Shinkalion: Change the World

Leader (Episode 01) Occupation Railway worker Physical description Species Human Gender Male Eye color Black Hair color Grey Portrayals Voice Actor (Japanese) Kunpei Sakamoto In other languages Japanese 班長

The Leader (班長) is the leader of the railway workers. He appears in Episode 01 . He is voiced by Kunpei Sakamoto .

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Shinkalion: Change the World

The Bachigami comes in various different colors and sizes. They have round body and thin waist with neon markings on them, and are armed with a giant fist and a drill connected to round shoulders by thin tube-like arms that can extend and retract at will or detach into several disk blades. Their heads are small with goggle-shaped eyes, and have an antenna on the very top.


Shinzo

Binka has apricot skin, long honey blonde hair that she ties into a ponytail and gold eyes. She wears a pink crop tube top along with blue jeans, a red ribbon that she uses to tie her hair into a ponytail, two yellow bracelets and purple boots.

Personality-wise she is the opposite of Yakumo where Binka is spunky, tomboyish, and short-tempered unlike the demure and gentle Yakumo, whom she loves like a mother nevertheless.


Shinzo

In his normal form, Sago wears a green body suit-like outfit with a purple belt under a long, purple cloak. On his head he dons a helmet that covers most of his face as well, with his jewels embedded in it.
Jewels of Water

In his Hyper-Form his body-suit is deep blue. He wears light blue paldrons on his shoulders with a matching cape and waist pieces. The bottom of his shoes are deep blue with light blue design and shin guards. A set of horns sprout from his head and bat-like wings sprout from his back. During his transformation sequence he holds a dark blue rose, the petals falling off one by one as he goes.

Aqua Dragon

His Hyper-Form is triggered by his command "Hydro-Power", and he wields a double-sided blade. In his Hyper-Form, Sago's control over water is stronger and he has many water-based attacks and tricks, most notably his Aqua Dragon.

Sago is both cunning and mischievous. He enjoys playing around and competing with Mushra, but when in battle his quick thinking gives the group strategic advantages over opponents.

He is a constant gambler, whether it's Craps, Cards, or even petty competitions with Mushra and Kutal. Though he can come off as a bit uncaring, Sago has shown time and again that he is a reliable, caring, and protective man.


Shinzo

She wears a light blue dress with brown sleeves, white pants, and blue shoes.

She is very kind, beautiful, gentle, hates violence, and doesn't like when Mushra shows no mercy to their enemies, destroying their Encards . She was the last hope of humanity, and she was able to change Enterra´s destiny twice.
Going to sleep as a four year old and waking up as a teenager did not do wonders for her natural growth. A large part of her is still mentally and emotionally a young child and as such, Yakumo possesses a naivety and innocence that has long since vanished in others her age. She always tries to see the best in everything and everyone, and is shocked at the sheer level of cruelty and brutality of those around her.


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Bella is a Kishu/Akita mix with silver-blue tora-ge, brindle, markings. She has typical urajiro colouring, while her stripes are very faint. She has white dot markings above her eyes. Bella's eyes are large with medium blue-coloured irises, and eyelashes around them.
After living as a pet dog, she has a collar around her neck.
In GTLW, she has a resemblance to her great-great-grandfather Shiro.

Being the only daughter, Bellatrix is a bit whiny and timid. She is often bullied by her brothers Orion and Rigel , and stood up for by Sirius , the eldest brother.
Just like her father Weed, she is polite and brave. Especially when she braves the wild to find her family.
In Ginga: The Last Wars, Bella is strong-willed and may scold her brothers. Just like her brothers she is willing to help anyone in trouble.
She is also obedient and understanding when Orion tells her watch over Akame with their mother seeing that fighting bears isn't for her.


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Don is a black dog, who looks like an Akita-inu. He has a thick yellow collar with silver-coloured metal details on it.


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He has white fur, he used to wear a green collar when he was a hunting dog before living as a wild dog. He has a star-shaped pattern on his forehead like his sons, Hayate and Yamato.


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Fuji is a red-brown bi-coloured Akita Inu with typical urajiro markings. She wears a rather thick collar with a buckle and small round buttons on it. In the anime, she's brown and white, with white markings on her face, chest belly and tail, completed with white socks instead of her original markings. She wears a brown collar with a golden buckle and details.

She acts very caring and loving towards Gin and his two brothers . She loves her puppies a lot, but respects their decisions and understands them, which is seen when Gin leaves.


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Fuji is a white Akita Inu with ball patterns on his forehand. He wear a black collar.


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Gin is a silver brindle (tora-ge) Akita Inu. His fur was initially portrayed more silver in color, but is portrayed as bluish after the style change.
Gin's defining characteristics are the three scars on his forehead, given by a bear in his first hunt.
His eyes are a greenish/brownish color in Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin manga, but blue in Ginga Densetsu Weed and in the reprint of GNG manga after the change of style. Recently, since Ginga: The Last Wars , Gin has developed cataracts in his eyes and so they are rather cloudy, due to age.
His collar has been shown as brown or red, but it's usually yellow or blue since the style change.

Gin is a natural born leader with a lot of charisma. He is brave and strong, even as a pup. He has a strong sense of justice and wants to protect his friends and all those who are unable to protect themselves. He isn't afraid to die for his friends or his mission.
Mostly due to the training during young age, he became more mature than most dogs of his age and is mentally strong and unlikely to give up. He is not at all as playful as most young dogs and tends to be quite serious, though he can sometimes joke around with close friends like Smith .
He is meek, polite, quite calm and smart. During one scene in the manga, while everyone were laughing happily together, he was seen laughing in a bit of a shy manner. However, Gin can be a little headstrong and do things in his own way. Anger and sadness may also make him impatient and reckless and he needs to be calmed down by the older dogs during these situations. He gets often a bit shocked and cries when facing the death of his comrades.
Gin is very fast and sure of his own speed, but he is still not very strong physically and still has things to learn. He respects and admires some of the older and stronger dogs a lot, like Ben and his father Riki . He is always ready to listen and learn from them.
In Ginga Densetsu Weed , Gin is notably older, calmer than before and a bit quiet. It's also suggested that the death of his mate made him feel a bit defeated. Gin is still very polite and righteous and he doesn't want others to suffer for his sake. Just like when he was young, he still despises injustice and unfairness, but is now able to control himself and doesn't fall into a rage when facing said things. He feels great responsibility as a leader and blames himself if something happens to his comrades.
Despite not being there for them at first he also cares a great deal for his sons. When he hears from an old friend that Yukimura and Weed are in danger he rushes to help them but when the war ends with eldest son's demise. He is very proud of him none the less and he cries tears of joy when Joe returns home.
In Ginga Densetsu Weed: Orion and The Last Wars , as a grandfather he loves his grandchildren and isn't afraid to discipline them especially Orion. During the war against Monsoon, Gin starts to become proud of Orion seeing that he's growing into a true male thanks to his father Riki's blood.
He is very trusting and understanding towards his owner Daisuke. The two trust would each other with their lives and more when Weed and his comrades were injured against the Russian Army Dogs, Monsoon's Bears and setting them free so they could fight Masamune. He took his owner's arrivals as a blessing knowing that Daisuke was trying to help. Gin even allows Daisuke to name his grandchildren and get close to the others dogs.
When Daisuke returned Ohu to watch over Gin's health; understanding his condition Gin comes back peacefully without a fight.
Even though, he is no longer the leader of the Ohu Army like his father and grandfather before him. Gin is highly respected among the dogs and assumes the role of temporary leader when Weed is out of commission.


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The two are different from Gin , they are not as rare as their brother.
The brown cub, also known as Hiyan or Hiya-n , is very similar to Fuji and a little like Riki .
The white puppy, known as Giyan is the smallest and he is very similar to his grandparents Yamabuki and Shiro .


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He has a white fur and wears a green collar. He has a star-shaped pattern on his forehead. He has a slashed left eye and it's unknown how he got it.

At first, Yamato viewed him as a ruthless killer and in the wild with his knife he is a skilled fighter. But in the ring he isn't very skilled as the two spend time together he comes caring of his younger brother
As a puppy, he was timid.


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Jirōmaru is a brindleless silver Akita Inu with blue eyes.

Jirōmaru is a strong and lively puppy. He is very fond of Anju and is very loyal to her.
He is the most daring and decisive of his siblings.


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Jirōmaru and his siblings were born in spring in Futago Pass , shortly after the death of Shōgun . As a puppy, Jirōmaru is just as mischievous as his siblings and is prone to biting. He remains in the care of his mother for most of his appearance.


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Joe is a silver brindle (tora-ge) Akita Inu/Kishu Inu mix with blue eyes. His fur is portrayed bluish in color.
He resembles his father Gin, his younger brother Weed, and his nephew Sirius.
Joe has three scars similar to his father's on his forehead and scars on back caused by a bear.

He greatly cares about his family and son, but he harbors a grudge against their father Gin because of what happened to their mother.
He even hastily attacks his brother and son for having interactions with each other.
When he believes that Weed is dead, Joe begins to cry tears blaming himself for what happened thinking it should've been him not Weed who should be drowned at the bottom of the river.
He is also a dog of his word, when he made a deal with Weed to go see his father Gin after all the bears are beaten.


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She is a white Akita Inu like one of Gin's Siblings, Yuki , and her son Shion.


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Just like her mother, she's white and has blue eyes.

As a puppy Koyuki caring and considerate when she begins to worry about her brother Jirōmaru and shows when she followed her siblings to find him.


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Kōta and his siblings were born in spring in Futago Pass , shortly after the death of Shōgun . As a puppy, Kōta is just as mischievous as his siblings and is prone to biting. He remains in the care of his mother for most of his appearance.


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Masashige is a medium-large sized Akita-mix. He has solid white fur, with a few dark spots on his muzzle. His eyes are glossy and completely yellow.
He later loses his left ear and gets a large scar on his neck, caused by Tesshin's battōga and Saburō's attack.

Masashige is known for following the most evil orders without any complaint, thus he doesn't really have any compassion. He mentioned himself that he'd even kill women and children without any complaint if Masamune ordered him to. He is also quite serious.
After meeting Unsai, he changes himself, trying to become a better individual.


