anime, she is noticeably flatter to where she can't even form a cleavage line.
Deuteragonist: Okabe's closest companion and love interest and takes on the lead role in the film.
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.
Hold Me: She may have been drunk out of her mind, but she says this to Okabe when the two are alone together in the movie.
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 outfit herself.
- Hypocritical Humour: She teases Okabe about being a virgin, only to then let it slip that she is one herself.
- In the Sekimen Hissi no Gossip drama CD, she urges Daru to show his true self to his new girlfriend, yet she won't 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.
Irony: She hates being called "Christina", but "Kurisu" translates to "Chris" in English. For girls, "Chris" can be shorthand for "Christina".
- Also hates being called a tsundere despite possessing all of the right qualities to qualify as such.
- While discussing how Okabe should go about his upcoming date, the two wind up doing so while seemingly on a date together.
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 didn't exactly make a very good first impression with her.
- Averted when she interacts with other females (and Ruka), particularly Mayuri.
- Jerkass Has a Point: Even when she's being rude about it, it can be hard to refute her when she does have a point to make. For example, she isn't that sympathetic towards Okabe after he nearly drowns by pointing out that he tried to pull off a swimming move he was incapable of doing; sure, she doesn't need to rub it in like that, but she isn't wrong about it.
Lethal Chef: Her apple pie is considered a lethal weapon. It was bad enough to make Suzuha angry.
My Name Is Not CHRISTINA!: That pretty much speaks for itself...
Not So Above It All: Against her better judgement, she is perfectly willing to go along with Okabe's crazy schemes with enough prodding.
Oh Crap!: Her reaction every time she drops internet lingo into her dialogue. Also, when she unwittingly makes a sexual innuendo, and it's pointed out to her.
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.
Posthumous Character: She is this in Steins;Gate 0, which takes place in the Beta world line where she was killed. Aside from Episode 8 when Okabe ends up back in the Alpha world line, she is only ever seen as an AI constructed from her memories, and in Maho's flashback scenes.
Red Headed Heroine: properly becomes one in the movie.
Sobriquet: "Mother of Time Machine", in the future where SERN rules.
She's Got Legs: Though she's quite short (5' 3"), her legs are rather long, even being longer than her torso. They're also covered by black stockings and a pair of dark mini shorts.
Smug Smiler: One of her sprites in visual novels depicts her with a smug look on her face, coupled with a cheeky wink for good measure. For extra smugness, a similar sprite will depict the same expression with her arms folded, too..
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.
That Came Out Wrong: She gets flustered when she questions Okabe's "special technique" while discussing date plans with Ruka.
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 likes to post on 2chan frequently, she should be at least aware of the characteristics of one.
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, long plain hair with little volume, and her jacket hangs below her shoulders.
Who Wears Short Shorts?: She wears a pair as part of her default attire.
Will They, or Won't They?: Shares this dynamic with Okarin.
Yandere: Just... Listen to this drama CD.
You Called Me "X" - It Must Be Serious: She is surprised when Okabe finally starts using her actual name. First time it happens, she almost gets teary-eyed from it. Clearly, she is genuinely touched by this gesture each time it occurs.
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Implied to be her fate at SERN's hands, after she completed the time machine for them in 2034.

Moeka Kiryuu

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

First off: You have access to knowledge you shouldn't have. Second: You built a time machine. And third: You intended to go public with it.

—Moeka's explanation of why she is targetting the Future Gadget Lab

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. She is designated Lab Member 005 when Okabe asks her to send the first D-mail.

