All 1Q84 characters Listed With Descriptions

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1Q84

by Haruki Murakami

Characters By Chapter

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QUICK EDITION (QE)

CH	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	DESCRIPTION
			BOOK 1
1	The	Taxi Driver	Owner of the taxicab
	Masami	Aomame	Former member of Society of Witnesses; martial arts instructor; former classmate of Tengo Kawana; Aka: Ito; Aka: Miss Takai
	Leoš	Janáček	Composer of Sinfonietta; Czech composer
	Franz	Kafka	German-language writer from Prague
	Adolf	Hitler	German politician
	Albert	Einstein	Scientist / mathematician
	Takayuki	Aomame	Masami Aomame's father
	Yasuko	Aomame	Masami Aomame's mother
	The	Young Mother	Driver of red Suzuki Alto with a Nerima Ward license; dented bumper
	The	Little Girl	Young mother's daughter; saw Aomame crossing the road
2	Tengo	Kawana	Mathematics teacher at a private cram school; co-writer of Air Chrysalis; former classmate of Masami Aomame
	Tengo's	Mother	Tengo Kawana's deceased mother
	Unknown	Man	Unknown man that suckled at Tengo's mother
	Mr.	Kawana	Tengo Kawana's father; former NHK fee collector; had Alzheimer's disease
	Yuji	Komatsu	Editor of literary magazine; coach-like figure for Tengo
	Eriko	Fukada	Seventeen-year-old writer of Air Chrysalis; New Writer's Prize participant; Aka: Fuka-Eri
	Kyoko	Yasuda	Tengo Kawana's older and married girlfriend
	Michiko	Kanba	Deceased former student of Yuji Komatsu
3	Tamaki	Otsuka	Masami Aomame's deceased friend from high school; fellow member of the softball team
	The	Policeman	Young officer passing through Aomame outside the drug store on Route 246
	Mr.	Miyama	Capital investment specialist; killed by Aomame with icepick
4	Takayuki	Ebisuno	Current guardian of Eriko Fukada; close friend of late Tamotsu Fukada; former cultural anthropologist; Aka: Professor
	The	Little People	Mystical antagonists in Air Chrysalis; neither good nor evil; Aka: The Voices
5	Sean	Connery	Scottish actor
	The	Businessman	Middle-aged businessman from Osaka; had sex with Aomame
	The	Bartender	Bartender from the Akasaka Hotel
6	Mr.	Yasuda	Kyoko Yasuda's husband
	The	Children	Kyoko Yasuda's two daughters
	The	Blind Goat	Character from Air Chrysalis; dead goat that accompanies the Girl in the storeroom; passageway for Little People
7	Tamaru	Kenichi	Shizue Ogata's bodyguard and protector
	Beautician	Boyfriend	Tamaru Kenichi's beautician boyfriend
	Bun		Female German shepherd at the Willow House
	Shizue	Ogata	Mistress and widow of Willow House; wealthy; married into aristocracy; Aka: Dowager; Aka: Madame
	Yasuhiro	Nakasone	Former Prime Minister of Japan (1982-1987)
8	Mr. Kawana's	Friend	Former official in Manchuria; works in Ministry of Communications
	Azami	Ebisuno	Takayuki Ebisuno's daughter; helps type and print Air Chrysalis
9	The	Librarian	Part-time female clerk/librarian
	Prince	Charles	Prince of Wales
	Princess	Diana	Princess of Wales
	Lech	Walesa	President of Poland (1990-1995)
	Ronald	Reagan	President of United States (1981-1989)
	Anwar	Sadat	President of Egypt (1970-1981)
	Shinnosuke	Akutagawa	NHK subscription collector; stabbed Akira Tagawa
	Akira	Tagawa	College student; stabbed by Shinnosuke Akutagawa
	Kamila	Stösslová	Married woman; muse of Leoš Janáček
	George	Szell	Hungarian-born American conductor and composer
	Béla	Bartók	Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist
10	Tamotsu	Fukada	Eriko Fukada's father; leader of Sakigake; close friend of Professor Takayuki Ebisuno; Aka: Leader
	Mrs.	Fukada	Eriko Fukada's mother; died of stomach cancer
	Mao	Zedong	Chinese communist revolutionary
11	The	Manager	Masami Aomame's sport club manager
	Genghis	Khan	Founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire
	The	Secretary	Dowager's male secretary; answers calls
	Ayumi	Nakano	Aomame's friend; traffic police officer; murdered
	Ayumi's	Father	Police officer
	Ayumi's	Brother	Police officer; sexually assaulted Ayumi
	Ayumi's	Uncle	Police officer; sexually assaulted Ayumi
12	Tengo	Kawana	Mathematics teacher; part-time screener; co-writer of Air Chrysalis
