Atsushi Nakajima

Age: 18 Birthday: May 5 Height: 170 cm Weight: 55 kg Blood type: AB Likes: chazuke, cats, chameleons, Yokohama Dislikes: himself, the orphanage he grew up in Ability: Beast Beneath Moonlight His name comes from the Japanese author (1909-1942). Atsushi Nakajima is based on a character in one of the author's short stories, "The Tiger Man", wherein an unfulfilled bureaucrat wanders into the forest in pursuit of a voice which transforms him into a tiger. When he meets an old friend in the mountains later on, he temporarily transforms back and asks him to relay some of his poems back to humanity. The protagonist of the series, Atsushi can transform into a white tiger, which is capable of healing itself of any wounds. However, he initially has no control over this ability.

Ichiyou Higuchi

Birthday: May 2 Height: 167 cm Ability: Unknown Member of Port Mafia and subordinate of Akutagawa, whom she admires. She has a younger sister that only appears in the manga in chapter 41.

Akiko Yosano

Age: 25 Birthday: December 7 Height: 166 cm Weight: 52 kg Blood Type: O Likes: Flowers, eels, sake, wagashi (Japanese sweets) Dislikes: Male chauvinism, weak men Ability: Thou Shalt Not Die; which allows her to heal external wounds. However, to heal someone they must first be "half-dead"; meaning they must have fatally serious injuries before she can use her ability. Due to this, her ability is inconvenient for healing minimal wounds since she needs to fatally injure that person first.

Doppo Kunikida

Age: 22 Birthday: August 30 Height: 189 cm Weight: 78 kg Blood type: A Likes: notebook, fishing, lightly roasted bonito Dislikes: unplanned things, authority Ability: Doppo Poet; makes objects written on the papers of his notebook come into existence. However, it does not work on objects larger than the notebook. Such objects include wire guns, handguns, grenades and flashbangs. (Source: Easy Going Scans)

Junichirou Tanizaki

Age: 18 Birthday: July 24 Height: 174 cm Weight: 59 kg Blood type: A Likes: Pike congers, Chinese cuisine, cats Dislikes: Earthquakes Ability: Light Snow; allows him to project illusions in a certain range of area around him, covering the affected area with snowfall. Detective at the Special Detective Company. (Source: Easy Going Scans)

Motojirou Kajii

Age: 28 Birthday: February 17 Height: 180cm Weight: 63kg Blood Type: B Likes: Lemons, bombs, science, opera, wine Dislikes: Busy road, Jazz music Ability: Lemon Bomb; prevents him from being harmed by any lemon-shaped bombs, which he makes himself. Member of Port Mafia, an infamous bomber even in the discreet mafia.

Kenji Miyazawa

Age: 14 Birthday: August 27 Height: 158 cm Weight: 53 kg Blood type: O Likes: Music, tempura soba, Mitsuya cider Dislikes: Poverty Ability: Undefeated by the Rain; grants him superhuman strength. This lets him perform feats he normally wouldn't be able to do, such as lifting cars with ease or pulling street signs out of the cement. He can even rip a steel door from the same type as is used in high-security bank safes from the wall. It also seems to grant him superhuman durability, as he was attacked in the back of the head with a lead pipe and suffered no ill damage whatsoever (such a blow could damage or kill a person) and he mentions getting kicked in the head by cows all the time and seems to have survived with little to no damage. The catch to his ability is that he is only able to use it on an empty stomach, and will fall asleep after eating.

Chuuya Nakahara

Age: 22 Birthday: April 29 Height: 160cm Weight: 60kg Blood type: B Likes: Hats, fighting, booze, music Dislikes: Osamu Dazai Ability: For the Tainted Sorrow; Executive Member of the Port Mafia. (Source: Easy Going Scans)

Yukichi Fukuzawa

Age: 45 Birthday: January 10 Height: 186 cm Weight: 71 kg Blood type: B Likes: Cats, sukiyaki, alcohol, equality Dislikes: Feudalism Ability: All Men Are Equal; allows him to suppress the abilities of those in the Armed Detective Agency. According to Dazai, it can “adjust the power of their abilities so that they may be controlled.” However, applicants have to pass an "exam entrance" (i.e. they have to display values compatible with the Agency's in perilous situations) to fall under the range of the ability. President of the Armed Detective Agency.

Ranpo Edogawa

Age: 26 Birthday: October 21 Height: 168 cm Weight: 57 kg Blood type: O Likes: Logical thinking, fantasy horror Dislikes: Common sense, useless knowledge Ability: Super Deduction; allows him to deduce the "truth" about a certain situation/crime and giving him complete information such as where to find evidence and who the culprit is within a matter of seconds. Ranpo "activates" this ability by putting on a pair of glasses given to him by the director.

Ryuunosuke Akutagawa

Age: 20 Birthday: March 1 Height: 172cm Weight: 50kg Blood type: A Likes: Antique calligraphies and paintings, tea, figs Dislikes: Plants, dogs, baths, broad beans, mandarins Ability: Rashomon; a coat that turns into a black beast, which can tear everything apart. Member of Port Mafia. He is based on the Japanese author of the same name (the legendary "Father of the Japanese Short Story"), and his ability named after his iconic short story "Rashomon." He is an homage to the protagonist of the original novel, whose moral debate ended in him justifying the brutal robbery of an old woman's clothes to survive using her own reasoning. (Source: Easy Going Scans)

Naomi Tanizaki

Age: roughly 16 or 17 Birthday: March 26 Junichirou's sister, she knows everything about her onii-sama. Seen wearing a school uniform, she is not an ability user.

Kyouka Izumi

Age: 14 Birthday: November 4 Height: 148 cm Weight: 40 kg Blood type: B Hair color: Black (indigo in the anime) Likes: Rabbits, tofu, hydrangea, ghosts Dislikes: Dogs, thunder, flies Ability: Demon Snow; allows her to materialize a sword-wielding phantom, known as Demon Snow, which only follows orders coming from a mobile phone she always carries on her person. It appears that it only listens to orders from another person on the other line and it does not comply to Kyouka's own wishes. Assassin for the Port Mafia, Kyouka's personality is similar to that of a doll. She lacks all emotions and is ruthless when she is ordered to perform a duty. (Sources: Easy Going Scans, Bungou Stray Dogs Wikia)

Osamu Dazai

Age: 22 Birthday: June 19 Height: 181 cm Weight: 67 kg Blood type: AB Likes: Suicide, sake, women, crabs, Ajinomoto (a Japanese brand of seasoning) Dislikes: Dogs, Nakahara Chuuya Ability: No Longer Human; the ability to nullify other abilities through touch. Dazai Osamu is based on a Japanese author by same name. His ability No longer human is also based on Dazai Osamu's popular Japanese novel by same name.