Isekai Izakaya "Nobu"

Nobuyuki Yazawa (矢澤 信之, Yazawa Nobuyuki)

Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita[3]

Played by: Ryohei Otani

The owner of Izakaya Nobu, who established the restaurant after he left his former employment and cooks for customers from the other world. He is referred to as "Taishō" by everyone. Overtime, he starts integrating other foods into the menu, like schnitzel and al ajillo, to expand on his field of cooking.

Shinobu Senke (千家 しのぶ, Senke Shinobu)

Voiced by: Suzuko Mimori[3]

Played by: Rena Takeda

Izakaya Nobu's waitress. The daughter of Nobuyuki's former employer; she became a waitress for Izakaya Nobu after running away from an arranged marriage. Despite her cheerful attitude, she tends to act childish when Taishō makes fun of her; she can be very stern and serious when anyone disrespects Nobu.

Eva (エーファ, Ēfa)

Voiced by: Misaki Kuno

Played by: Yuzumi Shintani

A dishwasher at Izakaya Nobu, she was hired after she tried to take a water faucet on a mistaken pretense. She is so far the only resident to cross into the "other world" (Japan) and speak to Byakko. She has two younger siblings, whom she brings food to after completing her shift, and three older brothers.

Hermina (ヘルミーナ, Herumīna)

Voiced by: Maaya Uchida

Played by: Akane Hotta

A waitress at Izakaya Nobu and Berthold's wife, who grew up in a fishing village; due to this, she's efficient at handling live seafood. Despite her kind nature, it's been hinted that she can be very fearsome if necessary. Being a daughter of a squid fisherman, she is quite strong for her size.

Hans (ハンス, Hansu)

Voiced by: Atsushi Abe[4]

Played by: Yutaka Kobayashi

A junior Palace Guard in Aithera, he is a regular patron after being introduced to the restaurant by Nikolaus. He is also glass maker, Lorentz's son. He wants to eventually leave the guards to pursue other interests and usually goes to Taishō for advice. He also has a small crush on Shinobu.

Nikolaus (ニコラウス, Nikorausu)

Voiced by: Showtaro Morikubo[4]

Played by: Jin Shirasu

A Palace Guard in Aithera, he introduced his fellow peers to the restaurant. Despite being known to be a womanizer, he is observant of those who come in and out of the kingdom.

Berthold (ベルトホルト, Berutohoruto)

Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi[4]

Played by: Shinnosuke Abe

He is Captain of the palace guard; thus Hans and Nikolaus' superior. He is also Hermina's husband. After being introduced to Nobu by Hans, he instantly fell in love with Nobu's chicken dishes. Originally, he was fearful of seafood, specifically squid; before the stories, his grandfather told him about a giant squid encounter, and his fear of squid further escalated when fighting an enemy knight with a squid emblem. It is revealed he was raised in the mountains, the opposite lifestyle to Hermina's.

Godhardt (x, Godhardt)

Voiced by: Ryotaro Okiayu

Played by: Ryuhei Watabe

The leader of Water Dragon's Scale, Aiteria's largest guild. Out of the guild leaders, he is the most temperamental and feared by many of the customers. After learning about Nobu's cooking of eel; he falls in love with Taishō's cooking.

Eleonora (x, Eleonora)

Voiced by: Kana Ueda

Played by: Arisa Yagi

The leader of Harpies Shanty along with her mother. Harpies Shanty is the most richest and most influential guild in the kingdom. She chooses to be a single woman, as she is picky choosing men; however, she's starts to show feelings for Nikolaus.

Reinhold (x, Reinhold)

Voiced by: Takanori Hoshino

Played by: Yuuki Ogoe

The leader of Golden Willow's Boat, who recently inherited the company after his father died. His company is the longest running guild in the kingdom, which was started by his grandfather; however, due to competition, the company begins to slide with many employees leaving to either Water Dragon's Scale or Harpies Shanty. It is not until with the help of "Nobu," that useless fish like eel turn out to be edible. Now, the three guilds work as a partnership instead of competition. He soon begins introducing Taishō to many weird catches such as octopus to see if the food is profitable.

