List of School Rumble characters

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The main School Rumble cast and supporting characters.

This article lists the characters from manga and anime series School Rumble. Most of the primary characters' names coincide with train stations/lines, street names, or geographical landmarks in Japan, particularly centered around the Kansai region.

1 Class 2-C
2 Class 2-D
3 Class 1-D
4 Faculty members
5 Relatives
6 Sawachika Family Household Staff
7 Idols and Mentors
8 English Exchange Students
9 Animals
10 Love Interests

[edit] Class 2-C

The students in class 2-C include a large number of the central characters in School Rumble. 2-C is one of the six classes for second year students attending Yagami High School, taught by Hayato Tani. The class develops a fierce rivalry with 2-D, although the two classes often set aside their differences to plan events together.

Tenma Tsukamoto

Main article: Tenma Tsukamoto

First appearance: #01: Plan1 from Outer Space

Kenji Harima

Main article: Kenji Harima

First appearance: #02: Easy Rider

Oji Karasuma

Main article: Oji Karasuma

First appearance: #01: Plan1 from Outer Space

Eri Sawachika

Main article: Eri Sawachika

First appearance: #07: Death Race 2003

Mikoto Suo

Main article: Mikoto Suo

First appearance: #08: The Great Escape

Akira Takano

Main article: Akira Takano

First appearance: #09: The Girl Who Knew Little

Haruki Hanai

Main article: Haruki Hanai

First appearance: ♭01: Wonder Woman

Kyousuke Imadori (今鳥恭介 Imadori Kyōsuke)

First appearance: #17: Field of Dreams

Voiced by: Daisuke Kishio (Japanese), David Trosko (English)

Imadori is the class's number two pervert (the pervert ringleader being Ganji Nishimoto). He has the special skill of knowing a girl's bra size just by looking at her chest. Interested only in girls with breast sizes of D or larger, the main targets of his flirting are the well-endowed Mikoto Suo and Lala Gonzalez, and he continues to pursue them constantly although they are strong enough to beat him down. Imadori has some physical abilities, such as being strong enough to grapple Hanai to a standstill. He works in a hair salon called "Now Bird", which his family owns. He enjoys the tokusatsu show "Hatenkou Robo Dozibiron" (a Super Sentai/Power Rangers parody). Despite constantly avoiding any involvement with Ichijō, he sometimes shows some interest in her, such as when he was admiring her singing during the cultural festival party, or cares about her, because he saved her from a night club from Suzuki. He also has a more sensitive side to him, which he shows towards Lala when he tries to get her to smile at her part-time job, even at the cost of getting walloped by her.

Takeichi Fuyuki (冬木武一 Fuyuki Takeichi)

First appearance: #22: Duel

Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yoshino (Japanese), Orion Pitts (English)

The class' number 3 pervert, Takeichi Fuyuki pretends to take photos of the girls in the school for the yearbook, but in reality sells them to the other male students. A member of the astronomy club, he later becomes close to Tsumugi Yuuki, who also wears glasses.

Kentarou Nara (奈良健太郎 Nara Kentarō)

First appearance: #36: Boy meets Girl

Voiced by: Yuuki Tai (Japanese), Todd Haberkorn (English)

Kentarō Nara is a side character who has feelings for Tenma, but his attempts to get closer to her are often foiled by Harima. Curiously, according to the mangaka, his original intentions were to have Nara as the series' main character, but somehow he was relegated to a supporting role. He is now often seen as a reluctant participant in various escapades with Yoshidayama and Nishimoto. Nara is both a city and prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan, near Kyoto.

Karen Ichijou (一条かれん Ichijō Karen)

First appearance: #47: Girl Fight

Voiced by: Yuuka Nanri (Japanese, 1st series, OVA), MAKO (2nd series), Carrie Savage (English)

Ichijō has monstrous strength despite having a weak and feminine appearance and is a member of the amateur wrestling club. Her power amazes even her strongest male classmates (i.e., she is arguably even stronger than Harima and Hanai in terms of raw muscle strength, for she could carry a piano without any signs of physical stress, while the other two were on the verge of breakdown while trying hard to carry objects of the same size). It would also seem that she is not able to control her strength well, as shown when she nearly suffocates Tenma when trying to cover her mouth so that she does not blurt out secrets. Lala Gonzalez is her only rival in this regard, but has not been able to physically defeat her (In fact, Ichijo defeated her with her ultimate move, the "Frankensteiner"). Despite this, Ichijō has not reciprocated Lala's antagonism, always remaining polite towards her. Later the two seem to have developed into friends.

