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Ten has green hair with a small horn on the back of his head. He wears a yellow tiger-striped diaper.

When pretty girls are around, his behavior is remarkably similar to Ataru, although he masks it well in the guise of "I'm just an innocent baby", which shows how much of a child he still is. On the other hand, he behaves like a brat towards all of the male students of Tomobiki High School especially Ataru, thus earning the name "Jariten" from them. Whenever he is treated badly by Ataru or other male students in his class, Ten tends to get revenge on those who mistreat him to show them how badly he was hurt by them even if it means burying the Tomobiki school underground.
Ten is scared of his own mother, who is a firefighter and extremely strict towards pyromaniacs (ironically Ten can breath fire). He seems to be hiding this ability from her so he wouldn't get into trouble with her.


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He is usually dressed in rags and has shaggy unkempt hair which covers one of his eyes. His eyes have stars in them, a parody of the "starry-eyed" heroes from 1960s and 70s sports manga such as Kyoujin no Hoshi . This appears to be a genetic trait of the Mizunokōji's, as even his great-grandfather and sister Asuka possess them.

Tobimaro dislikes women, and this seems to be due to his violent history since childhood with Ryōko . He also seems to lack some common sense as he is always misunderstanding things, such as when he declared the winner of his and Mendō's duel must "marry the other".


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He's a little orange cat with stripes and an eye-patch.


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Upa, like all Darkworlders, appears as a dark-skinned humanoid with a small, anglerfish-like bioluminescent bead-tipped tendril growing from his forehead. Upa is quite old and ugly, and sports a small, neatly trimmed mustache in two downwards-drooping halves to either side of his nose. He is also very short, being about waist-high compared to Lum.

Upa is selfish, ruthless, spiteful, and grudge-bearing. He thought it was hilarious to force a poor, starving traveler to gamble their life on getting either free food or a deadly poison, and then demanded the man's daughter for his bride in exchange for the antidote. He was enraged to learn the man didn't have a daughter, and vowed to claim his first female descendant instead. Despite going on to marry and have children, he never forgot this vow, and instead kept his promise for 120 years, "engaging" Lum to his great-grandson Rupa when both were born. When he deemed Lum old enough to be married, he came to her and demanded she honor her great-grandfather's promise; when she protested she was already happily engaged, he literally laughed it off as not being his problem, and later assisted in kidnapping her and arranging for her to be wed to Rupa against her will.
Despite his flaws, Upa does genuinely love his great-grandson and wants him to be happy. When Rupa chose to annul his "engagement" to Lum and marry Carla, Upa didn't protest, and formally declared Lum to be free.


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Daikichi is a tall man. He has sharp black eyes and spiky short black hair. Daikichi shows few signs of aging, such has eye bags and sunken cheeks. He is often seen with casual clothes, but sometimes in his working clothes, obviously during working hours or when he has arrived from home.

With Rin living in his home, Daikichi quits smoking, cleans his house, and reluctantly cuts back on work hours. Despite his irresponsible lifestyle, Daikichi is a very hard worker and considered the best in his department. He is insecure about his style on raising Rin, considering him being single and doesn't have any single idea of what being a guardian nor a father would be. He always asks his co-workers or Yukari for guidance. Yumi Unita stated some events Daikichi faced when raising Rin were based on her personal experiences.


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Kazumi has brown eyes and curly light brown hair. Her fringe is very big, making her bangs cover her forehead and her hair is often seen tied into two curly twintails.

Since she was her mother's top priority, Kazumi grows up to be arrogant and bossy. She also hates the thought of sacrificing her lifestyle caring for children.


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Kouki looks a little like Daikichi, despite not being related. He has black, short spiky hair, and quite sharp brown eyes.
During his teen years, Kouki looked a lot like his mother. A tall attractive guy with wavy black hair, and black eyes. He is said to be very popular with the girls his age.
One time, during his middle school days, Kouki had his hair dyed, the same color as his ex-girlfriend who's his senior, Akari.

He is an immature brat, but has grown fond of Rin as they are both raised by a single parent. He is still cheerful and tries to protect Rin. Kouki was always a troublemaker and had issues listening to adults, but he easily listens to Rin’s wishes as he cares about her feelings.
His likes are very the same with Daikichi, especially with foods. He's not very good at school, but that's because he doesn't put much into it. It was shown that if he put his heart into whatever he does, he can make things happen.
Kouki was in love to Rin for a very long time, however, his messed up past relationship experience hindered his developing relationship with Rin.


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Masako is an attractive woman in her late twenties to early thirties. She has a long black hair that falls up to her waist and has black eyes. She wears an oblong shaped frameless eyeglasses and has freckles over her nose.

10 years after the last episode of the anime (24th manga chapter) Masako is often seen having her hair twin-braided and was pregnant at that time. A 16-year old Rin looks a lot like her, although taller.


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Rin is a small, thin pale-skinned child with straight hazel hair that falls to her waist; Her bangs are parted to the sides, framing her face. Her eyes are a light shade of brown.
As a teenager, not much has changed in her appearance. She's taller and she looks even more alike to her mother. She is considered as a beautiful young girl.

Rin as a 16-year-old girl Rin with Kouki

Rin was a very shy and cold girl at first and distanced herself from the family members, however, as the series progressed she is rather shown to be very cheerful, glad and mischievous. She is a very childish girl with a very gentle heart.
She is very independent and mature for her age and is often dealing with issues on her own. Living with Daikichi, she develops a fondness for cooking for him.

Even as a young child Rin has been very fond of children.
She's shown to have a talent in drawing, the same as her mother, Masako .
As a highschooler, Rin focused all her attention on studying, getting all aces and even helping her friends with their homework. She's really nice to be with but rather collected that's why her friends are very limited.


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Yukari is a beautiful young woman who has wavy hair that is approximately shoulder length, and black eyes.

Yukari is a very kind woman that helps others. She is often seen with a smile on her face.
She extremely cares for his son and kept unmarried for years just to look after him.
She helps Daikichi whenever he's troubled concerning on how to take care of Rin, being his only and abrupt child.
She willingly takes good care of Rin whenever she's needed and act very motherly towards her.
Yukari seemed to have developed feelings for Daikichi throughout the series, however she didn't accept Daikichi's proposal. This was because at the time, Kouki was undergoing a period of delinquency, and she was afraid that moving in together could be dangerous for Rin, and she wouldn't be able to forgive herself if anything untoward happened to her.


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Amako is a middle aged man who dress in a sharp suit with with short hair.

Amako was a hypocrite,corrupt,lack of sympathy and tolerance  and have a twisted view of order and class,he believed that order was used the protect the "strong one",not the "weak one",he have used Yukiide Kaoru's dad for his own gain and manipulate Yukiide Kaoru through out his life in order to served the "scapegoat system" the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department created and cover up his crime.When first met Baku,he was show as a very calm,serious person but his true cowardly nature have been exposed when encounter Baku at D3 room in Labyrinth of the Minotaur Game.


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Amen has slicked-back black hair that is shaved in a lined style. She is also able to grow a mustache which she has in an English style .
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Amen is very calm and passionate about her Referee duties. According to Ikon Jyuuzou , she has a "hypocritical way of talking". [2] Based on her nightmare, she also feels lonely due to her status as the youngest Referee. [3]


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Anoma has dark, curly hair that is short. He also has distinct lips with what appears to be lipstick on them.  Anoma dons a light-colored suit that has a swirl pattern.

Anoma is very straight-forward and states all he wants to do is finish his current mission. He does not seem to care about other's concerns, since he interupts people's sentences often.


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Arahata has a toned, hairy body, wavy, light-colored hair and noticeable sideburns. He wears a crop-top with an illustration of a dragonfly on it, baggy pants and jika-tabi boots.
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Arahata is a man always looking for entertainment. He likes the island because it's "fun," and is disappointed when he hears he has to leave. [1] He also dislikes addressing people with the "sama" honorific. [2]


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Bandai had a frog -like face. He wore the typical black referee suit. In the official playing card set, Bandai is depicted having reddish hair with white streaks.

Bandai's card in the official card set.

Bandai had such an extreme hatred towards anyone who isn't loyal to Kakerou that he was allergic to them. This caused Bandai to need to sneeze around "Kakerou traitors". [3] Bandai thought that rules are established and should be followed, but that the way people follow rules differs from person to person. [4]


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He was an imposing man with short wavy fair-coloured hair, a generally snide expression on his face and was often seen wearing three-piece suits. Underneath his suit hid a visibly powerful and muscular body. However, Billy's most distinguishing feature are his ears which have black birthmark-like markings on them (fitting his epithet).
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Billy Craig was a very proud and domineering individual, enjoying and doing things as he pleased. He was also quite crass and shamelessly racist, referring to the vast majority of the Japanese he encounters as "monkeys" and even openly remarking that he was a "monkey-hating foreigner". [4] Billy is also a bigot; he doesn't like men touching him and dislikes the idea of "groping" a man, but has no problem groping women. [5] He later stated that he hated gambles.


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Bǎi Lóng was an older gentleman with white hair swirled backwards, long white eyebrows sitting above noticeably red eyes (a feature he had even in his younger days) and a thin white goatee on his chin. He is has a muscular frame, and he was seen wearing a white suit with the pattern of a dragon adorning it.
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Bǎi Lóng was one of the Ban intruders brought to help Vincent Lalo . He decided to come after learning that Ying might be on the island.


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Although Champ did initially have a more stylish appearance due to him being invited, this would soon change for the worst as he was forced to become a slave. During this time, he began wearing poorly-designed shirts like the rest of his friends.

During the old days of being on the island, Champ would remain his confident and prideful self. As a slave, however, his personality would become more gentle and nervous-racking. He still cares for his fellow slaves and does all he can to have them survive. During the Untouchable Line game, he even goes out of his way to defend his friends while fighting for his survival.


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Lee is a tall man with stern facial features, fair-coloured slicked back hair with shaven sides and a noticeably long braided ponytail. Much like other Kakerou bodyguards, Lee wears a formal black suit.
He wears a face mask after Marco , as Rodem, defeats him. There is also bandages around his jaw but still can talk completely fine.
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He is a calm individual who is very confident in his strength.


