Meet the characters of Solo Leveling, from Sung Jinwoo, the hunter who levels up alone, to Cha Hae-In, Jinwoo's shadow army and the Monarchs. Each card lists the rank, class and group as the story first introduces the character. Cards appear in order of popularity, and the Manhwa filter shows the characters who have not reached the anime yet.
Updated November 2026 · Anime and manhwa
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#1
Hunters
Sung Jinwoo
Once a scrawny, bandaged E-Rank mocked as the weakest hunter of all mankind, Jinwoo levels up through a mysterious System and raises fallen foes as shadow soldiers with one word: "Arise."
Short and slight with a blonde bob, Cha Hae-In is second-in-command of the Hunters Guild, a lightning-fast S-Rank swordswoman whose keen nose finds every hunter's mana foul except Jinwoo's.
First met as a crimson knight guarding an empty throne, Igris becomes a black-armored shadow with a long red plume, the army's finest swordsman, who kneels to Jinwoo after every fight.
Once the winged Ant King of Jeju Island, Beru is a shadow ant who absorbs the skills of whatever he devours and has picked up an old-fashioned way of talking from Korean period dramas.
Baek Yoonho leads the White Tiger Guild, but his spiky orange hair and sharp canines hint at the beast within: a clawed white tiger form and eyes that gauge any foe's power.
Rank
S-Rank
Class
Fighter
Group
White Tiger Guild (master)
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Country
Korea
First seen
Episode 1
Japanese voice
Hiroki Tochi
English voice
Christopher Sabat
#6
Shadows
Bellion
With two pairs of black wings and a centipede-shaped blade he swings like a whip, Bellion is the composed Grand Marshal of Ashborn's shadow army and the strongest shadow in existence.
The sequel Solo Leveling: Ragnarok stars Jinwoo's son Suho, a black-haired college student whose gray eyes glow purple when his powers flare. He prefers to fight barehanded and still draws ants for fun.
Class
Fighter
Group
Sung family
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Country
Korea
First seen
Manhwa
#8
Monarchs
Ashborn
Horned, clawed and wrapped in a smoky black cloak, Ashborn rules the dead as a shadow warrior with flame-like purple hair, his power so overwhelming that even other Monarchs fear him.
Even among the nine Monarchs, Antares stands out as the oldest and strongest, a red-haired King of Dragons in reddish-silver armor and a tailcoat who can become an enormous dragon.
Every time Jinwoo heads into a gate, his cheerful younger sister Jinah worries, though the ponytailed top student still kicks him when annoyed and only hurts her own foot.
Group
Sung family
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Country
Korea
First seen
Episode 1
Japanese voice
Haruna Mikawa
English voice
Rebecca Wang
#11
Others
Esil Radiru
Sparing Esil Radiru on the Demon Castle's 80th floor pays off for Jinwoo: the spear-wielding demon noble with long purple hair and red eye markings guides him the rest of the way up.
Group
Demon Castle
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First seen
Episode 20
Japanese voice
Riho Sugiyama
English voice
Jad Saxton
#12
National Level
Thomas Andre
Nicknamed the Goliath, Thomas Andre is a hulking blond National Level Hunter whose power rivals a nation's military, though he strolls around in a Hawaiian shirt, sunglasses, beach shorts and sandals.
Rank
National Level
Class
Tanker
Group
Scavenger Guild (master)
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Country
USA
First seen
Episode 21
#13
Hunters
Choi Jong-In
Choi Jong-In smiles easily, rarely cracks under pressure and heads the Hunters Guild as Korea's top fire mage, a red-suited S-Rank with a ring on nearly every finger.
Rank
S-Rank
Class
Mage
Group
Hunters Guild (master)
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Country
Korea
First seen
Episode 1
Japanese voice
Daisuke Hirakawa
English voice
Ian Sinclair
#14
Hunters
Lee Joohee
No raid partner frets over Jinwoo like Lee Joohee, a gentle, long-haired B-Rank healer who fears danger but patches up his wounds and scolds him for getting hurt so often.
Ten years after vanishing inside a gate, Jinwoo and Jinah's father Sung Il-Hwan resurfaces in an American dungeon as a ragged, wild-haired stranger who wants nothing more than to go home.
