List of Gate characters
This is a list of characters appearing in the Japanese fantasy novel series Gate: Jieitai Kano Chi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri, published by Arcadia, and its sequel series Gate Season 2.
Original series
Japanese characters
Third Recon Unit
While the Recon Unit encompasses a total of eleven members, the characters listed here are those who gain special prominence in the story.JSDF Special Region Task Force
;Japanese government and citizens
;Hideyo Komakado;Kazunari Komurazaki
;Sakoto Okita
;Kokone
;Saori Mononobe
;Kindō Nichiyō
;Sasakura Yasuharu
Special Region characters
The Empire
The Empire has at the time of the JSDF's arrival remained the dominant political domain in the Special Region for over 687 years. Its political, cultural and military systems are patterned after those of the ancient Roman Empire. Humans form the primary social class; demihumans are by Imperial law considered non-citizens.Order of the Rose Knights
The Order of the Rose Knights, founded and led by Imperial Princess Piña Co Lada, consists of a predominantly female group of noble women from the Empire. Originally, they served as color guard and "decorative" pieces for the Empire's Army and were never used in battle. Their first actual battle came at the Siege of Italica, where rogue Allied Soldiers became marauders and attacked the merchant city, an event where the Knights demonstrated their skills and loyalty to the Empire and their princess.Clan Formal
Clan Formal is a neutral clan that resides in the city of Italica, an important agricultural town. The former patriarch was Count Colt Formal, a nobleman who took in many poor residents and humanoids as servants and as a personal "hobby". The maids are also skilled in combat in case the household is threatened. With the founding of the Alnus settlement, several of the Formal household servants move there to aid the JSDF as public workers. After the failure of Zorzal's coup d'état and the rescue of Princess Piña and Emperor Molt, Italica becomes the temporary seat of the legitimate Imperial government.;Myui Formal
;Kaine
;Delilah
;Meia
;Persia
;Mamina
;Aurea
Deities
The Special Region is home to several deities - both full-fledged gods and demigods - who act as guardians against undesired developments amongst the other world's people, either by sponsoring those who promote the natural balance or by eradicating any elements which threaten it. Demigods, also called Apostles, are first selected from among mortal beings with great potential; they maintain a physical form, but remain eternally young and alive even after suffering dismemberment, until they become spiritual beings and ascend to godhood upon their 1,000th year. These newly ascended gods are free to claim one of the domains held by the deity they served, or any aspect not yet claimed by another deity, or become a specific region's divine patron. Many denizens of the Special Region base their middle names on the name of the deity they personally worship.;Hardy
;Giselle
;Emroy
;Elran and La
;Lunaryu
;Miritta
Sages of Rondel
Rondel is a university city for studies in magic, natural science and history. It was founded by Elran and La over 3,000 years ago, and has produced a great number of renowned magicians and sages since that time. Next to Italica and the settlement at Alnus, it is also one of the few places within the Empire where demihumans enjoy the same basic rights as human beings.;Arpeggio El Lalena
;Mimoza La Mer
;Flat El Coda
Other residents
;Hodor Ray Marceau;Bouro
;Norra
;Misery
;Myuute Luna Sires
;Wolf
;Gaston Nor Boa
;Village Chief
Other characters from Earth
;Dirrel;Dong Dechou
;Zyuganov