List of Splatoon manga characters

Splatoon features a variety of characters seen from the fan made to sixth issue. They range from being secondaries to commentators to fulfilling the plot of the issue. Most of the characters' current English names are only based on fan-translations. An official English translation has since been released by VIZ Media.



Blue Team
A group of supposedly idiotic Inklings who are the main protagonists of the manga. They don a blue ink color. This team consists of four members:
 * Goggles, a C- rank male Inkling who wears, an and  . He takes on Shooter weapons, having a  set. He is the mascot of the manga.
 * Goggles is quite naïve. In fact, it is mentioned in issue 4 that Goggles mixes toothpaste and wasabi. He sometimes never listens to anyone else except for Knit Cap, showing that she and Goggles have a very special bond.
 * He often pulls other inklings pants down, mainly to Rider, and often gets naked in public.
 * A "topic" about Goggles from the squid profiles in the manga reads: "He can't hear his alarm clock very well, so he always leaves his house tired and disorientated. He also has a bad sleeping posture." It might mean that Goggles can't hear well, which is why he sometimes ignores people. Another topic states the lunch he brings to practice is usually pickled plums made by his grandmother.
 * In the first issue, he wore, a , and ; and used the plain.
 * His favorite food is Onigiri-sushi.
 * In Chapters 8 and 9, he is assigned as Agent 3 and wears the default Agent 3 set wielding the, plus the Pilot Goggles for the secondary headgear.
 * In the Splatoon 2 Manga, he now wears an Eggplant Mountain Coat and a pair of drawstring pants along with his goggles and Hero Runner Replicas since his clothes burned up upon super jumping to his team from the top of Deca Tower and crashing into the Crust Bucket.


 * Specs, a C+ rank male Inkling who wears, a , and . He takes on Brush weapons, wielding an  set (and a few other brushes).
 * Glasses can be a very anxious squid, but tries to hide it as best as he can. He tries to flaunt his knowledge as much as he can, but sometimes he notices nobody is listening to him, which upsets him.
 * In the first issue, he wore, a , and ; and used the.
 * In the Splatoon 2 Manga, he now wears a Baby-Jelly Shirt & Tie and a pair of black Wingtips that aren't seen in the actual game.
 * He is the actual leader of the Blue Team, not Goggles.


 * Headphones, a B- rank female Inkling who wears, a , and . She takes on Charger weapons, wielding a.
 * Whilst acting as a big sister to the team despite them being the same age, Headphones is level-headed, except when Goggles is doing his usual idiotic things.
 * In the first issue, she wore, a , and ; and used the.
 * In the Splatoon 2 Manga, she now wears a Slash King Tank, a pair of Hi-Horses, and a skirt with shorts with her regular headphones and she now wields a Splat Charger.


 * Bobble Hat, a C rank female Inkling who wears a, a , and . She takes on Slosher weapons, wielding the.
 * Bobble Hat seems to enjoy Goggles' actions. Though she and her big smile show her innocence, Bobble Hat is pretty much always happy in the face of danger.
 * Although she is always smiling, when beaten by Skull, her eyebrows are seen to be angry and annoyed.
 * In the first issue, she wore a, a , and ; and used the.
 * In the Splatoon 2 Manga, her tentacles are now shorter and she's wearing a Skalop hoodie with her bobble hat and her usual Sea Slugs.


 * According to the manga topics, they each bring their own lunch to practice.
 * In Issue 12 of the Splatoon 2 manga, it's revealed that Specs is actually the leader of the team, much to the surprise of everyone else.
 * The Octo Expansion arc features them in their Spy Gear outfits. All of them wear the for their clothing. Goggles wears the  and . Headphones wears the  and . Specs wears the  and . Bobble wears the  and.

Yellow-Green Team

 * Item/Ability: Currently unknown, most likely the Triple Inkstrike (三連トルネード San-Ren Torunēdo) attack. While it is a Special Weapon chain, it can be used by three Lime Team members (Uniform, Bamboo, and Stealth were seen doing so in the first issue).