Ambiguous Disorder: We don't know whether she has social anxiety or not, but years of being shunned by everyone around her certainly has not helped her in the slightest.
Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny: she has a very short attention span, judging by how she goes about cleaning her apartment. According to Okabe, it's quite the sight to behold!
Because You Were Nice to Me: She reveals at the end of 0's special episode that she gave her handmade chocolates to Kuroki (Fairs' butler) as a thank you gift for allowing her to stay for a bit.
Berserk Button: She is super attached to her mobile phone; try to snatch it from her, and she goes berserk until she retrieves it! Even offering to input your contact info for her causes her to get antsy.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Subverted in the sense that she isn't ruthless because she's trained to be a cold-hearted killer, but rather because her emotional vulnerability makes her easy to manipulate into doing other people's biddings.
Conflicting Loyalty: Her episode in Linear Bounded Phenogram, "The Quantum Awakening", retells the first half of the original game through Moeka's eyes. The key difference being that she spends more time bonding with the other Lab Mems rather than just being a SERN mole. We get some insight into what's running through her mind as she struggles to decide whether her loyalty lies with her new friends, or her contact. We also see the kind of stress this internal conflict has on her, mentally and emotionally.
Drunk Personality Change: Though we only see a flash of this in the movie, once she has had a couple, Moeka becomes a lot more lively compared to her usual reclusive self.
Dark and Troubled Past: She was the product of an unwanted pregnancy, thus was most likely subjected to a lot of abuse from her parents until they just abandoned her. She was also ostracized by her peers during high school, and even made attempts on her own life because of how worthless she felt growing up. Her route in My Darling's Embrace explores this, as she mentions that she wanted to die in the past, her difficulties with socialising, before she tearfully acknowledges her feelings of worthlessness and why she feels that way to Okabe when he asks her directly why she runs away from people who do care about her.
Defrosting Ice Queen: Her route in My Darling's Embrace basically has Okabe trying to get her to open up about her feelings.
Does Not Like Spam: Apparently, she does not like macadamia nuts.
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.
Emotionless Girl: She almost always wears a deadpan, blank, expressionless look on her face; her voice is equally deadpan, making it difficult to tell what she is feeling.
Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Along with Suzuha when the Lab Mems work at MayQueen in My Darling's Embrace. Moeka is the Clumsy Sister to Suzuha being the Responsible Sister.
The Glasses Come Off: She's missing her glasses when she reveals to the lab members that she's an SERN agent.
Heel-Face Turn: "The Quantum Awakening" in Linear Bounded Phenogram explores what would happen if Moeka made more of an effort to embrace the Lab Mems as her friends and realised sooner that FB was just using and manipulating her.
Hidden Depths: Despite her reclusive nature, she is quite the talented writer, having written many articles and even co-wrote a cell phone novel in MDE. Steins;Gate 0 also reveals that she is quite knowledgeable when it comes to classical music in Maho's route.
Heroic BSOD: Suffers a minor one in her route in My Darling's Embrace when she spots a mistake she made in the group's submission video for a music contest; she becomes fearful that the others would turn their backs on her, so much so that Okabe starts firing off multiple text messages out of concern for her emotional wellbeing.
I Just Want to Be Loved: Part of the reason she acts like this is because she never got any love or affection from her parents. Hence the reason she gets so attached to FB the first moment they give her the positive affirmation she desperately craves.
- The spin-off games explore this side of Moeka in thorough detail, particularly in her own episode in Linear Bounded Phenogram, "The Quantum Awakening". She is so desperate to please FB that she makes every excuse she can to push her friends away when they get close to her, until she understands how important friends are to where she has Okabe send a D-mail on her behalf to keep herself from ever becoming a Rounder in the first place.
- My Darling's Embrace further delves into her background, which Okabe uses as the steppingstone to help her open up a little bit. With Tennouji being her legal guardian in that worldline, we get a better understanding of how Moeka functions as a person, and the positive impact Okabe and the rest of the Lab Mems have had on her emotionally. It is after she has a Heroic BSOD towards the end when Okabe asks her directly that she finally opens up to the emotional damage she suffered from, and the former's affirmation that people do care about her is the first step to healing from it.
In-Series Nickname: Rintaro calls her "Shining Finger" because she can text someone lightning fast. Sometimes he calls the "mail demon" because of the frequency her mails arrive in his phone.
Innocent Fanservice Girl: Is blissfully unaware of how sexy she looks in lingerie, as she only chose it because it was easy to move around in for Faris' slumber party, which Maho herself lampshades. Doesn't stop Faris from getting touchy feely with her, though!
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.
Put on a Bus: Moeka completely sits out Suzuha's route in My Darling's Embrace. We don't even get a text message from her.
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.
- Beta Moeka isn't anywhere near as shy as she was in the Alpha world line, but she still speaks in short, fragmented sentences and still barrages Okabe with text messages, but in general, she is more talkative, and will actively help Okabe if he needs it. In the "Steins;Gate" world line, she almost never uses her phone to communicate and generally looks a lot happier, both of which carry over into the movie.
  - In fact, the only time we ever see her pull her phone out for any reason in the movie is at the beginning to show a text message Okabe sent her.
- She is way more talkative in the Sekimen Hissi no Gossip drama CD as she is given more dialogue, and only sends Kurisu text messages a handful of times.
- In her route, she talks a lot more when she is alone with Okabe, which Mr. Tennouji takes notice of.
Rapid-Fire Typing: Her one distinguishing skill in Okabe's eyes is that she can text a person in seconds, even with a phone that requires multiple key presses to get the letter she wants. It's the reason he calls her "Shining Finger". In fact, her lightning-fast text messaging becomes a plot point early on, in which she changes the contents of her D-mail so quickly that no one else in the room even notices.
- In worldlines in which she actually is a writer, her quick fingers help her to write articles quickly. She is able to fix Daru's script for MayQueen's PV and write an exposé of 4°C's business dealings within a 24 hour timeframe.
Rei Ayanami Expy: Has some shades.
Shrinking Violet: Incredibly shy to the point where she'd mostly communicate through rapid text messaging.
Signature Device: The phone she always has in her hand. Moeka is almost never seen without it, 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.
Suddenly Voiced: A downplayed example, since she speaks already; at the end of "Abduction Across Three Worlds", she arrives at the lab to pick up a sketchbook she bought online, but she uncharacteristically speaks in full sentences without issue.
Tall, Dark and Bishoujo: Moeka is one of the taller girls in the series, standing at 5 feet 6 inches and she has the aloof aspect down to a fault; the only thing she lacks is the raven dark hair (being more caramel brown instead).
Taking the Bullet: Realising how much her new friends cared about her, she gets fatally wounded protecting them when her subordinates open fire on the lab at the end of "The Quantum Awakening".
Tickle Torture: She is subjected to this when Faris catches her smiling. The latter starts tickling her just to get another smile out of her.
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".
When She Smiles: She gives a warm smile at the end of her route in My Darling's Embrace after she and Okabe become a couple.
- Faris and Maho's antics in Steins;Gate 0/Episode 10 get a brief smile and a chuckle out of her, though she quickly tries to hide it. In the game, she bursts out laughing at their antics, and cries from laughter when Faris starts tickling her.
- One of her sprites shows her wearing a very subtle smirk on her face, typically when she teases Okabe. It only appears a few times though.
Younger Than She Looks: You wouldn't be blamed for thinking she was older than just 20 years of age if she hadn't said so.
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: She is shocked to learn that SERN higher ups will go out of their way to dispose of their subordinates once they stop being useful to them, starting by cutting off all contact, and then killing them (which is what happens to her). It is only then that she is remorseful for her actions and pleads for forgiveness.
- Moeka is afraid of this trope in Steins;Gate 0. Learning about the potential of AI has led her to become fearful that technology will replace human workers in the future, but she already feels inadequate since she feels she doesn't have any special talents or unique skills, and she believes she can be easily replaced. After spending time with Maho however, she eventually snaps out of this mindset.