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He is an Akita Inu mix with fluffy white fur and brown eyes.

Mukku is quite soft and timid dog, since he was born as a pet. He is slightly cowardly.
He is very friendly towards humans and loves petting. At first, he isn't used to wilderness and doesn't care about wild dogs that much.
Despite being afraid, he decides to help Weed and later joins Gin . He sees Weed as a great guy and respects Gin a lot. He seems to become braver and is glad to work for Ōu.


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Orion is a red Akita Inu/Kishu Inu mix with blue eyes, resembling his uncle Yukimura and great-grandfather Riki .

Despite being one of Weed's sons, Orion has a selfish attitude and a foul mouth, he even calls Cross an "old hag", to her horror. He is the rudest and loudest of his siblings. However he also looks up to his uncle Joe . Orion may be rude, but he is smart and strong. He is violent and impulsive, he also has a strong sense of justice. He seems to get hot-headed when fighting, and Orion was willing wanting to see Masamune die in front of him for Izōu's family, and not for the honor of the Ou army.
Orion's behavior is a combination of his own personality and the teachings others. His uncle Joe taught him that he must never surrender in front of the enemy, and Izo taught him that enemies do not deserve pity when they can kill without mercy. Also to the fact that he had inherited Riki's strictness and his uncle's stubbornness.
Even though he is selfish and stubborn Orion really does care about his family. In GDW: Orion, when an earthquake happens in Ohu, he dives in to save Sirius, he cries tears of joy seeing that his parents and Bella are safe and when he has a reunion with Sirius and Rigel. When he sees his grandfather in need of help, Orion stops his fight with Masamune to save him.
In the Last Wars, it appears Orion is jealous of his older and younger brothers, Sirius and Rigel. He thought that he still acts like a puppy because he believes that he would never gain his father's or grandfather's respect because of how obnoxious he is to the rest of the cast at times.
His caring trait is still there in The Last Wars, he doesn't wish to hurt anyone in his family and he affectionately calls Sirius bro. He also wishes to avenge his family and comrades' defeat at the hands of the bears.
He even has a bit of a bad habit of thinking that the worst has already happened. His views on the situation to fight the bears puts him opposite of his brother Sirius's views to make peace with them. Due to his youth he lets fits of sadness and anger control him. Even though, his heart is righteous Orion sometimes has a cruel mind. He even admits that he doesn't have a big forgiving heart like Sirius.
With everything Orion has been through, he starting to mature into a young adult utilizing everything that he has learned into his source of power. Even though, Orion is starting to grow into a mature adult but with everyone else out of commission. He feels a heavy responsibility of being the temporary pack leader. Like his uncle Joe he is a dog  of his word.
When level-headed, Orion is more calm, patient and inspiring towards others.
Despite having grown up as a wild dog his whole life, Orion does have a soft spot for one human in particular and that's Daisuke. Even though, he had a habit of biting him as a puppy Orion like his siblings does appreciate Daisuke's help when they need it showing his trust in his grandfather's owner. Ever since Daisuke has been watching over Orion and his family, Orion considers him as his family's godfather.
In Ginga Densetsu Noah, Orion has become seriously down hearted and guilty about his reckless behavior causing Sirius' death believing it was his fault. Through it, he struggles to adapt to his deceased brother's way of thinking and starts to look for his purpose in life.


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Reika is a japanese Akita mix with white and brown fur. She has dark brown eyes and she wears a black collar in the manga version and a dark red collar in the anime version .
In the anime version she seems to be smaller than in the manga version .

Reika is a calm and kind former pet dog. She isn't a fighter and dislikes violence, but Meishōbu Retsuden calls her just as brave as the male warriors.
She is very loyal to and greatly respects Gin and helps him even when it puts her life at risk. She despises Hōgen and believes he is nothing when compared to Gin. She feels very guilty and blames herself when Gin gets in danger and when John dies. She eagerly goes with others to rescue Gin.
She is very gentle and caring towards puppies and tried to calm down and take care of young Teru who had been beaten.
She is sensible, once stopping the others from doing a reckless decision.
She is supportive towards Weed and believes in rightfulness and caring over force.


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Rigel is a bi-coloured Akita Inu/Kishu Inu mix with black and white fur and blue eyes. He has typical urajiro markings, that looks exactly like his brothers and relatives.
In The First Wars, he is shown with snot hanging from his nose.

Much like Orion, Rigel has a foul mouth, and he usually yells at his sister Bellatrix. He seems to have calmed down a bit after spending time with Kurohabaki Terumune .
He has a tendency to be hasty when wanting to fight his enemies, even though he's outnumbered.
Also like Orion , due to his age Rigel can let fits of rage or sadness control him.
In G:TLW , just like his family, Rigel also fights for his comrades such as Sasuke during the fight against Monsoon's Kin. Through that, Rigel's kindness, courage and bravery was similar to his father, Weed's. His willingness and determination to protect Sasuke during the battle against Monsoon's Kin probably comes from the regret he feels from failing to protect his previous mentor or help Masashige .
Despite his brothers constant arguing, he understands them both. Like Weed and his brother, Sirius, he views all life as important. He won't sacrifice one life for another. He has a tendency to be more patient than Orion.
Like Orion, Rigel is also beginning understand the limitations of the Ohu Army, knowing that they need more than just their fangs to defeat Monsoon. Although he is quiet and calm sometimes, Rigel can have a bit of a temper.
Despite having grown up as a wild dog his whole life, Rigel, like his family, does have a soft spot for one human in particular and that's Daisuke. Rigel, like his siblings, does appreciate Daisuke's help when they need it, showing his trust in his grandfather's owner.


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Riki is a muscular, red furred Akita inu  dog. He has a brown collar around his neck, and he has brown eyes.
He gets many scars throughout the series: on his muzzle, chest, back, cheeks and side. Riki is known for his charismatic aura. He often has very serious expression.
In the anime, his fur is very dark and also browner. In the anime, he also has brown eyes.
Since the style change, his eyes are depicted as blue.

Riki is very strong both mentally and physically, hence his name.
He was very brave and intelligent bear hound and extremely loyal to Gohē Takeda . The same way, his soldiers show extreme loyalty to him. He figuratively calls them his children. He is generally seen as a mighty, distant and mysterious figure in the eyes of his soldiers. He tends to be serious and expects everyone to do their work and might get a bit angry if orders are not obeyed.
It's implied that his personality stayed very same despite losing his memory. He seems to remember his immense hate towards Akakabuto, which made him create and collect his pack in order to slay the bear. He didn't remember his son Gin , which left him very confused until he regained his memories.
Riki trusted and cared a lot of Ben and it is unknown why he chose Sniper to be his right hand instead of Ben. He was disappointed and worried as Ben showed up in the battle against Akakabuto despite not allowed to.
Riki has been mentioned to have a uniquely strong sense of justice, as he made Fūga highly impressed and taught him rightfulness. Riki was also good friends with him, while most dogs seemed to be insecure, even racist towards the wolves at first.
As shown in Ginga Densetsu Riki , he was originally mama's boy and was prone to cry and whine. As a puppy, he was very afraid to be separated from his mother, but after he met his father, he wanted to make him proud and started to train himself more physically and mentally strong. He later showed bravery, skill and resilience in battle.


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Saburōmaru is a red Akita Inu with blue eyes, similar to his brother Tarōmaru, great grandfather Riki , and cousins Yukimura , Orion , and Kōshirō .

He can be a little selfish but like his siblings he is brave when he left with them to Jiromaru.


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He is a white Akita Inu mix, with dots over his eyes sharing his family birthmark and has blue eyes. Shion greatly resemblances his great-great grandfather Shiro.

Shion is known to be brave when defending those he cares about and resourceful being able to take care of himself.
Like Weed and Sirius, he is calm, polite and friendly. He looks up to and admires his granduncle Gin wishing to meet him.
Through his friendship with the bears in Nagano and Niigata, he understands that not all bears are bad but not all are good either.
He's a good teacher, as seen by teaching Chibi the language of dogs meaning he is patient, and he is also playful with the young bear cub.
However, he doesn't appreciate reckless and dangerous acts like Sirius not getting out of the way of a rockslide


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In GNG anime he is a non-brindle silver Akita Inu and wears a dark brown collar. In the first coloured pages of GNG manga in Shounen Jump he is light red with a black collar. In a newer picture, he is seen as pure white and with a green collar.

Like Riki and Gin, Shiro is strong, brave, charismatic and well respected among humans and dogs alike.


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Sirius is a silver brindle (tora-ge) Akita Inu/Kishu Inu mix with blue eyes. His fur is portrayed bluish in color. He looks just like his father in every way.

Sirius is calm and kind, brave, strong, and smart like his father. He usually looks out for his siblings.
He is a caring, peaceful, and fair, like his father and grandfather, and looks just like them in appearance. Like his father, he opposes violence and killing, and believes in goodness. He is the wisest of his siblings, trying to solve the conflicts between them. However, Sirius wants to live in a world without fighting but what he failed to realize is that one must learn and live with suffering as they do peace. The other thing he missed out on unlike Rigel and Orion he didn't understand the feeling of helplessness.
But he also can be stubborn and naive, as seen when he still believes he can reason with Monsoon despite the terms the bear gave him. This is because he saw a light in Monsoon at one time, and because of his young age.
He rarely loses his temper but when pushed over the limit he will attack those who make him angry.
Even though Sirius does what he believes in, he can be reckless at times and has a single minded spirit.
Though he's very persevering in achieving his goals, he still cares very much about the well-being of his friends and family, as seen when he saves his cousin Shion from drowning.
He is also very good at a persuading others like Rocket and his younger brother Rigel to take Chibi to Ohu and has big hopes for him.
Despite having grown up as a wild dog his whole life, Sirius like his family does have a soft spot for one human in particular and that's Daisuke. Sirius like his siblings does appreciate Daisuke's help when they need it showing his trust in his grandfather's owner.


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He look like his father, Hiro. He and his father have same fur color and brown ears.