13	The	Thin-haired Man	Aomame's partner from previous night
	The	Big, Young Man	Ayumi Nakano's partner from previous night
	Aomame's	Uncle	Aomame's maternal uncle; temporary guardian
	Mr.	Otsuka	Tamaki's father; absent
	Mrs.	Otsuka	Tamaki's mother; suffers mental stress; severe headaches
	Tamaki's	Younger Brother	Neglected and ignored by parents
	Tamaki's	Tennis Club Senior	Tamaki's (one-year) tennis club senior; rapist
	Tamaki's	Husband	Tamaki's husband; mentally and physically abused Tamaki; killed by Aomame
14	Aristotle		Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath
	Plato		Ancient Greek philosopher
	Mel	Tormé	American musician
	Bing	Crosby	American singer and actor
	Charles	Dickens	Novelist; author of Oliver Twist
	Toshie	Ota	Tengo and Aomame's former 5th-grade teacher; currently at Tsudanuma Elementary
15	The	Owner-Chef	Owner and chef of French restaurant; member of Aomame's gym
16	Mori	Ogai	Japanese army surgeon, novelist, poet; author of "Sansho the Bailiff"
	Johann Sebastian	Bach	German composer and musician of late Baroque period
17	Neil	Armstrong	American astronaut; first man on the moon
	John	Dowland	English Renaissance composer and singer
	Shizue's	Daughter	Shizue Ogata's deceased daughter; abused by husband; committed suicide
	Shizue's	Son-in-law	Shizue's former son-in-law; mentally and physically abused his wife
	Another	Man	Unnamed man implied by Shizue Ogata to have killed
	The	Woman	Resident inside Safe House; informed Shizue of Tsubasa's whereabouts
	Saeko		Woman of Safe House; currently looks after Tsubasa
	Tsubasa		Ten-year-old girl recently taken to Safe House; sexually abused by Sakigake Leader
18	George	Orwell	English novelist; author of 1984
	Big	Brother	Antagonistic entity from Orwell's 1984
19	Tsubasa's	Parents	Surrendered daughter to Sakigake
20	Yoshitsune	Minamoto	General in Japan during Heian period
	Yoritomo	Minamoto	Brother of Yoshitsune; shogun
	Kiyomori	Taira	Military leader and kugyō of late Heian Japan
	Tokiko	Taira	Wife/concubine of Kiyomori; Aka: Nun of Second Rank
	Antoku	Taira	Child emperor; drowned by Tokiko Taira
	Anton	Chekhov	Russian playwright; author of Sakhalin Island
	Leo	Tolstoy	Russian writer
	Fyodor	Dostoevsky	Russian novelist; author of Brothers Karamazov
	Gennady	Nevelskoy	Russian navigator and naval officer
	Adam Johann von	Kruzenshtern	Russian admiral and explorer
	Peter	Shrenk	Russian naturalist, ethnographer, and explorer
	Nikolai Konstantinovich	Boshnyak	Russian naval officer and explorer
	Johan August	Strindberg	Swedish writer
21	Ayumi's	Classmate's Uncle	Ayumi's police academy classmate's uncle; Yamanashi Prefectural Police
	The	Teacher	Public school teacher for children of Sakigake
22	Hansel and	Gretel	Fictional characters from Grimm Brothers' story
23	Ayumi's	Mother	Favors her son over daughter
24	Hansel and	Gretel	Fictional characters from Grimm Brothers' story
	Sigmund	Freud	Austrian neurologist
			Book 2
1	Shrine	Maidens	Assigned to carry the Leader's heir
2	Seiji	Ozawa	Japanese conductor
	W. C.	Handy	American composer
	Louis	Armstrong	American jazz and blues trumpeter and vocalist
	Barney	Bigard	American jazz clarinetist
	Trummy	Young	American jazz trombonist
	Jimmy	Noone	American jazz clarinetist
	Sidney	Bechet	American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
	Pee Wee	Russell	American jazz musician; clarinet and saxophones
	Benny	Goodman	American clarinetist
	The	Secretary	School director's secretary
	The	Receptionist	School's receptionist
	Toshiharu	Ushikawa	Short, unattractive, creepy director of New Japan Foundation for Advancement of Scholarship and Arts; hired investigator by Sakigake; Aka: Bobblehead
	The	Researcher	Gathers information on candidates for Sakigake; examines them from every angle
	Mephistopheles	Demon	From the Faustian legend/story
3	The	New Dog	New female German shepherd
	The	Spy	Sakigake spy planted in organization
	Hideki	Tojo	Japanese General; Prime Minister of Japan (1941-1944)
	Gun	Seller	Man who sold Aomame the gun with seven bullets for 500,000 yen
4	Former	Co-workers	Tengo Kawana's former two co-workers in liquor wholesaler warehouse; second-generation Society of Witnesses members
