All Overwatch Characters' Real Names & Ages

Looking for an Overwatch character's real name or age? This updated 2026 list covers every confirmed Overwatch hero, from classic characters like D.Va, Reaper and Mercy to newer heroes such as Wuyang, Sierra, Shion and D.Mon. Use the table below for a quick answer, or scroll down for a short background on each hero.

Blizzard returned to the simpler Overwatch name in 2026, but this guide also covers anyone searching for Overwatch 2 character names, hero real names and ages.

Overwatch Characters' Real Names and Ages

Here is the complete Overwatch character names list with each hero's real name, current age and role. D.Mon is included because she is confirmed as Hero 53, with her playable release dated August 11, 2026.

Every Overwatch Hero's Real Name Explained

The table gives you the quick answer, but some Overwatch character names have more history behind them. Several heroes fight under aliases, callsigns or titles, while others simply use their real names.

Here is every current and confirmed hero in alphabetical order.

Ana

Real name: Ana Amari
Age: 62
Role: Support

Ana Amari is one of the founding members of Overwatch and the mother of Pharah. The veteran sniper fought during the Omnic Crisis and later returned to action after the original Overwatch organization collapsed.

You can learn more about playing her in our Ana guide.

Anran

Real name: Anran Ye
Age: 22
Role: Damage

Anran Ye is Wuyang's older sister and a gifted fire-based fighter who studied at Wuxing University's Fire College. Her talent eventually led to her recruitment by Overwatch.

Ashe

Real name: Elizabeth Caledonia "Calamity" Ashe
Age: 41
Role: Damage

Ashe is the leader of the Deadlock Gang and one of the most recognizable outlaws in the American Southwest. She grew up in a wealthy family but found excitement in crime, eventually building a criminal organization of her own with B.O.B. by her side.

See our Overwatch Ashe guide for gameplay tips.

Baptiste

Real name: Jean-Baptiste Augustin
Age: 38
Role: Support

Baptiste is a skilled combat medic who lost his parents during the Omnic Crisis. He later joined Talon, became unhappy with the organization and chose to use his training to help people instead.

Bastion

Real name: Bastion
Model designation: SST Laboratories Siege Automaton E54
Age: 32
Role: Damage

Bastion does not have a separate human-style real name. It is an E54 combat unit that survived the Omnic Crisis and later developed a much more peaceful nature while exploring the world.

Brigitte

Real name: Brigitte Lindholm
Age: 25
Role: Support

Brigitte is the daughter of Torbjörn Lindholm and grew up surrounded by engineering. She later joined Reinhardt on his travels, combining her mechanical skills with armor, shields and close-range combat.

Check out our Brigitte tips and tricks.

Cassidy

Real name: Cole Cassidy
Age: 39
Role: Damage

Cole Cassidy was once part of the Deadlock Gang before an Overwatch operation changed the direction of his life. He joined Blackwatch and became one of its most dangerous gunslingers before eventually setting out on his own.

D.Mon

Real name: Yuna Lee
Age: Not officially confirmed
Role: Tank

D.Mon is the callsign of Yuna Lee, a South Korean MEKA pilot and longtime teammate of D.Va. Blizzard confirmed her as Hero 53, with her playable release dated August 11, 2026.

D.Va

Real name: Hana Song
Age: 21
Role: Tank

D.Va's real name is Hana Song. She became famous as a professional gamer before joining South Korea's MEKA program and using those skills to pilot a combat mech against threats to her country.

Domina

Real name: Vaira Singhania
Age: 32
Role: Tank

Domina is Vaira Singhania, an heiress and senior figure within Vishkar Industries. She uses advanced Vishkar technology and hard-light tools while pursuing the company's interests during the growing conflict between Overwatch and Talon.

Doomfist

Real name: Akande Ogundimu
Age: 47
Role: Tank

Doomfist's real name is Akande Ogundimu. Born into a wealthy Nigerian family, he became a talented martial artist and later one of the most powerful figures connected to Talon.