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Daiba is a tall, thin man with short, wavy hair, bushy eyebrows and sharp cheekbones. His two pupils never face the same direction, indicating a form of strabismus . [1] In the 6 years ago flashback of Chapter 407 , Daiba has long hair. He is only shown wearing a suit.
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Daiba is very protective of his island and will go to great lengths to ensure its safety. This leads to him sometimes resorting to ruthless or violent tactics in order to protect the island's status quo.
Daiba is very passionate about video games. His favorite game is most likely the first version of Protoporos. He prefers simple games and believes the real enjoyment of video games comes from focusing on one game, playing alone, and playing the same game over and over. He joined Richard Arata 's game company in order to create games in that style. Though he eventually gave up his dream because he learned those type of games do not sell well in the current market. Relating to his enjoyment of repetition, he wants the island to live forever. Though he knows that the island will not be able to last forever and is constantly worried over its fate.
Daiba also greatly admires Richard Arata, to the point of worshiping him. He refers to Arata as "god." When Hachina Naoki brings up the fact that Arata betrayed him, Daiba becomes extremely defensive and refuses to believe it.
Daiba also cares a lot about his comrades and the players. To the other developers, he pretends that everything is all-right while burdening himself with the island's more unsavory aspects. When the mob of players are coming to storm the HQ, he is hesitant to the idea of fighting back. He protects Hachina and Fujitsubo from being shot by Fukurou by taking the bullet himself. He also handles the re-allocation in his injured state instead of going to receive treatment.


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Douji is very short and has a square-ish shaped head. He has unique eyes, with a line in the middle of his pupils. As a child, his eyes seemed to be missing the line.
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Douji has a weird fascination with blood; he is shown asking people to see their wounds, and he even blushes around those who are bleeding. Douji claims that he does everything in "moderation," in order to avoid disappointment. Though his standards on what is "moderate" is very high. Douji joined Kakerou in order to protect his values. One of his "virtues" is to not attack someone in a submissive position. [1]


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Fukurou was a relatively normal looking child, but sometime after he became a gambler he burned his face which caused him to have an abnormal appearance.  He usually wears an ornate suit. He disguises himself by wearing a developers uniform and bandaging his head.
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He loves playing poker. He is also very passionate about Kakerou and wants to make sure it continues to thrive.


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Jonglyo's face was originally obscured, and all that could be seen were his glasses. He was very muscular, and was seen wearing a white shirt, black pants and a pair of white gloves.
When his full appearance was finally revealed, he was shown to have light-coloured wavy thinning unkempt hair and prominent blood vessels on the side of his eyes. When his glasses were broken during his fight against Kyara, Jonglyo's creepy-looking highly vascular eyes were revealed (which were the result of the treatments he had when he was younger).
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Jonglyo was an aberrant individual whom no-one could really understand. He had an unshakeable belief in the theory that "this world" was his world, everything that he did was due to his destiny and that he had the task of explaining "his world" to the rest of humanity; his destiny was keeping his contractors safe during the term of each contract. [4] He believed he would achieve world peace by making contracts with all humans and thus making it so no-one would kill anyone else. [1]


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He looks like Nanpou Kyouji if he didn't have three hair strands in front of his face or earrings.
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Kadokura is a tall man with a distinguishing appearance with the most noticeable thing being his black hair set in a large pompadour (a style he has had since his delinquent days). As with all Referees, Kadokura dresses in a formal black suit with a noticeably long blazer jacket; he also wears a pair of unique white gloves which have a multitude of bumps on the backhand.
After his battle with Minowa Seiichi , in which his left eye was badly damaged, he wears an eyepatch for the remainder of the series and he now lets his hair down, wearing it in a relaxed style.
Near the end of the Collecting the Handkerchiefs game, he redoes his pompadour.
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Kadokura exerts a calm personality and is very serious about his job. Although when he saw Amako Seiichi licking Madarame Baku's shoes, he couldn't help but have a smug look on his face. After his frontal lobe injury, his personality shifts. He becomes more blood thirsty and has a harder time controlling his emotions.


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Kaji is often seen wearing hoodies and sporting short, black hair.
As Kaomi Takaji, he wears a bandanna, sunglasses, and a shirt that reads "Dear Me."

Kaji Takaomi was originally a very ordinary man before he met Madarame Baku with a typically trusting personality, for example he unknowingly signed a loan that would lead to a bunch of loan sharks coming after him, thinking that it would be fine. It can be said that his trusting personality is a bit naive, and his intelligence at this moment is definitely not that high.
However as he went through and experienced many life-threatening situations, his mentality strengthened. He grows and becomes more courageous against dealing with people like yakuza and Kakerou members, going as far as to trick a member using fake cards, despite all this, in the end hates killing people over gambles and allows them to live, even betting Marco to fight against a Kakerou member in order to safe a person whcih attempted to scam him.
As the series continues however, he even became so cunning to the point where he allowed someone's death during Bull's Womb , even suggesting that they go all out on a man with killing intent during Propotorus . However he only do these deeds when needed and usually won't do anything that could be considered a harm to others, infact he very well hates harming people.
Despite this, he had grown to be capable of killing when his life is on the line, at first denying the fact that he killed someone, but slowly he made up his mind to never kill someone, and become a gambler that doesn't take lifes.
Originally, he believes he will never be able to stand as Baku's equal, though he is fine with that. During the Contradiction Game , he vows to become Baku's equal.


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Karl has smoothed back hair and a curly moustache. He is usually wearing a suit or a suit and coat combination.
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He has a sneaky personality and enjoys teasing others. Though he has a crippling fear of Billy Craig , he can instantly cover his cowardice with a mask of intense disposition. He has no qualms about lying in order to escape danger to his person.


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Souichi is a young good-looking man, with a lean defined musculature, sharp pretty facial features and a distinct mole in the centre of his forehead. While assuming his normal role as the Royal Leader of Kakerou , Souichi has slicked back black hair, with a single distinctly long bang at the centre-front of his hair flowing backwards (in a manner identical to his father ). In his public guise as "Hachina Naoki", he lets his hair down messily, subtly hiding his mole in the process.
Prior to chapter 68, Souichi's face was shadowed in order to give a mysterious impression and displayed nigh-inhuman facial traits, mostly the shape of his eyes.
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Souichi has the view that due to "God's will" or "destiny", he will keep on winning gambles. Though his behavior often fluctuates, and he is capricious enough to not know what to do at times, he often resorts to childish behavior, making jokes or refusing to take orders from others.He have a big self- esteem,based on forcing him and Baku sitting with small pointed object chair when meet Vincent Lalo because Baku trick Lalo by put a small pointed object into his chair,or when he refuse Manabe Takumi help when he was suffering from Witch Pain torture.
Souichi feels immensely pressured by his duties and thus feels a need to be "perfect." In order to deal with the pressure, he developed a coping method where he loses stretches of his memories after making a mistake or finding himself in a bad situation. He then has to have them re-implanted by his attendants . [1]
Even as an antagonist, he is not "evil,” instead he has a strong sense of justice and hates both corruption and evil. When he sees Oofuna Gakuhito, a law-abiding man who also values justice, he resembles what he believes to be a man with a strong idea of justice, which is the reason most likely that Souichi quickly became friends with Gakuhito. However as the leader of Kakerou, he mostly cares for Kakerou benefitting more than other organizations and is still willing to sacrifice anything for the sake of Kakerou, such as using the existence of Karl's rockets and missiles neat Mount Fuji as proof that terrorist operations are happening behind the scenes, allowing Souichi to convince the politicians to create the ACIA (and to basically staff it exclusively with Kakerou people). In this scheme, while his goal was for the weapons to be launched, it was not meant to cause chaos and crash the stock market, but to cause enough fear in the politicians that they would agree with giving Kakerou power to stand above the police.
After losing his memory about his friendship with Baku and regaining it after the Air Poker arc, he recognizes that Baku was his “destiny rival” that he must defeat in order to become "perfect.” He believes that this exchange was destiny based on the Prince Bee story.


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Kiruma was a distinguished looking older gentleman, with regal facial features, uniquely-shaped lightning-whip eyebrows and black hair set in a very unique hairstyle; he had two ear cuffs and a special cross-shaped pendant hanging from the earring on his left ear. Kiruma had been noted to always have looked younger than his age would suggest. [1] Like the other Referees, Kiruma wore a smart black suit with the eccentric part of his attire being his single wheel-heeled shoe that he wore on his left foot.
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Kiruma, much like many staff of Kakerou , had eccentricities underneath his harsh existence as a Referee. He noted that he liked guys who could fight and who were strong, but only as long as they weren't stronger than himself. [2] Nowa Mitoshi commented that after Kiruma became a Referee, he kept overflowing with more and more vigor every day. [1]
Kiruma showed little, if any, fear of death and was excited by the prospect of finding out what would happen to him once he was cremated; he also commented that he didn't like being cramped (even in death). [3]


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Kokonoe was a very small man in his old age but in his prime he was quite muscular. He had three hairs on his head left and often had a cane with him.

He lived for the thrill of killing after taking away everything but a person's "hope" to survive. His Abandoned Building Escape Game gave him the ultimate pleasure to take that inkling of chance away.


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Kurama Ranko is an attractive youthful woman, with a svelte figure, a sizable bosom and long voluminous black hair. She is usually seen wearing a kimono and smoking a kiseru .
Her hair is pink in the pachinko game and blue in the OVA.
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She has an unforgiving personality and is disgusted by people like Kokonoe Tarou . She hates people that kill children and women and deems them as inhuman.
A very clever and cunning individual who rose through Japan's underground with her Kurama-gumi, Ranko is often compared with a snake regarding the way she treats her enemies, allies and associates.


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Kushinada is a large, sturdy looking man with a buzz-cut hairstyle. Most of the time, he shows an emotionless expression on his face.
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Kushinada is very prideful and overconfident in his strength, which leads to him easily being tricked. He likes doing things alone and his goal is to become referee #0. He also dislikes those who mocks his referee rank.


