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Characters from ''[[Suzume (film)|Suzume]]'' include:

 

''English names use the western name order, where the first name comes first. Japanese names uses the eastern name order, where the last name comes first.''

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* [[Holding Hands]]: Suzume and Souta briefly hold hands in the climax, leading them to {{spoiler|hold Keystones to trap the worm}}.

* [[Opposite Gender Protagonists]]: Suzume, a high school girl, and Souta, a collegegoing young man who's part of a lineage of Closers, travel across Japan closing doors before the worm can escape fully and cause disasters. The two are separated for the majority of the film due to Souta's being polymorphed, only reuniting in the end. Suzume ''more'' than earns her role in Opposite Gender Protagonists by {{spoiler|relentlessly pursuing Souta after he turns into a Keystone}}.

** Suzume was raised by her single mother who went missing due to the 2011 tsunami.

** Souta was [[Raised by Grandparents]]; what happened to his parents is never revealed.

 

=== Suzume Iwato (岩戸 鈴芽) ===

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* [[Crush Blush]]: She gets a small one when she first meets Souta. The blush grows much brighter when Souta walked away. One of Suzume's classmates remarks that her face is like a tomato.

* [[Determinator]]: Hey, [[#Souta Munakata (宗像 草太)|this one guy]] Suzume knows for an hour was turned into a chair. Any other person would walk away, except our heroine. She's willing to travel across Japan and leave her home to attempt to turn Souta back into a normal person. {{spoiler|When that fails, Suzume once again does ''not'' give up and will find a way to make Keystone-Souta into a normal human again by travelling into the Ever After}}.

* [[Doomed New Clothes]]: Chika gives Suzume some casual wear to use in place of the latter's uniform, but it gets badly damaged as a result of the events in Tokyo, forcing a reversion to the uniform.

* [[Implausible Deniability]]: Suzume's attempts to explain to Tamaki where she's going get increasingly thin.

* [[Innocent Innuendo]]: Suzume uses chair!Souta to get to a box on top of a shelf, then belatedly asks if she can step on him.

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Suzume removing the keystone is what speeds up the worm's escape, in the first door she closes.

* [[Ordinary High School Student]]: Suzume starts as this, having no idea of the supernatural struggles hidden to Japanese muggle society. Her removing the keystone, unleashing Daijin, and subsequent drive to make amends lead to her helping Souta to close doors throughout Japan. The film quickly shifts from being a [[Teen Drama]] to an action-adventure film.

* [[School Uniforms Are the New Black]]: Suzume wore her school uniform for the first part of her adventure, before Chika gave her something for the second act. [[Justified Trope|Justified]], as she just came out of school. She changes into uniform for the last third of the film, after Chika's clothes were damaged. She even wore her uniform on the poster!

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=== Souta Munakata (宗像 草太) ===

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* [[Badass in Distress]]: Souta is pretty badass when he's closing the first door. After that, since he's trapped in a chair {{spoiler|and later Keystone}} he needs Suzume's help.

== Supporting Characters ==

=== Tamaki Iwato (岩戸 環) ===

Suzume's aunt, who serves as her caregiver.

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=== Tomoya Serizawa (芹澤 朋也) ===

A man studying alongside Souta to become a teacher.

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* [[Hidden Depths]]: He looks like a rebel high school teen who ignores every instruction that comes his way, but no. He's actually a pretty relaxed person studying to become a teacher.

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=== Chika Amabe (海部 千果) ===

One of the people Suzume encounters throughout her travels.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: "千果" (Chika) literally translates to "thousand" and "fruit", respectively. This represents the oranges that fell from Chika's moped when Suzume first met her.

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== Animals ==

A Keystone-turned-cat who is not very nice towards Souta.

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* [[Cute Kitten]]: Daijin is pretty cute, with big, exaggerated eyes. He is, however, far more devious than his cute looks would suggest.

* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: Daijin demonstrates this when it appears in darkness.

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=== Sadaijin ===

The ''other'' Keystone, in addition to Daijin. Despite Sadaijin's larger size, the cat plays a lesser role in the film.

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