 * Rider, an S+, male Inkling who wears, a , and . He debuted in issue 1 and uses the , but it is later mentioned in issue 7 that he also practices with other weapons.
 * In chapters 8 and 9, he is assigned as Agent 3.5 and wears the default Agent 3 set wielding the, plus the Black Inky Rider for the secondary clothing. This alias is used again in the Octo Expansion arc, taking the role as Agent 3 from the game, and is wearing the Agent 3 cloak and wielding the Gold Dynamo Roller.
 * Stealth Goggles. A male Inkling who wears, a , and . He uses the . He's said to love airsoft sports from Chapter 7 of the Splatoon 2 manga.
 * School Uniform. A female Inkling who wears a, a , and . She uses the . She's said to be a class representative indicating that she attends school from Chapter 7 of the Splatoon 2 manga. She's also seen to be good friends with Bamboo as she only joined back with Rider if Bamboo would join as well.
 * Bamboo Hat. A female Inkling who wears a, a , and . She uses the . She's said to have a hobby in Wood Carving from Chapter 7 of the Splatoon 2 manga
 * A group of friends, despite Rider hating teamwork from his initial appearance, he brought them together so he could compete.
 * When Rider was training the Blue Team to take on Skull, it's revealed that they became friends and started battling together now.

Other

 * The Squid Sisters, Callie and Marie. They are the commentators for the battles and act as Agent 1 and Agent 2 during the Hero Mode issues.
 * Judd
 * Other Inklings
 * Jellyfish
 * Sheldon, who made a non-speaking cameo in issue 3.
 * Annie and Moe, who both managed to make a cameo appearence in issue 3.
 * Jelonzo, who appeared in issue 3. Unlike Sheldon, Annie, or Moe, he made a major appearence rather than a cameo.

S4
An S+ group, being considered "god-like". They each lead a team.

Orange Team

 * Item/Ability: Inkling Army Manual (イカアーミーユアル Ika Āmī Yuaru)


 * Army, one of the S4. A male Inkling, who wears a, a , and . He uses the.
 * Debuted in issue 2.
 * Applies his own face paint.
 * Comes from a noble family.


 * B-Sailor. A male Inkling who wears a, a , and . He uses the.
 * Forge Octarian Jacket. A female Inkling who wears a, a , and . She uses the.
 * W-Sailor. A female Inkling who wears a, a , and . She uses the.
 * They are all very punctual and also clean up themselves after their battles.
 * They follow their own Inkling-Manual, to read their enemys actions and tactics. It works everytime, except when something unexpected happens or no tactic involves, like in issue 3 where Goggles ate curry-rice in the middle of the match, which confused team orange, because they have never seen this action before.

Pink Team
Defeated by the Blue Team in Issue 4 by Idiotic Syncnication Power.
 * Item/Ability: Disco Ball Dance (ミラーボールダンス Mirā Bōru Dansu)


 * Aloha, one of the S4. A male Inkling, who wears a, , and . He uses the.
 * Debuted as a cameo in issue 2, and made his first major appearance in issue 3 (as Jungle-kun, revealed at the end).
 * Can't swim, but apparently, he can surf.


 * Snorkel. A male Inkling who wears a, a , and . He uses the.
 * Octoglasses. A female Inkling who wears, a , and . She uses the.
 * Straw. A female Inkling who wears a, a , and . She uses the.
 * They always upload pictures of their parties to the internet.

Cyan Team

 * Item/Ability: Sub Weapon Hell (ＳＷ地獄だ SW Jigokuda)


 * Mask, one of the S4. A male Inkling, who wears a, , and . He uses the.
 * Debuted in issue 4. The rest of his team first appeared in issue 6.
 * It is said by the Squid Sisters that he can take anyone down without even "swinging his weapon".
 * Wears the Gas Mask as protection against hay fever.


