A second-year student at Mitakihara Middle School and the class health representative. She is 152cm tall, which is on the shorter side compared to her classmates. She is best friends and childhood friends with Miki Sayaka and Shizuki Hitomi. She has pink hair and eyes. She wears her hair in twin tails tied with red ribbons, though she used to wear yellow ones. (Her hair is bob-length to medium-length when untied.) She is quietly popular due to her kind personality and cute appearance. However, she suffers from low self-esteem. While she understands romantic feelings, she doesn't have a particular interest in them yet. She is highly empathetic and altruistic.

A second-year student at Mitakihara Middle School and a childhood best friend of Madoka and Hitomi. She is about 160cm tall. She has blue (sky blue) short hair and eyes. She has a cute appearance but is less popular than other students. She is secretly in love with her friend Kamijo Kyosuke, who is hospitalized with arm and leg injuries after a car accident. Since Kyosuke was a genius violinist before the accident, she visits him almost every day with CDs to play music for him. She has strong emotional swings and is devoted to Kyosuke. She struggles with the conflict between ideals and reality. She has a strong sense of justice.

A second-year student at Mitakihara Middle School and a childhood best friend of Madoka and Sayaka. She is 165cm tall with long green hair and green eyes. She speaks politely to everyone, including her friends and classmates. As the daughter of a wealthy family, she takes various gifted education classes after school, and she feels sorry that she cannot hang out with her friends more often. She is popular enough to receive love letters from many boys, but she has rejected them all. Like Sayaka, she has liked Kamijo Kyosuke for a long time. While she isn't as close to him as Sayaka is, Kyosuke actually feels more favorable toward Hitomi. She cherishes her friends and values the time she spends with them.

A second-year student at Mitakihara Middle School who transferred into Madoka's class. She is 158cm tall with black hair and purple eyes. She has a prickly personality that makes her difficult to approach. She is quiet and intelligent. Her beauty makes her popular, but she carries a mysterious aura. (In reality, Homura is a magical girl who made a contract with Kyubey. Her wish granted her the ability to manipulate time. Homura shares a deep bond with Madoka from a previous timeline where Madoka was a magical girl. Homura has looped through time multiple times to reach this current timeline to prevent Madoka from becoming a magical girl. No one knows this fact, and Homura never reveals it to others. Originally, she was a timid girl who wore red glasses.) She addresses people by their full names.