Despite her strength she has a kind nature and is one of the more timid girls in 2-C. She is in love with Imadori, but gets embarrassed when this is hinted at. Imadori also initially avoids her, not only because of her small measures (later it is revealed that she does have considerably large breasts), but also because he fears her strength. She is also a good singer, and her singing is featured in episodes 2 and 6 of School Rumble - Second Term.

When Imadori met her practicing wrestling and asked her why she liked it, she said that she really did not want to do wrestling. Later, when Imadori, along with Harima and Hanai were working for a moving company, they found out that Ichijō was also working with them as well as how strong she was. At the end of their shift, Imadori accidentally said that he could take Karen out on a date with his earnings, which Karen agrees to, even though Imadori did not really mean it.

Ichijō-dōri is the northernmost of Kyoto's numbered east-west avenues, which in the east extends to the Kyoto University campus and the precincts of Yoshida Shrine.

Hiroyoshi Asou (麻生広義 Asō Hiroyoshi)

First appearance: #20: Love is War

Voiced by: Mitsuhiro Ichiki (Japanese), J. Michael Tatum (English)

The Dark Horse of 2-C, Asō Hiroyoshi is often seen together with Suga, his best friend. An athletic student, his favorite sport is basketball. He is slated to become the next captain of the boys' basketball team, and was the coach of the girls' team as well. He also excels at track events and hockey. Asō's family runs a ramen shop. He is good at cooking Chinese food and works part-time at a Chinese restaurant together with Sarah Adiemus of 1-D.

Asō is reputed to be popular among girls, although this is not explicitly shown. He, on the other hand, does not appear to have much interest in girls with the exception of Mikoto, who he dated several times. Their relationship progressed to the point of Mikoto's parents inviting him over to a family dinner. The two have since broken up, for reasons not made entirely clear.

Ganji Nishimoto (西本願司 Nishimoto Ganji)

First appearance: #03: Deep Space Nine

Voiced by: Shun Takagi (Japanese), Jaime Rivera (English)

Ganji Nishimoto is a huge but timid figure, and is the proud leader of the perverts of the class. His family operates a video store, and he is known to host "ero meetings" discussing girls. He is hailed as "Buddha Nishimoto (仏の西本)" among other reasons, for his ability to grant the wishes of the students, usually involving erotic material. Some of his lines end with 'dasu (だす)' instead of the normal 'desu (です)' for some unknown reason.

Shigeo Umezu (梅津茂雄 Umezu Shigeo)

First appearance: #58: The Four Seasons

Voiced by: Naoto Motohashi (Japanese), Kevin M. Connolly (English)

Shigeo Umezu is a boys' track team member and the boyfriend of Madoka Kido. He received his first kiss from her during the athletics festival. Lately he is constantly depressed as he discovers more and more evidence indicating that Madoka is cheating on him. Umezu is an area of Western Kyoto.

Madoka Kido (城戸円 Kido Madoka)

First appearance: #58: The Four Seasons

Voiced by: Tomoe Ōmi (Japanese), Jennifer Green (English)

Madoka is on the track team and a very fast runner according to Shigeo, who is her boyfriend. Unfortunately for him, he is not the only one she is dating and she is willing to go to an extraordinary length to keep that fact private.

Jirou Yoshidayama (吉田山次郎 Yoshidayama Jirō)

First appearance: #02: Easy Rider

Voiced by: Hirotaka Nagase (Japanese, 1st series), Makoto Tomita (OVA, 2nd series), Mike McFarland (English)

Yoshidayama is the delinquent wannabe who dreams of ruling the school, only to see his best laid plans foiled by the fact that there are students much stronger than him, such as Harima. He has feelings for Eri, but later turns to Tae Anegasaki, the school's infirmary nurse. Yoshidayama plays a lead role when with his two friends Nara and Nishimoto. After bathing, he usually wears his hair in two pigtails, making him look like a female from behind. His birthday is on February 14. However, he doesn't receive any chocolate from any girls on Valentines' Day, which makes him really depressed. Harima usually mistakenly calls Yoshidayama as "Yoshida (吉田)". Yoshidayama is a mountain on which Yoshida Shrine is situated, in Northeastern Kyoto.

