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Nearing the end of middle age, Kazuo has wrinkles around his face and appears exhausted from overwork and lack of sleep. Despite this, he maintains a firm and dignified air.

Kazuo is a hardworking man who works tirelessly to fulfill his duties as a public servant. Behind the scenes, he uses any means at his disposal to survive as a politician, entrusting his dirty work to his long-time butler, Yagi , and once bribing the police to cover his son's cyber crimes. To his son, he seems hard and unforgiving, seeing his son as an incurable disease and going so far as to order Yagi to kill Enokida to prevent him from blighting the family name further; but in reality, Kazuo understood his son's rebellious nature and provided him the release he needed to live freely. Like his son, however, Kazuo is a stubborn man who keeps his true feelings hidden.


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Kumiko is a youthful-looking woman with bobbed hair that has bangs swept to the left side.

Kumiko has a stubborn, controlling, and parsimonious personality. She manages her husband's finances strictly and investigates his activities to an extreme when his schedule deviates from normal. Despite not working herself, she is overly conscious about money, carrying a brand-name handbag and asking Banba and Lin to keep their investigation as cheap as possible.
Kumiko's stubbornness is apparent in her persistent belief that her husband is cheating on her. When Tadafumi disappears, she is more spiteful toward the woman he may have run away with than anxious about his well-being. Even though she has strong doubts regarding Tadafumi's faithfulness, she does maintain some open-mindedness and will not accept any truth without definite evidence.


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Long Fang is an overweight but muscular man with a stern face and a low-pitched voice. He carries an intimidating presence that makes him memorable and is always surrounded by bodyguards. His hair is light-colored in the manga and black in the anime, and his back and shoulders are heavily tattooed.

As the leader of a syndicate growing in influence, Long Fang is a cold, formidable man. He is also a womanizer who is labelled a pervert by younger women, and he spends exorbitant sums of money on hostesses he favors. Due to his position and preferences, he has been the target of many failed assassination attempts, usually by women, and is merciless toward those caught by his bodyguards.


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Misaki wears a blue dress with one strap over her right shoulder like her foster father Jiro. She wears a plain t-shirt underneath and her light brown hair is usually pulled up in pigtails.

Misaki was exposed to the cruelty of the world at a very young age due to her abusive upbringing under her step-father. This has shaped her to mature faster and adopt an extreme dislike for anyone who commits atrocities and crimes. She is remarked to talk more like an adult than a child, but she is not without some childish tendencies, such as when she insisted on keeping the black cat she rescued or retaining her tendency to view the world in black and white. Other people around her, including her home school teacher, describe her as closed-off and unapproachable, especially with other children around her age.
With her biological mother abandoning her and leaving her with her abusive step-father, Misaki has developed an extreme fear of abandonment, going so far as to help Jiro in his business to prove her usefulness so she can stay with him. She also has PTSD, and cigarettes are her trigger, as she received burn marks from her step-father's cigarette buds in the past. From the combination of the abuse she received daily, Misaki has developed a firm belief to punish 'bad people,' and as such has taken a huge interest in becoming a full-fledged avenger like Jiro.


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Méqué is a young man of about 20. He has a striking, asymmetrical appearance accentuated by makeup and bizarre clothing. His face is painted in white greasepaint and he wears a small red false nose. His red lipstick curves into a smile on the left side and a frown on the right; with a blue teardrop painted on his right cheek, he looks like he is simultaneously smiling and crying.
A red hat covers his dull pink, wavy hair, and he wears a black bowtie and a vest over a dark red shirt. The vest is black on the right side and black-and-white harlequin-patterned on the left side. His bright red pants are cuffed and rolled up at the knees, showing mismatched socks. His right sock is black with white stripes, while the left is a black with white diamonds. He wears dark red clown shoes with bulbous tips, overall giving the impression of a busker.

Méqué is an intelligent young man who is severely emotionally and developmentally stunted. Mentally much younger than he physically is, he speaks in broken, childish sentences and refers to himself in the third person, which is not uncommon for children in Japan, but is a trait individuals eventually grow out of. As a child he was abused heavily by his father, disassociating during the beatings and eventually developing dissociative identity disorder. His true personality, which he calls That One, rarely comes out. That One is timid and afraid, cries often and expects beatings.
Due to the frequent and brutal beatings he received from his drug-abusing father, he mentally broke and created a new personality who could take the beatings in his place. The personality created to protect That One is a clown called Méqué. Despite being a stand-in personality, Méqué is in control almost all of the time. He is more cheerful and bolder than the original, usually seen smiling and humming. He has a strong sense of what is right and wrong, desiring a world where all children can live happily, and he will kill anyone who gets in the way of that dream.
Méqué believes it is his mission to kill people. After growing up abused by his drug addict father, he initially believes drugs are the problem. Eventually, he switches from targeting drug pushers to targeting abusive parents, hoping to free children from abusive households and sever the link between abusers and future abusers. He adopts lessons from his own abusive father, punishing the people he kills by hanging up their bodies in the same way that his father used to string him up. He also does not see the problem in abducting children to make friends. As he has never had anyone on his side, he is incredibly lonely and wishes to have a friend, so he convinces himself that That One wants a friend and tries abducting children to fill the role.


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Nitta is a young man who wears silver-framed glasses, a deep blue jacket, necktie, pinstripe shirt, and white chino pants. He carries a small handgun concealed on his person at all times.

Nitta is intelligent and strategic. He is thoughtful toward his clients, thoroughly considering their wants and needs to devise a strategy for them to achieve their goals. He displays patience and honesty toward whoever he is talking to, even if it is an act for formalities. In actuality, however, Nitta is quite apathetic toward others and finds the world quite dull, which leads into his interest in Shunsuke Saruwatari - someone he considers to be out-of-the-mold and a person he wants to hang around for entertainment value. With the exception of Saruwatari, his killers are simply tools to him.


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He is described as having strong features that make him stand out as a foreigner. He sports a goatee and wears his brown hair pulled into a high ponytail, and in the manga, he has lines shaved into his undercut. Despite his foreign appearance, he has no trace of an accent.

Nguyen is a skilled professional killer. He pays attention to his surroundings, including people and rumors, and keeps himself well-informed. Despite being an assassin, he has an amiable side, showing admiration and friendliness toward his close colleagues.


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Reiko has violet eyes and long, loosely-permed brown hair that she wears in a high ponytail. She usually wears a dark grey two-piece suit.

As a hired killer, Reiko displays a ruthless personality and loyalty to her friends and employer. She specializes in using poisons and drugs and displays cleverness in coming up with solutions that make her and her companions' jobs easier at the expense of others. She is disgusted by the actions and carelessness of Yusuke Harada but stays by his side to protect him nearly until the end.


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Ricky is a young man with dreadlocks who wears a cowboy outfit and carries two revolvers in his belt. He is said to look like someone straight out of a Western film.

Ricky is friendly, outgoing, and expressive, quick to introduce himself and attempt to get to know others, though this is largely out of a desire to talk about himself. He is self-absorbed, becoming offended quickly if his name is not recognized, and he enjoys talking about himself and his interests. He is extremely passionate about his work and his guns, which he refers to as his "pals," and enjoys speaking about them at length.


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Li is a slim man who wears a gray suit and glasses. He has sharp eyes and a distinctive scar on his left cheek. Like his boss, he carries an intimidating air that makes him difficult to forget. Due to having a different mother than his older half-brother, Renyi , he has a much different build and appearance.

As personal assistant to an international organized crime leader, Li is composed and fearless. He is clever, always being able to take advantage of a situation, and he is able to discern whose information and opinions are worth listening to. He is also a habitual smoker with an addictive personality. His assistant, Suzuki, notes that becoming an advisor to Long Fang has changed him and that he smiles less than he did before. Prior to working for Lang Fang, he would not have ordered that subordinates be executed solely based on suspicion.


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Munakata has short grey hair and wrinkles around the corners of his eyes and mouth. He wears a high-quality pinstripe suit and a branded wrist watch, as well as an eye-patch on his right eye due to a past wound inflicted upon him by the Niwaka Samurai .

He has the analytical mind and sternness suited for his occupation as a hitman and is loyal to his employer to a fault. He assumes command as the main leader of his group of friends and is close to and feels responsible for each of them.


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Sayuri is a beautiful, graceful woman without any unique or outstanding facial features. She looks innocent, gentle, and mature and is able to charm many of the men around her.


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Saeki is noted to have earnest, gentle eyes that match his personality. He wears glasses and has short black hair worn in a part.

He is mild-mannered and has a habit of talking politely to people regardless of whether they are younger or older, in stark contrast to his job as a cleaner . He is fan of baseball and a member of the Tonkotsu Nine, and in games he frequently hits foul balls along the first base line.


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Shinohara is a young man who wears glasses and is able to blend in. As the least conspicuous of the mayor's group of hired killers, he is often tasked with bodyguard duties.

Shinohara is a newcomer to both Fukuoka and the underground and still unaware of much of its workings. He asks a lot of questions of his companions, both work-oriented and personal. He has a cheeky attitude that his seniors sometimes find inappropriate and annoying. Munakata has a habit of hitting him on the back of the head in reproach.
Despite his attitude, Shinohara is talented and intelligent. He emphasizes the importance of his studies and specializes in explosions. He enjoys experimenting and appears nonchalant when things go wrong, knowing that their employer's wallet has all things covered. He appears contemptuous of Yusuke Harada because Shinohara got into university on merit while Yusuke was accepted to the same school on bribes.


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Shota is described as tall and eloquent. His handsome features, combined with his family's obvious wealth, make him popular at school. He is seen wearing a school uniform with a standing collar. In the anime, he has multiple ear piercings.

At a glance, Shota seems to be a model high school student. He is polite, excels in athletics and academics, and has many friends at school. His parents travel for work, leaving him alone for days at a time, however, and he shows a sadistic side behind closed doors. In his free time, he takes pleasure in torturing cats he picks up off the street, and he uploads photos and videos of the torture online.


