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Habitual sniffing caused by nose snot that keeps dripping from his nostril, Daigorou appears to be a typical olden-era Japanese kid from a lower-class family. Dressed in well-worn clothes, his shaven pate has a clump of black hair fringing his face, and a ring of hair encircling his head, topped off with a short pony-tail.

He appeared to be a slow witted and dull a person but he is actually very sharp witted and acts very much like an adult, he claims that he doesn't need Calcutta or Mesogear when Gintoki offered but he wants Bourbon and Shinpachi called him hard-boiled.


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Itsuki has a slicked back hair, he also wears glasses and a typical Japanese Kimono .

He has a fiery personality, getting easily worked up as seen when with Hijikata during the Yagyuu arc. He isn't the type to fight by instincts, instead planning his attacks, being more of a thinking swordsman. He also show some fanaticism towards ketchup, being almost in par with Hijikata's mayonnaise addiction.


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He has long Black with grey streak in the middle of his head, with small black moustache.
He is short as well.

After the Yagyuu arc, Koshinori and his father Binbokusai both felt guilty about the years of pressuring Kyuubei into a boy decided to allow Kyuubei to do whatever she feels right.
In Jugem Arc, Koshinori later instructed Kyuubei to tame Jugem Jugem for Lord Mori Mori sake by the order of the Shogun .


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He has long black hair halfway down his back ( Okada Nizou wondered whether Katsura is really a man, for having such silky hair in Episode 58 ) that he either leaves loose or ties. He sports olive-brown eyes and has an attractive demeanor. Neptune Shoukaku in Episode 319 describes him as a dainty guy with effeminate and delicate features. He typically wears a blue kimono with a yellow sash. The fact that he typically wears a pale blue haori on top of his kimono and white socks with slippers suggests that he is particular about how he dresses and carries himself. He is never seen lying around or sitting in a unrefined manner, and he typically keeps his arms in his sleeves when not carrying anything. Since he is a wanted man, Katsura usually uses disguises to hide from Shinsengumi or to wander freely in public.
As a child, the bangs framing his face were chin length, with the rest of his hair tied in a high ponytail. He is shown wearing a pale green kimono and a darker green haori, a samurai outfit, and a white kimono(as a child).

Katsura's illogical decisions often suggest him to be a complete moron, though this may be a result of his lack of common sense rather than actual stupidity as in his childhood he was considered a talented genius who was able to attend a prestigious school without having the money to pay for it. Despite that, Katsura couldn't identify the Shogun by his physical appearance, or by his nickname "Shou-chan" during the Confessional Arc . It was later revealed that both the Shogun and the Joui rebels knew each other all along. Although he appears like an idiot most of the time in the series, he is very smart and sensible when serious circumstances arise.
Katsura is hardly ever seen joking, which only serves to amplify the oddities of his character. He also has an extreme imagination and improvisation, as he sometimes does the voices of some inanimate objects and tends to have long and dramatic flashbacks and reflections out of pointless matters.
Katsura is also very persistent and kept pestering Gintoki to join him in his Jouishishi rebellion. He is a charismatic leader and commands great respect from his followers. One of his Joui followers described him as a man who cannot back down once he gets into high spirits over something. In fact, he was able to rally a big group of followers in a very short time during his prison stint in Episode 110 .

Katsura's cute face

Thrifty inhabit, he eats simple meals like soba, and once advised Elizabeth against eating 'strawberry milk and parfait' so as not to weaken the body and the spirit (see Episode 58 ), though he has a soft-spot for nmaibo (んまい棒, Nmaibo) , a corn snack modelled after umaibo (うまい棒, umaibo ).

Katsura cuddling Sadaharu

Katsura is very polite, usually adding the honorific "dono" to people. He takes great care not to offend any person. When he thought he offended the human punching bag, he gladly offered his "treasure", a borrowed Nintendo cartridge. Katsura also loves animals, especially the paw pads of dogs and cats.
Katsura has a soft spot for housewives (or fetish, just choose), especially widows, as shown in the Owee chapter when he was playing the dating simulation and his bond with Ikumatsu. Later on, he digresses on this soft spot by bluntly admitting that he does in fact has a fetish for unfaithful wives. During this digression, Gintoki points out that Katsura has always been shy about women, even as a kid, and mentioned his first crush being the neighborhood widow.
At the beginning of the series, Katsura hated the world for taking away Yoshida Shouyou 's life and was willing to cause destruction against the government and Shinsengumi. But after seeing how Gintoki acted and falling out with Takasugi after the Benizakura Arc, he decided to find more peaceful solutions. It is also possible that his encounter with Ikumatsu and hearing about her past might have influenced him as well.
His sense of self-preservation started in his childhood, since his parents died from an illness, having been stripped off of their mansion, and he was left roaming the streets together with his grandmother. While visiting the grave of his parents, his grandmother told him that no matter how strong or great a warrior maybe, if he dies, he wouldn't be able to protect his country or anyone at all. So to be a great general, one must be more careful and more fearful in order to survive and lead the war. When his grandmother died, he was on his own until he met Sakata Gintoki and Takasugi Shinsuke. While studying under Yoshida Shouyou, he made a resolve to be "a samurai who is both more cowardly and stronger than anyone else" so he could protect his comrades. This resolve earned him the nickname "Runaway Kotarou".


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Kouka is described as pretty by her daughter Kagura, and Umibouzu was mesmerized by her when they first met on Kouan. Like her two children, Kouka has vermilion hair. She typically wears a cheongsam, and her hair is tied in a braid with an ornament similar to Kagura's covering the top of it. She also has a single lock of hair sticking out from the top of her head, a trait she shares with her son Kamui.
Like Takasugi Shinsuke and Tsukuyo , Kouka is sometimes seen smoking a kiseru.

Kouka appears cold at first, acting rather hostile to Umibouzu when they first met, ignoring Umibouzu's pursuit and attacking him when he sexually harassed her without looking in his direction. She also seems to be expressionless, possibly due to years of living in solitude.
She also has a terrifying side and Umibouzu fears her greatly. Mutsu describes their domestic situation as "the strongest man in the universe becomes the weakest at home." Umibouzu and Kamui are shown fleeing from Kouka in a flashback. However Kouka also loves her family very much, even willing to risk her life to stay by their side despite knowing that it will eventually cause her death.


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An extremely competent looking detective, who has modeled himself after the hardboiled detective stereotype, in particular his appearance is evocative of Hanzo the Razor and Zenigata Heiji/Inspector Zenigata, popular Japanese detectives, with bushy eyebrows, dark sunglasses, and strong build.

Kozenigata has modeled himself based on his beliefs on how a hardboiled detective should think and act, unfortunately to the detriment of his actual detective ability in his older years. He will attempt to uphold the stereotypes of hardboiled fiction even when it is completely incompatible with the current situation, and his own actions. He seems to prefer the nicer aspects of being a detective, namely smoking cigars and heavy drinking, and will always say what he is drinking is Camus (a kind of Cognac) when it's wine or shochu. His love of drinking extends even further, to carrying around a glass of wine and finishing sentences he particularly wishes to embellish as hardboiled with the word "Camus." The more difficult aspects of being a detective he dislikes, and readily admits his general fear in dangerous situations to the point of wetting himself and attempting to run away to the safety of liquor. He does, however, enjoy a degree of masochism like a certain Kunoichi, and even ties himself up and enjoys it.


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Kujaku Hime Kada has long, blue hair, light-red eyes, and a red mole on her forehead. She has long ears which give her an elf-like appearance and usually has a green and blue fan with her. She also often wears an ornate Chinese robe.

She was shown to be quite sadistic when she ruthlessly beat Hasegawa after he spoke out of line. [1] She is very manipulative and calculating, and quite intelligent. She mapped out a complicated plan to defeat the other three Shitenou. She took advantage of Jirochou's daughter and kidnapped Saigou's son to force the Shitenou to fight each other. After her defeat, she was shown to be in a jail cell maddened and compulsively playing a gambling game in which she would predict her visitor's luck. [2]


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He has mole on his forehead, until Okita scrubbed it off with a toilet brush. His mole was subsequently used by Okita as a target point on the urinal to get troops members to aim their pee more accurately.


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She has light brown hair and dark brown eyes. She has a petite and slim figure and wears an attractive kimono.


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He has brown hair, black eyes and a distinctive facial scar going down from his forehead, between his eyes to his left cheek. He is very self-conscious about his hair and always divides it 7 to 3. He thinks his hair is look like Joe Odagiri and that fashion always come back in cycle.

Katsuo seems to be the standard yakuza-type who exploits and threatens people for money. [2] He does, however, show another side to him when it comes to his dog, Meru-chan, which he shows great affection towards. He believes that 7 to 3 is the Golden Ratio that forms the basis for the entire universe and that everything will work out if it's divided by 7 to 3. [3] Despite being a yakuza thug, he respects those who have guts, particularly Kyoshirou and Sadaharu.


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Kusanagi has the appearance of a standard katana. His tsuba is a golden rectangle shape with corners rounded inwards and 12 slightly-curved lines that point towards the center. His handle is designed in a forest-green wrap, with a blue color peeking through the exposed sections. His singular eyeball comes out of the butt cap, with three eyelashes resting on top.


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Kyuubei has black hair in a ponytail and dark-brown eyes, with an eyepatch covering her left eyesocket due to losing an eye during her childhood. She dresses in a masculine attire, wearing a white coat with a red trim and gray sides, with a blue kimono beneath it. When dressing femininely, she is shown to be a very attractive girl as she wears her hair in twin ponytails, an orange flower covers her left eye, a pink kimono short skirt and black thigh-length socks to go along with it.

