Dramatis Personae (with cast list)

[extrapenguin]

Based on Baidu's cast list and my trawl through the episodes. I'll add to this as I rewatch with an eye out for names. Items in [square brackets] are the pronunciations given in the International Phonetic Alphabet, provided for the more important/prominent cast members.

SID

赵云澜 Zhao Yunlan Zhào Yúnlán [ʈʂau̯ yn.lan] (白宇 Bai Yu; child 唐孜悦 Tang Ziyue)
Main character, SID boss, lollipop sucker, hallows groper. Surprisingly good with people, including in relationships.

沈巍 Shen Wei Shěn Wēi [ʂɤn wei̯] (朱一龙 Zhu Yilong)
Professor dude with glasses who is also 黑袍使 Black-Robed Envoy Hēipáoshǐ. Besotted with Zhao Yunlan. At one point known as 沈嵬 Shěn Wéi.

郭长城 Guo Changcheng Guō Chángchéng [kwo ʈʂʰaŋ.ʈʂʰəŋ] (辛鹏 Xin Peng; voice 沈达威 Shen Dawei)
Scaredycat new recruit with a diary who also has an uncle in a high place. His surname means "wall", and his given name is "The Great Wall".

祝红 Zhu Hong Zhù Hóng [ʈʂu xoŋ] (高雨儿 Gao Yu'er)
Perpetually unimpressed snake lady with an unrequieted crush on Zhao Yunlan.

大庆 Da Qing Dà Qìng [ta tɕʰiŋ] (李砚 Li Yan; cat 陈黛黑 Chen Daihei; voice 王梓 Wang Zi)
Cat guy who is inexplicably Vice Chief. Likes dried fish. Memory troubles.

楚恕之 Chu Shuzhi Chǔ Shùzhī [ʈʂʰu ʂu.ʈʂʐ̩] (江明洋 Jiang Mingyang)
Grumpy grump puppet master dude Dixingian.

汪徵 Wang Zheng Wāng Zhēng [waŋ ʈʂəŋ] (李思琪 Li Siqi)
Ghost lady and HR. Answers the phone a lot. Previously known as 格兰 Gé Lán.

林静 Lin Jing Lín Jìng [lin tɕiŋ] (刘泯廷 Liu Minting; voice 胡艺 Hu Yi)
Tech guy with the popcorn machine and glasses. Somehow, the tallest.

桑赞 Sang Zan Sāng Zàn [saŋ tsan] (王超伟 Wang Chaowei)
Wang Zhi's past boyfriend, confusingly also trapped in a pillar. Now the SID librarian.

老李 Old Li lǎo Lǐ (齐维刚 Qi Weigang)
SID caretaker/housekeeper who feeds Da Qing fish. Aka Li Hongchun.

Villains

夜尊 Ye Zun Yè Zūn [je tsun] (朱一龙 Zhu Yilong)
Pillar guy! Likes dressing in white and holding speeches. Technically, "Ye Zun" is more of a title – "Lord of the Night" – but it's the only name we hear him referred to with.

烛九 Zhu Jiu Zhú Jiǔ [ʈʂu tɕjou̯] (王乃超 Wang Naichao)
Purple hair dude who plays weiqi with himself while holding dramatic speeches.

鸦青 Ya Qing Yā Qīng [ja tɕʰiŋ] (鞠小云 Ju Xiaoyun; voice 范楚绒 Fan Churong)
Leader of the Yashou Crow Tribe. Her surname means "crow".

沙雅 Sha Ya Shā Yǎ [ʂa ja] (郝爽 Hao Shuang)
Lightning strike girl. Musician. Lin Jing's crush.

王向阳 Wang Xiangyang Wáng Xiàngyáng [waŋ ɕjaŋ.jaŋ] (苏航 Su Hang)
Grocery seller turned evil after his pregnant wife's death.

贼酋 Rebel Chieftain zéiqiú (刘亚鹏 Liu Yapeng)
Past segment's dude with mind control powers, source of everyone's troubles.

Recurring & Relatives

赵心慈 Zhao Xinci Zhào Xīncí (王伟华 Wang Weihua)
Zhao Yunlan's dad. Former SID boss, but got promoted to head of the Xingdu Bureau. Disapproves of his son.

