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Gridman Alliance (グリッドマン同盟, Guriddoman Dōmei) is a trio of high school students who assisted the Hyper Agent Gridman in fighting Kaiju attacks within the city. Due to their connection with the hero, they were the only ones who are not affected by the changes made when one of Akane's Kaiju killed a victim, causing them to be erased from existence. Their base of operation is Junk Shop Aya, Rikka's shophouse.

Yūta Hibiki (響 裕太, Hibiki Yūta)

Voiced by: Yūya Hirose[5][6] (Japanese); Brandon McInnis[4] (English)

An amnesiac young boy who wakes up near Rikka's house. He has the special ability to see Gridman and illusions of monsters within the city. By merging with Gridman, Yūta can fight against monster attacks. He lives by himself in his family's apartment, since his parents left on a business trip.

Gridman (グリッドマン, Guriddoman)

Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa[3][7][8][5][6] (Japanese); Robert McCollum[4] (English)

A Hyper Agent (ハイパーエージェント, Haipā Ējento) who resides within an old PC, Junk. He reminds the boy to "fulfill his mission" and merged with the boy to become giant, as well as materialized in the real world to fight against monster threats. Members of the Gridman Alliance and Neon Genesis Junior High Students are the only ones who can perceive his existence.

By himself, Gridman's true color is purple and changes into red once he became optimized by Junk's upgrade. His finisher is Grid Beam (グリッドビーム, Guriddo Bīmu), an attack fired from his Accepter on the left hand. The Assist Weapons provided Gridman with additional strength in combat.

• Heracles Combine Max Gridman (剛力合体超人 マックスグリッドマン, Gōriki Gattai Chōjin Makkusu Guriddoman): A formation with Battle Tracto Max forms a pair of gigantic forearms and increases his brute strength. His finishers are Max Grid Beam (マックスグリッドビーム, Makkusu Guriddo Bīmu) and Super Lightning Kick (超電撃キック, Chō Dengeki Kikku).
• Full Armor Combine Buster Gridman (武装合体超人 バスターグリッドマン, Busō Gattai Chōjin Basutā Guriddoman): A formation with Buster Borr, granting him a chest armor and a set of ranged weapons from his caterpillar threads and Twin Drills in Buster Mode (バスターモード, Basutā Mōdo). His finisher is Twin Buster Grid Beam (ツインバスターグリッドビーム, Tsuin Basutā Guriddo Bīmu).
• Empyrean Combine Sky Gridman (大空合体超人 スカイグリッドマン, Ōzora Gattai Chōjin Sukai Guriddoman): A formation which occurs when Sky Vitter forms as Gridman's helmet, waist and leg armor. In this form, Gridman gains superiority in high-altitude combat and disorient his opponents with Lucky Smokescreen (ラッキースモークスクリーン, Rakkī Sumōkusukurīn).
• Hyperlink Combine Full Powered Gridman (超合体超人 フルパワーグリッドマン, Chō Gattai Chōjin Furu Pawā Guriddoman): Gridman's ultimate formation attained by combining with the four Assist Weapons at the same time. In this case, both Gridman and the Assist Weapons are deployed in half their usual size to conserve energy, forming a full-sized robot once combined. In this form, Gridman has all the abilities and techniques from his other formations at his disposal. His finisher is the Grid Full Power Finish (グリッドフルパワーフィニッシュ, Guriddo Furu Pawā Finisshu).

Shō Utsumi (内海 将, Utsumi Shō)

Voiced by: Sōma Saitō[5][6] (Japanese); Greg Ayres[4] (English)

Yūta's classmate and founder of the Gridman Alliance, specialized in human networking. He is a fan of tokusatsu, including the Ultra Series.

Rikka Takarada (宝多 六花, Takarada Rikka)

Voiced by: Yume Miyamoto[5][6] (Japanese); Jill Harris[4] (English)

The sole female member of Gridman Alliance and Yūta's classmate, who found the amnesiac boy in front of her house. Out of her teammates, she desires a normal life but wishes Yūta to keep fighting as Gridman to save her friends.

The NGJHS, short for Neon Genesis Junior High Students (新世紀中学生, Shinseki Chūgakusei, Lit "New Generation Junior High Students"), is a quartet of Hyper Agents who pose as youths dressed in black. In reality, they were actually fragments of Gridman and can recombine with the Hyper Agent to unlock his true form. The group's name is a reference to another popular mecha anime, Neon Genesis Evangelion.

