Akatsuka's Star System

**Akatsuka's Star System** (赤塚 不二夫のスター・システム) refers to the usage of recurring or noteworthy characters and designs that appear throughout the works of Fujio Akatsuka and Fujio Pro, as if they were actors.

## Overview

In film-making, this term was used by studios for the practice of using specific top actors through their productions. In manga, it is a practice most famously used by Osamu Tezuka, but that can be employed by other manga-ka as well.

With this use, characters are not simply limited to one role and other guests that resemble them may in fact actually *be* them. Some common archetypes may carry over from role to role, or the character's name if they are not renamed for a setting. In the pages of a manga, fictional characters are also free to change their appearances more than real actors can, and can take much different parts than what readers could expect.

On the other hand, there are similar or identical characters that are intended to be separate stars in works, and may be treated as such. These may sometimes be referred to as "subspecies" or classified as an outright different star, as opposed to a character being renamed or having a modified appearance. You can also refer to the lookalikes articles for more information and classification of these character types.

As with authors like Tezuka, determining some of these characters' appearances and whether or not they are roles of specific "stars" can sometimes come down to a subjective judgment by fan researchers except for direct statements where "This character also appeared in this title" or where the character design is too obvious. But there may even be unclear information from Fujio Pro sources at times, identifying two individuals meant to be the same star as distinct (eg: Chibita and Kantaro) even when evidence in the past may disagree.

A number of these characters are briefly profiled on the official Akatsuka website ***Koredeiinoda,*** but many others are not listed there and are the results of further research. However, *Koredeiinoda* does accept reader requests for characters to be profiled and vectors traced and composited from existing manga are used for their entries. For copyright reasons, those cannot be reprinted here.

Please take note that the list of works on this page may not be complete for each star, and may be in no particular order besides their debut. Official names are listed where known, otherwise descriptive placeholders or notable names from specific works may be assigned.

## Akatsuka and Company

### Fujio Akatsuka

(赤塚 不二夫)

The King of Gag Manga himself sometimes appears in small cameos, or introductory or ending parts in a story to talk to the readers. Other times, he may directly interact with his own characters.

His self-portrait design varies depending on the era, with the 1960s Akatsuka usually having a light-colored bowl-cut and a small round button nose, or short black hair and squinted eyes. The caricature of Akatsuka in the 1970s and on, referenced on the Koredeiinoda website, has shaggier dark hair and his eyes often shut.

**Appearing in these works:**

* *Beyond the Storm* (as a train conductor, name also used for an unseen classmate of Midori)
* *The Girl Who Disappeared* (as an officer)
* *White Angel* (as himself in the introduction)
* *Mother's Song*
* *Matsuge-chan*
* *Nama-chan*
* *Tunnel Team*
* *Sudara-ojisan*
* *I Am a Salaryman*
* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *Akatsuka-kun Can Do Anything*
* *Extraordinary Ataro*
* *The Genius Bakabon*
* *The Monkey's Foolish Guardman*
* *The Flower of Dekoppachi*
* *Hennako-chan* (1960s version, Ribon magazine)
* *Tokiwa-so Story*
* *Introduction to Manga*
* *Let's La Gon*
* *Mad Dog Trotsky*
* *Unkor Wat* (as explorer Fujio Kusotsuka)
* *Nyarome*
* *Gag Guerrilla*
* *The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi*
* *King of Gags*
* *Noragaki*
* *Occhan*
* *Croquette-kun*
* *Monster Ball Man*
* *Gag Land*
* *Anime-Manga*
* *My Wife Belongs to the University of Tokyo*
* *Naughty Angel*
* *The Mean Old Man*
* *Run Away Run Away*
* *Nyarome's Fun Mathematics Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Cosmology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration* (in chapter intro pages)
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries*
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies*
* *Fujio's Waru Waru World*
* *Tamori and I*
* *Music of My Youth*
* *This Week's Awful Person*
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Literary Walk*
* *Basho Matsuo*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Yotsuya H*
* *Yarasete-ojisan* (Appearance used for lead character)
* *Gag Shop*
* *The Cat House Owner*
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Animal Land*

### Kikuchiyo

(菊千代)

Akatsuka's cat. He is visible in works in the 1980s, including his own series. He is a small black-and-white cat, depicted as either speaking or silent outside the titles with him as the featured star.

The manga appearances ceased after the actual Kikuchiyo's death, although he is now immortalized by Koredeiinoda along with his owner in merchandise and illustrations.

**Appearing in these works**:

* *The Flower of Kikuchiyo*
* *Nyarome's Fun Mathematics* *Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom*
* *I am a Cat (Kikuchiyo)*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Yarasete-ojisan*
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Animal Land*
* *Testament to the 18-year old Kikuchiyo*
* *Kikuchiyo and Nyarome*

### Toshiki Takei

(武居俊樹)

Akatsuka's editor at Weekly Shonen Sunday in the early 1970s. In the manga, he tends to be known simply as "Editor Takei" (武居記者 *Takei*-*kisha*) or "That Idiot Takei".

In his appearances in Let's La Gon and other works, he is depicted as a controlling figure with a large nose and exaggerated features. In addition to his unpleasant demeanor, his socks are exceedingly foul. The relationship between Akatsuka and Takei was strong enough for Takei to allow him to depict him in such outlandish ways.

After his work at Shonen Sunday, Takei moved on to be editor of the shōjo manga department at publishers, working on magazines such as *Ciao*, *Ribon*, and *Separate Edition Shōjo Comic*.

**Appearing in these works**:

* *Let's La Gon*
* *Noragaki*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom* (seen on Star System tree)
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*

### Kunio Nagatani

(長谷邦夫)

One of the "idea men" at Fujio Pro and one of Akatsuka's prolific assistants from the 1960s to the early 1990s, as well as one of his fellow associates from Tokiwa-so. He is depicted as a man with large eyebrows and glasses, as well as an "M"-like mouth and wild hair. He would tend to ghostwrite full works himself, including his run of *The Original Genius Bakabon*.

When not depicted as himself in cameos or in biographical stories, he tends to show up as a random passerby, a father character, or as a teacher (as he does in other Tokiwa-so authors' Star Systems, Shotaro Ishinomori's works being one example).

The "Kunio" name also appears on some nerdy boys in early Akatsuka works, such as a boy in the Midori Trilogy or in *Chabashira*.