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As a former actor, Shoutarou has a handsome face despite being in his fifties. He is noted to look increasingly tired as a result of his job.

As mayor of a large city, Shoutarou has a reputation to uphold. He is a shady politician who builds connections with crime syndicates, and he exhibits ambition and ruthlessness in hiring killers to ensure the safety of his position. Toward his son, Yusuke , Shoutarou is critically honest yet forgiving. He understands that his son is twisted, yet he cares about his son and their family's appearances enough to bribe Yusuke's way through college and allow the purchase of trafficked women to keep his son's urges satisfied.


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His daily attire includes a gray parka and sarouel pants. He dons a hood and a black kerchief to cover the lower half of his face when he goes out on missions as the Submarine Ninja.

Saruwatari is arrogant, brazen, and possesses a short fuse, often seen to habitually kick the nearest object around him to unleash his frustrations. He is reckless and thrill-seeking, choosing work as an assassin in order to have a good fight rather than trying to make substantial money. He is noted to have even given up his own weapon to a target of his to face them unarmed for a challenge.
Perhaps his most significant character trait, Saruwatari hates losing. He takes every challenge seriously and puts everything he has into winning with a single-minded focus. When he loses, he is furious, bitter, and distracted until he can finish what he considers an unfinished fight. His emotional nature makes him easy to read. He is extremely straightforward when it comes to expressing his opinions and desires, and likewise he has a particular inability to lie. Despite this, he refuses to acknowledge his own shortcomings when they are pointed out to him, such as his poor aim or his inability to swim.
He is not a social person. While Nitta and Nguyen consider him to be a friend to some extent, Saruwatari primarily interacts with them either out of necessity or convenience for work-related reasons. In all other regards, he tends to not associate with other people and prefers to be a loner, keeping himself at a distance, and views himself as a solo player even when part of a team.


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Siva is a thin young man with a kind and gentle expression. Over his clothes, he wears a blue apron with the repair shop name.

Siva's kind and honest face is only mask. In contrast, his true personality is twisted, and Chegar considers him worse even than Irasawa . His hobby is playing with other people's lives. Using his elite hacking skills, he enjoys destroying the lives of people he selects at random by impersonating them, exposing their secrets, fabricating scandals, or spreading lies. His acts have pressured people into committing suicide, and his unique method of social elimination has earned him the nickname "The Cracker" in the underground. He counts many politicians, executives, and celebrities seeking to take down their rivals among his regular customers. At some point, Siva became tired of choosing famous names as targets, as they already commit acts of corruption, and he finds more fun in making them up himself and turning the life of an ordinary person into any narrative he likes. He enjoys playing god and is fully aware of the envy it sparks in Chegar.


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Suzuki is a large, broad-shouldered, well-built man. He keeps his dark hair trimmed short and usually sports a serious expression. He is always seen wearing a business suit.

Suzuki is a serious, hard-working assistant who is devoted to his boss. As Li's subordinate, he is more than a chauffeur; his responsibilities extend to carrying out Li's orders in the inner-workings of the association, including gathering information and torturing enemies. He obeys Li unquestioningly and will even give his employer orders if it is to keep him safe. He is Li's advisor of sorts and becomes a proactive leader in the organization, particularly after the targeting of Kakyuu Group executives forces Li and the other higher-ups to go into hiding. Despite his position in the Kakyuu Association, Suzuki actually cares little about the other executives in the organization; his priorities lie first and foremost with Li.
Five years before the start of the series, Suzuki's former employer was shot and killed in front of him, and his death has had a strong effect on Suzuki. As he still carries guilt from watching his boss and mentor die, he is extremely protective of his current employer, Li, and will not allow him to perform simple routine tasks himself, especially buying cigarettes. Suzuki himself has also become a heavy smoker, and the smell of the smoke is nostalgic to him.
It can be assumed Suzuki had a relatively normal childhood, as he is shocked and horrified when he listens to Yang 's tale of Feilang 's hellish upbringing and is unable to compare the younger man's experiences to his own. It is also implied that he had few accomplishments of his own as a younger man, as he describes himself is a "nobody." He seems to have skill and has learned from Li, however, as he negotiates deals in the interest of the Kakyuu Assocation and has a number of subordinates who trust his orders.


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Takashi is a young man with blond hair and freckles. The novel describes him as having a face covered in pimples. He wears a gold chain necklace, and while working as a waiter, a white shirt under a black waistcoat and tie.

Takashi has a cowardly and opportunistic personality. He steals ten million yen from the club he works for, and when his lover Akemi is murdered in front of him, he pleads and attempts to make a deal for his own life.


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Unoyama is a large, broad-shouldered man with short, dark hair and a square jaw. He wears a business suit with a teal necktie.

While Unoyama's position as an executive in an organized crime syndicate and his practice of extorting unaffiliated citizens for money indicate that he is exploitative and immoral, he is courteous and pleasant toward his lawyers. He is very proud of his antique Edo era sword and knows its full history, implying he has an interest in the period.


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Myouken is described as a serious-looking man who wears a suit. Shunsuke Saruwatari notes immediately that he looks like someone who leads an ordinary life.

Myouken is a professional with a serious demeanor. He is also a normal person, compared to many other characters in the series, as he becomes frightened to the point of screaming and shaking when he sees a dead body.


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The executive is described as being a middle-aged man of medium build. He has black hair and wears a business suit, blending easily into crowds of salarymen.

He is straightforward and business-like, believing in the cause of his organization to eliminate opposing hackers and assigning jobs to his subordinates without fanfare. He makes his dislike of Siva and Irasawa known.


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He is a large, sturdily-built man with a mysterious and intimidating presence. He has hollow cheeks and shadows under his eyes that give him a sickly appearance, but combined with his size, straight posture, and fluid gait, give him an unsettling presence and make it impossible to guess his age. He wears a black military uniform and black boots, standing out among the deep green uniforms worn by the other guards in the facility.

The Instructor is a man used to being obeyed, who gives orders in a low, emotionless voice. He has at some point learned the lesson to never trust anyone, a lesson he imparts in the boys under his watch. He does not believe in showing weakness, including tears, and seeks to train the boys under his watch into useful and valuable human weapons, preparing them for the brutal realities of the world and any situation they may face. He is not overly malicious, and in fact shows moments of understanding. Despite the growth of the boys in the facility's five-year program, he still views them as children, knowing they are powerless against him.


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Tony is described as having a suspicious appearance. He has a beard and wears tinted sunglasses. Despite being obviously foreign, he speaks Japanese fluently.
In the anime, he is clean-shaven and looks like an average businessman, though one with a muscular build.

As the head of an international syndicate advancing on foreign soil, Lau is intelligent, serious, and careful. He appears to value his subordinates but is wary of outsiders and has a bad reputation concerning outside hired killers. To protect the Shou Wang and himself, he gives potential assassins a test, and if they pass, offers a formal contract. He rarely cuts ties with the killers he does hire. After he hears of Saruwatari, he is interested in hiring him to compete with the rival organization the Kakyuu Association.


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Lin has long, light-brown hair that reaches his lower back and is noted to have neat, androgynous facial features. He is most commonly shown wearing a brown jacket and black pants.
He initially wears fancy clothing to feel closer to his sister Qiaomei , from whom he has been separated for nine years. Fancy attire also makes him feel more comfortable about his current circumstances, compared to growing up poor and unclean in the slums of China. At the end of the third light novel, he has his hair cut into a short bob and attempts to wear casual clothes, at which point he realizes he wears fancy clothes and maintains long hair simply because he enjoys it.
Though Lin always keeps it covered, on his right upper arm he has a barcode tattoo with a seven-digit management number, left over from his childhood in a boy-weapon training facility. His body is also criss-crossed with scars from the intense training he endured there.

Lin is impartial to social norms such as gender stereotypes, as he has been quoted saying he never understood what was wrong with men being queer if women could wear pants. He generally enjoys wearing makeup. He is quite vain and often acknowledges to himself how beautiful he is. He shows a great interest in fashion and romance stories.
At the beginning of the series, he lives frugally in order repay his debt to Zhang, but later Lin begins shopping and spending money more frequently. While he is not an outrageous spender, he has a tendency to go shopping to relieve stress. Because he grew up poor, he is very conscious of how much money he has and has developed a principle to never waste food, even if he does not like it. After his twentieth birthday, he discovers a fondness for beer.
Due to a betrayal by his childhood friend Feilang and the harsh upbringing he had to go through to become a killer, Lin is self-reliant and has difficulty putting his trust in others, even after meeting Banba and his friends. He becomes enraged whenever he is told he is not a professional, as he believes that being called a simple murderer negates the sacrifices he made for his family and the terrible years he had to go through in order to become a hitman. He gradually begins opening up throughout the series and develops a liking for baseball and his teammates. He tends to be curt when talking with others and can be harsh and insensitive with the feelings of others, but this seems to stem from his belief of accepting a hard fact at face value rather than sugar-coating life.


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Yagi is described as a tall and slim figure donning a black suit. He is around sixty with white hair and glasses. Despite his age, he has remained quite fit, capable of jumping down from the third floor of a building and landing unharmed.

Yagi is a refined and polite individual, always acting properly as a servant. He is proud of his service to the Matsuda family and is extremely loyal, following every order with precision. Any action he takes of his own volition are to benefit the house he serves, as he deeply cares for both the members and status of the Matsuda family. Although he takes care to not let his personal feelings interfere with his work, he does make attempts at reconciling Enokida with his father whenever he is presented with the opportunity, either by making suggestions to Enokida directly or by inviting him to events where his father will be present. According to Enokida, he also has a habit of giving money to Enokida's friends, likely an attempt for them to stay friends with him despite his personality and upbringing.