Echo

Real name: Echo
Age: 14
Role: Damage

Echo is an advanced adaptive AI created by Overwatch scientist Dr. Mina Liao. She does not have a separate civilian name, so Echo is both the character's identity and the name used throughout Overwatch lore.

Emre

Real name: Emre Sarioglu
Age: 44
Role: Damage

Emre was once an Overwatch operative who worked alongside some of the organization's best-known agents. After disappearing, he eventually resurfaced with major cybernetic changes and a very different place in the conflict.

Freja

Real name: Freja Skov
Age: 34
Role: Damage

Freja Skov previously served with Overwatch's Search and Rescue division before becoming a bounty hunter. Her crossbow, mobility and tracking skills make her one of the roster's most dangerous hunters.

Genji

Real name: Genji Shimada
Age: 37
Role: Damage

Genji Shimada is the younger brother of Hanzo and a former member of the powerful Shimada clan. After nearly dying in a fight with his brother, Genji survived through extensive cybernetic reconstruction and later found a new purpose with help from Zenyatta.

Hanzo

Real name: Hanzo Shimada
Age: 40
Role: Damage

Hanzo Shimada is Genji's older brother and was expected to lead the Shimada clan. He eventually abandoned the criminal empire and became a wandering bowman seeking redemption for his past.

See our Hanzo guide for gameplay advice.

Hazard

Real name: Findlay Docherty
Age: 24
Role: Tank

Hazard's real name is Findlay Docherty. The Scottish fighter became part of the Phreaks after a difficult upbringing and major injuries changed his life, turning his crew into the family he chose for himself.

We also have a full Overwatch Hazard guide.

Illari

Real name: Illari Quispe Ruiz
Age: 18
Role: Support

Illari Quispe Ruiz trained to become one of the Inti Warriors, protectors who used solar energy to defend their people. A disastrous accident left Illari carrying enormous guilt and made her the last of the group.

Jetpack Cat

Real name: Fika
Age: Unknown
Role: Support

Jetpack Cat's real name is Fika. The once-stray cat became connected to Overwatch through Brigitte, whose technology gave Fika the jet-powered equipment that turned her into a flying support hero.

Juno

Real name: Juno Teo Minh
Age: 19
Role: Support

Juno Teo Minh was born on Mars as part of Project Red Promise, making her the first human born on the planet. She eventually traveled to Earth and became a highly mobile support hero with technology developed for life beyond Earth.

Junker Queen

Real name: Odessa "Dez" Stone
Age: 31
Role: Tank

Junker Queen's real name is Odessa Stone, often shortened to Dez. After years of surviving the Australian wasteland, she returned to Junkertown, fought her way to the top and became its ruler.

Junkrat

Real name: Jamison Fawkes
Age: 27
Role: Damage

Junkrat's real name is Jamison Fawkes. He grew up in the irradiated Australian Outback and became an explosives expert, scavenger and professional troublemaker who frequently travels with Roadhog.

Kiriko

Real name: Kiriko Kamori
Age: 21
Role: Support

Kiriko Kamori grew up around the Shimada family and trained in both traditional fighting techniques and spiritual practices. She later became a protector of Kanezaka while standing against the Hashimoto clan.

Lifeweaver

Real name: Niran Pruksamanee
Age: 31
Role: Support

Lifeweaver is the hero name used by Niran Pruksamanee, a Thai scientist and inventor. His greatest achievement is Biolight, a technology that combines hard light with living organic material and can be used to heal and reshape the environment.

Lúcio

Real name: Lúcio Correia dos Santos
Age: 28
Role: Support

Lúcio Correia dos Santos is a Brazilian musician who became a global celebrity and activist. He first used music to lift his community in Rio de Janeiro and later fought back when Vishkar threatened the people living there.

Mauga

Real name: Mauga Malosi
Age: 37
Role: Tank

Mauga Malosi is a powerful Talon operative who combines massive firepower with surprising intelligence. His friendly and relaxed personality can disappear quickly once a fight begins.

Read our Overwatch Mauga guide for more on the hero.

