All Solo Leveling: ARISE characters and character bios

Amy Chen

Amy Chen

It’s time to brush up on your lore.

Solo Leveling: ARISE features a lot of different characters. Also known as "hunters" that protagonist Sung Jinwoo can unlock, they're all unique in terms of their lore, weapon, skills, and more. Read on for the list of every Solo Leveling: ARISE character plus their official character bios!

Solo Leveling ARISE character list screenshot (Image via esports.gg)
Solo Leveling ARISE character list screenshot (Image via esports.gg)

Solo Leveling: ARISE characters

  1. Sung Jinwoo
  2. Cha Hae-In
  3. Emma Laurent
  4. Choi Jong-In
  5. Baek Yoonho
  6. Lim Tae-Gyu
  7. Yoo Jinho
  8. Kim Chul
  9. Lee Joohee
  10. Woo Jinchul
  11. Kang Taeshik
  12. Park Heejin
  13. Han Song-Yi
  14. Min Byung-Gu
  15. Hwang Dongsoo
  16. Hwang Dongsuk
  17. Lee Bora
  18. Kim Sangshik
  19. Song Chiyul
  20. Jo Kyuhwan
  21. Seo Jiwoo
  22. Nam Chae-Young
  23. Park Beom-Shik
  24. Anna Ruiz
Screenshot including Seo Jiwoo, Nam Chae-Young, Park Beom-Shik, and Anna Ruiz (Image via esports.gg)
Screenshot including Seo Jiwoo, Nam Chae-Young, Park Beom-Shik, and Anna Ruiz (Image via esports.gg)

All Solo Leveling: ARISE character bios

Netmarble has published the majority of Solo Leveling: ARISE character bios on the game's website. Below is a comprehensive list of them, save for Seo Jiwoo, Nam Chae-Young, Park Beom-Shik, and Anna Ruiz.

Sung Jinwoo (Image via Netmarble)
Sung Jinwoo (Image via Netmarble)

Sung Jinwoo

A special hunter who can "level up." After the Double Dungeon Incident, this former E-Rank hunter gained access to a "system" that helped him become more powerful. Though once nicknamed The Weakest Hunter of All Mankind, he now has the ability to turn the dead into his Shadow Soldiers.

Cha Hae-In (Image via Netmarble)
Cha Hae-In (Image via Netmarble)

Cha Hae-In

The 9th S-Rank hunter discovered in South Korea and the vice guild master of the Hunters Guild. She was the strongest hunter in South Korea before Sung Jinwoo made his debut. Due to her special ability to smell mana, she goes about life with a handkerchief covering her nose. She is fascinated to discover that Sung Jinwoo is the only hunter she's ever encountered with a pleasant scent.

Emma Laurent (Image via Netmarble)
Emma Laurent (Image via Netmarble)

Emma Laurent

A kind-hearted hero who's always willing to step up when someone needs help. She has a bright and cheerful personality and plays the role of mood maker. She's investigating the "Raid Break" incident with Alicia Blanche.

Choi Jong-In (Image via Netmarble)
Choi Jong-In (Image via Netmarble)

Choi Jong-In

The guild master of the Hunters Guild, the best Guild in South Korea. He's been nicknamed "The Ultimate Hunter." This S-Rank Mage-type hunter mainly uses his Fire Magic, which can burn down a building faster than the blink of an eye.

Baek Yoonho (Image via Netmarble)
Baek Yoonho (Image via Netmarble)

Baek Yoonho

The guild master of the White Tiger Guild and an S-Rank hunter. Originally, he was one of the four founding members of the Fiend Guild. After parting ways with them, he took guild members from his previous Guild to found the White Tigers. He has an ability called "Beast Transformation," which allows him to transform into a frightening Magic Beast.

Lim Tae-Gyu (Image via Netmarble)
Lim Tae-Gyu (Image via Netmarble)

Lim Tae-Gyu

The guild master and founder of Korea's very first guild, the Fiend Guild. Though the guild was once extremely reputable, its status deteriorated when Baek Yoonho separated from them and gained power, at which point the Hunters overtook the guild. His main weapons are Magic Arrows, made of concentrated magical energy.

Yoo Jinho (Image via Netmarble)
Yoo Jinho (Image via Netmarble)

Yoo Jinho

The second son of Yoo Myunghan, the president of Yoojin Construction. Jinho befriended Sung Jinwoo through a twist of fate and several raids. He is one of the few people that Sung Jinwoo fully trusts.