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Yamamoto is a young man with an aged face caused by his drug addiction. He has a poor complexion and dark bags under his eyes. The cannabis he frequently smokes makes him speak in an unintelligent-sounding drawl on top of his lisp. He wears overalls with a white towel tied around his head, making him appear to be an ordinary, blue-collar worker. He sometimes wears a ski mask while killing.

He is exceedingly lazy and is unable to work alone. Being self-centered, Yamamoto neither notices nor cares how his laziness and carelessness drag his partner and others down with him. Recognizing Abe as his caretaker of sorts, he shows concern for his partner, knowing that he can not function independently. He is addicted to cannabis and claims that he is unable to work without it, as it prevents his hands from shaking. The cannabis causes hallucinations, however, and his addiction, carelessness, and stupidity severely inhibit his memory.


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Yamato has short, blond hair, described as being porcupine-like, with a single red streak on the left side. He usually wears a dark grey suit and a black shirt, making him identifiable as a host.

He speaks in an informal, crude manner most of the time, but he has his flirtatious side when it comes to women. Due to his job as a host, he is very social and has a lot of connections to other clubs in Nakasu , and he is often knowledgeable about the local gangs and organizations.
He can be especially money hungry and is an opportunist, choosing to spend time working as a pickpocket in his spare time or on vacation to gain more cash. Regardless, he does care for his friends and while he will give them a hard time for inconveniencing him, he will go out of his way to help them. As a member of the Tonkotsu Nine, he frequently hits bunts that benefit his teammates on base, even if they result in his out.


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In the novels, his hair is described as brown with a tinge of black. He wears loose and baggy clothing, usually a plain T-shirt with a black jacket and gray sweatpants. His lounge clothes are often stained with the blood of the girls he brings home and murders.

Due to his father's influence and social status, Yusuke grew up spoiled and lived a carefree life, provided with whatever he wanted without worrying about consequences. He had grown apathetic to others and become selfish, purposefully leeching off of his father for a luxurious life. By the start of the series, he had begun taking women off the street and forcing himself on them, killing them during or after the act. He seems to have the impulse to kill people and a love for bloodshed in general, as he not only kills every girl he is with, but just prior to the start of the first light novel, he orders his friends to beat up a foreigner just for his entertainment. Unintelligent, or more accurately unconcerned with consequences, he causes a lot of grief and trouble for his father and Munakata , who have to clean up after his misconducts on a near-daily basis.


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Banba is described as a tall, lean man usually donning a white sweater with old jeans. The novels describe him as having brown eyes and unkempt, black hair, though illustrations show him with dark brown hair. Despite his noted height, he is usually hunched over.

Banba has a gentle and laid-back personality. He does not care much for his appearance or the cleanliness of his residence, much to the annoyance of his roommate, Xianming Lin . He is mostly clueless about technology and is often used by Enokida to test new gadgets and devices. He is usually patient and understanding in most scenarios, but when it comes to baseball he can be critical and overbearing, especially to Lin, the novice of their team.


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As described in the first novel, Zhang is a plump skinhead with a round face and a large, upturned nose. He has a high-pitched voice and wears a purple suit.

Zhang is an ambitious and self-important crime syndicate executive. As a businessman, he is professional toward Mayor Harada and his employees, but he is condescending toward Lin, whom he views as an amateur and a nuisance. He describes himself as dishonest due to his line of work, but he has a certain degree of hypocrisy. He unabashedly disregards his agreement with Lin to stay away from Qiaomei , but he expects those he makes deals with to uphold their end of the bargain, evident in his frustration when Ivanov is unable to kill Lin.


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She has red hair, often worn in braids. A messy fringe peeks out from beneath her blue cap. Hakumei once had repunzal long hair during her travels but she had them cut once she met with Mikochi. It was easier for her to move around and felt more free without it. Even though she is a girl, she is often mistaken as a boy.

Hakumei is an adventurous and hard working young woman. Before living with Mikochi, Hakumei worked for a traveling caravan and learned many survival skills from them. Extremely energetic and happy, now living in a new home with Mikochi, Hakumei works now as a fulltime carpenter and works along side with his work buddy, Iwashi.
What Mikochi lacks in physical strength, Hakumei fulfills the role very well. From being a travel person to a fulltime carpenter, Hakumei is able to handle physical labor, make clean cuts with wood and even survival skills, she is quite reliable especially when it comes to camping and outdoor activities.
Hakumei is as determined as she was curious of many things and when traveling around down she is always full of excitement to learn about things. She is friendly with the locals who Mikochi is famililar with and even friendly to most strangers and yet when it comes to sketchy area's she always kept her guard up especially when it comes to the safety of her friends and Mikochi.


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Mikochi has straight, black hair. She usually wears a red and green kimono that matches her hat.

Mikochi is a quiet, reserved young woman. Unlike her roommate Hakumei, she's more of a homebody, a logical thinker and not very athletic.
Mikochi is known and appreciated throughout Makinata for her cooking skills. This is how she earns her living, preparing canned food and fresh produce, which she then sells to a shop in Makinata.
As well as cooking, Mikochi loves to sew. She is very creative when it comes to designing and making clothes. She designed an outfit for Sen and even came second in a fashion design competition. She enjoys this activity so much that when she starts a project, she can work on it for hours without eating or sleeping.


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She has white hair, often worn in a ponytail with a kyanite pearl in the front. She likes dark colours and usually wears black clothes with a blue shawl. On rare occasions, she wears a purple dress made by Mikochi and leaves her hair loose.
She may also wear a diving suit for her research.

Sen is a calm, serious young researcher. She studies new forms of life: using lamps that react to the sound of an instrument, she can simulate a heartbeat that brings a skeleton to life.
Sen takes her work very seriously and spends a lot of time and energy collecting bones.
She currently lives in an animated turtle skeleton called Georges and has a submarine made up of a fugu skeleton called Simon.


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Kazama has honey blonde hair and red eyes. In the anime he wears a traditional white kimono with red trim, a dark-brown collar with yellow trim, and a dark-brown haori with yellow trim on top of the kimono. He always has a sword on a red and yellow belt and traditional Japanese sandals (geta) with socks. His posture is usually relaxed and confident, and his calm and arrogant demeanor is reflected in the low tone of his voice.
In his oni form, he grows 4 white horns (2 big ones and 2 small ones), and his hair fades to silver. His eyes change from red to yellow.
In the second season he is seen in a purple western-style outfit.

Kazama is extremely arrogant and egotistic. He tends to ignore other people's feelings or words, acting on his own volition and considering only his own beliefs as a reasoning. He takes pride in his oni origins and hates Rasetsu , viewing them as disgusting fakes. He also sees humans as greedy foolish creatures who only fight for money and fame.
Although he tends to be rude, Kazama is not a shallow person. His arrogance stems from his demon heritage which is of great importance to him, and he listens to Amagiri when Amagiri reminds him of the possible consequences of his careless actions. Kazama has seen a lot of betrayals which he keeps trying to warn Chizuru about, and he is the one who informs Chizuru about her father abandoning the Bakufu , and, even though it seems selfish of him, it is the first and only piece of information that Chizuru has received over a long period of time.
At the end of the season, Kazama saves Chizuru from a few samurai who killed Inoue and informs her that quite a few people have betrayed the Bakufu and the Shinsengumi.


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Chizuru is a young woman with brown eyes and dark-brown shoulder-length hair that she usually wears in a ponytail with a white ribbon, and with bangs covering her forehead.
She dresses as a boy as directed by Toshizou Hijikata to avoid any disruption of order in the organization, that only consists of men. Chizuru wears a peach pink top and baggy gray pants. Even though her kimono is male, most people instantly recognize a girl in that disguise. The colors of her outfit also stand out when she goes patrolling with the Shinsengumi as she is the only one who does not wear the blue haori due to not being an official member. She also always has her kodachi on her.
In episode 8 and the OVA , she dresses as a tayuu in a red and green kimono with a gold obi that is tied in a bow on her waist in front. Her hair is done up in a geisha fashion and she wears makeup that whitens her face and highlights her eyes and lips.
At the end of season 2 , she changes into a red, white and black western outfit.

Chizuru is a gentle, polite, caring, well-mannered and soft-spoken young woman who is so humble and shy that she hardly ever speaks her mind unless driven to by her concern for others. Her compassion often leads her to inquire about others' well-being. However, despite being hesitant to fight, Chizuru is quite fearless, she rushes to protect those she cares about against all the odds. She hardly ever gets angry but she is often the first one to show emotion when something tragic occurs, and she comes to care quite a lot for the Shinsengumi leaders as she spends time with them and learns of their ideals.
Each new event reveals a new side of Chizuru's personality — she is loyal, selfless and loving. Her devotion to the Shinsengumi shines through all the obstacles, and no matter how many people try to persuade her to leave or kidnap her, she never betrays her trust in the men. She is ready to sacrifice herself for their sake, and they do the same for her because they feel how much she cares about them. Each Shinsengumi member is equally important to her, she treats their wounds and cleans their headquarters. Each death is a heartbreak for her as she loves them all deeply. She puts the needs of the Shinsengumi above her own and is ready to die if that is what is needed for their well-being and success.


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Dr. Ryōjun Matsumoto is a bald, tall and bulky middle-aged man similar in appearance to Koudou Yukimura . He wears a blue kimono with dark bottoms and a white collar, and traditional Japanese sandals.

Dr. Matsumoto is a kind and caring man which befits the doctor image. Despite being nice and softspoken, he is also serious and firm, making sure his patients get the necessary treatment regardless of their own wishes. He is trusted by the Shinsengumi commanders even with the most difficult cases such as Okita's wounds and disease, and he is also trustworthy enough to know about the Ochimizu research.


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Hajime is a handsome young man, 169 centimeters or 5'7" tall, with long indigo hair that is loosely tied into a side ponytail, with bangs hiding the right side of his face. He possesses sharp features and senses, but has relaxed yet alert ocean blue eyes.
Hajime wears a long, black, fighting-style kimono with a simple white sash and long scarf. He also wears his sword on the right side for the reason of being left-handed which is not always taken in a positive way by other warriors. When Saitou is on official Shinsengumi duty, he wears the blue haori on top of his clothes.
In the second season, Hajime changes into a western-style outfit of the same black color as his usual kimono. Due to having a lot of new buttons, he initially struggles to do them up.