Ruka Urushibara

**Voiced by:** Yuu Kobayashi (JP), Lindsay Seidel (EN)

Urushibara Ruka: Delicate as an orchid, fair as cherry blossom. The personification of feminine grace...and a dude.

—Okabe's description of Ruka

Mayuri's classmate, a crossdressing 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. He becomes Lab Member 006 after he asks Okabe if he can send a D-mail.

A-Cup Angst: Gets this when he turns into a girl but retains the same appearance.
Ambiguously Gay: He has some pretty intense feelings towards Okabe which he lets slip on several occasions, even having his own route in My Darling's Embrace. It is unknown if he has romantic interest in any of the girls.
Bokukko
Butt Monkey: poor Ruka is reduced to this role in the My Darling's Embrace spin-off. Whether he is over-emotional about old fables, lets his feelings towards Okabe slip and the others catch on, or he finds himself in Okabe's crosshairs of whatever scheme he comes up with, Ruka just cannot catch a break.
Crossdresser: Often seen wearing outfits typically worn by girls, most likely due to his feminine appearance. As Okabe describes, he looks radiant in shrine vestments, but that's because his dad and his sister make him wear them.
Crotch Grab Sex Check: Is a victim of this twice; once after he becomes a girl after sending a D-mail (with Okabe getting clocked for it), and again in My Darling's Embrace after Okabe moves to a world line where the two are a couple. Strangely enough, in the latter instance, Ruka admits to being fine with the act, though he wished it happened privately.
Cry Cute: Even cuter than Kurisu! Humorously, he gets super emotional when recounting an old fable surrounding Yanabayashi Shrine.
Dude Looks Like a Lady: "But... he's a guy!" It is part of the reason he turns down an invite to an amusement park during the Mayuri route in My Darling's Embrace. It's also a major reason he constantly turns down Mayuri's pleas to cosplay.
Extreme Doormat: Comes across as this sometimes, particularly when it comes to doing embarrassing stuff like cosplaying. He will only do such embarrassing things if Okabe either does it with him, or if other people suggest the latter does so.
Gender Bender: After sending his D-Mail, he becomes a full-fledged female in the following timelines.
Hair Decorations: He has a hair clip with a purple skull on it... "But... he's a guy!"
Hidden Depths: In Steins;Gate 0, Ruka suddenly starts speaking to the professors in English. Though slightly broken (which can't be helped due to Yuu Kobayashi's native tongue), his English is surprisingly good.
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Despite his own infatuation with Okabe, and jealousy towards Mayuri, Ruka is more than content with the two people he cares about the most finding happiness together.
In-Series Nickname: "Rukako", used by Okabe, probably because it sounds more feminine to match his outward appearance.
Katanas Are Just Better: Okabe's primary method of toughening Ruka up is by having him swing a cheap katana on a daily basis. In 2036, Ruka has mastered this weapon, and becomes pretty badass with it.
- He also serves as Kurisu's heavy attack in Phantom Breaker Battlegrounds, using Samidare to not only dish out a lot of damage, but also knocking foes backs a little.
Limited Wardrobe: Surprisingly averted. With the exception of Faris, Ruka is the only other character with more than one outfit, which he rotates quite often. This includes spin-off titles which add a few more outfits to his wardrobe.
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. Sadly, no matter how well the clothes suit him, he's no Miko.
Oh Crap!: Pretty much his reaction when Daru suggests hiring male maids to work at MayQueen, knowing he was referring to him.
- Later in that story, he has a similar reaction when Daru and Faris cast him in the lead role for the group's PV.
Out of Focus: He is for the most part, locked out of the loop in Steins;Gate 0. Despite the screen time he gets, he isn't given much involvement in the main plot, nor is he given much to assist the other characters. He had a similar problem in the original adaptation, but at least there, he got character development, helped Okabe grow as a character, and he got his own arc, of which he was the main focus. In 0, he is the only ally whom Okabe keeps his time travel escapades from, which Suzuha believes there is a reason for.
- He is also absent from Suzuha's route in My Darling's Embrace, but unlike Moeka, he does send Okabe an optional text message which the player can reply to should they wish to do so.
Pettanko: Keeps the same bust size even after changing gender.
Purple Eyes
Running Gag: No matter how pretty he may look, Ruka.... is a dude!
- Also messing up the password each time Okabe asks for it.
- Running Gagged: In the end of his route in MDE, he finally gets Okabe's sign off right, and Okabe himself gets it wrong while trying to correct him.
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.
Spell My Name with an "S": According to the creators, his name is Luka, but "Ruka" is more commonly used regardless due to the Japanese voice actors having difficulty pronouncing their Ls. In spite of this, "Ruka" is still the far more commonly used name.
Transgender: Why she sends her D-Mail.

