This is a list of characters in the Japanese novel series Log Horizon written by Mamare Touno.
Adventurers The adventurers are the combat oriented human role-players in Elder Tale. Before the events of the Apocalypse they would explore the land while completing quests and battling monsters and so level up. However, after finding themselves trapped inside the Elder Tale game as their in-game avatars, the players must now find a way to survive in a lawless world. In contrast to the natives, adventurers that are killed respawn at the cathedral of the nearest city they have personally explored. However each revival takes away a portion of their memories in the form of experience points.
Akihabara Akihabara is the largest player city on the Japanese server, known as Yamato, and is the server's analogue to the real world district in Tokyo. The guild masters of the eleven major guilds of Akihabara form the Round Table Alliance, which governs the city's affairs. The Round Table is later reformed to also include representants from the People of the Land.
Log Horizon
Shiroe is the main protagonist of the series and Log Horizon's founding guild master who is an Enchanter class with a Scribe subclass, which enables him to cast powerful support spells on his allies and accurately draw maps of the places he has visited. His real name is , a socially awkward engineering graduate student who played Elder Tale for almost eight years. During that time, Shiroe was the strategist of the long-disbanded Debauchery Tea Party, an informal (non-guild) group of elite players who completed high level group quests known as Raids, and gained infamy as "Shiroe the Strategist" or the for his sometime unethical approach in solving a solution. Shiroe initially had strong reservations about joining guilds until the aftermath of the Apocalypse and the ensuing despair among the players convinces him to establish Log Horizon, organizing Akiba's Round Table council through a highly complex plan to buy Akiba's Guild Building so he can remove criminal guilds from Akiba by banning them from the Guild Building premises.
Naotsugu is Shiroe's best friend and was also a member of the now-disbanded Debauchery Tea Party group. His real name is . His main class is "Guardian", allowing him to use heavy armor and weapons along with powerful defense spells to protect him and his companions as well as various trap spells to deal intense damage, while his secondary class is "Border Patrol". He calls himself an "open pervert", claiming that unlike some men he doesn't hide his perverted nature from others and is very proud of that fact. He has a tendency to get on Akatsuki's bad side with his perverted comments and a running gag is their confrontations usually ending with him getting a knee to the face, before she asks Shiroe for permission to do so. In the real world, he worked as a salaryman.
Akatsuki is an Assassin within the world of Elder Tale. Her secondary class is "Tracker", which enhances her assassin skills with stealth and detecting abilities. She was initially acquainted with Shiroe after having partied with him to complete quests prior to the Apocalypse. Despite appearing to be a pre-teen, she is a college student like Shiroe, whose real name is . After Shiroe helps her, she starts referring to him as her "Lord" and joins his party, claiming that it is out of gratitude but it is later shown that she is infatuated with him. She has a violent relationship with Naotsugu because of his "open pervertedness" and usually resorts to pre-emptive violence to stop his perverted comments before they can be spoken.
Nyanta is a felinoid Swashbuckler. He was the former Chief of the Debauchery Tea Party and an old friend of Shiroe's. His subclass is "Chef", which allows him to make delicious foods using ingredients, which is quite a reprieve from the tasteless pre-made food that is offered in Elder Tale, and ends up being an important plot point. Before the Apocalypse he was part of a guild called "The Cat Food Guild", which was composed solely of cat people. It disbanded after their house caved in due to bad weather.
Toyha is Minori's younger twin brother. His class is "Samurai", a tank class capable of using heavy armor and weaponry and casting special spells to increase his performance that must be used with caution due to their long cooldown time, as well as using techniques that, while flashy, do little damage and are solely meant to pull the attention of enemies away from his allies. His subclass is "Accountant", which gives him better prices when bartering with the People of the Earth. When Tohya and his older sister first met Shiroe, Tohya immediately started pestering him with questions on how to gain skills. He views Shiroe as a role model due to not only his strength and knowledge, but also his cool and kind personality. While Minori is shy and gentle, Tohya is very brash but it is clear he greatly cares for his older sister. When Tohya and his older sister were trapped in the unethical guild Hamelin, he often wondered what Shiroe would do in that situation. After they were rescued by Shiroe and his friends, Tohya joins Log Horizon with his older sister and now tries to emulate Shiroe when faced with challenges. In the real world, Tohya was struck by a car in an accident which left him near dead. He was able to recover, however the accident left his lower body completely paralyzed. He greatly enjoys being able to use his legs again in the world of Log Horizon.