When Kyuubei was first introduced, she displayed a cold personality; this was likely due to a desire to become stronger, after losing her left eye as a result of saving the young Shimura Tae and her brother Shinpachi , from debt collectors.
Due to her father not remarrying again after Kyuubei's mother died, he decided to raise Kyuubei as a man, and, as such, she usually acts in a rather masculine way. She is shown to dislike when men try to touch her, and tend to reflexively throw them over her shoulder. However, when she caught Gintoki's hand when she was about to fall off the spaceship during the Goukon episode, she didn't throw him possibly due to the respect gained for him after the Yagyuu arc.  After Kyuubei and her group were defeated by Shinpachi's group in the same arc, Kyuubei is shown to have become softer, and at times, shown to have a feminine side.
Kyuubei is in love with Tae. She tried to marry her, but gave up the thought after the Yagyuu arc. Despite this, however, she still holds a special interest in her, and is very protective of her.
Despite her attitude, Kyuubei is shown having a case of Androphobia, as she tends to panic and violently fend off men when having physical contact with them.
The Dekoboko Arc shows that Kyuubei was not sure whether she should live as a man or as a woman, due to having grown up as a man and struggling with her gender. In the end, she decides to live as "Kyuubei", disregarding femininity and masculinity.


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He looks exactly like Gintoki. The only differences between the two are that his eyes are turquoise (Gintoki's are reddish, maroon colored), and Leukocyte King wears a costume based on Loto. [1]

Although he looks exactly like Gin, his personality is somewhat different; although there are some similarities in their behavior, he is rather noble and much more hero-like than Gintoki.
However, he exhibits human-like weaknesses as well as he can fall prey to temptations, like succumbing to the lure of treasure chests.


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Yagami has nicely coiffed light-brown hair and blue eyes. Her skin is rather pale in contrast to her black dress and hat. She is always very formally dressed, which is equaled to her high status and wealth.

Despite her monotonous and soft voice and the fact that she barely talks, Shinpachi described her as a fun person when she made a reference to the widely known anime and manga "Dragon Ball". Due to the fact that she barely shows any facial expressions either, it is hard for people to tell how she feels and what she's thinking. She even tolerates insults and takes appropriate steps after her visit.
Yagami is said to be a cruel woman who first appears as the Goddess of Fortune and becomes a profitable guest during her first visit, and then appears as the Goddess of Death to financially ruin the place after her second visit in case she didn't enjoy her first visit. However, rather than misusing her power, Yagami simply ruins night clubs who welcome her with a fake smile. If she has no intention of ruining a night club, though, she will not visit the same place a second time.
Yagami herself stated that she is no longer obsessed with the power of money and couldn't ruin the entire town, even if she wanted to, which is why she ended up paying Kyoushirou's Host Club a second visit with no intention to cause any harm, which shows her kindness and benevolence.


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Her attire consists of a full-body yellow delivery-uniform with double red stripes going down her arms and legs. Her hair is salmon-pink and she also wears goggles. Her eyes' color is purple.

She doesn't like it when people talk bad about her race, as she sees them as "noble people of the wind" and "honorable wind spirits" [1] . She seems to have a sense of responsibility, as she was quick to get on her feet after Gintoki had just crashed into her, and she wanted to hurry and deliver her packages. She doesn't care much for how well she does her job, though, as the packages were literally thrown at the recipients, a method that worked for her, since she had to keep moving, but not so well for the people who got their deliveries. Gintoki even compared it to terrorism.


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Shinpachi is the bottom, Gintoki is the top and Kagura is the bleeding corpse.

While in this form, Makoto frequently comments that, "Now I've gone and done it.. oi". After much interaction with this character, notably with Hijikata, the backstory is revealed. Makoto fired an arrow from his bow into the forest thinking it would hit a boar, but instead hitting the victim that can be later found on his back (Kagura).


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An elderly man with a stocky build. He has a thick white beard, but with receding hair on his head. The 'X' shaped scar on his forehead presumably being from so past Yakuza exploit.

A very proud man, he hired the Odd Jobs to retrieve his son from the storeroom instead of admitting his approach with his son may have been wrong. Despite this, he cares for his son greatly and commands the respect of many of his followers despite his age and illness.


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He wears glasses and has brown hair he also wears a ninja like attire too.


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She is a completely naked humanoid and has very long orange hair which hides her breasts and lower parts.


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He is often called 'Dick-bod', 'Dick-face' and 'Dick-head' by other members of Shitennou 四天王, as his facial and physical features resembles the male genitalia.

Sui is very narcissistic, always concerned about his appearance. He is always obsessed with himself; primarily his face.


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Her appearance was strikingly similar to that of her brother, Sougo, with short, sandy brown hair and reddish-brown eyes. She was usually wearing a light brown/green yukata.

Although her younger brother resembled her a lot when it came to appearance, character-wise they were the exact opposite. Mitsuba was the archetypal virtuous female character, termed yamato nadeshiko (大和撫子) aka traditional feminine virtues of olden Japan, as well as the stereotypical figure of 美人薄命 bijin hakumei, also known as 'the beautiful die young'. Similar to Hijikata's mayonnaise addiction, she uses Tabasco instead. She also enjoys eating spicy food.


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She has twin braid tail and she wearing her maid outfit.

She can manipulate people with her threads


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Ane has long, black hair, albeit brighter than her sister's, reaching the middle of her back, with a fringe covering her forehead. She is seen at all times to wear typical priestess clothing, red hakama and a white haori. She also wears a necklace with a single magatama .

She comes off as rude, especially towards her sister who she frequently insults for having given up the way of God.
She expressed her regret at having abandoned Sadaharu, no matter the circumstances and was touched by the Yorozuya treating him like family even after he went on a rampage.


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She has long black hair and black eyes, and has chalky gray skin. She is shown to have wings that enable her to fly which also makes a buzzing noise, just like a mosquito. her tongue is shown to extend greatly, which is what she uses to drink blood from her victims. She wears a red kimono.


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She has short, straight blue hair with teal highlights that is tied up with a red headband. Inside her workplace, she usually wears an antique-white colored vest with dark brown linings and dark brown pants. Outside, she has been seen wearing an antique-white colored scarf and a red coat over her vest. She has also been seen wearing an orange work uniform and goggles.

Shy and withdrawn, Tetsuko wouldn't even greet Gintoki properly when they first met during the Benizakura arc. However, she is goodhearted, as seen in Episode 61 , when she saved Gintoki from Nizou . She talks in a relatively low voice, contrary to her brother who had a hearing problem, and usually ended up shouting while trying to talk normally.


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He had long, navy blue hair and distinctive eyebrows in the same color that split at the end.

Tetsuya lived on the belief that a swordsmith only makes swords for killing, and wanted to make a sword that could cut through anything and anyone, so that he could surpass his father. Only during his final moments did he remember one of his father's most important lessons to him and his sister; that they hammer their own souls into shape just as they hammer the iron, and that they should become gentle people with integrity and live their lives beautifully.


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A homeless man who wears large glasses, an orange cap and only loin-cloth on his lower body. It was shown that Musashi had a surprisingly impressive demeanour underneath the swirling eye-glasses

Musashi is usually compared to with Hasagawa, as they are both jobless.
He seems to play badminton well, as seen in Episode 62 .


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As a Yato, Mutsu has smooth fair skin and constantly wears a sedge hat to protect herself from sunlight. She has brown eyes and light brown, straight hair, which is loosely tied behind her back. She wears a blue suit and a red scarf under a purple cape, with her pants tucked inside her black boots.
Back in her younger days, Mutsu had short hair and wore a cheongsam-like top with a mini skirt and a long coat.

Although she works for Sakamoto, Mutsu is the opposite of him in terms of personality, acting as the real leader of the Kaientai. She is usually calm, collected, and serious. In the Renho Arc, however, she got angry when Sakamoto had been playing Uno instead of thinking of an actual plan to save Earth. She strongly followed what Sakamoto preaches: "Never let your eyes off your duty." - When her own leader got captured, she ensured the safety of the ship's guests before proceeding to help him, even if it meant to kill him.


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Kyoujirou had black short hair, fringe swept to the right. He had a vertical scar on the left side of his face, acquired in his childhood while protecting his benefactor's son. He was typically seen in a purple yukata worn loosely.

Lone wolf personality who tries to carry all burdens alone. One adult had always emphasized to the young Kyoujirou that he must be a loyal person right to the end, much like the Komainu, a mythological dog-like creature steadfastly guarding the gates of the temple.


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Tsukamu is a very large man with a bald head. He wears a typical Japanese Kimono .


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No. 305 has long pink hair and green eyes. Identical to Tama's look, No. 305 wears a blue yukata with a white apron, white thigh high socks and a pair of wooden sandals. She also carries a broom as both a cleaning tool for work and as a weapon.

No. 305 appears to have borderline obsessive compulsive disorder, cleaning everything that she deemed as dirty due to a malfunctioning ability. This includes Tama's mole when the latter was still working at the lab.
She was also fiercely loyal to Professor Hayashi, believing that the man's capability of turning the robots into the status of gods.


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No. 502 has yellow blonde hair and pale skin. His brown eyes turned red when activating his abilities. He is most often seen wearing a suit vest with black tie.

Like a robot, No. 502 does not appear to have any emotion. He also seemed to be ruthless, killing Professor Meguro and ordering the deaths of the lab personnels without any hesitation after taking over the lab. He was also manipulative.


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Nobume is a young woman with a triangular face and dull red eyes. She has long dark blue hair, evenly trimmed bangs, and two shorter, rectangular strands falling on her face. Nobume has a Yatagarasu tattoo behind her neck, which is constantly covered by her long hair.
She is normally seen wearing a typical Mimawarigumi uniform. Under the neck has a white long scarf draped white suit with a collar, decorated with gold buttons on her shoulders, and the front rectangular brackets folded cuffs. Her uniform coat is a long trench coat extending to her ankles, while below was cut in half. She is also wearing a black colored belt with a silver buckle. She is seen wearing blue half-thigh shorts rather than the typical Mimawarigumi's long pants, she also wears the same colored socks decorated with white thread which form two X's on each side. She also wears the Mimawariguri uniformed boots.
During her childhood she had the same trimmed hair as in the present albeit much shorter. She's also seen wearing a kimono and the Yatagarasu's uniform. After she was picked up by Sasaki she wore an outfit similar to the one of Katsura when he was a child, and tied her hair up into a ponytail.
Her eyes were initially pupil-less and had a "murderous-like" look to them due to her past, being raised as a cold-blooded assassin by the Naraku. After Sasaki Isaburo's death, she renewed her ideals, with pupils full of life appearing in her eyes.

