Tributes

Rue - The female tribute from District 11. She is 12 years old and has dark skin, dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. Rue is very knowledgeable about plants, and is said to remind Katniss very much of Prim. She can climb and jump through trees very well, which becomes her strategy for survival throughout the Games. Rue and Katniss team up for a time until Rue is killed by the boy from District 1. Rue is described as birdlike, and considers music to be her favorite thing in the world; when she is dying, Katniss sings to her and wreaths her body in flowers.
Thresh - The male tribute from District 11. Thresh is described as huge and incredibly strong, and can be very intimidating. He is quiet and sullen, except when he confronts Clove about Rue's death, when he becomes visibly upset. He refrains from killing Katniss in thanks for the latter's help and care of Rue. He remains unseen for the majority of the Games, and is eventually killed by Cato.
Foxface - The red-haired female tribute from District 5. Her real name is unknown, and Katniss refers to her as "Foxface" due to her likeness to a fox. Foxface is very clever and crafty, relying on stealing food from other tributes to survive. She dies after stealing poisonous berries that Peeta had collected, not knowing they were deadly.
Cato - The male tribute from District 2. Cato is large, vicious, and strong, and is excellent with swords and spears. Cato is Katniss and Peeta's final opponent in the Games, and is brutally injured by wolf-like creatures that represent the other tributes before Katniss mercifully kills him.
Clove - The female tribute from District 2. Clove is extremely skilled with knives, and gathers a collection of them throughout the Games. She is killed by Thresh, about which Cato is visibly upset.
Other tributes - The remainder of the tributes either remain unnamed or do not play important roles in the book.