
Clannad is a Japanese visual novel developed by Key and released on April 28, 2004 for Windows. While both of Key's first two previous works, Kanon and Air, had been released first as adult games and then censored for the younger market, Clannad was released with a rating for all ages. It was later ported to the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch consoles. An English version for Windows was released on Steam by Sekai Project in 2015.

This is a list of characters from the visual novel, manga, and anime series Clannad. The main character is Tomoya Okazaki, an average guy who became a delinquent after a fight with his father that permanently damaged the tendon in his right arm. There are five heroines in this story: Nagisa Furukawa, a shy girl who wants to re-establish the long disbanded theatre club; Kyou Fujibayashi, a loud and aggressive girl; Kotomi Ichinose, a silent genius who is usually found in the library studying advanced topics; Tomoyo Sakagami, a cool headed delinquent transfer student who wants to become the student council president in order to preserve the cherry blossom trees; and Fuko Ibuki, a childish girl who carves wooden starfish to distribute to others as inviting them to her sister's wedding. There is also Ushio Okazaki, Tomoya and Nagisa's daughter, who appears primarily in the After Story.

The Clannad animated television series is based on the visual novel Clannad by the Japanese visual novel brand Key. The episodes, produced by the animation studio Kyoto Animation, are directed by Tatsuya Ishihara, written by Fumihiko Shimo, and features character design by Kazumi Ikeda who based the designs on Itaru Hinoue's original concept. The story follows the main character Tomoya Okazaki, a discontented high school student whose life changes when he meets a girl one year older than he is, named Nagisa Furukawa.

Clannad is a 2007 Japanese anime fantasy-drama film directed by Osamu Dezaki and based on the visual novel of the same name developed by Key. Toei Animation announced at the Tokyo Anime Fair on March 23, 2006 that an animated film would be produced, and was released theatrically by Toei Company on September 15, 2007. The film is a reinterpretation of the Clannad storyline which centers on the story arc of the female lead Nagisa Furukawa. It was the final film directed by Dezaki before his death in April 2011.