Faris NyanNyan/Rumiho Akiha

**Voiced by:** Haruko Momoi (JP), Jad Saxton (EN)

Uuuuuuuuummmmmmm...meow meow meow!

Mayuri's co-worker at the May Queen Cafe, which she also owns. She is also a skilled RaiNet player, but she chooses not to compete in tournaments officially. 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. She is Lab Member 007; a designation Okabe reluctantly gives her when she wants to send a D-mail.

The Ace: A master of the board game Rai-Net Battle having played in over 400 unofficial matches without defeat. She is so good she could compete officially if she wanted.
- As an In-Universe example of Real Life Writes the Plot however, school and work take precedence over tournaments.
- For emphasis, she'll challenge 10 opponents at once, and thrash all of them within 15 minutes; that's how good she is!
Ambiguously Bi: There are certain routes in which Faris falls in love with Okabe; even putting that aside, she seems to have a bit of a crush him at the very least. That said, if she finds another girl attractive (or even sexy in some cases), she'll openly say it.
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.
- In the Delta worldlines, the ears are attached to her head via hairclips. Okabe learns this the hard way when he tries to steal them off her head for teasing him, only to end up hurting her instead.
- She'll remove them when she wants to bear her soul to someone, when she's on a date, or she'll ask her lover to do the honours when she falls in love.
Animal Motifs: Clearly, it is cats, given her cute and playful nature. She exhibits a lot of strange cat-like behaviours, including her verbal tic, and cute cat-like gestures. Then of course, there's her trademark cat ears that she almost never takes off.
Beat Them At Their Own Game: Coined by Okabe as "Dubbing 10", Faris will take the former's chuunibyou ramblings and run with them, applying them to her own stories. This irritates Okabe a lot since her theatrics practically force him to play along with little opening to worm his way out. Faris seems to get upset when Okabe shoots down her stories before she starts rambling, however (see their first encounter in "Catmaiden's Domain" for example).
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. By extension, she'll give this privilege to anyone she gets close to (like Suzuha for example).
Bratty Half-Pint: Faris sometimes shows shades of this when she doesn't get what she wants, mainly when Okabe doesn't play along with her bizarre stories. A more humorous example is when she runs up to a random person wearing an Upa costume, hugs them, and throws a tantrum when Suzuha drags her away.
- Cold rejection though (as Daru once showed us) will really open up the waterworks for her.
Catgirl: Justified that she works as waitress in a cat themed maid café, which she also happens to own. Okabe even lampshades how much she looks like a cat when she smiles. She also loves having her head rubbed. Whether she's speaking in English or Japanese, she sprinkles cat lingo into half the stuff she says; even Fubuki lampshades this in the special episode of Steins;Gate 0.

Fubuki: Did she [Faris] just say "Meow-ment?"

