This is a list of characters for the manga series Food Wars!. Beware of unmarked spoilers. It's recommended you read up on the series before coming to this section. You Have Been Warned!
- Food Wars! - Polaris: For the students of Soma's dormitorynote Megumi Tadokoro, Satoshi Isshiki, Shun Ibusaki, Ryoko Sakaki, Yuuki Yoshino, Zenji Marui, Daigo Aoki, Shoji Sato, Fumio Damidou
- Food Wars! - 92nd Generation: For the students who were in their first year at the start of the storynote Akira Hayama, Ryou Kurokiba, Alice Nakiri, Takumi Aldini, Hisako Arato, Subaru Mimasaka, Ikumi Mito, Isami Aldini, Miyoko Hojou, Nao Sadatsuka, Urara Kawashima, Yua Sasaki, Madoka Enomoto
- Food Wars! - 91st Generation: For the students who were in their second year at the start of the storynote Nene Kinokuni, Kuga Terunori, Etsuya Eizan, Rentarou Kusunoki, Mea Yanai, Rui Kofuru, Shigemichi Kumai, Julio Shiratsu, Tetsuji Kabutoyama, Kiyoshi Godabayashi
- Food Wars! - 90th Generation: For the students who were in their third year at the start of the storynote Eishi Tsukasa, Rindou Kobayashi, Tosuke Megishima, Momo Akanagakuro, Soumei Saitou, Shoko Kaburagi
- Food Wars! - Totsuki Academy: For the staffnote Senzaemon Nakiri, Azami Nakiri, Roland Chapelle, Jun Shiomi, Hisanao Kageura, Leonora Nakiri, Soe Nakiri, Mitsuru Soutsuda, the Chinese Cuisine RS, the Regional Cuisine RS, Kojiro Shinomiya, Gin Doujima, Hinako Inui, Fuyumi Mizuhara, Donato Gotouda, Hitoshi Sekimori, Taki Tsunosaki, Sonoka Kikuchi
- Food Wars! - Other: For family members and other charactersnote Jouichirou Yukihira/Saiba, Mayumi Kurase, Yuuya Tomita, Aki Koganei, DEF Kitchen Children, Yaeko Minegasaki, Yoshiaki Nikaido, Kinu Nakamozu, Mamoru Mitamura, Autumn Election Judges, Abel, Lucie Hugo, Gao Wei, Grâce, Herve, Le Cuisiner Noirs, Asahi Saiba