One of the best things that HoYoverse offered in Honkai: Star Rail is the amazing design of the characters. CBT 3 will come soon, but today I'll share you 23 playable characters from the 2nd Beta Access.

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1. Arlan

Rarity : ✦✦✦✦ 4 Stars

Elements : Lightning

Path : The Destruction

Affiliation : Herta Space Station

Chinese Name : 阿兰 Ālán

Japanese Name : アーラン Āran

Korean Name : 아를란 Aleullan

VA (EN) : Dani Chambers

VA (JP) : Shiraishi Ryoko (白石涼子)

VA (CN) : Dian Tao (陶典)

VA (KR) : 김율

As the head of Herta Space Station’s security department, Honkai: Star Rail’s Arlan is one of the most caring characters that you might want to consider getting. Even tho Arlan has no mastery in scientific research, but as the head security, Arlan is willing to risk his life to protect the staff who value research so very much. He is used to the pain and wears his scars like badges of honor.

For a dog person, the other reason you might want to get Arlan is that Arlan will lower down his guard and he’ll let a rare smile appear when he’s holding the dog, Peppy.

2. Asta

Rarity : ✦✦✦✦ 4 Stars

Elements : Fire

Path : The Harmony

Affiliation : Herta Space Station

Chinese Name : 艾丝妲 Àisīdá

Japanese Name : アスター Asutā

Korean Name : 아스타 Aseuta

VA (EN) : Felecia Angelle

VA (JP) : Guiniang (龟娘)

VA (CN) : Guiniang (龟娘)

VA (KR) : 김현지

Honkai: Star Rail’s Asta is the inquisitive lead astronomy researcher of Herta Space Station. All the management work related to the research will always orbit around Asta. Either if it is about managing opinionated staff, courteously but firmly responding to the Intelligentsia Guild, or even commanding a space station, Asta would gladly handle them effortlessly because she would rather choose this job than taking over a company.

3. Blade

Rarity : ✦✦✦✦✦ 5 Stars

Elements : Winds

Path : The Destruction

Affiliation : Stellaron Hunters

VA (EN) : TBA

VA (JP) : Miki Shinichiro (三木眞一郎)

As a member of the Stellaron Hunters, Honkai: Star Rail’s Blade is one of the new characters that you can play in Honkai: Star Rail 2nd beta. We don’t know much about his other VA yet, and in the game itself, he doesn’t know his real name too. Such a mysterious character indeed. But one thing that we know, Blade wields an ancient sword that has filled with cracks, just like his body and his mind.

4. Bronya

Rarity : ✦✦✦✦✦ 5 Stars

Elements : Wind

Path : The Harmony

Affiliation : TBA (From Belobog)

Chinese Name : 布洛妮娅 Bùluònīyà

Japanese Name : ブローニャ Burōnya

Korean Name : 브로냐 Beulonya

VA (EN) : Madeline Reiter

VA (JP) : Asumi Kana (阿澄佳奈)

VA (CN) : 谢莹

VA (KR) : 이보희

Honkai: Star Rail’s Bronya is one of the key characters in Belobog that you will know deeper and deeper as you progress inside the main story. As the commander of the Silvermane Guards and the heir to the Supreme Guardian of Belobog, she holds an important role that could change the tide of Belobog’s future.

From an early age, Bronya already received rigorous education and possesses the grace and affinity as expected of an heir. However, after witnessing the abysmal conditions in the Underworld, seeds of doubt began growing in Belobog's future leader's mind.

With all the training that Bronya had received, will it really help her to lead the people in Belobog to live the lives that they seek?

5. Clara

Rarity : ✦✦✦✦✦ 5 Stars

Elements : Physical

Path : The Destruction

Affiliation : Prospectors

Chinese Name : 克拉拉 Kèlālā

Japanese Name : クラーラ Kurāra

Korean Name : 클라라 Keullala

VA (EN) : Emily Sun

VA (JP) : Hidaka Rina (日高里菜)

VA (CN) : Zisu (紫苏九月)

VA (KR) : 김예림

Honkai: Star Rail’s Clara is a shy young girl and was also orphaned at an early age. Thus, she had no choice but to join the prospectors to survive. One time, she inadvertently reactivated an ancient mech named Svarog. When Svarog asked Clara what is the thing that she wishes for most, Clara answered with “to have a family”.

