List of Higurashi When They Cry characters


Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel later adapted into various anime series, manga, light novels and films. Each characters mostly appear in every arc, including Keiichi Maebara, along with his female friends, Rena Ryugu, Mion and Shion Sonozaki, Satoko Hojo and Rika Furude. The supporting characters also appear in some arcs, including the soon-to-be-retired detective Kuraudo Oishi, freelance photographer Jiro Tomitake, female nurse and counter-intelligence force leader Miyo Takano, and the clinic's head doctor Kyosuke Irie. The manga characters also appear in the first adaptation. In Onisarashi-hen, Natsumi Kimiyoshi is the visitor of Okinomiya. In Yoigoshi-hen, Akira Otobe appears around in the forest near the deserted village.

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

Main


;Keiichi Maebara

;Rena Ryūgū

;Mion Sonozaki

;Shion Sonozaki

;Satoko Hōjō

;Rika Furude

;Hanyū

Secondary


;Satoshi Hojo
;Oyashiro
;Kuraudo Oishi
;Jiro Tomitake

;Miyo Takano
;Kyosuke Irie
;Rumiko Chie
;Mamoru Akasaka
;Tatsuyoshi Kasai
;Teppei Hojo
;Tamae Hojo
;Oryo Sonozaki
;Kiichiro Kimiyoshi
;Rina Mamiya
;Akane Sonozaki
;Tetsurou Okonogi
;Nomura
;Frederica Bernkastel
;Yukie Akasaka
;Kameda Yukikazu
;Mizuho Kosaka
;Suguru Okamura
;Daiki Tomita
;Eriko
;Toshiki Inukai
;Kaieda

Manga

Onisarashi-hen


;Natsumi Kimiyoshi
;Kuraudo Oishi
;Mamoru Akasaka
;Chisato Saeki
;Tamako Makimura
;Akira Tōdō
;Haruko Kimiyoshi
;Toji Kimiyoshi

Yoigoshi-hen

;Akira Otobe
;Mion Sonozaki
;Ryūnosuke Arakawa
;Yae Towada
;Takumi Kurosawa
;Mifune

Himatsubushi-hen

;Miyuki Akasaka

DS-introduced

Kagebōshi-hen

;Tomoe Minai
;Madoka Minai
;Shingo Fujita
;Kaoru Yamaoki

Yoigoshi-hen

;Miyuki Sorimachi

Kotohogushi-hen

;Riku Furude
;Ōka Furude
;Shino Kimiyoshi
;Mao Sonozaki

Miotsukushi-hen

;Shirō Hanada
;Kazuma Hatakeyama
;Aoi Hatakeyama