Saitou is a very stoic and quiet man who only speaks when spoken to or when something is worth saying. Whenever he decides to voice his opinion, he does it in a formal emotionless way, never shouting or getting angry. He is extremely loyal to Toshizou Hijikata and he will obey any order without question.
Saitou is very thoughtful and always puts the safety of others above his own and never lets on about what he is truly thinking or feeling. He is always caring and gentle with Chizuru , protecting her and reassuring her, sometimes explaining things she does not understand. Unlike other Shinsengumi members, Saitou does not seem to be overly friendly with anyone, his cold demeanor seems to be the same towards everyone. However, he is always polite, and others respect him and look up to him.


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Heisuke is a cheerful young man closest to Chizuru in age. Short in stature, Heisuke stands at only 163cm or roughly 5'3" (5'2.4" ), making him the shortest amongst the Shinsengumi next to Chizuru and the shortest captain. He has long brown hair which he keeps up in a ponytail, and emerald eyes. In the second season, he cuts his hair short to adopt a more Western appearance along with the rest of the Shinsengumi.
In his Rasetsu form, like all Rasetsu, his eyes become crimson red and his hair becomes snow white, his canine teeth also become more profound.
His clothes initially consist of a yellow sleeveless shirt over a purple one that has the shoulders cut, but not disconnected, a red and black sash around his waist, black pants that go down to his knees, leg warmers that wrap around his feet, arm and leg pads, and straw sandals. His Western appearance is a white button-down shirt, a black button-down vest, black pants that go to his knees, brown boots that cover the remainder of his legs, a purple shawl around his waist, a yellow sash above the purple shawl, and black gloves that have only the pinky and ring fingers covered.

Out of the trio, Heisuke is the most hyper and considers himself to be the Forerunner teacher that likes getting in harms way (according to Hakuouki: Shikon Soukyuu ). Always cheerful, he makes jokes even pretending to be complaining how the other two in the trio cannot do a thing without him and beg for his help even when he is doing something else. In addition to being overly energetic, Heisuke tends to be a bit too talkative when he almost tells Chizuru about Rasetsu only to get knocked across the room by Sano.
Heisuke is also determined to remain as human as possible even when the thirst for blood starts to get to him. He never stops smiling and fighting, despite the fact that he quickly runs out of his own lifespan.


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Hyougo Sakai is a tall young man with long black hair that he wears in a pony tail. His casual clothing is a simple blue kimono similar to Hijikata's. He always smiles while talking to people.

Turned into a Rasetsu by Kaoru

Hyougo Sakai is an amiable compliant young man who tries to get along with everyone in the group. He claims to feel proud every time he puts on the blue haori regardless of what people think about the Shinsengumi. According to him, he is an only child, which means his parents struggle financially if he does not live nearby, therefore he sends them some of the money he earns by being part of the Kyoto police. He is also skilled with the sword and ready to risk his life in order to protect his comrades.


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Shimada has a rather square-jawed face with dark brown hair and is always seen wearing his Shinsengumi haori over a purple shirt and green trousers. He seems to be a competent warrior who relies on his brute physical strength, and he looks quite older than other Shinsengumi captains.
In the second season he changes into a black western-style outfit with gold-colored buttons.


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Serizawa has shoulder-length spiky dark-red hair, almost black on the top half of his head and silver gray lower down, with a samurai top knot at the back (much like Kondou's hair). He wears amber-colored trousers and a midnight green haori (in his free time) or a traditional blue haori of the Shinsengumi (during battles).

Serizawa is proud, vivacious and violent. He enjoys tormenting the weak and demonstrating his power, his allies (or servants in most cases, like Nishiki Niimi and Ryuunosuke Ibuki ) are generally afraid of him, even though some of them happen to genuinely admire him. Although Kamo has a sharp mind, he is quick-tempered, arrogant, and self-centered which ignites hatred in people around him. His outrageous behavior is the reason why the former Rōshigumi became notorious during his time as the commander in Kyoto (and were called "Wolves from Mibu"). However, he believes that playing the role of a villain is meant to help in achieving his goals, which he frequently lectures Hijikata about. He keeps blaming Hijikata and Kondou for being too soft and lacking resolve while doing all the hard work for the Rōshigumi.
Serizawa is good at reading people's emotions and manipulating them. He makes Okita murder Tonouchi by revealing Tonouchi's plan to assassinate Kondou; he dwells into Hijikata's deep feelings about not being born in a samurai family; he understands Ryuunosuke's rage due to Serizawa's brutal actions towards another geisha which resulted in Ryuunosuke being rejected by Kosuzu ; he feels Oume 's desire to kill him even while she is behind him, and so on.


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The Shinsengumi members notice that Chizuru looks almost exactly like Kaoru as if they were twins, except for the fact that they wear different clothes. They both have long brown hair and light-brown eyes, and Kaoru's facial features are quite feminine despite him being a boy.
In his disguise form, Kaoru takes on a female appearance, tricking those who do not know him by wearing make-up, accessories and a female kimono of pink color. He also acts like a gentle woman at this time.
When Kaoru drops his disguise, he cuts his hair and puts on male dark-blue clothing with a black cape on top of it. He also wears his family heirloom (katana) on the left side.


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Itou has a rather fox-like, feminine appearance with long black hair tied in a half ponytail leaving the rest loose with strangely shaped bangs, slanted indigo eyes, and very pale skin. He wears traditional clothing of violet-purple color.


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Sannan Keisuke is a scholarly-looking man with big round glasses. He has dark brown, shoulder length hair that is slicked-back, leaving one lock of bangs on the left-hand side of his face. Sannan wears a casual dark green kimono shirt with a dark blue vest overtop and black open-end pants.
His Rasetsu appearance includes typical silver hair and glowing red eyes.
In the second season of the anime Sannan changes into a dark western-style outfit with vinous and yellow stripes on his lapel, cuffs and shoulder pads. He wears a white shirt underneath.

Sannan is a soft-spoken man who is usually polite and amiable but his words are often anything but friendly. He dislikes being pitied and looked down on, and some Shinsengumi members joke about him having a black heart. Despite being rather cynical, he deeply cherishes his friends and comrades trying his best to help in any way he can for the sake of the Shinsengumi. He has great admiration and respect for Hijikata even though they do not always see eye to eye, and Hijikata considers him as close as an older brother.
Sannan is also one of the most intelligent among the Shinsengumi captains and is responsible for tactics and strategy. He is a deputy commander which makes him one of the top leaders of the organization (after Kondou and on the same level as Hijikata).


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Kosuzu has long green-ish brown hair which is usually traditionally tied in a bun, save for her bangs, and brown eyes. She wears a traditional kimono both at work and in her free time.

Kosuzu is a sweet, honest and feisty young lady who is never afraid to speak her mind.


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He appears to be a friendly man, having been constantly shown with a smile in Chizuru 's flashbacks. He is bald and he wears a traditional kimono of the Bakumatsu Period .

In Chizuru's flashbacks, he was a caring father and someone who also cared for the people as a doctor in the area where they lived. It is later revealed that he was researching the Ochimizu to regain what little demon power he believed he should have gotten (as he was a decedent of the Yukimura Clan, of a demonic bloodline and whose decedents possessed remarkable healing and strength abilities). This obsession with power, in turn, drove him to the edge of losing his mind over it, experimenting on Shinsengumi and other warriors before he turned himself into a demon. Of course, he also felt a need to restore the Yukimura Clan to its prior glory as a demon clan, and was planning on using Chizuru for that.


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Shiranui is a tall dark-skinned oni who keeps his long, wavy indigo hair pulled back into a ponytail, and is always seen in all-black western-style sleeveless attire and with a turquoise scarf. He wears a long glove on one arm and a very short one on the other hand which reveals a huge tattoo on his shoulder.

Shiranui Kyou is a cocky, arrogant man who uses a gun to fight in battle. He always calls it "dancing" when he challenges Harada and he seems to enjoy shooting people. Shiranui seems reckless and hellbent at first, however, he shows his sensible and soft sides, along with his demon dignity. He never seems to actually try to kill Harada, moreover, he saves his life a couple of times and is able to unite with him against the real enemy ( Koudou and his new Rasetsu ). Shiranui also partially reveals his attachment to a human who died before the events of Hakuouki, as he quotes that person and talks to Harada about it before his death.
As for the pride he takes in being a demon, Shiranui shares the view of despising Rasetsu as fake abominable creatures who can never be equal to real demons and need extermination.


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Amagiri is a tall and bulky middle-aged man. His distinguishable feature is his long red hair that he wears in a ponytail behind, and his bright cyan eyes. He is always seen wearing traditional clothing (dark-purple trousers and red-vine top) with a black haori and long gloves. The pattern on his haori's shoulders is a white snake forming the infinity symbol ∞.

Kyuujyu Amagiri is a very strong and mature oni , who prefers to fight with his fists instead of a sword. He is usually seen by Kazama 's side as his companion and advisor but they both seem to work for the Satsuma Domain . Amagiri is very polite towards everyone, whether friend or foe, he is able to apologize when he is wrong (or when his subordinates are wrong) and express gratitude when it is deserved. For instance, he acknowledges Hajime Saitou 's power and thanks him for choosing to solve the conflict with words . He always bows to his enemies when he leaves, as a sign of respect.
Amagiri seems to dislike fighting and often asks his opponents to avoid it. He never taunts his enemies and never drags them into fight forcefully (unlike Kazama). When he has no choice but to engage into a battle, he strikes once and hopes that the damage dealt is enough for the opponent to stop.
Despite being powerful and apparently an important figure in the demon world, Amagiri is quite emotionless, he is never seen screaming or getting angry or even changing his facial expression from indifference to any other emotion.