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Kyara was an intimidating-looking individual, with a notably muscular frame, a mop of wild black hair and a generally menacing facial expression. He has chemical burn scarring around his left eye from chemicals being accidentally splashed on him during one of Usogui's Kakerou games. [1]
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Kyara was always surrounded with a ferociously overwhelming aura, and his appearance itself initiated fear in others. However, he had a deceptively caring side towards people he trusted and/or valued. Kyara lived his life by doing whatever he wanted and rarely let himself be willingly restrained by anyone else.
Kyara was driven by his intense lust for battle and his attraction to pure strength. Upon being asked what he thought was a perfect Referee, he replied that the strong will attract each other and if he was the peak of violence (Referee #0) then he and the peak of gambling would attract each other. [2]


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Lacy is an older skinny man with blonde hair, a notably receding hairline, a stubbled chin and many wrinkles lining his face. His most distinctive feature is the slit he has underneath his chin, from which he can protrude his tongue through. For an unexplained reason, Lacy is naked save for the oversized captain's admiral jacket that he drapes over his body.
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Lacy admits that he was a crazy individual, [2] which could easily be seen by his manner of dress and his fascination with giving people a Colombian necktie .


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Leo, as suggested by his name, strongly resembles a lion. He has thick hair that sticks out like a mane and a very stern, well defined face. His hair is noticeable long during the Tower of Karma Arc . Though a large part gets cut off by Billy Craig . After that, his hair is very short.

As one of Kurama Ranko 's fangs, Leo is very loyal to her. According to Ranko, Leo has a "soft heart" and is "the most decent one among [Kurama-gumi]." [1] Leo is also very modest. He gets embarrassed whenever Ranko is naked or says something sexual.


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Baku has voluminous silver-coloured wavy hair, black eyebrows and blue-coloured eyes; he is assumed to have beautiful features. He is often seen wearing some form of formal attire.
When he was younger, he wore his hair in a slicked back style. He returns to this hairstyle in the Hand Chopper game.
After the events of the Tower of Karma Arc , Madarame started wearing a stylized eye-patch over his left eye after Suteguma Satoru damaged it.
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Baku is a cold, calculated, cunning, intelligent, and compassionate individual whose surrounded with an aura of self-confidence and charisma. Steadfast and ruthless while maintaining a carefree and somewhat negligent attitude towards those around him, highly observant and extremely intelligent with a self-assurance his deductions are always correct. He values his established friendships and sees them as important people in his life, while also seeking their development individually and has a unique hidden desire to see them grow.
Baku is always extremely calm and composed with deviations from this temperament always being a ruse to confuse, misdirect, or trick his opponents into making dangerous mistakes. His tendency to smile when he has the upper hand showcases a violently devious underbelly which is complemented by his ability to predict his opponent's mindset, mood, or method of cheating which borders on clairvoyance.
His devilish charisma and unshakable aura of invincibility attracts a multitude of characters who're drawn to this magnetic persona of - comparisons always being made with being comparable to the devil himself.


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Manabe is characterized by the unnatural growth of hair on the left side of his face.  The rest of his features are very attractive.
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Playing card depicting Manabe, as part of the Usogui playing card set .

Manabe is described by Mitaka as "quite a mysterious man." [2]
He loves eggs, philosophical anecdotes and Kiruma Tatsuki . When he was part of the PFD, he believed that no one should be able to stand above the police. [3] He was keen on keeping order and believed that the balance of society is based on the police "protecting" the order by "maintaining" the weak and timid citizens. [4] Manabe felt attracted to the idea of joining Kakerou, but also guilty because, to him, Kakerou went against the "order." [5] [4] During the Collecting the Handkerchiefs game, Manabe questions why Tatsuki brought him and Mitaka Hana into Kakerou. He reaches a conclusion by thinking of it as a "change" for the organization, and that change is necessary to grow and survive. Manabe wants to preside over the Surpassing the Leader match because he wants to witness and lay the foundations of "change" within Kakerou, that will be caused by the results of the match.


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Marco is a good looking young man with a heavily defined yet lean musculature. He has long black hair, a distinct lack of facial hair and generally boyish facial features with an equally matching expression.
In the earlier series he wore a suit, but later on he is most commonly seen wearing a short sleeved t-shirt, vest, and slacks.
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Due to his ruthless and savage upraising by his " father ," Marco was conditioned to turn into his bloodthirsty Rodem persona whenever he was stabbed with a needle, turning him into a being that would mercilessly kill everyone in his path. However, since Marco joined Madarame Baku's side, he has avoided his intent to kill, even when reverting to his Rodem persona, showing a more caring individual, even refusing to harm someone when they hurt him.


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Martin was a typical looking American, with blonde hair and a normally harmless expression. However, when he reverted to his psychotic state, his face contorted into a maniacal expression.
Martin's first appearance differs greatly from his later appearances. In the beginning, he looked tough and threatening. He wore a black tank top that showcased his muscular arms. After his initial appearance, he appeared more frail looking. He tied his hair into a ponytail.
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Though he can come off as timid and likeable, Martin's true persona revealed itself once he considers his next victim as a close friend (whom he then projects as being his childhood 'friend' "Nicolas"). In this state, he craved the gratification that came from his killing & grievance fetish.


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He had long, somewhat unkempt, dirty blonde hair and bulbous, dead eyes used to emphasize his fixation on his convictions. His face is most of the time emotionless.
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Mekama was a gifted child since he was an infant and found everything else to be boring and contrite. He never bothered to have a dream as everything came to him easily. However, upon meeting Sadakuni Ikki he became allured and found his own way of thinking, and his existence, insignificant.


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Midara is a man with messy black hair and prominent cheekbones. His eyebrows are absent. He often slouches with his hands in his pockets, and he has a habit of blowing spit bubbles into the air which other characters have expressed their disgust at. He wears the standard referee suit outfit, and in his card in the official Usogui card deck, he wears a purple tie. He also appears on Nowa Mitora's card as his child self. He seldom smiles because in elementary school the other kids would call him an "evil witch" when he did.

Midara loves seeing arrogant and powerful people be destroyed.


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He has a crooked smile and greasy like hair.
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Minowa pretends to be a genteel soldier working with his superior, Amako Seiichi but proves that is not the case during the Labyrinth of the Minotaur Game.


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Mitaka is an older woman with light hair. She is frequently seen wearing a hat. She also has odd, fluffy eyebrows.
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Mitaka looks down on men and likes to call them "Boys" and believes that she is stronger than any man in the world.


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Mizue is a woman of average build with short black hair.
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She is a strong-willed woman who almost always holds an unflinching air of calm about her; as such, it is a surprising thing if she ever becomes startled or angered.


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Mogami is a powerfully unique-looking woman of tall height (comparable to that of Oofuna Gakuhito ), with long alluring facial features, droplet-like designs on both sides of each eye, double-hooped earrings in each ear with her most distinguishing feature being her black hair styled into an upwards swirled conical shape and a long large bang hanging in front of her face. She wears a distinct attire that includes a chained belt.
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Mogami is a very open-minded individual and is the type to have no limits; to that end, she hates narrow-mindedness and has an increasing urge to 'taste' everything, including the complexity of humans. [4] Mogami hates being used and refuses to be manipulated by anyone , believing that everything in this world is for her to use; there is only one person who can do what they want with Referee Mogami. [5]


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Nanpou's most distinctive appearance traits are his sideburns and earrings.
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When Nanpou was in the MPD, he was very smug and constantly smirking. As a Kakerou Referee he is much more serious.


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Mirei is a very tall women. She has long dark hair with a light streak in the front. An earring is visible from the one ear that is not covered by her hair.

Mirei appears to check up on her son, Mitora. They then discuss the current Collecting the Handkerchiefs game and Shion's possibility of winning.


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Nowa is a small frail-looking man with a large bald head and large ears. He is always seen in a very intricately made motorized wheelchair.
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Nowa is a ruthless man, though he has a soft spot for his family. He judges the value of people with yen.


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Shion has light brown hair, with curly ends. His sideburns and mustache reflect the "mutton chops" style.

Shion is a very carefree and kind man, who rarely gets angry. He can also be very childish and get distracted easily.
Like his father-in-law, he also has a system for valuing the worth of humans. Though instead of it being yen, it is SP (Shion point(s)). He judges the actions of others with SP. Shion is very dedicated to his referee duties. Despite this, he does not have much interest in fighting and is only interested in presiding over matches.


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Gakuhito has dark, slicked back hair. He wears a suit most of the time.
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Gakuhito has a very strict moral code and is very serious. When Hachina gives away money that should have been evidence in a case, Gakuhito freaks out when Hachina says it doesn't matter because no-one knows besides them that the money existed in the first place. He also does not like to believe in crazy ideas, like when Captain Lacy was suggesting that plants have feelings akin to humans.


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Arata presents himself as an eccentric, allowing his hair to grow to enormous length. He also wears a pair of circular frame tinted glasses to conceal his eyes.
In Chapter 471 , he wears his hair in a pony-tail.
Arata in Chapter 471

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Arata feels like the place he belongs is "behind the scenes." He has a desire to watch over everything without direct interference from himself.
He will go to great lengths to achieve his ambitions and seems to have no qualms about manipulating, using and/or sacrificing others for his own desires.
His dream is to fulfill his "delusion" by having Protoporos on an entire country. He believes that only strong, as in people who have previously survived tough situations, can kick-start Protoporos nation. Therefore, unbeknownst to the other developers, he used the island as a "beta test" to find the strong people that will lead him to the "true Protoporos."


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Arata presents himself as an eccentric, allowing his hair to grow to enormous length. He also wears a pair of circular frame tinted glasses to conceal his eyes. He is for the most part very cold looking, but is later shown to be highly emotive as Protoporos island is thrown into chaos.
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Ryuusei has voluminous silver-coloured wavy hair, black eyebrows and blue-coloured eyes; he is assumed to have beautiful features. He is often seen wearing some form of formal attire.
After the events of the Tower of Karma Arc , Ryuusei started wearing a stylised eyepatch over his left eye after Suteguma Satoru damaged it.

Ryuusei's personality is very ambiguous and seen as neither good or bad.

“ He's not a bad person. However, he's also not a good person. [1] — Kaji Takaomi ”

“ Ryuusei-niichan is also in the group of bad people, but there are different kinds of bad people. [citation needed] — Marco ”

During gambles, there are many instances where he intimidates and tosses around his opponents as if he is eating them. And even outside of gambling, he is prone to danger and likes to take risks in everything. His true feelings towards people are unknown and a mystery. However, he seems to treat people based on what he sees through his judgements. He shows his disgust towards people like Kaji's mother who selfishly trample on others, but on the other hand he shows kindness to people like Marco who have been living in solitude.
Ryuusei considers his friends and allies very important.