 * Designer Headphones. A male Inkling who wears, a , and . He uses the.
 * Full Moon Glasses. A female Inkling who wears, a , and . She uses the.
 * Jersey. A female Inkling who wears a, a , and . She uses the.
 * They get together outside practice, often to play games or read comics.

Purple Team
The first team to beat Blue Team in a match, but were later defeated in a rematch.
 * Item/Ability: Skull's Territory (スカルエリア Sukaru Eria)


 * Skull, one of the S4. A male Inkling, who wears a, an , and . He uses the.
 * Doesn't have any eyebrows
 * Likes sweet things.
 * Childhood friends with Aviator-kun.


 * Aviators. A male Inkling who wears, a , and . He uses the.
 * Stitch. A female Inkling who wears a, a , and . She uses the.
 * Paisley. A female Inkling who wears a, a , and . She uses the.
 * Do not talk among themselves, but seem to get along well.

Green Team

 * Backwards. A male Inkling, who wears a, a , and . He uses the.
 * Attempted to use his Sloshing Machine to clean his clothes, and got them ink-stained.


 * Safari Hat. A male Inkling who wears a, an , and . He uses the.
 * Beanie. A female Inkling who wears a, a , and . She uses the.
 * Cleats. A female Inkling who wears a, a , and . She uses the.
 * After battling the Blue Team, they went back to the other teams they battled and became friends with them.

Yellow Team

 * Paintball Mask. A male Inkling, who wears a, a , and . He uses the.
 * Good at helping around the house.


 * Gas Mask. A male Inkling who wears a, a , and . He uses the.
 * Not the same person as Mask from Cyan Team.


 * Olive. A female Inkling who wears, an , and . She uses the.
 * Tako. A female Inkling who wears a, a , and . She uses the.
 * Often have skirmishes with Blue Team.

Dark Green Team

 * Item/Ability: Blaster Gatling Gun (ブラスターガトリングガン Burasutā Gatoringu Gan)


 * Bike Helmet. A male Inkling, who wears a, a , and . He uses the.
 * Apparently secretly practices without his siblings.


 * Stripes. A female Inkling who wears a, a , and . She uses the.
 * Shrimp. A female Inkling who wears a, a , and . She uses the.
 * Skate Helmet. A male Inkling who wears a, a , and . He uses the.
 * A team of four siblings. Skate Helmet is the oldest, followed by Stripe, then Sakura and finally Bike Helmet.
 * They all use Blaster-type weapons.
 * They make eachother cakes on their birthdays, that look bad but taste delicious.

New Characters in Splatoon 2 era

 * Pearl
 * Marina
 * Flow and Craymond (Issue 6 only)
 * Jelfonzo (Issue 6 only)
 * Bisk (Issue 6 only)
 * Mr. Grizz (Issues 13 and 14 only)
 * The Salmonids (Issues 13 and 14 only)
 * The Sanitized Octarians
 * Telephone
 * C.Q. Cumber
 * Iso Padre
 * Denizens of the deep
 * Agent 8-kun, a male Octoling with pink ink color and has the mohawk hairstyle. His true name is currently unknown. He wears the, the Agent 8 clothing and the . His main weapon is the . He first appears in the end of issue 14 from the Square King Cup arc. He's seen by Cap'n Cuttlefish that he was listening to the Squid Sisters' album through his headphones and he's shown as having a hand in creating weapons as he makes a Splattershot for Goggles to use.
 * Agent 8-chan, a female Octoling with pink ink color and has the short floppy hairstyle. She wears the Agent 8 clothing and shoes, but the weapon she wields is currently unknown. She first appears briefly in chapter 24 and properly appears in chapter 25.
 * An unnamed female Inkling with the short bob tentacle hairstyle who hosts the Square King Cup until the semi-finals, in which Off the Hook takes over. She wears the and a t-shirt with an armband on her left arm.