**Appearing in these works**:

* *Nama-chan*
* *Sunset Angel*
* *The Numbness of Scatan* (as Ken's father)
* *Otasuke-kun*
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Ganbarima Show*
* *The Genius Bakabon* ("The Original Genius Bakabon", TV Magazine)
* *Tokiwa-so Story*
* *Introduction to Manga*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom* (seen with a family of himself)
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration* (as a scientist)
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries*
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies*
* *Tamori and I*
* *Music of My Youth*
* *TOKIO and Kakeru*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*

### Shotaro Ishimori

(石森 章太郎)

Another of Akatsuka's friends from the complex, who was responsible for coming up with the title idea of "Nama-chan" and who had collaborated with Akatsuka on works under the pennames of "Asuka Izumi" and "U.Maia" (with Hideko Mizuno joining in the latter case).

He was a successful manga-ka and known as the "King of Manga", creating titles such as Kamen Rider and Cyborg 009. He is depicted as a short, round man with a ball-like head, constantly squinting eyes, and a long downturned mouth.

After 1986, Ishimori (who was born Shotaro Onodera) would change his pen name to be Shotaro Ishinomori (石ノ森 章太郎).

**Appearing in these works**:

* *Garden of the Heart*
* *The Girl Who Disappeared*
* *A Dove is Beyond the Storm*
* *Mama Bargain Sale!*
* *Mother's Song*
* *Nama-chan*
* *Tokiwa-so Story*
* *Music of my Youth*
* *Reading Dai-sensei*

### Hideko Mizuno

(水野英子)

Another collaborator in "U.Maia" and friend at Tokiwa-so, famous for her shōjo manga. She was the only woman among the men that lived there.

She tends to be depicted as a curly-haired young woman with glasses.

**Appearing in these works**:

* *Tokiwa-so Story*
* *Music of my Youth*

### Hiroo Terada

Another Tokiwa-so alum, depicted with a large aquiline nose and curly bangs. He was responsible for inspiring Akatsuka to keep with his manga career, and is seen in some works related to that era.

**Appearing in these works:**

* *Garden of the Heart*
* *The Girl Who Disappeared* (design used as "Daizou")
* *Tokiwa-so Story*
* *Music of my Youth*

### Fujiko F Fujio (Hiroshi Fujimoto), Fujiko Fujio A (Motoo Abiko)

(藤子 不二雄:藤子・F・不二雄 (藤本 弘 ), 藤子不二雄Ⓐ (安孫子 素雄))

A duo of manga-ka at Tokiwa-so that would create the series *Q-taro the Ghost* under their shared name "Fujiko Fujio", as well as author many of their own series separately. Akatsuka, Ishinomori, and other Studio Zero members collaborated with them on the series; F drew Q-taro, while A and the others drew the other characters and backgrounds. This is why the *Osomatsu-kun* and *Q-taro* characters often made cameos between each others' works.

These two men are often seen in specific works detailing Akatsuka's time at the apartment complex. A is often depicted with glasses and large round lips, while F wears a beret similar to Ishinomori and can be seen smoking from a pipe at times. While other manga-ka names are usually presented in Western order in English sources, which would make their pen name "Fujio Fujiko", most sources opt to retain the Eastern ordering of the name and the individual pen names.

**Appearing in these works**:

* *Garden of the Heart* (as an arsonist duo and in the background)
* *The Girl Who Disappeared*
* *Tokiwa-so Story*
* *Music of my Youth*

### Takashi Ishida

(石田タカシ)

The man said to be Akatsuka's editor at Comic BomBom in the late 1980s.

He is often not shown in view, instead being depicted as hurling boulders at characters or at Akatsuka himself. The boulder-throwing is punishment for bad gags, or for the flow of a story being disrupted. These boulders are referred to as the "Ishida Stones".

In his appearances in the BomBom run of Bakabon, he is shown to be a menacing bespectacled figure wearing a plaid suit, and with characteristic sharp teeth and wavy hair.

**Appearing in these works**:

* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *The Genius Bakabon*

### Takayoshi Minematsu/Katta Yoshi

The chief assistant for Fujio Pro in the late 1980s to around 1994, and current artist for Fujio Pro. Although not depicted by Akatsuka himself in art, this man can be seen in some of his own illustrations and comics recounting his history at Fujio Pro or commemorating his boss' life and characters.

The younger Minematsu is depicted as a Matsuno-like figure, but with shaggier longer hair. The caricature he draws for his older self in recent times (and penname "Katta Yoshi") is often a balding, noseless shabby old man with glasses, whiskers, and a sprout-like patch of hair atop his head. However, other self-portraits can also be seen at his whim, including that of the **"Tako-Ichigo"** (Octopus-Strawberry), an unusual little hybrid creature used to represent himself.

Minematsu's name was previously referenced as one of the extra Matsunos at the end of the Mutsumatsu story in the third run, as Minematsu was the assistant drawing such stories for Akatsuka. The *Boy Bakabon* character of Minimatsu is also believed to be inspired from how he drew his younger self.

**This man's incarnations can be seen in these works:**

* *Minematsu-kun* (a story written by Minematsu, as part of the 80th birthday Akatsuka mook)
* *The Genius Birthdaybon* (80th birthday story for Koredeiinoda)
* *Boy Bakabon* (appears in omake comics about writing the series, and the Tako-Ichigo is also used)
* *Boy Bakabon x Biohazard: Bakahaza* (as a statue in this app game)

## 1950s

Aside from these notable stars, there are times Akatsuka would use common young girls' names for various heroines in the works of this period, such as "Yuriko" or "Yoshiko".

### Anbou

(アン坊)

**Origin**: *Mako-chan* (1958 one-shots)

Mako-chan's younger brother, a mischievous little boy dressed in his characteristic checkered overalls. He notably got used as a star in other Shojo Book-serialized stories by Akatsuka in the same time period, wherever a little brother character or trouble-making neighborhood child would be needed.

He was last seen, with some degree of redesign to his hairstyle, in *The Hoop of Hula-chan*. He can also be taken as essentially the prototypical figure to those later pesky younger brother types like Mimi-tan (*Matsuge-chan*) and Kankichi (*Akko-chan's Got a Secret!*).

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *The Cheerful Family*
* *Sacchan* (1958 ver.)
* *The Hoop of Hula-chan* (Izuo)

### Eriko

(エリ子)

**Origin**: *A Dove Beyond the Storm*

A young woman forced to live with her cruel relatives by circumstances beyond her control. She has a younger sister named Michiko, who was re-used from *White Angel*.