Cat Smile: Her default expression is a playful smile. Not so much in the anime adaptation of the original Steins;Gate, though it comes back in Steins;Gate 0.
Childhood Friends: To her surprise, she is revealed to be one with Kurisu in "Vermillion Soteria" thanks to the pre-existing friendship between their fathers.
Cloudcuckoolander: She is every bit as barmy as Okabe (minus the evil laughter), but being quick witted has its advantages, since she will absorb his ramblings and add them to hers. Once she drops her mask however, she is much more elegant and soft-spoken, but she still retains a mischievous aura.
- The way that she and Okabe are able to carry these odd conversations so effortlessly like they're completely normal even impresses Kurisu somewhat, albeit in the sense that she's more confused by it.
Colour Failure: During 0's Valentine's Day episode, the girls' attempt to make Valentine's Day chocolates ends in such a disaster that this happens to her. Probably the one time she shows signs of distress.
- Also happens to her butler, Kuroki, in Episode 10 after Maho (and later Moeka) turns her guest room into a rubbish tip.
Colour Motif: Pink features quite prominently, possibly to emphasis her girly nature as well as the reasons listed under Animal Motif.
Crocodile Tears: She tends to do this quite often just to get whatever she wants. In regard to wanting to use the Time Leap Machine to win a RaiNet match, she pulls this trick on Okabe when he casts doubt on her that she intends to use it for this reason.
- She may or may not have pulled this trick on Ruka to persuade him to take the lead role for her café's PV, but since the game only uses static sprites, that's up for debate.
- She ends up crying for real later on in her ending when she realises that Okabe has no memories of their relationship.
Cry Cute: When she decides to undo the effects of her D-Mail. In general though, she is prone to just bursting into tears at the slightest provocation, more so in the games.
- You'll even notice that she has tears running down her cheeks in one of her sprites if you look closely.
Cuddle Bug: Faris tends to get rather cuddly with Okabe on multiple occasions in Steins;Gate 0.
Curtains Match the Window: Pink hair and pink eyes, though her eyes are closer to burgundy in the anime.
The Cutie: Particularly when she's into her stage persona, Faris NyanNyan. Even when she's not playing a character, she's still adorable. Her cat-like mannerisms certainly help, and her winter outfit in 0 makes her even cuter.
Department of Redundancy Department: When the lab mems take up work at MayQueen in one worldline, she gives Ruka the professional name "Luka Nyan Nyannyan". Yes, really.
Disappeared Dad: Her father died, but he's alive in the timelines after she sent her D-Mail.
Femme Fatale: Of the non-dangerous variety, but she will use her sweet charm and feline mannerisms to charm any man to her whim (of course, wearing a French maid uniform certainly helps). Tries using these to get Okabe to spill the beans on his time travel antics, but Okabe isn't so easily tempted by her seductive trickery. Daru on the other hand...
Foil: to her business rival, 4°C/Shido. Faris believes strongly in excellent customer service, treating her workers with love and respect, and making her establishment warm and inviting, while Shido only cares about profitability and will use any underhanded methods to achieve his goals.
Gamer Chick: Not just a fan of RaiNet Battle, but she's also a competitive player, and she's pretty damn good at it too it seems. She's also a huge fan of retro PCs.
Girlish Pigtails
- Princess Curls
The Glomp: She glomps a random guy in an Upa costume when she overheats in Linear Bounded Phenogram.
Hidden Buxom: Zigzagged: her casual attire hides her bust quite well, while her maid uniform is much more form-fitting.
I Lied: During her route in My Darling's Embrace, she has a "spell" that makes Okabe fall in love with her if he hears her real name. By the end though, she admits that she lied about it, and confesses she's the one who falls in love with whoever calls her by her real name. By the sounds of it, she was waiting on Okabe specifically to do so.
Iconic Item: Notice how frequently those cat ears are mentioned? You can count the number of scenes where she doesn't wear them on one hand.
Improbable Age: Would you believe that 17-year-old Faris (a.k.a Rumiho Akiha) is actually the owner of all of Akihabara?
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 looking into their eyes. She calls this "Cheshire Break", but it's just razor-sharp intuition.
Meaningful Name: Her real name is "Rumiho Akiha" as in "Akihabara", due to the influence on the city's Moe culture.
- Since "Nyan Nyan" is Japanese for "meow meow", and she has a cat motif, her stage name also makes sense.
- "Faris" means "knight" in Arabic. Knights are, of course, associated with heroism. Considering the type of chuunibyou tales she tells, this isn't that farfetched.
Meido: She works in and owns the May Queen maid café. Need we say anymore?
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 Nicknamer: Likes to give her friends nicknames that have -nya/-meow worked in somehow, such as Moe-meow for Moeka, Suzu-meow for Suzuha, and so on, so forth (or Moe-nyan/Suzu-nyan). Except for Okabe, whom she almost always addresses as Kyouma unless he objects to it.
The Ojou: She's extremely wealthy and has quite the wealthy lifestyle, though she keeps this hidden from most people.
Otaku: Loves anime, moe, and otaku culture, even dressing as a stereotypical anime character.
Precision F-Strike: The usually cheery and playful Faris outright calls Shido a bastard when talking about his underhanded/law breaking business tactics. A surprising moment since Faris very, very rarely shows her anger and frustration in front of anyone.
Pseudonym: Obviously, Faris Nyannyan is not her real name, rather it is a pseudonym she uses in public whether she's at work or attending RaiNet competitions. Only her family and closest friends know what her real name is.
Rapunzel Hair: When her massive twin tails are undone, her hair is very long.
Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory: Though not as strong as Okabe's Reading Steiner, Faris is able to remember her life from the original timeline as a maid café owner when Okabe takes her to the building that MayQueen originally occupied.
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. Then again, her hair colour may be natural considering her eyebrows are the same colour.
Say My Name: During her route in My Darling's Embrace, she reveals to Okabe that she'll fall in love with the boy who calls her by her real name, "Rumiho". She pleads with him to do the honours, having admitted to waiting for him specifically.
- The only other person she reveals her name to is Suzuha, after the two share a conversation about their absent dads.
Serious Business: She takes off the cat ears when she wants to be serious. She also drops her energetic mannerisms during more her more personal moments (see Episode 17, and her route in My Darling's Embrace). For some reason, she doesn't wear them when she arrives at the lab at the start of the movie.
"Shut Up" Kiss: She gives one of these to Okabe as he says her real name, because in her words: "Faris belongs to everyone".
Signature Moves: She has made up a couple of her own signature techniques, including:
- "Cheshire Break" (see Living Lie Detector)
- "Mixy Mix Gaze" (charms her guests by gazing into their eyes while flawlessly mixing their drink)
- "The Touch" (can make a man melt in her arms by wrapping herself around theirs)
- "Hearing Inferno" (enhanced hearing)
- "Dubbing 10" (coined by Okabe, see Beat Them At Their Own Game above)
Spell My Name with an "S": "Faris" is apparently the official spelling, but "Feiris" and "Feyris" also see heavy use. Mayuri even calls her "Feris-chan" in Japanese.
Suspiciously Similar Outfit: Both she and Suzuha wear identical form-fitting cat suits in her arc in Linear Bounded Phenogram - "Superhero Chat Noir" - that bear a striking resemblance to an alternate costume a certain gravity shifting super heroine can wear in another video game.
Teens Are Short: Faris is one on the smallest characters in the series, measuring only 4'7'' tall. For perspective, she is only 2 inches taller than 11-year-old Nae Tennouji.
Third Person Person: Like Mayuri, Faris frequently talks in the third person.
Tickle Torture: She gives this one out twice; once (inadvertently) to Okabe in My Darling's Embrace when rubbing medicine over him, and again to Moeka in Steins;Gate 0 just to get her to crack another smile.
True Companions: Faris, along with Ruka, are both this to Okabe after Daru reveals that they had been looking after him while he was comatose.
Tomboy and Girly Girl: She and Mayuri are the Girly Girls, while Suzuha is the Tomboy. Faris takes it further by expecting the guys to respect her privacy when it comes to her D-mail, like most girls do.
Verbal Tic: She ends her sentences with "-nya", or the word's English equivalent, "-meow".