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Tarōmaru is a red Akita Inu with blue eyes, similar to his brother Saburōmaru, great grandfather Riki , and cousins Yukimura , Orion , and Kōshirō .

As a puppy and oldest of the litter he is caring and considerate when he begins to worry about his brother Jirōmaru and shows bravery when he lead his siblings to find him.


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Tokimune ia a silver brindle Akita dog, looking very similar to Gin .

Akame hired him to be Gin's substitute when the Great Leader himself couldn't be in Ouu . John , Smith , and Tesshin also knew about him and the other substitutes', but Gin didn't. After some years, hunters started to hunt the dogs because they thought the dogs were starting to attack humans, but it was P4 who caused the trouble.
One day, Tokimune and one of each of John 's substitute, named Tony , and Akame's substitute and some others were hunted and barely got away. They ran until Tokimune heard something and saw a puppy .
None of them understood why the puppy called Tokimune "father". Tokimune just stares at him, just as Weed stares at him. When Weed says "father" once more, Tokimune remembers why they had been on the run. The wind blows up in the gorge so the dogs have no idea that Hidetoshi ( John 's former owner), and seven other hunters are waiting for them. Suddenly, the wind changes, and Tokimune senses the smell of iron and humans.
He looks up, and sees the humans. Hidetoshi has his finger on the trigger to shoot when Tokimune flees. The first one to get shot was Akame's Substitute . More of the dogs fall by the hunters' bullets in which Tony was one of them.
Tokimune runs as fast as he can, and when he jumps over a gorge, Hidetoshi shoots him in the head. He falls down to the ground, where the other dogs lay dead. Weed was also shot with a shotgun (34 wounds from one shot) but Daisuke saved him.


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Tsurugi is a typical red Akita-inu, with light markings on his face, chest, belly and tail. Over his eyes, he has two black dots.

He's very calm and collected, and is very obedient to his owner, who he likes very much.


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Weed is a brindle (jp.: Tora-Ge ) Akita-Kishu mix with the fur color silver and with blue eyes. Although his fur color is called silver by Yoshihiro Takahashi , it's actually portrayed bluish. His brindle color is shown with thin lines all over his body.
Throughout his life, It can be noticed as Weed matures through the series, both mentally and physically. In GDW only his body is growing while his eyes keep looking big and young. From GDWO on his eyes got smaller and more severe and it increases in GTLW much more. Since then he looks like an actual adult.

Weed is a very brave, compassionate and kind dog with an unusually strong sense of justice. He also has charisma like Gin. He is friendly and always ready to help other dogs, rarely doubting their intentions unlike GB .
When first met in the series, he is a polite and calm little puppy, raised well by his mother. He mourns the death of his mother and often thinks about her and wishes her spirit to give him the strength to carry on. He isn't afraid to die but hates the idea of others sacrificing themselves for him.
Weed, being raised with the rightful stories about his father, has a strong but slightly naive sense of moral. Even when he hadn't met his father, he strongly believed in him and respected him, seeing him as the true symbol of justice.
Although evildoers make him angry, he wishes to give them a second chance as all living beings have only one life. He is shocked when Jerome disobeys him and kills the Foxhound Spies ( Thunder and Lecter in the anime). However, after he calms down, he admits that Jerome's doing sounded quite sensible as it saved him and his comrades.
He is very persistent, never giving up and telling others to hang on. Though he is small and not very strong yet, he has natural skill and great speed. He can be impulsive and reckless due to his youth and sometimes the swings of sadness and anger take control of him.
In GDW:O, Weed has grown into a mature adult, as a father he loves his children dearly wishing for their well being and safety. But he is not afraid to discipline his children especially Orion when trying to teach him about the army's rule of combat.
Despite having grown up as a wild dog his whole life, Weed like his family does have a
soft spot for one human in particular and that's Daisuke. He does
appreciate Daisuke's help when they need it showing his trust in his father's owner.
He's believed to inherit his grandfather Riki's sense of justice and his father Gin's courage.
Like his friends, he is also full of spirit and strong willed too.


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Yamabuki is a white pure Akita Inu. She wears a collar around her neck.

Yamabuki is shown to be mature, caring and kind-hearted. She loves her son, Riki , however, when the pup grows up, Yamabuki tells him that they can't be together anymore, and that he has to start living on his own, like his siblings.


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He has white fur, brown eyes (sometimes green), and often wears a red collar. He has a star-shaped marking on his forehead. Since the style change, his eyes are green.

He's loyal, brave and is often depicted as having a kind heart and trying to do the right thing, but it often backfires or he is unable to succeed in saving a weaker animal or person.


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She is white Akita Inu like one of Gin's Siblings and Kinumaru . Although she is female, she looks very masculine and lacks eyelashes.


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Yukimura has a classical Akita appearance, with red fur and white urajiro markings. His red and white fur, which is complemented by his blue eyes, makes him resemble his grandfather Riki and his nephew Orion . He has three large scars running across the right side of his face and across his eye.

As a puppy like his youngest brother Weed, Yukimura was kind-hearted too, but he felt a great responsibility as the eldest sibling and was very mature for his age.
Yukimura appeared to suffer from PTSD after the attack from the monkeys at a young age. Growing up, he was very stubborn and acted like a genocidal maniac because of his PTSD, even refusing to listen to his adoptive father, Saheiji. Whenever they had a talk about the monkeys, he seemed to have cared a lot about Weed and Joe after finding out Weed was his brother from Saheiji. Much like Riki, he is also strict.
Even though, he knew Gin was his real father, Yukimura greatly honoured Saheiji as his father.
When it comes to strength of numbers he has a sense of honour, believing that the bigger army won't always win. Also when fighting he can be slightly overconfident.
Right before his demise, Yukimura sees that not all monkeys are bad when the rebellious tribe attack Shogun which could mean he is a bit humble when admitting his mistakes.


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He's a Great Dane that used to work under Batto, one of Hōgen's generals. But after Batto was defeated by Ken and Kagetora , he cowardly hides himself from the battlefield. Hōgen managed to find him when the Great Dane was being persued by Weed and Jerome . Harunosuke told his leader about Batto's defeat. Although Hōgen was a selfish leader and would have killed him for his cowardness, he saw his follower as a handy substitute and kindly let Harunosuke go. As Harunosuke was running away, Hōgen headed into the opposite direction and covered his own footprints with a tree branch, so then Weed would follow his substitutes' footprints and not his. Weed, who was still persuing the evil Great Dane, easily fell into Hōgen's ruse and followed Harunosuke's tracks. However, Jerome recognised the different scents between the cowardly dog's tracks and Hōgen's hidden footprints and went into the opposite direction, where Hōgen was heading. Farther away, when Harunosuke was drinking water from a dripping rock, Weed, by the dog's incredible ressemblence to Hōgen, thinks that he had found the cruel mutt and attacks him with his mastered Zetsu Tenrō Battōga . Harunosuke manages to dodge the attack and he explains briefly to the pup about Hōgen's plan. Weed suddenly found out that he was fooled and dashed into Hōgen's direction.
After this scene, Harunosuke was never seen again in the anime.


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Heita is a black and grey Shikoku with brown eyes.

He helped Jerome after he was banished by Weed .


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When Hougen tells him to eat one of the dead dogs in the kennel, he refused and said that those who eat other dogs are known to get sick or even die. However, Hougen forced him by saying that he would kill him if he won't eat him. It isn't official if he is alive or not. He is most likely dead because the narrator said Hougen and Genba ate all of the other dogs in the kennel before the police arrived, so he was probably killed too.


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He was only seen when running along side Weed when the young dog asks him if he's alright, and he has known Smith .


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Pepe boasts that he can bite like a snapping turtle and attempts to show everyone by trying to kill Shōji while he was fighting with his brothers against Genba , but is quickly defeated.
Shōji remarks that "A snapping turtle could do better!" Insulted, Pepe retreats back to Genba's side of the battle field.


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Ryou is a black Shikoku Inu with a creamy undercoat, just like her brothers. She has dark brown eyes.


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He helped Jerome after he was banished by Weed . He was hasty and did not heed Weed's orders, which led to his death. Before the final battle, he was the only one who was killed by Hōgen .


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When P4 attacked Ohu , he convinced Smith to take Sakura , who was pregnant, out of Ohu.
It isn't certain if he's alive or not, giving the fact that he was fighting Kaibutsu at the time.


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Akakabuto was a very unique bear, even so that humans were not sure about his species.
One of his most distinctive traits, the one he was named after, was the red mane running down his back. Otherwise he is dark brown like and originally sized similar to the brown bears of Hokkaido.
His right eye is blind, making it easier to tell him apart from his offspring.
Akakabuto was originally around 2-4 meters in height, but eventually grew into incredible 12 meters. In the end, his weight was about 5000 kg.


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She attacks them to protect her cubs, but after a long and bloody fight she gets killed by Daisuke. An arrow right through her heart finishes the job. She gave Gin his famous scars.


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Chibi is a young Asian black bear who has typical traits of the species. He has dark fur and a white crescent-shaped patch of fur on his chest. His eyes are round and typically those of young individuals. As he grows older, he has started to grow red fur on his back.

When with his mother Chibi is obedient and loves his mother dearly as he is seen crying over her grave.
Chibi is friendly, has great strength and is a quick learner when trying to speak dog language. He is grateful towards Shion and Sirius for saving him and seems to get along well with Rigel.
Despite being a cub, Chibi is very brave willing to stand up to Monsoon to protect Sirius.


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She is an adult Asian black bear, which has typical features of the species. She has a white crescent-shaped patch of fur on her chest.


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The second hybrid bear is presumed to be a mix between a grizzly bear and a polar bear.


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Gaki looks exactly like his father, having a red-furred back and missing his right eye. He is also very large.


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He is a very large brown bear, who has three harpoons lodged into it's back.


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Madara is a big Asian black bear, who has black fur and several scars across his body. In the anime, his colour are more dark blue rather than black.


