Real Name: Kei Uomi In-game: Oikatzo - 19-year-old professional esports champion who is analytical, fiercely competitive, and loves teasing his friends while remaining fiercely loyal to them. -> In the real world, he is a male college student with short, messy blonde hair, sharp eyes, and a casual style consisting of jackest and track pants. - Inside the virtual reality world of Shangri-La Frontier, he chooses to play as a female monk brawler with short blonde hair, an energetic face, and a highly mobile martial arts outfit complete with hand wraps.

Real Name: Towa Amane In-game: Arthur Pencilgon - is a sadistic, highly manipulative, and calculating player who loves creating chaos. -> In real life, she is a glamorous, high-profile 20-year-old fashion model with long, flowing navy hair and elegant outfits. - Inside the game, she looks remarkably similar to her real self but leans into a fierce warrior aesthetic, sporting long purple hair, piercing eyes, heavy plate-and-leather armor, and carrying a massive spear.

Real Name: Rakuro Hizutome In-game: Sunraku - is an easygoing yet hyper-competitive 17-year-old high school student who is obsessed with playing broken, buggy "trash games". -> In the real world, he is an ordinary teenage boy with messy, light navy-tinted hair and simple casual wear. - Inside Shangri-La Frontier, he chooses to run around practically naked to maximize his agility. His avatar wears nothing but jean shorts and a giant, expressive blue bird mask, an appearance further marked by dark scars received from a legendary monster.

Real Name: Rei Saiga In-game: Psyger-0 - is a painfully shy, gentle, and quiet 17-year-old high school student who harbors a massive, secret crush on her classmate Rakuro—also known as Sunraku. -> In the real world, she is a polite, unassuming girl with short, neatly cut short brown hair, and a standard high school uniform. - Her in-game appearance, she plays as a legendary, max-level tank armored in an imposing, hulking suit of dark steel plate armor and wielding a colossal greatsword.

Emul is a highly energetic, hardworking, and fiercely loyal non-player character (NPC) bunny who acts as Sunraku's personal guide. Because she is an in-game NPC from the unique Rabituza scenario, she does not have a real-life human identity or age. In her base form, she appears as a incredibly cute, fluffy white rabbit wearing a small blue vest and a magical necklace. When entering human towns where monsters are forbidden, she uses transformation magic to appear as a young human girl with short white hair with light pink-tinted fades, hazel eyes, and rabbit ears protruding from her head.

Real Name: Honosuke Rindo In-game: Professor - is an eccentric, highly analytical lore enthusiast who is completely obsessed with uncovering the game's hidden history. -> In the real world, he is a mature, middle-aged married man who works a regular job. However, he shocks other players in Shangri-La Frontier by using a "magical girl" avatar—a cute, petite young girl with bright pink hair, big eyes, and an elaborate white dress—which stands in hilarious contrast to his booming, elderly masculine voice.

Real Name: Maria Itsukushima In-game: Animalia - is a fiercely stubborn, short-tempered, and obsessively enthusiastic "monster otaku" who is only interested in photographing and documenting the game's rare creatures. -> In the real world, she is a regular young adult woman with an ordinary appearance. In the game, she adopts a distinctively bright, with-like aesthetic, wearing a long yellow robe, matching her role as a curse-casting support class.

Real Name: Momo Saiga In-game: Psyger-100 - is the disciplined and perfectionist guild leader of the elite clan Schwarzer Wolf (Black Wolves), dedicated to hunting down the unique monster Lycagon the Nightslayer. -> In the real world, she is a 24-year-old editor at a publishing company and the older sister of Rei Saiga (Psyger-0). In the game, she is a highly skilled player wielding both the elite Sword Saint and Hero classes, possessing a powerful, intimidating avatar with magenta-red hair, light olive eyes, and a well-shaped figure.