She was also the star of the tankobon work *The Girl Who Disappeared*, which came a week later in publication date.

### Imagawa Shop Owner

**Origin**: *Mother's Song*

A middle-aged man that runs a restaurant and food store, but is frequently troubled by his unnamed son and daughter fighting while he tries to work.

Like with Misuzu's father, as well as her brother Ryohei, he and his children were imported over to *Happy-chan* as part of the cast.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Matsuge-chan* (Greengrocer)
* *Tunnel Team* (Greengrocer)
* *Happy-chan*

### Kantaro

(カン太郎)

**Origin:** *Nama-chan*

A bald little boy who lives with his kanbutsu shop father, in his original setting. He tends to have the best suggestions and point of view in situations, but will also be picked on for his innocence.

He received two spinoff features; the first ran during *Nama-chan*, while the revival series debuted during *Osomatsu-kun.* By the latter time, he was redesigned and his series almost seemed like a stealth try-out for the eventual "Chibita" features, with Kantaro interacting with the newly familiar -kun characters and others and having an ever-changing family situation.

This in fact could also be seen as Kantaro and Chibita being equated as the same guy, and after the series' conclusion, he would be obsolete and Chibita would be the household name. However, perhaps due to Kantaro's own history, Fujio Pro these days attempts to separate the two back into their own characters.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Matsuge*-*chan* (as a student named Ken-chan that Mimi-tan gets to tutor him, depicted with a bowlcut like what will eventually be seen on Ganmo and Otasuke)
* *Happy*-*chan* (as Yo-chan, depicted with black hair)
* *Sudara-ojisan* (as a baby, at end)

### Kunio

(クニオ)

**Origin**: *Beyond the Storm*

One of Midori's friends, a young boy with round glasses.

He is seen not only in the above book, but also in *A Flash of Light on the Lake* and *Storm Wharf* as a secondary male character.

### Michiko

(ミチ子)

**Origin**: *White Angel*

The younger of a pair of sisters. She decides to name an abandoned puppy "Gott", and is the closest to the newfound pet.

She was quickly re-used for the younger sister of the same name in *A Dove Beyond the Storm,* though losing her hair ribbon. Her name and general personality also appear on a much different character (but still a younger sister type) in *Mama Bargain Sale!*

### Midori

(ミドリ)

**Origin**: *Beyond the Storm*

The eldest of a pair of sisters, in Akatsuka's debut tankobon-original work by Akebono Publishing.

However, she can be seen as just one of his earliest Star System examples, as she recurs in the next few Akebono books, with a different setting in each case.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *A Flash of Light on the Lake*
* *Storm Wharf*
* *Garden of the Heart* (as "Yoshiko")
* *Mama Bargain Sale!*

### Misuzu

(みすず)

**Origin**: *Mother's Song*

**Prototype**: Sacchan (protagonist of the 1958 *Sacchan*)

The protagonist, who is told by her older brother that she's not really part of the family, which sets her off on a quest to Niigata to see if she can find them.

Her design is later re-purposed for the lead in *Mimi and Iko-chan*, though her brother Ryohei comes along with her. She is easily identified by her long hair and the considerably oversized hairbow attached to her headband. Her name is also notated in hiragana, for ease of reading.

Prior to the appearance of Misuzu, a smaller version of her design appeared as the aforementioned Sacchan. The frontispiece of *A Sunflower and a Girl* also uses a design for Yuriko that would be quite similar to Misuzu, although the actual design of Yuriko in the story is somewhat younger and different (and lacks the hairbow).

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Mimi and Iko-chan* (as "Iko-chan")

### Papa of Shōjo Protagonists

(パパ)

**Origin**: *Beyond the Storm* (Midori and Sumire's father)

A kindly, short and plump middle-aged man with a round button nose, closely-cropped black hair, and big round glasses.

He is the loving salaryman father to whatever early shōjo protagonist needs one of this design. His hairstyle may slightly vary at times, but his overall look and role are consistent.

The last time this design appears is in *Akko-chan*, as the father of Kankichi's friend Mimiko.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *White Angel* (Noriko and Michiko's Uncle)
* *Matsuge-chan* (Matsuge's Papa)
* *Sacchan* (Sacchan's Papa)
* *Nonko-chan* (Papa)
* *Ganbare! Mami-chan* (Mami's Papa)
* *Papa and Mami-chan* (Mami's Papa)
* *Akko-chan's Got a Secret!* (Mimiko's Papa)

### Ryohei

(良平)

**Origin**: *Mother's Song*

Misuzu's adult-aged elder brother, who's become rather delinquent lately in the story. In a feud with his sister, he angrily admits to her that she isn't even part of the family, causing Misuzu to become distressed and to go off to Niigata in search of who her real parents could be. It is then later revealed that Ryohei was the one adopted out to Misuzu's family, and in the end they reconcile.

Ryohei was later re-used as the older brother in both and *Mimi and Iko-chan* and *Happy-chan*, right down to being name-dropped in a chapter. However, he's a much more nicer and responsible brother figure, and his friends Yowai-kun and Noga-kun do not show up.

During the run of *Happy-chan*, he is redesigned somewhat to have smoother hair and a more modernized look. This new design winds up being more associated as Akko-chan's teacher Sato, and is also seen on a "Chiba-chan" in *Gathered in the Living Room*.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Mimi and Iko-chan*
* *Happy-chan*
* *Matsuge-chan* (Ribon run)

### Sato-kun

(佐藤くん)

**Origin**: *Beyond the Storm*

Another of Midori's friends. His design is also a common type in the early works, before Yoshiharu became more of a protagonist.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *A Flash of Light on the Lake* (as "Akira")
* *Storm Wharf* (as "Fujio")
* *Garden of the Heart* (as "Yukio")

### Sumire

(スミレ)

**Origin**: *Household Cartoon Sumire-chan*

A little girl who lives with her mother and her older brother Sho-chan. She may be one of the earliest Stars to be utilized in Akatsuka's pre-mainstream shojo career, and re-appears as one of the siblings in the short *Parcel and Apple*.

Her name, and the basic idea of a young girl with braids and a large bow, would seem to coincidentally also wind up on Midori's sister in *Beyond the Storm*.

### Yaeko

**Origin**: *The Happiness of Yuriko* (as "Yasuko")

A little girl that has a small cameo in the above title, but makes an extended appearance in "Mother's Song".