As a result of having been trained by the Naraku faction to be a professional assassin, Nobume is shown to be an emotionless person in both  expression and speech. She appears to be sadistic and likes to cut down people (in the literal sense). According to Sasaki Isaburo , once she switches into her assassin mode, she annihilates everyone in her way. Although she seems to be quiet, she is surprisingly talkative. As shown during the Ikkoku Keisei arc, she thinks that it is better to cut down people that are knocked unconscious instead of leaving them alive, believing it is faster to cut them up in order to not get into trouble, with Gintoki and Tsukuyo trying to stop her. Despite her lack of showing emotions and serious attitude, she has been shown to be quite childish as she enjoyed it when she, Kagura and Soyo played a prank on the guards, and playing kick the can.

Nobume eating a donut in Episode 247 .

Nobume violent expression for donuts in Episode 258

Nobume loves eating donuts and will often behave in an animalistic manner to get them. When Sasaki rewarded her with a donut for her good work, she immediately bit down on his hand before he even had a chance to hand it over and wouldn't let go to the extent that Sasaki had to shake her around to get his hand free and ended up dislocating it in the process. Sasaki was also able to "fish" her out of a collapsed building by attaching a donut to a fishing rod and dangling it over the ruins. In addition, she is antagonised whenever someone tries to tease her by eating donuts in front of her and turns violent as Sougo learned the hard way, resulting in him almost getting castrated.
Despite her loyalty towards Sasaki Isaburo, she shows some good conscience to go against his orders. For example, she allowed Rotten Maizou to go to Yoshiwara , despite Sasaki's orders, and when he was promoted, Nobume stated that with both allies and enemies gone and them standing on the top of a pile of corpses, that didn't mean that they could call their jobs done. Also, when she was offered to seat in the commander's chair she stated that she would rather grovel on the dirt instead of sitting there. She has also shown to bear animosity towards the Tendoshu as she insulted them when they arrived to retrieve Nobu Nobu, and later she told Oboro that she will never serve them again. In short, she detests people who selfishly abuse authority power.
It is revealed later on in the series that Nobume is not emotionless but rather just hiding it, as shown when she cried after remembering that she has the mission to kill Sasaki, showing that she is not actually willing to do that, and she also cried for Sasaki after seeing him in a near-death state, and is shown mourning his death.
She later becomes independent, declaring to Utsuro that she will only kill people for herself and not for neither the Tendoushu nor the Mimawarigumi. Despite looking unemotional, Nobume has a strong sense of justice, like when she kills the assassins that killed Isaburo's wife, although she was too late.


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He has long hair, and a big scar on the right side of his face going from his forehead to his cheek, he seems to be blind from his right eye and wears a Kimono a leopard spotted scarf and he is always seen with a large dark cloak.

He seems to be a cheerful and fun person always smiling and caring for his loved ones, showing great affection for Shinpachi remarking that he had grown and had become a bit stronger.
When the machines took over his body he went under another personality known as Kenofi that makes him be cold toward everyone in earth.


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Oboro's most remarkable physical trait is the long scar the Naraku caused him on his face during his childhood. The dark circles around his eyes seem to be due to his anemia. He has light-gray wavy hair and grey eyes. Oboro appears with two different outfits. He initially wore a Buddhist monk robe with the Yatagarasu pattern attached to his robe. He combined it with a large praying bead necklace around his neck. During his first appearance, he disguised himself with a Tengai hat, usually worn by komusōs. The Tengai was modified to fire several poison needles. The second outfit Oboro wore during the latest appearances is an attire more akin to a ninja outfit and the Yatagarasu pattern attached to it. His scarf is noticeable as well.
During his encounter with Gintoki and Takasugi, the latter stabbed his left eye in the same way as Oboro did to Takasugi during the Joui War.

Oboro appears as a very serious person, not easily falling for others' words, and is shown to be calm in both fights and conversations. He speaks with an allegory tone, and he refers to Gintoki, Takasugi and Katsura as the demons who howl at the heavens (a term referring to the Tendoushuu), due to them being Yoshida Shouyou's students. He is completely loyal to Utsuro, due to the former Naraku leader saving his life in the past, and considered himself to be his disciple. He stated that Shouyou gave life to his unworthy life (probably due to his past). He actually has a good side within him, as shown when he saw Utsuro (then in his Shouyou persona) living happily with his first three young disciples, wishes that he could do the same thing, and also to always stick with his master and befriend the three. He seeks death to end his immortal-life.


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Ofusa has dark brown hair and brown eyes. She is seen in a turquoise kimono with a white and purple flowery design and black stripes. She wears her hair in a loose ponytail and bangs framing her face.

Ofusa has a stubborn personality seen when she refuesd to talk when Hashida tried to get her to tell him were Kanshichirou was. She is also a loving mother trying desperately to protect Kanshichirou from Hashida


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Oiwa is an elderly woman with very short, dark purple hair and wears a green yukata. When her deceased husband went inside her body in her stand mode, her face turns white with purple linings around her eyes and nose area.

First portrayed as a humble and kind-hearted old woman.


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He had dark gray hair that was combed backwards, with sideburns. Being blind, he wore glasses with orange lenses and normally had his eyes closed. His usual attire consisted of a green kimono with dark green linings and dark green/black pants. When it came to weapons, he used a Shirasaya sword during the Baby Grandson Chapter, but would later wield the bright-shining purple Benizakura bio-mechanical sword, which would alter his appearance altogether, making him a great deal larger, with tubes and hoses extending from his arms and torso.

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Okada Nizou's Gallery Nizou injured Nizou consumed by the Benizakura sword

Nizou was a ruthless murderer and criminal who killed others to see the "light" inside them shine. He claims that after living in darkness for so long, he begun to perceive this light with people, one too faint for normal human eyes to see. He doesn't recall when he learned of its existence, but says that it shines brightest just before one dies. Although, he states there are a few people whose lights shine just as bright when they're alive, Sakata Gintoki and Takasugi Shinsuke being two of them. Throughout his appearances, Nizou was demonstrated to be very proud of his fighting skills, even stating to Gintoki that he would've been the one standing by Takasugi's side during the Joui war instead of him if history had taken a different turn.


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Okuni is a girl of about 12-13 years old, of average height. She has short black hair styled in a bob cut with a fringe, and her eyes are maroon in color. She wears an orange kimono, decorated with flowers and roots.

Despite her power of being able to see into the future, all she wants is to be a normal girl without the ability of seeing the fate of people who are around her.


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He is a part of the Dakini Tribe, however his appearance is less scary compared to Hedoro and his family. He is a big and tall muscular man with green hair. He also has different skin color (However, it is currently not known if Dakini's skin color varies) than rest of the shown Dakini clan members.
He wore an armor with red trousers and black boots.


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While in her human form, Orochin looks like a young woman with light brown hair and green eyes. She also wears glasses and an office suit. However, in her true form looks like a giant bird with red flames.


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She has brown hair, eyes that are also brown, and is also skinny. She usually takes several Kimonos to work.

She is very friendly and is not afraid to express herself, however, she always criticizes violent methods of people and defends abusive customers.


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Once known to be an elegant, refined beauty, she had fallen into despair as she continued to age. She looked very much overweight as the ruler of Ryuuguujou, wearing heavy make-up. After a change of heart, she is a pretty, humble woman (now appeared to have lost some weight as well) without the luxurious kimono and make-up.


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She wears a dark brown/black kimono and has brown hair. Known to be a beauty in the past, she also has a great smile and is seen always pinning up her hair in the past. The Yorozuya couldn't believe it when they found out her real identity, as she was the first love of a dying old man who wanted to see her again. [4]

She is forgiving and cares for her employees, as seen with Catherine. However, she is very strict and demands rent from the Yorozuya every month. In case they don't pay, she has been known to either employ them to clean her bar or sending Tama, later equipped with a weapon system, to collect it from them.


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Like most other members of the Dakini Tribe Ougai is a big, husky men. He has three horns, although he lost one of them in the past. In the attack on the Kabuki District the other two get blown off as well.
He also has a full, white beard and a big scar over his left eye.

As a warrior of the Dakini Tribe Ougai lives for fighting. He always battles his enemy with his full might, without any foul tricks, and has no qualms about killing dozends of people in the process. Ougai also is hardly ever afraid and doesn't allow retreating from the battlefield.
He is also very dismissive about women and children, saying they have no place on the battlefield.


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Pakuyasa greatly resembles Sakata Gintoki especially the hair and clothes during the Jouishishi war where he has a white headband and a white yukata . He has a permed silvery-blue hair, an angry pair of eyebrows and a double chin. He looks like a fatter version of Sakata Gintoki.


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Pluto is a fairly handsome man with red hair and a 'circle beard', where his mustache is connected to his goatee. Both of his eyes are sewn shut, but he has a blue third eye on his forehead that remains wide open.

As a swordsman he enjoys fighting other swordsman across the universe; at the same time, he is heavily reliant on reading his opponents' next move in a fight.


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He has light purple skin in the anime (white in the manga) and dark red hair that only exists on the sides and back. He has an antenna on his forehead that all males of his people have called a Chidanneksko, that is frequently ripped off by other people/animals as an early running gag in the series.
His younger-self has a similar appearance as Sakamoto Tatsuma .

Despite placing high value on friendship and animal husbandry, Prince Hata is hypocritical in what he preaches as demonstrated when he imagined himself in a Tarzan-like adventure but readily left his companions to die. He is infatuated with animals, although the ones he keeps are often extremely violent or dangerous, normally resulting in their destruction at the hands of the Yorozuya . Like many other members of Amanto, he sees humans as inferior trash fit only to serve the Amanto. And in turn no one respects him, even giving him the nickname "Stupid Prince", not even his retainer Jii respects him.