With Honkai: Star Rail’s Svarog as the leader of the self-servicing prospectors to protect the underworld city in Belobog and the fact that Svarog will only listen to Clara, Clara is also one of the key characters inside Honkai: Star Rail’s main plot that will impact the future of Belobog’s underworld city.

6. Dan Heng

Rarity : ✦✦✦✦ 4 Stars

Elements : Wind

Path : The Hunt

Affiliation : Astral Express

Chinese Name : 丹恒 Dānhéng

Japanese Name : 丹恒 Tan Kou

Korean Name : 단항 Danhang 

VA (EN) : Nicholas Leung

VA (JP) : Ito Kento (**健人)

VA (CN) : Yudong (鱼冻)

VA (KR) : 김혜성

Honkai: Star Rail’s Dan Heng is one of the free-playable characters that we will get immediately when we played the game. Based on the plot itself, the main character directly have interaction with Dan Heng and March 7th during the introduction of the story. Thus, for those Dan Heng worshippers, you can enjoy looking at Dan Heng in 360 angles however you like early in the game.

In the lore itself, Dan Heng is a calm, cold, and reserved man that used “Cloud-Piercer”, the spear that he wields to fight alongside his team. In his adventure, his role acts as the train’s guard alongside the trailblaze adventure.

What makes Dan Heng reliable is his observation ability to observe his surrounding, and his calm personality also makes him able to create an open door despite they might be in a dead-end situation.

So far, Dan Heng is one of the mysterious characters that never reveals a lot about his past. As the matter of fact, Dan Heng actually joined the crew of the Express train because he want to run away from his own past. But, will this decision ****s him one day soon? Only time will help us to answer this mystery about Dan Heng’s past.

7. Gepard Landau

Rarity : ✦✦✦✦✦ 5 Stars

Elements : Ice

Path : The Preservation

Affiliation : Silvermane Guards

Chinese Name : 杰帕德 Jiépàdé

Japanese Name : ジェパード Jepādo

Korean Name : 게파드 Gepadeu

VA (EN) : Bryson Baugus

VA (JP) : Furukawa Makoto (古川慎)

VA (CN) : Yang Ma (马洋)

VA (KR) : 민승우

Honkai: Star Rail’s Gepard Landau is the captain of the Silvermane Guards who belongs to the noble Landau family in Belobog, and is responsible for the city's defenses and maintains peace.

As Belobog is a city that is attacked by blizzards most of the time, leading the army for defense purposes is more challenging compared to the attack purposes. But, under Gepard’s leadership, Silvermane Guards were able to create an unbreakable iron defense of the Union despite being in the hard blizzard-battered city of Belobog.

Since Gepard is part of Landau family, he is the younger brother of Serval Landau. Sometimes, he is ridiculed by his sister and aide for his ever-scrupulous manner, but no one can deny that the people of Belobog have been able to maintain peace and comfort even with eternal winter on its doorstep.

Thanks to Gepard’s protection, the city can carry on with its ordinary daily routine.

8. Herta

Rarity : ✦✦✦✦ 4 Stars

Elements : Ice

Path : The Erudition

Affiliation : Herta Space Station

Chinese Name : 黑塔 Hēitǎ

Japanese Name : ヘルタ Heruta

Korean Name : 헤르타 Heleuta

VA (EN) : PJ Mattson

VA (JP) : Yamazaki Haruka (山崎はるか)

VA (CN) : Xiaofei Hou (侯小菲)

VA (KR) : 김서영

Honkai: Star Rail’s Herta is the master of the eponymous Herta Space Station, who appears in the form of a puppet she modeled after her younger self. But, the similarity about how she looked like a child in a form of a puppet is only about 70% in similarity.

Since she is the human with the highest IQ in The Blue, nobody doubts her ability to become the master of the Space Station. But, she only does what she's interested in, dropping whatever project immediately the moment she loses interest — the best example being the space station.

9. Himeko

Rarity : ✦✦✦✦✦ 5 Stars

Elements : Fire

Path : The Erudition

Affiliation : Astral Express

Chinese Name : 姬子 Jīzi

Japanese Name : 姫子 Himeko

Korean Name : 히메코 Himeko

VA (EN) : Cia Court

VA (JP) : Tanaka Rie (田中理恵)

VA (CN) : Lin Su (林簌)

VA (KR) : 김보나

Honkai: Star Rail’s Himeko is the navigator of the Astral Express team. As a child, she was already capable to repair a stranded train. Now, she’s part of the Astral Express team together with Welt, Dan Heng, March 7th, and of course, the main character, trailblazer themself.