Ryuuhei Suga (菅柳平 Suga Ryūhei)

First appearance: #20: Love is War

Voiced by: Makoto Yasumura (Japanese), Robert McCollum (English)

Ryuuhei is a close friend of Asou and belongs to the boys' basketball team. In the story he is currently looking for a girlfriend, and is angry that Asou always got the attention of girls. Recently, he has been seen more often with Nishimoto and Yoshidayama, often replacing Nara in the trio of hopeless bachelors. The three of them even made a vow to go through life without a kiss. He resembles Hanamichi Sakuragi from the basketball manga and anime Slam Dunk.

Tsumugi Yuuki (結城つむぎ Yūki Tsumugi)

First appearance: #68: Mouse Hunt

Voiced by: Chisa Tadokoro (Japanese), Laura Bailey (English)

Tsumugi Yūki has severe near-sightedness, and is the only meganekko in the class. She is the substitute class representative when Hanai is unavailable. She also had a crush on him, but is worried about Mikoto, who gets along well with him. She belongs to the astronomy club.

Mai Otsuka (大塚舞 Ōtsuka Mai)

First appearance: #68: Mouse Hunt

Voiced by: Michi Yamazaki (Japanese), Kate Oxley (English)

Mai has been class representative for nine years straight, functioning in this capacity when Hanai is absent or unable to perform his duties. Unlike him however, she has trouble commanding her classmates' attention. Mai has freckles, is hyperactive, and likes fairy tales (though she denies it herself). According to the "ero society" data, she hides a fair-sized bust for some reason. She also likes mahou shoujo, and often imagines herself as the central character of her own show. Mai has known Nishimoto since kindergarten, and disapproves of his unabashed interest in porn. Her name is quite a pun to Ai Otsuka, a japanese pop idol.

Kazuya Tanaka (田中一也 Tanaka Kazuya)

First appearance: #107: Whispers in the Dark

Voiced by: Daisuke Hirakawa

Tanaka is captain of the soccer team. He took advantage of the situation during the survival game to ask Toki to go out with him. It is explained that they have become a couple ever since.

Toki Nagayama (永山朱鷺 Nagayama Toki)

First appearance: #107: Whispers in the Dark

Voiced by: Miki Ohtani

Toki Nagayama is a beautiful girl with long black hair who even creator Jin Kobayashi described as "a hidden gem".^{[citation needed]} She went out with Kazuya Tanaka after 2-C's survival game, and they became a couple. Her hair looks similar to Karasuma's.

Ayano Kinugawa (鬼怒川綾乃 Kinugawa Ayano)

First appearance: ♭14: Picture Perfect

Voiced by: Satomi Hanamura

Ayano is a track team member. She works at her family's sentō, so she is used to seeing naked bodies.

Megumi Sagano (嵯峨野恵 Sagano Megumi)

First appearance: #115: Whispers in the Dark

Voiced by: Ai Horanai (Japanese), Caitlin Glass (English)

Megumi Sagano is close friends with Karen Ichijou and Tsumugi Yuuki. She belonged to the girls' basketball team when she was in junior high, but became the manager for the boys' basketball team because there was no girls' team in high school. Though she seems concerned about her classmates' relationships, she does not seem to care about her own, and thus has no boyfriend. The Sagano Line refers to the portion of the San'in Main Line within Kyoto Prefecture.

Saeko (冴子)

First appearance: #118: Carnival Story

Voiced by: Maria Yamamoto

Saeko, like Rinko, has an unspecified family name. She has few appearances in both the manga and anime, and is usually seen together with Kozue Mihara. She is apparently quite popular, being the "number one" girl in 2-C's cafe attraction, and has a talent for writing fanciful stories and getting obstinate males to do her bidding.

Kozue Mihara (三原梢 Mihara Kozue)

First appearance: #59: Groundhog Day

Voiced by: Madoka Akita

The trendiest girl in 2-C, Kozue Mihara is the gyaru stereotype of the class. She is usually seen together with Saeko. She is apparently quite athletic: she goes bodyboarding, is a member of the wrestling team, and participated in the girls' relay event at the school sports festival. She is bad at karaoke.