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She is three times larger than the average Amanto from Planet Gorilla.


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She has maroon brown hair and teal green eyes. She wears a purple yukata and has been seen smoking a kiseru .

Coming off more or less apathetic at first, it came to light that she was extremely protective of her father's creation, the senpuuki (銭封機).


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She appears as any other lingering spirit, white, gray and semi-transparent. She has long, dark hair that usually covers the left half of her face. Rei is usually seen wearing a white yukata and a hitaikakushi on the top of her head.

Rei is kindhearted and has a sense of righteousness, as seen when she tried to tell Oiwa that both her and the Senboukyou had changed, in the sense that Oiwa had gone on the wrong path by not letting the lingering spirits move on. Rei seems to be fairly perceptive, as she could see that Sakata Gintoki had the potential of a stand-user to rival that of the Okami. She was also the first to notice that Tagosaku in his final form was sucking in the stands of all the living things in the surrounding area. [1] Rei also seems to have a sense of humor, e.g. when she joked about washing Gintoki's back.


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Kirie has burgundy hair and brown eyes. Her green kimono is decorated with pale pink flowers.

She is implied to have been a loving daughter with a good relationship with her parents when they are alive and seeks to avenge her father upon his death. She is also a trusting girl and is deceived by the revived Sokai Faction into joining their revenge plan. However, she impulsively deviates from the Faction's plans for her to be a bait to lure Okita out and instead attempts to assassinate Okita herself.
Despite her initial antagonism towards Okita, she is also shown to have a friendly side. She befriends Kagura despite knowing that Okita and Kagura are associates. Her attitude towards Okita also swiftly changes accordingly when the truth is revealed. Grateful for his sacrifice, she pretends to be knocked out and endures the revelation in silence out of consideration for his feelings. She only starts weeping after Kagura and her have left Okita's earshot. At the end of the Rokkaku Arc she leaves Okita with a letter that he reads and happily keeps.


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He is a old man with wrinkles and glasses. He had both arms in his younger age but was cut off by Sada Sada. Later he had his other arm cut off again by Sada Sada.

As a servant of the Shougunate, he is a loyal man to the Shougunate Family. He can also be very protective to Soyo. He is also quite masochistic as suggested when he suggested to Imai Nobume that instead of kicking the can in the game, he offered to be kicked instead.


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He is a quite large white-furred dog with a red collar. He has Black/Dark Gray eyes, he is about 170 cm (5' 7") tall when seated and weighs about 300 kg (661 lb).
Throughout the series, he is seen wearing various disguises and has been shown in different styles for gags.

Sadaharu has the tendency of biting people's heads. A list of head-bitten victims can be found here .
Initially, Sadaharu is portrayed as a rather aggressive dog despite appearing peaceful, tending to attack people with Gintoki seemingly being his favorite victim. He disliked listening to orders and tended to do as he pleases, including biting random strangers (to the point they would bleed) and pooping everywhere. After drinking strawberry milk, he transformed into a raging demon.
However, as the series progresses, he seems to calm down as he can usually be seen laying down, sleeping or relaxing alongside the Yorozuya members. He is arguably the closest to Kagura, as she was the one who wanted to keep him the most and convinced Gin to let her keep him. She is often seen riding on Sadaharu's back and playing with him. Because of her strength, she cannot be hurt by his strength and finds his bites as loving, allowing him to become attached to her. He is very playful though also quite destructive and can have a short temper. In addition, he tends to bark towards strangers, implying he is wary of others. Possibly due to being a dog or Inugami (dog God), he can sense things similarly to how Gintoki has a fairly developed sixth sense, being able to see the imaginary Pinko in episode 228. Otherwise, he seems to act like a normal dog and likes taking walks, eating, sleeping, and pooping everywhere. At times he will even eat unusual items such as a plastic figure in episode 129 and cell phones in episode 230. In addition, he seems to develop in intelligence as he is shown being annoyed by Gintoki's laziness and inability to feed him, along with his bad drinking habits that tend to cause him to return late. He similarly demonstrated pity towards Shinpachi for being a lonely otaku with few special skills though Shinpachi is usually the one to take care of feeding and cleaning up after him.
He becomes loyal to Yorozuya including Gintoki, as when Kintoki erases everyone's memories of Gintoki, Sadaharu loyally stays by Gintoki's side despite the fact Kagura does not remember Gintoki and Sadaharu helps everyone remember Gintoki. In the same arc, he demonstrates the ability to understand and respond to Gintoki during the Kintama arc, even making a promise with Gintoki to run forward and distract everyone even if Gintoki himself would be in danger and not look back. He also demonstrated the ability to read directions when he reads the address on a young puppy's collar and goes to the puppy's home in episode 265. He is also often seen reading magazines.
He seems to get lonely easily and becomes deeply attached to Yorozuya, enough so that he sacrifices himself to save the world only to save his friends the Yorozuya.


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Yamazaki has neck-length black hair and usually wears the Shinsengumi lower-rank outfit. He looks quite plain compared to more colorful Shinsengumi members. His off duty clothes usually consist of a kimono and hakama ensemble with the kimono sometimes patterned. He is often given (forced into) different hairstyles, including but not limited to mohawk, afro, and hair parted and dyed blond for gags. Four years before the start of the manga/anime, Yamazaki was shown with a green mohawk and black hair stripes along the side.
During the events of the Dekoboko Arc, he switched genders due to a virus and was seen in his female form. There is little difference except for having longer hair (which were tied into pigtails) and a bust.

As the epitome of plainness, he actually surpasses Shimura Shinpachi . Despite this, however, it is implied by Hijikata in Lesson 243 that he is actually good at "wooing" women.
Yamazaki loves playing badminton, and when he is not doing it, he ditches work to practice Kabaddi with random people (which results in a beating from Hijikata afterwards). In Episode 62 , the anime parodies the anime/manga series Prince of Tennis substituting its protagonist, Ryoma Echizen, for Yamazaki in a burlesque game of badminton.
He never goes undercover without equipping himself with the Shinsengumi Sausage. However, during stakeouts, he tries to limit his diet by eating only anpans with milk. He claims to hate anpans, to the extent of throwing them at people and walls instead of eating them, but he says he can't help but consume anpan because the "stakeout god" likes it. He views this dietary restriction as an act of sacrifice to the myriad of gods for a successful operation (or as what the detective dramas universally say...) even though he would rather eat curry, katsudon or yakiniku.
Since Yamazaki frequently works as an undercover spy, he writes incident reports like Saitou Shimaru (another investigative agent in the Shinsengumi) that are reviewed by Hijikata. However, his obsessive tendency and his inclination to write whatever he is thinking often take over, and he ends up repeatedly writing the same words sometimes (which was how his crush on Tama was discovered).


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Sagi went corrupted and began manipulating, commanding, and creating leaders of the Renho Tribe . Dark Vader was created by it.


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Saigou dresses as a woman, wearing a pink kimono, white socks and sandals typical of women in Edo. His hair is in the traditional shimada style, which along with his tall stature, gives him a more imposing and austere presence than his fellow drag queens.
When in battle, Saigou wears nothing but a white loincloth, sometimes wielding a large sledgehammer.

Saigou has a headstrong, determined yet empathetic personality. He also expresses comfort in dressing and presenting as a woman. He is fiercely protective towards his fellow drag queens which is shown by his attacking anybody who insults them. One of his punishments for people who express disgust or hatred towards crossdressers is to work at the club and dress as a drag queen to instill empathy. He also deeply cares for his son Saigou Tokumori , acting as both the father and (majority of the time) mother figure to him.


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He has an orange hair worn in an afro form and red eyes. He's seen in a long Shinsengumi coat with an obi around the waist, black pants and boots and a black scarf. He is often seen falling asleep and snoring "Z".

He is reluctant when it comes to speaking with others. He is known to be taciturn, to the extent that no one has ever heard his voice or heard him speak before. It was confirmed by Okita that he has a shy nature and gets very nervous at the thought of speaking out loud. However, it was shown that he desires to be friendly and writes the names of people he wants to be friends with in his diary.
Undercover Jouishishi members who joined the Shinsengumi misunderstood his diary as a death/suspect note and fled, forcing him to execute the runaways and unwittingly succeed in his tasks. However, he experienced much dismay at having to execute his former comrades.
He has a tendency to go to the bathroom when he is nervous, and he is self-conscious about his frequent visits to the restroom.
After meeting with Elizabeth, due to their parallel trait of not practicing verbal communication, he became Elizabeth's Shinsengumi counterpart. In contrast to Elizabeth, he uses a blank note book and pen in accordance with Sket Dance's Kazuyoshi Usui when his laptop is broken and under repair.
He is able to sleep in almost every situation, even before his execution.


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She wears a yellow Kimono with a flower motiff and sandals in everyday life. Later on, she wore a ragged Kimono when she began to live with Hasegawa Taizou.

She is a kind kid that always helped Hasegawa. She is
also an optimistic kid that’s always happy no matter what happens. She
is also mild-mannered and polite, seen as how respectful she was towards  Hasegawa although
he was a Madao, homeless, and poor.


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Seita has brown, neck-length hair and green eyes. He can usually be seen wearing an olive yukata.

As described by Otose , he is clever, honest and learns quickly. He's able to adapt to new situations as evidenced by his ability to make a living through pickpocketing alone but also earn legitly by honest work.
He has a kind and strong heart as even after learning Hinowa isn't his biological mother, he stands firm and claims it enough that she risked her own safety to protect him to be considered his mother.


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In his first appearance, his face has 2 short stripes tattoos on each side of his face. Later on, he'll scar his forehead into a cross shape, he added 4 dots to the cross after Gintoki questioned him.
In his second appearance, he wore regular prison clothes but with shoulder pads and a belt.

He is violent and easily aggravated but is also extremely sensitive when it comes to his sense of fashion, such as shoulder pads and ripped sleeves being belittled. He is easily manipulated into a servant, as Katsura and Gintoki did so with ease.
As he wrote manga with Gintoki, he began to repent his old self and changing to a new leaf.