10. Hook

Rarity : ✦✦✦✦ 4 Stars

Elements : Fire

Path : The Destruction

Affiliation : The Moles

Chinese Name : 虎克 Hǔkè

Japanese Name : フック ***ku

Korean Name : 후크 Hukeu

VA (EN) : TBA

VA (JP) : Tokui Sora (徳井青空)

Honkai: Star Rail’s Hook is the leader of The Moles adventure squad. If you are with Hook, you better call her Pitch-Dark Hook the Great, because she’s the real boss of The Moles. Despite still being young, she’s actually one of the key characters inside Honkai: Star Rail too. There are a lot of adventures awaiting you here, and you need to find out yourself all kind of experiences that you’ll encounter together with Hook and The Moles.

11. Jing Yuan

Rarity : ✦✦✦✦✦ 5 Stars

Elements : Lightning

Path : The Erudition

Affiliation : TBA

Chinese Name : 景元

Japanese Name : 景元

VA (EN) : TBA

VA (JP) : Ono Daisuke (小野大輔)

VA (CN) : 孙晔

Honkai: Star Rail’s Jing Yuan is one the six generals of the Xianzhou Alliance who leads the leads the Cloud Knights of the Xianzhou Luofu. Since Jing Yuan is a new character even for the 2nd beta, there are not a lot of things that we knew about Jing Yuan yet. 

12. Kafka

Rarity : ✦✦✦✦✦ 5 Stars

Elements : Lightning

Path : The Nihility

Affiliation : Stellaron Hunters

Chinese Name : 卡芙卡 Kǎfúkǎ

Japanese Name : カフカ Ka***a

Korean Name : 카프카 Kapeuka

VA (EN) : Cheryl Texiera

VA (JP) : Hui Xu (徐慧)

VA (CN) : Itoh Shizuka (伊藤静)

VA (KR) : 사문영

Honkai: Star Rail’s Kafka is part of the Stellaron Hunters member. She is calm, collected, and beautiful. She’s one of Interastral Peace Corporation’s wanted list. But people only know two things about her, one of them is her name, and one of them is her hobby. Thus, on the wanted list, they only state her name and this single sentence: “Likes collecting coats.”

There is no other lead about Kafka’s background at the moment, other than that she is one of Destiny’s Slave Elio’s most trusted members. Maybe one day, we will know more about who is Elio and why Kafka became one of Interastral Peace Corporation’s wanted list.

13. Luocha

Rarity : ✦✦✦✦✦ 5 Stars

Elements : Imaginary

Path : The A*****nce

Affiliation : Intergalactic Merchant Guild

Chinese Name : 罗刹 Raksha

Japanese Name : 羅刹 Rasetsu

VA (EN) : TBA

VA (JP) : Ishida Akira (石田彰)

VA (CN) : Lu Zhao (赵路)

Honkai: Star Rail’s Luocha is a blond-haired handsome young man who carries a coffin on his back. Currently there is no background story yet about why Luocha always carry a coffin on his back. But we have a slight lead about his character introduction, as a member of the intergalactic merchant guild, he was unfortunately caught in the Xianzhou Luofu's Stellaron crisis. Somehow, his superb medical skills are sure to be of use.

Maybe one day we will know how did he got caught in the crisis and who are the other members of the intergalactic merchant guild, and how Luocha can get to know them all.

14. March 7th

Rarity : ✦✦✦✦ 4 Stars

Elements : Ice

Path : The Preservation

Affiliation : Astral Express

Chinese Name : 三月七 Sanyuè Qī

Japanese Name : 三月なのか Mitsuki Nanoka

VA (EN) : Skyler Davenport

VA (JP) : Ogura Yui (小倉唯)

VA (CN) : Nuoya (诺亚)

VA (KR) : 정혜원

Honkai: Star Rail’s March 7th is a clever, quirky girl who is enthusiastic about all things girls her age are enthusiastic about. She travels with the Express, always bringing along her camera with the belief that one day she will be able to take a photo of something related to her past.

She was found in a piece of drifting eternal ice and freed by the Astral Express Crew.

When she awoke, she couldn't remember anything about herself or her past. Though initially feeling dejected about this lack of identity, she decided to name herself after the date of salvation. And thus, on that day March 7th was born.