Mei

Real name: Mei-Ling Zhou
Age: 33
Role: Damage

Mei-Ling Zhou is a climatologist who worked at Overwatch's Antarctic research station. After a disaster forced the team into cryostasis, Mei eventually woke to discover that years had passed and the world had changed around her.

Mercy

Real name: Angela Ziegler
Age: 39
Role: Support

Mercy's real name is Dr. Angela Ziegler. The Swiss doctor became famous for major advances in medicine and nanobiology before joining Overwatch, where she served as one of the organization's most important medical experts.

Mizuki

Real name: Mizuki Kawano
Age: 22
Role: Support

Mizuki Kawano is a Japanese fighter connected to the Hashimoto clan. He uses a mix of healing techniques, mobility and disabling abilities while operating on the darker side of the Overwatch conflict.

Moira

Real name: Moira O'Deorain
Age: 50
Role: Support

Moira O'Deorain is an Irish geneticist whose experiments often ignore normal ethical limits. Her research brought her into Blackwatch and later Talon, where she continued pushing biological science in increasingly dangerous directions.

Orisa

Real name: Orisa
Age: 1
Role: Tank

Orisa was created by young inventor Efi Oladele using parts from Numbani's OR15 defense robots. Orisa is her actual name, rather than an alias hiding another identity.

Pharah

Real name: Fareeha Amari
Age: 34
Role: Damage

Pharah's real name is Fareeha Amari, and she is the daughter of Ana Amari. She followed her family's military tradition and became an elite security operative known for fighting from the air in her Raptora combat suit.

Learn more in our Pharah guide.

Ramattra

Real name: Ramattra
Age: 28
Role: Tank

Ramattra is an omnic originally built for war who later searched for a peaceful future for his people. Over time, he lost faith in peaceful solutions and became the leader of Null Sector.

Ramattra is a chosen omnic name rather than a human-style legal identity hiding behind a hero alias.

Reaper

Real name: Gabriel Reyes
Age: 60
Role: Damage

Reaper's real name is Gabriel Reyes. He was once a decorated soldier and the commander of Blackwatch before the fall of Overwatch and Moira's experiments helped transform him into the deadly figure known as Reaper.

Reinhardt

Real name: Reinhardt Wilhelm
Age: 63
Role: Tank

Reinhardt Wilhelm is one of Overwatch's original heroes and a veteran of the Omnic Crisis. He still follows an old-fashioned code built around courage, honor and protecting people who cannot protect themselves.

See our Reinhardt guide for gameplay tips.

Roadhog

Real name: Mako Rutledge
Age: 50
Role: Tank

Roadhog's real name is Mako Rutledge. The destruction of the Australian Outback helped turn him into the ruthless masked enforcer who later became Junkrat's partner in crime.

Shion

Real name: Shion
Age: 28
Role: Damage

Shion is an omnic who survived captivity and later transformed herself into a dangerous symbol of hatred. Blizzard currently identifies her simply as Shion, with no additional civilian or birth name revealed.

Sierra

Real name: Sierra Turner Woods
Age: 25
Role: Damage

Sierra Turner Woods grew up with unusual abilities and a life shaped by constant change. She became connected to Helix and later worked with Overwatch while searching for answers about her missing mother and her own past.

Sigma

Real name: Siebren de Kuiper
Age: 64
Role: Tank

Sigma's real name is Siebren de Kuiper, a brilliant Dutch astrophysicist. A disastrous experiment involving a black hole changed his mind and body, leaving him able to manipulate gravity while Talon took advantage of his unstable condition.

Read our Sigma guide for more.

Sojourn

Real name: Vivian Chase
Age: 47
Role: Damage

Sojourn's real name is Vivian Chase. The Canadian soldier received cybernetic upgrades from a young age and later served with both Canada's military and Overwatch, where her discipline made her a respected leader.

Soldier: 76

Real name: Jack Morrison
Age: 58
Role: Damage

Soldier: 76 is Jack Morrison, the former commander of Overwatch. After the organization collapsed, Morrison resurfaced as a masked vigilante determined to uncover who was responsible for its downfall.

