All names are in traditional Japanese order (family name first, personal name last) with the exception of the British hailing Aja Salisbury whose name is rendered in Western order.
Characters Introduced in Yatagarasu
Chadha
- Cloud Cuckoo Lander: He's not dumb, but he does things like recommend the opponent eat their vegetables when he's an announcer.
- Friend to All Children: Positions himself as this, although a lot of characters still find him creepy.
- Gentle Giant
- Innocently Insensitive
- Mighty Glacier: Chadha is about as slow as a tractor and hits equally hard.
- Spinning Piledriver
Crow
- Hurricane Kick: Himezori - Yuzuruha
- Kamehame Hadouken: Ateyumi - Kagebi
- Playing with Fire: Has control over this element.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to Kou's red.
- Shoryuken: Manchuin - Toriuchi
- Shotoclone: The "Ken" of the game, though he draws more so from Iori Yagami.
- White Hair, Black Heart: Subverted. While he is a snarky jerk, but he's not evil.
Hattori Hanzo Uruka
- Action Mom: To Kou, who she raised.
- Berserk Button: The one time she just freaks out on someone is when they indirectly call her old.
- Instant Costume Change: Her win pose involves switching into a far more modest country dress.
- Legacy Character: As noted on the main page (on the No Historical Figures Were Harmed entry), she is the thirteenth individual to have held the title of Hattori Hanzo.
- Ms. Fanservice
- My Master, Right or Wrong: Definitely has this attitude, but she has her limits.
- Wrestler in All of Us: She's a command grappler.
Hina
- Modesty Shorts: Kind of necessary since she contorts to point her butt at the camera as often as possible.
- Rose-Haired Sweetie: As can be seen here
. - Shoryuken: Shinenzan
Jet
- Boxing Battler: The single fighter in the series who uses this style of fighting.
- Martial Arts Headband: Though an unconventional looking one as can be seen here.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: He goes by "Jet" (or as stylized as JET or J.E.T. depending on the translation), but his real name is Justin. The initials of Jet in turn means "Justin the Electric Thunder".
Jyuzumaru Tsunetsugu
- Apologetic Attacker: When he fights Hanzo.
- Badasses Wear Bandanas
- Revenge
- Walking Shirtless Scene
Hinukan Kou
- Expy: In addition to having aspects of Kyo Kusanagi, his back story also takes after a character in another medium. Kou is an orphan who has a supernatural entity sealed within him who is raised by a ninja... like a certain orange clad ninja.
- Fiery Redhead: And Kou can wield fire to boot. Also worth noting he has green eyes.
- Hurricane Kick: Himezori - Yuzuruha
- Kamehame Hadouken: Ateyumi - Kagebi
- Morality Pet: Hanzo's.
- Playing with Fire: Like his rival Crow.
- Shoryuken: Manchuin - Toriuchi
- Shotoclone: More or less the "Ryu" of the series. Though his play style owes more to Kyo Kusanagi.
- Superpower Meltdown: The Big Bad is trying to get him to suffer one.
Shimo
- Shoryuken: Shinenzan
- Shrinking Violet: In contrast to her more outgoing sister Hina.
Kijimuna
A suppressed evil entity within the mind and body of Kou.- Final Boss: of the first game.
- Put on a Bus: The only fighter from the first game not present in the sequel Attack on Catalysm.
- Red and Black and Evil All Over: He is a red and black palette swap of Kou and has a dark red aura always surrounding him as can be seen in this video.
- SNK Boss: Full stop (and somewhat unsurprising as the developers of this game had formerly worked at SNK). Among the advantages he has over the playable fighters on the roster include:
- His Dragon Punch is unblockable.
- His super projectile and Shin Shoryuken are regular special moves, meaning that they don't require the super gauge. These two moves are supers for regular Kou.
- He has a unique super move where he temporarily slows down time almost to a standstill, making the opponent not being able to move. It is similar to Dio Brando's one from Capcom's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure fighting games.
- His jumps are slightly higher and slower.
- He has some different damage infliction values for some moves.
- Superpowered Evil Side: Is this for Kou
Characters Introduced in Yatagarasu: Attack on Cataclysm
Azure
- Awesomeness by Analysis: Aspires to unravel the secrets of the universe... Through math.
- Ki Manipulation
- McNinja
Kazama Kotaro
- Kimono Is Traditional: A subversion in that her's is modified to only go down to her waist at which point she is wearing a skirt.
Aja Salisbury
- Aristocrats Are Evil: She is a malevolent person, or at least Masanari is, and certainly dresses somewhat like an aristocrat, though biographical info doesn't clarify if she actually is of noble background.
- Badass Longcoat: Wears such attire in battle.
- Big Bad: of Attack on Catalysm Granted not of her own volition.
- Evil Brit: She is a British politician with a malevolent agenda. Thought the former is subverted due to her being possessed by Masanari.
- Final Boss: Of Attack on Catalysm
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Subverted as she is a villainess carrying out a destructive agenda Double-subverted as Aja is indeed a good person, but she is possessed by Masanari.
- No Party Given: Averted as she is identified in her backstory as being a member of the Conservative Party.
- Tragic Villain: Witnessing the devastation of World War I took a toll on her and dampened her view of humanity. At which point the spirit of Masanari was able to take advantage of her vulnerability to possess Aja in order to fulfill her own nihilistic agenda.
- Walking Spoiler: Her fully revealed biography will give away a major plot twist not just only regarding herself but another character ( Chadha, who is the reanimated body of Aja's Husband).
Other Non-playable characters
Masanari Hanzo Hattori
- Body Snatcher: Of which she is possesses Aja Salisbury in the present.
- Greater-Scope Villain: Is acting behind the scenes in both games. Though technically Masanari is opposed directly due to possessing Aja's body.
- Hero's Evil Predecessor: Masanari is a disgraced former holder of the title of Hattori Hanzo. Now deceased in the present, she remains as an evil specter seeking bring about ruin upon as many people as possible in retaliation being deposed.
- Hidden Agenda Villain: There is only a vague idea of what she wants to achieve aside from evil for her own twisted amusement that has been revealed so far.
- Posthumous Character: She had died long before the beginning of the series, though she remains present as a vengeful ghost.
