This is a list of minor characters that either appeared as background characters in the anime, short films, or manga. All of these characters hold little to no major purpose exclusive to the story.
Films & Anime
Students
Blair
Blair is a student at Luna Nova Magical Academy, who's friends and roommates with Avery and Mary. She debuted as a background character in the short films and maintains her role in the anime, in which she first appeared in "Pappiliodya".
Blair is an Italian girl of average height with long, wavy blonde hair tied into two pigtails each stylized like a drill and green eyes. She wears the standard Luna Nova uniform, along with a lavender sash and hatband.
Blair and Mary are likely named after the animator Mary Blair. Her design on the other hand, seemed to be inspired by Mami Tomoe from magical girl series Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
Chloé
A student at Luna Nova Magical Academy from France. She is a French girl of average height with dirty blonde hair and dark brown eyes. Along with the standard Luna Nova uniform, her sash and hatband are pale peach. As confirmed in Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time, she sees Diana as her rival as much as Akko and sought to outperform her.
Mary
Mary is a student at Luna Nova Magical Academy. She appears as a background character in the short films and in the anime series. She is voiced by Asami Yano, who also voices Samantha Badcock, in the original Japanese version, while she is voiced by Kira Buckland in the English dub, who also voices Avery.
Mary is a British girl of average height with blue eyes and teal blue hair tied in a ponytail with a red ribbon with a bang going to the left side of her face. Mary loves watching films, and brought a DVD collection with her when she arrived in Luna Nova. Her first appearance was in the first short film, in which she was the student who provoked others to attack a lone Briton Red Dragon that escaped the dungeon, unaware with its ability to absorb magic until it was too late. In the anime, she's revealed to be Avery and Blair's roommate and much like them, she wears a lavender sash and hatband.
Mary and Blair are likely named after the animator Mary Blair.
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah Bernhardt is a student at Luna Nova Magical Academy, who appears in the short films and anime. She's a tall girl with long ginger hair and red eyes. Along with the standard Luna Nova uniform, her sash and hatband are pale peach. Her debut as a background character was in the first film, and she continued her role during the anime series.
She shares her name with the French stage actress Sarah Bernhardt.
Joanna and Kimberly
Joanna and Kimberly are students of Luna Nova, and Wangari's roomates. The trio form the Luna Nova News Network. In the group, while Wangari is the reporter, Joanna is the photographer and Kimberly the writer. They both sport a yellow hatband on their witch hats and a yellow sash-belt, much like Wangari.
Gaëlle
Gaëlle is a German student at Luna Nova Magical Academy who appears in the anime. She has her only speaking role in "Orange Submariner". It is revealed that she is one of Professor Pisces's regular students, and an academic expert in magical language, including fish language. She is voiced by Asami Yano, who also voices Mary and Professor Badcock.
Alice
Alice is a student at Luna Nova Magical Academy who appears in the anime series. Alice has ash brown hair tied in pigtails, along with beady black eyes. She uses a pink sash on her Luna Nova uniform with a hatband and her team members are Priscilla and Eliza.
Elfriede
Elfriede is a background witch in the anime series. She has long brown hair and brown eyes. Her sash is a beige or pale peach color, and her team members are Sarah Bernhardt and Chloe. She often appears along with Sarah in the background.
Sóla
Sóla is a witch from Iceland. She is seen in a few episodes, including "What You Will", when the witch students prepare for their roles for the Samhain Festival. She also makes an appearance in the second opening intro. She has short vermilion red hair shaped like an onion, along with light red eyes. She uses a green sash and hatband on her Luna Nova uniform. She is a shy girl who considers herself weak, and her roommates, Rajani and Rashmi, always watch out for her. Sóla has no speaking role in the entire anime series, but she later gains a speaking role in the game Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time. She is voiced by Nako Eguchi in the game.
Rajani and Rashmi
Sóra's roomates who originate from India. Like Sóla, they don green sashes and hatbands on their Luna Nova uniforms. They take extra care of Sóra, and often bicker against each other over her. They both specialize in advanced synthesis magic. Rajani is voiced by Miki Hase, and Rashmi is voiced by Kaya Miyake.