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Sadakuni wears pince-nez and has a perpetually angry expression.
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By all accounts, Sadakuni had an angry and sadistic personality. He was only interested in punishing those he deemed unworthy and was dedicated to his terrorist group's cause. Though he claimed he had no fear of death, after losing the gamble against Madarame Baku , his truest colors were revealed in his final moments.
Sadakuni hated gamblers, as he considered them "noxious insects" that "corrupt Japan" [2] , even though he himself was a gambler but only stated it was the only way to gain great sums of money.


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Suteguma wears a suit and had long, slicked-back, black hair.
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Torpe had light, slicked back hair. His eyes were uneven, and he was able to change the position of his eyes due to the way his face was messed up. He wore a long coat that was reminiscent of a lab coat .

Torpe was a somewhat cheerful person, since he liked adding "~" at the end of his sentences.


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Touya has combed back hair, black glassy eyes, and a goatee.

He deals with all of Kiruma Souichi 's memory problems, since he is one of his attendants. He is very good at determining fair bets.


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Lalo had long, light-colored hair.  He also had odd, fluffy eyebrows.  He normally wore a suit, but in the Protoporos arc he wore the Protoporos crop top with a long coat. His appearance was consistently neat, which followed his obsession with perfection.
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He had a strange obsession with the value of diamonds and the "sin" that they carry.
Lalo had little regard for rules and would do whatever he could to achieve his goals. He believed talented people were beautiful.


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Voja had short, dark hair and wore a sailor's outfit. Under the sailor's outfit she wore an armored bikini. She looked very similar to Hachina, and because of that when Hachina escaped the Jalloud at the end of the Battleship Arc, he dressed up as Voja in order to avoid being noticed.
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At some point during her adult life, she and Lalo visited the domain of the leader of a religious cult and found Gyeongho Jonglyo there instead. With Jonglyo initially bearing hostility, Voja readied to attack but Lalo told her not to, as she wouldn't be able to win anyway.


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Hikoichi is an older gentleman with grey hair, a well-kept mustache, with his most distinguishing feature being his eyebrows which curl at the outer sides. As expected of a twin brother, he appears almost identical to Jouichi ; they have differing hairstyles and Jouichi has a scar that runs diagonally across his face (from above his right eye all the way down to the side of his left cheek). After the ranking battle with Kiruma Tatsuki , Yakou's hand becomes greatly damaged and is later covered in stitches.
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Like a gentleman, he uses honorifics and is polite to anyone. However, he shows his savage side to satisfy his curiosity or during battles.


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Jouichi is an older gentleman with grey hair, a well kempt moustache and eyebrows which curl at the outer sides. As expected of a twin brother, he appears almost identical to Hikoichi; they have differing hairstyles and Jouichi has a scar that runs diagonally across his face (from above his right eye all the way down to the side of his left cheek).
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Similar to his twin brother, Yakou is always ready to kill, and gladly performs his "cleaning" duties when necessary though he seems more ruthless


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Yukiide has light colored hair and wears a green jinbei . When he wakes up, he has slight facial hair.

Playing card depicting Yukiide, as part of the Usogui playing card set .

Yukiide believes that order is the most important aspect of a society. He is willing to allow injustices if they help keep society in order. These values were instilled in him as a child. Deep down though, he is a very caring individual with a desire to help others.


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In Chouyaku Hyakunin Isshu: Uta Koi, Narihira is depicted as a tall, lean bel homme with dark brown eyes, with messily arranged brown hair that goes past his ears, part of his hair styled in a normal topknot. He used to don a traditional clothes which courtiers usually wear such like sokutai or kariginu.

A perfect model for courtiers at that time, Narihira appears to be calm, polite and elegant. Under the surface, though, he is an unusually deep man and also hard to figure out. Beside that, he's also quite a womanizer, who writes poems to woo the women of his choice.


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Yukihira has pale skin like his brother. He also has lines on his face, and a full head of black hair. His mouth is usually set in a grim expression. He is often seen wearing a traditional clothing similar to a kariginu.

Yukihira is a serious man who usually spends his time in work. However, he does have a romantic side to him.


Utakoi

In Chouyaku Hyakunin Isshu: Uta Koi, he has dark, unruly hair, and small dark eyes, probably from his father. He is often seen wearing a traditional clothing similar to a sokutai.


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Takaiko has long, flowing black hair that reaches to her waist and brownish red eyes. She is often seen wearing a traditional kimono similar to a junihitoe.

Takaiko is a down-to-earth and sensible woman as she is not, at first, taken in by the good looks of Narihira and rebukes his 'confessions' of love.


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Teika appears with messy blond hair and green eyes. He usually appears with a grayish kimono which similar to a monk's attire.

As a courtier

Teika is a sensible man who tends to take things lightly. But, he also has an opposite side when he often uses force to fight against things that don't go his way or that he doesn't want.
He also have some relationship issues with his father himself.


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Yasuhide is depicted as a tall man with purple eyes and grayish blonde hair that extends past his ears, with part of it tied back behind his head.

Yasuhide is a kind of a playboy that specializes in wordsplay, claim himself to be a fine poet, which makes him doesn't mind about his background and doesn't want anyone to judges on it.


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As Munesada, he appears to have black eyes and brown hair that reaches his ears, styled in a normal topknot. He is often seen wearing a traditional clothing similar to a sokutai.
As Henjo, he appears as a monk with the same black eyes, wearing normal attire of a monk.

As Munesada, he appears straightforward, diligent and resilient, and also an elder brother figure for Ono no Komachi.


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Komachi is depicted as a beautiful lady with long brown hair that traditionally extended past her hips down to her feet, blue eyes and traditional makeup. She is often seen wearing a traditional kimono similar to a junihitoe.


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Princess Shokushi was portrayed as an imperial figure with dark purple eyes and long brown hair that extended past her hips down to her feet. She used to don a traditional kimono similar to a junihitoe, as court ladies usually wears.


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In Chouyaku Hyakunin Isshu: Uta Koi, Yasuko appeared to have blond hair which reaches up to her chest. She has green eyes and is usually seen wearing a light green kimono. She is seen smiling most of the time.

Yasuko is a kind and considerate person who loves hearing the sound of frogs and cicadas as it reminds her how fleeting life is.


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Shonagon is depicted as a not-so-beautiful lady with long red hair that traditionally extended past her hips down to her feet and black eyes, with traditional makeup. She is often seen wearing a traditional kimono similar to a junihitoe.

Shonagon was absolutely loyal to Empress Teishi. She is said to be sharp, sensitive, intelligent but lacking in beauty - and this may also be one of the reasons why Murasaki Shikibu dislikes her.


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Mr. Asai has short, light-colored hair, a matching color mustache, and light-colored eyes. He wears glasses, a black shirt, pants, and a brown apron.

He is a kind person who enjoys advising others. Like his daughter, Mr. Asai is interested in observing Shinichi and Hana 's friendship and antics, trying to ensure the two college students will remain close to each other.


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Ami has dark-purplish medium-length hair and wears red glasses along with two hair clips on her left and right bangs. She also wears a black shirt, a medium-length brown apron, black pants, and light gray shoes.

Ami enjoys "people watching" and ogling attractive males, and she has a fond interest in watching the interactions between Shinichi and Hana . Ami hopes to see Shinichi and Hana enter a relationship, although Ami herself seems to find Shinichi's athletic build attractive.
She and her father will imitate eating a bowl of rice with chopsticks when observing the actions that might bring Shinichi and Hana closer together. In episode 10, after seeing that Shinichi and Hana will be in the couple's seat on the lift, she imitates eagerly biting down on a very large onigiri that she holds with two hands.


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Fujio is an older muscular man with short black hair whereas the front is parted to the right, blue eyes (brown in the anime), and faded chin hair. His normal attire consists of a dark long-sleeved shirt and light-colored pants.
During his college years, he was clean shaven and had longer hair, bearing a slight resemblance to Shinichi Sakurai .

He is very protective of his daughter and family. Despite his overwhelming protectiveness, he greatly respects Sakurai as a persistent training apprentice. He even tells Shinichi about the situation with his relationship with Hana (without knowing, that Sakurai is exactly the guy, who Hanna is seeing). He loves his children very much, and his attitude towards them is quite frivolous, sometimes becoming the object of Yanagi's teasing.
Fujio likes light conversations and is very joyful, trying to cheer up his kids, but sometimes it becomes annoying in several situations. He is very easy-going and emotional, whether it's excitement or nervousness.


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Hana Uzaki is 150 centimeters tall, [1] has silver-colored hair with a slightly black nape, big blue eyes, and a bust size of 96 centimeters with J cups in JP. [2] Hana wears a long-sleeve shirt with the words "sugoi dekai" printed on the front. This can be translated as "super big". [3] She also wears a short light blue skirt, black pantyhose, and walnut brown boots.
Her breasts are drawn far larger than normal and with much more focus in chapter 100, as well as in the flashbacks from previous events shown in that chapter.

Hana's energetic personality, confident, cheerful, and playful antics often annoyed and embarrassed her senpai, Shinichi .
During her High School years, she was much more reserved and shy around people (especially Sakurai) than she is today. Her teasing and energetic current personality only seems to have developed after she got into college.
When she finally starts dating Shinichi, she acts less playful and more much seductive and enticing. This leads to her being labeled as a Slut by Ami, though Hana doesn't deny it after hearing it.


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Haruko has chestnut brown hair and brown eyes. She wears a watermelon-colored sweater over a plum shirt, faded light blue pants, and lilac shoes.


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Itsuhito has blond hair and blue eyes. He wears a sea-green dress shirt over a v-neck white shirt, light-colored khaki pants, and black shoes. He also has a string necklace with a silver ring hanging from it.

He tends to live a carefree life, often traveling to different places on a whim. Before meeting Hana, he tells Shinichi to lighten up and do more than just study and work during his college years. He likes to tease Shinichi about Hana , and he tries to co-operate with Ami to come up with plans to get Shinichi and Hana closer together.
He comes from a wealthy family and uses it to travel and help bring Hana and Shinichi together. Some examples include using his family's summer home following a trip to the beach and flying out to Tottori with Ami, renting a car, and planning the group's trip.