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Ryuunosuke has very long, blue hair that he keeps in a high ponytail, and bright amber eyes. At the end of the Reimeiroku anime series, he cuts his hair short.
He wears traditional clothing that consists of red trousers and white and yellow top over a black long-sleeved vest. He is never shown wearing Shinsengumi's blue haori .

Ryuunosuke is obstinate and immature. He travels alone and does not seem to realize how dangerous it is due to his lack of swordsmanship skills. However, he has a strong sense of justice as he rushes to help the weak when he sees them in trouble. Although attempting to save others, he often freezes in the face of danger and does not fight for his life which makes Hijikata worried. Even though displeased and constantly complaining, he keeps following Serizawa's orders as to buy some saké or massage his shoulders. Ryuunosuke also acts as a spy for the Shinsengumi and tells them about everything he sees and hears while being near Serizawa.


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Sanosuke is the tallest among the captains, standing at 6'1" (185cm). He has dark amber eyes and auburn hair - worn long in the first season and cut shorter later on. He has a significant scar across his stomach from a failed suicide attempt, a trait that he shared with his real historical counterpart. His traditional Japanese wardrobe consists of a modified white kataginu with red trimming, a red bandage-like obi , red hand guards, and a gray hakama .
His Western clothing in the second season consists of a white shirt with a black vest and a long black and white sleeveless jacket, lined with the same red of his wafuku , red hand guards of a Western style to match, a white belt to hold his sword, and black trousers and boots.

Sanosuke Harada is one of the most cheerful of the Shinsengumi and can usually be found making jokes with his best friend Shinpachi Nagakura and making people smile. He can be quick to anger as seen when a slip of Heisuke's tongue alarms him enough to throw a punch at the younger captain to silence him. But, despite his temper and his tendency to be laid-back when he is not concerned, he is also very friendly and loyal to his comrades. He prefers the spear to the sword, a notable similarity to the historical Harada Sanosuke.
Despite his short temper, Sano is very kind and caring. He is the one who receives the order from Hijikata to take Chizuru to a festival, and he is also the one to take Chizuru out in the city to meet Senhime when she is feeling down. He takes his pride in protecting Chizuru from demons , always saying that it is a man's duty to protect a woman.
As shown in OVAs, Sano trusts his subordinates and cares deeply about them, enough to put his life in danger to uphold their reputation and prove them to be trustworthy.


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Sen is almost taller than Chizuru Yukimura with height around 161-162 cm. She has long brown hair and pink-violet eyes in the anime and orange ones in games. Part of her hair is shoulder-length, two strands are in front decorated with knot-like accessories, and part is tied in a ponytail behind. Her outfit is a traditional yellow-ish female kimono with a green collar and a wide green belt. She also wears a purple shawl loosely on her arms.
Sen always smiles when she interacts with Chizuru, and she usually has a relaxed posture.

Sen is amiable, enthusiastic and cheerful. She is easy to get along with which is shown in her fast friendship with Chizuru and her way of treating Kimigiku, who, even though a servant, is very much like a close friend to Sen. She is very agreeable and sympathetic towards Chizuru's feelings, she does not insist on her leaving her friends even though offering that to her twice. She does not take offence in Chizuru's refusals, on the contrary, she sees through the façade and understands that Chizuru's heart lies with a particular someone.
Claiming to always be Chizuru's ally, she does everything in her power to protect the girl from Kazama without asking for anything in return. This might be part of her being a princess, as she is incredibly responsible and knows that her subordinates need her in difficult times. Sen is bold and straightforward, she does not tolerate the situations that displease her, and she speaks her mind right away (like she did with Hijikata when Rasetsu started killing people during their patrols or like she did with Kazama when she hit him with her fan in Shimabara for harassing Chizuru and told him to start considering the girl's feelings).


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Underneath the signature blue haori , that is a symbol of the Shinsengumi , Shinpachi wears white trousers and a purple undershirt with a large cleavage showing off his muscular chest. He also wears a black vest on top of it, long black gloves which do not cover his fingers, black knee-high boots and knee pads. Something that is always noticeable in his appearance and never changes is a military green bandana around his brown hair and a necklace.
In the second season of the anime, Shinpachi's outfit changes to the western-style one that has more green on the palette mixed with black, white and dark-yellow colors. His bandana becomes midnight green or dark-gray color. The lapel of his jacket is stripy and patterned with green and yellow.

Shinpachi is a boisterous, cheerful young man who enjoys drinking & having a good time with his comrades, and is very good friends with Sano and Heisuke . In spite of him tending to be the loudest at parties, he never seems to have much luck with women as well as being fond of them, and often blames Sano for "stealing all the women". His swordsmanship is one of the best among the Shinsengumi as he trained in the same school as Serizawa and Shimada . Apparently, Shinpachi is very vain about his physical condition and muscular build, as he loves showing off and demanding attention to his figure.
Shinpachi has a very clear understanding of what he wants to be from a political standpoint. He refuses to become someone's retainer, which is the initial reason for him to join the Shinsengumi and which is why he parts ways with the squad later as he disapproves of Kondou's leadership. Shinpachi is direct and honest, he is not afraid of speaking up and even fighting when he disagrees with a decision.


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Okita Souji is a handsome 21-year-old man, standing at either 176 cm or 178cm tall, with chestnut brown hair in a topknot and emerald green eyes. He usually wears a loose red, gray, and orange haori and green hakama with white kyahan (cloth leggings) around his calves. His 'on-duty' style includes a blue haori and a black-and-white protective headband around his forehead. He begins wearing a white sleeping robe all the time after the Shinsengumi vice-commander Toshizou Hijikata orders him to stay at the headquarters due to his worsening illness.
In Season 2 Souji eventually cuts his hair and changes into a western outfit that is done in the same color palette as his usual unofficial outfit: red, orange, green and black.

Souji has a charming and somewhat sadistic personality and is fond of sarcasm. He enjoys pulling pranks on the other Shinsengumi members, especially Hijikata.
He idolizes Isami Kondou , the commander of the Shinsengumi, and imitates his hair style. Souji is one of the most loyal men to him among the Shinsengumi. As much as he tries to hide it most of the time with teasing and rudeness, Souji is a good-natured person but as a warrior, he is a ruthless killer. At the same, he seems to be the type of person who likes to keep important information to himself, just to see what happens. When everyone found out that Chizuru Yukimura was a girl and some of the others were surprised, Souji commented that "It was obvious she was a girl" yet had not said anything initially.
Souji once warned Chizuru that if she ever got in his way during patrol or a fight, he would kill her. Even so, he protected her from Kazama during the Ikedaya incident, despite his own injuries. And later he protected her and Heisuke from Itou's followers who were lurking in the darkness and tried to shoot Souji's friends.


Hakuoki ~Demon of the Fleeting Blossom~

Susumu is relatively short standing at 5"5', he has a very peculiar haircut in which almost all of his hair is cut extremely short, except for a small amount, which he keeps tied in a long ponytail that reaches the lower middle of his back. He usually wears a light-green kimono with a dark green trim and very curious sleeves, which look to be sewn of with thick cord, and wears simple black pants that tie at his ankles.
When Susumu is not wearing his usual clothes, He is usually wearing his "Ninja" outfit complete with a mask, headband & a big black scarf.

Susumu may be perceived as an aloof, reserved and strict individual due to his emotionless way of speaking and appearing only in times of need. However, he actually has quite close ties to most of the captains, he is very passionate about his work, and he is especially loyal to and respectful of Hijikata .
Susumu obeys orders without questions and often appears to explain something to Chizuru and/or stop her from reckless actions. His swordsmanship level remains a mystery as he once claimed he might not be able to protect Chizuru if danger appears, however, he is never shown injured or losing a battle even when being outnumbered.


Hakuoki ~Demon of the Fleeting Blossom~

Toshizou is a handsome young man (a nod to his real-life counterpart) popular with ladies. He has waist-length black hair and dark violet eyes, and he is about average in height within the Shinsengumi being taller than Hajime Saitou , but shorter than Souji Okita .
Demon Vice-Commander rarely smiles and mostly tries to keep a serious professional attitude.
Underneath the standard blue haori , cord and headband, he wears a purple kimono top and gray hakama in the first season and carries a katana and wakizashi on his left hip. His sword is an 11th generation Kanesada, an impressive blade, as noted by Saitou.
In Season 2 , Hijikata cuts his hair to chin-length and changes to an elaborate black and purple with yellow outlines western-style outfit.

Hijikata is a strict disciplinarian to his troops, hence his nickname the "Demon Vice-Commander" (鬼の副長). At the same time, he is very thoughtful and mature when making decisions, he puts the Shinsengumi and Isami Kondou above everything else. Hijikata believes that it is his duty to rule with an iron fist as the shadow behind Kondou's light. He takes the Shinsengumi's welfare to be his personal responsibility and runs himself ragged with trying to keep the organization going single-handedly. He dislikes accepting help from others and appearing weak, though he will put the survival of the Shinsengumi above things like honor. Hijikata's greatest desire is to elevate the commander's position and make Kondou a great samurai.
Hijikata has a lot of respect for women, which is one of his reasons for being protective of Chizuru Yukimura . When she first encounters the Shinsengumi in Season 1, it is Hijikata who vouches for her life, arguing that if she were a threat he would deal with her. Souji Okita , who has known Hijikata since his childhood, has a habit of messing around with him, especially with his haiku books. Although Hijikata is exasperated by Okita's behavior, he sees him as a little brother and is very protective of him, to a fault.
Though his troops grumble at his strictness, the Shinsengumi highly respects Hijikata and regards him as a true warrior, despite his low birth. His close companions have been able to see through his harsh exterior and Keisuke Sannan has remarked that Hijikata is far too kind.
Though Hijikata tends to be a worrywart, he is, in truth, a caring person who values his friends above all else, even his own safety. He is willing to go to great lengths in order to protect the honor and well-being of those he holds dear.


