Nausicaa

The heroine of the story. She’s a little bit a young scientist, a glider pilot, and a philosopher. Even though she is a beloved princess of the valley, she isn’t one of those that just care about owning land and things like that, instead she has a natural talent for helping animals and the like. She has a beloved friend named Teto, a fox squirrel,
But when the Torumkeians (The Western War state) crashes into the Valley of wind, Nausicaa...soon learns more about why the Fukai were born.

Yupa

Yupa is from the Valley of the Wind and is an old friend of Nausicaä's father, King Jiru. He is also Nausicaä's mentor, but left the Valley when she was 14 in order to research the Fukais. His goal has been to solve the mysteries of the Fukais, in hopes of preventing them from spreading and eliminating the existence of mankind. Yupa is a well respected person in the Valley, and his return to the Valley after a year and half of wandering was welcomed by all. During his time away, he visited many villages there were destroyed the Fuakis, and sadly reported that wars and famine now exist in too many places of Earth. Yupa is a skilled sword/knivesman, and saved the Pejite people from being killed by the Tolumekians.

Grandmother

Old, wise and a bit kooky, the old woman simply called "Grandmother" is also a highly respected person in Valley of the Wind. She has poor eyesight, lives in the castle and has watched Nausicaä grow up. Grandmother was the one told us about the legend of the saviour who will come to help mankind, and it is she realizes Nausicaä is the saviour. When the Valley forest was infested with Fukai poison, the people went to her for guidance. She decided that the only way to save the rest of the Valley was to destroy the forest.

Mito

Blind in one eye (cause unknown), he is a loyal and trusted friend of King Jiru and Nausicaä. Although he is quite rough in some occassions, he is a highly skilled pilot and shows much care for the people of the Valley. When Nausicaä was attacked by a Tolumekia airship, he saved her by quickly shooting it down. He helped protect the people of the Valley by warning them of the Omhu attack, and guided them to safety.

Asbel

Prince of the Kingdom of Pejite, Asbel took revenge on the Tolumekians when they kidnapped his twin sister Rastelle. He shot down their planes, but when he saw Nausicaä signalling him to stop, he was distracted and was shot down himself. Although young in age, he is a very good fighter pilot. At first, he was in support of the Pejitians' plan to terminate the Tolumekians at all cause, including killing the people of the Valley of the Wind. However, after he meets Nausicaä, he realizes what they are doing was wrong. He triesto save Nausicaä, but was knocked unconscious by his men. Later however, with the assistance of his Mother, he succeeds. He pushes Nausicaä’s mehve off to save her people while he himself stays behind to fight the attacking Tolumekians.

Kushana

The Fourth Imperial Princess of Tolumekia, Kushana's goal in life is to destroy the Fukais all the Omhus in exsistence. Her motive behind her determination is the fact that when she was a child, she was attacked by an Omhu, and as a result, her arm and two legs were amputated. She had to grow up with a metal shell as an arm and has been very angry ever since. Although at times she appears to be mean and cruel, she is actually very afraid. She puts up a strong front in order to hide her fears and actually has a very caring heart. As the story unfolded, she changed into a gentler and more caring person. When Mito returned to the Valley, she ordered her troops to stop firing at him because she was worried about Nausicaä's safety. So even though she led the invasion of the Valley, Kushana is not a hateful character. Her plight generates sympathy, and her goals and ideals are understandable. She could not have predicted the results of her actions and did not do anything out of cruelty or evilness.

Kurotawa

Kurotawa is Princess Kushanta's General and has a love/hate relationship with her. He was quite happy when reports came in that Kushanta has been killed, but when she returned, he didn't seem to be angry at all. He is the type of person who likes to be in command of battles rather than actually be in them. Although he led the invasion on the Valley of the Wind, he is not exactly a bad guy. Like Kushana, he is not a hateful character because he is not evil, or mean or cruel. He just happens to have different ideals and goals than the people of the Valley of the Wind and he does what he does in the belief that they are for mankind's best interest.

King Jiru

Beloved King of the Valley of the Wind, he was dying of Fukai poison. He moved his people to the Valley of the Wind in order to escape from the wars outside, as well as the poison which exist in most parts of the Earth. He is killed by a Tolumekians when they attacked the Valley.

Rastelle

Princess of the Kingdom of Pejite, and twin sister of Asbel. She was kidnapped by the Tolumekians when they destroyed her kingdom and stole the fire demon. She was being transported to Tolumekia when the soldiers angered some Fukai creatures and the airship was attacked. The airship crashed into the mountains and Lastelle suffered grave injuries. As her last words, she asks Nausicaä to destroy all cargo aboard the airship. Nausicaä tells her the fire destroyed everything, and Rastelle died happy with that knowledge. It is discovered later on that the god warrior survived the crash. Fortunately, Rastelle died without that knowledge