She is a child that the protagonist Misuzu saves from being hit by a car, after Misuzu travels to Niigata in hopes to find out who her real family is. She then finds that Yaeko has an older sister with the same name of "Misuzu", but that this might not be the family she was looking for after all.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Mother's Song*

### Yasuko, "Yacchan"

(ヤス子, ヤッちゃん)

**Origin**: *A Flash of Light on the Lake*

One of Midori's friends, a girl with short hair and glasses. A precursor to her in a sense can be seen as Akiko in *Beyond the Storm*.

She reappears once more in a similar friend setting in *Storm Wharf*.

### Yoshiharu

**Origin**: *White Angel*

A young boy identifiable by his round nose, and school uniform and hat. He has a similar design to previous male hero-types by Akatsuka, other than his face differing some.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *The Girl Who Disappeared* (as Yuji)
* *Mama Bargain Sale!* (as Masao)

## 1960s

### A and B

(コプンA, コプンB)

**Origin**: *Extraordinary Ataro*

The henchmen of Boss Kokoro. These two tend to only occasionally show up alongside him in appearances outside of the series.

A is taller and slimmer, while B is the short chubbier one. Although they both have tanuki-like faces, they differ from Boss in that they lack tails. As indicated in the appearances section, for whatever reasons in the learning book series, A is entirely absent from scenes involving his Boss.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Oh! Great Jailbreak*
* *Let's La Gon*
* *Inspector Oni* (seen as cops)
* *Cat's Eye News*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprising Guide*
* *Nyarome's Fun Mathematics Classroom* (only B appears)
* *Nyarome's Fun Cosmology Classroom* (only B appears)
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom* (only B)
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration* (only B)
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom* (only B)
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies* (only B)
* *Japan Laughter Story* (as cops in a squad)
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (in "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Reading Dai-sensei*
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Animal Land*

### A-suke, B-suke, C-suke

**Origin**: *The Monkey's Foolish Guardman.*

A trio of foolish, chaotic young men with their own dysfunctions: A-suke can't see well, B-suke can't hear well, and C-suke stutters. They are the further exploration of "idiot trio" character archetypes (inspired by the Three Stooges) that Akatsuka debuted in *Radical 7th Years*, though with a different set of fools.

These three specific characters were soon brought back for the short-lived series *Oh! Geba Geba*, although undergoing some degree of redesign (keeping some familiar features while others were altered). This second design of A-suke was in turn tweaked some from the character of Benkyouya from the preceding *Geba Geba Brothers* shorts, which had also featured an idiot trio.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Oh! Geba Geba*

### Akko

(アッコ)

**Origin:** *Akko-chan's Got a Secret!*

Akko is Akatsuka's first and only "magical girl" in a sense, who uses her magic mirror to transform. Her design was duplicated for Totoko, who debuted two weeks after in *Osomatsu-kun*. She is among the Akatsuka protagonists who were not displaced by supporting cast.

Akko and Totoko have never appeared in a work together or interacted (save for an opening illustration gag in *Reading Dai-sensei*), which lead to speculation if they were just two roles of the same "star", not helped by Akko being in a Totoko-like role in some of her outside appearances. Fujio Akatsuka adamantly refuted such an idea in 1989 commentary, claiming that the two weren't the same. However, some have also claimed he had once made statements to the effect of "Totoko equals Akko".

Whatever the case may have been intended as at the start, they are both stressed as separate entities by Fujio Pro on their website and in books like the 1977 *There's No Wonderful Business Like That of a Gag!*. Akko is usually the one who makes appearances in works and illustrations, to represent her series, but sometimes there may be a case where Totoko is the intended girl making a cameo or where it is left uncertain (unless you can see a mirror).

Although she usually plays herself (as does Totoko), the story *Fujio's Waru Waru World* opts to cast Akko as **Kazuko**, a young woman that Akatsuka knew in his childhood.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *The Genius Bakabon* ("It's the Chanchakachan" and BomBom run, in cameos as herself and in a transformation gag of Papa becoming her)
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprising Guide*
* *Run Away Run Away* (Cameo as a schoolgirl)
* *Nyarome's Fun Cosmology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration*
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries*
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies*
* *Fujio's Waru Waru World* (as "Kazuko")
* *Chibita and Nyarome and Akko-chan*
* *TOKIO and Kakeru* (in an opening panel gag for a chapter)
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (in story and "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Japan Laughter Story* (as a policewoman)
* *Reading Dai-sensei*
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*
* *Nyarome* (1997 Exhibition Comic)

### Ataro

(ア太郎)

**Origin**: *Extraordinary Ataro*

Ataro is not known to have a particularly prominent role outside of his own series. He tends to show up as a guest or cameo role, simply working at his vegetable shop or being seen in crowds. He tends to be accompanied by his friend Dekoppachi in such sightings.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *The Genius Bakabon*
* *The Flower of Dekoppachi*
* *Introduction to Manga*
* *Bukkare\*Dan*
* *Oh! Great Jailbreak*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*
* *Cat's Eye News*
* *Let's La Gon* (as a brother of Gon, and in other background roles)
* *Wanpei and Mo-chan*
* *The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi*
* *Nyarome's Fun Mathematics Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Cosmology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration*
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Japan Laughter Story*
* *Reading Dai-sensei*
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (in "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *MR. Masashi*
* *Greatest in Japan, Putaro's Family*
* *Songo-kun* (BomBom remake)
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Animal Land*

### Bakabon

(バカボン)

**Origin:** *The Genius Bakabon*

**Prototype** (in a sense): Bokeo (*Nonsensical NO.1*)

Bakabon tends to show up in guest spots either just with his Papa, among a group of children, or the series will be represented with the entire family dropping in. Unless he is meant to have a specific purpose for an appearance, he will tend to fade into crowds or simply be an in-joke for fans to spot.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *The Genius Bakabon's Old Man*
* *Extraordinary Ataro*
* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *Akko-chan's Got a Secret!* (Nakayoshi remake)
* *Let's La Gon*
* *The Flower of Dekoppachi*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*
* *Oh! Great Jailbreak*
* *Gag + Gag*
* *Cat's Eye News*
* *Wanpei and Mo-chan*
* *Waru Waru World*
* *The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi*
* *Occhan* (as a form taken by Bocchan)
* *King of Gags*
* *BC Adam*
* *Kensaku the Architect* (seen in a town scene with family)
* *Itaike-kun (1978 version)*
* *Wonderful Fool*
* *Nyarome's Fun Mathematics Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Cosmology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration*
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries*
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies*
* *Fujio's Waru Waru World*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Japan Laughter Story*
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (seen in "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *Greatest in Japan, Putaro's Family*
* *MR. Masashi*
* *Gag Shop*
* *The Cat House Owner*
* *Hennako-chan* (Weekly Josei version)
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*

