The anime and manga series Ikki Tousen features a wide and diverse cast of characters created by Yūji Shiozaki. The characters as well as their names are loosely based upon the characters from the Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. For example, the character Hakufu Sonsaku is based on the historical figure Sun Ce (Sonsaku being the Japanese name for Sun Ce, Hakufu being the Japanese pronunciation for his courtesy name Bofu). The series revolves around Hakufu Sonsaku, a female fighter who attends Nanyo Academy with her male cousin Koukin Shuyu, where seven rival schools fight each other for supremacy in the Kanto region.

Main schools

Nanyo Academy

Nanyo Academy (南陽學院) is a school named after Nanyang, which based on the Wu Kingdom in the Three Kingdoms period. The top-ranked fighters in Nanyo are known as the Big Four (南陽四天王), which consists of Shimei Ryomou, Gakushuu, Kouha Kannei, and Genpou Saji. After Kannei's defeat, Koukin Shuuyu becomes one of the Big Four in his place.

Kyosho Academy

Kyosho Academy (許昌學院) is a school named after Xuchang, which based on the Wei Kingdom of the Three Kingdoms period. Its leader is Moutoku Sousou.

Seito Academy

Seito Academy (成都學園) is a high school named after Chengdu, which based on the Shu Kingdom of the Three Kingdoms period. Its leader is Gentoku Ryuubi.

Other schools

Yoshu Academy

Yoshu Academy (揚州学園) is a high school led by Seirei Ryuyo. It is named after Yangzhou.

Rakuyo High School

Rakuyo High School (洛陽高校) is a high school named after Luoyang, a prefecture-level city in the western Henan province of China and a former capital of China during the Three Kingdoms period. Rakuyo was the first of the schools to fall following Toutaku's death.

Gogun High School

Gogun High School (吳郡高校) is a high school named after Wu Commandery, roughly modern Suzhou, Jiangsu, which is led by Ukitsu.

Yoshu Private School

Yoshu Private School (豫州學院) is a school named after Yuzhou City, a city located in the central Henan province in China.

Other schools

Ryoshu Academy

Ryoshu Academy (涼州学園) is a high school named after Liangzhou, a district located in Gansu that is part of the Wuwei prefecture in China. The students of Ryoshu were the original main characters when the manga was first being planned. Although the original and final manga designs have similarities, there were some differences in the story. An example is that it was only the magatamas that originally had the spirits of past warriors and the characters were not modern-day equivalents of important warriors from 1800 years ago, so it was likely that character's destinies would not be featured in the storyline. A few other characters, like Kakouton and Kakuka, appeared, with Kakouton having a much different personality, while Ryofu's magatama was used to turn a fighter named Ritsu Buntatsu into a violent maniac. The pilot chapter is included in volume 1 of the Ikki Tousen manga.

Nanban High School

Nanban High School (南蠻高校) is a high school named after Nanman tribe, which is led by Moukaku and Mouyu. Briefly appearing in the first anime adaptation, in which Kanu defeated them in the tournament hosted by Rakuyo High School, they appear again in Ikki Tousen: Xtreme Xecutor..

Video game characters

Other characters