Lorentz (x, Lorentz)

Voiced by: Takaya Kuroda

Played by: Tomoharu Shoji

A lead Glass Maker and Hans' father. He also acts as an intermediary between the Water Transport Guilds. His students provide "Nobu" with the bento boxes for the eel dishes.

Holger (x, Holger)

Voiced by: Tsuyoshi Koyama

A lead Blacksmith and a friendly rival of Lorentz. He usually keeps Taishō up to date of the news going on in the capital.

Bachschouf (x, Bachschouf)

Voiced by: Akio Otsuka

Played by: Eisuke Sasai

The Aiteria City Council Chairman who abuses his power; even with the combined efforts of the guilds, the church, and the town; they are powerless to stop him. He uses his power in attempts to buy off "Nobu" and attempt to get Nobuyuki and Shinobu arrested for breaking capital laws due to their alcohol being lager. He also uses his power in attempts to get the hand of both Shinobu and Hermina, the later getting her marriage annulled. It was thanks to Gernot, that he was able to expose Bachschouf for his crimes.

Branton (x, Branton)

Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe

Played by: Houka Kinoshita

A Baron and self-professed foodie. He pesters Nobu at first but, after being served his favorite meal, humbly takes his leave. He later returns, helping to discover evidence against Bachschouf behind the scenes and saving Nobu.

Johan Gustav (x, Jonah Gustav)

Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa

Played by: Makoto Shinada

A nobleman who adopted Hildegard after the death of his older brother and sister-in-law.

Hildegard (x, Hildegard)

Voiced by: Yoshino Nanjo

Played by: Kana Hayama

Hildegard is Johan Gustav's niece, who was adopted by her uncle after the death of her parents. Despite her age, she is soon to be married. After she eats a warm and heartful meal at Nobu, she feels satisfied with the great hospitality of the restaurant.

The Former Emperor (x, The Former Emperor)

Johan's uncle and Hildegard's granduncle. It was thanks to him that after his experience in Nobu, he was able to lift the ban of lager; as well as deal with the conflicts in the Northern Area.

Damian (x, Damian)

Voiced by: Kazuhiko Inoue

Played by: Zen Kajihara

A servant who works for Bachschouf and previously worked for Baron Branton before being fired. During his employment under Branton, he tries to use his employer's name and authority to pressure Nobu into renting out the entire restaurant for the day, after which he is fired and finds new work under Bachschouf. He later tries to usurp Nobu once more after Shinobu kicked him out for mistreating her and the business. In the anime, Damian is exiled from Aiteria after Bachschouf's arrest.

Gernot (ゲーアノート, Gēanōto)

Voiced by: Kenjiro Tsuda

Played by: Kazuki Namioka

The Aiteria tax collector, who is known for being quite ruthless. When attempting to collect taxes from Nobu, Shinobu serves him Napolitan, a pasta dish that is not on the menu; it was this dish that made him lenient on Nobu; as the dish reminded him of his childhood. Because Napolitan was not on the menu, Shinobu had to make the dish for Gernot behind Nobuyuki's back until he found out; to which the dish is now a special item for Gernot. When Bachschouf attempted to take Nobu, Gernot did everything in his power to find evidence to clear the bar's name; which he did and at the same time catch Bachschouf in his corruption.

Due to a misunderstanding regarding a certain handkerchief in Eva's possession after the former emperor visited Nobu, Gernot came to the misassumption that Eva was the former emperor's granddaughter, and one of the reasons why the ban on lager was lifted. After coming to this wrongful conclusion, he wouldn't hear anything else and decided to take the "secret" with him to his grave.

Carmi and Ignaz (x, Carmi and Ignaz)

Voiced by: Yuuki Ono (Ignaz)

Soon to be brother-in-laws, who tend to make wacky bets with each other; whether it be Carmi trying different types of raw fish or Ignaz dressing as a woman in attempts to fool the customers and staff of Nobu. Ignaz refers Carmi as "Carmi the Coward" due to his personality.