	Vladimir	Horowitz	Russian-American pianist
5	The	Vegetarian Cat	Meets the Rat
6	Mr.	Yasuda	Kyoko Yasuda's husband
	Komatsu's	Assistant	Komatsu's part-time female assistant; arranges book reviews
7	Ponytailed	Man	6-foot young man with ponytail; fetches Aomame from lobby; Tamotsu Fukada's bodyguard
	Buzzcut	Man	5-foot young man with buzzcut; fetches Aomame from lobby; Tamotsu Fukada's bodyguard
8	Nurse	Tamura	Middle-aged front desk nurse with glasses from sanatorium; widow living with mother
	Sonny and	Cher	American pop-rock duo; husband-and-wife team
10	The	Crow	Large crow that visits Tengo at night; perched on Aomame's balcony; "talks" with Eriko Fukada
11	James George	Frazer	Scottish social anthropologist and folklorist; author of The Golden Bough
	Winston	Churchill	Former Prime Minister of UK (1940-1945, 1951-1955)
13	Carl	Jung	Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
14	Noah		Character from Noah's Ark
15	The	Taxi Driver	Taxi driver who took Aomame to Shinjuku Station West exit
16	Georg Philipp	Telemann	German Baroque composer
	Jean-Philippe	Rameau	French Baroque composer
	FM Radio	Commentator	Commentator from FM radio Tengo is listening to
	Marcel	Dupré	French organist, composer, pedagogue
	Jeff	Beck	English guitarist
	Rembrandt	van Rijn	Dutch painter
	The	Woman	Woman who answered Tengo's call in Komatsu's office
	The	Editor	Editor three years older than Tengo; graduated same university
	The	Office Worker	Female office worker at Tengo's old elementary school in Ichikawa
	Koji	Tasaki	Contact person on Aomame's old address in Adachi Ward; Aomame's uncle
	Duke	Ellington	American pianist and composer
	Billie	Holiday	American singer
17	The	Bookstore Clerk	Young female bookstore clerk interviewed on television
	The	Mixed-race Kid	Young boy of mixed race; orphanage with Tamaru; savant carver of rats
	Boy's	Father	Mixed-race boy's father; black American soldier
	Boy's	Mother	Mixed-race boy's mother; Japanese prostitute
18	Mick	Jagger	English lead vocalist of The Rolling Stones
19	The	Girl	Unnamed 10-year-old female protagonist of Air Chrysalis; the Maza
	The	Girl's Father	Oldest member of "peese" group; helped found The Gathering
	The	Hoarse-voiced	Hoarse-voiced little person
	The	Screechy-voiced	Screechy-voiced little person
	The	Small-voiced	Small-voiced little person
	The	Tenor-voiced	Tenor-voiced little person
	The	Baritone-voiced	Baritone-voiced little person
	The	Bass-voiced	Bass-voiced little person
	The	Keeper of the Beat	Little person who says "Ho-ho"
	The	Dohta	Shadow/double of the Maza
	The	Painter	Old friend of Girl's Father; Japanese-style painter
	Kurumi		Painter's daughter
	Toru		Boy from middle school befriended by the Girl
20	Queen of	Hearts	Character from Alice in Wonderland
	Walrus		Character from Alice in Wonderland
	Mad	Hatter	Character from Alice in Wonderland
22	The	Doctor	Doctor in charge of Tengo Kawana's father
23	Faye	Dunaway	American actress starring in The Thomas Crown Affair
	The	Taxi Driver	Taxi driver; took Aomame via detour to Metropolitan Expressway No. 3 near Ikejiri exit
	Steve	McQueen	American actor starring in The Thomas Crown Affair
	Michel	Legrand	French composer for films including The Thomas Crown Affair
	The	Truck Driver	Young driver of refrigerated truck; absorbed in manga
	The	Middle-aged Couple	Driver-passenger of cream Toyota Corona Mark II
	The	Middle-aged Woman	Middle-aged woman driving silver Mercedes-Benz coupe
24	Kumi	Adachi	Young nurse showing Tengo to father's room; hashish user; influenced Tengo Kawana
	Nurse	Omura	Strongly built nurse attending Mr. Kawana's vitals; married to taxi driver; has two sons
			Book 3
1	Keiichi	Aomame	Masami Aomame's older brother; works at Society of Witnesses headquarters in Odawara; married with two children
	Keiichi's	Wife	Devout member of Society of Witnesses; married to Keiichi; two children
2	Supply	Masters	Deliver food and supplies every Tuesday at 1pm to Masami Aomame's safe house; aka the silent men
	Joseph	Stalin	Revolutionary and former Prime Minister of the Soviet Union
3	Tengo's	Friend	Former classmate and friend of Tengo; substitutes him at cram school during stay with father