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He has black hair and a top knot haircut. His face has huge resemblance to Katsura Kotarou , however, he always has a serious look. Another common joke is where the Shogun would always reveal himself wearing Brief underwear.
It was revealed by Maizou that the original Shige Shige had a scar on his chest.

He is honest and has a pure heart, he would think about the people of his country. He goes out to normal civilian places to observe how people are living and does not consider punishing them even when they do something incredibly offensive. Often he seems to blend well with the commoners and partake in their shenanigans together.
He is serious but extremely sensitive when people talk bad about him, such occasions would lead him to shed a tear. He is secretly perverted, having dirty thoughts and nosebleeds when surrounded with other female characters.
Since most of the people died in front of Shige Shige's eyes in a bloodshed war. Shige Shige grew tired of seeing nightmarish things and this became the reason why he wanted to reform the world and the Bakufu for the greater good. He is also willing to defend his people, as seen when he risks his life to save a double that his uncle intends to sacrifice.


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Shijaku has long ears and a goatee.
He wears a bandana on his forehead, which hides his small Chidannesko, concealing his origin of planet Oukoku.
His younger-self is similar to Hitotsubashi Nobu Nobu .

Shijaku only wants the best for his home planet Oukoku, going as far as leaving it to prevent battles for the throne.
While having pride as a warrior, he also shows reason when talking to Nobu Nobu and trying to prevent Enshou from attacking the Earth.
He is also a very responsible man, unlike his brothers Hata and Elizabeth.


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Shinpachi has black hair and brown eyes. He wears a light blue keikogi with blue linings and a blue hakama . Many other characters have pointed out that Shinpachi's glasses are his charm point . Sakata Gintoki even went as far as to say that Shinpachi's glasses make out 95% of him and that they are more Shinpachi than Shinpachi himself, with the rest being 3% water and 2% garbage. [2] His poor eyesight is supposedly caused by chronic ingestion of dark materials (egg) cooked by his beloved elder sister, Otae .
Throughout the series, he is seen wearing various disguises and has been shown in different styles for gags.

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Shinpachi is best known for his Tsukkomi (being a straight man) when other people especially Gintoki or Kagura say or do idiotic things, which happens very often. He is frequently teased by Sakata Gintoki , his supposed employer, and later on by Yagyuu Kyuubei for having a 'sister-complex' because of his attachment towards his sister. Since he doesn't have as much physical strength as Kagura, he is often bullied by her, who often tends to literally give him a thrashing. He takes charge of all the household chores in the Yorozuya due to his 'inclination to care for other people' (as he explained during the Goukon in Episode 88). He also likes to save leftovers, bringing Tupperware to store the food and is called 'domestic' because of it.
All of the above points, combined with his plain bespectacled look has made him the archetypical downtrodden nerdy character. Shinpachi is also a rabid fan of fictional pop-idol Terakado Tsuu , and often gets so moved by her songs that he starts crying listening to them. He is the strict leader of the Terakado Tsuu's Imperial Guards , a fan club with deep admiration and devotion to her, and has made 99 regulations that he makes sure the members loyally follow. Whenever someone breaks one of the rules and regulations of the fanclub, he personally issues their punishment with a flying nose-hook. Most of the time, the Sergeant is on the receiving end. Shinpachi himself has been shown to break some of the regulations that he punishes others for doing the same. Shinpachi also likes to sing, and has been seen singing karaoke-versions of various songs by Tsuu, but is completely tone-deaf. [3]


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Takasugi has short, black hair with dark purple highlights, often appearing pure dark purple in some shots. He wears a bandage covering his forehead and left eye and is usually seen wearing a yukata with design dependent on the medium and occasionally a haori jacket to go with. He is usually seen smoking a thin pipe called kiseru (キセル) when gazing from his boat's windows. He has also been seen playing the shamisen and wearing a sedge hat.
In the Class 3-Z universe, Takasugi wears the standard school uniform but has unbuttoned it to reveal a crimson red shirt underneath. He wears a more standard, medical eye patch, and doesn't seem to smoke in this universe.
As a samurai in the Joui war, he wore a low-collared black vest under a long coat lined with violet cloth and patterned with gold-coloured lines. He wore black pants and boots and a white obi. Like his companions, he also adorned his head with a long strip of white ribbon.
As a child, he wore a light green kimono with a diamond pattern trimming the edge.  Over it, he wore a violet or crimson haori with no design.

Takasugi is defined by his tenacity and unfeigned ambition to destroy the world. He is a charismatic individual, and all of his soldiers willingly trust and assist him in his desire. In spite of his certitude from his men, Takasugi is indicated to be slightly deranged and unstable, and is aware of this. He is driven by anger and guilt that is seen through every action he takes. Takasugi rejects the change of the world and refuses to see anything other than the path of total destruction, prepared to kill his subordinates if they defy him or get in his way even by accident. His cold nature is widely feared by those who are conscious of him.
Most of his bitterness originates from the loss of his mentor Yoshida Shouyou, as Takasugi refuses the idea of living in a world that stole what he lived for. The idea to take revenge for his teacher's death pollutes his mind, and it's what drives him to be antagonistic towards Gintoki and the Bakufu, for it was during the Kansei Purge that his teacher was killed. He blames himself for being too weak to save Shouyou and for making Gintoki carry the burden of killing him.
It's unknown how he gets along with Sakamoto now, but he was fond of him during the war.
Generally, though, Takasugi is quiet and more of a listener than a speaker. Like some other antagonists, Takasugi tends to appear randomly, but unlike others, it's usually cameos or the like. He rarely ever takes action himself, using caution and tricks to his benefit and often being uncannily apathetic about things. He appears to be avidly watching those around him, and he was quite aware of Itou Kamotarou 's desire to have friends, Okada Nizou 's desire of destruction, and being very receptive to the opinions of others since most of his men were recruited with similar ideologies in mind.
Although Takasugi is cemented as a cruel and nefarious adversary, he has a particular tedancy to humour people. Gin himself believed he would be one of the few to send a genuine New Year's card in chapter 294, wishing a Happy New Year and making note that he will "destroy everything this year as well", written like a threat. He also dropped by and humoured the jailed and broken Kada twice, guessing at "Odds and Evens", and even slipping up and calling Admiral Abo "Admiral Aho (Stupid)" like everyone else during the events of Lessons 310 and 311. It was also easy for Gin, Katsura and Sakamoto to believe he wrote them letters about Yakult that were ridiculous enough for them to question his leadership. Furthermore, Henpeita said he once ordered for the Kiheitai a large amount of Yakult and shirako because he couldn't show up for the New Year's party.
As a child, Takasugi was largely stubborn and desiring strength, something that can still somewhat be seen. He constantly sparred with Gin even when heavily wounded, battling day after day until he won and then continuing on after Gin's own suggestion. In the Joui army days, although he seemed largely concerned about Shouyou and rescuing him, he was always childish with Gin and often fought with him, largely over petty things like choosing a geisha [1] or playing kick the can [2] .
In the 3-Z Universe, his taste for destruction is heavily downplayed, turning into a simple case of absolute defiance. He's still quiet and commanding of his gang, but he's been seen balancing on his chair with his feet kicked up and onto his desk (see picture). He also refused to become the lead singer of Bansai's band due to "attending abacus class", despite the fact he just returned from an excessively long suspension and tending to show no interest in class.
Since the Reunion arc, he has been known for having an affection for Yakult . Although it was only mentioned in a passing set of jokes, it has made a large impact as prior to it: Takasugi lacked any kind of "features" (catchphrase, favorite food, obsession, a running gag, or so on) like the other characters, so when given the chance, it became quite popular.


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Unlike the two other possible virtual girlfriends, Pinko has the appearance of a middle-aged woman drawn almost according to a real-world human being. If the player somehow manages to kill Enari through a violent shutdown of the game, Pinko will strap the body of her dead son onto her back. In the anime, her eyes, alongside her son's and late husband's, are censored.

Shiramizu Pinko's Gallery Default Pinko Lady Pinbei Pin-san Tsundere Pinko

Pinko has a deep love for her late husband and her son, Enari. It is essential for Pinko players to establish a good relationship with her son. At times, Pinko can be extremely vengeful as seen through her incessant haunting of Gintoki. The Pinko chosen by Toujou Ayumu was said to have been a "Pinko from a Pinko cafe", implying that it is also another method of obtaining Pinko. However, this Pinko, having worked at a cafe, will only serve her master as far as she can handle it herself, calling the manager if the situation gets out of hand. Sacchan's modified Pinko was only able to answer questions from a drop-down menu, akin to Dragon Quest, with additional side effects due to the hacked nature of her game.
However, Gintoki has demonstrated that by showing love to Pinko, he is able to bring out some of her more appealing latent characteristics. Doing so enabled him to turn Pinko into a beautiful and relatively young tsundere girl. Additionally, Pinko's desire to kill Gintoki fades away when an equally modified Enari, her son by arranged marriage and not by birth, convinces her to follow her own desires and path.


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Douman has long, black hair and dark red eyes. He has a noticeable tattoo-like, red mark on his right cheek. He is usually seen wearing the Shirino clan's onmyoji uniform. He also carries a fan sometimes.

Always having been overshadowed by Ketsuno Seimei who was shown to be a prodigy and talented with the arts of the onmyoji already at an early age, Shirino Douman grew jealous over the years, and a rivalry would soon take place. Douman first wanted to befriend Seimei, however his father would have none of this, as their clans were in an ancient feud established from ages past.


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Shouyou's appearance is very similar to that of Katsura . He has long light brown-grey hair and green eyes. He also wears a grey robe and a haori. He is often seen with a gentle smile on his face.