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Like his father Akakabuto, Monsoon is a huge bear with a red-furred back. Currently, it is unknown how large he is, as his father's size was due to a mutation. It is said that his size was due to his burning hatred of the Ou Army and his continued training to grow stronger to defeat them. His kin are a lot smaller than he is, as he towers over them.
Monsoon has two scars across his left eye and his left arm is much larger than his right arm due to him being born left-handed and constantly using it in battles, which made it grow to an enormous size. Later, his dominant arm also has somewhat blunt claws, due to using it a lot.
The fur covering his left arm is golden, a trait not seen in any of his other family members.
He has a slashed left eye and he got it from Akame.

Monsoon is very similar to his father in personality as much as his appearance. He is very short-tempered and not afraid to kill anyone who stands in his way. Unlike his father, however, Monsoon was afraid of dogs due to his traumatizing past, in particular, he is afraid of John who killed his Mother and his siblings , and almost him. Upon hearing of John 's death, he quickly relaxes somewhat but still fears dogs because of his trauma.
In regards to his kin , Monsoon treats them more like henchmen than brothers and is quick to anger when they fail him. Bob is no exception as well, as Monsoon sees him only as a tool which he can use as he want.
In a very rare instance of mercy, Monsoon allowed Sirius to take the bodies of his comrades away for a burial, the reason he did so was because a young Gin saved him as a cub from being killed by John , and so Monsoon repaid the favor once.
After many tries, Sirius got to reach this bear and since then Monsoon started to get an conscience. He accepted Sirius as his friend though he's still distrustful against him, fearing him to betray him someday. But Monsoon protects him and plays around with him, without injuring him, even if he first tended to be too violent and too rough while playing. But he learns time to time and starts to be more patient and careful, the closer their friendship gets.
Sometimes he still has thoughts of killing Sirius when getting angry but he rather takes his anger out on surrounding objects than on him. After all he can get aggressive fastly if he feels betrayed or manipulated, even just of small things. But Sirius now got a place in his heart and he can't come to injure him even if thinking of it. Since Monsoon gave him his trust he can get hurt and feel betrayed easily, always thinking of the worst first. He even shed tears of pain when he thought that Sirius betrayed him.


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The third hybrid is presumed to be a mix between a grizzly bear and a polar bear.
He was the largest of them, resembling the legendary bear, Akakabuto in size. Its colors are quite unusual as well, as the bear is rusty orange with white and dark markings.

He has a dreadful temper, killing everything living around him.


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Benizakura is a dark brown Tosa dog. He has a dark coat with pale face, chest, legs, belly and tail. Benizakura has a dark muzzle and black markings under his eyes, and also light markings above them.
His ears are torn off, making them look cropped. He has scars over both of his eyes, the left one has X-shaped scars over it, and the right one has two vertical ones. He also has a collar, being golden in the anime, and black with golden details in the manga. His manga-version collar is decorated with five golden blossoms in traditional style.

Benizakura is a serious and fearless dog. He was like that even as a young dog and he showed no fear even when facing much bigger dogs. He is helpful and quite a gentleman, as he helps the young orphan boy and then Cross .
Being an old fighter, he enjoys the idea of meeting opponents strong enough to give him a challenge. He doesn't want to return to dog fighting, though, because what happened to Tsuna Arashi made him dislike the idea of dogfighting.
Benizakura is very humble, often just calling himself an old man and not boasting about his strength nor glorious past. Being an old dog, he wants to be a role model to the youngsters.
Though experienced, he can be a bit impulsive and grumpy at the times. And though very strong, it should be noted that he isn't a very skilled fighter.


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He has assumed brown fur, with dark markings around the muzzle and eyes. His appearance is close to Musashi . He has a thin collar.


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Wilson is a Light Brown, Tan, and White Rough Collie with small and unsual black or very dark brown eyes. He is sometimes shown with white irises in the anime.

Wilson is a calm and wise dog, but the fate of his son and mate made him out of his mind and he almost killed young Tesshin .
He has a lot useful information as he has seen the world. He was a very skilled circus dog, knowing many tricks.
Wilson is generally rational and doesn't do anything reckless. He is best at giving information but is also a good fighter.


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Dokuganryū is a light-coloured Tosa-inu with dark markings. He has a dark muzzle, dark ears and a dark coloured back. He often wears an eyepatch over his remaining eye, whilst his other is missing. His left eye has a vertical scar over it, which he got from his siblings when they fought.


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He's a Tosa with brown fur and black markings around his eyes.


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Zero is a silver Siberian Wolf. His fur was initially portrayed more silver in color, but is portrayed as bluish after the style change.

As a puppy he is playful, curious, and brave, but also a bit reckless. Now as a 1 year old, Zero determined and strong for a young wolf.


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Kevin is a kitten that lives with Hanako , Yoshihiro, and his family. He's worried about Hanako as well as the rest of the family and Yoshihiro's wife tells him that he's good enough to be in the house which makes Hanako jealous and Yoshihiro tells her to stop. Kevin then swipes at Hanako and Yoshihiro's wife tells him not to do it.


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He is reddish Irish Wolfhound mix and has orange (sometimes yellow) eyes.

Akakamakiri is the most violent out of his brothers. He has a short temper and does not care for others in his group. When Sirius joins, he shows slight respect when the pup saves him but soon distances himself and regularly beats his group if they fail in a mission. He is close to his brothers but will not hesitate to beat them down if they disobey him or anger him. After leaving the group he becomes very emotionally unbalanced and unstable, wishing for Gennai to kill him. However, upon meeting his mother again and rejoining his brother, Kurokamakiri, he becomes friendly and more sociable towards others.
He becomes undying loyal to Sirius willing to protect him from anything as a way of repaying his debt even if it means defying the Ou Army.


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Bon is a white German Shepherd (Berger Blanc Suisse) with large eyes. He has markings on the corners of his eyes that resemble eyeliner.

He is very spoiled, arrogant and demanding. His understanding of right and wrong is pretty preposterous, because of his father's teachings.
As he spends time with the Ouu Army he starts act more friendly towards others and has a spark of justice in him when he refuses to follow his father anymore.
He happens to be a bit of a trickster where he throws Blanca off his new friend's trail. He also really loves his family, which is shown when he cries over his uncle's grave and asks Akame to spare his father after the battle against Masamune.


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He has the same coloring a Koga ninja dog but instead his face is mostly white with black around his ears, eyes and part of his muzzle with. He has a slashed right eye and it is unknown how he got it.

He is known to be evil, impatient, rebellious, and persistent.


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He is pure black Irish Wolfhound mix and has blue eyes.

Kurokamakiri is laid back and gentle compared to his brother, Akakamakiri. Although he is quick to resort to fighting, he sticks up for Sirius when the pup joins and defends those in the pack who are in need of it. As time passes, Kurokama becomes very friendly with Sirius and they become close friends. Upon joining the Ou army, he shows great respect for others and is sociable to the rest of the pack.


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Kyōshirō is a white Kishu with odd eyelashes and large black eyes.
He has several scars across his body. He has one on his back, one on his tail, one on each leg, two on his chest (one on each side), one on his right cheek, one on the right side of his forehead, one across his face, two on his left cheek and one on his left ear.
He also used to have two scars on his forehead and a third scar moving across the two scars on his left cheek (from Lecter 's fangs), but they later faded completely.
In the anime version, he lacks eyelashes, has a gray smudge under his nose, and his scars are much more inconsistent.

Kyōshirō is an aggressive, impatient and violent young dog.
He doesn't see what happens around him when he gets angry, a thing he admitted himself.
He is a very brave and confident fighter, but he may get himself and others in trouble because of his impulsiveness and tendency to not think things through.
Although he often has good intentions, he handles things in a harsh way. According to him, anger was originally the only way he knew how to react towards others, because of his harsh past.
He once believed that only violence could solve problems, but he also had a rightful side: he didn't want to harm travelers, is caring towards puppies and refused to serve Hōgen . He wanted to help, guide and protect abandoned young dogs and make them real males. He was even ready to give his own life in order to save young Teru .
Due to his past experiences, Kyōshirō was once very distrustful of adults, believing they're liars and only use their puppies for their own good. He soon changed his view as Teru's father sacrificed himself and when the Ōu males helped him.
He slowly becomes more mature and considerate while travelling with the Ōu army , but he also loosens up and becomes more playful and humorous. Although he is occasionally angered by Weed 's beliefs, he believes that Weed 's rightfulness will make him more rightful.
Tōbē 's death affected Kyōshirō greatly and because of it, he promised to become more mature as an adult. As he begins to grow, Kyōshirō becomes extremely loyal to Weed and even crying over his leader's supposed demised and tears of joy when he returns.
Despite becoming an adult, Kyōshirō is still aggressive and hasty, sometimes even needing to be talked down by Mel or restrained by some of the older dogs. But he keeps it under a bit more control seen in GTLW , as he seems to have some respect for his elders like Cross .
He is pretty tough on Orion , seeing him as a brat in the need of a good discipline lesson, or seeing much of himself in the young pup. As Orion continues to grow, Kyōshirō starts to develop some respect for him. And even though he is tough on Orion, Kyōshirō does care for him in his own way sometimes by using words of praise or knocking some sense into him.


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Teru is a bicolored orange and white unknown mix with brown eyes.
In the anime his fur is more brown and cream in color.

When he is first introduced, Teru is a skittish puppy and afraid of his father. After he is rescued, he comes to respect and look up to Kyōshirō. When his father was being tortured, Teru did nothing to help and even declared that he was not his son. Teru showed a bit of bravery when he faked a suicide sentence (Thunder and Lecter held him hostage and threatened to kill him) and when he attacked Lecter.
After spending some time with the Kōga elder and the Kōga Clan, Teru's bravery grew. He seems to possess a possible leadership position and lead the Junior Ninja Dogs to save the Ōu Army .


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Tesshin has a light colored mohawk on his head. His fur is spotted and usually colored dark brown or gray.
Tesshin's fur is short and healthy looking. Tesshin's eyes are often colored brown or black. His stomach, legs, tail underside and muzzle underside are light colored (usually white). His body is flexible and strong.