Alma
A short and corpulent witch from Austria. Her sash is purple and her team members are Teresa and Julieta. She appears as a background character in the anime series.
Verochka
Verochka is a witch that appears as a background character in the anime. She is very tall and has long dark brown hair. Her sash is blue and her team members are Nina and Francine. As revealed in the game's Sub Events which focused about her, Verochka Fighting!, Verochka is skilled in Magistema, a mixture of magic and martial arts.
She is voiced by Tamaki Orie.
Teachers
History Teacher
The History Teacher is a teacher at Luna Nova Magical Academy who teaches witch history to students. She is an elderly woman with brown eyes and gray hair tied in a long ponytail. She wears the same uniform as the Luna Nova teachers, with three blue feathers on her hat.
She debuts in the first short film, giving one of her history of magic classes, teaching about how Ley Lines and Sorcerer's Stones work. Akko ends up sleeping in the middle of the class, which leads the teacher to awaken her abruptly with her magic. After quoting an old saying about the abuse of magic, she scolds Akko to take the story of magic seriously. She is voiced by Hisako Kyōda in the original Japanese version and by Eileen Galido in the English dub, who also voices Nelson in the first film and Finnelan in The Enchanted Parade. Her Brazilian voice actress, Carmen Sheila, also voices Lukić in the anime.
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Alchemy Teacher
The Alchemy Teacher is another teacher at Luna Nova Magical Academy, who specializes in alchemy magic. She is an old woman with long purple hair, violet eyes and two large incisors protruding from her mouth. She wears the same uniform as the Luna Nova teachers over a purple open-necked shirt, with two red feathers on her hat.
In "Orange Submariner", she appears imparting the test of basic alchemy, consisting of transforming a metal plate. She is impressed at how Constanze transforms her metal plate into a scaled robot, but gives her a B+ because it was not very useful. When Akko's turn comes, she ends up causing an explosion in the room, causing her to get a C-.
Bird Language Teacher
The Bird Language Teacher is a language teacher at Luna Nova Magical Academy. She is an short and elderly woman with gray hair and great blue eyes. She wears the standard uniform of the teachers of Luna Nova with a pair of glasses and two red feathers on her hat. Her first and only appearance was in "Orange Submariner".
White Magic Teacher
The White Magic Teacher is a teacher who specializes in White Magic over at Luna Nova. She is a middle-aged woman with dark green eyes and light green hair scattered about. She wears the same uniform as the other Luna Nova teachers. She seems to be a serious woman and difficult to impress, being disappointed of the presentation of Akko during the practical examination and only giving the best grade to two of the students. Her first appearance and only appearance was in "Orange Submariner".
Others
Jane
Jane (Mrs. Yanne) is a neighbor of Lotte's family and a baker who likes to bake Hapansilakka pies, and is unaware of the fact that they can spread the Greenman Disease.
Nicholas
Nicholas wanders the mountain slopes of Finland with his reindeer. He helped Akko gather the ingredients for curing the Greenman Disease. He is presumably a Laplander.
Manga
Mr. and Mrs. Kagari
Akko's parents, who only appeared in the short films or the anime for a tiny amount of time, made their debut in the Little Witch Academia manga. Their actual occupations are unknown but it seems Mrs. Kagari appears to be a common housewife.
It's implied that the couple seen during Chariot's show sitting with Akko between them are anime version of her parents. Whether they really Akko's parents is yet to confirmed up to this point.
Marito Manbavaran
Marito is a distant cousin of Sucy. He's a dark skinned male with black hair and he wears traditional clothing of the Filipino-like region. He helps out Lotte and Sucy when they arrive on the Manba island and Lotte develops an immediate crush on him. Marito offers to help Sucy search for any information on her familar.
