List of Darna (2022 TV series) characters

Mars Ravelo's Darna (or simply Darna) is a 2022 Philippine superhero series based on Mars Ravelo's fictional character creation of the same name, under the production of JRB Creative Production and ABS-CBN Entertainment. It stars Jane de Leon in the titular role, her archenemy Janella Salvador, together with the ensemble casts Joshua Garcia, Zaijan Jaranilla, Rio Locsin and Paolo Gumabao. The series revolves around two story arcs (Season 1 and Season 2), a total of 130 episodes throughout its run.

Protagonist

See also: Narda Custodio

Jane de Leon (left) as Darna/Narda and Iza Calzado (right) as the Prime Darna/Zora/Leonor Custodio

Titular role

Cast	Character	Character description	Powers and abilities
Jane de Leon	Darna/Narda Custodio	The protector of the mythical stone. A young emergency medical technician who took Leonor/Zora's place as the keeper of the mythical stone. She was trained at a young age by her mother to prepare her to be her successor. She is also an expert in Kali Martial Arts.	Main powers: Superhuman Strength, Stamina, Endurance, Speed, Agility, Reflexes, Hearing Enhanced Combat Mastery Flight Invincibility Accelerated Rotation Concussive Force In Hiraya form (full potential): Cosmic Energy Channeling, Absolute Invulnerability, Aerokinesis Weaponry: Gold-red cuffs, Earpiece

Special participation

Cast	Character	Summary	Powers and abilities
Iza Calzado	The Prime Darna/Leonor Custodio/Zora	The Prime Darna. She is the championed warrior from Planet Marte and the mother of Narda and Ding.	Superhuman Strength, endurance, flexibility, stamina Olympic-level combat skills Flight Invincibility

Archenemy

Janella Salvador as the Serpent Queen, Valentina

Cast	Character	Character description	Powers and abilities
Janella Salvador	Valentina/Atty. Regina Vanguardia	As Regina Vanguardia, she is a social media influencer and lawyer. As her alter-ego The Serpent Queen, Valentina, she is cursed with having live, poisonous snakes for hair. She is Darna's archenemy and has romantic feelings for Brian.	Main powers: Snake Tendrils, Enhanced Flexibility, Weapon Immunity, Life-force Absorption, Snake Manipulation, Gorgon Physiology Special abilities: Regenerative Healing Factor, Enhanced Night Vision, Enhanced Stealth, Visual Linking (using snakes) Post-death (strongest) form: Superhuman Strength and Durability, Retrocognition, Enhanced Stamina and durability, Advanced Physical Strength, Deadly Venom Secretion

Central-villain antagonist

Cast	Character	Character description	Powers and abilities
Richard Quan	General Borgo / Atty. Rex Vanguardia	an alien from the planet Ludo who has plans of terminating human life and take control of the entire galaxy. He is Regina's severe and authoritarian father in the human form of Rex Vanguardia.	Main powers: Superhuman Strength, Endurance, Agility, Reflexes Enhanced inventing, Master Combatant, Flight, Enhanced Durability, Enhanced Awareness, Shapeshifting Abilities, Tactical Genius Powered armor suit granting: Laser beam emission, invisibility Finale form (Serum injected): Pyrokinesis, laser vision, Shield manipulation

Supporting casts

Cast	Character	Character description
Rio Locsin	Roberta Ferrer-Custodio	The grandmother of Narda and Ding. She is seen as an inspiration for both of her grandchildren and gives advice to them.
Jerfrey Santos	PEMS Ernie Antiporda	a police officer from Sierra Grande. He reassigns himself back to Nueva Esperanza to take care and guide Brian, following the death of his father.
Joj Agpangan	Mara Carbonell	A resident of Nueva Esperanza, online seller and Narda's funny bestfriend.
Viveika Ravanes	Maritess Carbonell	a resident of Nueva Esperanza and a neighbor of the Custodios and Mara's sister. She owns a small business in the city.
Zeppi Borromeo	Oleg Mendoza	a barangay watchman in Nueva Esperanza and a neighbor of the Custodios.
Marvin Yap	Gardo Laracruz	a resident tricycle driver of Nueva Esperanza. He used to be a thief with Vince as a kid, until Leonor, inspired him to change his lifestyle.
Gerard Acao	Pancho Paras	a tricycle driver in Nueva Esperanza.
Yogo	Jiro Romero	A resident of Nueva Esperanza and Ding's bestfriend. He goes to the same school as Ding.
Kiara Takahashi	Jerma T. Chan	Work as EMT at Vanguardia Rescue, headed by Attt. Regina Vanguardia.
Nicole Chan	Danielle Hocson
Argel Saycon
Abi Kaseem	Laurie Quintos

Cameo appearances

Cast	Character	Character description
Joem Bascon	Danilo Custodio	the father of Narda and Ding and the husband of Leonor. He passed away before to the series' events. To explain to his children the history of Darna (Zora), he produced a comic book and left it to them.
Jeric Raval	PEMS Jaime Mercado Robles	Brian's father, a respectable police officer from Nueva Esperanza. He saw the battle between the Cyborg and the Prime Darna.
Celeste Cortesi	Queen Kevnar	She is the reigning Queen of Marte.