Tesshin is rightful, loyal and brave dog. He is often calm and polite. He is selfless and ready to die for his friends.
However, during his first appearance, he is very bitter and quite aggressive. He turns much friendlier after the misunderstandings are cleared. He is ready to kill those who deserve it, but never wants to use unfair nor low means.
Though he clearly respects the Kōga shinobi traditions, he knows things have changed and that the old ways of thinking shouldn't be blindly followed.
Though his father means a lot to him and he seems to have at least some respect for Kurojaki and his memory, he despises the evil things he did and wishes he could repay them.
Tesshin rarely loses his temper and he can be hasty too, wishing to avenge the demise of those close them like the Koga Elder.


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Akame is a pure white Kishu dog.
He has black eyes (brown in GNG and now sometimes blue since the style change). They are not red, since he is named after his ancestors, not his eye color. He has a slashed right eye and he got it from Monsoon .
Akame is often seen with calm expression, matching his personality.

Akame is a wise and calm dog. He rarely loses his temper and knows a lot about fighting.
However, he was raised to be an Iga ninja and fight against Kōga dogs, without questions. He has been trained well, being very fast, having excellent hearing and knowing many ancient techniques. He is able to use objects usually only humans could use.
Akame feels horrible guilt after accidentally blinding Ben , the dog he respects a lot. He also doesn't like the idea of other dogs getting into the battle between Iga and Kōga, believing that no innocent dog should suffer from it.
Akame realizes that respecting the ancestors is fine but blindly obeying orders coming from several generations behind isn't good. He leaves his old mission and starts a new one, but also shows respect towards Kurojaki , the leader of the Kōga Clan, and his Kōga dogs who still were loyal and died for their mission by following Kurojaki into the fire of the burning Iga House.
Akame quickly befriends the other dogs, often being a voice of reason and supporting young Gin as a new platoon leader.
Akame faces his past again when he fights Shūga and is shocked by their similarities, still feeling guilt of his obsessive Iga past. However, Ben tells him that he is not like Shūga.
In Ginga Densetsu Weed , Akame is a big help due to his calm and rational thinking - and his ninja skills. He sometimes gets into small quarrels with much more hot-headed Kurotora .


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Ben is a large, muscular Great Dane, and is mainly a light brown with black splotches around his eyes. He has a dark brown snout, and wears a red beaded collar.
He has cropped ears and a collar, showing his past as a pet dog. His collar is red, but for some reason it's portrayed a greenish gray in GDW anime.

Ben is a dog with great physical and mental strength. He has unusual endurance, bravery, wisdom and sense of honor.
He is extremely loyal to his leader Riki and his mission, viewing it as his reason to live. Riki trusts him greatly and cares of him, making it odd why Sniper is his right hand instead of Ben.
He respects dogs with resilience and bravery. He is very impressed by Gin 's skill and nature, but the younger dog is still quite young and Ben often guides him. Ben is willing to entrust Gin with the first platoon leader role after he loses his sight, knowing he would be a great leader.
Ben has a very kind heart. He has mentioned himself that he dislikes killing and tends to give the criminals another chance instead. He has often helped and saved other dogs. He saved the young Kai Brothers and took care of them until they could survive on their own. He also helped Akame escape after he was caged by his owner. Ben's owner seems to trust and understand his dog very well and it seems like that he sometimes lets Ben wander by himself.
Ben is at the times a bit comically under Cross 's thumb and doesn't want to make her angry. Eventually, the two fall in love and have puppies together. While other dogs are unaware of her being pregnant at first, it seems that Cross told Ben about it. Ben wants to protect his family in the battle against Akakabuto no matter what. He is protective father and shows his pups affection.
In Ginga Densetsu Weed , Ben has turned completely blind and also senile from age. Cross takes good care of him. Sometimes he starts to wander, not realizing where he is going, and doesn't recognize things like he used to. Sometimes he might turn a bit angry or stubborn due to his inability to remember and understand things clearly.
In the GDW anime, his senility was turned more comical, while it has more sad and serious tone in the manga. Generally, his mind is more clear in the anime. Yet, he is oddly grumpy and aggressive in GDW anime, not matching his personality in manga.
=== Kai No San Kyōd After Ben got wounded by Sniper , Cross watched over him in the nursery and licked Ben's wounds while he was laying on the floor , mumbling to Cross . ===


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Chūtora is a Kai Ken with brown fur and black stripes. He has amber eyes .
The differences between him and his brothers is his fur color and his missing right ear. Chūtora's ear was ripped off by the same marten who bit out Kurotora 's eye.
In the GNG Anime he has fully brown fur, while in the Manga he has a paler underbelly.

Chūtora is aggressive and quick-tempered, like his brothers. He turns nicer after joining the pack and getting new friends.
He fights with Cross and gets furious after finding out that she's a female, attacking the other Ōu dogs for sending a female in the battle. He refuses to fight Cross even if she tries to, but remarks that he will kill her if she doesn't stop.
Like his brothers, Chūtora dislikes to run away from the enemy. However, like Akatora and unlike Kurotora , he knows that running is at the times better option.
Chūtora gets angry if he sees disrespectfulness towards the leader. He is often annoyed by Smith in Shin Gaiden . He shows respect towards Gin by calling him supreme commander instead of calling him by his name like most of his friends do.
Like all the brothers, he respects Ben greatly and would be ready to die for him.


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John is a purebred German Shepherd with a cream and black color. He has a black mask and originally blue eyes, which are sometimes portrayed as yellow or brown in later artworks. In GNG he wears a brown collar - yellow in later artworks - which he looses in the end of the Akakabuto Arc .
In the GNG Anime his markings are quite different from the Manga version, and his cream tone is more likely portrayed as a light brown.

John is an arrogant, cocky and short-tempered dog. However, he is also very loyal and brave.
He is quite a big show-off and it's mentioned that he is proud of being European breed rather than Japanese one. He has seen the world with Hidetoshi and helped him hunt several animals, including large and dangerous beasts. It's possible that due to this he never had much relationships with other dogs, explaining his somewhat poor social skills.
Though he certainly has skill and strength, he seems to view himself more stronger than he actually is. He often recklessly challenges much stronger opponents, like Riki and Gaia and even once the whole pack of Kurojaki , always being sure that he will win. He is impatient and wants to leap in battle even when it's not a smart thing to do and would lead in trouble or even his death.
John has a notably harsh tongue. He is prone to swear and insult his opponents. However, he talks to the Old Dog in a polite way, proving that he has respect at least for elders. He seems to have problems admitting the skill and strength in other dogs, but learns to respect Gin and Riki.
Few times, John has shown interest in leading other dogs. At first he wanted to take over Riki's pack and then Kurojaki's pack. He seems to like the idea of other dogs serving and obeying him. Given his attitude and temper, he probably wouldn't be a very good leader.
He is stubborn and sometimes doesn't listen the others very well. He also seems to take negative first impressions of other dogs, most of them later changing. He is often aggressive at the dogs who have done no harm.
In Ginga Densetsu Weed , he is much older and has became more humble, not anymore seeing himself as the best. However, he is still very confident and hotheaded, especially if underestimated due to his age. He is still aggressive (like towards Sasuke at first) and tends to not trust strangers (like Reika and Gon ). Akame and Gin scold him at the times due to his rude behavior or eagerness to kill. Nevertheless, he shows unending bravery and loyalty.


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Kurotora is a Kai Ken with dark fur and black stripes. He has yellow eyes like his brothers. He has a slashed right eye and he got it from the same marten who ripped off Chūtora ’s right ear. In the GNG anime, he is completely dark blue-gray, while in the manga he has a paler underbelly.
Since the style change, he has different face markings and blue eyes.

Kurotora is aggressive, violent and short-tempered. While all three brothers are known of their quick temper, Kurotora is the most impatient and easily provoked, attacking easily with small reasons.
His impulsiveness sometimes makes him recklessly attack much stronger enemies. He'd rather die than run away - and he taught this way of thinking to his nephews. Apparently, it's Akatora who first told him about this way of thinking, but Kurotora didn't listen to the part about how running is okay in extreme situations.
Like his brothers, Kurotora respects Ben deeply and would give his life for him. Kurotora would have died if Ben wasn't there to rescue him.
Kurotora feels hate towards snakes due to his past experience with one as a puppy and eagerly challenged Hyakkiga due to his serpent-like armor. He is not afraid of snakes but they simply seem to make him aggressive.
In Ginga Densetsu Weed , Kurotora is still highly aggressive but old - and he hates to be reminded of it. He is very proud of his nephews and sons and greatly cares about them, though he can be a bit harsh with them at the times. He mourns deeply when his nephews die.
Kurotora understands well when Shigure wants to avenge the deaths of his brothers and eagerly encourages him to have revenge.
He sometimes gets into small quarrels with Akame as the Kishu is notably more rational and Kurotora doesn't always agree with his way of thinking. The other Ouu veterans sometimes need to calm Kurotora down as well as he is very annoyed when he isn't allowed to fight.
Kurotora seems to realize his own nature and once mentioned that he isn't as goodhearted as Gin or Akame as he rather beats up the enemy in anger.
In Ginga Densetsu Weed: Orion and Ginga: TLW, Kurotora admires and respects the veterans of the army and becomes angry at those who disrespects his comrades.


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Smith is a French Spaniel mix with black and white fur. On old GNG Anime media his fur is sometimes portrayed brown instead of black.
He has brown eyes and wears a yellow collar . He lost his collar somewhere between GNG and GDW .
In GDW his right front leg had been amputated. His long ears seemed oddly shorter since GDW because of a change in art style.

Smith was often comical, sarcastic and jokes around. He was good friends with Gin , though he underestimated him at first due to his age.
He often bullied Cross a bit and she always had something to say back. Smith always had small comical quarrels with Moss as well. They didn't really dislike each other, though, and they were friends. Actually, Smith was in love with Cross , even though he knew that she loves Ben .
According to a joking Cross , Smith was a womanizer. In the Manga , he once said strictly that he is not into males. However, he later hugs and licks Chutora , showing that he has no problem with being physically closer to other males.
Smith may seem slightly cowardly and timid at the times, but he had a very strong side. He showed fear and dislike of wolves at first, more than the other dogs, but eventually accepted them.
During the battle against Akakabuto 's bears, Smith showed his very brave and serious side and was ready to die fighting. He hated it when he could not carry on in the battle after being injured.
In GDW , Smith is older and seems much more serious. However, it's revealed that before the disappearance of Sakura , he was joking and laid-back just like when he was younger. It's likely that the failure of protecting Sakura and loss of his leg made him change a bit.
As an older dog, he felt responsible of younger dogs and wanted to teach them manners and protect them. Sometimes they may annoy him a bit and he doesn't always believe them.


