Puella Magi Madoka Magica
A dark magical girl story about girls who make contracts with witches and confront them.
Featured characters
Characters in this work
Characters — 29 characters
Madoka Kaname
The protagonist, a middle school girl with extraordinary potential as a magical girl.
Homura Akemi
A mysterious magical girl who uses time manipulation magic to protect Madoka by repeating time.
Sayaka Miki
Madoka's close friend who became a tragic heroine due to a wish made for others.
Mami Tomoe
A veteran magical girl and third-year at Mitakihara Middle School, who serves as a mentor to Madoka and Sayaka.
Kyoko Sakura
A magical girl with a tendency for hunting other magical girls and a complex relationship with Sayaka.
Kyubey
An extraterrestrial being that makes contracts with magical girls and harvests energy.
Kyosuke Kamijo
Sayaka Miki's childhood friend, a violinist whose incurable injury was healed by magic.
Hitomi Shizuki
Madoka and Sayaka's friend, an ordinary middle school girl unaware of magical girl affairs.
Kazuko Saotome
Madoka and friends' English teacher, somewhat scatterbrained but caring.
Junko Kaname
Madoka's mother, a career woman with deep affection for her family.
Tomohisa Kaname
Madoka's gentle stay-at-home father.
Tatsuya Kaname
Madoka's younger brother, a 3-year-old kindergarten child affectionately called 'Takkun'.
Supporting Characters for Sayaka
Sub-characters related to Sayaka's dreams and actions.
Amy
A black stray cat hit by a car before Homura became a magical girl and revived by Madoka's wish.
Nagisa Momoe
A magical girl who became the Candy Witch and serves as Madoka's assistant in the new world.
Gertrud the Witch
A witch dwelling in a battlefield-like barrier with butterfly wings and a rose bush head.
Charlotte, the Candy Witch
The Candy Witch, formerly Nagisa Momoe, a cute-looking witch who killed Mami.
Oktavia, the Mermaid Witch
The gigantic mermaid witch created from Sayaka Miki's despair.
Walpurgisnacht
The strongest witch and a central figure in the story, a huge and powerful witch.
Kirika Kure
A black magical girl and Kirika, a fierce combat type who acts as Oriko's pawn.
Oriko Mikuni
A magical girl with precognitive power who secretly plots to kill Madoka.
Yuma Chitose
A young magical girl who uses healing magic and is attached to Kyoko Sakura.
Erika Mamiya
Kirika's childhood friend who was trapped within a witch's barrier.
Sasa Yuuki
A selfish and manipulative magical girl who uses mind control magic, opposing Oriko's group.
Komaki Asako
Oriko’s classmate who confronts Kirika over grief seeds and dies in conflict.
Rina Hitomi
A magical girl from Kazamino, who dies after transforming into a witch.
Kyo Saki
A companion of Rina who is upset by Rina's transformation into a witch and is killed.
Mai Akane
A companion of Rina who dies while combating Rina's witch form.
Mio
An impulsive magical girl allied with Rina, killed by Sasa Yuuki.