Group
Sung family
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Country
Korea
First seen
Episode 15
Japanese voice
Rikiya Koyama
English voice
Robert McCollum
#16
Hunters
Yoo Jinho
The chatty D-Rank son of Yoojin Construction's chairman, Jinho turns up to his first dungeon in flashy, overpriced armor, vows to protect Jinwoo and soon becomes his most loyal follower.
Rank
D-Rank
Class
Tanker
Group
Yoojin Construction
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Country
Korea
First seen
Episode 1
Japanese voice
Genta Nakamura
English voice
Justin Briner
#17
Others
Statue of God
Inside the Double Dungeon sits the Statue of God, a giant stone idol that fires beams from its eyes at anyone who won't kneel, then rises from its throne wearing a creepy grin.
Iron, the shadow of the arrogant A-Rank tanker Kim Chul, swings a huge battle axe, taunts weaker foes into charging him and tends to wreck everything nearby, much to Igris's irritation.
With twin swords and a long black ponytail, Liu Zhigang, hailed as the Hero of China, wipes out a whole swarm of flying ants with a single energy slash.
Rank
National Level
Class
Fighter
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Country
China
First seen
Episode 25
Japanese voice
Tomokazu Seki
English voice
Yong Yea
#20
Shadows
Tusk
Tusk keeps the red skin, hooded cloak and skull necklace he had as the high orc shaman Kargalgan. Quiet and shy, he breathes fire and flings enemies around with gravity magic.
School can wait for Han Song-Yi: the bob-haired classmate of Jinwoo's sister awakens as a lowly E-Rank and earns easy cash just waiting outside gates for Jinho's raid crew.
Rank
E-Rank
Group
Yoo Jinho's raid party
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Country
Korea
First seen
Episode 1
Japanese voice
Miyu Tomita
English voice
Emi Lo
#22
Hunters
Woo Jinchul
Rarely showing emotion, slick-haired Woo Jinchul serves as Go Gunhee's right hand and the Hunters Association's A-Rank chief inspector, trusting hard facts over guesswork.
Rank
A-Rank
Class
Fighter
Group
Korean Hunters Association
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Country
Korea
First seen
Episode 1
Japanese voice
Makoto Furukawa
English voice
SungWon Cho
#23
Others
Kamish
Few monsters match Kamish, the enormous five-horned red dragon who burst out of the first S-Rank Gate ever to open, laid waste to America's West Coast and earned the name humanity's greatest calamity.
Rank
S-Rank
Type
Dragon
Group
First S-Rank Gate
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Manhwa
#24
Hunters
Goto Ryuji
Polite on the surface and proud underneath, Goto Ryuji is Japan's greatest hunter, the bearded master of the Draw Sword Guild who brings a long red katana to Korea's ant-infested Jeju Island.
Rank
S-Rank
Class
Fighter
Group
Draw Sword Guild (master)
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Country
Japan
First seen
Episode 20
Japanese voice
Satoshi Mikami
English voice
Christopher Wekhamp
#25
National Level
Christopher Reed
Christopher Reed, the world's third-ranked hunter, is a proud American fire user with wavy brown hair shaved at the sides who bristles at any hint that someone could be stronger.
Rank
National Level
Class
Fighter
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Country
USA
First seen
Manhwa
#26
Hunters
Go Gunhee
Still muscular in his old age, Chairman Go Gunhee runs the Korean Hunters Association in a three-piece suit, works himself ragged and gives every new hunter one warning: "Please, be afraid."
Rank
S-Rank
Group
Korean Hunters Association (chairman)
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Country
Korea
First seen
Episode 1
Japanese voice
Banjo Ginga
English voice
Kent Williams
#27
Monarchs
Rakan
Though he looks like a wild-haired young man in silver fur pelts, Rakan is the King of Beasts, able to tear gates open with his claws and turn into a gigantic white wolf.
Waiting at the top of the Demon Castle astride a giant white wyvern, Baran is the gray-skinned, four-horned Demon King who breathes lightning and summons an entire demon army through portals.
True to his name, Tank is about the size of an army tank and plows through enemy lines with brute force, a shadow raised from the alpha ice bear of the Red Gate.
Trapped in a frozen Red Gate, cool-headed Park Heejin quickly realizes Jinwoo is no mere E-Rank, so the staff-wielding White Tiger Guild mage sticks close to him to stay alive.
