Characters in Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

Nikaro

A Nightmare Painter who walks Kilahito's streets at night painting over manifestations of darkness, now sharing his life with a stranger from another existence.

Yumi (Torio)

A yoki-hijo from Torio whose life is governed by sacred ritual — summoning spirits through elaborate stone-stacking to bring warmth to her land — who finds her soul swapped nightly with a stranger from another world.

Hoid

The novel's narrator, a recurring Cosmere figure who tells Yumi and Nikaro's story and appears within it — spending much of his on-page time magically frozen as a coatrack statue in the Kilahito noodle shop where the two first meet.

Also in Tress of the Emerald Sea, The Fires of December, The Way of Kings, Words of Radiance, Oathbringer

Akane

A fellow nightmare painter in Kilahito, sociable and fashion-conscious, who once counted Nikaro among her close friends and organizes outings for their circle of colleagues.

Tojin

A physically imposing but shy and reserved nightmare painter in Kilahito, part of Nikaro's circle of colleagues.