Rinko (隣子)

First appearance: #05: Eenter the Dragon

Voiced by: Maria Yamamoto

Rinko is an originally unnamed girl who sits next to Harima. A Japanese fansite named her Rinko, literally meaning "the neighbor girl", and the anime was influenced to name her as such.^{[citation needed]} Her last name is unknown.

Hiroaki Ishiyama (石山広明 Ishiyama Hiroaki)

Voiced by: Motoyuki Kawahara

Ishiyama has a limited sense of presence as other people call him "the other person". He is a friend of Tanaka and a participant in Nishimoto's ero meetings.It is revealed in b-39 that he was in love with Toki Nagayama before she and Tanaka became a couple.

Mina Yukino (雪野美奈 Yukino Mina)

First appearance: #17 Field of Dreams

Voiced by: Tomoko Mogi (Japanese), Jamie Marchi (English)

Yukino's only distinguishing feature is her wavy hair. She is often seen in the background with Rinko and was part of the Tea Shop team during the survival game. She has remained unnamed in the manga and her name was introduced in the anime.

Saitou (斉藤)

A boy who usually appears in the background, he was not formally introduced in the story until the Kyoto storyline. Seems to like Ayano Kinugawa.

Kaori (かおり)

A girl with short hair. She is the least seen character in 2-C. We know her name because she appeared on the cafe menu in the manga.

Shin Misawa (三沢伸 Misawa Shin)

Voiced by: Katsuya Miyamoto

Shin Misawa's first appearance occurs during the Survival Game, where he is a member of the Cafe Faction. He is commended by his teammates for his bravery and sacrifice during the game.

[edit] Class 2-D

Due to hostilities between some of their students and even their homeroom teachers, classes 2-C and 2-D became rivals during the School Sports Festival. Later in the series, some of the 2-D students befriend some of those in 2-C and start to hang out with them. Several 2-D members resemble characters from the Zeon faction of Mobile Suit Gundam, as befitting their role of rivals.

Harry Mackenzie (ハリーマッケンジー Harī Makkenjī)

First appearance: #69: The McKenzie Break

Voiced by: Nobuyuki Hiyama (Japanese), Jason Liebrecht (English)

Harry Mackenzie is a blonde-haired exchange student, skilled at fighting and a rival of Harima and Hanai. His name sounds like Harima's name when pronounced fast, which leads to more than a few misunderstandings between the two. He is once mistaken as Harima Kenji by Hanai. He rides a gold-coloured motorcycle with a Hyaku decal and often wears red clothing and red shades, making him a parody of Char Aznable's Quattro Bajeena persona. His name may come from Harry Ord from Turn A Gundam and Christina MacKenzie from Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket. He was first mentioned in chapter 2 of the manga when Yoshidayama misread his name and told Harima that the latter was in class 2-D. He is popular with the opposite sex and can easily attract them.

Lala Gonzalez (ララゴンザレス Rara Gonzaresu)

First appearance: #60: Trading Places

Voiced by: Yū Kobayashi (Japanese), Monica Rial (English)

Lala is an exchange student from Mexico, and a skilled practitioner of Lucha libre fighting. She belongs to the same amateur wrestling club as Ichijō, who she sees her as a rival, often shouting "Ichijō!" when she meets her. Lala dislikes Ichijō's name because her mother, who abandoned her and her father when she was a child, was also named Karen. Her first name is probably based from the Gundam character Lalah Sune.

She detests the D-cup-hunting pervert Imadori, especially when he managed to grope her chest while being choked. She thus tends to beat him up whenever she sees him after sufficient provocation. Lala works in the same fast food restaurant as Ichijo, where no one dared to go to her counter because of her violent temper. She even grabs customers that annoy her and drags them inside for a beating. Lala's closest friends appear to be Harry Mackenzie and Masakazu Tougou, who both look out for her. Later on, her animosity towards Ichijo softens. Her character is the direct opposite of her rival Ichijō, being that she is tall, well-endowed, sour-faced, hot-tempered, and very easily provoked.