### Bakabon's Mama

(バカボンのママ)

**Origin**: *The Genius Bakabon*

**Prototype**: Mi-tan's Mama (*Good Morning with Mi-tan*)

Mama usually only appears in settings where the entire family is required to appear, although there are occasions where she may be used on her own in a role such as being a policewoman in *Japan Laughter Story*.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Oh! Great Jailbreak*
* *Cat's Eye News*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*
* *Wanpei and Mo-chan*
* *BC Adam*
* *Kensaku the Architect* (seen in town scene with family)
* *Nyarome's Fun Mathematics Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Cosmology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration*
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries*
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Japan Laughter Story*
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*

### Bakabon's Papa

(バカボンのパパ)

**Origin**: *The Genius Bakabon*

**Prototype** (in a sense...): Sudara-ojisan

Papa, having become the protagonist, tends to be the character to represent his series the most when he shows up across works. Even in works that don't have the Star System's presence, he may briefly pop in to make himself known or be seen as a background reference to the title and its fame.

In his appearances in some bigger serials, he tends to not have very many big roles or there are occasions where he'll only appear to be killed (such as in the *Osomatsu-kun* chapter "Sheriff Chibita Was a Brave Man"). In the *Nyarome's Fun Classroom* series, he tends to give lessons via playing tricks and unusual experiments on other characters and enjoying the chaotic results.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *The Genius Bakabon's Old Man*
* *Extraordinary Ataro*
* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *Let's La Gon*
* *The Flower of Dekoppachi*
* *Gag + Gag*
* *Karappe of the Wind* (cameo in the ending of a chapter)
* *Bukkare\*Dan* (cameo at the end of chapter 1)
* *Oh! Great Jailbreak*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*
* *Inspector Oni*
* *Bakumatsu Rare Dog Group* (at ending)
* *Unkor Wat* (on cover to story)
* *Mad Dog Trotsky* (as a soldier)
* *Cat's Eye News*
* *Wanpei and Mo-chan*
* *Nyarome*
* *Waru Waru World*
* *The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi*
* *King of Gags*
* *BC Adam*
* *Kensaku the Architect* (appears multiple times in cameos over the series)
* *Noragaki*
* *Occhan* (as a form taken by Occhan)
* *Nyan Nyan Nyanda*
* *Gags with Fujio*
* *A Turning and Turning World* (as a young boy)
* *Itaike-kun (1978 version)*
* *Wonderful Fool*
* *Gag Land*
* *Mr. T.B. (Bakabon's Papa)*
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Parody Guerrilla*
* *House Jack Nana-chan* (Cameo in chapter 1)
* *Monster at Address 13*
* *Run Away Run Away* (Seen in a Bakabon manga read by the students)
* *Nyarome's Fun Mathematics Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Cosmology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration*
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries*
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies*
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (in story and "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Japan Laughter Story*
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Literary Walk*
* *Comedy is Coming Now*
* *Ramen Great Escape*
* *Greatest in Japan, Putaro's Family*
* *Gag Shop*
* *The Cat House Owner*
* *Hennako-chan* (Weekly Josei version)
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*

### Batsugoro

(×五郎)

**Origin:** *Extraordinary Ataro*

Batsugoro is not often represented in outside usage in Star System, being that he is a ghost and that Akatsuka seemed to have tired of using him often in his own series. However, if he is needed to represent the series, he can be seen with Ataro and Dekoppachi.

He is often depicted colored in a pale blue or other pastel shade in color illustrations, to indicate his non-living status among the other characters. When in uncolored illustrations, he will simply be depicted without any tones and entirely white.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*
* *Japan Laughter Story* (as a policeman, in a rare living depiction)
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*

### Beshi

(べし)

**Origin**: *Extraordinary Ataro*

Beshi's cameos tend to be very low-key, with the frog offering exposition or hanging out with Nyarome and Kemunpas. He was never really one to take much of the spotlight.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *Gag + Gag*
* *The Genius Bakabon*
* *The Genius Bakabon's Old Man*
* *Oh! Great Jailbreak*
* *Introduction to Manga*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*
* *Let's La Gon*
* *Inspector Oni*
* *Cat's Eye News*
* *Bukkare\*Dan*
* *Wanpei and Mo-chan*
* *The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi*
* *Kensaku the Architect*
* *King of Gags*
* *Nyarome*
* *Croquette-kun*
* *Nyan Nyan Nyanda*
* *Wonderful Fool*
* *The Mean Old Man*
* *The Flower of Kikuchiyo*
* *Nyarome's Fun Mathematics Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Cosmology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration*
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries*
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Basho Matsuo*
* *Reading Dai-sensei*
* *Ramen Great Escape*
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (in "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *Omusubi-kun's Fun Rice Exploration*
* *The Cat House Owner*
* *Gag Shop*
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Animal Land*

### Bokeo

(ボケ男)

**Origin**: *Nonsensical* *NO.1*

A dumb young man who is nonetheless incredibly strong. His mouth will often change shapes to highlight his emotions or situation, such as it appearing as a star, question mark, and so on.

The creation of Bokeo and the specific character trait of his foolishness came about in part due to the popularity of a pre-existing "dumb son" character, Ichiro in Otasuke-kun. However, Bokeo himself would be instrumental in eventually inspiring Bakabon's nature.