Other supporting casts

• Hannah Ledesma as Annie: Tricia and Ding's professor.
• Alireza Libre as Roger Veluz: The man who brought a bomb inside the mall.
• Giovanni Baldiserri as Dr. Armando Feliciano
• Jenny Jamora as Sally Toledo: Javier Toledo's wife.
• Lloyd Zaragoza as Arnold Bautista: a notorious carnapper of Nueva Esperanza. He was killed by Valentina.
• Dwin Araza as Juanito: a TV talk show host of Juan On Juan along with Juancho.
• Mike Liwag as Juancho: a TV talk show host of Juan On Juan along with Juanito.
• Anne Feo as Dra. Ava Bartolome: The doctor who supported the suspension of Alex's father after his patient death went viral in social media.
• Lui Manansala as Trining Lagdameo: Miguel's grandmother
• Carla Martinez as Victoria Villacerran: Another form of General Borgo's disguise in human form. She is a wealthy businesswoman who invests heavily in Nueva Esperanza.
• Mike Lloren as Vice Mayor Felizardo "Feli" Gizmundo: The vice mayor of Nueva Esperanza.
• Bing Davao as General Diaz: Tricia's grandfather and a general who serves as acting mayor of Nueva Esperanza after the death of Mayor Felizardo.
• Malou Crisologo as Lourdes Antiporda: The older sister of PEMS Antiporda.
• Nico Antonio as Vorian: Ishna's older brother and former soldier of General Borgo. He was a protégé of Hergis and was eventually killed by Borgo, which prompted Ishna to turn her back on the latter.
• Pepe Herrera
• Ketchup Eusebio
• Hasna Cabral as a TV reporter
• Luciana Andres
• Jonic Magno
• Quincy Villanueva
• Rhett Romero as Colonel Malabanan
• Alireza Libre as Roger
• Lovely Rivero
• Jun Nayra

Protagonists' allies

Cast	Character	Character description	Powers and abilities
Zaijan Jaranilla	Ding Custodio	Narda's younger brother and sidekick, Ding is skillful with technology and computer games.	Enhanced Super Vision
Joko Diaz	Hergis / Klaudio	one of General Borgo's former allies from Ludo. He is the one who killed Leonor. In the end, all his memories are erased.	Master Combatant Shapeshifting abilities Enhanced Vision
Joshua Garcia	Brian Robles	a young police officer and EMT. He was once taken advantage of by his own clone "Dark Brian". As his evil doppelganger, He is a reckless, dishonest, and jovial police officer. He is the love interest for Narda. He was killed by one of Valnetina's snakes.	Hand-to-hand combat mastery Weaponry: Gun
Kira Balinger	Luna	a trained warrior from the planet Marte. She was once inligned as the succeesor of the mythical stone. She arrived on Earth to seek informations about the Prime Darna and later became one of Darna's trusted allies.	Main powers: Enhanced strength, speed l, agility, durability and reflexes Flight Combat Specialism Powered armor suit granting: Laser beam emission Invisibility Boomerang Omnilingualism
Levi Ignacio	Dr. Rolando Villalobos	a scientist who dedicayed his life studying about alien's presence on Earth. He poses as a street food vendor and later replaced Dr. Ibarra as the head of the facility for extras.	Skilled Scientist
Mutya Orquia	Patricia "Tricia" Romero	The granddaughter of Gen. Diaz.She is one of Ding's classmate who has interest about extras.	Teleportation
L.A Santos	Richard	A resident of Nueva Esperanza and works as an EMT at Vanguardia Rescue. He was one of the few people who discovered Narda's identity as Darna.	N/A

The Extras

Enchong Dee as the Levitator

The Extras are "notorious for wreaking havoc and spreading terror across Nueva Esperanza". Their powers were drawn from the Martean Cyborg filled with green chrysalis (crystals) that exploded.