Minori is a young girl trapped in the world of Elder Tale with her younger brother Tohya. Her class is "Kannagi", a healer dressed as a Japanese shrine maiden whose spells are focused on preventing damage and debuffs to her and her allies instead of just treating them. Minori and her younger brother met Shiroe on their first day playing Elder Tale and asked him questions about gaining skills and healing spells. Although Shiroe disliked when people ask him for things, after meeting them he decided to teach them about the game and even lowered his avatar's stats so he could travel with them safely. Minori and her younger brother were with Shiroe when the Apocalypse began and were separated from Shiroe afterwards. Lost and without anyone to guide them, she and her younger brother decided to join the guild Hamelin to try to gain experience and levels, but the Hamelin guild masters exploited them (and other low level players) instead. After being rescued, Minori and her younger brother join Log Horizon and she starts studying Elder Tale's game mechanics under Shiroe, in order to become a strategist like him, but later realizes that she is in love with him, just like Akatsuki; both often compete for Shiroe's affection, until Minori confesses to Shiroe, who reveals that he likes someone else. Her original secondary class is "Tailor" but she later switches it to "Apprentice", allowing her to become Shiroe's official disciple and learn some of his skills as well.
Isuzu is a high school girl who started to play Elder Tale around the time when the Apocalypse happened. Her class is "Bard", using her songs to increase her and her allies' stats and cast debuffs at groups of enemies and her subclass is "Nomad". She first appears as one of the exploited players by Hamelin, often seen comforting Minori, and then later during the summer camp and becomes a close friend of Rundelhaus Code and is the first to learn that he is one of the People of the Land. She later joins Log Horizon with him.
Rundelhaus Code (often called "Rudy' by his friends) is a loud-mouthed, egotistical sorcerer who specializes in offensive magic. Due to his self-centered attitude, his relationship with the party members during the summer camp goes off to a rocky and awkward start, however he befriends them quickly after defeating the dungeon as a team. During the "Goblin King's Return" quest, it is revealed that Rundelhaus is one of the People of the Land who pretended to be an adventurer. After being mortally wounded, he signs a contract with Shiroe who uses a new type of magic invented by him to save his life and give him the secondary class "Adventurer". He joins Log Horizon and becomes close friends with Isuzu.
Tetra is a level 90 Cleric and her subclass is "Idol". A former resident of Minami, one of the players cities in Yamato, and member of Light Indigo, she was sent by Kazuhiko to aid Shiroe at Susukino. Upon completion of the mission, she asks Shiroe to join Log Horizon and was accepted. Tetra often teases and flirts with Naotsugu for kicks and only a few are aware of the fact that she is actually male, but with a female avatar.
Lelia is a Level 65 Wolf Fang Monk with a serious and miser demeanor who originally was part of the Knights of Izumo and one of Elder Tales questgiver characters. Her secondary class is "Sigilmancer", allowing her to empower items by engraving magic runes on them. Later she joins Log Horizon along her younger sister Litka.
Litka is a Level 65 Wolf Fang Druid with a childish demeanor who originally was part of the Knights of Izumo and one of Elder Tales questgiver characters. Her secondary class is "Collector", which increases the drop rates of items. Later she joins Log Horizon along her older sister Lelia.
Crescent Moon Alliance
Marielle, the rather eccentric guild master of the Crescent Moon Alliance guild (which is also part of the Round Table council as the representative of lesser guilds in Akiba) and a friend of Shiroe's, is a Cleric. Her real name is . She is stronger than she looks and has a habit of hugging people so hard she slams them into walls. She usually does this when meeting new people or greeting a friend, and her preferred victim is Naotsugu with whom she is infatuated. However, she can be very serious when required. This holds true especially when a member of her guild is in danger.
Henrietta is a Bard and one of the leaders of the Crescent Moon Alliance. Although she seems stern and put together, she can be just as eccentric as Marielle when she sees something cute, as becomes evident when she meets Akatsuki. Her real name is and she dislikes it when Marielle calls her so. She is an accountant and MBA in real life and is a great asset to Shiroe's plans due to her ability to negotiate with others. It is not known whether her skills at cosplay in Log Horizon have carried over from the old world. Working closely with Shiroe eventually leads to Henrietta developing a romantic interest in him.
A young Druid of the Crescent Moon Alliance. She is level 19 when first introduced, with a secondary class of Maid, which she often regrets choosing because it only helps her to perform housekeeping chores. She develops a crush on Nyanta after he saves her and keeps her hidden from her enemies. This leads Shiroe and Naotsugu to wonder if she has a fetish for older (middle-aged?) men. Although not a member of Log Horizon, she visits them often partly due to her crush, as well as being a regular member of Tohya and Minori's party.
A Level 90 swashbuckler and member of the Crescent Moon Alliance. He is in love with Marielle and goes to great lengths to try to impress her. He also becomes something of an older brother figure to the low level players who joined the guild after being rescued from Hamelin. His real name is Shousuke.
D.D.D.
The guild leader of D.D.D., the biggest combat guild in Akiba. He is a Guardian-Berserker and the spokesman of the Round Table Alliance.
A level 90 Bard and Crusty's aide in D.D.D.
Black Sword Knights
Guild master of Black Sword Knights, one of the members of the Round Table council. Originally he was opposed to the Round Table Alliance but he was forced to join after D.D.D. and most of the other guilds joined in. Despite having an abrasive personality, he does show understanding and some compassion when he puts his pride aside.
Honesty