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9S
9S (YoRHa No.9 Type S) is a scanner-type android protagonist of NieR: Automata, specializing in hacking and intelligence gathering; paired with executioner 2B, he becomes a figure of grief and revenge in Routes C–E.
Abby (The Last of Us)
Abby (Abigail "Abby" Anderson) is the dual protagonist of The Last of Us Part II (2020), who kills Joel Miller to avenge her father; voiced by Laura Bailey, played by Kaitlyn Dever in HBO season 2, and a lightning rod for the game's review-bombing controversy.
Acheron (Honkai: Star Rail)
Acheron is a playable 5-star Lightning-Type damage dealer on the Path of Nihility in Honkai: Star Rail, introduced in the Penacony story arc and released in March 2024.
Agent 47
Agent 47 is the fictional genetically engineered clone protagonist of IO Interactive's Hitman stealth series, debuting in Hitman: Codename 47 (2000); the bald, bar-coded assassin works for the ICA with handler Diana Burnwood.
Akira Yuki (結城 晶)
Akira Yuki (結城 晶) is the mascot of Sega's Virtua Fighter series, a Japanese fighter using Bājíquán (Hakkyoku-ken), known for few but powerful single-hit moves and the Stun Palm of Doom.
Alex (Street Fighter)
Alex (Street Fighter): American pro wrestler from New York, main character of Street Fighter III (1997), later SFV (2016) and SF6 Year 3 DLC (March 17, 2026) with Prowler Stance; Flash Chop and Power Bomb; SF6 story controversy over Patricia, patched April 2026.
Aloy
Aloy is the fictional protagonist of Guerrilla Games' Horizon series (Horizon Zero Dawn 2017, Horizon Forbidden West 2022), a red-haired machine hunter and outcast voiced by Ashly Burch, with a third single-player game reportedly years away.
Alucard (Castlevania)
Alucard (Adrian Fahrenheit Tepes) is the dhampir son of Dracula in Konami's Castlevania series, debuting in Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse and starring in Symphony of the Night (1997), with bat, wolf, and mist transformations and a Netflix anime counterpart.
Ann Takamaki (高巻杏)
Ann Takamaki (高巻杏), codename Panther, is a Phantom Thief in Persona 5 and spin-offs, a fire-attribute whip user whose Persona is Carmen; voiced by Nana Mizuki and Erika Harlacher.
Anna Williams (Tekken)
Anna Williams (アンナ・ウィリアムズ), the "Scarlet Lightning", is Nina Williams's younger sister and rival in Bandai Namco's Tekken series, introduced in Tekken 1994, absent only from Tekken 4, and a Season 2 Tekken 8 DLC fighter (April 2025) wielding the Lovely Tom rocket launcher.
Anran
Anran (안란) is a fire-wielding Damage (flanking DPS) hero in Blizzard's Overwatch, sister of Wuyang, launched February 10, 2026 in The Reign of Talon Season 1: Conquest, with an Ignition burn mechanic, dual ultimate, and a Season 2 face redesign after fan criticism.
Baby Bonnie Hood
Baby Bonnie Hood, Bulleta (バレッタ) in Japan, is Capcom's Little Red Riding Hood-inspired human bounty hunter in Darkstalkers 3 (Vampire Savior, 1997), the only full human and only gun-using fighter in the series.
Baiken
Baiken (梅喧) is a recurring Guilty Gear fighting game character by Arc System Works: a wandering samurai survivor of destroyed Japan seeking revenge on That Man, debuting hidden in 1998 and joining Strive as DLC in 2022.
Banjo & Kazooie
Banjo & Kazooie are Rare's bear-and-bird duo from the 1998 N64 platformer Banjo-Kazooie, later in Banjo-Tooie, Nuts & Bolts, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC (2019); no new game since 2008.
Birdie (Street Fighter)
Birdie is a Street Fighter character, a British punk and chain fighter who debuted as a 1987 NPC, became playable in Street Fighter Alpha, and returned redesigned and comedic in Street Fighter V with the Break Time V-Skill.
