List of Kakegurui characters
The following is a list of the characters of the Kakegurui manga series.
Main characters
Yumeko Jabami
Yumeko Jabami is a mysterious transfer student to Hyakkaou Private Academy who initially appears modest, but shows a maniacal passion for high stakes gambling, as shown when her eyes glow red, which they often do. Her eyes are a hazel brown when not glowing red.She has long, straight black hair with bangs styled in a hime cut and red eyes. Although she dislikes games where the outcome is predetermined, she can quickly deduce how such games are being manipulated in her opponents' favor and, by doing so, she devises strategies that more often than not turn the tables on them. Her increasing wagers and activities soon draws the attention of the student council. She lives alone as her sole relative, her older sister, has been hospitalized long-term. When she is reduced to pet status, although she could easily pay her debts due to her family wealth or from her winnings, she chooses not to, so as to be involved in more games and so she can also freely challenge the student council president. She is also in the Jabami clan which is a branch connected to the Momobami clan She is voiced by Saori Hayami in Japanese and by Erika Harlacher in the Netflix English dub and Estelle Link in the Sentai Filmworks dub. In the live-action drama, she is portrayed by Minami Hamabe. In the English live-action drama, she is portrayed by Miku Martineau.
Mary Saotome
Mary Saotome is a student in Yumeko and Ryota's class who begins the series as one of the school's top gamblers and Ryota's master. She also has a passion for high-stakes gambling, just like Yumeko, but instead of red, her eyes glow yellow. However, she is quickly humbled in a rock paper scissors card game, losing to Yumeko and having to become a house pet herself. Despite their initial antagonism, she later becomes Yumeko's ally. Unlike Yumeko, Mary aims for victory in every gamble and cares more for her social and monetary standing within the school. After learning how the student council president perceives the pets, Mary forms a grudge against her and aims to become the next Student Council president. In the prequel story Kakegurui Twin, it is revealed that Mary's family is not as well off as her peers, but she transfers to the school and learns how to survive and thrive in the school's gambling system. She manages to win a school space from the former student council vice president in which she then sets up a gambling den. She is voiced by Minami Tanaka in Japanese and by Kira Buckland in the Netflix English dub and Christina Kelly in the Sentai Filmworks dub. In the live-action drama, she is portrayed by Aoi Morikawa. She has blonde hair styled in twin tails in the manga and anime, whereas she has light brown hair and tails in the drama. She is a highly rated character who senses and comprehends cheats in gambles.Ryota Suzui
Ryota Suzui is a very poor gambler. Although he is the class president at the beginning of the series, he has a massive debt to Mary and serves as her pet. He is forced to help Mary manipulate a game against Yumeko, but when Yumeko catches the scam and thanks him by paying off his debt and wanting to be friends, Ryota becomes fiercely loyal and supporting to Yumeko, possibly even liking her. He tries to talk her out of engaging in high stakes gambling, but Yumeko hardly ever listens. He has a simple, and kind mindset; focusing on helping out whenever and however he can, rather than having fun, like Yumeko or winning, like Mary. Sometimes, Ryota's compulsiveness in gambling can also be seen when his eyes glow red, like Yumeko. He is voiced by Tatsuya Tokutake in Japanese and by Griffin Burns in the Netflix English dub and Adam Gibbs in the Sentai Filmworks dub. He is portrayed by Mahiro Takasugi in the live-action drama and Ayo Solanke in Bet.Hyakkaou Student Council
Kirari Momobami
Kirari Momobami is the main antagonist of the series. She is the Student Council President and the head of the Momobami Clan. She had defeated the former president in a high-stakes game two years prior to the story. Upon taking office, she created the hierarchy that turns the students with the largest debts into house pets. She comes to have an increasingly great deal of respect and admiration for Yumeko with every victory she obtains. She is voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro in Japanese, Michelle Ruff in the Netflix English dub and Olivia Swasey in the Sentai Filmworks dub.Ririka Momobami
Ririka Momobami She is voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro in Japanese, Michelle Ruff in the Netflix English dub and Olivia Swasey in the Sentai Filmworks English dub.Ririka is Kirari Momobami's twin sister, sharing physical attributes, such as light grey hair and blue eyes; however, she wears her hair down, and does not wear blue lipstick. She is the vice-president of Hyakkaou's Student Council. She first appears wearing a grey theatrical mask with two almond-shaped eyes and a curved smile, but her true face is revealed later on in the series. Ririka is actually very shy and introverted by nature.
Sayaka Igarashi
Sayaka Igarashi is the secretary of the Student Council and romantically close to the President. She is sometimes seen following Kirari herself. While she finds some of Kirari's motives questionable, Sayaka still remains loyal and will defend her against anyone who opposes her judgement. She is voiced by Ayaka Fukuhara in Japanese and by Erica Lindbeck in the Netflix English dub and Melissa Molano in the Sentai Filmworks dub. She is played by Yurika Nakamura in the live-action drama.Runa Yomozuki
Runa Yomozuki is a student council member and the leader of the Election Committee who likes video games and candy. She is always seen wearing a hoodie with rabbit ears, playing on a PlayStation, and sucking on a lollipop. She spends her time taunting various students. Her skills and preferences as a gambler have yet to be revealed. She showed herself to be an impartial mediator during the manga's 'Re-Election' arc. Her, and by extension the entire Election Committees, slogan is "Absolute Neutrality". She is voiced by Mayu Udono in Japanese and by Kayli Mills in the Netflix English dub and Britney Karbowski in the Sentai Filmworks English dub. She is played by Natsume Mito in the live-action drama.Itsuki Sumeragi
Itsuki Sumeragi is an expert at card games. As the daughter of a toy company CEO, she became a student council member in her first year after having donated a large amount of money. After she financially drains her opponents, she influences them to wager and lose their fingernails and toenails, and as a result, has amassed quite a collection of nail art. After Yumeko figures out how Itsuki is able to cheat in a game of Double Concentration, Itsuki suffers a humiliating loss, and her seat on the council is revoked. She later became an ally to Yumeko in order to achieve her goal at rising up to Student Council President and exceed any expectations. It is hinted that she may have had a crush on Kaede Manyūda because of their similar ambitions but becomes heartbroken when he used her and deemed her worthless. She gets her revenge on Kaede by staking everything on Yumeko's victory but Itsuki is later shown with him in the hospital, indicating she still does care about him despite his poor treatment. She is voiced by Yuki Wakai in Japanese and by Erica Mendez in the Netflix English dub and Cat Thomas in the Sentai Filmworks English dub. She is played by Ruka Matsuda in the live-action drama.Midari Ikishima
Midari Ikishima is a second-year student and head of the Beautification Committee. Midari wears an eyepatch after stabbing her own eye out to pay her gambling debt to Kirari, but remains loyal to the Student Council when Kirari promised to kill her in the future. She is aroused by violence, and often challenges opponents to increasingly violent gambles where the participants can either be maimed or killed, favoring modified versions of Russian roulette. After Yumeko forces their seemingly deadly game into a bloodless draw, she becomes infatuated with her. In the drama, she is typically chained up in a jail cell. She is voiced by Mariya Ise in Japanese and by Sarah Anne Williams in the Netflix English dub and Natalie Rial in the Sentai Filmworks English dub. In the live-action drama, she is played by Miki Yanagi.She is also the main protagonist in the spin-off series Kakegurui Midari.