List of Bungo Stray Dogs characters


The following is a list of characters from the manga series Bungo Stray Dogs.

Creation and design

The characters of Bungo Stray Dogs were created by Kafka Asagiri and designed by Sango Harukawa. Asagiri noted that in the making of the story, the character designs were developed first rather than their plot lines since the restrictions of the plot might cause the characters to become too flat. The manga originated from Asagiri's idea to gather multiple famous late authors and draw them as young adults and teenagers with supernatural powers, and in his hope that more people would find an interest in literature with the series.

Armed Detective Agency

Atsushi Nakajima

;Atsushi Nakajima

Osamu Dazai

;Osamu Dazai

Doppo Kunikida

;Doppo Kunikida

Ranpo Edogawa

;Ranpo Edogawa

Junichirō Tanizaki

;Junichirō Tanizaki

Kenji Miyazawa

;Kenji Miyazawa

Akiko Yosano

;Akiko Yosano

Yukichi Fukuzawa

;Yukichi Fukuzawa

Kyōka Izumi

;Kyōka Izumi

Kirako Haruno

;Kirako Haruno

Naomi Tanizaki

;Naomi Tanizaki

Katai Tayama

;Katai Tayama

Port Mafia

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

;Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Chūya Nakahara

;Chūya Nakahara

Ichiyo Higuchi

;Ichiyo Higuchi

Motojirō Kajīi

;Motojirō Kajii

Hirotsu Ryurō

;Hirotsu Ryurō

Michizō Tachihara

;Michizō Tachihara

Gin Akutagawa

;Gin Akutagawa

Ōgai Mori

;Ōgai Mori

Elise

;Elise

Kōyō Ozaki

;Kōyō Ozaki

Sakunosuke Oda

;Sakunosuke Oda

Kyūsaku Yumeno

;Kyūsaku Yumeno

Ace

;Ace

Karma

;Karma

The Guild

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald

;Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald

[|Lucy Maud Montgomery]

;Lucy Maud Montgomery

Margaret Mitchell

;Margaret Mitchell

Nathaniel Hawthorne

;Nathaniel Hawthorne

John Steinbeck

;John Steinbeck

Howard Phillips Lovecraft

;Howard Phillips Lovecraft

Mark Twain

;Mark Twain

Louisa May Alcott

;Louisa May Alcott

Herman Melville

;Herman Melville

Edgar Allan Poe

;Edgar Allan Poe

Rats in the House of the Dead

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

;Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Alexander Pushkin

;Alexander Pushkin

Ivan Goncharov

;Ivan Goncharov

Mushitaro Oguri

;Mushitaro Oguri

Decay of Angels

The Decay of the Angels is a terrorist organization. Fyodor Dostoyevsky and four people work there.

Nikolai Gogol

Nikolai Gogol is a member from Decay of the Angels. Despite showing a sadistic personality, Nikolai often hints he suffers when hurting other people.

Sigma

Sigma is a member of Decay of the Angels who runs casino in an airship. Atsushi believes that Sigma possesses a page of a supernatural book that the organization used to frame Detective Agency of a murder case.

Hunting Dogs

The Hunting Dogs is a military organization from the government. Its members include Ōchi Fukuchi, Teruko Okura, Saigiku Jōno, Tetchō Suehiro and Michizō Tachihara. When the Decay of the Angels use the supernatural book to frame the Agency, the Hunting Dogs go to execute them.

Other characters

Ango Sakaguchi

;Ango Sakaguchi

Santōka Taneda

;Santōka Taneda

André Gide

;André Gide

Aya Kōda

;Aya Kōda

Shōsaku Katsura

;Shōsaku Katsura

Agatha Christie

;Agatha Christie

Mizuki Tsujimura

;Mizuki Tsujimura

Tatsuhiko Shibusawa

;Tatsuhiko Shibusawa

Arthur Rimbaud

;Arthur Rimbaud

Natsume Sōseki

;Natsume Sōseki

Tetchō Suehiro

;Tetchō Suehiro

Reception

The characters of Bungo Stray Dogs have been popular in Japan with Crunchyroll noting that most of them appeared in a Newtype poll when the anime premiered in 2016. Manga.Tokyo enjoyed Osamu Dazai due to his appealing interactions with Doppo Kunikida while also enjoying Mamoru Miyano's performance as his voice actor. Atsushi's characterization has earned mixed responses The Fandom Post noted that his power of becoming a tiger gave him potential to make goods rather than the curse he fears. On the other hand, Reel Run Down considered Atsushi as one of the weakest characters due to his constant insecure thoughts despite having multiple achievements in the storyline. As a result, the reviewer found his abusive background became more of a stale running joke than a terrifying experience. Otaku USA noted that while Atsushi becomes a hero during the story, he is overshadowed by others character he found more interesting. Nevertheless, Atsushi's and Akutagawa's rivalry has also resulted into positive reaction due to how each character balance the other in terms of personality and how they become allies for a short for one of the most entertaining fights in the series. Anime News Network still enjoyed the new bond he formed with former Guild member Lucy Maud Montgomery; the reviewer noted Lucy became attracted to him and thus expected a form romance or love triangle would be composed between these two characters as well as Kyoka as this character also formed a strong bond with Atsushi. Concluding this comment, the reviewer expected this would happen the story would be benefitted from this type of subplot since Bungo Stray Dogs barely handled romance.