Norwegian Wood
Norwegian WoodHaruki Murakami
Characters in Norwegian Wood
7 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Toru Watanabe
A reserved Tokyo college student who narrates the story in retrospect, caught between his devotion to Naoko and his growing feelings for Midori.
Supporting characters
Naoko
Beautiful and emotionally fragile, the former girlfriend of Toru's late best friend, whose grief slowly withdraws her from the world.
Midori Kobayashi
A lively, outspoken classmate who is candid about life and desire and offers Toru a path back toward the living.
Reiko Ishida
Naoko's older roommate at the mountain sanatorium, an accomplished pianist and guitarist who becomes Toru's confidante.
Nagasawa
A charismatic, cynical diplomacy student at the University of Tokyo who befriends Toru and treats relationships as conquests.
Hatsumi
Nagasawa's long-suffering girlfriend, whose quiet dignity moves Toru deeply.