Gloves' Team
A major group of neon green ink-colored inklings who had plans to practice in the mountains after being inspired by Gloves' trip, but takes too long to get in the campgrounds.
 * Gloves, a male inkling with the spiked comb back hairstyle who wears, a and . His main weapon is the . He debuted in the first issue of this era.
 * According to his topic: It apparently takes an hour to set his hair. Every morning he appears to be striking a cool pose in front of the mirror.
 * Straps-chan, a female inkling with the asymmetric with one long, curled tentacle hairstyle who wears a, a and . Her main weapon is the . She, along with Clip-chan and Half-Rim-kun, debuted in the third issue of this era.
 * Clip-chan, a female inkling with the short bob tentacle hairstyle who wears, an and . According to her bio, her main weapon is the , but she uses the  in the fight against Blue Team. She, along with Straps-chan and Half-Rim-kun, debuted in the third issue of this era.
 * Half-Rim-kun, a male inkling with the ponytail with a tentacle bang hairstyle who wears, a and . His main weapon is the . He, along with Straps-chan and Clip-chan, debuted in the third issue of this era.

Hockey Team
The team's Japanese name is Ikarus Team. Their ink color is orange. They appear in the second issue of this manga.
 * Tactic: 4DS / 4 Dead Shots (4DS / 4 Ninde Syuugeki)


 * Hockey, a male Inkling who wears a, a , and . He uses the.
 * According to his topic: When he came up with 4DS on the toilet, he was so excited he couldn't sleep the following night.
 * Striped Beanie, a male Inkling with the original ponytail hairstyle who wears, a , and . He uses the.
 * Vader Cap, a female Inkling with the knotted tentacle hairstyle who wears a, a , and . She uses the.
 * Headband, a female Inkling with the short bob tentacle hairstyle who wears a, a , and . She uses the.

Stray Squids Team
A supporting group of dark orange inklings who hide their true faces and they have yet to show those faces to each other. All members wear the same clothing, a. They appear in the fifth issue of this manga.
 * Squid Mask-kun, a male inkling with the spiked comb back hairstyle who wears a and . His main weapon is the.
 * According to his topic: He gets up early in the morning to exercise with his grandfather.
 * Choco Mask-chan, a female inkling with the short bob tentacle hairstyle who wears a and . Her main weapon is the.
 * Punk Mask-chan, a female inkling with the asymmetric with one long, curled hairstyle who wears an and . Her main weapon is the.
 * Piranha Mask-kun, a male inkling with the buzz cut hairstyle who wears a and . His main weapon is the.

Inkfall Team
A supporting group of light blue inklings who love to be clean, so they always have a nice soap odor around them.
 * Inkfall-kun, a male inkling with the ponytail and tentacle bang hairstyle who wears, an and . His main weapon is the.
 * According to his topic: He hates to get dirty, but he loves pasta with tomato sauce.
 * Hat-chan, a female inkling with the asymmetric with one long, curled tentacle hairstyle who wears a, a and . Her main weapon is the.
 * Arrow-chan, a female inkling with the knotted tentacle hairstyle who wears, and . Her main weapon is the.
 * Lyvader-kun, a male inkling with an unknown hairstyle who wears, a and . His main weapon is the.

School Cardigan Team
A supporting group of pink ink colored, cross-dressing inklings. All members wear the same gear, namely the Inkling Girl 2 amiibo set:, a and. They all have the first 4 female Inkling hairstyles. They went to buy clothes for women. They first appear in the third issue of this era, facing against the Yellow-Green Team. They are named after their hairstyles but it's revealed to be wigs and they all have the shaved haircut which is revealed when Goggles blew them away with his sign that was used to cheer on Rider who was battling against the team.
 * School Metry-chan (kun), a female-looking male inkling with the asymmetric with one long, curled tentacle hairstyle. His main weapon is the.
 * According to his topic: It seems that he sneaks to practice at doing a girl voice during the night.
 * School Short-chan (kun), a female-looking male inkling with the short bob tentacle hairstyle. His main weapon is the.
 * School Dango-chan (kun), a female-looking male inkling with the knotted tentacle hairstyle. His main weapon is the.
 * School Long-chan (kun), a female-looking male inkling with the two long tentacle hairstyle. His main weapon is the.

