Yona of the Dawn
0Loading crowd target
0Loading crowd target
7correct to beat the crowd
50 free Yona of the Dawn trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Yona of the Dawn (Akatsuki no Yona) begins like a palace romance and turns, within a single episode, into a story of betrayal and survival. A sheltered princess loses her home in one night and has to learn, on the road, how to fight for a kingdom that never expected anything of her. This quiz follows the whole journey: Yona and Hak's escape, the legend behind the dragon warriors and how each one joins her, the port-town arc, and the rivals and allies among the tribes. There are character questions for fans of the cast, plus a handful on the manga's long run, the anime adaptation and the voice actors. It suits anime-only viewers and manga readers alike. Most questions come from the television series, with a few from later chapters for those who kept reading.
30 of 50 questions with answers and explanations. Play the quiz
Q 01On what occasion does Su-won kill Yona's father, the king, in Yona of the Dawn?
Her sixteenth birthday
Her sixteenth birthday ends in a coup: Yona walks in on Su-won stabbing the king that rainy night. Hak then fights off the guards to get her out of the castle.
Q 02What does Yona slice off with Kan Tae-jun's sword to break free of his grip in Yona of the Dawn?
Her hair
Her hair is what Tae-jun seizes to hold her still, so Yona cuts it off with his own blade. He later presents the severed locks to Su-won as proof that she died.
Q 03Which fearsome nickname does Hak, Yona's bodyguard and a former general, carry in Yona of the Dawn?
Thunder Beast
Thunder Beast is the name Hak earned for unmatched fighting skill, though he began as a war orphan adopted by a retired general.
Q 04Which dragon warrior strolls into Yona's camp uninvited, lured by the smell of cooking meat?
Zeno
Zeno is the only dragon warrior who seeks Yona out himself, and at first he seems to have no special ability at all.
Q 05What kind of animal is Ao, the tiny pet that rides along with Shin-ah in Yona of the Dawn?
A squirrel
A squirrel, and a meat-eating one: Ao is named after the previous Blue Dragon and offers acorns to comfort friends who are hurt or sad.
Q 06Yona of the Dawn, a tale of war and exile, ran in a magazine for which manga audience?
Shōjo
Shōjo, the category aimed at teenage girls, was home to this sword-and-dragon epic for 16 years, from 2009 to 2025.
Q 07Which animation studio, also behind Naruto and Bleach, produced the Yona of the Dawn anime series?
Pierrot
Pierrot, founded in 1979 by former Tatsunoko animators, made the 24-episode series, which aired from October 2014 to March 2015.
Q 08In Yona of the Dawn, where on Kija's body is the White Dragon's power sealed?
His right hand
His right hand is a powerful claw able to cut through anything, and Kija can also sense when another dragon warrior is nearby.
Q 09How is Su-won, Yona's first love and later her enemy, related to her in Yona of the Dawn?
Her cousin
Her cousin: their fathers were brothers, and Su-won, Yona and Hak grew up together as close childhood friends.
Q 10Which fighting skill does Hak start teaching Yona as they travel toward the White Dragon's village?
Archery
Archery is Yona's first weapon: she practises day and night, and to push her to shoot at a person, Hak tells her to picture him as Su-won.
Q 11Which legendary first king of Kouka, a red dragon god in human form, is Yona said to reincarnate?
Hiryuu
Hiryuu founded the kingdom two thousand years ago and was defended by four warriors given dragon blood, whose heirs Yona sets out to find.
Q 12Which exiled priest, the guardian of Yoon, tells Yona to seek out the four dragon warriors?
Ik-soo
Ik-soo is a clumsy oracle living in hiding beside a waterfall, and his prophecy turns Yona's flight into a quest for the dragons' heirs.
Q 13Which of Kouka's five tribes do Yona and her royal family belong to in Yona of the Dawn?
Sky
Sky is the royal tribe that holds the castle, while the Wind, Fire, Water and Earth tribes each answer to a general of their own.