李茜 Li Qian Lǐ Qiàn (董钒 Dong Fan)
Shen Wei's student and PowerPoint operator. Original owner of Longevity Dial. Recruited by Professor Ouyang.

成心妍 Cheng Xinyan Chéng Xīnyán (杨静 Yang Jing)
Shen Wei's doctor friend. Da Qing's shrink.

欧阳贞 Ouyang Zhen Ōuyáng Zhēn (周晓海 Zhou Xiaohai)
Other biological engineering professor. Goes mad with power trying to stop the Dixingians.

周教授 Professor Zhou Zhōu-jiàoshòu
Shen Wei's teacher.

吴天恩 Wu Tian'en Wú Tiān'ēn (朱健 Zhu Jian)
Butler Wu with the teleportation through oxygen power.

吴晓君 Wu Xiaojun Wú Xiǎojūn (张凤安 Zhang Feng'an)
Butler Wu's son who has the water powers.

四叔 Fourth Uncle sìshū (赵文明 Zhao Wenming; voice 贾邱 Jia Qiu)
Zhu Hong's uncle. Leader of the Snake Tribe Yashou. Also 蛇四叔 "Snake Fourth Uncle".

迎春 Ying Chun Yíng Chūn (马靓 Ma Liang)
Leader of the Plant Tribe Yashou. Childhood friends with Ya Qing. Also, her name means "to welcome spring".

丛波 Cong Bo Cóng Bō (王永峰 Wang Yongfeng)
Hacker-journalist recruited by the SID.

高劲风 Gao Jingfeng Gāo Jìngfēng (周杰 Zhou Jie)
Minister Gao, whom Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei first visit in ep 14.

郭英 Guo Ying Guō Yīng (金龙 Jin Long)
Guo Changcheng's uncle. Vice-Minister Guo.

于金兰 Yu Jinlan Yú Jīnlán
Guo Changcheng's aunt.

摄政官 Regent shèzhènggūan (苏盛华 Su Shenghua; voice 贾邱 Jia Qiu)
The Dixingian dude of the many translations for his title.

安柏 An Bai Ān Bǎi (常喆宽 Chang Zhekuan)
Dixing guy who becomes Lord of Dixing during the show, in ep 23.

野火 Ye Huo Yě Huǒ (黄烁 Huang Shuo)
Aka Flame. Wrestling ring dude with burned face and fire powers. His name means "Wildfire".

大吉 Da Ji Dà Jí (沈梦琪 Shen Mengqi)
Da Qing's cat girlfriend with nine lives.

白素霞 Bai Suxia Bái Sùxiá
Wang Xiangyang's wife. Dies around ep 20.

沈溪 Shen Xi Shěn Xī
Zhao Yunlan's dead mother. To the best of our knowledge, no relation to Shen Wei.

獐狮 Zhang Shi Zhāng Shī
Shares body with Zhao Xinci.

楚念之 Chu Nianzhi Chǔ Niànzhī
Chu Shuzhi's twin brother. Dead.

郭长江 Guo Changjiang Guō Chángjiāng
Guo Changcheng's dead father. 长江 means Yangtze.

郭雄 Guo Xiong Guō Xióng
Guo Changcheng's dead mother.

One-offs

卢若梅 Lu Ruomei Lú Ruòméi
Ep 1 fatality. Died instead of Li Qian. One of Shen Wei's students.

李玉芬 Li Yufen Lǐ Yùfēn (李慧侠 Li Huixia)
Li Qian's senile paternal grandmother.

高天宇 Gao Tianyu Gāo Tiānyǔ (宁桓宇 Ning Huanyu)
Dixingian who attacks Li Qian in the hospital in ep 2.

谈啸 Tan Xiao Tán Xiào (陈伟栋 Chen Weidong)
Sonic guy. Hypno-girl Zheng Yi's big brother figure. Not Dixingian.

张若楠 Zhang Ruonan Zhāng Ruònán (徐瑾 Xu Jin)
Shen Wei's colleague from ep 3. Potentially stealth lesbians with Wang Yike.