A kind and gentle man, Shouyou was the kind of man who remained in his students' memories long after he died. Well known for his ways, he always extended his hand to children and possibly adults: Gintoki was outwardly adopted by him and the poor children who attended his school were always welcomed for free.  He supplied his own books and even was shown teaching Imai Nobume his lessons despite the fact that they were prisoner and captor. When Takasugi and Katsura started coming to his school, he wasn't fazed at all, even welcoming Takasugi despite his eagerness to defeat everyone there in Kendo and even treated him just like Gintoki. Noticeably, Gintoki was allowed to sleep during lessons and Shouyou didn't ever seem to mind, and when Katsura attempted to defuse a situation by making rice balls for everyone, Shouyou ate several and assisted in calming Takasugi and Gintoki.
But like all Gintama characters, Shouyou has a peculiar trait: being capable of knocking people literally into the ground with a single tap on their heads. He always uses this technique when berating or warning his students when they go out of their way to do something for him (like attacking the government officials looking for him, or when Gintoki attempted to save his future friends from bullies), always saying with it "You're a 100 years too early for [current situation]".
In all aspects, it was clear to see why Gintoki and Takasugi went the paths they went on after Shouyou's death: Gintoki had lost his father figure and Takasugi lost the only person who could understand him.
As he was revealed to be Utsuro's good personality, Shouyou had a strong willpower to control Utsuro's body and suppressed his other personas so he can try his best to redeem himself for a greater good.
His influence was such, that during the Silver Soul Arc , the main antagonist, Shouyou's original personality, Utsuro, hesitated when he saw the perseverance of the humans he hated including the human that Shouyou placed his hope in, as if the teacher himself was holding the immortal in place for the final blow. This didn't kill Utsuro but made him acknowledge them. Even later when Utsuro reincarnated with a new personality, hearing Shouyou's name and seeing Gintoki was enough for the new personality to focus more on Shouyou's memories then any other, whereas Utsuro begin to possess Takasugi’s body at time of Shouyou’s revival.


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Sougo Okita appears to be a mild-featured young man with short, light brown hair and red-brown eyes. He has an almost-childlike innocent face as well as full lips and is often described as handsome. During the Correspondence Arc , his picture is used to create the impression that 'Shinpachi' is attractive, and Shinpachi said in the Excalibur Arc that his good looks are all that he has.
He wears the standard Shinsengumi uniform. Like all Shinsengumi captains, he wears a white cravat around his neck, tucked into a black vest with a yellow lock. His dark, unbuttoned jacket (reaching to the thigh with a collar) is decorated with gold buckles, buttons, and triangular-shaped cuffs. His black trousers are supported by a brown belt with a silver buckle. At the left hip is tied his sheath, holding his katana. He also wears black, heavy boots with a small heel.
When resting, or skipping work, he wears a distinct red sleep mask with eye markings. He carries it around with him and is rarely seen without it. It has a black border and red painted interior, decorated with wide-open eyes with straight lashes.
During the events of the Dekoboko Arc, he switched genders due to a curse and was seen in his female form. Shinpachi describes the gender-swapped Sougo as a "Grade A beauty, as expected." Later during the arc, he wears a yellow short kimono and thigh-high tabi black socks.

Sougo's most prominent trait is his sadistic nature, which was revealed on and on as the series goes. A clear example of this was when he collared and chained up Urara with a metal leash for an "S&M" (sadistic & masochistic) play. Hijikata even goes as far as calling him the King of the Planet of Sadists in episode 20. Although acknowledged to be a sadist by the people who know him, including the Yorozuya, he is surprisingly obedient to his sister, Mitsuba Okita, shown in his respectful way of speaking to her and the way he kneels before his sister to apologize. Interestingly, however, in episode 35, when Sougo fell off a roller-coaster after forgetting to belt himself, he admitted in his panic that his sadism stems from being actually sensitive and weak deep down ("glass no tsurugi").
He is shown to have evil intentions underneath any good thing he does, and is very blunt, not hesitating to express his observations, disdain towards others, or unflattering perceptions, be it to Hijikata or Kondo (but especially to Hijikata). Despite this, Sougo is usually protective of the people he genuinely cares for, such as Mitsuba Okita, his older sister, and his commander, Isao Kondou (even though Sougo repeatedly calls him Gorilla). When an official insults Kondou, Sougo draws his sword to kill him before being stopped by Hijikata. Additionally, he is unexpectedly sensitive to others' feelings when it truly counts, often saving his comrades' lives in battles and even taking on burdens for other people .
Sougo's ambition is to become the vice-commander of the Shinsengumi, and as such, he regularly attempts to usurp Hijikata of the position through various methods, ranging from framing him for murder (when he shoots Matsudaira and places the gun in Hijikata's hand with the intention of making it look like the vice-commander had been the one to shoot), to harming or even "killing" Hijikata. His attempts appear real enough that Hijikata was afraid he would get killed during the Shinsengumi Death Game arc. In spite of this, Sougo has respect for Hijikata and even considers him to be one of his 'three rotten friends' (the other two being Kondo and Gintoki Sakata). He also has a similar rivalry with Kagura of the Yorozuya, and the two often get in meaningless competitions over the smallest of situations.
In general, Sougo acts aloof and disinterested most of the time and is most often seen with a blank, deadpan expression on his face. Though he often acts lazy and slacks off on his jobs, he is very attentive when needed and does not hesitate to kill or cut down his enemies. He is also very observant and aware of political movements, as he is often the one explaining situations to the Yorozuya. Both Nobume and Kamui have stated that Sougo has the eyes of a killer, yet he doesn't wish for innocent people to walk the path he has taken and be stained by blood. This is particularly evident in the Rokkaku arc, where he would rather take the blame and hatred of the daughter of the Rokkaku owner than let her know the cruel truth of her father's death. Additionally, in Episode 27, he shows distaste towards the Rengokukan fighting ring and enlists the Yorozuya to help him shut it down.


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Like other members of the Shinra Tribe Soutatsu has pointy ears. He wears bandages around his mouth and nose as well as his forehead.

Soutatsu does everything to accomplish his tasks. He takes others as hostages, killing them if he is not complied, and even uses his own men's lives to defeat an enemy. He sneers at just using his brute force to fight.


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When she disguise herself as a normal civilian, she wore a green kimono with orange patterns.

After befriending Kagura, she became quite sadistic. Shinpachi said that Soyo Hime, Kagura and Imai Nobume are the three sadistic sisters. All things aside, she is a cheerful girl.
However, after her brother's poisoning and subsequent death at the hands of one of Nobu Nobu's assassin's, Soyo Hime becomes saddened and depressed at the loss of her older brother.


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In her younger days in Yoshiwara, her beauty attracted all men and no one in Yoshiwara could rival her. Years later, she became short, gained wrinkles and kept her eyes closed.

Suzuran even in her old age would continue to work as a courtesan, holding onto the promise she made with Rotten Maizou years ago. Such a promise would normally not have been taken seriously in Yoshiwara due to its nature as an underground brothel, but owing to the serious situation at hand, Suzuran held onto the promise for all of her life.


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Tae is a beautiful young woman that attracts numerous men, which makes her the main attraction of the famous cabaret club Snack Smile and even amanto have tried to use her beauty to gain something. It also causes opponents to heavily underestimate Tae's combat skills and cunning, thus causing opponents like the Dobunezumi Group to gang up on Tae and getting outsmart by her in the process. She has short brown hair that is tied back in a ponytail and brown eyes.
(Quote from Otohime about Tae's appearance) "She's beautiful! I-Impossible! Why is she so beautiful when I'm hitting her? It's like the ethereal beauty of a falling flower!!" ( Episode 117 )
She wears a pink yukata with red sakura on it. She once admitted in her own words that she is 'flat chested'. [1] She can also be very aggressive when treated unfairly and inappropriately, and her weapon of choice seems to be her fists and a naginata. She's always wearing a smile on her face, due to her promise to Obi Hajime, the former instructor of Kodokan Dojo. Just like Sakata Gintoki 's dead fish eyes, Tae's smile makes it hard for people to read her. Her smile leaves a gentle impression, however, just like Kamui , it also signifies when she is about to seriously injure someone.

Shimura Tae's Gallery Otae Standard Otae's Artwork Otae Standard Chibi Otae in her childhood with Yagyuu Kyuubei Otae in Be Forever Yorozuya Otae in winter garbs Old Otae Otae's sadistic fake smile Otae's sadistic side Otae's true colors Otae in rage Otae, Hijikata Toushirou , Okita Sougo , Sakata Gintoki , Shimura Shinpachi and Kagura on a stakeout to catch a Underwear Thief in Episode 18 Otae, Gintoki, Shinpachi, Kagura, Sadaharu and Hasegawa going to the beach in Episode 19 Kondou Isao accidental hand chop to Otae's head in Episode 28 Otae dress as Kagura in Episode 43 Drunk Otae in Episode 83 Fat Otae in Episode 91 Otae without ponytail Otae as a stand in the Ghost Ryokan Arc Otae affected by the flu outbreak in Episode 165 Otae in her swimsuit in Episode 217 Otae as a Takamagahara employee in Episode 241 Tanned Otae in Episode 264 Otae's real smile in Episode 264 Blushing Otae in Episode 276 Otae and Kyuubei watching a movie together in Episode 277 Kondou gives Otae a yukata in Episode 285 Otae in Kimono in Episode 285 Otae wearing Shinpachi's glasses in Episode 289 Otae in funeral clothes at Kagura's funeral in Episode 297 Otae saluting and smiling in Episode 316 Otae 2 years after the war

She is very proud about her own good qualities, but very insecure about her bad qualities as well. Though outwardly appearing sweet and good-natured, she can be quick to temper and a has violent disposition, in particular towards ' gorilla-like stalkers' .
Since their mother died in a young age, Tae always took care of her little brother Shinpachi and protected him. She is a very brave and strong woman who always cares more about her family and closest friends than even about herself- very similar to Gintoki. She always tries to look strong and happy, thus she always smiles, even if she's hurt or feels sad.
(Quote from Shimura Shinpachi about Tae's personality) "You're so unfair, Sis... Smiling brightly every single day, but you never show your true feelings in the slighest. Even if you're hurt or want to cry, you're forcing yourself to smile. Always without saying anything to anyone. You bear the burden alone, you decide alone and you end up smiling alone."
Her speech manners are totally unlady-like, peppered with vulgar descriptions, especially of human genitalia, frequently prompting Shinpachi to scold her saying that 'girls should not speak like that'. She is also very rough, as she is very often seen scolding her stalker, Gintoki and even her own brother in a very harsh manner.
She generally acts sweet and kind, but she gets angry easily and has a no-nonsense attitude. This ironically causes others to compare her to a gorilla due to her monstrous strength. In addition, she is rather two faced, often pretending to act nice and sweet around others to let their guard down before backstabbing or deceiving them. Two prime examples would be when she and Ane competed for the prime spot of cabaret girl and Otae pretended not to care and concede the position to Ane out of kindness only to bring in prime customers to raise her own ranking and when she pretended to to be kind to Katsuo and gave him packages of mascot character items to sell around Kabuki-cho to improve the city’s image only to have him arrested as the items were pirated.
She can also be selfish, as she was upset about being placed 17th in the popularity polls and was perfectly willing to eliminate the characters ahead of her or assimilate the characters to absorb their popularity.