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Kiri has silver hair and blue eyes (light brown in his cameo appearance in the anime). In his first appearance, he wears a dark-colored jumpsuit over a white shirt. In his cameo appearance in the anime, he wears a white polo shirt and grey slacks, the same school uniform Shinichi Sakurai wore during the flashback in Episode 8 .

He is not similar to his mother and sister, he is friendly, brotherly, cute, sweet, sensitive, kind, bashful, innocent, He is sometimes teased by his sisters due to his short height, as he is below average for a Japanese male. Although he enjoys swimming, his athletic skills are average at best when compared to Hana and Shinichi. Yanagi Uzaki also mentioned that he is terrible at playing video games and usually tries to avoid playing with her.
He often laments about not having a girlfriend.


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Shinichi is a tall young man, with short brown hair, and black eyes. He wears a white sweat jacket with a blue hood, khaki pants, and white shoes.

Shinichi is introverted, enjoys peace and quiet, and likes to be by himself, although he does hang out with Sakaki. He enjoys playing video games with either himself or with Hana . Although Shinichi prefers to be left alone, he often ends up hanging out with Hana despite his objections.
As chapter 100 reveals, he apparently kept some unknown part of himself locked up in his mind that may be representation of his wilder emotions. Though it was unknowingly released when he purposefully groped Hana of his own free will and with Hana's permission.


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Shirо̄ has dark brown hair and eyes. He wears a long-sleeve off-white shirt and off-gray sweatpants.


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Tsuki is a fair-skinned woman with silver hair that reaches her upper back that is usually tied in a side ponytail over her right shoulder. She is below average height, and while 43 years old, she looks deceptively young and beautiful. Like her daughter, she is slender but curvaceous in frame with a very ample bosom. She has blue eyes, but they're rarely seen as she normally keeps them squinted, only being seen in moments when she is surprised.
Back when she was still a student before she met her future husband, she wore her hair loose and had it down to her hips.

Unlike her daughter, Tsuki is a gentle person. Her first impression of Shinichi is that he is "scary". Sakurai's perception of Tsuki changes several times, but her first impression of him remains the same. After several misunderstandings, she thought, "Sakurai and my daughter have an unusual relationship," and "Sakurai likes mature women and is aiming for my body," among other misunderstandings. She doesn't seem aware of it, but she's quite overprotective. When she hears from her daughter, "I stayed in the house of the man (Sakurai)", she grabs her cheeks and worries about her.
Tsuki's personality is not frivolous, as she usually internally likes giving harsh or cynical comments about other people. Contrary to this, she does her best to take care of her children, even though she has to deal with many misunderstandings because of her active imagination.
Presumably, Tsuki has a very sexually active and lewd imagination, as she almost always misunderstands the situations of Shinichi and Hana's relationship. She interprets them in a sexual way because of her internal fears (possibly fetishes) and the enormous overprotectiveness of her children (including Yanagi).


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Yanagi has silver hair with extra-long bangs that shield her eyes. In her first appearance, she wore a darkish colored long sleeve shirt with a couple of vertical white stripes in the center. Similarly to her mother and sister, she also possesses a noticeably curvaceous figure.

Judging by her appearance, Yanagi is very similar to her mother and sister, but less easy-going than Hana and is very curious. She likes teasing her siblings and parents (especially Fujio and Kiri). She is also very keen on video games, as she easily beats Hana and Kiri during their playing sessions. Like her mother, Yanagi is curious about Hana and Shinichi's relationship and tries to bring them together.


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Azami is a "pretty" girl (as described by Kirie Goshima ) with straight bob-cut black hair that has thick fringes where her thin eyebrows peek out from under, wide brown eyes, she appears to be wearing lipstick that is depicted with bright red lips (on the cover of the first volume) and she is shorter than Kirie.

Azami is first introduced as being a friendly and cheerful girl who is the subject of rumors at her school, but she addresses them with Kirie Goshima in an attempt to dispel them, which leaves Kirie unconvinced. She is excitable and enthusiastic, but deeply irritated by the constant interest from boys her age and shows them no mercy when turning them down. Although given the abuse she endures after said rejection, her coldness is likely well-founded. When affected by the spiral curse, she becomes obsessed with Shuichi Saito , who was repulsed by her connection to the spiral. Azami ignores his advice for her to leave Kurôzu-Cho and save herself so that she can stalk him. As the spiral further eats at her head, she becomes more malicious and sinister, tricking and manipulating a boy with a crush on her into luring Shuichi to her. Her intentions towards Shuichi were most likely sexual as demonstrated by when she climbed on top of him and only got off once he convinced her to look in the mirror.


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Chie has slightly wavy shoulder-length black bob that has a fringe parted on either side of her face with the bulk of hair tucked behind her ears, large dark or light-colored eyes and full lips above a pointed chin.
She wears a suit with a skirt, small, spherical earrings with pumps and a wedding band faithfully adorning her finger.
In the movie, Chie has shorter and straighter hair. She is also taller and she is usually seen with a "cool" expression.

Chie is a very compassionate person who is also very proactive and responsible where pursues help for the injured members of her camera crew and expresses sympathies whenever someone encounters misfortune. She is sharp-eyed, logical and rational. She has a presumably high pain tolerance, or she is headstrong enough to be undeterred by superficial wounds.
In the movie, she is quite generally apathetic, cool, and level-headed. From what is shown of her, she also seems quite a bit less sympathetic towards others, seeing the events in Kurôzu-Cho as less of a tragedy and more of an interesting story.


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In the film, Junji doesn't make any appearance in the film, but a wanted poster of him was posted in the police station, which indicates that he may be a criminal in the town and one of the most wanted people in Kurozu Cho.


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Katayama appears as a slightly overweight guy with narrow eyes, very large lips and he is usually dripping wet; either with snail slime, rain or sweat.

Katayama seems extremely slow in multiple senses of the word who has very delayed reactions to most things.


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Kazunori has short black hair where the fringe sweeps to either side of his face and he has a youthful face with small features.

Kazunori seems somewhat depressed, most likely due to being extremely poor and the feud between his family and the Endos, which results in him constantly getting beaten up and forced away from Yoriko Endo . He wants to commit his life to Yoriko, whom he is madly in love with.


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Keiko is taller than many of the other characters (possibly due to her being older) with has long straight black hair, light-colored eyes or dark-colored eyes and she seems to be wearing lipstick.
While Keiko is cursed, her irises and pupils seem to shrink, leaving most of her eyes white and she is usually shown covered in blood.

Keiko seems like a normal woman, but she quickly demonstrates some strangeness towards mosquitoes.
At night, she is overcome by a bloodlust, parading around the hospital with the other pregnant women and drinking the blood of the doctors and other patients. Consequently, she helps to massacre several people. At day, she seems not to remember any of it; either this, or she is an extremely talented actress.


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Kirie is a rather tall (probably one of the tallest female characters in the manga) pale-skinned girl of average weight and build with straight upper-back length ginger hair where there is a side-fringe tucked behind her ear, large blue eyes (which were hazel in volume 1), thin eyebrows and she also seems to be wearing lipstick and heavy mascara. In Chapter 6: Medusa , her hair becomes cursed with spirals and tries to kill her on multiple occasions, leading Shuichi Saito to cut it short and her hair is now worn in a short, straight, layered crop which ends around her ears.
Kirie is mostly seen in school attire. Up until Medusa, she is seen wearing what appears to be a winter uniform that consists of a maroon blazer over a white turtleneck sweater and a black pleated skirt with black school shoes and white ankle socks. In Medusa, she wears a long-sleeved white collared shirt with a black ribbon tied in a bow instead of the sweater with blazer. Onward, her school uniform is similar but with her white blouse replaced by a short-sleeved variation. When not wearing her uniform, she will often wear a long-sleeved button up shirt tucked into jeans or a long-sleeved shirt with a skirt. She is usually drawn with an exasperated expression, though this may just be her neutral face.

Kirie is a usually serious, practical and mature young woman who is easily annoyed and rarely in the mood for jokes. At times, she can be harsh, blunt and severely critical of others, but is also gentle and caring, and is capable of understanding others, even when they annoy her. She is protective of her little brother, Mitsuo Goshima , although he annoys her in a regular brotherly fashion. On a routine basis, Kirie makes and delivers food to a depressed, reclusive Shuichi Saito who otherwise won't eat. After Volume 1, Kirie becomes rather cynical, and although still skeptical of the Spiral's existence, starts to see the pattern more often and develop a growing sense of suspense over when the next horriffic event will happen. At one point, she states that she doesn't enjoy being the center of attention, causing her spirally hair to annoy her even more. Whether her dislike of being the center of attention is due to shyness or simply a general annoyance with people in general is unknown.


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This Kirie is very short and somewhat skinny from malnutrition, with long straight black hair and wide brown eyes. She often ties her hair in low pigtails, and is usually seen in her school uniform, which is very similar to her uniform in the manga but the skirt is light grey and much shorter, and she doesn't wear a bowtie. She is very often shown making a perplexed/afraid expression.

Unlike her serious and mature manga counterpart, this Kirie is shy, fearful, absent-minded, and has a love of cute and childish things. She has little to no self-esteem, which may or may not be due to the abuse she endures from Shuichi and the way she is mostly ignored as school. In stark contrast to Shucihi, she is usually afraid and horrified by the things she sees in the spiral, and is very quick to believe that something is wrong. She is quite scared of being alone, and often clings to either Shiho or Shuichi to feel safe.
Since she was a small child, she has been infatuated with Shuichi, and sometimes believes him to return her feelings, however he dies before he can admit to her that he didn't. Most likely due to Shuichi's love of scaring her when she was little, Kirie is shown to be very jumpy and easily frightened, much more so than other characters, and thus reacts extremely in situations where other characters are only mildly disturbed.
In compliance with her love of cuteness, this Kirie makes her voice high-pitched and slightly breathy -- an actual trend with Japanese teenage girls, as it is perceived a cute -- and has a verbal tick of a very elongated "eh?" She also appears to be significantly more innocent than her manga counterpart, though whether this is a cute act on her part or genuine innocence is unknown.
She despises math and finds it to be "an absolute puzzle."