The background about the reason why she was found in a piece of eternal ice is still a mystery, just the same as how we don’t know much about Dan Heng’s background story yet. But, since March 7th is also one of the important characters that accompany Dan Heng and us the main character, maybe we will find the answer that lies in planet Belobog itself.

15. Natasha

Rarity : ✦✦✦✦ 4 Stars

Elements : Physical

Path : The A*****nce

Affiliation : Wildfire

Japanese Name : ナターシャ Natāsha

Korean Name : 나타샤 Natasya

VA (EN) : Elizabeth Maxwell

VA (JP) : Uchiyama Yumi (内山夕実)

VA (CN) : 秦紫翼

VA (KR) : 강은애

Honkai: Star Rail’s Natasha is a fastidious doctor who always wears a curious smile.

In the Underworld where medical resources are few and far between, Natasha is one of the very few doctors whom the people can turn to.

Even the rambunctious Hook would politely greet her... "Hi, Auntie Natasha."

Natasha is also another important key character in Honkai: Star Rail. As you progress through the story, meeting Natasha will also uncover the background story about things that happened in the underworld.

16. Pela

Rarity : ✦✦✦✦ 4 Stars

Elements : Ice

Path : The Nihility

Affiliation : TBA

Japanese Name : ぺラ Pera

Korean Name : 페라 Pela

VA (EN) : Xanthe Huynh

VA (JP) : 宴宁

VA (CN) : Morohoshi Sumire (諸星すみれ)

VA (KR) : 이다은

Honkai: Star Rail’s Pela is the meticulous Intelligence Officer of the Silvermane Guards, while young, she is undeniably brilliant. Whether it relates to maneuvering troops, distributing supplies, or the terrain, Pela can answer any problems with calm certainty. As for her phone case...

"It has nothing to do with work, Captain."

You really want to check Pela’s phone case. It’s a really great easter egg from HoYoverse.

17. Sampo

Rarity : ✦✦✦✦ 4 Stars

Elements : Wind

Path : The Nihility

Affiliation : Wildfire

Japanese Name : サンポ Sanpo

Korean Name : 삼포 Sampo

VA (EN) : Roger Rose

VA (JP) : Hirakawa Daisuke (平川大輔)

VA (CN) : 刘圣博

VA (KR) : 정재헌

Never judge the book by the cover. Honkai: Star Rail’s Sampo described that sentence really well. A silver-tongued salesman, where there is profit to be made, you can be sure Sampo is nearby. Sampo's unique knowledge makes it hard not to approach him for help, but becoming his "customer" is not necessarily a good thing. After all, "customers" can quickly turn into "commodities" for the right price. Nevertheless, Sampo is actually one of the trusty wildfire members, and he’s actually one of the important characters besides Natasha too.

You will never expect what are the things that Sampo will do to you. Sampo is one of the very “random” characters that you can encounter in Honkai: Star Rail. Is it a bad thing? Not really. You might even like Sampo after you progress through the stories. But can you really trust Sampo with his silver-tongued wordings? Or do you need to be very careful to be near Sampo?

Never judge Sampo by his appearance, you did it once and you might gonna change your mind later on.

18. Seele

Rarity : ✦✦✦✦✦ 5 Stars

Elements : Quantum

Path : The Hunt

Affiliation : Wildfire

Chinese Name : 希儿 Xī'er

Japanese Name : ゼーレ Zeere

Korean Name : 제레 Jele

VA (EN) : Molly Zhang

VA (JP) : Nakahara Mai (中原麻衣)

VA (CN) : Yajing Tang (唐雅菁)

VA (KR) : 송하림

Honkai: Star Rail’s Seele is a spirited and valiant member of Wildfire who grew up in the perilous Underworld of Belobog. She is accustomed to being on her own. As someone who once relied on others for protection, she now pursues strength. For the truth of the underground and her family's name, Seele can endure any kind of adversity. The protectors and the protected, the oppressors and the oppressed... The world Seele grew up knowing was just a simple dichotomy… That is until that young girl appeared.

If you play Honkai Impact 3rd, you might have an idea about which “young girl” met Seele that day and it changed her vision of the world. As the valiant key member of the Wildfire just like Natasha and Sampo, Seele is also one of the important characters in Honkai: Star Rail that will help you understand more about the things that happen in the underworld. With the nickname “Babochka”, she flits through the battlefield with grace as she causes a storm.

