characters: Search characters

API: jikan.moe:myanimelist-api-via-jikan
Endpoint: /characters
Response format: application/json
Auth: none
Method: GET
Last Status: 503
Latency: 160ms

Description

Search for anime/manga characters by name. Returns a paginated list of matching characters.

Parameters (3)

limit (integer, query, optional, default: 25)

Number of results per page (max 25)

Constraints: {'maximum': 25}

page (integer, query, optional, default: 1)

Page number for pagination

q (string, query, optional)

Search query string (character name)

Examples (1)

Search characters openapi-spec
curl 'https://api.jikan.moe/v4/characters?q=luffy'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://api.jikan.moe/v4/characters",
    params={
        'q': 'luffy',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("jikan")
result = api.fetch("characters", q="luffy")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://api.jikan.moe/v4/characters?q=luffy");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 00:09:01.801101 503 160ms
2026-04-15 00:23:44.455321 504 193ms
2026-04-14 03:39:17.478740 200 302ms
2026-04-12 15:18:34.014005 200 500ms
2026-04-10 00:54:50.542128 200 270ms
2026-04-09 02:53:35.295264 200 330ms
2026-04-08 00:11:06.119402 200 306ms
2026-04-07 01:25:36.788473 200 317ms
2026-04-06 05:15:57.978730 200 404ms
2026-04-05 03:08:50.229116 200 387ms
2026-04-04 02:39:27.410099 200 267ms
2026-04-03 12:58:27.593011 200 282ms
2026-03-30 02:12:52.027692 200 323ms
2026-03-29 12:41:41.020058 200 288ms
2026-03-23 09:39:30.611780 200 242ms