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Ram is a young collie mix, with typical features of the breed. He has orange-brown fur with white markings around his muzzle and on his chest, legs, belly and tail. He has long fur, specifically the cheeks. He has semi-pricked ears, and round eyes with medium pupils. He has a brown, thin collar with a golden clasp.

He's very kind, but not very strong. Ram is very helpful and caring.


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Gaia is a big black-and-white Hokkaido Wolf. He has a slashed right eye and it's unknown how he got it.
He has black grin-like markings around his mouth and dark grey face. He has fluffy white cheeks and white eyebrows. He has very sharp and strong fangs he uses to cut limbs and heads from his opponents.

Gaia is a cruel, evil wolf lord who appears to be more or less insane. He is extremely self-centered.
He views himself as a superior and god-like figure, refusing to give his rule to anyone and thinking that his word is the law.
Gaia doesn't listen to explanations and kills all minions who fail to complete their mission.He drives to kill anyone who challenges him and shows no mercy.
He doesn't care about his soldiers and only sees them as tools, puppies too. He seems to be very manipulative towards the young wolves of his pack, raising them to killers who serve him with their lives without questions.
Gaia believes that the strong have right to rule and that the rulers will decide what is right and what is wrong.


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Kazuki is a brown Siberian Husky and Alaskan Malamute mix with a white belly.


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Reima is a huge, magnificent black-and-white Hokkaido Wolf.
He has a darker muzzle and stripes on his face.
He later loses his left paw.

Reima is charismatic, wise and polite old wolf.
He has sense of honor and once mentioned that he has never killed a female or puppy.
However, he may turn angry when disobeyed or betrayed and he takes the honor of warriors very seriously.


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Shinsaku is a black-and-white Siberian Husky.
He has a mainly white face but black circles around his eyes, similar to a panda.

Shinsaku lives with his brothers and father in Mutsu.


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Denshichi is a black-and-white Siberian Husky and Alaskan Malamute mix with blue eyes.
The fur around his mouth is black but his muzzle is pale from above.

Denshichi lives with his brothers and father in Mutsu.


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Lenov is a silver and white German Shepherd . He inherited his fur color from his mother Lydia , only a bit darker.


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She is a silver (portrayed as blue) German Shepherd and has black eyes. She has a heart-shaped pattern on her forehead.

She is a cunning and somewhat mysterious female. She is also a skilled fighter and she was raised to be a ruthless killer. Still, just like her brother, she dislikes the killing of females and puppies.


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Tetsuo has the same fur color as their mother Lydia .


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Hiro is a big molosser dog of the Great Pyrenees breed, who has thick and long fur, coloured pale golden. He also has reddish brown ears, and dark markings on the muzzle bridge and small spots around the front. He has blue eye colour, and the right eye is scarred with a vertical slash that's seemingly missing, from when Kamakiri wounded him and killed his father.

In the series, Hiro was originally a loner. He is very brave but a bit short-tempered. He enjoys fighting, and once mentioned a bit comically that he might be a masochist.
His only goal in life was to become big and strong in order to kill and defeat Kamakiri , the dog who murdered his father. He lived alone for a long time and didn't really care about others.
He is known for castrating his opponents, because "only a real male needs to have balls between his legs". Though he is quite rough to other males, he seems to be kind towards females and tends to save those he sees in trouble.
He is interested in Gin due to his reputation, though he also mentions that he doesn't judge others based on rumors. Because of what happened to his father, he hates people who fight many against one.
He is eventually greatly moved when he realizes the loyalty, courage and rightfulness of the Ōu army with the example of John and realizes he wouldn't be alone anymore. He starts to turn more social and even comical at the times. After he leaves the revenge behind, he focuses on building a better future and living with his friends and family.
Hiro often lets Mole ride on his back and doesn't seem to be bothered by this. Actually, he seems to like helping the little guy.


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In Manga, Jaguar is a black Mastiff. He is much smaller and more slender than his father. He also doesn't have a collar, implying that he was born wild unlike his father.
In GNG Anime, he is dark brown.

Jaguar is a young soldier, but not as impatient and reckless as his father.
He is impressed by the great mission of the Ohu dogs, seeing it as something greater than becoming the next leader of Moss' pack. He is even ready to leave without his father, which makes Moss happy as it reveals the growing independence of his son.


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Kenshin is a yellow-brown and white, dark brown snout Saluki mix with black silky ears, spots under his eyes and chest.
He has black eyes.

He had a strong sense of honor and he was basically fair. He did not like the dogs, who were trying to control the other with just the power and the amount.


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Musashi is a brown (also described with reddish brown fur) Tosa dog. There's darker fur around his eyes and mouth.
Later in Ginga Densetsu Weed, he loses his left eye.

Musashi is a calm and patient dog with sense of justice, soon befriending the Ohu dogs. He is a very skilled fighter.
He is polite but ready to show to the overly confident dogs their place. He also saves Akatora from Bill 's dog and is ready to protect Gin with his life, showing his rightfulness and courage. He has negative opinion of Bill, seeing him as a criminal. However, he respects the Ohu dogs due to their honorable goal.
Musashi rarely looses his temper and sometimes speaks sense to the other dogs. Due to his high rank as a fighting dog, he has a lot comrades in fighting dogs who listen to him.
He is a true gentleman towards females. In the manga, Cross is a bit charmed by him and sees him as a handsome male. Still, she is in love with Ben and this doesn't lead to anything. Musashi shows great respect towards Benizakura .
In Ginga Densetsu Weed , Musashi keeps his calm nature and his sense of justice. He doesn't see losing in battle as humiliating but he feels deep shame when the successor he chose became a bad guy.


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Saburō is a black-and-white Alaskan Malamute/Siberian Husky mix with blue eyes.
He looks a lot like his father but with a white muzzle and without the stripes.

He is vengeful towards Masashige , as the white dog caused the deaths of his father and brothers Shinsaku and Kazuki.


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He is brown and white Koga with mohawk on his head.

Like Toshimitsu , Tsukikage is extremely loyal and devoted to Tesshin as he sees him as the Koga Clan's heir. He also show extreme bravery when defending Tesshin from Monsoon's claws.


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Akame is white Kishu and wear black eye patch.
It's unknown whether or not one of his eyes is blind.


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Akatora is a red brindle Kai dog with red fur, white urajiro colouring and black stripes. His eye color is amber but is also recognizable as a light brown.
The differences between him and his brothers is his fur colour and him having both ears and both eyes left. Since Ginga Densetsu Weed , he had a slight re-design and got different face markings. But this refers to his brotehrs too.
In the GNG Anime , he was fully red while in the GNG Manga he has a paler underbelly. On coloured images his underbelly is shown white or in a cream tone.

Akatora is quick-tempered and violent but he's also very brave, just like his brothers. But he's still the most reasonable of all of them. After joining the Ōu Army the three brothers become thoroughly kinder and learn to listen to thair friends words, what often stops them from bad decisions like running in the arms of their opponent.
The three trust each other with their lives and in battles they work together as if they're a single being. They also trust and respect thair life savior Ben greatly and they're always ready to die for him without any doubts.
As the oldest brother, Akatora is the leader of the Kai trio, being protective with his brothers. But still not that much though as he knows that they can fight just as well as he can. Akatora is also the most sensible one of them, knowing that it's sometimes better to run away than fight. He shows his sensitive side, crying a bit when he thought that his brothers died.
Also he can be slightly overly confident, but he is very brave and strong. He is fiercely loyal and fearless, is not afraid to die and accepts his fate when it turns out bad for him.
Akatora often sneers at Moss and calls him fat, but their insults to each other turn more friendly after they become closer. Akatora and his brothers start to call him grandpa Moss, instead, still liking to annoy him a bit. This shows that he also has a funny side.


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Aram is a German shepherd with facial markings similar to John . He is covered in large scars, mostly from the Soviet war and is missing his ears and flesh around his nose and muzzle, both cut off with a knife from an enemy soldier in the war.

He is the most blood-thirsty and ruthless of the majors, as he is very eager to kill and gives no mercy to anyone. However, he used to be a kind-hearted dog, and even after his change he respects Maxim a lot for saving his life in war.


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Bemu is a Boxer-like dog with brown fur and eyes.
His belly is yellow in the GNG anime.
His head was badly corroded and scarred by muriatic acid.

Bemu is a fighter with sense of honor, but being ashamed of his appearance, he shut himself away from the world and his heart became crooked.
He was seemingly obsessed with manners and killed or blinded anyone who didn't obey them, while in reality it was all only because of his own shame about his face.
Bemu believes that other dogs find him disgusting as well and that they will either laugh or pity him. He was surprised when Great did neither of these and was loyal to his mission.
He often tests the intruders bravery, finding it amusing. However, when he realizes that Great is serious, he saves him from death. Bemu admits his shame about his appearance and realizes that it isn't important. In fighting, Bemu is strong and tough and can take even bad strikes.


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Bill is a black-and-brown Doberman with black eyes. He has no collar but he has cropped ears.
His belly was more like reddish-brown while for example, Sniper 's belly was just brown.

Bill is short-tempered, and despite his reputation as a criminal, he has a sophisticated side.
He is a true gentleman towards females, like seen with Cross , and he also treats his visitors well. However, he hates intruders. After befriending and joining the Ouu dogs, he insists to make them sleeping places and orders his minions to work.
Bill is a proud resident of Shikoku and proud of being a Doberman, this being one of the reasons why he quickly befriends Sniper the Doberman. However, he dislikes his low tricks and cowardice, soon losing the respect towards him and proving that he has a sense of honor.
He is often annoyed by his young minions, calling them "kids of these days". He excepts good manners and work from them. He also hates being woken up and has made strict time schedules. Still, he also has a certain sense of humor.