A distaff counterpart named **Bokeko** exists in the separate one-shot feature titled *Bokeko's Summer Vacation Diary*.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *Leave it to Chota* (appears as a statue)
* *Good Morning with Mi-tan*
* *Nyarome's Laboratory*

### Bokeo's Mother

(ボケ男のママ)

**Origin:** *Nonsensical NO.1*

An easy-going mother who helps her foolish son out, while his father is exasperated of him in comparison. She may appear by herself in some cameos, and is distinctive with her short stature and three large teeth.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun* ("Dekapan Derby")
* *Giant Mama*

### Boss Kokoro

(ココロのボス)

**Origin**: *Extraordinary Ataro*

When he's not being a mob man, this strange tanuki-like man can be a corrupt executive or into some other sort of big business. If he's not flanked by his henchmen, he'll go it alone or team up with someone like Iyami or whoever else necessary.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *The Genius Bakabon*
* *The Flower of Dekoppachi*
* *Harenchi Masterpiece Series*
* *Oh! Great Jailbreak*
* *Introduction to Manga*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*
* *Let's La Gon*
* *Inspector Oni*
* *Gag + Gag*
* *Cat's Eye News*
* *Wanpei and Mo-chan*
* *The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi*
* *King of Gags*
* *Nyarome*
* *Noragaki*
* *Gags with Fujio* (seen in a photo)
* *Nyarome's Fun Mathematics Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Cosmology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration*
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries*
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Japan Laughter Story*
* *Reading Dai-sensei*
* *Ramen Great Escape*
* *Kidnapping by Willow*
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (in "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *Greatest in Japan, Putaro's Family*
* *Gag Shop*
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Animal Land*

### Butamatsu

(ブタ松)

**Origin:** *Extraordinary Ataro*

If not seen with his pigs, Butamatsu can be used from anything from a business man to a random patron of a bar enjoying himself. No relation to the Matsuno family, by the way (although his sister shares the name of Matsuyo).

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *The Flower of Dekoppachi*
* *Oh! Great Jailbreak*
* *Introduction to Manga*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*
* *Let's La Gon*
* *Cat's Eye News*
* *King of Gags*
* *Noragaki*
* *Wonderful Fool*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Japan Laughter Story*
* *Reading Dai-sensei*
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (in "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*

### Chibita

(チビ太)

**Origin**: *Osomatsu-kun*

**Prototype**: Kantaro (*Nama-chan*, see also "Kantaro")

*See also: Lookalikes of Chibita, Family Members of Chibita*

An often-orphaned or free-roaming child who loves oden, and who can be either a young boy or small adult as required by settings. He's existed since the earliest stage of -kun, even if his design changed a little along the way and his family members came and went.

His inspiration came from a young poor child that Akatsuka knew in his youth, who was stubborn and naughty. Chibita may be portrayed in a sympathetic light as an innocent and unlucky child, but a meaner and much naughtier streak can also be witnessed if need be.

Chibita started an offshoot of the Kantaro character, but would displace his inspiration by 1965 to where it was mostly easier for everyone to pretend they were both the same. These days, Fujio Pro will maintain that they're different even if there may be no visual shorthand to tell them apart.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Akko-chan's Got a Secret!* (Original)
* *Leave it to Chota*
* *Nonsensical NO.1*
* *Songo-kun*
* *Otasuke-kun* (Cameo, used as an old man. Appears as himself in 2nd 4th Grade run)
* *Opposite Address 3*
* *Ken-chan*
* *Gyahaha, the Three Musketeers!*
* *Meanness Contest*
* *The Genius Bakabon*
* *The Genius Bakabon's Old Man*
* *Extraordinary Ataro*
* *Gag + Gag*
* *There's no Wonderful Business like that of a Gag!*
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Manga Academy*
* *Akatsuka-kun Can Do Anything*
* *Chibita Banzai*
* *Chibita-kun*
* *Chibita-kun: The Story of the Warm-up Family*
* *Chibita's Momimomi Story*
* *Inspector Oni*
* *Bukkare\*Dan*
* *Cat's Eye News*
* *Unkor Wat* (as "Bichida")
* *Oh! Great Jailbreak*
* *Introduction to Manga*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*
* *Let's La Gon* (as a brother of Gon, also later seen in an "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *Nyarome*
* *Hatabō and Wanpei*
* *Wanpei and Mo-chan*
* *The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi*
* *Song and Gag Theatre*
* *King of Gags*
* *Boy Friday*
* *Occhan* (as a form taken by Bocchan)
* *Waru Waru World*
* *Nyarome's Fun Cosmology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration*
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries*
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies*
* *Fujio's Waru Waru World*
* *Chibita and Nyarome and Akko-chan*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Japan Laughter Story*
* *This Week's Awful Person*
* *Reading Dai-sensei*
* *Yarasete-ojisan*
* *Ramen Great Escape* (as a prison guard)
* *Kidnapping with Willow*
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (in "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *MR. Masashi*
* *The Cat House Owner*
* *Hennako-chan* (Weekly Josei version)
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*

### Chikako

(チカコ)

**Origin:** *Ohana-chan*

**Prototype**: Nameless girl in *Nama-chan* chapter 2

A sharp little girl with large glasses and a flower hair decoration (alternatively a bow, in some *Hennako-chan* chapters). She's best known for being in the *Akko-chan* cast, but she emerged in 1960 when *Ohana-chan* became a serial feature.

She commonly shows up in the 1960s works, but her appearances tapered off by decade until she was brought back in the 1990s *Hennako-chan* series.

Depending on the era and artist she is drawn by, Chikako's hair length may vary, and she sometimes has a bucktooth.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Akko-chan's Got a Secret!*
* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *Otasuke-kun* (including the "Otasuke and Chika-chan" run)
* *Ken-chan*
* *Kantaro*
* *Jajako-chan*
* *The Genius Bakabon*
* *There's no Wonderful Business like that of a Gag!*
* *The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Hennako-chan* (1990s version, Weekly Josei magazine)
* *Mom NO.1* (1994 version)
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*

### Chikao

**Origin**: *The Replacement Housekeeper* (as "Ichiro")

The bratty, nerdy younger brother type of character. His design appeared in a rougher form in the above oneshot, along with prototypes of Tetsuko (then known as "Keiko") and Kibimama-chan.

His role became divided into two younger brothers (Kaoru and Kankichi) for the *Kibimama* series, though the character design would return when Tetsuko was re-used for her own feature later on. Now known as "Chikao", he is subject to being beat up and pranked by his older sister and later bears witness to her great strength that the Ultra-Drop medicine can supply.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Tecchan is Back to Fighting*

### Chiyoko

(千代子)

**Origin**: *You Love Me-kun*

A popular young lady, pursued by Santaro and by many other young men of her age and a bit older.

She is often limited to a silent or quick cameo outside her series, but can be recognized by her school uniform, dot eyes, and facial moles (though sometimes she will also be given swirly blush).

