Characters
// Story Characters
Hiromi
Manager / Fixer
Independent
Motoko's best friend — all mohawk and no brakes. Secret daughter of Arasaka executives who runs hard with the Kabuki street crowd and drags everyone else into trouble first.
Junichiro Kusanagi
Enforcer
Tyger Claws
Hot-headed Tyger Claw enforcer and Motoko's self-appointed older brother. Gave her first weapons, first connections, and first cover story — and is usually the last to know what she's actually doing.
Malcolm
Gunner / Crew
Independent
The loudmouth of the original crew who never stopped showing up. Blunt, opinionated, and usually right — the one who'll tell Motoko what she doesn't want to hear.
Ichi
Tactician / Crew
Independent
The strategic mind behind the original crew. Calm and methodical where Malcolm is loud. Has been running gigs since before Motoko arrived and never stopped.
Fujimura
Tyger Claw Lieutenant / Kamikaze Commander
Tyger Claws
More chrome than flesh, more authority than patience. Kamikaze unit commander, Jun's superior, and the man who backhanded Motoko across the face and lived to regret the look she gave him.
Hayato Nakagawa
Martial Artist / TC Heir
Tyger Claws
Granddaughter of fixer Wakako. Daughter of the Tyger Claws' head. Introduced as a spoiled corpo girl with a Kerenzikov — until she lost, bowed, and came back for more.
Akari
Kamikaze Borg
Tyger Claws / Kamikaze
Kamikaze cyberpsycho-squad borg with mantis-blade legs and a Sandevistan. Teaches Motoko how to kill borgs, bickers with her constantly, and was once one knife-twitch from dying at her hands.
Alice Novak
Rockerboy / Guitarist
Independent
Fujimura's niece, Jun's neighbor, and the guitarist who turned Motoko's solo act into a band. Uses voice chrome to compensate for a natural weakness — and it shows if you know what to listen for.
Nox
BD Dealer / Entrepreneur
Mox / Section 9
Mox BD hustler who Motoko saved from a beating outside Lizzie's. Turned that rescue into a business empire selling Motoko's combat recordings to every street kid in Night City.
Yuto Gonzales
Ex-Convict
Independent
Jun's childhood best friend, fresh out of prison with a grudge that got him killed. Motoko pulled the trigger.
// Cyberpunk 2077 & Edgerunners
Canon characters from the game and anime. Bios cover their role in this fanfic only.
Viktor Vektor
Ripperdoc
Independent
Night City's most honest ripperdoc. Former boxer. Runs his clinic behind Misty's Esoterica and became Motoko's go-to for every chrome upgrade that matters.
Rebecca
Solo / Gunner
Section 9
Tiny, loud, and carrying more firepower than people twice her size. Started in Maine's crew feeling underutilized. Found her place in Section 9 where nobody benches her.
Wakako Okada
Fixer
Independent
Jig-Jig Street's most powerful fixer. Gave Motoko her first real job at fourteen and has been profiting from her ever since.
Jackie Welles
Street Merc
Independent
Big heart, bigger fists. Night City's friendliest merc met Motoko through Vik's clinic and called her 'Hermana' before she earned it. She earned it.
Judy Alvarez
BD Editor / Maestro
Mox
Night City's best braindance editor. Turns Motoko's combat recordings into art, then has to live with what she felt while editing them.
Rita
Bouncer
Mox
Lizzie's Bar bouncer with a baseball bat and trust issues. Warmed up to Motoko after realizing they share more trauma than either of them wanted to admit.
Misty Olszewski
Shopkeeper / Spiritual Advisor
Independent
Runs Misty's Esoterica above Vik's clinic. Threads her arm through yours like she's known you forever. Big sister energy in a city that eats sisters alive.
Panam Palmer
Nomad
Aldecaldos
Aldecaldo nomad who met Motoko at a Badlands BBQ and decided she was family. Drives a Thorton Mackinaw and means it when she says call her for anything.
Maine
Merc Leader
Independent
Over-chromed edgerunner running a crew out of the Afterlife. Respects Motoko's skills. Quietly lost his best gunner to Section 9 and took it on the chin.
Regina Jones
Fixer
Independent
Watson fixer who hired Motoko to kill the Devil of Kabuki. Purely transactional, occasionally frosty, and never short on gigs that need a particular kind of person.