Halo

Until the release of Halo 4 , John-117's face has never been seen in the games, and therefore his appearance is left mostly to one's imagination. The novels Halo: The Fall of Reach and Halo: The Flood give some insight to John's appearance. Early in Halo: The Fall of Reach , when Dr. Catherine Halsey and Lieutenant Jacob Keyes go to Eridanus II to observe John as a child, he is described as "a typical six-year-old male, with tousled brown hair and a sly smile that revealed a gap between his front teeth." [60] In Halo: The Flood , referring to John in 2552, he is described as having "Short hair, with serious eyes, a firm mouth, and a strong jaw." He is described as being unnaturally pale, a consequence of spending most of his time in his armor. [61]
In the ending cutscene of Halo: Combat Evolved , John takes off his helmet, and the camera pans upward, leaving the head obscured by the ship window frame as he sets the helmet to his side. Some people have used Halo: Custom Edition development mode to move the camera. However, Bungie's 3D artists did not produce a separate character model for this occasion, just a separate helmet model; if the animation is viewed from inside the ship, it appears as if John takes off his helmet, revealing an identical helmet underneath. Players have also found an Easter Egg in the Halo 3 Beta . Using a Mongoose, players can reveal what looks like a face in a Spartan's helmet. However, Bungie has confirmed that this is Marcus R. Lehto 's face, not John's. [ citation needed ]
For the first time, John's face was shown without a helmet in Halo: Helljumper Issue 1 . The comic illustrated the fight between John and four ODSTs. As expected, his face is seen from the side and is covered up in shadow, hiding any specific facial features. He was also only 14 years of age during this depiction.
John's face can be seen clearly on the front cover of Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp Issue One as a six year old child.

John's face, at 46 years of age, as seen in the Legendary ending of Halo 4 .

In Bungie's Happy Halodays 2010 holiday card, the back of John-117's head can be seen since he is not wearing his helmet, in which he has dark brown hair.
Franchise development director Frank O'Connor gave a description of Master Chief's appearance on October 9 in an interview with GameTrailers: “an older man, almost painfully pale, almost albino white, with pale blue eyes, reddish hair, close cropped to a skin head, and maybe the last remnants of freckles he had when he was a kid.” He also confirmed that Halo 4 would not actually depict Master Chief's appearance. This, however, is somewhat false, since in the Legendary ending of Halo 4 , in the end of the epilogue, John is shown walking into a large hall which consists of Spartan-IVs, and has his armor removed. As his helmet is removed, the camera pans into his eyes so a part of his face is shown, consisting of the description given by Frank O'Connor. [62]

John's face, at 46 years of age, as seen in Halo Escalation.

Halo Escalation gives the clearest depiction of John's adult face yet. After having his visor cracked by the didact, his eye and the skin around it is clearly visible. Several panels reveal him with a cracked visor and the wrinkles under his eye.

The personality of John is explored much more deeply in the books than the games. This is in order that players can more easily project their own personalities onto John-117.
As a child, John strove to win at any situation, at all costs. This seems to have been a part of his character even prior to his conscription to the SPARTAN Program, as he pushed himself to win at any game he played, including chess, gravball or King of the Hill. [58] As his career progressed, he transformed his desire to achieve personal victory to a desire to achieve victory for his squad and, by extension, humanity as a whole. John is tenacious to complete any mission at hand, and often disregards his personal safety in order to win. Indeed, he has often emerged victorious from situations many would consider impossible. Though even a Spartan is not devoid of fear, John simply acknowledges it and puts it aside, while never openly showing it. [59] He is not shy about expressing caution, however, as shown in his first encounter with the Gravemind. John is generally stoic and taciturn, but not devoid of a sense of humor. He often makes dry remarks about the situation at hand, but this seems to be more frequent when interacting with Cortana than anyone else, such as other Spartans.
John is also known as a man of his word and will strive to keep any promise he makes, even at great personal risk. As he was forced to leave Cortana behind on High Charity , John promised to come back for her after dealing with the Prophet of Truth. Cortana chided him not to make a promise when he knew he couldn't keep it. However, despite incredible odds, John did keep his promise, as he fought his way through the Flood into High Charity to retrieve her. Upon finding her, Cortana was in a weak and damaged state. Nearing rampancy, John-117 told her, "You know me. When I make a promise…" to which Cortana replied "You keep it." This encouragement gave her the strength to compose herself after enduring the mental tortures of the Gravemind. John holds great personal respect for his trainer and mentor Chief Petty Officer Mendez, as well as Dr. Halsey, who he considers a mother-like figure. He appears to deny Halsey's claims about his extraordinary luck at several points in the Halo Legends episode "The Package."
In a strange twist of fate, one of John's closests friendships was with the construct Cortana, an artificial intelligence "born" from the mind of Dr. Halsey herself. Cortana was initially assigned to him for his mission to capture the Covenant Prophets. Despite some initial hesitation towards working with an AI out of fear of conflicting directives, John and Cortana quickly formed a formidable team and John realized quickly that Cortana would be a great help instead of a liability. The two's relationship evolved from a partnership to a close friendship over the course of Halo: Combat Evolved , due both the duration of the mission and the life-or-death situations they struggled through. During their adventures, John showed absolute trust in Cortana, believing in her even when Lord Hood was unsure of her reliability, being willing to trust her enough to risk Earth on her word that she had a way to stop the Flood. The two also had similar personalities: they both had a propensity to blow things up, with John commenting he wasn't sure which one of them was better at it. The pair also tended to enjoy executing high risk plans. After Cortana explained to John his strategy to use a disabled bomb to blow up a Covenant Carrier was crazy, he offered to leave her behind. Instead, she quipped, "Unfortunately for us both, I like crazy." When Cortana begins to go rampant , John becomes desperate to find a way to save her. Her absolute loyalty to him is shown when she restrains the Ur-Didact to save him, telling The Didact when he asks why she's helping humanity "I'm not doing this for mankind ," showing she's helping out of loyalty to John. Cortana sacrifices herself to save John and he is clearly devastated by her "death," though he gets to say a goodbye to her in which she can finally touch him, something she has always wanted to do.
Although John has difficulty understanding the 'undisciplined' lifestyle of civilians, he is fiercely protective of their lives and humanity as a whole. The mass slaughter of civilians at the hands of the Covenant was enough to drive even the stoic John into a cold rage. After the massacre of Draco III, John and his Spartans remained on-site until every Covenant soldier responsible for the atrocity was dead.
John is known to show an exceptional care for soldiers under his command, while at times viewing them as a liability rather than an asset (more out of fear and concern for them than for himself). By 2552, after his experiences on Halo, John acknowledged to Corporal Locklear that, armor and enhancements aside, there was little difference between a 'normal' soldier and himself. This is not to say that John was previously without compassion. During the Battle of Installation 04, when searching for the survivors of the Pillar of Autumn , a Marine named Fitzgerald was wounded by an Unggoy with a Needler. John-117 retrieved a first aid kit and expertly treated the wound, taking time to ask the Marine if he was alright. By 2552, most members of the UNSC held "John-117" in complete awe, even among his Spartan comrades. His exploits and prowess quickly made him a legend in his own time, and his mere presence on a battlefield was enough to inspire the hope of victory regardless of the odds.
Despite his life of military indoctrination, John is not entirely submissive to command. On multiple occasions John has directly disobeyed protocol, and even superior officers that contradicted what he personally thought was right. On the UNSC Gettysburg during Operation: FIRST STRIKE, Dr. Halsey decided to test his morality by giving him two data chips, one containing information regarding Avery Johnson's immunity to the Flood, which would surely lead to his dissection by ONI with little chance of replicating his immunity. The other was missing this data, and John originally planned to sacrifice his friend in accordance with directive, but realized that one man can make a difference, and crushed the complete record into dust. Later in 2557 when John and Cortana made their way aboard the UNSC Infinity , after Cortana's rampant outburst surprising everyone in the room, Captain Andrew Del Rio acted on his resentment of John-117 for questioning his orders to flee Requiem and subsequently ordered that Cortana be destroyed. Before Commander Lasky could retrieve her, without hesitation John did so first, displaying his unflinching loyalty to Cortana, and that not even the UNSC would stop him from doing everything in his power to save her. Del Rio personally ordered John to hand her over, but he refused, responding, "no, sir." After the infuriated Captain ordered his arrest, Commander Sarah Palmer refused to act, and John-117 promptly left Infinity in a Pelican Gunship to stay behind on Requiem to stop the Didact.


Halo

Usze wears an Assault Harness , with a dark crimson color similar to standard Special Operations Sangheili in Halo: Reach , but, rather than being dark purple, it is more similar in shade to the armor of Covenant vehicles or ships. This different color variant of the Assault Harness most likely indicates 'Taham's high rank .
Like most other Sangheili in service to the Covenant military , 'Taham removed the "-ee" suffix from his name following the disbandment of the Covenant.


Hamatora

Birthday is around the same age group as Murasaki, Art and Ratio. He has blond hair with a stylized pink shading, but it's not actually pink. His outfit consists of a yellow shirt and a dark red tracksuit, and he's rarely seen without sunglasses, indoors or out, but when he is without sunglasses, he has blue eyes. He doesn't wear shoes, opting for a pair of sandals instead. In Re:Hamatora, his tracksuit is black. He also has a tattoo of a black skull on his right lower leg.

birthday's tattoo (episode 8)

Birthday is always grinning, in daily life and in battle. He has a jolly, laid-back personality that is a stark contrast to his partner Ratio. It seems as though he is always planning some kind of unholy scheme to get money. He is also very lewd, for he hits on many different women, especially Honey. However, though he seems to be jokester, he cares deeply for his friends and he hates quitters as well as sulkers.