Franklin (x, Franklin)

The old capital's local butcher.

Edwin (x, Edwin)

Voiced by: Choo

Played by: Ryosei Tayama

The town's newly appointed deacon from the Holy Order, who took a liking to Nobu's alcohol. He also provides a Cardinal's approval letter to Bernhold and Hermina for their marriage to prevent it from being annulled by Bachschouf.

Thomas (x, Thomas)

A young priest. When Edwin is summoned, he chooses Thomas as his temporary, while he has gone. The two discuss rumors about a witch search among the Holy Order.

Byakko (白狐, white fox)

Voiced by: Asami Shimoda

She is God's Messenger, who serves under Ukanomitama. She takes the form of either a miko or a white fox. She is responsible for creating the magical door between Aiteria and Japan because the two Nobu's prayers for good fortune for their new business. In her duties, she checks on the well-being of the Nobu shop from time to time. The only one who knows about her identity is Eva; after she chased her, in her fox form, through the magical door into Japan. In the anime, she has visited the bar and made contact with Nobuyuki and Shinobu in her human form, but remained silent around them, not revealing her identity; usually, giving a tip of Japanese yen instead of the Aiteria currency. Her favorite food is inarizushi; which she requested Eva tell Nobuyuki to make as an offering for the kamidana.

Jean Francois Mont De La Vinnie (x, Jean Francois Mont De La Vinnie)

An otogishu, a spy who was sent from the Eastern Kingdom of Oiria. He stumbled upon Nobu to gather intel; there Shinobu served him sample salads. Edwin seemed to already know his identity. After gathering intel from Shinobu and Nobu, he realized that Aitheria was too strong of a country; not realizing Nobu came from another world, where resources are abundant. Because the place he rented during his mission, it prevented Bernhold and Herminia from moving in after their wedding despite Bernhold already buying the home.

Leontaine (リオンティーヌ, Riontīnu)

Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu

Played by: Seina Sagiri

A female knight from the Eastern Area, who fought Bernhold. She dawns the armor with the squid emblem, which causes Bernhold to relive his fear of squid. In turn, she refers to Bernhold as The Demon after defeating many of her soldiers. Bernhold managed to defeat her, but spared her life. Since then she looked for Bernhold to be his wife; using an Encounter Amulet to try and find him. After the war, she became a mercenary and escort which include The Witches of Branron Forest, whom she provided an Encounter Amulet to Ingrid. When encountering Nikolaus, he determined that she was a mercenary, then directed her to Nobu after asking about any good places in Aitheria. She becomes friendly with Hermina after learning they're both from fishing villages; however, she eventually learns from Nobuyuki and Shinobu that Bernhold is already married to Hermina.

The Witches of Branron Forest (x, The Witches of Branson Forest)

The so-called witches who appear during the Night of the Dual Moons are actually a medical doctor, Ingrid, and her disciple, Camila. The duo live in Branon Forest because of how isolated it is. Despite Ingrid's age, she has a childish personality, usually craving things like sweets and alcohol; while her disciple Camila, has a serious demeanor; usually reprimanding her for it. Camila also hates being treated like a kid. Despite being a doctor, Ingrid does practice magic as a hobby and is able to detect the magic emitting from Nobu. Camila gets upset about Ingrid's hobby due to it causing the townspeople to fear them.

An anime adaptation of the light novel series was announced in November 2016.[5] The original net animation (ONA) is produced by Sunrise under the title Isekai Izakaya ~Koto Aitheria no Izakaya Nobu~ (異世界居酒屋〜古都アイテーリアの居酒屋のぶ〜)[6] and it premiered worldwide simultaneously on April 13, 2018 on different streaming services.[2] Katsumi Ono directed the anime with scripts written by Shin Yoshida and character designs by Mariko Ito.[3] The ending theme is "Prosit!" by musical trio Clammbon.[2] Crunchyroll is streaming the series.[7]

A drama adaptation started airing on WOWOW on May 2020.[8]