They can transform into Assist Weapons (アシストウェポン, Ashisuto Wepon) that can combine with Gridman and, when he is absent, fuse to form a giant robot called War God Combine Powered Zenon (合体戦人 パワードゼノン, Gattai Senjin Pawādo Zenon). In contrast to the agile Gridman, Powered Zenon relies on strength and its signature move is Powered Breaker (パワードブレイカー, Pawādo Bureikā).

Samurai Calibur (サムライ・キャリバー, Samurai Kyaribā)

Voiced by: Ryōsuke Takahashi[9][10] (Japanese); Ian Sinclair (English)

A man who helped the Gridman Alliance to optimize Junk and search for the missing victims of Ghoulghilas' attack. He is named after the Samurai Sword from Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad. He has four swords stored on his back, one being a katana and two other is a pair of barbed broadswords.

His Assist Weapon form is Electrifying Great Sword Gridman Calibur (電撃大斬剣 グリッドマンキャリバー, Dengeki Daizanken Guriddoman Kyaribā), a sword that allows Gridman to perform Grid Calibur End (グリッドキャリバーエンド, Guriddo Kyaribā Endo). During the formation of Full Power Gridman, the Axe Blade (アックスブレード, Akkusu Burēdo) jettisoned and becomes the formation's breastplate. When the rest of his teammates combine into Powered Zenon, Gridman Calibur turns into Powered Axe (パワードアックス, Pawādo Akkusu), allowing them to execute Jumbo Saber Slash (ジャンボセイバースラッシュ, Janbo Seibā Surasshu). Under possession of Gridknight, the Gridman Calibur transforms into Gridknight Calibur (グリッドナイトキャリバー, Guriddonaito Kyaribā) to perform Knight Calibur End (ナイトキャリバーエンド, Naito Kyaribā Endo).

Max (マックス, Makkusu)

Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi[9][10] (Japanese); Cris George (English)

A tall man with a mask, his weapon is a pair of gauntlets, transforming into a mace for self-defense purpose. His Assist Weapon form is named after the Tracto combat vehicle and its pilot Tanker from Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad.

His Assist Weapon form is Battle Tracto Max (バトルトラクトマックス, Batoru Torakuto Makkusu), a ten-wheel drive armed with a pair of Tanker Cannons (タンカーキャノン, Tankā Kyanon).

Borr (ボラー, Borā)

Voiced by: Aoi Yūki[9][10] (Japanese); Apphia Yu (English)

An androgynous boy who is named after the twin-driller tank from Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad. He has a pair of handheld knives stored under his sleeves.[11]

His Assist Weapon form is Buster Borr (バスターボラー, Basutā Borā), a yellow twin-driller subterrene armed with Forrester Extinguisher Missiles (フォレスター消火弾, Foresutā Shōka-dan) and Buster Grid Missiles (バスターグリッドミサイル, Basutā Guriddo Misairu). Despite the existence of his Twin Drills (ツインドリル, Tsuin Doriru), his teammates proclaimed them as non-functional in combat.

Vit (ヴィット, Vitto)

Voiced by: Masaya Matsukaze[9][10] (Japanese); Chris Burnett (English)

A man with a laid-back attitude who is named after the Vitor fighter jet from Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad.

His Assist Weapon form is Sky Vitter (スカイヴィッター, Sukai Vittā), a blue-colored fighter jet armed with Laser Circus Amp (アンプレーザーサーカス, Anpu Rēzā Sākasu).

Alexis Kerib (アレクシス・ケリヴ, Arekushisu Kerivu)

Voiced by: Tetsu Inada[12][9][10] (Japanese); Barry Yandell[4] (English)

A digital being who performs Instance Abreaction (インスタンスアブリアクション, Insutansu Aburiakushon) to bring kaiju sculpted by Akane to life. Despite his good relationship with Akane, he seems to be manipulating her from behind the scenes and is fine with literally anyone else creating kaiju. He eventually begins showing his true nature as he begins acting more and more without Akane's permission. It is also revealed that he only sought out Akane so he could feed on her negative emotions. At the end of the series, Gridman manages to defeat him and place him in his custody.

