Fire Force: 10 Best Characters, Ranked

I binged Fire Force after a friend swore “firefighting shōnen” was a hard sell that paid off. Had to stay because these maniacs kept hijacking the hose. Each arrival pushed me deeper into Atsushi Ōkubo’s world of spontaneous combustion and moral scorch marks.

To rank the squad, I tallied goosebumps, quotable one-liners, jaw-dropping power reveals, and the odd tear that steamed off my glasses.The lineup below survived that furnace.

Fire Force characters fueled my late-night theory threads, taught me pyrokinesis etiquette, and reminded me the hottest fight scenes work only when the people inside them burn bright.

10

Captain Leonard Burns

The Eyepatch Guarding a Gospel of Secrets

Those smoldering eyes never blink when pillars scream. Burns commands Company 1 with clerical calm, yet the Adolla scar beneath his patch keeps humming like a confession booth.

Every appearance drips restrained power; punches land once, then cities take inventory. I lean forward whenever he crosses Shinra’s path, because the captain’s measured sermons hint at conspiracies older than the Sun God logo.

His devotion feels sincere, yet the withheld truths frustrate me more than loose plot threads. Burns ranks low for scarce page time, although his silhouette alone raises my pulse every encounter in Fire Force.

9

Tamaki Kotatsu

Lucky Lecher Liner Notes and Unlucky Heart

Tamaki trips into fan-service hell, tuxedo tails flying, yet claws out relevance when stakes jump. Her Nekomata flames pounce between comedy beats, landing real scratches on demons and on her own self-doubt.

I root for her resilience. When ridicule hits, uniforms explode, but she returns to the fire line with teeth clenched. Her moments beside Juggernaut during the Nether raid showed courage louder than any wardrobe malfunction.

She earns this spot because she mirrors the series’ tonal tightrope; Tamaki proves slapstick can coexist with PTSD, and I catch myself cheering louder once the laughter fades.

8

Ogun Montgomery

Brush Strokes, Bro Code, Blazing Godspeed

Ogun tags train cars with Yoruba sigils, chills on rooftop jams, ignites Yoruba Burst and turns the sky orange. His friendship with Shinra anchors Company 8 in honest loyalty, no third-act betrayal required.

The flame coat sequence splashes painterly motion onto the screen; I replay it whenever motivation sags. Ogun’s balance of empathy and swagger lets him calm Vulcan’s grief one chapter, then roast Arthur’s ego the next.

He might not headline arcs, yet his presence adds cultural depth and a sense that global religions converge under the Infernal sun. Every cameo sparks daylight through the soot-heavy plot.

7

Lieutenant Takehisa Hinawa

Bullet Mathematics and Hidden Grins

Hinawa calibrates rifles the way poets refine sonnets. Each ricochet, each calibre shift, sings orchestration inside the chaos of Fire Force battles.

His stoic bark shields war-zone trauma from the Great Cataclysm; rare smiles feel like overtime bonuses. I love watching him turn blank casings into mortar rounds of encouragement for the rookies.

Discipline could read as dryness, yet Hinawa’s deadpan timing lands comedic punches harder than recoil. He ranks here because his strategy keeps Company 8 alive, and his loyalty to Obi glows brighter than muzzle flash.

6

Maki Oze

Iron-Hot Fists and a Heart Built Like a Hearth

Maki pirouettes through flames, ballistics, and ghostly sputter twins Flail and Spit-Flame. Her background in the military adds muscle memory that makes rookies look like cardboard cut-outs.

Family dinners with her overprotective father gift me charming sitcom interludes, then a demon appears and she drop-kicks it into orbit. Maki’s mix of gentleness and raw strength cements her as Company 8’s emotional furnace.

Whenever her confidence wavers I flinch, because the squad’s warmth dims in tandem. She earns mid-table placement through consistency; every arc feels safer once Maki spins up a new fireball ballet.

5

Captain Akitaru Obi

No ignition ability, no sacred bloodline, only steel-bar curls and a grin broad enough to take payroll stress off the rookies. Obi charges headfirst into Infernals carrying extinguishers and faith in his crew as a soldier.

His refusal to outsource danger, even to pyro-prodigies beside him, redefines heroism in a series stuffed with cosmic flames. When he shoulders a wrecking ball suit to rescue civilians, I remember real firefighters inspired this manga.

Obi sits high because his humanity grounds every Adolla hallucination, reminding me strong arms and stronger convictions still matter when gods argue overhead.

4

Arthur Boyle

Self-Crowned Knight, Plasma Jester

Arthur steps onto rooftops naming the moon “round table” and lamp posts “dragons,” then carves them in half with plasma Excalibur. Delusion functions as focus; the more absurd his chivalry, the sharper his swordplay.

I cackle as Shinra argues reality, yet rely on Arthur when titans loom. Maki once said company morale spikes whenever the blonde idiot swings by, and my mood chart agrees.

Mistaken backstory, runaway parents, hidden pain; Arthur masks cracks with knightly theatrics. He ranks fourth because his growth shows imagination can weaponise trauma into purpose.

3

Joker

Smoke Rings, Smirks, Revelations

Cards flicker, bladed decks slice, and an anti-hero strides out of purple haze. Joker’s obsession with truth twists him into a chaos ally and a chaos catalyst simultaneously.

Every time he drops intel on the Holy Sol cult, I feel the plot ceiling raise. His partnership with Benimaru in the church raid shot adrenaline straight into the manga’s mythos.

He lands bronze because unpredictable motives make him the perfect wildcard; I never know if Joker will save Shinra or let him burn for a punchline, and that suspense tastes sweet.

2

Shinra Kusakabe

I met Shinra sprinting through Tokyo with toothy grins and trauma tucked under his jacket. His desire to be a hero carries crash-landing risk, yet every rocket-kick inches him closer to that goal.

Adolla link scenes twist horror into revelation; Shinra’s empathy bridges hellscapes no flame retardant can touch. Showdowns against Sho and Charon crackle with brotherhood tension that pulls me straight into the smoke.

Second place suits him; protagonist glow is real, yet Benimaru edges ahead on sheer presence. Shinra keeps the series heart beating, proving hope can outrun spontaneous combustion.

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Fire Force: 10 Strongest Characters, Ranked

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1

Benimaru Shinmon

Sun Chief, Moon Blade, Living Natural Disaster

The first time Benimaru split a demon with Sun Wheel, my jaw unhinged. He syncs traditional banners, lunar katas, and raw firestorms into a festival of annihilation.

Asakura district trusts him like a god; he trusts no authority that dares file paperwork in his name. Watching him train Shinra by burning down rooftops feels like mentorship via meteor shower.

Benimaru embodies Fire Force’s central thesis: harness the blaze inside, aim it at corruption, then light up the night sky so everyone else remembers how to fight.

Fire Force

Release Date

July 6, 2019

Directors

Yuki Yase, Tatsuma Minamikawa

Writers

Yamato Haijima, Tatsuma Minamikawa

Franchise(s)

Fire Force