This guide shares the list of all characters coming to Honkai Star Rail with future version updates and phases.
Honkai Star Rail's eighth major update, version 2.1, "Into the Yawning Chasm," is currently underway. The update introduced new playable five-star characters, Acheron and Aventurine, and a four-star character, Gallagher. It also introduces new five-star Light Cones and a plethora of other content.
While players are performing Warps to get a new character and experience the new events, quests, and other such things offered in the update, we have a ton of characters announced who are still waiting in queue to join the playable characters roster.
We have prepared this guide to ensure you are aware of all playable characters coming to Honkai Star Rail with future updates. So keep reading!
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Honkai Star Rail Upcoming Characters List
That being said, here is the list of upcoming characters in Honkai Star Rail:
| Character | Character Name | Rarity | Element | Path | Release Status |
 | Blade | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Wind | Destruction | Released |
 | Loucha | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Imaginary | The Abundance | Released |
 | Luka | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Physical | The Nihility | Released |
 | Fu Xuan | NA | Quantum | The Preservation | Released |
 | Kafka | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Lightning | The Nihility | Released |
 | Yukong | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Imaginary | The Harmony | Released |
Note: We will be adding new upcoming character details soon!
Honkai Star Rail Leaked Characters
Here are all the leaked upcoming characters in Honkai Star Rail:
| Character Name | Rarity | Element | Path | Release Date |
| Robin | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Physical | Harmony | Version 2.2 update [Confirmed on March 12, 2024] |
| Sakura | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Ice | The Hunt | TBA |
| Misha | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Ice | The Destruction | TBA |
| Serenader (Previously known as Diva) | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Jade (Previously known as Emerald) | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Gallagher | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Fire | The Abundance | TBA |
| Acheron | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Lightning | Nihility | Version 2.1 |
| Boothill | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Physical/Fire | Hunt | TBA |
| Firefly (Related to Sam) | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Topaz | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Fire | The Hunt | Released |
| Jingliu | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Ice | The Destruction | Released |
| Dan Heng – Imbibitor Lunae | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Imaginary | The Destruction | Released |
| Screwllum | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Imaginary | The Erudition | TBA |
| Hanya | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Imaginary | The Harmony | Released |
| Aventurine | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Imaginary | The Preservation | Version 2.1 |
| Dr. of Truth (Dr. Ratio) | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Imaginary | The Hunt | Dr. Ratio will be released during the second half of the version 1.6 update. |
| Argenti | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Physical | The Erudition | |
| Hanabi (Name changed to Sparkle) | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Quantum | The Harmony | TBA |
| Huo Huo | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Wind | The Abundance | Released. |
| Lynx | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Quantum | The Abundance | Released. |
| Xueyi | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Quantum | The Destruction | Xueyi will be released during the version 1.6 update. |
| Guinaifen | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Fire | The Nihility | TBA |
| Ruan Mei | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Ice | The Harmony | Ruan Mei will be released in the first half of the version 1.6 update. Update: Ruan Mei is now available in HSR. |
| Sam | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Fire | The Destruction | TBA |
| Yayi (Raiden Mei) | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Lightning | The Hunt | TBA |
| Black Swan | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Wind | The Nihility | TBA |