Gokinjo Monogatari Characters

(Volume 1)

Mikako Kouda

An individualistic girl who dreams of becoming a fashion designer and having her own brand of clothing, "Happy Berry." Although she runs the household and cooks for her mother, she acts younger than her age. She's quick to anger and makes drastic changes in her appearance when she's upset.

 

Tsutomu Yamaguchi

Mikako's long-suffering neighbor and friend since childhood. He gets a lot of unwanted attention because he looks exactly like popular singer Ken Nakagawa. He studies visual design at Yazawa Gakuin and makes little UFO-looking knick-knacks as a hobby, but he doesn't have a goal for the future.

 

Risa Kanzaki

Mikako's punk-rock classmate and friend. She came from Hokkaido to Tokyo to study to become a designer of children's clothing, but she's not quite all she seems to be...

 

Mai "Pii-chan" Oota

Mikako's friend and classmate. She has a high-pitched voice that earned her her nickname (she sounds like she's peeping) and wears cutesy little-girl storybook dresses. She makes stuffed animals and dreams of the day her prince will come.

 

Hamada-sensei ("Hama-chan")

Mikako's fashion design teacher. She's well-liked, but very strict.

 

Noriji Sunami

The superintendent of Mikako and Tsutomu's apartment building. As Mikako says, he has a scary face, but is really very nice. He has a crush on Mikako's mother.

 

Mariko "Nice Body-ko" Nakasu

An upperclassman in the school of interior design who becomes Tsutomu's first girlfriend. She's attractive (she was crowned "Miss YazaGaku" in the school's beauty contest), flirtatious, spoiled, selfish, and rich. She's always dressed from head to toe in Chanel.

 

Hiroaki "Toku-chan" Tokumori

A neighbor who has been like a big brother to Mikako and Tsutomu. Now, he mediates their arguments at his bar, the Blue Parrot.

 

Youichiro and Kimiko(?) Yamaguchi

Tsutomu's parents. Very ordinary people.

 

Ruriko Kouda

Mikako's mother, a successful shoujo mangaka (girls' cartoonist). She's rather irresponsible and childish.

 

Non-chan

Mikako's classmate.

 

Yuusuke Tashiro

Tsutomu's friend, classmate, and co-founder of Akindo. He likes hip-hop fashion and rice omelets, has an eye for the ladies, and rides a Honda Cub scooter. He's an excellent artist when he applies himself, and he draws portraits for Akindo.

 

Jiro Nishino

Tsutomu's friend and classmate. He programs computer games. He has purple spiked hair, rockabilly clothes, and sunglasses that he never takes off. He's poor and speaks Kansai dialect.

 

Ai Yazawa-gakuchou-sensei

The head of Yazawa Gakuin, an offbeat woman who always wears kimono and heart-shaped sunglasses.

(Volume 2)

Shintaro Nakasu

Body-ko's younger brother, a wannabe-Rastafarian underclassman in the school of handicrafts. He makes colorful little haniwa figurines.

 

Shuuji "Shuu-chan" Shintani

Body-ko's next-door-neighbor and first love. A wealthy, clean-cut, tennis-playing college student.

 

Yuka Matsuyama

Shuu-chan's college girlfriend.

 

Takeshi Nagase

Risa's live-in boyfriend, guitarist in a rock band.

 

Ayumi Oikawa

Tsutomu's friend and classmate. She's pretty, smart, and nice, but she lacks assertiveness and self-confidence. She makes accessories for Akindo and strange objects d'art at school. She likes Yuusuke because of his beautiful paintings.

(Volume 3)

Hirohiko Sakurada

Mikako's father. A professional photographer who specializes in pictures of the sky.

(Volume 4)

Pierre

The cook at the Nakasus' summer home.

(Volume 5)

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Mikako's junior-high school classmate.

 

Seiji "Kira-Kira Seijin" Kisaragi

Ruriko's assistant. He's a graduate of the Yazawa School of Design, and is now studying hair and make-up.

 

Shimamoto

Mikako's classmate, a professional model.

Haru

Mikako's classmate. She has short blue hair and glasses.

(Volume 7)

Michiyo

Toku-chan's fiancee.

Miwako Sakurada

Mikako's baby sister.

(Special Version)

Arashi Nagase

Miwako's friend, son of Risa and Takeshi.

Hiroyuki Tokumori

Miwako's friend, son of Toku-chan and Michiyo.

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