Kaneda

Kaneda is the leader of a bike gang, and is best friends with Tetsuo, Kaneda is very loyal to his friends and sticks up for Tetsuo. Kaneda aslo cares for his motorcycle, and enjoys riding around thus creating his bike gang. Once Tetsuo went insane, he and Kei teamed up to help Tetsuo, even till the end when Tetsuo and Kaneda are trying to kill each other, they stayed friends.

Tetsuo

Tesuo is part of Kaneda's bike gang and they are the of best friends, Tetsuo has been living as Kaneda's shadow, always behind him, never strong enough to defend himself. After being in Kaneda's bike gang he was chasing another bike gang and ran into Takashi and he gained new powers and became very strong and in the end goes crazy.

Kei

Kei is a member of a terroist group against the government which is searching for the truth of Akira.Kei meets Kaneda a couple of times because he saves her in some way, he tried to flirt with her but she shows little interest. After being saved a couple of more times she teams up with Kaneda and shows more compassion for him. In the end she helps Kaneda battle Tetsuo.