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun* (in "Snatch the Runaway Thief", "A Withering Business is Hard", "Dekapan Derby")
* *Giant Mama*
* *Akatsuka-kun Can Do Anything* (younger version, seen as part of $-chan and Chibita's classmates in "$-chan's Big Circus" chapter)
* *Mean Professor*
* *Thriller Professor*

### Chota

(長太)

**Origin:** *Leave it to Chota*

A young boy protagonist that serves as an assistant to his handyman father, and goes out looking for work. Although initially more distinct, he gradually winds up resembling Osomatsu (yet with glasses, freckles, and sometimes messier hair).

While he doesn't wander outside his own series and seems to be considered separate from the sextuplets as a star, other characters from the Star System will guest-star and provide trouble for him.

### Dayōn

(ダヨーン)

**Origin**: *Osomatsu-kun*

**Prototype**: One-shot guests in -kun, including Professor Togarashi

AKA: "Da Yon" in some 1960s publications.

A character created by Kenichiro Takai, first showing up in late 1965. He has an abnormally wide, comically oversized mouth and can use it to consume large objects. This is due to Takai seeing Jiro Tsunoda's brother Kiyoichi making a silly face against glass, which inspired him for such a design.

He would star in 3 consecutive Shonen Book one-shots; "Dayōn no ojisan"/"Horahora no ojisan"/"Ojisan no obasan" where he would be put in different types of settings. A female counterpart of Dayōn occasionally exists as his spouse, when he is not dressed in drag for a role, and there may be young girls also depicted with this sort of face.

Dayōn usually does not perform in a large role, instead taking minor parts in a story, but the positions of a cop/sheriff or general businessman can be very common.

Before this character appeared, there were similar men that could be seen as loose prototypes due to bearing the same oversized mouth.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* The *Dayōn-ojisan Trilogy*
* *Nonsensical NO.1*
* *Gyahaha, the Three Musketeers!*
* *Meanness Contest*
* *One Man among Women*
* *Akatsuka-kun Can Do Anything*
* *Chibita Banzai*
* *Chibita-kun*
* *Good Morning with Mi-tan*
* *The Genius Bakabon*
* *Extraordinary Ataro*
* *The Flower of Dekoppachi*
* *Oh! Great Jailbreak*
* *Introduction to Manga*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*
* *Let's La Gon*
* *The Mean Family*
* *Bukkare\*Dan*
* *Inspector Oni*
* *Cat's Eye News*
* *There's no Wonderful Business like that of a Gag!*
* *Unkor Wat*
* *Hatabō and Wanpei*
* *Wanpei and Mo-chan*
* *The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi*
* *King of Gags*
* *Boy Friday* (as wife of Dekapan)
* *Nyarome*
* *Waru Waru World*
* *Wonderful Fool*
* *Nyarome's Fun Mathematics Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Cosmology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration*
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries*
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies*
* *Fujio's Waru Waru World*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Ramen Great Escape*
* *Reading Dai-sensei*
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (in "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *Omusubi-kun's Fun Rice Exploration*
* *Greatest in Japan, Putaro's Family*
* *MR. Masashi*
* *The Cat House Owner*
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*

### Dekapan

(デカパン)

**Origin**: *Osomatsu-kun*

A character introduced by Takai in late 1963. He initially did not have any name set, and would be only referred to as "The Old Man of the Pants" when he was used for *Songo-kun*, but would soon earn a name via a contest in Shonen Sunday. The winning suggestion was "Dekapan", for the descriptive *dekai pantsu*/"big pants" he wore.

Dekapan is often a kind but bland and occasionally eccentric middle-aged man who serves as a foil to Iyami or other unscrupulous types. But when Iyami is portrayed in a more sympathetic role, Dekapan will instead be portrayed more wicked. This can also happen regardless in some settings, if there is need for him to play villain. It becomes very common to see this man only wearing his pants, with other clothing items to accessorize, but there are times he may also be fully-dressed for a specific role.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Songo-kun* (as "Old Man of the Pants")
* *Akko-chan's Got a Secret!* (Original, Nakayoshi remake)
* *Otasuke-kun*
* *Leave it to Chota*
* *Gyahaha, the Three Musketeers!*
* *Meanness Contest*
* *Kantaro*
* *Chibita-kun*
* *2nd Generation President Ichiro-kun*
* *The Genius Bakabon*
* *Extraordinary Ataro*
* *The Flower of Dekoppachi*
* *The Irritable Family*
* *The Monkey's Foolish Guardmen*
* *Harenchi Masterpiece Series* (as the King in "The Frog Prince")
* *Oh! Great Jailbreak*
* *Bukkare\*Dan*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*
* *There's no Wonderful Business like that of a Gag!*
* *Unkor Wat* (as "King Dekafun")
* *Inspector Oni*
* *Mad Dog Trotsky* (as a cook)
* *Let's La Gon*
* *Cat's Eye News*
* *Hatabō and Wanpei*
* *Wanpei and Mo-chan*
* *The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi*
* *King of Gags*
* *Boy Friday*
* *Occhan* (as a form taken by Occhan)
* *Waru Waru World*
* *Animal Wars*
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration*
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries*
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom*
* *Fujio's Waru Waru World*
* *TOKIO and Kakeru* (as a pharaoh in Ancient Egypt)
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies*
* *Ramen Great Escape*
* *Japan Laughter Story*
* *Kidnapping with Willow*
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (in "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *Reading Dai-sensei*
* *Yarasete-ojisan*
* *Omusubi-kun's Fun Rice Exploration*
* *MR. Masashi*
* *Hennako-chan* (Weekly Josei version)
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*

### Dekoppachi

(デコッ八)

**Origin**: *Extraordinary Ataro*

**Prototype**: Dabo (*Chankichi-kun*)

A young boy that Ataro meets at a ski lodge that comes to work with him at the vegetable store. He is stubborn and hot-headed, full of justice and good in a fight.

He usually tags along with Ataro in appearances outside of their series, and is the protagonist of his own spinoff, "The Flower of Dekoppachi", where he appears in multiple different alternate universe settings. One of these involves him having a younger sister, Deko-chan.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *The Genius Bakabon*
* *The Flower of Dekoppachi*
* *Gag + Gag*
* *Bukkare\*Dan*
* *Oh! Great Jailbreak*
* *Introduction to Manga*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*
* *Cat's Eye News*
* *Let's La Gon* (as a brother of Gon, and other background roles)
* *Nyarome*
* *The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi*
* *Unkor* *Wat* (in spread of people trying to escape)
* *The Blue-Eyed Delinquent*
* *King of Gags*
* *Nyarome's Fun Mathematics Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Cosmology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration*
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies*
* *Fujio's Waru Waru World*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Japan Laughter Story*
* *Basho Matsuo*
* *Sheeh! Comeback (in "Ajapaa!" spread)*
* *Reading Dai-sensei*
* *Greatest in Japan, Putaro's Family*
* *Songo-kun* (BomBom remake)
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Animal Land*

### $-chan

(ドルちゃん)

**Origin**: *Akatsuka-kun Can Do Anything* (later reprinted as *$-chan and Chibita*)

The protagonist of this short-term Shonen Book feature, who is often overshadowed by the more dynamic Chibita in the plots. He is an average but poor trouble-making young boy, who is greedy with money and ready for adventures.