Lemmy
Lemmy is Akko's second and most successful Golem in the manga. He is very loyal to his creator but his existence proved to be problematic for Akko; He did not only grow larger by devouring all of Sucy's Mandrake plants, but also kept Akko from using her powers as all of her magic had been used to keep him alive. Aware that his existence will hinder Akko's dream of becoming like Chariot, Lemmy provoked Akko to destroyed him by attacking Diana, Hannah, and Barbara.
Shopkeeper
The Shopkeeper is a clothing retailer who used a magical item to become invisible and steal Shiny Chariot's costume designs in order to turn them into fake copies so he could sell them online. He appeared to be a pervert, as during the confrontation with Akko and Diana, he provoked Diana by grabbing her butt at one point.
Video Game
Abigail
A witch from Germany.
Aileen
A witch from England. She is voiced by Kaori Sakurada.
Amelia
One of Molly's roommates, who originated from England.
Balsa McVinegar
A witch who debuted in the 1.03 update in the game. She is voiced by Nanami Yamashita.
Bianca
A witch from Italy. Her dorm room is 2-1. She is voiced by Yui Otagari.
Bice
A witch from England. She is voiced by Aimi Tanaka.
Carmen
A witch from Peru. She is voiced by Ikue Oshida.
Catherine
A witch who makes her debut in the 1.03 update of the game. She is voiced by Ruriko Aoki.
Daisy
A witch from England. She is voiced by Live Mukai.
Ester
A witch from Spain.
Elsa
One of Molly's roommates.
Heather
A witch from America.
Henrietta
A witch from England.
Hilda
A witch from Germany. Her dorm is 2-3 and shares with Katya.
Irene
A witch from Italy.
Isabelle
A witch from England.
Jeanne
A witch who debuted in the 1.03 update in the Little Witch Academia game. She is voiced by Yumiri Hanamori.
Julietta
A witch from England.
Katie
A witch from England. She is voiced by Rinka Shibata.
Katharina
A witch from the Netherlands.
Katya
A witch from Russia. Her dorm is 2-3 and shares with Hilda.
Lin-Lin
A witch from China who makes her debut in the 1.03 update of the Little Witch Academia game. She is voiced by Airi Eino.
Maria
A witch from Spain.
Marianne
Also known as Marie for short (some fans confusingly call her another Mary). A witch who debuted in the 1.03 update of the Little Witch Academia game. As of her first screenshot, her face have not yet been revealed, but shows that her school uniform adds a Japanese cultural thematic, along with a katana. She is voiced by Mai Kiriya.
Priscilla
A witch from Spain.
Rachel
A witch from England.
Rita
A witch from Brazil.
Rosie
A witch from England.
Shao-Yi
A witch from China. She is voiced by Yuki Sorami.
Shiki
A witch who debuted in the 1.03 update of the game. She is voiced by Akane Fujita.
Teresa
A witch from England. Her dorm room is 3-1 She is voiced by Mayuki Makiguchi.
Unnamed Hostile Troll
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Unnamed Hostile Troll
An Unnamed Hostile Troll made an appearance as recurring enemy and mini-boss in Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time where he encountered randomly at either Canopus Ruins, Gienah Tundra, Regulus Mines, Mountain Ankaa, or Shaula Desert. This troll wears a large belt akin to wrestlers' over a loincloth and a red hood/mask over his face as well as what appeared to be metal gloves and boots. The gloves and boots are actually restraints attached by an unnamed ancient witch specifically designed to bind his strength, presumably as punishment for trouble he caused. However, the troll now get used with the weight from the restrains and now using them as his arsenal to cause another troubles yet again by the time Akko and co. encountered him.
Verde Shidariza
A new character introduced during the live stream of Chamber of Time by the original staff. She has green hair with curly, symmetrical pigtails. Unlike any other witches, she has four-starred irises on her black eyes. Verde was created by a fan artist of Little Witch Academia. She is voiced by Chinatsu Ishikawa.
Zizi Delevingne
A witch who debuted in the 1.03 update of the game. She is voiced by Saki Nitta.