Blade (Honkai: Star Rail)
Blade (刃) is a limited 5★ Honkai: Star Rail character, first Wind Destruction, HP-scaling; kit spends own HP for Hellscape, Talent follow-ups, and an HP-loss Ultimate; reworked in 3.4, Mortenax Blade (Nihility: Fire) in 4.3.
Bob (ボブ) (Tekken)
Bob (ボブ), Robert Richards, is a Tekken fighting game character introduced in Tekken 6, a Freestyle Karate fighter built on the 'Speed & Weight' concept, returning as Tekken 8 Season 3 DLC as the 'Onigiri Savior'.
Bridget (Guilty Gear)
Bridget (ブリジット) is a fictional character in Arc System Works' Guilty Gear fighting game series, a bounty hunter from England who fights with a yo-yo.
Cal Kestis
Cal Kestis is a fictional Jedi, protagonist of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (2019) and Jedi: Survivor (2023), played by Cameron Monaghan. A Padawan survivor of Order 66 trained by Jaro Tapal, he fights the Empire with the Stinger Mantis crew and droid BD-1.
Cassidy (Overwatch)
Cassidy (Cole Cassidy, formerly Jesse McCree) is a Damage hero in Blizzard's Overwatch, a hitscan gunslinger with the Peacekeeper revolver, Combat Roll, and Deadeye, renamed in October 2021 after the Blizzard harassment scandal.
Castorice (遐蝶)
Castorice (遐蝶) is a five-star Quantum Remembrance damage dealer in Honkai: Star Rail, released in Version 3.2 (April 2025). Her kit drains ally HP to build Newbud and summon the memosprite dragon Netherwing, and she carries the game's first global passive.
Characters of Final Fantasy V
Characters of Final Fantasy V: the five playable heroes Bartz Klauser, Lenna, Faris, Galuf, Krile, villain Exdeath and Gilgamesh, from Square's 1992 job-system JRPG, with reception and translation history.
Charlie Nash (Street Fighter)
Charlie Nash (チャーリー・ナッシュ) is a Street Fighter character, Guile's mentor, introduced in Street Fighter Alpha (1995), presumed dead, and resurrected with a redesigned rushdown moveset in Street Fighter V (2016).
Christie (Dead or Alive)
Christie (クリスティ, Kurisuti) is a British assassin and Shequan (snake fist) fighter in Koei Tecmo's Dead or Alive series, debuting in Dead or Alive 3 (2001), created by Tomonobu Itagaki, voiced by Kotono Mitsuishi in DOA6, and played by Holly Valance in the 2006 film.
Cid Highwind
Cid Highwind (シド・ハイウインド), Final Fantasy VII's foul-mouthed pilot and first permanent-party Cid: Shinra Space Program dreamer, airship captain, spear user whose Highwind Limit deals 18 hits, later softened in Rebirth.
Clementine (The Walking Dead)
Clementine (The Walking Dead) is Telltale Games' central protagonist, an eight-year-old in Season One voiced by Melissa Hutchison, later playable in Season Two and The Final Season, continued in canon Skybound comics.
Cuphead (character)
Cuphead (character): protagonist of Studio MDHR's 2017 run-and-gun game Cuphead, a cup-headed hero in 1930s rubber-hose animation style; brother of Mugman, later joined by Ms. Chalice, also in The Cuphead Show! and Smash Bros.
D.Va
D.Va (Hana Song, 송하나) is a Tank hero in Blizzard's Overwatch, a Korean pro gamer who pilots a mech with Defense Matrix, Micro Missiles, and Self-Destruct; famous for the "Shooting Star" short, cosplay prominence, and Mythic skins.
Dante (Devil May Cry)
Dante (ダンテ), Capcom's Devil May Cry protagonist, is a half-demon devil hunter, son of Sparda, running the Devil May Cry agency; main playable character in most series games, from the 2001 original through Devil May Cry 5, plus anime and crossover cameos.
Dark Urge
The Dark Urge ("Durge") is Baldur's Gate 3's fully customizable Origin character: an amnesiac Bhaalspawn child of Bhaal, guided by Sceleritas Fel, who can embrace or resist murderous urges and gain the Slayer form.