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Sekino has upper-back length black hair that is usually seen in a headband (later in the story, her hair becomes way longer, sentient and moves in a  spiral pattern), she seems to be wearing a considerable amount of makeup and she is shorter than Kirie Goshima .
In the movie, Sekino is considerably taller and she wears glasses. She is usually seen smoking a cigarette, and habitually makes slow, drawn-out gestures with her hands and head.

Sekino seems to be a reasonable person, who wants to stick out from the crowd and be noticed. This desire doesn't go too far, up until about halfway through Chapter 6, at which point she becomes vain, and obsessed with attention beyond all reason (possibly under the spiral's influence). She has also been known to make ignorant and sometimes offensive comments (eg. claiming that her schoolmate who died was lucky because his death got him the attention from the others).
In the movie however, Sekino is shown as the opposite, being a total narcissistic person, appearing only after her obsession with attention has already started and she is not friends with Kirie Goshima either. Her speech patterns change dramatically, as instead of speaking normally, she purposefully draws out each syllable she speaks and rapidly changes the pitch of her voice for dramatic effect.


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Mitsuo is a short boy with very short black hair, wide brown eyes and a round face.

Mitsuo tends to be obnoxious and impulsive, much to the chagrin of his parents (and Kirie Goshima ). He has a bad habit of doing things without thinking them through.


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Mitsuru is shorter than most of the other characters (most likely due to his younger age), though still taller than Kirie, with very wide blue eyes and short messy black hair. He is usually seen in his school uniform, and with an enthusiastic expression on his face.
After coming back from the dead, Mitsuru's body is rotten and falling apart, and by the end of the chapter "Jack-In-The-Box," his legs have fallen off and there is a suspension spring where his lower half should be.
In the movie, Misturu is considerably taller and older, with messier hair and dark brown eyes. He never becomes a zombie.

Mitsuru is a very hyper, stubborn and seemingly self-entitled boy who enjoys jumping out at people and scaring and/or surprising them, especially when "people" are there, referring to Kirie Goshima , who he is quite obsessed with. He is also quite optimistic, insistently believing that things will turn out in his favor even when all evidence presented says they won't.
In the movie, very little changes about Mitsuru's personality, except that his obsession with Kirie is not specific to Kirie as he would have it seem. He is instead obsessed with girls in general, and a known pervert, according to Shiho.


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Mr. Saito is rather thin, and appears to be past his middle-ages. He has age wrinkles all over his face, a cleft chin and greying, slicked hair. He wears rounded square glasses with a thick black frame and, like most of the characters, dresses somewhat formally.


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Mr. Yokota has black hair which is mostly slicked back, save for a small fringe.
He often wears a white button up shirt with black slacks.

Mr. Yokota is an enthusiastic man who is very supportive of his students and even other adolescents such as Shuichi Saito . He is generally kind and tolerant, but expresses fear and revulsion upon learning of the snail people eggs laid by Katayama and Tsumura, and crushes them. Despite this, he expresses interest and support for Shuichi when he is informed of his discovery of a new galaxy by Kirie, and is the one to suggest they consult Torino, an astronomer, to confirm it. Mr. Yokota is willing to help Kirie confront Torino after he claimed to have discovered the new galaxy, taking credit for Shuichi's work.
In the movie, Yokota is considerably more agitated and prone to angry outbursts. He yells most of his lines and almost constantly wears an expression of anxiousness/irritation, much like Kirie does in the manga.


Uzumaki

Mrs. Goshima has wavy black hair in a long bob, with a fringe tucked to the side. She has an elliptical face with a pointed chin and wrinkles around her eyes and mouth.

Mrs. Goshima is a doting mother who cares faithfully for Kirie Goshima , Mitsuo Goshima and her husband . She is generous, prompting Kirie to invite a starving Shuichi Saito over for dinner. Like her daughter, she also displays an ability to remain composed in situations that terrify other characters to tears, and even impaling Wakabayashi with a fence picket.


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Shiho has shoulder-length black hair that curls outwards at the edges with bangs hanging over her eyebrows, light-colored eyes or dark-colored eyes and she is shorter than Kirie Goshima .
Her appearance changes very little in the movie, except that she is taller than Kirie.

Given that she is primarily a background character, Shiho is never fully characterized, but it's safe to say she was a good person. In Jack-In-The-Box, she seems slightly worried about the state of Kurôzu-Cho, but is only mildly affected by the recent happenings, appearing skeptic about the decision to bury bodies instead of continuing to burn them, seemingly disregarding the visible display of apparent spirits in the cremated ashes just a few days prior. She is irritated by Mitsuru Yamaguchi 's pranks, calling him immature and childish. She often accompanies Kirie Goshima , be it on her way home or during her hospitalization, implying the two are fairly good friends, if not best friends since the demise of Azami Kurotani .


Uzumaki

Shuichi is a very tall and delicately built pale-skinned boy with short, curly black hair and light-green eyes. After Chapter 2 , he gradually looks more and more starved and sleep-deprived, his hair grows shaggier and longer, his cheekbones are prominent from malnutrition and has dark circles under his eyes that look almost like bruises. He tends to dress formally, however, most of his clothes seem to be too big for him due to him being so skinny. From chapter 16 on, he also wears a tattered cape. In the same way that Kirie Goshima is usually drawn with an exasperated expression, Shuichi is usually drawn looking tired and melancholy, and somewhat frightened. Compared to other male Junji Ito characters, Shuichi's facial features are rather delicate and feminine, with thick eyelashes and full lips.

Shuichi is a timid and fearful individual, as well as extremely depressed and when agitated, displays erratic, manic behavior. He has severe insomnia as a result of his parents' suicides. He is generally shy and quite reclusive, only going outside when necessary to Kirie's well-being, or when she urges him to. He would do anything for Kirie and tries to protect her at all costs, even staying in Kurôzu-Cho because she doesn't want to leave. Except when in situations that threaten his or Kirie's safety, he seems soft-spoken and submissive and doesn't respond when attacked, most likely out of a desire not to start a fight. He seems to stutter quite a bit when talking to people aside from Kirie. After Chapter 14: Butterflies, Shuichi enters a catatonic state, leaving him to obsessively repeat the phrase "this town is going mad." He experiences a psychotic break by Chapter 17: Escape , and sees his father in a tree-stump telling him to join him, to which he replies with frantic yelling and screaming.


Uzumaki

This version of Shuichi is around average height and athletically built, with short straight black hair that he has gelled back and narrow dark brown eyes. His sense of fashion is quite casual and mostly green and black. He has a perpetual blank expression that only leaves when he becomes contaminated by the Spiral.
After becoming contaminated by the Spiral, his eyes become blank white with no irises or pupils and his hair becomes shaggy and almost shoulder-length, reminiscent of his hair in the manga. His body elongates and turns into multiple spirals.


Uzumaki

He is very tall, about the same height as Shuichi, and has a crooked nose and some facial hair. He has a long face with a pointed chin, and short black hair. He is always shown with an angry expression.

As he only appears for a short time in chapter 15, not much is known about what he may have been like before Kurozu-Cho was destroyed. However, when he does appear, he seems extremely aggressive and obnoxious, as well as inconsiderate.


Uzumaki

Tsumura has a narrow face with a pointed chin. He has a lanky build, a mole below his eye, buck teeth and hair that covers his ears and parts on either side of his face. He begins to grow a shell on his back and ultimately transforms into a snail person.

He is described by Shiho as having the potential to be "a real jerk". He mercilessly bullies Katayama for his slow movements, and becomes physically abusive after Katayama's slow movements and reflexes cost them the volleyball game during class. He forcefully undresses Katayama with the help of other his male friends and drag him out completely nude into the corridor for everyone to see, which he encourages them to do. Even after Katayama transforms into a snail, Tsumura bullies him by poking him with a stick, and he stresses that he isn't even human anymore.


Uzumaki

Prior to becoming infected, Wakabayashi has straight black hair with bangs that are parted to the side, and appears to be in his twenties.
When infected, his facial features are entirely unrecognisable, and his entire body somewhat resembles a large ball of spiral-patterned spikes. He has said spikes growing out of his eyes, as well as in his mouth, making him appear to be some kind of monster.

Wakabayashi is obsessed and infatuated with Kirie in a similar way to Mitsuru Yamaguchi , however he is slightly less obnoxious about it at first, instead preferring to spy on Kirie without her knowing and act casual when she is actually present.


Uzumaki

Yasuo has a narrow face with heavy age lines, short eyebrows and slight stubble. His hair is short and wavy and given how similarly it is drawn to Kirie Goshima , it is reasonable to assume he has ginger hair like her, being her father.

Yasuo is a potter who is very dedicated to his art. By The Firing Effect , he becomes infected with the spiral curse, and refuses to stop dredging up cursed clay from Dragonfly Pond which turns his works of art into twisted spirals. It is implied Mr. Saito was the one to infect him with the spiral obsession by complimenting his work and convincing him of the art present within a spiral.
When not contaminated by the spiral, Yasuo is usually very calm and laid-back, which Kirie Goshima may have inherited.


Uzumaki

Yoriko is a cute pale-skinned girl with mid-back length straight black hair that is styled in a hime cut, heavily-lidded brown eyes and she has a small, delicate face.

Yoriko is very like-minded to Kazunori Nishiki who also wishes to break free from their controlling parents. She displays the same naivete of Kazunori, expressing the same wishes to elope with him. She is resistant to her family's wishes and will fight against her father's restraints even if it is fruitless. Yoriko is deeply in love with Kazunori and is willing to abandon her life with her family to make a commitment to be with him forever. When Kazunori begins to twist himself in order to escape with her, she hesitates and appears melancholic, but complies and twists her own body. She doesn't know a lot about snake mating habits.


Uzumaki

Yukie is a woman in her middle ages, and has wrinkles around her forehead, eyes and mouth. Before the spiral curse, she has black hair pulled back into a bun, and often wore dark mature clothing with a knee-length skirt. After her psychosis develops and she becomes deathly afraid of spirals, she is admitted to the Kurôzu hospital, her wrinkles deepen considerably, her hair is shaved and she cuts off her fingertips. She often wears a hat, gloves and hospital gown because of this. After stabbing herself in the ear, her body is unidentifiable from being wrapped entirely in bandages.

Yukie Saito is a reasonable woman by nature, but her psychosis and extreme phobia cause her to become uncharacteristically panicked and irrational. She cares very much for Shuichi and her husband, wanting to get Mr. Saito professional help so that he might get better and be able to return to work, and to become less of a source of stress for herself and her son. When unprovoked, she is docile and calm after her husband's death.