	The	Proprietress	Owner of the inn
	Fake	NHK Fee Collector	Aggressively knocks on Tengo, Aomame, and Ushikawa's apartments; impersonates NHK fee collector
4	The	Old Real-Estate Agent	Old real-estate agent with yellowed, mummy-like skin
	The	Young Lawyer	Young lawyer from Center for Victims of Domestic Violence
5	Marcel	Proust	French novelist, literary critic, and essayist; author of In Search of Lost Time
	The	Fee Collector	NHK fee collector
	Gustav	Mahler	Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer
	Franz Joseph	Haydn	Austrian Classical period composer
6	Kumi Adachi's	Older Sister	Kumi Adachi's older sister
	Isak	Dinesen	Danish author of Out of Africa
	The	Editor	Editor Tengo previously worked with
7	Bat		Toshiharu Ushikawa's anonymous information broker; hoarse voice
	The	Real Estate Agent	Provides detailed information on Masami Aomame's apartment lease
	The	Messenger	Young woman sent by Bat to deliver information to Ushikawa
9	Queen	Victoria	Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
	The	Owl	Animal in Tengo's drug-induced hallucination; "Guardian deity of the Wood"
10	The	Vice Principal	Vice Principal of Ichikawa Municipal Elementary School
	Rodion Romanovich	Raskolnikov	Male protagonist from Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment
	Sonia	Marmeladov	Female character from Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment
11	The	Woman	Woman Tamaru Kenichi impregnated
	The	Child	Tamaru Kenichi's may-or-may-not-be-alive child
	Ludwig Josef Johann	Wittgenstein	Austro-British philosopher
12	Nurse	Tamaki	Young new nurse at reception desk
13	Ushikawa's	Father	Toshiharu's father; ran family-owned health clinic
	Ushikawa's	Mother	Toshiharu's mother; family clinic bookkeeper
	Ushikawa's	Older Brother	Doctor in Tokyo; took over family clinic in Urawa
	Ushikawa's	Younger Brother	Research doctor at university
	Ushikawa's	Sister	Interpreter in Japan
	Grandfather's	Cousin	Toshiharu Ushikawa's grandfather's cousin; similar physical features; former metal shop worker in Koto Ward during war
	Jean	Sibelius	Finnish composer of late Romantic and early modern periods
	David	Oistrakh	Soviet Russian violinist
	Robert	Schumann	German composer; composed Carnaval
	Ushikawa's	Ex-wife	Toshiharu Ushikawa's ex-wife
	Ushikawa's	Two Daughters	Toshiharu Ushikawa's two daughters
	New	Husband	Ex-wife's new husband; stepfather to Ushikawa's daughters
	Real Estate Agent		Real estate agent from Koenji
	Real Estate Agent	Young agent from agency in front of Koenji station
14	The	Little One	Masami Aomame and Tengo Kawana's unborn child
15	Tengo	-	Not something he's allowed to talk about
16	Gregor	Samsa	Fictional character from Kafka's The Metamorphosis
	The	Mailman	Mailman who always comes to Tengo's apartment at 10am on red motorcycle
	Mr.	Kozu	Former tenant of Ushikawa's current apartment
	The	Dog	Toshiharu Ushikawa's pet dog during his marriage
	The	Woman	Woman answering phone at Yoyogi Cram School for Tengo
18	The	Young Man	Masked young man delivering meals to Komatsu during captivity
19	Mrs.	Pear	Resident of Tengo Kawana's apartment; nicknamed for pear-shaped body
	Long Ears	Tall thin old man; nicknamed by Ushikawa
	The	Striped Cat	Striped cat with flea collar peeing in dried flower bed of apartment
21	The	Lawyer	Local lawyer handling Tengo Kawana's father's will
	The	Funeral Director	Zenkosha funeral director
22	Chairman	Mao	Resident nicknamed for hair like Mao Tse-tung
	Chinless	Resident nicknamed by Ushikawa
24	The	Old Man	Man in-charge of ignition of incinerator
	The	Man	Unknown man who strangled Kumi Adachi in dream
25	The	Dog	Toshiharu Ushikawa's clever dog from childhood
	The	Man	Unnamed Sakigake member who answered phone when Tamaru called
28	The	High-ranking Member	Sakigake member returning from trip
	Buzzcut's	Superior	Receives report from Buzzcut regarding Ushikawa's death
	The	Doctor	Sakigake doctor examining Ushikawa's body
31	The	Taxi Driver	Taxi driver stuck in traffic; no passenger
	The	Clerk	Young woman clerk of Akasaka Hotel
	The	Bellboy	Akasaka Hotel bellboy

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