Kim Chul (Image via Netmarble)
Kim Chul (Image via Netmarble)

Kim Chul

An A-Rank Tank and a rising star in the White Tiger Guild. He has great confidence in his abilities, but he's simple, ignorant, and superficial.

Lee Joohee (Image via Netmarble)
Lee Joohee (Image via Netmarble)

Lee Joohee

A timid B-Rank Healer and a member of the Hunters Association. She had no intention of becoming a hunter, but gave in to a fellow staff member's persistent badgering. She does hunting work as a volunteer, so she only participates in low-difficulty raids to help the weaker hunters.

Woo Jinchul (Image via Netmarble)
Woo Jinchul (Image via Netmarble)

Woo Jinchul

The Chief Inspector of the Hunters Association Surveillance Team. He's an A-Rank, but he is nearly on par with an S-Rank. He joined the Hunters Association with the desire to become a hunter who protects fellow hunters. As Chairman Go's assistant, he frequently crosses paths with Sung Jinwoo.

Kang Taeshik (Image via Netmarble)
Kang Taeshik (Image via Netmarble)

Kang Taeshik

A surveillance agent with the Korean Hunters Association Surveillance Team. Unexpected "accidents" always happen when he's dispatched, and the criminals he monitors often get caught in these "accidents" and die.

Park Heejin (Image via Netmarble)
Park Heejin (Image via Netmarble)

Park Heejin

A Mage-type hunter in the White Tiger Guild. Thanks to her unmatched survival instincts, she always knows which choice will keep her alive. She and Sung Jinwoo were both involved in the Red Gate incident. Park Heejin

Han Song-Yi (Image via Netmarble)
Han Song-Yi (Image via Netmarble)

Han Song-Yi

A high school girl who attends the same school as Sung Jinah. Sung Jinwoo's younger sister. The year she turned 19, she awakened as an E-Rank. Despite her low rank and young age, she has a dream of becoming a great hunter, so she joins every raiding team that will let her tag along.

Min Byung-Gu (Image via Netmarble)
Min Byung-Gu (Image via Netmarble)

Min Byung-Gu

Korea's only S-Rank healer. He retired after witnessing the horrific death of his closest comrades, leaving him with deep emotional trauma. However, he still possesses outstanding healing powers, and though fighting isn't his primary duty, his combat abilities can be compared to an A-Rank hunter's. Whenever something big happens, he's always tempted to rejoin the ranks.

Hwang Dongsoo (Image via Netmarble)
Hwang Dongsoo (Image via Netmarble)

Hwang Dongsoo

Korea's 8th S-Rank Hunter. He left Korea and joined the Scavenger Guild in the United States. He has a lot of pride in his powers. He is the brother of Hwang Dongsuk, a C-Rank hunter. Hwang Dongsoo

Hwang Dongsuk (Image via Netmarble)
Hwang Dongsuk (Image via Netmarble)

Hwang Dongsuk

A guildless C-Rank Tank who leads a private Strike Squad. He kills people for his own benefit. After all, "What happens in the dungeons stays in the dungeons."

Lee Bora (Image via Netmarble)
Lee Bora (Image via Netmarble)

Lee Bora

An A-Rank mage-type hunter affiliated with the Hunters Guild. She possesses high-level summoning abilities that make her one of the elite, even within her prestegious guild. As a realist, she sometimes struggles to wrap her head around the fact she can wield unexplainable magical powers, but she's confronting her existential confusion by studying her powers as she uses them.

Kim Sangshik (Image via Netmarble)
Kim Sangshik (Image via Netmarble)

Kim Sangshik

A D-Rank hunter who uses swordsmanship to slay magic beasts. Because he values his family above all else, he focuses on just making it home at the end of the day, living by the rule "Prioritize survival over earnings."

Song Chiyul (Image via Netmarble)
Song Chiyul (Image via Netmarble)

Song Chiyul

A C-Rank mage-type hunter. He's a skilled kendo practitioner, but rarely uses a sword in the dungeons due to the nature of his magical abilities. After losing his family in an accident caused by the Hunters Association's carelessness, he's become a volunteer hunter, clearing every dungeon he's assigned without fail.

Jo Kyuhwan (Image via Netmarble)
Jo Kyuhwan (Image via Netmarble)

Jo Kyuhwan

A C-Rank mage-type hunter affiliated with Hwang Dongsuk's Strike Squad. He joined Dongsuk's Squad in search of a "sure way to make good money."

Gameplay screenshot (Image via Netmarble)
Gameplay screenshot (Image via Netmarble)

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