Sombra

Real name: Olivia Colomar
Age: 32
Role: Damage

Sombra's real name is Olivia Colomar. She survived the aftermath of the Omnic Crisis by developing exceptional hacking skills and eventually became connected to Talon while pursuing secrets for her own purposes.

Symmetra

Real name: Satya Vaswani
Age: 30
Role: Damage

Symmetra's real name is Satya Vaswani. She is one of Vishkar's most talented hard-light architects and can turn light into complex physical structures on the battlefield.

Torbjörn

Real name: Torbjörn Lindholm
Age: 59
Role: Damage

Torbjörn Lindholm is a master engineer, founding Overwatch member and the father of Brigitte. Much of his story deals with the consequences of powerful technology and his responsibility for how machines and weapons are used.

Tracer

Real name: Lena Oxton
Age: 28
Role: Damage

Tracer's real name is Lena Oxton. The British pilot became disconnected from normal time after an experimental aircraft accident until Winston built the chronal accelerator that allowed her to control her condition.

Vendetta

Real name: Marzia Bartalotti
Age: 29
Role: Damage

Vendetta's real name is Marzia Bartalotti, daughter of Talon figure Antonio Bartalotti. She built her own reputation as a gladiator before returning to challenge the people who had pushed her family aside.

Venture

Real name: Sloan Cameron
Age: 26
Role: Damage

Venture's real name is Sloan Cameron. They are an adventurous archaeologist and member of the Wayfinder Society who travels the world searching for lost history and important discoveries.

Widowmaker

Real name: Amélie Lacroix
Age: 35
Role: Damage

Widowmaker's real name is Amélie Lacroix. Talon kidnapped and conditioned her before turning her into an assassin, eventually using her against her own husband, Overwatch agent Gérard Lacroix.

Winston

Real name: Winston
Age: 31
Role: Tank

Winston is a genetically engineered gorilla who grew up at the Horizon Lunar Colony. He took his name from Dr. Harold Winston, the scientist who cared for him and encouraged his curiosity.

Wrecking Ball

Real name: Hammond
Age: 16
Role: Tank

Wrecking Ball's real name is Hammond. Like Winston, Hammond was genetically altered at the Horizon Lunar Colony, but he escaped to Earth and eventually became a champion in the Junkertown arena using his custom-built mech.

Wuyang

Real name: Wuyang Ye
Age: 19
Role: Support

Wuyang Ye is Anran's younger brother and a student connected to Wuxing University. Rather than following the path expected of him, he developed a water-based fighting style built around healing, movement and battlefield control.

Zarya

Real name: Aleksandra Zaryanova
Age: 30
Role: Tank

Zarya's real name is Aleksandra Zaryanova. She became one of the world's strongest competitive athletes before leaving that career behind to defend her homeland when conflict returned.

Zenyatta

Name: Zenyatta
Age: 33
Role: Support

Zenyatta is an omnic monk who left the Shambali monastery to seek understanding through direct contact with the world. Older Overwatch material often calls him Tekhartha Zenyatta, but Tekhartha is used as an honorific or title rather than a separate human-style first name.

Which Overwatch Heroes Use Aliases or Callsigns?

Many Overwatch characters simply fight under their real names, including Ana, Genji, Hanzo, Mei and Winston. Others are much better known by a callsign, title or hero identity than by their actual name.

Some of the most notable Overwatch aliases include:

• D.Mon - Yuna Lee
• D.Va - Hana Song
• Doomfist - Akande Ogundimu
• Hazard - Findlay Docherty
• Junker Queen - Odessa "Dez" Stone
• Lifeweaver - Niran Pruksamanee
• Reaper - Gabriel Reyes
• Roadhog - Mako Rutledge
• Sigma - Siebren de Kuiper
• Sojourn - Vivian Chase
• Soldier: 76 - Jack Morrison
• Sombra - Olivia Colomar
• Symmetra - Satya Vaswani
• Vendetta - Marzia Bartalotti
• Venture - Sloan Cameron
• Widowmaker - Amélie Lacroix
• Wrecking Ball - Hammond

Which Overwatch Characters Do Not Have Separate Real Names?