Uzumaki

Kurôzu-Cho is a relatively small and isolated town, between the mountains and the sea. A gigantic black spiral made of the ash and smoke of cremated dead bodies can often be seen over the town.
The town has its own high school, overlooking the town on a hill. It also has its own hospital with a maternity ward and at least 1 surgeon on staff.
The train station runs through the center of town and appears to be the default mode of travel for residents to nearby cities. Many commuters at the train station wear business suits, suggesting Kurôzu-Cho's office workers must commute elsewhere for work.
The town appears to have a low rate of car ownership, with most of its vehicles congregating around the central train station. The town can be accessed by a road tunnel through the mountains, but this is cut off after the spiral takes over the town.
In the later chapters, Kurôzu-Cho is reduced to rubble by six successive hurricanes, leaving only a couple row houses and the lighthouse standing, until the entire town is rebuilt from the rubble into a giant spiral labyrinth and the Dragon Fly Pond rebuilt to lead down on an extremely long line of stairs.


V.B. Rose

Ageha is a tall, slim girl. She has long, wavy pink-colored hair and brown eyes. She is often seen with her hair tied up in two half-pigtails with the rest of her hair down. Her outfits vary, but they are often fashionable and girly, and she tends to wear frilly mini-skirts. She is also noted to be very cute.
Her school uniform is a white collared shirt underneath a waist-length black jacket with lighter colored trim and a bow. It also has a dark colored, knee-length skirt, black tights, and black formal shoes. She is often seen wearing one of her Ageha-series bags.

Ageha is a very creative and kind-hearted girl who loves her family dearly. At the beginning of the series she is noted to have a sister complex, idealizing her older sister Hibari and later finding out that Hibari isn't who she thought she was. She loves creating things such as bags and cute toys and she is very skilled at it, which Yukari notes on occasion. and is always happy when her big sister Hibari praises her creations. She cares a lot about her family and can sometimes assume she knows whats best for them, seen with her reaction to when Hibari announces that she is marrying Makoto where she gets very upset because he is "boring." She can be easily angered and impulsive at points which can get her into trouble. Such as when she was at V. B. Rose and got upset at [person] and ended up injuring Mitsuya's hand.
She is sincere and honest about her feelings, not hiding when shes upset or angry. She often expresses her love to her sister and friends. She is a very empathetic girl who feels others problems as her own, which can lead to her trying to help them out when they don't want help. This is seen when she finds out that Shizuya disproves of his brother Mitsuya's career, resulting in her getting angry at him and later trying to mend their relationship. She also saw some of her old self in Shizuya which led her to try and help.


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Aoi is a man of average height and stature who is noted to be attractive. He has blond hair that reaches the top of his back and is middle parted in the front, framing his brown eyes. He is said to look extremely similar to his sons Yukari and Sakura . He passed away before the manga began, put in flashbacks he is often seen wearing pants and a light colored shirt.

Aoi is a kind and hardworking man who completes jobs with a smile on his face no matter how stressful it is. He always helps people in trouble and is very passionate about his work. He will do whatever it takes to make the customers happy, even if it means accepting “impossible” projects with difficult deadlines. According to Yukari, he can be quite stubborn because when he makes up his mind he stops listening to advice others give him. This is shown when Yukari tells a story about how he stayed up late at night to complete a job, and Yukari told him to not do it but he continued anyway. Similar to Yukari, he pushes his limits and overworks himself for the sake of the customer.


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Hibari is a short woman who is pregnant up until chapter [?]. She has medium length wispy black hair and thin bangs that reach below her eyebrows. Her hair frames her large brown eyes and reaches just below her shoulders. Her outfits vary, although she is often seen wearing light dresses and maternity clothing.

Hibari is a bubbly, cheerful, and kind woman who loves her family. While Ageha thought she was a very organized person, this isn't the case and she is very forgetful and often forgets where her belongings are. She is a very positive person who smiles for both herself and others, and is always there for Ageha and the rest of her family. When talking about her husband Makoto Ohara she tends to ramble about how cute he is and how much she loves him, and can be very intense in this manner. She and Ageha have this trait in common.


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Mamoru is a tall, slender girl. She has thin black hair that reaches just below her shoulders, and thin, short bangs. She has dark colored eyes. She is often seen wearing her hair down, but sometimes she pulls it back into a messy bun. At school she wears a short-sleeved sailor uniform with a dark collar and bow. She shirt reaches her naval, and she wears a high-waisted pleated miniskirt with it. She also wears knee-length black socks and white shoes with it.
Outside of school her outfits vary, although she tends to wear cute casual clothes such as jeans and fashionable T-shirts.

Mamoru is a very calm and level-headed girl, almost never having any outbursts. She often has a small smile. She is very protective of her close friends, especially Ageha . In episode 9, Shizuya makes Ageha cry and leave because he insults Mitsuya and Yukari , and Mamoru speaks very harshly and coldly to him before she goes to catch up to Ageha. When her younger brother Nagare mentions how cute Ageha is, she is quick to say that he can’t have her. She also likes to brag about Ageha to her friends, although Ageha doesn’t know this. She loves to tease her friends, notably Shizuya and Ageha. She is sometimes described as mean or scary, especially when one of her close friends is harmed.


V.B. Rose

Minatsu is a girl of average height and stature. She has medium length black hair that is tied up in a ponytail. She has middle-parted bangs that frame her eyes, and hair wispies that frame her face. She wears the Nishimiya High School uniform, which is a white collared shirt underneath a waist-length black jacket with lighter colored trim and a bow. It also has a dark colored, knee-length skirt, black tights, and black formal shoes.

Minatsu is a cheerful and understanding girl who is often smiling. While she is minor character so not much is known about her, when she was talking to Ageha about love, she said that hers was unrequited but she was able to smile while saying it. This shows how she is able to remain cheerful even in sad situations.
She is very interested in horoscopes, often talking to her friends about the latest love horoscopes. She says she only believes the "good parts" though [chap 7].


V.B. Rose

Kuromine is a man of average height and stature who is considered to be attractive. He has short black hair that reaches the top of his neck, and thin middle parted bangs that frame his brown eyes. His outfits vary, although he usually wears casual clothing, like jeans, button-up shirts, and T-shirts.

Kuromine is a very bubbly and cheerful person who always has a smile on his face, sometimes it's because he is happy and sometimes its because he is teasing his friends. He is very physically affectionate, often hugging people and holding their hands when he is happy. He doesn't always know when people are uncomfortable with his affection though, and so some people, especially Ageha , get upset with him. Due to his happy exterior, people may assume that he isn't smart or that he is naive, but this isn’t the case. He may not show it, but he knows how people feel about him and it affects him.


V.B. Rose

Sakura is a 4-year-old boy who is average height for his age. He has short blond hair that reaches the back of his neck and is middle parted in the front, framing his large eyes. He is noted to be very cute and charming. He strongly resembles his father Aoi Arisaka and his older brother Yukari Arisaka . He often wears a dark T-shirt and shorts.


V.B. Rose

Yukari is a man of average height and stature, noted to be very attractive. He has medium length blond hair that is parted in the middle and reaches his shoulders. He has brown eyes and fair skin. While his outfits vary, he is often seen wearing casual clothes such as jeans and T-shirts. Many people say that he resembles his father, Aoi Arisaka , and his younger brother Sakura Arisaka . They are all very popular due to being quite attractive.

Yukari can be blunt, harsh, and cold and is noted to have a short fuse on. He doesn't hide his feelings and can end up hurting others because of this. He also has a tendency to become very aggressive when upset, and may throw things at others. Despite his harsh exterior, he is very kind and selfless at heart, putting others desires about his own. This is seen especially with his job at V.B.R., where he dedicates all of his time and energy into making his customers happy and ensuring that he doesn't miss any deadlines. Him and his father Aoi Arisaka are similar in this way, as they both are very dedicated and hardworking, willing to do anything for their customers. Yukari recounts the stories of his father staying up late the night before a deadline with annoyance, although he does the same thing, and would help his father when he was in these situations.
Yukari is thick-skinned and can easily brush off negative comments about himself, although when someone insults his friends he immediately defends them and get very angry. When Shizuya Kuromine insulted Mitsuya Kuromine and his job, Yukari threw him out of the shop and told him to never come back.


Vagabond

Akemi is young short girl with shoulder-length black hair and wears a kimono. In the beginning, Akemi had bangs and hair that framed the sides of her face. When living in Kyoto, Akemi is seen with hair parted at the side with intentionally uneven bangs. Clients at the brothel find Akemi beautiful and commonly ask if they could buy her for a night.

Akemi is a quiet girl and tends to not talk much. She is caring and helpful and helps Takezo and Matahachi when they were wounded. Akemi is shown to be knowledgable in plants as well. When picking mushrooms with Takezo, she realized Takezo was picking poisonous mushrooms and quickly threw them away. Not only that but, Akemi is also a clever girl since she knew that Musashi has to be weak if she wanted to kill him. She had a crush on Takezo but after moving to Kyoto, she falls in love with Seijuro and spends much of her time with him or, waiting for him.


Vagabond

Aoki is a middle-aged samurai with a carefully-groomed moustache and (according to Otsu ) creepy eyes.

Although a samurai of rank, Aoki is a pompous blowhard. He is shown lacking in any real skill, courage, or competency as a leader. He is also somewhat lecherous, using his position to indulge his fondness for Otsu, though she rebuffs him frequently. He has a pronounced liking for sake.


Vagabond

Denshichiro is large muscular man with a with a broad and sharp face. He, like many others, is bald at the top of his and the sides of his head are tied up. Denshichiro has an intimidating physique and Sekishusai Yagyu , head of the Yagyu school states that Denshichiro is built like a log. Along with an intimidating physique, Denshichiro also has a rather permanent frown on his face.

Denshichiro is a good swordsman who never abandons his samurai honour. Although his brother Seijuro is the head of the Yoshioka School , Denshichiro is the one who takes care, trains pupils and manages the school. He worked tirelessly to be seen as an equal to his brother. By many others, Denshichiro is seen as a kind man who has a lot of influence, power, respect and a level of nobility. He never abandons his honour nor goes down the same path that his brother is on.
He does find Otsu very beautiful but never acts on these feelings and attempts to repress them. Denshichiro is married and has a daughter whom he loves.