Retro Gamer Team
A supporting group of dark blue ink colored inklings who tried to convince girls for their practice, but only four boys show up. All members have the same buzz cut hairstyle and wear the same clothing, being the, as well as some sort of headband for headgear. They first appear in the third issue of this era, facing against Gloves' Team.
 * Tennis Headband-kun, a male inkling who wears a and . His main weapon is the.
 * According to his topic: After the battle with Gloves, he apparently wants to use the word "cool", but it is too hard for him to pronounce.
 * Jogging Headband-kun, a male inkling who wears a and . His main weapon is the.
 * Squash Headband-kun, a male inkling who wears a and . His main weapon is the.
 * B-Ball Headband-kun, a male inkling who wears a and . His main weapon is the.

Emperor's Team
A group of sun yellow ink colored inklings. All members wear the same gear except shoes, with Emperor and Prince also wearing the shoes from this set. The gear is the following: the, and. After appearing in the manga, this set was released in Splatoon 2 on 2017-12-15. They are considered the main antagonists of this era and are considered god-like (being able to get 99.9% in Turf War), even beating the entire S4 playing as one team. The parents of the members have known each other long ago and their team practice begins with all members naturally gathering around Emperor, without him having to say a word.
 * Tactic: Emperor's Road (王道 / エンペラー ロード Ōdō / enperā rōdo)


 * Emperor, a male inkling with a custom hairstyle that has side his tentacles swept to the side. His main weapon is the . He first appears as a silhouette in the second issue of this era, and later fully appears in the third issue. He is also known as "The Emperor".
 * According to his topics:
 * He appears to have come from a rich family.
 * He seems to be having fun discovering new things outside of battle recently.
 * Prince, a male inkling with a custom hairstyle similar to the spiked comb back hairstyle with one side-swept tentacle. His main weapon is the . He, along with N-Pacer and Eging Jr., first appeared in the third issue of this era. He is Emperor's younger brother.
 * According to his topic: He displays things he receives and treats them with care.
 * Eging Jr., a dark-skinned male inkling with the buzz cut hairstyle. He wears s. His main weapon is the . He, along with Prince and N-Pacer, first appeared in the third issue of this era. He is described as the "son of a star player". His name comes from a type of fishing lure for squids, which originally inspired his unused custom hairstyle . Given that English versions would call "Glasses-kun" as "Specs" due to changed names, his English name would be "Squidkid Jr."
 * According to his topic: He gave Prince a pair of his favorite shoes, but can't quite get him to wear them.
 * N-Pacer, a female inkling with the knotted tentacle hairstyle. She wears s. Her main weapon is what appears to be the . She, along with Prince and Eging Jr., first appeared in the third issue of this era. She is described as the "cool female knight" in the seventh issue.
 * According to her topic: She likes listening to her teammates' conversations while drinking black tea.

Trivia

 * Most squids are named by a piece of their gear, mostly headgear. The honorific -kun or -chan at the end of their names are added in Japanese.
 * Some of these squids, like Rider, are named after their clothing and other squids, like Cleats, are named after their shoes.
 * As shown in a CoroCoro video about Splatoon Volume 1, Sankichi drew the mascot, Goggles, in squid ink.
 * All teams in the Splatoon era of the manga consist of two male Inklings and two female Inklings, with the captain always being male, and the bios for each team, except Dark Green Team, list them in the order male-male-female-female.
 * The Inklings' and Octolings' eye color are based on their current ink color, such as Gloves having green eyes when he has green ink, while he is seen with blue eyes during the Salmon Run session, where he had blue ink.