Suzuha Amane

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

HEY YOU GUUUYYYYSSS!!! Sorry, that's how the kids are saying "What's up!" these days.

—Suzuha's bizarre self-introduction

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. After spending some time bonding with Okabe, she becomes Lab Member 008.

Action Girl: Part of Okabe's reason for appointing her as "Part-Time Warrior" is because she more or less describes herself as the latter. However, calling herself a warrior might've given away a little too much about her true identity.
Armor-Piercing Slap: Kurisu's constant attempts to avoid appealing to her emotions pisses off Suzuha enough for the latter to dish one of these out.
Bare Your Midriff: Beneath her jacket, she wears a cropped undershirt, 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.
- Her cosplay outfit also shows off her mid-section quite well when she first attends ComiMa.
Braids of Action/Tomboyish Sidetails: Always sports these. She unties them when she goes to bed, as seen in a CG in Linear Bounded Phenogram.
Captain Obvious Reveal: In the movie, specifically. They hide her identity for a bit by hiding her face and putting a filter over her voice, but when she enters Kurisu's hotel room to give her cryptic advice, the film makes little effort to hide her, thanks to her familiar braids, and Cherami Leigh's natural voice.
- In "Vermillion Soteria", Kurisu describes a woman with braided hair who rides a bicycle. It is painfully obvious who she's referring to.
Cat Smile: often has one in the VN's, like Mayuri and Faris.
Cruel to Be Kind: Employs this tactic on Daru by slinging a barrage of insults at him to get him to stop fawning over her. It backfires spectacularly as he only ends up falling for her even more!
The Cutie: Not to the same extent as Mayuri or Faris, but she can still be adorable at times.
Death Glare: Shoots one at Kurisu every time their eyes meet during the first half of the anime.
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.
Exposition Fairy: Her role in the second act is just to bring us, the viewer, up to speed on what's at stake in regard to the whole 1% divergence barrier ordeal. She is this in the few scenes in which she appears in the film, too.
Eyes of Gold: just like Okarin, her eyes are yellow. They aren't related though.
Fanservice: Her first time trying out cosplay has her wearing a cute and showy outfit during her route in My Darling's Embrace. Then there's an extremely form fitting cat suit that Mayuri made for her and Faris in Linear Bounded Phenogram.
- Though she doesn't join Okabe and company at the local swimming pool, artwork of Suzuha wearing a two-piece swimsuit can be viewed in My Darling's Embrace's CG Library.
Foil: Her Alpha and Beta selves are this to each other; Alpha Suzuha is outgoing, curious, cheery, and energetic. Beta Suzuha is more serious, jumpy, and stubborn.
- Also to her Omega self, who is more carefree, emotional, bratty, and kind of dim.
Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Along with Moeka when the Lab Mems work at MayQueen in My Darling's Embrace. Suzuha plays the Responsible Sister, while Moeka is the Clumsy Sister.
Full-Name Basis: In Japanese, she addresses her peers by their full names for reasons unknown.
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.
Literal-Minded: When Okabe describes Daru as "[his] favourite right arm" at the start of "Straying Arche", she replies by asking if he has more than one [right arm].
Male Gaze: In both Steins;Gate and Steins;Gate 0, Suzuha is subjected to quite a few booty shots. See also the cat suit in Fairs' episode in Linear Bounded Phenogram.
Meido: Omega Suzuha wears what appears to be a maid uniform with a familiar pair of cat ears, hinting that she may work with Faris at May Queen Nyannyan in the Omega worldlines.
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.
New Job as the Plot Demands: She has taken jobs as a retail assistant, security guard, a waitress, and a stall staffer. What she does depends on what the story is.
Properly Paranoid: One trait that Alpha and Beta Suzuha share is their habit of freezing in fear upon hearing aircraft overhead. While Beta is spooked by a passenger jet, Alpha is spooked by a news helicopter.
Ret-Gone: Whether Okabe stops her from returning to 1975 or not, she passes away in 2000, either from suicide or illness.
Rewatch Bonus: A lot of Suzuha's early appearances in the beginning of the series make a lot more sense in context upon repeated viewings.
Shout-Out: The very first thing she says is a reference to a certain scene in The Goonies.
- Indirectly, her route in My Darling's Embrace is simply the plot of Back to the Future.
Slacker: Much to Mr. Braun's annoyance, Suzuha tends to slack off from her work.
Spoiled Brat: Omega Suzuha fits this trope to a T. She argues with her Alpha and Beta selves frequently, tries to have the last word, and pouts like a child in a sprite only this version of Suzuha has. That doesn't mean to say that Alpha Suzuha doesn't act like one herself sometimes.
Talking to Herself: In Linear Bounded Phenogram, she seeks advice and comfort from her Beta and Omega selves. Only she can see them.
Tomboy and Girly Girl: She is more Tomboy-ish compared to the other girls, but she has shades of both characteristics. Omega Suzuha is 100% a Girly Girl.
Totally Radical: Suzuha often speaks like this. Hell, first thing she says (in Japanese) is "Oha!!", a salutation that was considered to be dated by the 2000's. Another allusion to her true past, maybe?
Tragic Keepsake: She keeps a badge that her dad gave her; the only thing she has that reminds her of him.
Walking Spoiler: It isn't easy talking about her without spoiling major lore and plot details. This applies to Steins;Gate 0 as well, in which her Beta self is treated as a separate character.
What the Hell, Hero?: Is visibly weirded out by Okabe's bizarre attempts to speak jive/gratuitous English.