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She has red eyes (previously pink-purple eyes) and midnight black hair. She is quite short and could fit into the petite section. In fact, she is the youngest person in Hamatora. Her most common attire is a white tank top under her sky blue jacket that fades into purple which has a yellow crown, a white fanny pack around her waist, black shorts, boots and a white visor that has two buttons, one with a pink flower and the other with a blue paw. In one of her buttons is a GPS tracker. She also wears a pair of red gloves with a yellow star. When exercising with Takahiro, she wears a silver jacket instead.

Hajime appears rather apathetic unless food is involved. She is always shown eating different kinds of foods. She also cares for the people around her. Though she might not show it and frequently remains stoic and reserved, she has a great depth of inner character and possesses a sensitivity towards the emotions of others. Such as when she sensed Takahiro's desperation to return to his human form, and decided to help him with a shared diet and exercise regime with Murasaki's help.  At times, when a person is angry or upset, she would offer them comfort in the form of her food. For example, when she fed Nice a portion of her hamburger patty after he had a fight with Art , and also when she offered Honey some food when she was annoyed with not knowing where Three was. She also cares about her weight. When Birthday took a bite of her pudding in season 1 episode 10, he said she was getting fat, which she was shocked to hear.
In Season 2, she begins expressing herself more and speaks rather frequently compared to the past. This subtle change was remarked upon by both Koneko and Master . Hajime was evidently affected by Nice's absence from Hamatora during his recuperation. It seems that she places sentimental attachment to Nice's battered headphones as she wore them around her neck for safekeeping while he was away. It can be seen that she was genuinely glad when Nice returned.


Hamatora

Honey has light green eyes and light brown hair that is tied into pigtails with two black scrunchies. While her right pigtail is higher than her left. Her body is voluptuous and she uses this to her advantage. She wears a white lab coat over a blue sweater, fastened with a red bow. She has black and purple striped stockings and a pair of dark brown boots to match.

Honey can act childish sometimes, but when it comes to her job she is very determined and will get it done to a very high standard. She is very much her own person with her own values as well as being very self-confident. However, when her tablet stops working, she loses all of her confidence. She gets along well with everyone and seems to be well-liked. She is not afraid to use sexuality to thwart her opponents, as shown in the Episode 8, where they had a contest that included biking, swimming, and fighting with the melons.


Hamatora

Koneko has golden eyes and red/auburn hair that she consistently wears in a ponytail. She wears red glasses, a backpack, a tan and yellow pant-suit, and a red tie with two diagonal blue stripes. Curiously, she has a cat tail, which has yet to be explained.

Koneko is notoriously well-organized and professional. She handles all the managerial work for the Hamatora agency and acts as a mediator for the regulars at Cafe Nowhere. She is shown to be of sound conscience and resolution when she interrupts Moral's speech about bringing "equality" to the world, pointing out that Moral's tactics are the cause of destruction and death.


Hamatora

Mamiya is tall and thin, and is first seen wearing a black v-neck shirt and grey pants, accompanied by a long green sweater coat and black shoes. He wears round glasses and a silver chain on his neck, and keeps his hair held back with a simple black headband. He has pierced ears. Since his first appearance, he's also been seen wearing a suit and tie paired with rectangle-shaped glasses, and later seen wearing a police uniform.

Mamiya's personality hasn't been shown in great depth, but he is shown to be level headed and calm, albeit somewhat serious. He seldom smiles, but he doesn't seem like a cold-hearted person. He keeps the group in check and doesn't allow for excess movements or actions. He seems to be cautious, shown by his skepticism of Freemum's association with Art.


Hamatora

Mao has a mop of brown hair and brown eyes. He is of average build and sports a pair of black glasses. In Hamatora: The Animation, he wears a long green Chinese cloak. In Re: Hamatora, he is seen to be wearing a light brown track suit

Not much is known about Mao but he seems to be a laid-back individual, who does not seem to mind who people are unless they're a client as shown in episode 11. He is often seen eating. He is very dedicated to his work, but as he says in episode 10, even he has his limits.


Hamatora

Master has light brown skin, a white beard, black eyes, and no hair. He wears a black, square-framed pair of glasses and a white, button-down shirt that seems to fit him tightly, with black suspenders and pants. Master is seemed to have a muscular build.
Since he is never been seen in front of the counter, or outside of it, his shoes are not visible.
It was revealed that he had a star shaped mark on his head in episode 11.


Hamatora

Momoka has dark, magenta hair and usually wears a pink, collared shirt with a blue apron. While wearing this outift she ties her hair up with a green clip.
As Saikyou, she lets her hair down, donning a red floppy hat, green clover earrings, a cream neck scarf, and a revealing red-v-neck dress with matching gloves.
Her main feature, however, is a birthmark in the shape of a flower, which she covers up with makeup while disguising as a florist.

Momoka is a mysterious character who barely appears through the series, leaving most of her character up to interpretation. She is portrayed as a calm and intellectual woman.
She is shown to be sadistic at times, and rather indifferent towards other people and their feelings. Though she claims everything she does is to obtain "entertainment", her morals seem to have deteriorated after looking for this for so long and finding no way to obtain it. She has mentioned killing, gambling, drug abuse and trafficking with humans as some of the many ways she has tried to cure herself from boredom.
In the end, Momoka is revealed to have no ego as she required outside sources to "entertain" her to cure her of her boredom with the world.


Hamatora

Murasaki is a tall man compared to his partner, Nice; he constantly wears a stern, no-nonsense expression, along with red glasses that have sharply angled arms. His hair is pushed back and seems to be a light lavender-gray color. He wears a dark-colored shirt with a red-orange coat that possesses a black hood; his pants are gray, and he wears boots.

Murasaki is a logical thinker. He is typically calm and collected, and very down to Earth. He tends to only get angry when people threaten his dignity or when they make stupid decisions. When he is working, he tends to get the job done efficiently and effectively, and despite his cool demeanor he does enjoy his work and his colleagues. He possesses an underlying bitterness stemming from being bested at everything by Nice, but he is strong enough to push it aside to have a pleasant existence and positive relationship with Nice. He is very considerate, though he doesn't usually put others above all else.


Hamatora

Nice has disheveled auburn hair and a thin build. He has blue eyes and relatively pale skin. His common attire comprises a pair of headphones around his neck, a blue shirt with a jacket vest, black pants with a white belt, a watch, and blue and red shoes. He wears white bandages across his nose and cheeks and on his arms, but they do not explain why. As a child, he had just one plaster on his nose.

Nice is empathetic and caring as shown when he quickly took the job, which involved someone's life but offered less compensation than usual. He is fairly absent-minded, attempting to withdraw money in a bank while it was being robbed by armed thieves without realizing they were there. He has a positive air about him, while being carefree. However, even with his happy-go-lucky attitude, Nice can sometimes act rather opportunistic and seem to lack any sort of heroic ideals. It shows this when he fights Moral, stating that he was fighting him simply because it annoyed him not to save anybody. Those also know him to be blunt, which others perceive as being condescending; this leads others to distance themselves from him.


Hamatora

While guarding the facility, a furious Art storms in to seek out the Facultas Academy students' minimums. Paper and Art fight hard before Paper finally gets the upper hand and immobilizes Art. Hamatora steps in just in time to confront Paper about what happened and sees Art grab a knife and puncture his Heart, causing his regeneration minimum to activate. After this, he manages to defeat Paper and escape the facility.


Hamatora

Ratio is pale-skinned with slightly dishevelled dark blue hair. He has blue eyes which match the colour of his tie.
Ratio wears a white shirt and a long white coat, indicative of his job in the medical profession. He wears black gloves and a dark blue tie, which he tucks into his shirt pocket. He wears an eyepatch over his right eye.

Ratio is the cool headed type. He likes getting work done quickly and constantly scolds Birthday for horsing around. It seems as though he greatly values physical health; he is very critical of muscles and body structure. In Episode 1, "Egg of Columbus", he comments that the criminals are very lucky, because even in prison they can do muscle training. He also seems to have a very strange sense of humor and understanding, as he frequently makes remarks such as "I see, so that's what they call a 'hot stone spa'." when Honey offers to tie Birthday to a rock and sink him in the hot springs as revenge for hitting on her on Episode 5. Oddly, he ends up being portrayed as slightly childish whenever he tags along with Birthday for his handyman job, as seen in Episode 8. Although he is usually calm and shows little emotion, Birthday's jolly personality and his troublesome antics result in situations where Ratio raises his voice out of disbelief (often portrayed as comical) and anger.


Hamatora

Sakuraba has dark skin and red corn rows. His attire consists of an over-sized red shirt over a white one, dark pants, two black wristbands, brown boots and a cross necklace. His mouth has a ring piercing and his nose is studded.

Little is known about Sakuraba's personality because, other than using his Minimum, he communicates only in hand symbols. Given his appearance and the fact that he curses in the first sentence we hear him speak, he seems to be of the rebellious kind.


Hamatora

Ishigami is a tall, slender man with a very casual appearance.
He is seen throughout the series so far with the same outfit. Messy black hair that sweeps to the left, three piercings on his left ear and a slight scruff goatee. He wears a suit consisting of a black coat, maroon-ish long sleeve undershirt, black pants, and black shoes. A signature item for his appearance is his short blue scarf.

Ishigami is a very cool leveled, reasonable speaker as when he first met Birthday and Ratio for the first time. He keeps a serious expression half the time but smiles every so often and can make light humor.
At the beginning of Re: Hamatora, he appears to be very passionate about Minimum holders having freedom and a safe haven. It is insinuated from his claims that he might not even want his own Minimum and is waiting for a 'Savior' to help them.
However, later on, it appears that he is very much out for his own gain.


Hamatora

Skills appearance changes between both seasons.  In the first season, Skill is shown to wear the vest that Nice has on, he has a mole under his right eye, and his hair style is similar to Art's.
This is changed for the second season.  Skill has longer hair, appears younger than Nice, lacks the mole under his right eye, and is seen wearing white t-shirt with a necktie print.