Rank
B-Rank
Class
Mage
Group
White Tiger Guild
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Country
Korea
First seen
Episode 6
Japanese voice
Ruriko Aoki
English voice
Trina Nishimura
#31
Hunters
Yoo Soohyun
Behind the hats and masks she wears to dodge fans, Yoo Soohyun is a famous actress, model and A-Rank hunter who puts up with her dorky cousin Jinho's drunken antics.
Rank
A-Rank
Group
Actress and model (no guild)
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Korea
First seen
Manhwa
#32
Hunters
Lim Tae-Gyu
While other S-Ranks charge in, goateed Fiend Guild master Lim Tae-Gyu hangs back with a light golden bow, conjuring magic arrows from his bare hands and quietly doubting his own strength.
Rank
S-Rank
Class
Ranger
Group
Fiend Guild (master)
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Country
Korea
First seen
Episode 19
Japanese voice
Kosuke Toriumi
English voice
Johnny Yong Bosch
#33
Shadows
Kaisel
Jinwoo forgot that Baran's white wyvern was called Kaisellin, so its shadow became plain Kaisel, a black-scaled flier with glowing purple wings that mostly serves as his ride across the sky.
Kang Taeshik is a lanky B-Rank assassin who works as a Hunters Association inspector with daggers tucked into his belt. He scoffs that Jinwoo's weak mana reading makes the E-Rank basically a civilian.
Rank
B-Rank
Class
Assassin
Group
Korean Hunters Association
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Country
Korea
First seen
Episode 3
Japanese voice
Koki Uchiyama
English voice
Alan Lee
#35
Hunters
Gina
Gina fights with telekinesis. The tall, strawberry-blonde A-Rank mage of the Hunters Guild flings rocks at monsters and barks at her strike team to get down before she fires right over them.
Rank
A-Rank
Class
Mage
Group
Hunters Guild
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Country
Korea
First seen
Episode 6
Japanese voice
Kotomi Aihara
English voice
Crystal Lee
#36
Shadows
Greed
Greed hides most of his face behind a cracked, horned skull mask and humbly asks permission before he speaks, yet the muscular, red-eyed shadow turns bloodthirsty the moment a fight begins.
In the anime's opening battle on Jeju Island, Lee Eunseok, a muscular young S-Rank, fights alongside Baek Yoonho and healer Min Byung-Gyu as giant ants pour out of the forest.
Rank
S-Rank
Class
Mage
Group
Jeju Island Raid Party
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Country
Korea
First seen
Episode 1
Japanese voice
Takuma Terashima
English voice
Ryan Colt Levy
#38
Monarchs
Querehsha
Flowing black hair, dark purple lips and insect-like limbs mark Querehsha, the Queen of Insects, who mothers her minions, conjures giant green hands of mana and raises the dead with parasites.
Black tattoos run down the arms of Kanae Tawata, a hot-tempered S-Rank of the Draw Sword Guild with long dark purple hair and red eyes who grabs a panicking teammate by the collar.
Rank
S-Rank
Class
Fighter
Group
Draw Sword Guild
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Country
Japan
First seen
Episode 21
Japanese voice
Yui Ishikawa
English voice
Elizabeth Maxwell
#40
Hunters
Seo Jiwoo
For all her self-doubt, Seo Jiwoo of the Hunters Guild's Strike Squad B is a green-eyed A-Rank fighter whose gauntleted punch blasts a hole clean through a high orc.
Rank
A-Rank
Class
Fighter
Group
Hunters Guild
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Country
Korea
First seen
Episode 17
Japanese voice
Mayuko Kazama
English voice
Emily Sun
#41
Hunters
Min Byung-Gyu
Though he hates violence and has retired from hunting, Min Byung-Gyu, a pale, thin S-Rank healer and Baek Yoonho's longtime friend, takes up his spellbook and mace again for the Jeju Island raid.
Rank
S-Rank
Class
Healer
Group
Jeju Island Raid Party
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Country
Korea
First seen
Episode 1
Japanese voice
Junya Enoki
English voice
Lee George
#42
Others
Baruka
The Red Gate's boss is Baruka, a cruel, blue-skinned ice elf chief in a furry parka who turns invisible with Stealth and taunts Jinwoo in a monster tongue no other human understands.
Jinwoo climbs the Demon Castle for his mother Park Kyung-Hye, a slender, long-haired woman with a burn scar on her neck, trapped in a years-long coma by Eternal Sleep Disease.