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

Side Characters

Yuugo Tennouji

Don't encourage the guy! He's already whacked enough as it is!.

—Tennouji's nutshell description of Okabe to Suzuha

Voiced by: Masaki Terasoma (JP), Christopher Sabat (EN)

A CRT-TV store owner, and Rintaro's landlord. He is secretly working for SERN, sending orders to Moeka and her group. He is fascinated with old CRT televisions and is very protective over his 11-year-old daughter, Nae. He is quite fond of Okabe and his friends despite the former's absurd delusions.

Badass Baritone: Thanks to Christopher Sabat.
Cranky Landlord: Seeing as though his tenant is Rintaro...
Dirty Old Man: In the game, he finds Suzuha's "seduction technique" rather kinky, commenting on how firm her belly was, much to Suzuha and even Nae's disapproval. Downplayed on the "old" part, seeing as he is only 32.
Doting Dad: Is extremely protective of Nae, to the point where he doesn't trust Okabe (and especially Daru) to be alone with her.
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: A familial example, but most of his story in Linear Bounded Phenogram - "Built With Love" - is spent figuring out how to make his daughter happy.
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.
- Within the Delta attractor field, he is Moeka's foster father, and he treats her the same way he treats his own daughter.
The Man Behind the Man
Manipulative Bastard: To Moeka, and implied to be towards the other agents he controls.
Not Distracted by the Sexy: In the anime, he is not deterred by Suzuha's "seduction technique" in the slightest in Episode 11, forcing her to walk around without her jacket as punishment.
Sherlock Scan: When he visits Moeka's apartment one night to check up on her, he knows Okabe is there because of not just his scent, but also the two cups of yakisoba on Moeka's table. Tennouji even interrogates Okabe later on to confirm this, knowing that he would spill the truth.
Shipper on Deck: Related to the above, he is also well aware that Okabe and Moeka are fond of each other, so he goes out of his way to set up a date for them so they can spend some quality time together.
Walking Spoiler: It is difficult to talk about his involvement in the second half of the story without spoiling his true identity.

Nae Tennouji

Umm, how do you wash your brain?

—Nae questioning the concept of brainwashing

Voiced by: Ayano Yamamoto (JP), Brina Palencia (EN)

Yuugo's daughter and good friends with Mayuri. She is also very good friends with Suzuha.

Ascended Extra: Will be appearing in Robotics;Notes all grown up.
The Atoner: She's the one who apologies to Okabe on her dad's behalf after he is assaulted by the latter.
Children Are Innocent -> Enfant Terrible
The Cutie: It is through their interactions with playful, sweet, innocent Nae that many of the characters reveal their soft sides.
- Corrupt the Cutie: Thanks to the time leap machine.
Drill Sergeant Nasty: Downplayed on the "nasty" part, but she plays one when "Sgt. Clean" comes out to play!
Girlish Pigtails: Her most distinguishing feature, even when she's an adult.
Intergenerational Friendship: "Built With Love" ends with Nae (in her 20's) befriending a much younger Suzuha (since she never came to 2010 in this worldline, she is only 6 years old here).
My Name Is Not Durwood: Specifically, don't call her dad "Mr. Braun". In My Darling's Embrace, she is not "Sister Braun".
Literal-Minded: She asks Suzuha how one would wash their brain when the latter suspects that Okabe was brainwashed.
The Nicknamer: After Daru makes a perverted comment towards her in Steins;Gate 0's 10th episode, she starts calling him "Mr. Smiley Bear" any time she sees him.
Revenge Before Reason
She's All Grown Up: She is 11 years old during the events of Steins;Gate; she's 20 when she appears in Robotics;Notes.
- She's 24 in the epilogue of her dad's story in Linear Bounded Phenogram, "Built with Love".
Suspiciously Specific Denial: When pressed by her dad about Suzuha being outside with her, she responds that she was, "but she definitely wasn't slacking off!"

Minor Characters

Yuki Amane

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

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.

This character's section has been moved to the character page for Steins;Gate 0. For more information about this character, go to this page here.

4°C/Shido

...if you bear your fangs to me, I'll make sure you'll never work in this town again.Hehehehehe! AHAHAHAHAHA!