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Bozlev is a cream-and-black german shepherd with black markings above and below his Ice-blue eyes, he has nicks on both ears, the right one has a gunhole-like nick, while the left one has a chunk-shaped nick.

Like his older brother, Bozlev is cunning and manipulative. He is not afraid to let his soldiers die in battle and obeys his brother's every command, even if he does not agree with him.


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He is a brown and white boxer with a gray muzzle and black markings around his orange brown eyes.


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He is grey white brindle with black patterns, black forehead and eye contour, black floppy ears, a black stripe under each eyes.


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Buruge is a reddish brown dog with brown eyes.
He has dark brown ears and markings on face. There are two scars crossing his face.
In the anime, his eyes are blue-grey.

Buruge is a brave and quite courteous male. He is fair and sensible but seemed to be quite strict about orders.
He has a sense of duty, not wanting to give up after going into the war. At first he seems to believe that any kind of commander needed to be obeyed since that is what minions should do.
He seems to be more or less unaware of Hōgen's true nature and even when Hōgen treats his minions harshly, he believes that he is doing so because he is a commander in hard situation - war.
Though originally assumed to be just a bad guy, he has a rightful heart and he cares about his minions.
He defended Kyōshirō and took care of him when he was accused of being a spy and wounded.
Buruge seems rather calm and wise and he gladly joined Gin after realizing what kind of male he is.
In the anime version, Buruge's personality changed greatly and he became more of a generic villain. He is overly confident in his unique skill and seems to lose his willigness to live after losing his battle with Kyōshirō.


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He resembles Hakurō's anime design.
In manga, he is a brown brindle Siberian Husky with black streaks under the eyes and has light blue eyes.

Byakko is helpful to anyone in trouble and will follow his father anywhere.


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Dodo is a gray Kai Dog with black stripes and floppy ears unlike Shōji and Shigure and has black eyes with two black stripes beneath each eye, with black-rimmed eyes.


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Fūga is a Hokkaido Wolf with golden fur and a white belly. He has small but bright black pupils.
He has the typical face markings of his species: darker muzzle and stripes around his eyes.

Fūga is very skilled and strong fighter, giving him even legendary status.
He had a strong sense of justice which seemed unusual among the wolves. His rightfulness grew even more when he met Riki who taught him justice.
He is calm, wise and polite wolf. He is mentioned to be sensible most of the time.


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He is a dark-coated Kai-Ken with typical stripes across his body and face. He has dark markings over his eyes and around his muzzle. He has lighter markings around his muzzle, bottom face, chest, belly, legs and tail. His eyes have big, light irises with black around them.

Gekka is somewhat short-tempered and rough. When he knows he's overpowered by an enemy, he isn't willing to fight.


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He looks very similar to his brother but his ears aren't cropped and he has no scars. Though, his front head gets scalped by Akame later in the manga. Also, his eyes are green in the manga (sometimes blue).

Genba was an aggressive and evil dog.
He was less intelligent and more reckless and impulsive than his brother. He also didn't seem to be very independent, working from Hōgen's order and following his brother's ideals and repeating his brother's thoughts instead of his own.
Like his brother, Genba had a perverted liking for females, especially Japanese breeds.
Genba was very sadistic, often wanting to slowly suffocate his opponents and occasionally seeming to enjoy the pain caused to himself. He did not care about his soldiers, and has left them behind to die.
Though described dumb by his brother, he has actually shown more cunning side when he calm and without distractions. Still, he clearly wasn't too smart and was unable to do more complex planning. He admires his brother and seems to be a bit like a puppy in behavior when compared to him.


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He is red brown and white Siberian Husky and has light blue eyes.

Genbu is helpful to anyone in trouble and will follow his father anywhere.


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George is a white Saluki mix, interestingly looking like a pure-bred one. He has many scars on his body.

George is quite aggressive and short-tempered male. He is easily annoyed and can turn violent and rude when angered. He was once a docile and calm puppy but his sister's death traumatized and changed him.
He is tough and hardened by his past, not crying as often as most characters. His notably weakness is his fear of water which he eventually overcomes.
He was furious and greatly annoyed when Weed banished Jerome, not understanding his way of thinking and calling him a coward. He himself has no problems with killing those who in his opinion deserve it, believing that they don't deserve mercy.
Interestingly, he seemed to understand that Jerome was going to kill the Hougen's spies by only looking into his eyes.


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Gohē is an old man with a tall stature. He has grey-coloured hair, eyebrows and beard. His left ear is gone and left is a large scar with four claw markings. His clothing is very often seen as a long, dark coat, a dark cap, a light coloured haramaki, blue trousers, a red scarf, and fingerless gloves. His coat and hat have white fur inside. After getting attacked by Akakabuto and forced into a crevice together with Riki, he cuts off his lower right leg which will later be replaced with a metal prosthetic.

He is known of being a grumpy loner and having violent, even deadly, methods to train hunting dogs. He usually starts to train a dog when it is only 1-month-old.
He cares a lot about his dogs though, which can be seen when he sees the death of Riki, but also when he cuddles Gin after he saved Daisuke and when he dies embracing Gin.


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Goldeye is a black-and-white Hokkaido Wolf.
He has two scars crossing his face and the black grin-like markings around his mouth.
He had glowing, golden eyes which made him able to see through thick mist and made him look slightly mechanical.

Goldeye was trained to be a hakkenshi of Sirius by Juga . He believed himself to be a hakkenshi.
He had the ability to raise mist from certain environments like Hyōma , but his mist is thicker. When Gin ’s group enters the Underworld, he fights Hyōma with the help of his mist, but gets killed in the battle.


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Great is a Great Dane.
In the anime, he is mainly a golden brown color with tan inside his ears, under his belly, and a streak down his head to his snout.
He is never colored in the manga, but it is assumed he is a light brown similar to the anime.

Great is extremely loyal and brave dog with great sense of justice, almost dying for his mission.
He is quite smart and calm, rarely doing anything reckless and generally friendly. He says to Bemu that what is inside is more important than what is outside.
He is bitter when he believes that he cannot face his true mission, starting to cry blood. Bemu is impressed by his bravery and loyalty.


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Hakurō is a bicoloured black-and-white Siberian Husky. He has common markings of the breed, such as white above the eyes and white on his cheeks, chest, legs, belly and tail. His eyes are light blue with black corneas. He also has two vertical scars at the corner of his right eye, which is presumed to be from a bear's claws. Later in the wolf arc, his right leg is cut off by one of the attacking wolves.
Hakurō in the Ginga Nagareboshi Gin anime has a very different appearance. His black colour has now been changed to orange, and his nose is coloured in a mint-green hue. His markings around his eyes also changed, but his eyes are still blue.
In the Ginga Densetsu Weed manga, his design has changed a bit, since the style also has changed since Ginga Nagareboshi Gin. He now has white markings over his eyes that look more like eyebrows. Hakurō's old age can be seen in his appearance, considering that he has gotten more strands of hair sticking out. Hakurō is never seen or even mentioned in the anime though.

Hakurō is a wild and feisty dog, calling himself and his pack a bunch of troublemakers.
He is a bit overly confident and reckless, but a very brave fighter. He is proud of his bear hunting skills, though he admits that in order to be a good fighter you have to stay in shape by fighting.
Hakurō quickly befriends the Ōu dogs, calling them his comrades. For him, his comrades are like brothers and he greatly values comradeship.
One of Hakurō's more defining traits is his excited hyena-like laugh is even more well known of his laugh in the anime version.
Despite being a wild dog he loves his family dearly wishing to avenge his sons and comrades that have been killed at the paws of the Russian dogs. He also enjoys playing with his grandchildren and when Hakuro sees that no one is going to make out alive he sends his grandkids away to safety as he refuses to watch them die.


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In 1985, Yoshihiro Takahashi was visiting a friend in Los Angeles when he discovered her pet Hanako. Although Hanako was half Siberian Wolf and greatly resembled one, she had been registered as a dog by American standards. When Yoshihiro expressed interest, his friend offered to let him take her, being unable to look after her properly.
Although affectionate toward humans and gentle with children, Hanako was an escape artist and constantly got loose. She also had trouble getting along with the neighborhood dogs, getting into fights with them during her adventures. This went on for five or six years, until Hanako was 14 years old.
In her old age, Hanako became too weak to stand for very long, and started losing control of her bladder. She started to eat less, and only when her master fed her by hand. When Hanako started peeing blood, she was finally taken to get medical care. Discovering an infection in her uterus, she went into surgery to at least take away her pain.
Following the surgery, Hanako spent several days resting at the animal hospital when the veterinarian suddenly called the family to inform them that her condition was unstable. By the time they arrived to see her, she had passed on.


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Hayabusa is brown Great Dane with black splotches around his eyes. He has a dark brown snout. He wear armor around his body. Shares a striking resemblance with Ben .

One day, Hayabusa got caught by humans and as they were ready to shoot him, Honou jumped in front and took the bullet. She died instantly, but the episode taught Hayabusa the strong force of friendship and love.
When Hayabusa appears in the story, he has joined Gama and serves as his war general. He is sent out to put an end to the Kagero clan and kill Gamu . However, when the leader of Kagero, Ryuugen , commits suicide and the two ganins Shiba and Kusakage jump into the flames to save their master, Hayabusa is reminded of Honou’s death and what she taught him. He therefore kills his soldiers and lets Gamu and Rando escape.
He then returns to Gama's base. After a while when guarding the entrance to Gama's territory, he meets Yamamoto Kansuke , who brings the order of killing all the ganins of Kagero. Hayabusa knows that this messenger will bring him his death, as he told Gama that he has killed all in the Kagero clan.
He talks to his son, Tsubakuro and tells him to join Gamu insted of staying with Gama. He then runs to Gama's base to kill his master. However, Hayabusa gets killed and fed to the ravens of the area. Before he dies, he uncovers that Gama isn’t a human, but a superintelligent Kai Ken ganin too.


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Hazuki is a Siberian Husky with pale brown eyes. He has black ears and stripes on his face.
He has dark brown muzzle and back. His belly is pale brown.
In GNG anime, he has blue eyes, black markings, and a blue-grey belly.