Masakazu Tougou (東郷雅一 Tōgō Masakazu)

First appearance: #71: Renegade

Voiced by: Hiroki Yasumoto (Japanese), Travis Willingham (English)

Masakazu is 2-D's class representative who sees class 2-C as rivals. Despite his obvious self-confidence, his character leads him to rejections from his classmates. He is a parody of Gundam character, Anavel Gato. Recently Masakazu has shown some interest in Tenma, to Harima's distress. He is often seen with Harry Mackenzie. Some people around him usually refer to him with an alternate nickname "Macaroni", probably because he likes to put Italian words in his sentences. He has a tendency to burst into extremely long inspirational speeches either involving 'facing challenges head on' or 'how to be manly'. As the series progressed, his self-confidence and passion for facing challenges 'head on' have become so extreme that his actions and ideas often border on sheer-stupidity and often contain a startling lack of regard for the safety and well-being of others, like when he said that they should just charge the ocean liner the students (including himself) were in straight into a giant reef instead of going around it because it was 'the manly thing to do'. His appearance is often followed by the US national anthem.

He is a skilled sportsman and martial artist, similar to his main rival Hanai in that he takes such things very seriously. His appearance is based from Shuutaro Mendou of Urusei Yatsura.

Noboru Tennouji (天王寺昇 Tennōji Noboru)

First appearance: #06: You Got Mail

Voiced by: Tomoyuki Shimura (Japanese), Sonny Strait (English)

Tennouji is a delinquent like Harima, who he sees as his biggest rival, and has been beaten by him in fights numerous times, yet still persists in challenging him, stopping after he eventually defeats Harima due to the latter's depression. Tennouji tends to wear his winter uniform even during the summer, and is often shown much larger than he really is (he is as tall as a mountain during the athletics festival). Tennouji's little sister Mio likes Harima's brother, Shuuji. He also shows interest in Tenma (temporarily) and Mikoto. Tennoji-ku, and Tennoji Station are respectively, a neighborhood and train station in Osaka.

[edit] Class 1-D

Class 1-D is a first year class in Yagami High School. Some of these characters are siblings of the second year students.

Yakumo Tsukamoto

Main article: Yakumo Tsukamoto

First appearance: #01: Plan1 from Outer Space

Sarah Adiemus (サラアディエマス Sara Adiemasu)

First appearance: ♭03: It's a Beautiful Day.

Voiced by: Yukari Fukui (Japanese), Gwendolyn Lau (English)

The best friend of Yakumo Tsukamoto, Sarah is distinguished by her blonde hair done up in a bun. She is a British girl raised in an orphanage, and is a relative newcomer to Japan. She is frequently seen together with Yakumo, as they are classmates and members of the Tea Club. With her cheerful and positive attitude, she does her best to support Yakumo, particularly on the latter's relationship with Kenji Harima and her difficulties with the unwanted attentions of Haruki Hanai. She stayed over with Yakumo to accompany her while Tenma was away for the Kyoto trip.

Sarah has several part-time jobs outside school. She is a nun at a local church, performing duties such as hearing confessions, playing the organ, and babysitting children. Although her position as a nun may preclude her from pursuing romantic relationships, she reveals in a conversation with Akira Takano that she may have an eye on someone; furthermore, at least one hopeful student has expressed interest in her. Aside from her duties as a nun, Sarah also works with Hiroyoshi Asō of 2-C at a Chinese restaurant, waiting tables and cooking.

Satsuki Tawaraya (俵屋さつき Tawaraya Satsuki)

First appearance: #125: Heat

Voiced by: Mariya Ise

Despite being short for her age, Satsuki Tawaraya is a passionate and prodigiously talented basketball player. She had a crush on Asou after he took up a role as coach of the nascent girls' basketball team. Later it is shown that she is really good at eating spicy curry, having won a spicy curry eating contest five consecutive times. She greatly resembles Arisawa Tatsuki from Bleach.

Miki Inaba (稲葉美樹 Inaba Miki)

First appearance: #69: The McKenzie Break

A friend of Yakumo. She is a big fan of Eri, who she admires for her popularity. She is romantically interested in Hanai.

Haruna Tougou (東郷榛名 Tōgō Haruna)

First appearance: #69: The McKenzie Break

Masakazu's sister.