Q 21To which city, the capital of Hak's home tribe, do he and Yona first flee after the coup?
Fuuga
Fuuga shelters them only briefly: once a rival tribe starts squeezing the town, Hak cuts his ties with his own people and leaves so they are spared.
Q 22In which port town does Yona's party find the Green Dragon and take on a slave-trading lord?
Awa
Awa is policed by corrupt officers who terrorise its streets, and Yona joins a pirate crew there to stop captive women being shipped abroad.
Q 23Hak is described as a master of which bladed polearm, his signature weapon in Yona of the Dawn?
Guandao
Guandao is the name of a Chinese polearm with a heavy blade; Hak also excels with swords and bare hands, but the big blade is his trademark.
Q 14Which principle guided the reign of Yona's father, the king Su-won condemned as weak?
Pacifism
Pacifism made the king forbid Yona to touch a weapon, and it left Kouka so exposed that Su-won believed only a coup could save it.
Q 15What happens to people who look into the Blue Dragon's eyes in Yona of the Dawn?
They are paralysed
They are paralysed, a power so feared in his home village that he hides his eyes and prefers to fight with a sword.
Q 16What keepsake does Su-won give Yona shortly before betraying her in Yona of the Dawn?
A hairpin
A hairpin, which Hak later finds on the road and hides, hoping she will move on. He gives it back once he sees she cannot let go.
Q 17What reason does Su-won give Yona for murdering King Il on the night of the coup?
Avenging his father
Avenging his father is the reason he gives: Su-won says the king killed Yu-hon years earlier, and the coup is his reply.
Q 18What happens to Yona and Hak that lets Kan Tae-jun report them dead to Su-won?
They fall from a cliff
They fall from a cliff after a poisoned Hak is driven over the edge and Yona cannot haul him back up. A stranger then nurses them in a hut in the valley below.
Q 19Which power sets the Yellow Dragon apart from the other three dragon warriors of Yona of the Dawn?
Immortality
Immortality: he is the very same warrior who served the first king two thousand years ago, and his wounds close almost at once.
Q 20Which manga artist from Kumamoto wrote and drew all of Yona of the Dawn's sixteen-year run?
Mizuho Kusanagi
Mizuho Kusanagi launched the series in 2009, the year her earlier series NG Life ended, and it became by far her longest work.
Q 24What is Yoon's main job in Yona's travelling party after he leaves the priest's hut?
Medic
Medic, and cook too: Yoon patches up the fighters and feeds everyone, and though he never fights he knows how to make explosives.
Q 25What does Shin-ah, the name Yona gives the nameless Blue Dragon, mean?
Moonlight
Moonlight: until Yona chose it he had no name at all, having grown up shunned and alone in a village that feared him.
Q 26The Blue Dragon's home village in Yona of the Dawn is hidden inside a network of what?
Caves
Caves shelter the whole village, where many of the people wear masks and at first deny that any dragon lives among them.
Q 27How does the Fire Tribe put pressure on the Wind Tribe while Yona hides there in Yona of the Dawn?
Damming its river
Damming its river cuts off the town's water, and when merchants hauling in supplies are attacked as well, Hak decides he has to go.
Q 28What creatures fill the pit Hak pulls Yona out of while she hunts for a lost gift?
Snakes
Snakes, one of which bites Hak during the rescue. He had hidden the gift himself, hoping Yona would forget the man who gave it.
Q 29In Yona of the Dawn, which retired Wind Tribe general raised the orphaned Hak as his grandson?
Mun-deok
Mun-deok was once revered as one of the kingdom's strongest warriors, and he withholds his support when Su-won asks the generals to approve his crowning.
Q 30Which Earth Tribe general does Su-won win over with a mock battle festival in Yona of the Dawn?
Geun-tae
Geun-tae dismisses the young king as a lightweight until the festival, where Su-won's hidden tactics win the team contest and revive the tribe's trade.