19. Serval Landau

Rarity : ✦✦✦✦ 4 Stars

Elements : Lightning

Path : The Erudition

Affiliation : TBA

Japanese Name : セーバル Sēbaru

Korean Name : 서벌 Seobeol

VA (EN) : Natalie Van Sistine

VA (JP) : Aimi (愛美)

VA (CN) : 穆雪婷

VA (KR) : 민아

Honkai: Star Rail’s Serval Landau is the free and rebellious eldest daughter of the Landau family, once a close friend of Cocolia, her interests has now led her to become a mechanic. In the perpetually winter-stricken Belobog, she opened a workshop called "Neverwinter" that puts business on hold from time to time for rock 'n' roll performances. 

And should anyone ask her about the workshop's profitability...

"This is just a hobby, dear. I'm not short of money."

20. Silver Wolf

Rarity : ✦✦✦✦ 4 Stars

Elements : Quantum

Path : The Nihility

Affiliation : Stellaron Hunters

Chinese Name : 银狼 Yínláng

Japanese Name : 銀狼 Ginrō

Korean Name : 은랑 Eunlang

VA (EN) : Melissa Fahn

VA (JP) : Asumi Kana (阿澄佳奈)

VA (CN) : hanser

VA (KR) : 장미

Honkai: Star Rail’s Silver Wolf is one of the Stellaron Hunter members. Together with Kafka, you do not want to miss the duo action between those two. Silver Wolf has mastered the skill known as "aether editing", which can be used to tamper with the data of reality. Hence, she always views the universe as a massive immersive simulation game and is eager to clear the stages awaiting ahead. So, for Silver Wolf, the universe is just another game to this super hacker.

No matter how t***** the defense system, Silver Wolf can crack it with ease. Her hacking battle with Screwllum of the Genius Society has become stuff of legends in the hacking world. How many more levels are there to beat in the universe? Silver Wolf looks forward to finding out.

21. Sushang

Rarity : ✦✦✦✦ 4 Stars

Elements : Physical

Path : The Hunt

Affiliation : TBA

Chinese Name : 素裳

Japanese Name : 羅浮 Sushō

Korean Name : 소상 Sosang

VA (EN) : TBA

VA (JP) : ***uen Misato (福圓美里)

VA (CN) : 陈婷婷

Honkai: Star Rail’s Sushang is an amateur member of the Xianzhou Luofu's Cloud Knights who aspires to become a renowned figure of the said group. she wields a Greatsword, she envisions the historic legends of the Cloud Knights, and is eager to become such a figure herself. As such, Sushang firmly believes in the philosophies "be eager to help those in need", "do one good deed a day and reflect on oneself three times a day", leading her to busy days full of helping others.

22. Trailblazer (Main Character)

Rarity : ✦✦✦✦✦ 5 Stars

Elements : Physical (Default, can change as you progressed)

Path : The Destruction (Default, can change based on elements)

Affiliation : Astral Express

The main character that you will be played in Honkai: Star Rail. In the beginning of the game, Kafka with the help of Silver Wolf activated their receptacle, awakening them to the real world where they woke up inside the Herta Space Station during the invasion of the Antimatter Legion.

And during that time, you will meet Dan Heng, March 7th, Himeko and Welt. Thus, you are now part of the Astral Express team and you will begin your journey to uncover the truth about the world, the background stories of each characters and the journey to save the world.

23. Welt

Rarity : ✦✦✦✦✦ 5 Stars

Elements : Imaginary

Path : The Nihility

Affiliation : Astral Express

Chinese Name : 瓦尔特 Wǎ'ěrtè

Japanese Name : ヴェルト Veruto

Korean Name : 웰트 Welteu

VA (EN) : Corey Landis

VA (JP) : Bo Peng (彭博)

VA (CN) : Hosoya Yoshimasa (細谷佳正)

VA (KR) : 한신

Honkai: Star Rail’s Welt is the wise and sophisticated former Anti-Entropy Sovereign who inherits the name of the world — Welt. He has saved Earth from annihilation time and time again.

After the calamity ended, the heavy burden ordained by fate to Welt had been removed for a time, and he became an animation storyboard artist. However, after the conspiracy with St. Fountain came to a close, Welt had no choice but to venture with the initiator of the incident to the other side of the space portal. Perhaps even he didn't expect the new journey and companions that awaited him.

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