Not every Overwatch hero has a secret civilian identity. This is especially common among omnics, robots and other characters whose hero name is simply the name they use every day.

• Bastion: Bastion is the name used for the surviving E54 unit. SST Laboratories Siege Automaton E54 is its model designation.
• Echo: Echo is the AI's actual name. No separate civilian name exists.
• Orisa: Orisa is the name given to the robot created by Efi Oladele.
• Ramattra: Ramattra is the omnic's chosen name rather than a hero callsign covering another identity.
• Shion: Blizzard currently identifies the hero simply as Shion. No additional name has been revealed.
• Winston: Winston is the only personal name publicly used for the genetically engineered gorilla.
• Zenyatta: Current material primarily uses Zenyatta. Tekhartha has also been used as an honorific.

Who Is the Oldest Overwatch Character?

Sigma is the oldest Overwatch hero with a confirmed age at 64 years old. Reinhardt follows at 63, with Ana at 62, Reaper at 60 and Torbjörn at 59.

The five oldest confirmed Overwatch characters are:

• Sigma: 64
• Reinhardt: 63
• Ana: 62
• Reaper: 60
• Torbjörn: 59

D.Mon's age has not yet been officially confirmed, so she is not included when comparing the oldest and youngest heroes.

Who Is the Youngest Overwatch Character?

Orisa is the youngest Overwatch character with a confirmed age at just 1 year old. Because she is a robot, the youngest human hero is Illari at 18 years old.

The youngest confirmed Overwatch characters are:

• Orisa: 1
• Echo: 14
• Wrecking Ball / Hammond: 16
• Illari: 18
• Juno: 19
• Wuyang: 19

Jetpack Cat's age has not been officially listed, so Fika is also excluded from the age ranking.

Overwatch Character Real Names FAQ

What is D.Va's real name?

D.Va's real name is Hana Song. D.Va is the gaming and MEKA callsign she uses while piloting her mech.

What is D.Mon's real name?

D.Mon's real name is Yuna Lee. She is a member of South Korea's MEKA Squad and was confirmed as Overwatch Hero 53.

What is Reaper's real name?

Reaper's real name is Gabriel Reyes. Before becoming Reaper, Reyes was a decorated soldier and the commander of Blackwatch.

What is Soldier: 76's real name?

Soldier: 76's real name is Jack Morrison. He previously served as the commander of Overwatch before returning as the masked vigilante Soldier: 76.

What is Sombra's real name?

Sombra's real name is Olivia Colomar. Sombra is the hacker alias she adopted before becoming one of the world's most dangerous cybercriminals.

What is Widowmaker's real name?

Widowmaker's real name is Amélie Lacroix. Talon transformed her into an assassin after kidnapping and conditioning her.

What is Junker Queen's real name?

Junker Queen's real name is Odessa "Dez" Stone. She earned the Junker Queen title after returning to Junkertown and fighting her way to power.

How many Overwatch characters are there?

This guide covers 53 confirmed Overwatch heroes through D.Mon. At the time of this August 9, 2026 update, 52 are playable, while D.Mon is confirmed as Hero 53 with an August 11, 2026 release date.

Who is the oldest Overwatch hero?

Sigma is the oldest Overwatch hero with a confirmed age at 64 years old. Reinhardt is 63 and Ana is 62.

Who is the youngest Overwatch hero?

Orisa is the youngest overall at 1 year old. Illari is the youngest human hero with a confirmed age at 18.

Wrapping It Up

Overwatch has grown far beyond its original roster, and many characters are now better known by their hero names than their actual identities. From Hana Song behind D.Va to Gabriel Reyes behind Reaper and Olivia Colomar behind Sombra, the roster has plenty of names that are easy to miss if you only play the game.

We will keep this list of Overwatch character real names and ages updated as Blizzard adds new heroes and reveals more information about the existing roster.