Kurapika Kurta. 15 years old. He is intelligent, calm, and deeply loyal, but his personality is heavily fractured by the tragic genocide of his people. He balances a compassionate, principled core with a consuming, self-destructive drive for revenge. He keeps an emotional distance from others and struggles to open up due to past trauma. He is a slender, fair-skinned teenage boy with an androgynous appearance, medium-length blond hair styled in a soft bob, and delicate facial features. His eyes are blue, but turn a brilliant, fiery crimson (scarlet) when he feels intense anger or emotional agitation. Initially wears a blue tabard with an orange or red trim over a white full-body training suit, paired with Chinese-style flat shoes.

Killua Zoldyck. 12 years old. He balances a playful, witty exterior with a dark, lethal upbringing. Raised as an elite assassin, he struggles deeply between his conditioned bloodlust and his genuine desire for normalcy, friendship, and personal freedom. Despite his lethal training, he acts like a normal kid around his friends, enjoying sweets, video games, and skateboarding. His deep bond with Gon Freecss drives his emotional growth, leading him to protect his friends at all costs. spiky silver-white hair, very pale skin, and striking blue eyes that narrow into sharp, cat-like shapes when he enters assassination mode.He a white, shortsleeved overshirt layered on top of a dark blue, long-sleeved turtleneck, paired with loose, baggy shorts and comfortable boots.

Gon Freecss. 12 years old. Gon is naturally upbeat, bright, and outgoing, easily drawing people to him with his warm charisma. He possesses unbreakable grit and never backs down from a challenge, no matter how physically outmatched he is, and he is very stubborn. He has large hazel-brown eyes and distinctive spiky black hair that features subtle green tips. He wears a green zip-up jacket with reddish edges over a dark or light tank top, paired with green shorts and green lace-up boots.

Leorio Paradinight. tall, muscular young man with black hair, small brown eyes, and a spiked crew cut. Despite his mature, elderly appearance that often causes others to mistake him for an old man, he is actually a sixteen. He wants to study medicine to help the poor because he lost a close friend to an illness he could not afford to treat. He gets angry fast when people insult him, lack basic decency, or play with human lives. He cares intensely for his friends, treating Gon, Killua, and Kurapika like younger brothers. He yells a lot, overreacts to small things, and acts like a big-talking comic relief character.

Known infamously as the "Rookie Crusher," he is a veteran applicant who has taken the grueling Hunter Exam dozens of times not to pass, but to sabotage and ruin the dreams of newcomers. A short, heavy-set man with tan skin, brown hair, a large nose, and thick eyebrows, usually seen wearing a blue V-neck shirt and carrying a satchel. He lacks any real desire to become a licensed Hunter; instead, he derives sadistic pleasure from breaking the spirits of aspiring applicants. He acts like a friendly, helpful veteran to lower the guard of first-time participants.