Akane Shinjō (新条 アカネ, Shinjō Akane)

Voiced by: Reina Ueda[5][6] (Japanese); Lindsay Seidel[4] (English)

Yūta's classmate who sits next to him and is the most popular student in class, as well as a fan of kaiju. She is the person behind the kaiju attacks, which she causes by having Alexis bring kaiju sculptures she makes to life, to kill people over seemingly petty reasons. It is eventually revealed that the city and its inhabitants are all part of an alternate reality she created to escape her problems in the real world, and the actual reason why she has her kaiju kill people is because a need to feel in control. At the end of the series, she realizes the error of her ways and decides to return to the real world.

Poison Gas Monster (毒煙怪獣, Doku Kemuri Kaijū)

A group of monsters whose appearance is identical to Venora from Gridman the Hyper Agent. They function as the Tsutsujidai's maintenance system by repairing all the damages done by Akane's Kaiju and unleashing sleeping gas across the city to conceal the city's true nature. Their existence were hidden from the townspeople, except to Gridman Alliance and the Neon Genesis Junior High Students. By the time Anonymous was deployed, all Poison Gas Monsters were decapitated in its rampaging spree.

Ghoulghilas (グールギラス, Gūrugirasu)

Created by Akane to exact revenge on Tonkawa for ruining her Special Dog with her volleyball, the monster went on a rampaging spree until it was killed by Gridman. Although the damage was fixed by the next day, Tonkawa's death was permanent and irreversible.

Mecha Ghoulghilas (メカグールギラス, Meka Gūrugirasu)

At some point of time, Akane recreated Ghoulghilas as a cyborg to interfere with the school festival as means of declaring war with the Gridman Alliance. With no other options left, Yūta proposes the plan on using a half-sized Gridman to scare the participants in the festival as Ghoulghilas rampages, allowing the battle to continue with little casualties. The rest of the Assist Weapons appear and combine with him to form Full Power Gridman and slay Ghoulghilas with Grid Full Power Finish.

Dévadadan (デバダダン, Debadadan)

Created to murder Akane's homeroom teacher for bumping into her without apologizing. The monster is armed with a chest laser and the ability to reflect Gridman's Grid Beam. With Gridman's transformation time almost hit its limit, Samurai transforms into Gridman Calibur to aid the former and slices Dévadadan with Grid Calibur End, saving the teacher.

Gonglee (ゴングリー, Gongurī)

Created to attack the members of Arcadia after their date interrupted her attempts in gathering information regarding Gridman from Akane. Gonglee ambushed and killed three members with its smog, shrouding its presence from Gridman until the next day when it try to prey on Yamato. During their fight, Anti interfered and fought the monster over Gridman before Max Gridman defeated it, as his rival reverted to his human form due to the time limit.

Go'yavec (ゴーヤベック, Gōyabekku)

A gigantic monster that Akane created to kill Gridman and his human associates during their class field trip. Having disguised itself as the mountains, Go'yavec terrorizes the countryside until Buster Gridman destroyed it with Twin Buster Grid Beam.

Diriver (ヂリバー, Jiribā)

Created by Anti as means of drawing Gridman's attention and fight him. Diriver operates a flying miniature UFO and use it to attack Gridman before Sky Vitter joins in to form Sky Gridman. As both Diriver and Anti went against their target, Gridman separated from Sky Vitter to slice the monster into half.

Bujack (バジャック, Bajakku)

An illusory monster used to trap the members of Gridman Alliance within a dream, each having befriended Akane. Due to Bujack's influences on its victims, it was rendered intangible in real life until Gridman intruded through Grid Kinesis, ripping Bujack's wings for the Neon Genesis Junior High Students to fuse into Powered Zenon and finish the monster at once.

Anonymous (ナナシ, Nanashi)

The final monster in Akane's collection, brought to life under desperation from Alexis. After its first destruction by Full Powered Gridman, Anonymous shed its skin and reveals a sinister figure empowered by Akane's twisted will, as it progressed to kill the Poison Gas Monsters. Anonymous managed to tear off Full Powered Gridman, leaving the Hyper Agent defenseless until Anti interferes with a resolve to protect Gridman evolves him into Gridknight. With his new form, Anti read through the monster's movements before killing it with a slicing disc attack.