Shimura Tae's "dark matter" fried eggs
She loves the expensive brand of ice cream called Bargain Dash ( 破亜限堕取 ), a parody of the Häagen-Dazs ice cream in real world, and her most famous cuisine specialty is aka fried egg (卵焼き tamago yaki ), but labelled as 'Dark Matter' or even 'Pitiful egg' by Gintoki and others. This dish has caused the following side effects when eaten: causing Shinpachi's eyesight to deteriorate over long periods of consumption and forcing him to need eye glasses, giving Kondou Isao amnesia, aggravating Gintoki's amnesia, [2] [3] and causing Yagyuu Binboksai to have diarrhea. [4]
When not eaten, it can be used as a ballistic missile, as seen when they went up against the Tagosaku-possessed Oiwa which she said "burned" in the Onsen Chapter. In fact, literally everything Shimura Tae touches will come out burnt, even sushi (which does not require fire to make). [5] Strangely enough, the konjac jelly she made for her younger brother in Episode 126 (of the Pen-pal Chapter) came out properly as konjac jelly. However, this can not be considered canon as she was not seen actually making it in the manga, and the scene with her talking to Kagura afterwards was a filler.
She was revealed to be a die-hard fan of B'z band as she sang the chorus of Taiyoh no Komachi Angel while facing a sunset, thinking she was all alone, before Shinpachi, Hasegawa and Gintoki came along. [6]
Ironically, she has a constant fear of monsters, as seen during the Test of Courage in Episode 68 when she and Oryou entered the Test booth. When she's scared, her fear turns into anger, thus it caused her to go berserk, destroy the skeleton model, make Oryou vomit blood (due to her German Suplex Hold) and smack up Ochi-san in the process, only proving to the others that she was the only scary monster around.


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He wears a ragged, old brown suit and a pair of sunglasses. His eyes are rarely shown, and he is often seen smoking. He has dark brown messy hair.
Like Shinpachi , many of Hasegawa's friends stated that Hasegawa's sunglasses are more Hasegawa than Hasegawa himself.
Throughout the series he is seen wearing various disguises and has been shown in different styles for gags.

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Hasegawa Taizou's Gallery Hasegawa's Artwork Hasegawa smoking in Gintama Opening 5 Hasegawa with a nosebleed in Episode 7 Hasegawa with a neat appearance in Episode 16 Gintoki , Shinpachi , Otae , Kagura , Sadaharu and Hasegawa going to the beach in Episode 19 Hasegawa without his sunglasses in Episode 19 Hasegawa in a panda costume in Episode 49 Hasegawa as Josef from Heidi, Girl of the Alps Old Hasegawa Taizou Hasegawa as M in a virtual game Hasegawa cosplaying as Takasugi Shinsuke in Character Poll Arc Hasegawa as a highschool teacher in Episode 201 Hasegawa as Mr. Cockroach in Episode 201 Hasegawa as a host with clothes made from cardboards in Episode 241 Gintoki, Kagura, Hijikata, Sougo, Shinpachi and Hasegawa as host in Episode 241 Hasegawa in a pig costume in Episode 248 Hasegawa now successful as a "Hero" 2 years after the war

He is a kind and good-hearted man but he always ends up alone, sad and miserable.
Hasegawa is a man defined by his sunglasses. He treasures them as the only thing he could hold on to after losing his job and his wife left him.
Interestingly enough, most of his misfortunes could be led back to his involvement with the Yorozuya , even though they are his friends. However, whenever he gets into a real pinch, the Yorozuya steps in and helps him out, as seen in the Hasegawa Trial chapter and when Sakata Gintoki introduced him to the real estate agent Fudou Sanzou . [2]
Hasegawa has been shown to have a masochistic streak for example when the people of Hingromaxon threw fruits at him and he was enjoying it; and when Tae punched him until she make him cry and he loved it. He has also confessed himself that he is "a bit of an M (masochist)."
Due to his lifestyle as a MADAO, he has shown many time depressed and deep in the void. Hasegawa is frequently smoking. In the opening songs, he is almost always shown holding a cigarette. He also drinks and gambles despite his financial status. Hasegawa has tried commit suicide multiple times but he always fails (However, in Frozen Time Arc , Hasegawa (repeatedly) dies due to the Yorozuya's actions, but his death is repeatedly undone)
Despite his multiple shortcomings and misfortunes, he has shown to be a genuinely kind individual who will sacrifice his own chance to escape from being a MADAO if it means to help others, as shown in the case with bringing back Daigoro's family back together despite the implication that Hasegawa and Daigoro's mother were developing feelings for each other. Also he paid off a debt worth millions plus the hospital bill for an ill little girl he befriended, by winning a gameshow that was rigged for him to lose.


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He is a hulking, very muscular man who wears a very tiny Terakado Imperial uniform along with a red bandanna on his head. He has blonde hair and a mustache.

He cannot speak Japanese at all and instead utters English phrases like "french pan (bread)" and "time is money". He works for Gintoki for French bread during Otsu arc.


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He looks very much like an ordinary samurai, and even has a mage haircut. He carries a sword but can barely wield it, as seen during the Benizakura arc when minutes into the fight with Shinpachi, his arms were already trembling from fatigue. He has yet to show any other significant abilities or skills.

Takechi is the only non-fighting swordsman in the group, often saying that he leaves all the fighting to Kijima Matako . He is a lolicon, but claims to be a feminist with a healthy attraction towards children.


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Tama has green hair and dark red eyes. Her hair is usually pulled back and tied in a braid using a large screw to secure the bun on top. Her usual outfit is a blue yukata with a white apron, white thigh high socks and a pair of wooden sandals. This gives her the apperance of a French Maid. Tama carries a broom as both a cleaning tool for work and as a weapon.

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Tama's Gallery Tama standard Tama as Tamagura in Kintama Arc Tama wearing a suit Tama in Be Forever Yorozuya Tama as a Gundam in Episode 69 Kagura naming Tama as Tama in Episode 69 Tama as No.305 in Episode 71 Gintoki , Kagura and Tama in Gengai 's tank in Episode 71 Fuzuo-0's new life at Otose's bar in Episode 71 Gintoki watches as Tama sing in the karaoke in Episode 112 Gintoki and Tama at the bar while Tama is drinking oil in Episode 112 Tama get Seita a bath in Episode 139 Pixelated Tama due to a virus infection in Episode 167 Tama in her Omiai outfit in Episode 268 Tama carrying Cigarette Vending Machine in Episode 299 Mini Tama (2 years after the war) Mini Tama in Episode 362 (2 years after the war) Tama in Kiseki

Even though Tama is an android, she is capable of human emotions. Her interactions with living human beings, however, often seem to be severely limited by her lack of knowledge of the outside world. This is due to a memory loss she already suffered before her initial introduction. As the series progresses, however, it seems that Tama learns more and more just from being around the Yorozuya Gin-Chan . She also seems to have some rather strange main functions, such as imitating the Dragon Quest RPG. She is a kind person whose greatest desire is to be of use to humankind because she feels that as a machine her sole purpose in life is to be useful though she does grow to be more independent. She is very sweet and tries to cheer others up and be of use. In addition, she enjoys listening to others problems and giving them advice and dislikes the idea of charging them in exchange for listening to their problems. She believes everyone, whether machine or man, is an important and irreplaceable part of the world and no one is more or less important than another. She is also extremely loyal, as demonstrated in the Kintoki arc when she helps Gintoki recover everyone’s memories of him and refuses to let Kintoki have his way.


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Only his head can be seen his black hair, face down usually wearing a white shirt under a brown and dark blue trousers.

Although he was raised by wealthy people, he seems to be a very humble and respectful individual and often defended his brother Toshiro.


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Apparently has an average height as Gintoki, has short black hair and regarding dress are dark colors and above its war clothes carrying a dark green coat, his suit is very similar to that of Katsura. He also resembles a lot to Tetsuya Kuroko , the character of the parodied manga series.

He seems to be fairly polite. As seen when he addressed Gintoki, Katsura and Sakamoto with the honorific - san . He has a faint presence. He could only help everyone in trivial ways from the background, seeing that he was always medicore and in the background. Despite that, he continues to protect his friends, saying that it is 'a shadows pride'.


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He has a brown natural perm (similar to Sakata Gintoki ) and wears a dark red coat, tabi-less geta, and round-rim sunglasses. His eyes, when not hidden, are blue. He has a scar on his right hand that starts at his palm and goes halfway up his lower arm.
His weapon of choice used to be a sword, but is now a gun.