—Shido's vow to ruin Faris' career in My Darling's Embrace

Voiced by: Minoru Shiraishi (JP), Ian Sinclair (EN)

Shido is a recurring antagonist throughout the series, and the leader of a RaiNet team called the Viral Attackers. Not much is known about him, except for suffering a severe case of chuunibyou, and he hates Faris NyanNyan with a passion.

0% Approval Rating: Not matter what the story is, Shido and his gang are universally hated. An example is in Faris' route in which he is a white-collar criminal looking to monopolize the maid café scene in Akiba using illicit tactics like intimidation and bribery to buy out the competition. He even makes his maid wear skimpy outfits to attract more customers, something that really irritates Faris enough to call him a bastard for it.
Blatant Lies: Insists that he didn't cheat during the RaiNet finals. Because y'know, having your lacky stand in the audience to point a laser pen in your opponent's eyes to throw them off their game definitely doesn't qualify as cheating in any way!
Break Them by Talking: Attempts this with Faris by taunting her relentlessly to break her competitive spirit. It didn't work though as Faris revealed she was wearing earplugs.
Berserk Button: Losing a RaiNet match to Faris is enough to upset him.
- Even a slight collision causes him and his lackies to fly into a violent rage.
- Faris' mere existence.
Cheating Bastard: He and his thugs aren't above using violence, threats, and underhanded means to get ahead.
Cloudcuckoolander: He has such an embarrassing case a chuunibyou that even Okabe recoils in disgust. Also, unlike Okabe and Faris who play up their theatrics for fun, Shido talks and acts like he really believes his own absurdities.
Colour Motif: He is obsessed with the colour black ("kuro" in Japanese), to the point of ramming it into everything he says.
Corrupt Corporate Executive: The role he is elevated to in Faris' route in the spin-off game.
Dirty Coward: Always has his goons around and is not above assaulting someone when they least suspect it.
The Faceless: In the anime only; we hear him on the phone, but he doesn't make a physical appearance.
Greek Mythology: While Okabe has a fondness for Norse mythology, Shido leans more towards Greek mythology as hinted by his constant references by Gaia.
Hate Sink: Delusional, sketchy, foul-mouthed, hateful, just unpleasant in every way? Yeah, he qualifies!
Hypocrite: Calls Faris' "Cheshire Break" technique cheating while having his lackies use a laser pen to distract her.
Ignorant of His Own Ignorance: He seems to think that ice can cause burns. It doesn't, it causes frostbite. Even Okabe has to point this out to him!
Large Ham
Nice Hat: Wears a beanie hat that is slightly tilted. It falls off in a physical altercation, revealing that he is hiding a bald spot.
Only in It for the Money: His motivation for monopolising the Akihabara entertainment scene in Faris' route is simply to make money; he couldn't give less of a shit about the city's image, nor otaku culture in general, both of which piss off Faris to no end.
Only Known by Their Nickname: Any time he is involved in the plot, he is always referred to as 4°C/Shido. His real name though is Kouichi Suzuki.
Oh Crap: His reaction when Okabe reveals that he plans to leak his financial dealings to the National Tax Agency.
Put on a Bus: He isn't seen, nor even mentioned in Steins;Gate 0.
Scary Black Man: Angry and violent with a noticeably darker skin tone compared to everyone else.
Smug Snake
Sore Loser: Extends to his whole gang. As Faris describes them, they would sooner drown a puppy than lose a tournament to her.
Villainous Breakdown: He has a rather impressive one when Okabe and co. show him Moeka's article uncovering his shady business dealings, breaking into hysterical laughter, before being reduced to a panic-stricken mess when Daru's research is shown to him (said research contains proof of fake businesses, personal bank accounts he doesn't own, and a shady cash flow hinting at tax fraud). All of this causes he and his goons to flee in abject terror when he realises, they aren't screwing around.
Would Hit a Girl: Hits Faris square in the head (though it was more bad luck on her end) after she refuses to give in to his demands.

Kuroki

The young mistress will be with you shortly.

—Kuroki as he greets Okabe and co.

A minor character in the series. Not much is known about Kuroki, other than the fact that he is Faris' butler. Though he only makes a one-off appearance in the original game and anime, he is more involved in other characters' stories in Linear Bounded Phenogram.

Ascended Extra: Downplayed as he is still a relatively minor character, though he is more involved in Kurisu and Faris' routes in Linear Bounded Phenogram.
Big Damn Heroes: he shows up in Episode 17 just in time to save Okabe from being murdered by the Viral Attackers.
Colour Failure: He suffers from this when dealing with Maho and Moeka becomes too much for him to handle.
Cool Old Guy: He is by far one of the oldest characters in the series, but he is very polite and is willing to take Okabe and his friends in when they need help, thanks to their connections to Faris. He has also served as Faris' guardian due to her absent parents.
Drives Like Crazy: On two occasions, he comes to Okabe's aid by pulling up in a limousine... after barrelling through packed streets and endangering pedestrians.
The Stoic: Because of his profession, he doesn't show much emotion, if at all. Not that he needs to anyway.
Violence Is the Only Option: It isn't clear what exactly Kuroki does to knock Okabe unconscious in "Vermillion Soteria", but he assaults the latter (twice) just to stop him from having irreversible emotionally breakdowns.

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