Cast	Character	Character description
Jerald Napoles	Fredo Mitron/Strength Man	A former miner who possesses superhuman strength and can sustain any physical attacks and uses it to destroy anything at will.
Dominic Ochoa	Engr. Javier Toledo/Lindol Man	He seeks to expose the fraud that led to the construction of a facility utilizing subpar materials. However, the mayor's goons stopped him by burying him alive and poured solid cement on him while he was unconscious. He has the capacity to summon and control earthquakes at will. He also possesses geokinesis and telekinesis, which he previously employed to raise heavy stones in an effort to attack the goons.
Christian Bables	Dr. Alex dela Torre/Killer Ghost	A doctor by profession, he uses toxic poisons to kill his victims, and he has the ability to become invisible and pass through walls whenever he pleases. His frustration stems from the cyberbullying his father endured after one of his patients died while in his care. Brian put him to death.
Enchong Dee	Elijah "Eli" Torres/Levitator	A journalist who experiences ongoing harassment because he is the killer's son. As a result, he made an effort to kill himself, but Luisa prevented him. Telekinesis is his primary source of power.
Neil Coleta	Vincent Eugenio/Clone Man	an El Diablo member. But it was Annie who served as his incentive to change, and as a result he made the decision to permanently leave the company. However, Ishna tricked him by claiming that he was the target of a hit when he left the group. His abilities were limited teleportation and kinetic reproduction, which he employed to create many copies of himself for either fighting or eluding capture. He was Gardo's best pal from boyhood. It was Valentina who killed him.
Lito Pimentel	Dr. Florentino Ibarra	He was the scientist in-charge of the facility for the extras. Because of his evil ambitions, he was killed after fighting against Darna
Boom Labrusca	Angelo Villacorta/Silent Shocker	An extra with the ability to control and disrupt anything powered by electricity. He also has electrokinesis as one of his many powers. Additionally, he has the electrical ability to create an energy barrier to protect himself from projectiles like gunshots. His support for Valentina's method of delivering justice by killing criminals stems from the attack that claimed the lives of his wife and child.
Loren Burgos	Prof. Luisa Espritu/Human Urchin	She is a teacher who was robbed and sexually assaulted by two guys, who subsequently stabbed her to death. After her death, she was revived as an extra with the ability to call forth spikes of various sizes that are black and resemble human bones.
Karl Gabriel	Inno Camarin/Dragon Mouth	A member of the X-Triad group.
Jef Gaitan	Klara Balisi/Seductress	A member of the X-Triad with the ability to hypnotize, especially on men to render them psychologically unable and subject them to her will.
Henz Villaraiz	Miguel Lagdameo/Boy Chop-Chop	a member of the X-Triad with the ability to separate his hands from his body. To steal siopao from a shop, he once employed this skill. Furthermore, he is the kidnapped grandson of Lola Trining.

The Super Soldiers

Gumabao (left) and Young JV (right) as members of Borgo's Super Soldiers

Under the command of General Borgo, The Super Soldiers is "a gang of villains who banded together" in Nueva Esperanza and vows to help him with his plans of conquering the galaxy and defeating Darna. Each of them were given separate superpowers.

Cast	Character	Character description	Powers and abilities
Kim Rodriguez	Xandra / Ishna	The right hand of General Borgo. She roams around Nueva Esperanza to manipulate the people and accomplish missions ordered by Borgo.	Hand-to-hand combat mastery Enhanced flexibility Shapeshifting
Paolo Gumabao	Noah Vallesteros	the bully that tormented Brian when they were teenagers and Mayor Zaldy Vallesteros's only son. He became an extra after his father gave him an injection of a serum he obtained from a facility for extras. As an extra, he has Pyrokinesis as a source of power, enabling him to summon and direct fire whenever he pleases. Andre killed him unintentionally.	Pyrokinesis
Eric Fructuoso	PEMS Arthur Pineda	a Roblese-hating unscrupulous police officer in Nueva Esperanza. He was the one who killed Brian's dad. Later, Borgo makes him an extra, giving him the power to manage rubbish and waste.	Pollution manipulation Garbage manipulation Garbage emission
Dawn Chang	Maisha Rodriguez	She started off as Mayor Zaldy's secretary before eventually becoming Madam Victoria's and General Borgo's eyes and ears within city hall. She enlists as one of Borgo's super army extras, giving her the ability to hypnotize others and have them mimic every action she does.	Mind control/hypnotism Mental manipulation Replication
Simon Ibarra	Mayor Zaldy Vallesteros / Mr. X	the former Nueva Esperanza councilor who engineered the deaths of the current mayor and vice mayor in order to become mayor. He hates his son Noah and holds him responsible for the passing of his wife, Noah's mother. He transformed into an extra with the capacity to grow enormously.	Enhanced strength Giant physiology
Mark Manicad	Ali Corpuz	Bodyguard for Regina who harbors illicit feelings towards her. He is the only individual who is aware that Regina and Valentina are the same person, other from General Borgo/Rex Vanguardia. Later, in order to get revenge on Darna, whom he believes killed Valentina, he works as an extra.	Laser heat vision
Young JV	Andre	An EMT at Vanguardia Rescue who works with Narda and Brian. He was abducted and used as an extra by Dr. Ibarra's men. He has the additional ability to make something more explosive by boosting its energy.	Bomb generation/manifestation
Joshua Colet	Sigfried Cruz	the renowned local television newscaster in Nueva Esperanza. Later, when he was an extra, he gained the ability to create a force field around himself and other people.	Energy shield construction

See also

• Darna
• Cultural impact of Darna

External links

• Official website
• Mars Ravelo's Darna at IMDb