张皓 Zhang Hao Zhāng Hào (骆德何 Luo Dehe)
One of the rapist dudes from ep 3. First to die.

王子强 Wang Ziqiang Wáng Zǐqiáng (贾东东 Jia Dongdong)
One of the rapist dudes from ep 3. Next to die.

刘亚东 Liu Yadong Liú Yàdōng (欧阳明昊 Ouyang Minghao)
One of the rapist dudes from ep 3. Last to die. Engineering 4 class rep.

王一珂 Wang Yike Wáng Yīkē (陈韵好 Chen Yunhao)
Dixingian student from ep 3 with the touch of death. Potentially stealth lesbians with Zhang Ruonan.

林玉森 Lin Yusen Lín Yùsēn (徐金超 Xu Jinchao)
Vigilante human from ep 4 who wanted to avenge his girlfriend and ended up going kaboom.

小燕 xiao-Yan xiǎo-Yàn
Girl Lin Yusen had a crush on. One of the face-stealer's victims.

张丹妮 Zhang Danni Zhāng Dānnī (周婷 Zhou Ting)
Dixingian from ep 4 who wanted to steal all the pretty faces/one of the victims, whose identity the Dixingian assumed.

家辉 Jia Hui Jiā Huī (李严 Li Yan)
Dixingian from ep 4 who steals pretty faces for Zhang Danni.

黄朝阳 Huang Chaoyang Huáng Cháoyáng (刘国际 Liu Guoji)
Top ranked Dragon City mechanics industry magnate. Father of Huang Linqi. Name means "exposed to the Sun".

李光标 Li Guangbiao Lǐ Guāngbiāo
Dragon City industrial magnate. Father of Li Jiaqi. Name is a riff on Lee Kuan Yew (李光耀 Lǐ Guāngyào), excet that 光标 guāngbiāo means "cursor" in computing.

黄麟奇 Huang Linqi Huáng Línqí
One half of the arranged-marriage duo from ep 5.

李佳琪 Li Jiaqi Lǐ Jiāqí (林忱 Lin Chen)
Other half of the arranged-marriage duo from ep 5. Wedding in ep 12.

季小白 Ji Xiaobai Jì Xiǎobái (买龙 Mai Long)
Boyfriend of mirror Dixingian. From ep 5.

周薇薇 Zhou Weiwei Zhōu Wēiwēi (常芮 Chang Rui)
The woman who agreed to swap her life with the Dixingian in her mirror. From ep 5.

来苏 Lai Su Lái Sū (吉志威 Ji Zhiwei)
Webnovelist dude from ep 7 whose monsters became real.

丁顿 Ding Dun Dīng Dùn (赵俊伟 Zhao Junwei)
Dixingian whose power is seeing the memories of the last person to touch an object. Thief of the Dijun Booklet.

佳佳 Jiajia Jiājiā
Shen Wei's very short female student. First seen during the Awl fieldtrip.

朗哥 Lang-ge Lǎng-gē
Zhao Yunlan's friend who arranges them passage into the mountains in ep 9.

小全 xiao-Quan xiǎo-Quán (全康伟 Quan Kangwei)
Shen Wei's male student on the Awl fieldtrip. Seen in ep 9.

郑中原 Zheng Zhongyuan Zhèng Zhōngyuán (高贵根 Gao Guigen)
Zheng Yi's absive adoptive dad. 中原 is the Central Plain/middle & lower regions of the Yellow River.

郑意 Zheng Yi Zhèng Yì (许烁 Xu Shuo)
Dixingian girl with mind-control powers from ep 11-.

周总 Boss Zhou Zhōu
Boss/CEO of the Fight Club in episode 12.

包老三 Bao Laosan Bāo Lǎosān (马斯 Ma Si)
Dixingian foe of Zhao Xinci's from ep 17 who can change the composition of the earth.

安松 An Song Ān Sōng (许家程 Xu Jiacheng)
An Bai's friend and maybe-brother.

丹丹 Dandan Dāndān (刘家辰 Liu Jiachen)
An Bai's friend.

执事 Deacon zhíshì (高占鹏 Gao Zhanpeng)
Dixing palace staff from ep 22-23. Works for Ye Zun.