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Sakamoto Tatsuma's Gallery Tatsuma standard Sakamoto's Artwork Tatsuma during the Joui war Tatsuma disguised as a Renho during the events of the Renho Arc Tatsuma and Mutsu crashed into Gintoki 's house at the end segment of the A New Retelling Benizakura Arc Tatsuma in a kasa in Episode 319 Tatsuma instructs the Kaientai fleet to escape in Episode 320 Tatsuma's battle smile in Episode 321 Tatsuma's scar in Episode 321 The Reunion of Old Jouishishi ( Gintoki , Takasugi , Katsura , and Sakamoto ) Sakamoto, Katsura Kotarou , and Hitotsubashi Nobu Nobu negotiating with the Altana Liberation Army

His overly optimistic attitude sometimes leads him into all sorts of trouble, as he tends to brush off or even flat-out ignore bad incidents and situations. He has a habit of laughing at most times, even at inappropriate times. One of Sakamoto's main traits is his empty-headed thinking. He can be very spacey, and he often doesn't notice important details, like with his unawareness that Mutsu is from the Yato tribe despite spending years together and misinterpreting Dark Vader's plans to conquer Earth. Despite all this, deep down Sakamoto is really rather smart. He shows an excellent ability in giving inspirational speeches and is also a brilliant negotiator when he needs to be, convincing the entire Renho race to turn on their leader. Because of this, it's a possibility that his lighthearted personality is a ruse, as he has a tendency to start things and then seem to not to know what he did.
He cherishes his friends and subordinates; he was enraged when the Chidori supposedly hurt Mutsu, and he stood up for Katsura back in the war when other soldiers were ragging on him for being a coward. However, he feels insecure around his friends, as he states that if they knew his deeper feelings for them, they wouldn't like him anymore.
His business tactics, such as the 50 million yen bags, can be sketchy at times, earning him the nickname "con man." However, at heart, he wants to run a business that makes people smile. More literally, his ultimate goal is peace through mutual profit – a reflection of his pacifist nature.
Despite being a pacifist, he doesn't mind a good fight on occasion. He will often aim to maim or disarm before he aims to kill. He also has a tendency to start fights and egg people on, like when he teased Gintoki about his feud with Takasugi during the war.
Sakamoto can be blunt, almost rude at times, in certain situations, like when he insulted Nobu Nobu's behavior. He also can get incredibly angry in a short amount of time, such as when Katsura got himself and the rest of his crew captured despite Sakamoto's planning and when demanding the Chidori give Mutsu back.
He loves ships, but is very vulnerable to motion sickness. Whether it's a spaceship or a boat, ships are, ironically, his weakness. [3]


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He has a rather feminine look, with long blonde hair in the style of a pompadour, bright red lips, probably due to lipstick and reddish red eyes. He is seen wearing a pink colored kimono with flower patterns and a vibrant purple fur scarf, as well as red earrings.

He is very manipulative, as well as egoistic, using even little girls to do his bidding as he pleases. At first he seems like a cold and meticulous leader to the Sokai Faction, acting with arrogance when everything is according to plan, but once he notices that he no longer has the advantage, he quickly gets taken over by fear, and starts to cry, scream and run away from danger.


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He had short, black hair, black eyes and was usually seen wearing a blue kimono. He would carry a pipe and a jutte with him at all times. [5] Likewise, as young Jirocho is similar to Gintoki, Tastsugorou is similar to Hijikata.

Tatsugorou was a man who was strong in a fight and stuck to his ideals. [6] Because of this, he was considered a hero and somewhat of a leader of the Kabuki District . It has been said that everybody loved him. [7] It has also been said that he had many similarities with Sakata Gintoki .


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She has dark purple hair and brown eyes. She is usually seen with a green microphone.
In Episode 27 , Tsuu was seen participating in the 'Amazons' Tournament for a cameo. In Episode 56 , Tsuu wears a Shinsengumi uniform for a whole day.

She has a habit of appending meaningless words at the end of all her sentences such as "Corn Poop", "Suicide Dive", and many other explicit phrases. Though she is quite dense at times, she is still a very hard-working, kind, and determined girl.


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Tetsu is chubby and short. He has a round face and has a shave haircut.
B-Boy As a Bad boy, he dressed up as a New York gangster style along with his Shinsengumi uniform. He has unnecessary accessories such as the sunglasses, cap and gold chains. He also rolled one of his pants legs up to his knee. He tends to be rude to his peers, and even had a rap battle with Gintoki in the middle of the road (after Gintoki destroyed the car's sound system with his bokuto ), but after Gintoki won, he had a sense of respect for him
C-boy As a Cherry Boy, his appearance is completely different. He has a baby face (which he was trying to mask with his sunglasses earlier) and his eyes are drawn more like an old shoujo manga.

Sasaki without sunglasses and facial hair.

When first introduced, he acts like a New York gangster or B-boy (Bad-boy) and he occasionally speaks in rap. He was more selfish as he thinks he can do whatever he wants.
But after Toushirou backed Tetsu when Isaburo bad mouthed him, Tetsu changes into a polite person. Toushirou's influence made Tetsu more hard working, polite and compassionate.


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Togoro has black hair in the form of a V, just like Hijikata.


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Sada Sada is a chubby old man with thick eyebrows and has a top knot hair style.

Sada Sada is cruel and willing to do anything to get what he wants. He views himself as power and the law itself. He is confident in the power of the Tendoshu backing him and in the power that he holds himself. However, he had not anticipated his nephew turning against him and realizing his role as advisor was to secure power for himself.
Sada Sada is also correctly aware that the Tendoshu would view him as disposable if he was unable to quell the samurai rebellion and was not afraid in openly expressing this to Oboro.


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Toushirou appears as a very handsome and attractive man. He has short, black hair with dark green highlights (black in the manga) and gun-metal blue eyes (red in the manga). His usual attire is a Shinsengumi uniform, and on his days off he can be seen with a dark yukata & sandals.
As his otaku alter-ego, Tosshi, he wears a light-blue, ragged vest, a red shirt underneath, a red headband, and black pants.
During the events of the Dekoboko Arc, he switched genders due to a curse and was seen in his female form. As a woman, he had long black hair tied in twin braids and was overweight due to eating too much mayonnaise while in his normal form. Later he wore a purple kimono with a pig design on it.

Due to having to endure being hated by his other family members for being an illegitimate son, being indebted to his older brother, and having no place to belong, Hijikata was an outsider. Despite this, he never stopped moving forward and aimed to become stronger because of the deep regret stemming from his being unable to save his brother and protect the ones he loves.
Feared by both his enemies and his underlings, Hijikata, typically known as the Demonic Vice-Commander (鬼の副長, Oni no Fukucho ) is very strict and dedicated to his work. He formulated the Kyokuchou Hatto (局中法度, Kyokuchō Hatto ), the 45 Regulations that form the disciplinary framework for all Shinsengumi members, and he implements them firmly. He is also fiercely loyal to the Commander of the Shinsengumi, Kondou Isao , as seen in the Shinsengumi Mutiny Arc when he (with help from the Yorozuya ) went to save Kondou from Itou Kamotarou . Hijikata has a strong sense of wrath, as seen in the Yagyuu Arc , when he claimed that his injuries (received from his fight with Kitaooji Itsuki ) were actually from getting caught in an automatic door at the Marui Department Store. This is also evident in his going after Sakata Gintoki in order to avenge Kondou and the Shinsengumi's honor after Kondou lost a challenge to the silver-haired samurai for the right to date Shimura Tae. [1] He is very strict and efficient, managing to turn Yorozuya into an efficient organization with multiple branches and leaders in the Soul Switch Arc while he was in Gintoki's body. Similarly, his strict and imposing nature allows him to effectively command and lead the Shinsengumi. Hijikata puts on a tough attitude, but is willing to help those in need, as seen in the Yagyuu Arc and the Shinsengumi Crisis Arc. He has a stubborn streak and does not like to reveal his weaknesses. He also veils his good or kind actions with exaggerated annoyance and agitation, at times even appearing as a tsundere.
Hijikata is a very aggressive and short-tempered individual, always getting annoyed by other characters' antics and reprimanding them for it. He also threatens his subordinates with seppuku if they do not follow orders or fool around.
Hijikata is a rabid lover of mayonnaise; in fact, he drowns almost all of his food in a ridiculous amount of the condiment before eating it, including desserts and coffee. [2] He is also a chain-smoker, and once went to great lengths, in fact to other planets, to get his smoking fix when Matsudaira declared a city-wide smoking ban with immediate effect, [3] though during the Silver Soul Arc he tried to quit smoking. However, as shown in the two-year time skip when he meets with Gintoki again, he was unable to quit and continues to smoke. In fact, he shows obsessive behavior and unhealthy addictions which seem to be hard for him to break and are his biggest weakness. He eats copious amounts of mayonnaise and believes the world loves mayonnaise. He similarly smokes so often that in episode 119, when smoking was banned at the Shinsengumi headquarters and all across Kabukicho, he left to space to obtain cigarettes and smoke (though later episodes show that smoking is still allowed in the Shinsengumi headquarters, implying the ban didn't last long). He does not lust for women and does not like cabaret clubs (when he was on leave, he went to the sauna and cinema). This is probably due to him being unable to forget Mitsuba, the one girl he truly loved.
His personality is very similar to that of Gintoki's, as Mitsuba once remarked [4] , resulting in the two frequently clashing as rivals [5] . The two share similar fears, such as being terrified of ghosts and dentists, but they can also reach an unbelievable synchronization when fighting together [6] . In the Baragaki arc, Hijikata claims that he and Gintoki are the same due to the fact that they don't seek or expect forgiveness to those they kill, but rather aim to stop those from making the same mistakes they once did.
After he bought the cursed sword Muramasha , he developed a split personality named Tosshi ( 十四 Tōshi ). Tosshi's personality is similar to an otaku who was slain by Muramasha , the cursed soul from the sword: he watches anime in the Shinsengumi Headquarters, reads mangas that Hijikata used to hate and cares a lot about his anime figurines. He is also weak and afraid of fighting. During the Terakado Tsuu's Fan Club Voting Competition Arc, Hijikata (not Tosshi) reveals that Tosshi is the real Hijikata Toushirou, simply enhanced by the cursed sword's powers. Hijikata suppressed him but eventually had to face him and agree to send him off after granting his wish of conquering something. Tosshi dies in a final battle boxing match against Shinpachi in the Fan Club Voting Arc.