Hazuki is the moot aggressive and impatient of the four brothers.
He is brave but reckless fighter. He makes a foolish move by attacking much stronger Moss , after calling him fat.
He sneers at the Ohu dogs when they walked into their trap. He also laughs at Terry after he died, saying that he had pathetic life and pathetic death.


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Hyakkiga is a Japanese wolf, assumed to be pale brown in color. He wears armor with snake-mask and spikes covered in poison.

Hyakkiga is slightly overly confident, as he was raised believing that his technique is unbeatable, just like the other Warriors.
Still, he longed to see the outside world and cried while doing so. He also seemed shocked and afraid when Noroi decided to kill him though he apparently knew it would happen.


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Hōgen is a huge harlequin Great Dane with yellow eyes (sometimes blue in the manga ).
His ears are ragged and there are two scars on the left side of his head. There are also two scars on his neck.

Hōgen is an evil, cruel and power-hungry dog.
He is a schemer and skilled strategist, and has shown great cunningness and planning while making his moves in war. However, he is also known to lose his temper or underestimate his enemies, especially young Weed . He's also overly confident at times and too sure of himself and his own plans.
In battle, he is a very strong and skilled fighter. Though he seems to have at least some sense of honor, he uses very cruel, humiliating and unfair ways of dealing with his opponents. He wants to break his opponent both physically and mentally. He is certainly sadistic and even disgusting in nature, doing nasty things like sitting and urinating on the dead.
He doesn't seem to care about anyone expect his brother, though he has at least shown unusual respect and comradeship towards Murder S (aka Sniper). He is ready to sacrifice his soldiers in battle and sometimes kills them because of their failure. He is also ready to run away himself in a cowardly way and leave his minions to be killed.
He is known to have a perverted liking for females, especially Japanese breeds, and sometimes orders his minions to get him them. Despite this, he doesn't seem to have or at least isn't known to have any offspring.
He also has a bit humorous side, though often a cruel one. He makes jokes and funny lines at the times. This is probably to give his otherwise very dark character a bit of a lighter tone.


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It was believed to exist in Hokkaido during the Meiji period.
Gaō , his pack and the original hakkenshi of Sirius fought and managed to defeat it. As a symbol of their victory, the wolves ate the dragon's body.
It's believed that Jaryūki's meat gave the wolves strange powers, explaining their Battōgas and other unusual abilities.


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Jaw joined Hōgen together with Batto , Buruge , Kite , Kintarō , Mirko and Tōbē . He is one of the dogs who participated in the contest in order to become worthy as Hōgen's platoon leader. Jaw did not make it as a platoon leader as he loses his match to Tōbē who killed him shortly.


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Jet is darker in color than Rocket but paler than Missile .

Jet is less rightful and hopeful than his big brother Rocket , strongly believing that the strongest will always rule.
He wishes to gain more territory and doesn't care if someone gets killed because of it.
He agrees with Missile that selling Weed to Hōgen would be a good idea. He feels no mercy towards puppies and is ready to kill Weed .
When Jerome says that he is ready to sacrifice himself for Weed , Jet mentions that such fools don't exist anymore. While Jerome proves his attitude right, Jet gets wounded and angered, wishing to kill Jerome next time they meet - unlike Rocket who was impressed by Jerome 's attitude.
He is shocked when Rocket leaves him and Missile , not wanting to be on the side of the "loser" even if it meant killing his own brother.


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Jiro is a gray dog. It is unknown what breed he is

Jiro is hotheaded, and quick to anger, much like his pack leader. He doesn't hesitate to fight his enemies, a characteristic that sadly gets him killed


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Originally, Kaibutsu appeared to be an average-sized dog with black-and-brown fur, with markings similar to a German Shepherd.
As he began to mutate, he grew in size and strength and his skin became very durable. He also began to grow a mane like a lion, which was still rather short at the time of his escape. However, it had grown much longer in 4 years.
Kaibutsu's eyes are white or green with reddish scleras, giving him a sickly and mad look (though, in the anime version, his eyes look healthier and clearer), and his body had grown much larger as well. His dark backside and the upper side of his tail is spotted. He also appears to have scales on his back legs, as well as chains which have been inserted into his flesh. Though Kaibutsu's skin is very durable, his weakness is the hair- and skinless area on the left side of his chest and stomach, which is quite vulnerable. The same area has a few small tubes stuck on his stomach, that's left from the experiments.
Kaibutsu is around 12 feet (3.6 m) long and weighs around 1,000 lbs (450 kg). He has increased strength and vitality, while he also has enhanced speed, as seen when he was easily able to keep pace with a motorbike.

Kaibutsu was clearly insane and unstable after suffering almost all of his life. Due to his insanity, he is very aggressive and impulsive, but also has some cunning aspects.
Though he seemed monstrous and evil, it was all result of the experiments done to him by humans. Because of it, he hated humans with a passion and thought they betrayed him.
He attacks and kills harmless and defenceless humans, but do know that humans are dangerous, and thus stay away from that kind of humans.
He believes humans and their dogs are cruel and that he is not. Indeed, Kaibutsu mentions that he does not want to make his opponents suffer longer than they have to.
At first, he didn't want to harm dogs, believing to be one of them. However, Kaibutsu starts to see himself more and more as a monster instead of a dog. The only one Kaibutsu ever saw as his friend was Jerome and that is why he didn't want to kill him at first.
However, Kaibutsu later explains that all the feelings of friendship, loyalty and compassion had disappeared from him along with his dog nature.


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Kirikaze is a solid white Kishu-inu.
In anime, he is more grey in color, and has lighter dots over his eyes. He has small pupils.

He seemed to be close with Jinnai and loyal to Akame.


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Kisaragi is a black-and-white Siberian Husky with blue eyes (sometimes orange eyes). He has white markings over his eyes and distinctive stripes on his chest and cheeks.

Kisaragi is an ambitious and slightly overly confident dog, seeing himself as a great leader. Kisaragi is quite cunning and smart in the battle.
He tends to laugh at his enemies and openly calls Moss fat. He also shows cruelty as he laughs when watching his sons hurting the young Tesshin .
Kisaragi blinds Terry and then decides to leave him peace, though his brothers would like to kill him, showing the difference of their ways of thinking. Unlike his brothers, he respects Terry's bravery and buries him.
Kisaragi also loved his sons a lot and mourns deeply after finding out that they were killed by bears, swearing to avenge their deaths. He blames himself for Terry's death and feels guilt from killing such a great male as Terry was.
In Ginga Densetsu Weed , Kisaragi is an older and much friendlier and calmer dog. He has many sons and he loves them a lot, and is very proud of them. He is deeply ashamed of his past self and still blames himself for Terry's death.


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He is brown and white Siberian Husky/Alaskan Malamute mix with white ball patterns on his forehead.


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Kurogane has black fur, with dark markings on his face and body. He has dark patterns under his eyes and muzzle, but also small spots and stripes in his face, legs, back and tail.

Kurogane is sent to kill Yamabiko together with Gekka and Shikkoku , but Orion , Heizō , and Tyson come to the site and drive them out.
Later, Kurogane, Gekka, and Shikkoku collide with Rigel , Kotetsu , and the side-switched Masashige . Masashige kills the three assassins to protect his comrades.


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Kurojaki has a dark brown and white with spots. He has mohawk on his head.
He has a slashed right eye and he got it from impaling his eye on his sickle.
In anime, he has brown fur and two scars on his right eye and left ear.

Kurojaki is a cruel and nasty dog, always ready to kill and eat his opponents or even innocent dogs like Wilson 's family. Like Akame , Kurojaki is skilled at using human objects like scythes.
However, he has certain honor as a ninja and he puts his mission above anything else. He pushes his soldiers to train and orders them to eat dog meat, believing that it will make them stronger.
Kurojaki's good side is seen as he cares about his young son Tesshin and gets furious when he thought that he died. However, he later abandons his son in the manga.
Kurojaki is somewhat cowardly, as he is seen running away from battle. Finally, he shows his true loyalty for his mission by jumping into the flames, as he never saw any other way of living than living the way he was raised.


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Kurokirimaru is a greyish-brown Kai-Ken, with dark markings around his eyes and stripes and spots across his body. His chest, legs, belly and tail are lighter. He has yellow-coloured eyes with big irises.

As a Kai-Ken, he is quite hot-blooded and doesn't have very much of patience. He often thinks less of others.


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She is a white Kishu Inu , just like her son Kyōshirō .


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Lecter is a black and brown furred Doberman with tall pointed ears and brown marks on his face. His teeth are implied to be either made of steel or coated with it.

He is sadistic along with his brother and enjoy torturing his victims before killing them.


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Lloyd is an unknown breed, possibly a mixed breed. His appearance in the manga usually shows him as dark gray with black markings. He has an akita-like tail, and he has a collar, showing his past life as a pet dog. In the anime, however, he looks somewhat Teal and has darker Teal or Black markings, and he still has his collar. In the anime, the insides of his ears are Olive Green-ish. His collar is also brown. In the Manga His eyes are white with small black pupils while in the Anime, he possibly has Dark brown, almost black eyes.


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The pine marten lived in the mountains of Kōfu in Yamanashi. After the less than 3-months-old Kai brothers were abandoned into the wilderness, the marten soon noticed them.
The marten had been stalking them and waited for the puppies to fall asleep in a cardboard box till dawn. When the Kai Brothers tried to sleep in peace, the marten attacked them. The marten's teeth sunk into Kurotora 's right eye and when it was about to eat the puppy, Ben the Great Dane came just in time and drove the pine marten away, saving Kurotora.
Later on, when the puppies were beginning to hunt as they were taught by Ben, the marten watched them from the treetop and waited until nightfall. When the Kai brothers fell asleep, it attacked them again - this time it snatched Chūtora by his right ear and dragged him off. However, Chūtora managed to twist himself free from its jaws and fought against the marten together with Akatora and Kurotora. The fight was long and hard that the marten finally dropped dead from exhaustion and blood loss.


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Masami is black or grey and white Siberian Husky/Alaskan Malamute mix with white small ball patterns on forehead and black marks around muzzle.