波比 Bo Bi Bō Bǐ (胡博 Hu Bo)
Dude from episode 18 who wants to avenge his little brother, whose death he blames Ye Huo for.

小杰 xiao-Jie xiǎo-Jié (李信鹏 Li Xinpeng)
Bo Bi's little brother from ep 18 who killed himself with Zhu Jiu's encouragement.

甲哥 Jia-ge Jiǎ-gē
One of the snake tribe guys with a crush on Zhu Hong. Guarded the restricted region in ep 21.

卫蓝 Wei Lan Wèi Lán (张蓝心 Zhang Lanxin)
Nurse who feels guilty about not being able to save Mr. Tan; first seen in ep 23.

冯去病 Feng Qubing Féng Qùbìng (骆磊 Luo Lei)
"Miracle doctor" from ep 22. His given name means "remove illness".

吕织 Lü Zhi Lǚ Zhī (杨雪莹 Yang Xueying)
Girl on a date with Liu Lang during ep 22.

刘浪 Liu Lang Liú Làng (孙秋生 Sun Qiusheng)
Merit brush victim from ep 22. Aged up while on a date with Lü Zhi.

王群 Wang Qun Wáng Qún
Guy who delivered packages to SID. Died as part of the aging-up case.

金浩 Jin Hao Jīn Hào (程魏 Cheng Wei)
Male doctor from ep 23 and others; works at Dragon City First Hospital with Dr Cheng.

东南 Dong Nan Dōng Nán (吴钰珏 Wu Yujue)
Crow Yashou whom Guo Changcheng comforts in her dying moments (ep 25). Her name means "southeast".

祖马 Zu Ma Zǔ Mǎ (苏晗烨 Su Hanye)
Dude from ep 24 who turns world into a live-action video game.

朱豪 Zhu Hao Zhū Háo (窦全忠 Dou Quanzhong)
Taxi driver from ep 24-> who carried the personality-changing virus and was part of the circumstances around Wang Xiangyang's wife's death.

孔鲸 Kong Jing Kǒng Jīng (李佳伟 Li Jiawei)
Actual source of multiple personality virus. In ep 25. Serum mutant.

郑大钱 Zheng Daqian Zhèng Dàqián (吴宣 Wu Xuan)
Da Ji's murderous boyfriend from ep 26. His given name means "lots of money".

茵茵 Yinyin Yīnyīn (王心予 Wang Xinyu)
??? Daqian's new girlfriend.

华玉柱 Hua Yuzhu Huà Yùzhù (吴竹青 Wu Zhuqing)
Sha Ya's friend with the plant-growing skills.

古班 Gu Ban Gǔ Bān (李琦 Li Qi)
Dixing dude whom Sha Ya had a crush on. Dead.

高雨龙 Gao Yulong Gāo Yǔlóng
One of Professor Ouyang's lab minions. Seen in e.g. episode 30.

魇公子 Nightmare Master Yǎn-gōngzǐ (袁野 Yuan Ye)
Dixing dude who traps people in nightmares, Zhu Hong included. Ep 31. Works for Ye Zun.

浮游 Fu You Fú Yóu (陈芊朵 Chen Qianduo)
Past Yashou leader. Snake woman. Owned polished twig that likes alcohol. Name means "to drift / to wander".

麻龟 Ma Gui Má Guī (吉祥 Ji Xiang)
Past Guardian. Has a crush on Fu You.

米露 Mi Lu Mǐ Lù (黄雅洁 Huang Yajie)
Illusion weaver from ep 36. One of Ye Zun's subordinates.

相亲女孩 Blind date girl (徐梦佳 Xu Mengjia)
Goes on a blind date with Guo Changcheng at the end.

Comments

[china_shop]

YAY!!! Thank you so very very much for this!! *bookmarks*

[extrapenguin]

*throws sunshine and rainbows all around*

[jo_lasalle]

Wheeee, thank you for putting this together!

[extrapenguin]

Thank you! I'll update it should any other super minor characters turn up in the episodes but not the cast list (like Lu Ruomei).

[mekare]

\o/ this is fantastic!

[extrapenguin]

Thank you!

[powwie]

Very usefull! Thank you!