[edit] Faculty members

Itoko Osakabe (刑部絃子 Osakabe Itoko)

First appearance: Volume 2, Special Chapter: The Time Machine

Voiced by: Yuu Asakawa (Japanese), Stephanie Young (English)

The physics teacher and Harima's cousin. Itoko is also Harima's roommate and takes care of him. Though she does not show it, she does care for him and realises just how much Tenma has changed him. Her figure is admired by the perverted boys of class 2-C. She has a fear that her past will get brought up, and this is a weakness Sasakura uses against her.

"Itoko" is also homonymous with the word "cousin" in Japanese which makes it a pun. Due to this pun, when Harima says "my cousin" it can be mistaken that he is saying "my Itoko".

Youko Sasakura (笹倉葉子 Sasakura Yōko)

First appearance: ♭04: Haunted

Voiced by: Akiko Kurumado (1st series), Aya Hirano (2nd series), Lydia Mackay (English)

The school art teacher and an old friend of Itoko, who was her junior during their college years. On several occasions, it is hinted that she and Itoko are more than just friends, although this has never been confirmed outright. It has also been hinted that she is a lesbian and has always been trying to get closer to Itoko during their high school years. She seems to know (and share) an important part of Itoko's past, and though not deliberately, has used this against Itoko to gain favours or company a few times. She has very good driving skills.

Tae Anegasaki (姉ヶ崎妙 Anegasaki Tae)

First appearance: #29: The Boy Can't Help It

Voiced by: Sayaka Ohara (Japanese), Colleen Clinkenbeard (English)

The school's infirmary nurse who is also loved by the boys. This has encouraged many boys to get injured or feign injury so that they can get close to her. Prior to taking this job, she briefly let Harima stay at her apartment when his dream of becoming a mangaka was temporarily crushed after he found out that his idol, the mangaka Nijō jō was really Karasuma. Anegasaki is attracted to Harima and calls him affectionately by his pen name "Hario", although Harima has rejected her advances. Her belief in and support of Harima helped him get over his depression and return to school. She later becomes the faculty sponsor for the girls' basketball team.

Harima refers to her as "Onee-san" (lit. Older Sister). For the first five volumes of the manga, she is unnamed, and is referred to in the list of characters by this nickname. The first character of her surname ("ane") in fact means "older sister" in Japanese, and is the "nee" in "Onee-san".

Hayato Tani (谷速人 Tani Hayato)

First appearance: #03: Deep Space Nine

Voiced by: Makoto Yasumura (Japanese), Kent Williams (English)

Class 2-C's homeroom teacher, who teaches English. Hayato is very soft-spoken and collects toy dinosaurs. He likes Tae Anegasaki, but every time he tries to hit on her, she clings to Harima affectionately, making him run away in jealousy and shame. He initially thinks Harima is homosexual when the latter accidentally sent him a love letter and asked him out on a date, Tenma being the intended party both times.

Katou (加藤 Katō)

First appearance: #73: Cookie's Fortune

Voiced by: Hitoshi Bifu (Japanese), Mark Stoddard (English)

The Class 2-D homeroom teacher who has an unlikeable personality. He is a huge chatterbox and likes talking about mundane topics like Japanese history nonstop. Like his homeroom students, he is yet another Zeon parody, bearing a strong resemblance to Gihren Zabi.

Kooriyama (郡山 Kōriyama)

First appearance: #60: Trading Places

Voiced by: Hiroki Yasumoto (Japanese), Jim Foronda (English)

The physical education teacher, often referred by the class of 2-C as "Goriyama" (lit. gorilla-mountain)due to his gorilla-like physique. His methods are very strict, and he makes it known to every student of Yagami High School (usually Class 2-C) how he thinks a responsible student should behave. Failure to comply with his ideals will result with some sort of disciplinary punishment.

Nenji Ryuu (笠稔持 Ryū Nenji)

First appearance: #02: Easy Rider

A legendary harbinger of failure who appears during the end-of-term examination period. He is seen only by students who are performing poorly in class. He has managed to haunt, on separate occasions, Kenji Harima, Tenma Tsukamoto, and Jirou Yoshidayama. He first appeared to Harima to tell him that he has to repeat his first year. His name, when read in the Japanese last name-first name order, actually sounds like "repeating school year" (留年, ryūnen^?)

[edit] Relatives

Shuuji Harima (播磨修治 Harima Shūji)

First appearance: ♭02: Rainy Days and Mondays

Voiced by: Yuko Sanpei (Japanese), Jason Liebrecht (English)

Harima's younger brother, who does not live with him. Despite the fact that he secretly likes Yakumo, he shows true concern for his classmate Mio.