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Gon is a short old man with a moustache and a few beard hairs.

Gon cares deeply for his family and especially his sister Osugi. He is a noble man and will fight to protect his family. Unlike Osugi, Gon is much more rational and sees through Matahachi's lies and deceit.


Vagabond

Much like most other male characters, Hyogonosuke has his hair tied up. He has thick arched brows and a strong, muscular build.

Hyogonosuke has a more laid back and childish personality that is somewhat like Sekishusai . He deeply cares about his grandfather and is crushed seeing him in a frail state which causes him to cry and be comforted by Otsu. He also gets along with students of the Yagyu school and is warmly greeted by them when he visits. They are also confident that he will be an exemplary head of the Yagyu estate succeeding his grandfather.
When he senses bloodthirst, like when he did from Musashi , he becomes much more alert and serious. Whilst speaking with Musashi, he says that like Musashi, he doesn't like taking bathes. Not only that but like Musashi, when Hyogonosuke meets Otsu , he is shocked by her beauty and blushes a bit.


Vagabond

Inei Hozoin appears to be an old bald man with a wide face. He has a wrinkly, sunken and scrunched up face (face is scrunched because his enormous forehead takes up majority of his face). His eyes are small sometimes appearing closed. Often, his eyes are covered by his thick brows and has a stern look on his face with his hands clasped behind his back.
Usually, monks wear a kimono under a pleated robe however, Inei wears only the kimono and is never seen wearing a pleated robe.
Inei is also quite short, about half of Musashi's height.

Much like Yagyu Sekishusai , a fellow student and friend under Kami Izumi Ise's pupilage, Inei has a light-hearted personality and is humorous.

The more comedic side to Inei Hozoin, he enjoys drinking sake, something monks are not supposed to indulge in

Inei sharing some wisdom with Musashi

However, Inei is also shown to be quite wise and serious when needed. Once, Musashi was in need of guidance and training, Inei offered training and words that stuck with Musashi for the rest of his journey.  His guidance was vital for Musashi's growth as a person and swordsman and helped Musashi realize his fatal flaws and the consequences of his actions and thought process.

When Inei was younger and a pupil of Kami Izumi Ise, he was as foolish and careless as Musashi, he had a lack of control and lots of training to do before he could become a legit swordsman. After his years of training and learning from Kami Izumi Ise, he eventually founds the hozoin-ryu .
In his later years, he became close friends with Inshun and his parents before their deaths. After their deaths, he took Inshun in as his own which goes to show the extent of his love and compassion for others.


Vagabond

Inshun is young at the time of Vagabond, most likely around Musashi's age when they fought. Like all the monks of Hozoin Temple, he is bald without any facial hair other than his eyebrows. He is tall, around the same height as Musashi. Inshun is seen wearing an outfit similar to all the other Hozoin monks. He is barefoot in his first fight with Musashi, but wears sandals during the rematch.

Inshun Hozoin is depicted as very cocky, with Seijuro Yoshioka being the only person he would call his equal. He was also constantly talking throughout his first fight with Musashi. He is greatly respected by his peers due to his immense skill, and orders them to be silent during a duel, saying "Silence! Your idle chatter disgraces the name of the Hozoin!". However, his pursuit of strength is a way to bury his emotions from his childhood, when he was too young to protect his mother and watched both of his parents die. He trains to become invincible as he wants to get rid of his feelings of guilt and weakness. Once he realises this after his fight with Musashi, he appears to be happier, challenging Musashi to a friendly bout if they meet again.


Vagabond

It is stated by Hyogonosuke Yagyu that he had, " a very peaceful looking face."

When Kamiizumi was alive, he was known as the greatest Kengo of the time and a master swordsman superior to all others; even the mighty Takeda Shingen was impressed and offered him a position as a Daimyo (term used for a feudal lord and leader of powerful warriors). However, Kamiizumi declined stating that he was only dedicated to the way of his sword and not to titles.
One day, a young Yagyu Tajima no Kami Muneyoshi (later, Yagyu Sekishusai ) challenges Kamiizumi to a duel stating that "I have respect for you, but you're already 50 years old this fight is mine!". Kamiizumi walks into the duel unarmed and once Yagyu sees Kamiizumi, he is intimidated believing that he could sense Kamiizumi's blood-thirst. However, the blood-thirst Yagyu sense was not Kamiizumi's, it was a reflection of himself and his blood-thirst as Kamiizumi possessed no blood-thirst. Yagyu felt completely overwhelmed by Kamiizumi's presence and attacks rather impulsively. Instead of defending himself, Kamiizumi resorts to grabbing the sword right out of Yagyu's hands in an incredibly fast motion and he drops the sword to the ground.
After this, Inei requests to duel Kamiizumi as well. Like Musashi, Inei is quite cocky and in his head he states "Bastard! You think you can take me on unarmed?". Inei then attacks Kami only to have his spear taken right out of his hands in an incredibly swift and fast motion similar to what Yagyu experienced, Inei declares defeat and is humbled by the duel. He offers Kamiizumi a meal and to spend time relaxing at the ryu. Other students of Kamiizumi ask if this offer should be taken up but Yagyu requests another duel before an answer can be given.
Yagyu understands and accepts his previous defeat but would like to understand from Kamiizumi as to why and how he lost. Kamiizumi's students stated that the master is tired but Yagyu begs for another match. However, Kamiizumi's nephew Hikita Bungoro accepts the challenge instead. Yagyu is uninterested in fighting a kid but loses to Hikita as well.
Yagyu continuously challenges Kamiizumi but the results of the duel were always the same: Yagyu lost every time. Yagyu states that he becomes enveloped by warmth when he is around Kamiizumi and it makes his body tense up. He states that it seems like he's fighting his own body and not Kamiizumi. Inei later recalls Kamiizumi stating that "his technique is magnificent but his heart, his soul he focuses too much on his 'self'".
Kamiizumi states "what is the way of the sword?" before taking in Yagyu and Inei as his pupils.


Vagabond

Similar to Miyamoto Musashi , Ittosai puts little care into his dress and grooming, often seen in dirty, wrinkled, and torn clothing. His face is unshaven and his long hair is bound in an untidy bun, lending him a grizzled appearance. In terms of height, he falls between Musashi at 5'11" and Sasaki Kojiro .

Not being serious

Ittosaii being serious

Ito Ittosaii has a humorous personality and finds entertainment even in mortal combat. He is quick to smile and or laugh as if he has troubles taking most situations seriously since there aren't many who can pose a serious threat on his life.
It is also important to keep in mind that Ittosai can turn completely serious given the need. He seems to be a very intelligent man who understands how things work. He also doesn't seem to care much for social conduct or etiquette. His teacher, Kanemaki Jisai states that he is callous and has respect for his elders. He lives in a world of his own and follows the path of his own judgment.


Vagabond

A small boy of about 10 or 11 years old, Jotaro is said (in the novel) to resemble "a water sprite in a whimsical painting." He has unkempt, medium length hair and keen eyes. He usually wears a short kimono and a basket hat, and carries a bokuto. He occasionally resembles a young Musashi .
By 15 years old, Jotaro has lost the more impish features of his childhood, and wears his unruly hair in a topknot

Jotaro is a rambunctious and enthusiastic boy, although very emotional and easily upset. He is prone to sulking if things are going against him. Whilst very articulate for his age, he is also quite insolent. He is nevertheless good-hearted, has a strong sense of right and wrong, and cares deeply about, and is fiercely loyal to, Musashi and Otsu .


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Earlier in the series, Kohei has a young appearance and is seen wearing a bandana on his head. Before the Baiken arc, Kohei also wielded a sword rather than a sickle and chain.
By the time of the Baiken arc, Kohei has gained a large facial scar. He also has long hair to cover up the scar and a goatee. Overall, Kohei was much bigger and grown up. During the arc, Kohei wields a sickle and chain after learning it from Rindo .

Kohei has a nihilistic outlook on life. But is a caring guardian for Rindo and after losing to Takezo, he gives up fighting for good.


Vagabond

A young man with long, flowing hair and what others describe as an innocent, child-like face. He is slightly taller than Musashi.

His personality is very playful, almost child-like. Despite this he is also very sexually active. He enjoys duelling against opponents - his way of communicating with people.


Vagabond

Originally, Matahachi wore his hair tied back in a style similar to Takezo's. After staying in Kyoto for a while, he ends up growing a moustache that connects to his goatee. His hair tends to be a little messy due to him be almost always being drunk. He also has side burns.
After turning a new leaf and searching for his mother, Matahachi reverts back to his initial more humble appearance: hair tied like Musashi with a shaved face.

In Vagabond , Matahachi is portrayed as a cowardly and spineless man. He has a long-held admiration for Musashi from his childhood years, which ultimately lends to his severe inferiority complex as an adult. He often tells lies in an effort to better his perpetually dismal situation, which usually leads him to even more trouble. He is also shown to be something of a drunkard and a womanizer, having several sexual partners over the course of the series.


Vagabond

His appearance changes as the series progresses. As an adult he is a tall man around 180 cm (5'11").
As a young man, he tied back his hair. People often compare his hair to an explosion. After the Yoshioka arc, he is about 28 years old and he doesn't tie his hair back. He is covered with scars from the 70 Yoshioka students.
In the Last Manga exhibition, Inoue Takehiko had painted an older version of Musashi. This version is very similar to the self portait of the real Musashi.

In the beginning of the series, Musashi was portrayed as a hot headed young man driven by his desire to become strong, with a very aggressive personality.
One of the foremost reasons that drives Musashi to excel in sword-fighting, is his desire to overcome his father for all the harsh treatment given during his childhood and Musashi's incapability to rebel. This desire made him violent and feared by others, however Otsu was the only person who didn't fear him.
In Vagabond he was obsessed with being "Invincible under the Heavens" until he realises that it was simply an empty title and how limited he was. When he was asked the definition of "Invincible under the Heavens", he compared it to a heat haze where it gets hot when one strives towards it but it fades when one reaches it.
After destroying the Yoshioka clan, he becomes more gentle and peaceful but he understands he can't escape the spiral of death and killing. As he figured out that he's stuck in the spiral of death and killing, he felt killing others was like stabbing himself.