Group
Sung family
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Country
Korea
First seen
Episode 2
Japanese voice
Yuri Amano
English voice
Colleen Clinkenbeard
Solo Leveling manga posters
Sung Jinwoo, Cha Hae-In and Jinwoo's shadow army star in our Solo Leveling manga posters. Instant download, print at any size.
Solo Leveling follows Sung Jinwoo, an E-Rank hunter known as the weakest hunter of all mankind, who risks his life in monster-filled dungeons to pay for his mother's hospital care. After a deadly raid in a hidden double dungeon, he gains a mysterious System that lets him level up like a game character, something no other hunter can do. Along the way he meets the S-Rank swordswoman Cha Hae-In, his loyal sidekick Yoo Jinho and the officials of the Korean Hunters Association, led by Chairman Go Gunhee.
Hunter Ranks: From E-Rank to National Level
Hunters are ranked from E, the weakest, to S, the strongest, by the mana they give off when they awaken, and a rank rarely changes after that. A few S-Ranks are so powerful that they count as their country's strongest weapon: the National Level Hunters. The ranks of the characters on our list:
Korea has only a handful of S-Rank hunters, and the biggest guilds compete hard to sign them. The guilds and the association behind our characters, with their leaders and members:
National Level Hunters stand above even the other S-Ranks, each one a match for a country's military. The National Level Hunters on our list: Thomas Andre, Liu Zhigang and Christopher Reed.
Jinwoo's Shadow Army
With Shadow Extraction, Jinwoo can raise fallen enemies as loyal soldiers with a single command: Arise. His shadows grow stronger the more they fight and rise through grades from Normal to Grand Marshal. The shadows on our list, with the grade each one has when it joins the army:
The Monarchs are nine ancient rulers, each with an army of monsters and a title of their own, from Antares, the Monarch of Destruction, to Rakan, the Monarch of Fangs. The Monarchs on our list:
Jinwoo hunts to support his family: Park Kyung-Hye, his mother, who lies in a long coma from Eternal Sleep Disease, and his younger sister Sung Jinah, a high school student. His father, Sung Il-Hwan, went missing inside a gate years ago. Sung Suho, Jinwoo's son, leads the sequel, Solo Leveling: Ragnarok.
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Sung Jinwoo. Once called the weakest hunter of all mankind, the E-Rank hunter survives a deadly double dungeon and becomes the only person who can grow stronger by leveling up, slowly turning into one of the strongest hunters in the world.
Who is Cha Hae-In?
Cha Hae-In is an S-Rank swordswoman and the vice master of the Hunters Guild, nicknamed the Dancer for her graceful fighting style. She senses other hunters' mana as a smell, and Jinwoo is the only one whose mana doesn't bother her.
What are the hunter ranks in Solo Leveling?
Hunters are ranked E, D, C, B, A and S, from weakest to strongest, based on their mana when they awaken. Above the S-Ranks stand a handful of National Level Hunters, whose power rivals a country's army.
Who are the S-Rank hunters in Solo Leveling?
Korea's S-Ranks include Cha Hae-In, Baek Yoonho, Choi Jong-In, Lim Tae-Gyu, Min Byung-Gyu and Lee Eunseok, along with Go Gunhee, the chairman of the Korean Hunters Association. Sung Jinwoo joins them after he is reassessed, and Japan's best are Goto Ryuji and Kanae Tawata.
Who are the National Level Hunters in Solo Leveling?
They are the few hunters whose strength equals a country's military. Thomas Andre and Christopher Reed of the United States, Liu Zhigang of China and Siddharth Bachchan of India are among them.
Who are Sung Jinwoo's shadows?
Jinwoo's shadow army is made of fallen enemies he raised with Shadow Extraction. The best known are Igris, Beru, Bellion, Iron, Tusk, Tank, Greed and Kaisel.
Who are the Monarchs in Solo Leveling?
Solo Leveling has nine Monarchs, ancient rulers of other races: Antares, Ashborn, Baran, Legia, Querehsha, Rakan, Sillad, Tarnak and Yogumunt. Only Baran, Rakan and Sillad have appeared in the anime so far.
Who voices Sung Jinwoo?
Taito Ban voices Sung Jinwoo in Japanese, and Aleks Le voices him in the English dub.
How can I vote for my favorite character?
Press the heart button on any card. You can vote for every character once a day. The Fan Favorites box shows the most voted characters, and your votes count toward the next monthly update of the ranking. While the page is new, the KuroKoma team also adds a few votes every day.
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