Mio Tennouji (天王寺美緒 Tennōji Mio)

First appearance: ♭27: My Girl

Voiced by: Sayuri Yahagi

Tennouji's younger sister. She is friends with Shuuji and has a crush on him. Unfortunately, their older brothers are delinquents and also rivals.

Kousuke Ichijou (一条康介 Ichijō Kōsuke)

First appearance: ♭20: Hope Floats

Voiced by: Rina Sato

Ichijo's younger brother and also a Dojibiron fan.

Motoko Hiiragi (柊素子 Hiiragi Motoko)

First appearance: #277: Benny & Joon

Akira's half sister.

[edit] Sawachika Family Household Staff

Nakamura (中村)

First appearance: #85: The Turning Point

Voiced by: Takeshi Maeda (1st series), Masami Iwasaki (2nd series)

The Sawachika family butler and a former soldier, usually seen chauffeuring Eri. His combat skills are still sharp, as shown by his performance during the Survival Game. In the manga he attempts various means of bonding Harima and Eri together when Harima stays over at the Sawachika's for the night.

Masaru Suzuki (スズキマサル Suzuki Masaru)

First appearance: ♭24: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

Voiced by: Hiroki Yasumoto

A "maid" of the Sawachika family despite being male and rather huge. According to Nakamura, Masaru was an orphan he rescued during a war when the former was still a soldier. An excellent cook, Masaru has hardly spoken and seems very dumb, since he once mistook Tenma for Eri.

[edit] Idols and Mentors

Kouji Yakushamaru (役舎丸広事 Yakushamaru Kōji)

First appearance: #13: Broken Arrow

As lead actor in the popular samurai drama "The Three who Were Slashed", he plays the role of Mangoku, Harima and Tenma's favorite character. He becomes significant during the class trip to Kyoto, where he meets with Tenma Tsukamoto and Eri Sawachika in a pair of parallel chapters, disguised as a high school student.

Masahiro Kouzu (神津正弘 Kōzu Masahiro)

First appearance: #54: Somewhere in Time

Voiced by: Susumu Chiba (Japanese), Kevin M. Connolly (English)

Mikoto's former tutor and first love. He found a girlfriend after he graduated from high school and went to college, breaking Mikoto's heart.

Matakichi Itou (伊東又吉 Itō Matakichi)

First appearance: #69: The McKenzie Break

Voiced by: Hitoshi Bifu (Japanese), R. Bruce Elliott (English)

A mysterious old man who trains Hanai in the mountains for two days in preparation for the sports festival by having him do exercises to build up his abdominal muscles. He later reappears during the sports festival after Hanai repels Harry Mackenzie's kick as a result of the training, and later in Second Term as a judge of Hanai's cooking. Two out of the three times, his granddaughter has emerged to take him home. Ito likes Mikoto, and has encouraged her to make advances to Hanai. He is a parody of the Su Hua Chi character from the film Drunken Master.

Iwashi Otani (大谷鰯 Ōtani Iwashi)

First appearance: #88: Souls at Sea

Voiced by: Takeshi Maeda

A sailor aboard the Kikokumaru who initially bullied Harima on account of his manga. Otani was subsequently saved by Harima after he fell overboard during a storm.

Genkai Gotou (五島玄海 Gotō Genkai)

First appearance: #88: Souls at Sea

Voiced by: Kōji Ishii

The captain of the Kikokumaru, a fishing boat. Formerly an unsuccessful manga artist, he inspired and motivated Harima to pursue his dream when he ran away from Japan to the sea to escape his troubles, giving him a pen crafted from a tuna skeleton that Harima now uses to draw. He is a brother of the giant manga chief editor whom Harima is now working for.

Yuuzan Gotou (五島雄山 Gotō Yūzan)

First appearance: #145: As Good as it Gets

Voiced by: Kōji Ishii

The gigantic chief editor of Weekly Shonen Zingama. Brother to Genkai Gotou. Also likes small dogs.

[edit] English Exchange Students

A group of exchange students who visit Kyoto at the same time as the students of Yagami High School. Each one has a Japanese counterpart in Class 2-C, with whom they are at odds with.

Samuel (サミュエル Samyueru)