Sword Art Online
A survival romance story of players striving to escape a virtual reality game.
Featured characters
Characters in this work
Characters — 25 characters
Kirito
The main protagonist who is a skilled one-handed swordsman involved in various VRMMO worlds and events.
Asuna
The main heroine, an excellent swordswoman who shares a strong bond with Kirito.
Sinon
The heroine of the Phantom Bullet arc and a high school girl who excels as a sniper in Gun Gale Online.
Yui
An AI girl who provides emotional support to Kirito and Asuna.
Leafa
Kirito's younger sister by adoption and a swordswoman in the ALO world.
Yuuki
A girl known as the Absolute Sword in the new ALO with outstanding combat ability.
Eugeo
Kirito's childhood friend and Integrity Knight in the Alicization arc.
Alice Synthesis Thirty
The heroine of the Alicization arc and one of the Integrity Knights.
Kyoko Yuuki
Asuna's strict mother.
Seijiro Kikuoka
A bureaucrat at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, responsible for Project Alicization.
Akihiko Kayaba
The creator of the Sword Art Online world and the mastermind behind the SAO death game.
Agil
An Afro-American merchant and a dependable ally of Kirito and friends in SAO.
Klein
One of Kirito's earliest friends and a veteran player with a samurai-like Japanese style.
Lisbeth
A female player who is a blacksmith and close friend of Asuna.
Silica
A cute beast tamer player who cherishes her pet monster Pina.
Alice Tsuberk
An Integrity Knight who has had her memories sealed after undergoing the Synthesis secret.
Vassago Casals
Leader of the Laughing Coffin assassin guild and known as a cheerful instigator.
Andrew Gilbert Mills
Agil's real name, a cafe owner in Tokyo and former SAO player.
Poe
One of the perpetrators of the Death Gun case, also known as Johnny Black.
Kazuto Kirigaya / Kiyoshi Kirishima (Sugou Nobuyuki)
Kirito and Nobuyuki Sugou are central characters deeply involved in in-game and real-world events.
Kiyoshi Kirishima
Alias for Nobuyuki Sugou; a key figure in the ALO incident.
Seijiro Kikuoka
A bureaucrat and head of Project Alicization.
Gabriel Miller
The true identity of the Dark Territory Emperor Vector and CTO of an American PMC.
Rinko Kojigaya
A scientist from Tōto Institute of Technology; Akihiko Kayaba's junior and ex-lover.
Nobuyuki Sugou
The mastermind behind the ALO incident and Asuna's fiancé, a ruthless researcher.