Hamatora

Suruga is a thin male with long, olive colored hair.  He has reddish colored eyes and black markings underneath.  He's usually seen wearing a black shirt with a blue cardigan overtop, and shorts.  He has a sock puppet on his hand which he uses to communicate with people.  He wears a ball gag.

This Minimum is said to be able to cure any disease or illness. It is activated when Suruga removes the ball gag from his mouth and touches an afflicted person.


Hamatora

Three is very tall and muscular. He has dark brown skin with a pale 'X' shape across his face, and dark eyes. He has shaggy blond hair that he keeps swept back, and that, along with a full beard matching the same colour, gives him the impression of having a mane. His nose is broad and the tip and septum is darkened, which enhances his feline-like looks.
He wears a long dark coat with a blue collar. Beneath that he wears loose black trousers and white shoes.
He wears a light blue robe when sparring.

It is revealed in episode 9 that Three once was a mercenary. He could kill mutiple men and leave unscathed. He once planted a bomb to destroy his enemies HQ this resulted in him accidently blowing up some of the orphans he looked over. With extreme guilt he felt that he should raise the kids to kill him. Honey who loves Three dearly made a promise that he would protect her forever. Holding him to his word she says that his punishment will be living on with that guilt and keeping his promise.


Hamtaro

Spat has unique eyes compared to most hamsters, which are half-shut. He wears a black cap with two long stalks, with an arrow on each tip. He has wings that enable him to fly (albeit not very well), and carries a large pitchfork (which is sometimes colored blue, other times colored black).
Spat received several redesigns throughout the series. In Hamuchanzu de Gozaimachu! Vol. 2 , his head is entirely off-white fur, with a dark gray line around his belly. In Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak , he was given a small, arrow-shaped streak of gray fur at the top of his head. In the anime series and most media following, his arrow marking is much longer, going halfway past his eyes.

Spat as an angel

When the player defeats Spat using Harmony's Love Shots, he turns white, his hat turns into a halo, and his devil wings turn into angel wings. He looks like Harmony, not counting his half-lidded eyes and a small arrow marking.


Hanaukyo Maid Team

Yuki has wavy shoulder length brown hair and brown eyes. She is seen in her medical department maid uniform consisting of pink dress, white apron and nurse cap.


Handyman Saitō in Another World

Lavella is barefooted, has long black hair and light-colored eyes, and wears a cloak.


Handyman Saitō in Another World

Morlock has light gray hair with a long gray beard, and brown eyes.


Handyman Saitō in Another World

Primas is really small has short brown hair and brown eyes.


Handyman Saitō in Another World

Raelza has long dark brown hair and amber colored eyes. She usually wears a heavy metal armor and carries a huge broadsword with holes to engage it to her back.

Despite looking very stoic, intimidating and serious, Raelza can actually be pretty shy and timid, specially around Saitou . She's commonly quiet and stern, though she can get very flustered when exposed emotionally toward others. She is very self-conscious and also has a fear of long, slimy creatures, including eels.


Happy Cooking Graffiti

Yuki is a young teenage girl who has a rounded shape face with  brown hooded eyes, rounded thin eyebrowns, small nose and mouth. She has a bob haircut and her hair is silky and brown.
Yuki in contrast with the other characters is more taller and also has a thicker body.
In terms of outfits, Yuki has three different kinds, tho in all three outfits Yuki's primary footwear is a pare of black-es/brown colored slip-on shoes.
When out in her normal daily route, Yuki is usually seen wearing constants of a tea green sweater outside an apple green turtleneck sweater. A white line skirt and black mocassins.
When at collage, Yuki's collage uniform consists in a navy suit with a long sleeved white shirt and a ribbon. A knee-lenght skirt and with mocassins.
When at home, Yuki wears a light yellow colored long sleeve sweat shirt with two bangs on the wrist and blue colored long jeans, this is the only outfit in which Yuki wears no socks with this outfit.

As stated above Yuki is a socially awkward girl. She has trouble expressing her feelings and thoughts with the other people (all of this because of extreme shyness and fear of being mocked). Causing her loneliness due the lack of friends, tending to self-loathing herself a lot. Despite that however, Yuki is a very sweet and kind-hearted person. Her favorite food is Pizza and loves to eat it on cold days.


Happy Sugar Life

Asahi has short, dark purple hair and dark purple eyes. Most of it obscured from his hooded jacket, which consists of a dark green hood that transitions to black with large white stripes running vertically across the jacket. His sleeves are rolled up just below his elbows, revealing red fabric. Along with his jacket, he wears a light blue scarf over it and a white shirt underneath with two black stripes. He also wears long, black pants and red sneakers. On his face, Asahi has three bandages: one large, square bandage on his right cheek, and two bandage strips on his left. Because he often sleeps in the park, he is terribly dirty.
People often describe his eyes as "having an evil look", whereas Shōko Hida described him as "rough/rugged" when she first met him, but his face was "cute" to her.

Asahi is a kind and devoted boy who was quiet and well-behaved, listening to his mother at all times and he did his best to support her physically and emotionally as a child. When Shio Kōbe was born, Asahi encouraged his mother to work hard for Shio because she became a symbol of hope for the both of them. He cared so much about his mother and Shio to the point where he urged his mother to leave the house with her and that he would stay behind with their abusive father so that he wouldn't pursue his mother .

Asahi's scary face

Due to his father's extreme abuse, Asahi grew resentful of adults and chose to never trust them. Further symptoms of this abuse include his gradual descent into a rage manifestation, especially whenever his actions relate to the search of his sister.
Ultimately, however, he wants nothing more than to live a happy life with his mother and Shio, and unlike Satō Matsuzaka , he doesn't favor hurting people to achieve that; only when his close ones are hurt—in Shōko Hida 's case, mortally—does he ever resort to such measures, a trait which stays when he is pushed over the edge upon finding Satou with Shio.


Happy Sugar Life

Daichi is a young adult man with charming features. He has short brown hair, dark purple eyes and oval-shaped glasses.
When his darker personality is shown, his eyes become a glowing purple and his facial features are much more diluted and frightening.

At school, Daichi is considered to be a kind and helpful teacher who demonstrates his concern for his students by speaking to them privately about personal matters and offering assistance in any way he can. But in reality, he is married and has a wife and a daughter , but pretends to be single and is very popular with female students.
He is a perverted man who wants to have harem of women, regardless if they are his own students. Satō Matsuzaka uses this fact against him as she knows that despite his cheating, he doesn't want to lose his family or take the blow to the reputation that would come if he were found out.


Happy Sugar Life

Kurokawa has straight black hair with a green tint and brown eyes.
He wears a blue jacket along with a white shirt and dark blue pants.

Kurokawa come off very sadistic and selfish who only look out for his own best interests. Though, he seems more gullible than Rei and goes along with whatever his friend wants.


Happy Sugar Life

Mei has dark brown eyes and blunt brown bangs and wears her hair in high twin-tails.
She is only seen in her high school uniform which she wears without the blazer.

Not much is known about her but Mei is shown to be an easily excited girl who romanticizes love.


Happy Sugar Life

Mitori has short, white cream colored hair that reaches up to her neck and blunt bangs. She shares a pale complexion and dusty brown eyes.
Mitori is seen wearing the café uniform.


Happy Sugar Life

She has short dark purple hair that reaches her neck and big dark blue eyes.

At first, she seems like an ordinary girl, when in reality, she is actually has very dark and cruel intentions. It is implied she has a close relationship with the Princess Imperial Manager as she tells her everything that happens between her fellow employees.


Happy Sugar Life

Midorino has brown messy hair and eyes to match.
He is seen wearing a black shirt with light blue pants, along with a necklace.

Midorino come off as an very sadistic and selfish man who only looks out for his own best interests.
He appears to believe solving things with his fists is the best way to get what he want.


Happy Sugar Life

Reika has relaxed brown eyes and mid-length black hair with a side part.
She is only seen in her school uniform.

Reika is shown to be somewhat promiscuous for her age, going after older married guys.


Happy Sugar Life

Satou is a beautiful fair-skinned girl with thigh-length light bubblegum pink hair that is usually tied in small buns on each side of her head with the left one being decorated with a white lace around it and a red plaid patterned ribbon and she has big dark-crimson eyes.
Her wardrobe changes, but she usually wears a brown vest with two golden buttons, a navy blue jacket-like blazer and a green skirt with black knee-high socks and brown shoes - her school uniform.
She often carries around her blue bag with fake sweets. Inside is a taser, a knife and other tools that she might use to protect herself or when committing murder.

Outwardly, Satou appears to be a kind girl who enjoys spending time with her friend Shōko Hida . Apparently, Satou is somewhat of an idol for her co-workers and she is admired by the people around her, always being friendly and knowing what to do in any situation. Shōko reveals the fact that Satou has had many stalkers before. She is also popular at her school and seems to be well-educated, practical and usually uplifts her coworkers at work whenever they didn't look like her.
However, her personality is all a façade and in reality, Satou is a manipulator who is willing to lie, cheat and even going as far as killing if that means that she'll get what she wants, which is being able to stay with Shio Kōbe . Satou snaps when she sees someone as a threat to Shio or to her sugar happiness with her, such as the previous owner of her apartment and Asahi Kōbe , which she refrained from bashing his head in with a crowbar due to him saying her and Shio's vows when asleep. Although she does understand that killing would reduce her chance of being with Shio, she does it anyway to protect her sugar love. She usually plans things ahead and uses social manipulation to get her way rather than violence, like what she did to Sumire Miyazaki after she had kissed her.

Satō's yandere eyes

Satou did seem to show some remorse when she first murdered Shouko. She seemed to object to killing her friend, but didn't see any other way to get rid of her. Satou usually uses her aunt as an excuse for her behavior whenever she has self-doubt or feels guilty. This is the only way she can accept the kind of a person she became.
Many of her behavioral symptoms are tied to the Yandere trope for her and Shio to live in and spend their days together forever, away from the "corrupted and filthy" outside world.