[extrapenguin]

I hope you get lots of use from it! And your icon is super adorable, it's the best!

[naye]

This is ~*~AMAZING~*~ I say as someone who's spent more time than I want to think about trawling through the episodes trying to find some rando's name. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

Quick question: how do you know Fu You is from the Snake Tribe? Does it say somewhere? (I'm just curious, because I could never figure it out myself.)

I am also cackling at the "Hallows groper" part of Zhao Yunlan's character description because YES. XD

[extrapenguin]

It does say so in one of the episodes she's in! It's an offhand mention, like most of the names. I can't remember if it's in 34, 35, or 37, though. (Whoah did a lot of stuff happen in those final 7-ish episodes.)

I'm glad my descriptions were appropriately hilarious! :D

[trobadora]

Thank you so much for this! This is going to be so useful. :D

[extrapenguin]

You're welcome! I hope you get lots of use out of it.

[solo]

OMG this is so great! THANK YOU for including IPA - I'll learn what the new symbols are and try to pronounce them right. Would it be too much to ask for you to do IPA for recurrings too?

Seriously, thank you!

[extrapenguin]

There is actually a pretty simple pinyin-to-IPA correspondence! The relevant section of the Wikipedia page on pinyin. You can also use the internet, frex by going here, selecting IPA with tone numbers, and pasting in the hanzi.

[galaxysoup]

This is so helpful!

[extrapenguin]

Thank you! I hope you find it useful.

[asya_ana]

*frantically bookmarks*

This was a labor of love and generosity and I wanted to let you know how much it is valued.

Thank you.

[extrapenguin]

You're welcome! I hope you have lots of fun with it.

[teaotter]

This is fantastic- thank you!

[extrapenguin]

You're welcome!

[maggie33]

This is wonderful and very helpful. Thank you for doing all this work. *bookmarks*

[extrapenguin]

You're welcome!

[yantantether]

This is going to be so incredibly useful, thank you!!

[extrapenguin]

You're welcome!

[firestar]

Echoing everyone else in saying thank you for putting this together. It's a lot of work and definitely appreciated. <3

[extrapenguin]

You're welcome!

[riventhorn]

Thank you for doing this! It's really helpful for writingfic!!

[extrapenguin]

You're welcome!

[asya_ana]

Dropping by to give even more love to this. I have used it so many times since you posted <3

[riventhorn]

Do you have the Dixing bartender on this list and I'm just missing it?

[extrapenguin]

I don't think he got named? I'll pay attention when we get to his eps in the rewatch, but I don't think he was in the cast list.

[lannamichaels]

This is really helpful, thank you for doing this! :D

[china_shop]

A suggested addition: according to the original subs, Li Jiaqi's father, who dies at the wedding, is Li Guangbiao (ep 11, 28:09).

[extrapenguin]

Thank you! I've added him in. (His name is, uh, interesting. Do take a look.)

[abyss_valkyrie]

Your descriptions are hilariously accurate.Zhu Jiu plays weiqi with himself and gives dramatic speeches,OMG!And Rebel chieftain is seriously the cause of everyone's problems.

[extrapenguin]

Hee, thanks! The rebel chief is indeed the cause of everyone's problems.

[teaotter]

Wow, this is amazingly useful! Thank you so much for compiling all of these!

(and I just found my previous comment to that effect, lol. Why is this not in my bookmarks???)

[extrapenguin]

Because you want to add it to your DW memories as well? :P Anyway, I'm glad you've found continued use for this.

[velithya]

Thank you so much for putting this together! It's been an incredibly useful resource for me already ♥

[china_shop]

The university chancellor never gets a name, does he? (Feel free to ignore this if you don't care anymore! :-)

[extrapenguin]

If he did, I would've added it during the course of the rewatchalongs. IIRC he's also Jiajia's maternal uncle, so they wouldn't share a surname.

[aquariusdelamar]

Rewatching the episodes, I realized the underground arena owner is referred to as "Boss Zhou"! I'm not sure if that's enough to include on the list, but I thought I would mention it if this was still updating.

[extrapenguin]

It's enough to include on the list! Do you have the hanzi or a time stamp for the mention?