Zegga (ゼッガー, Zeggā)

A gigantic monster that was born from Akane after she was radiated by Alexis' Instance Abreaction. Zegga went on a rampage across the city before Gridknight appears, pulling out Akane from it before Alexis absorbed her. With no host, Zegga was left as an empty husk that rolled in Tsutsujidai before Gridman wiped it from existence with his Grid Fixer Beam.

Namiko (なみこ) and Hass (はっす, Hassu)

Voiced by: Suzuko Mimori (Namiko), Akari Kitō (Hass)[9][10] (Japanese); Sarah Wiedenheft (Namiko), Amber Lee Connors (Hass) (English)

Rikka's circle of friends. Namiko has the tendency to tease Yūta and Rikka together, while Hass is frequently seen with a flu mask and is also a YouTuber by the name Hassun (はっすん).

Sakiru Tonkawa (問川 さきる, Tonkawa Sakiru), Hikari Toida (Toiko) (戸井田 光（といこ）, Toida Hikari (Toiko)), Rika Kenamura (Kenachan) (毛苗村 里香（けなちゃん）, Kenamura Rika (Kenachan)), Hako Doi (土居 ハコ, Doi Hako) and Nana Takara (Seven) (高良 奈々（せぶん）, Takara Nana (Sebun))

Voiced by: Kaede Yuasa (Sakiru), Riho Iida (Toiko) and Rin Miyazaki (Kenachan) (Japanese); Dani Chambers (Sakiru) and Jad Saxton (Toiko) (English)

The Tsutsujidai High School volleyball team led by Sakiru. After she accidentally ruined Akane's Special Dog that was meant for Yuta, the monster Ghoulghilas killed Sakiru and the entire team. Following its destruction by Gridman, the damage was reversed but their deaths were covered up as having happened in an "accident" during their middle school years.

Sakiru's father operates a Chinese family restaurant named Dragon Emperor (竜帝, Ryūtei).

Ramo Marusa (Marusan) (丸佐 蘭萌（まるさん）, Marusa Ramo (Marusan)) and Ako Furuma (古間 亜子, Furuma Ako)

Voiced by: Akira Sekine (Marusan), Kanako Miyamoto (Ako) (Japanese); Macy Anne Johnson (Marusan), Felecia Angelle (Ako) (English)

Akane's circle of friends.

Orie Takarada (宝多 織江, Takarada Orie)[lower-alpha 1]

Voiced by: Mayumi Shintani[9][10] (Japanese); Anastasia Muñoz (English)

Rikka's mother, who runs a junk shop.

Anti (アンチ, Anchi) / Gridknight (グリッドナイト, Guriddonaito)

Voiced by: Kenichi Suzumura[9][10] (Japanese); Stephen Fu[13] (English)

A sentient Kaiju with the capacity to copy all of Gridman's powers, he assumes the form of a human boy when not in combat. He was created to counter Gridman and would even interfere with Akane's monsters for that sole purpose, even though this would often result in him being beaten or put down by Akane for his insubordination. In his human form, his weapon is a handheld buzzsaw. Despite Anti's insistence of being a Kaiju, Gridman refuses to kill him as the youth slowly develops into a sentient being rather than a creation empowered by Akane's hatred. After being disowned by Akane, Anti becomes committed to find a new purpose and his action of defending Gridman results in the former's evolution as Gridknight. Anti was stabbed by Alexis during an attempt to rescue Akane from her monster form and later on initiates Access Flash before succumbing to his injuries. He was nursed to health by Anosillus the 2nd, with his scarred left eye fully healed.

As Gridknight, his attacks include Gridknight Circular (グリッドナイトサーキュラー, Guriddonaito Sākyūrā) and Gridknight Storm (グリッドナイトストーム, Guriddonaito Sutōmu).

Kaiju Girl Anosillus the 2nd (怪獣少女アノシラス（2代目）, Kaijū Shōjo Anoshirasu (Nidaime))

Voiced by: Karin Takahashi (Japanese); Monica Rial (English)

A mysterious girl who is the successor of Anosillus, whose capable of growing to the size of monsters despite her appearance. She reveals to Yūta that the world he inhabited is an illusion with Akane as its goddess.

Electron Animal Anosillus (電子アニマル アノシラス, Denshi Animaru Anoshirasu)

A monster who was rescued by Gridman from Gridman the Hyper Agent. It was last seen observing Anosillus the 2nd nursing Anti to health.