He is another character made in the mold of the simple Japanese boy protagonist of Akatsuka, at this point resembling the sextuplets but differentiated by his freckles, curled lip, and curled bangs. It could be argued that besides the titular "Akatsuka-kun" referring to his creator, that it may also refer to him as his face is often seen with the original logo.

### Ganmo

(ガンモ)

**Origin**: *Akko-chan's Got a Secret!*

**Prototypes**: Sansuke (*O-chan's Eleven Friends*), Choromatsu (*Jinx-kun*)

The young son of a tofu shop owner, Ganmo is a boy of indeterminate age who resembles a slightly taller Chibita with a bowl-cut. He is rarely seen without his kimono and coat, and usually has his arms bent like bird wings.

He tends to exist as a rival-type character outside the series, be it to Chibita or to Dekoppachi, unless he is just needed to fill out a gathering scene.

The character of Sansuke would seem to be a visual precursor to this boy's eventual debut, or perhaps an early outing under a different name.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *Extraordinary Ataro*

### Gomi-ojisan

**Origin**: *Tunnel Team*

An old shabby bum that coaches the titular baseball team. He is notable for his bold plaid suit, shabby mustache, and tattered hat with flower.

These characteristics (with some variation) carry over to his other roles and cameos in other 60s titles.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Ohana-chan* (as Tsumio Hashishita, professional hobo)
* *Osomatsu-kun* (as a bum and trash-picker, "Osomatsu's the Prince and the Pauper")

### Gorilla the Housekeeper

(ゴリラのお手伝いさん)

**Origin:** *Otasuke-kun*

An ugly but strong woman who is the maid for Ichiro's house. She is called "Gorilla" due to her resemblance to one. Gorillas can wind up associated with her as well in gag situations, usually involving those of her family who also resemble the creatures.

She generally serves as a stock ugly woman in some 1960s works, and has characteristic buckteeth. The lead of "Giant Mama" is basically her, but with a third tooth added to her design.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *Akko-chan's Got a Secret!*
* *Nonsensical NO.1*
* *The Irritable Family*
* *Giant Mama*
* *Hennako-chan* (Ribon version)
* *2nd Generation President Ichiro-kun*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*

### Hajime

(ハジメ)

**Origin**: *The Genius Bakabon*

**Prototype**: Mi-tan (*Good Morning with Mi-tan*)

Bakabon's younger brother, who is the true genius of the title. Being born weeks late caused him to develop faster than a normal baby, and though he is now at a kindergarten age, he has an intellect that could put adults around him to shame.

He will tend to show up with his family, and not often as anything else, although the 1988 Pierrot *Osomatsu-kun* had referenced his design for the baby Chibita took care of in episode 7.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Oh! Great Jailbreak*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*
* *Cat's Eye News*
* *BC Adam*
* *Kensaku the Architect* (seen with family in town scene)
* *Nyan Nyan Nyanda*
* *Nyarome's Fun Mathematics Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Cosmology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration*
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries*
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies*
* *Sheeh!* *Comeback* (in "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion* (with Mama)

### "Happy-chan"

(ハッピィちゃん, サチ子)

**Origin**: *Happy*-*chan*

Real name: Sachiko.

A spirited and constantly happy third grade girl, often accompanied by her big brother Ryohei or her pet puppy Koro.

She did not really branch out beyond her own title, though she, Koro, and her brother were known to make a surprise guest appearance at the end of the 2nd run of *Matsuge-chan*.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Matsuge-chan*

### Hatabō

(ハタ坊)

**Origin:** *Osomatsu-kun*

A little boy that runs about wearing a Hinomaru flag in his head. He is usually an innocent kid who will be picked on by others, or idling about and reacting to events going on. He is not very intelligent, and is considered one of the supreme "baka" type characters by Fujio Pro.

Sightings of family members may or may not have them with his characteristic facial features, along with the presence or absence of their own head flags. Though Akatsuka liked to use such flags prior to Kenichiro Takai's involvement with the series, Takai is credited as the one who ultimately came up with this character and refined him.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Leave it to Chota*
* *Otasuke-kun*
* *Songo-kun* (Cameo in original, BomBom remake)
* *Nonsensical NO.1*
* *Kantaro*
* *Opposite Address 3*
* *Ken-chan*
* *Akatsuka-kun Can Do Anything*
* *Gyahaha, the Three Musketeers!*
* *Meanness Contest*
* *Chibita-kun*
* *Thriller Professor*
* *The Monkey's Foolish Guardmen*
* *Good Morning with Mi-tan* (as a cat friend of Chibira)
* *The Genius Bakabon*
* *Extraordinary Ataro*
* *There's no Wonderful Business like that of a Gag!*
* *Oh! Great Jailbreak*
* *Unkor Wat* (in spread of people escaping the city)
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*
* *Gag + Gag*
* *Cat's Eye News*
* *Hatabō and Wanpei*
* *Wanpei and Mo-chan*
* *The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi*
* *Nyarome*
* *Let's La Gon* (as a brother of Gon, also later seen in an "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *Noragaki*
* *Occhan* (as a form taken by Bocchan)
* *A Turning and Turning World*
* *Nyarome's Fun Cosmology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration*
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries* (as a form of Scatan and as himself)
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies*
* *Fujio's Waru Waru World*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Japan Laughter Story*
* *Basho Matsuo*
* *Ramen Great Escape* (as a prison guard)
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (in "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *Reading Dai-sensei*
* *Yarasete-ojisan*
* *Omusubi-kun's Fun Rice Exploration*
* *MR. Masashi*
* *Gag Shop*
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*

### Hennako (1960s)

(へんな子 60年代版)

**Origin:** *Hennako-chan* (Ribon series)

A little girl who goes out of her way to make trouble for everyone else, stemming from her mother's cowardly betrayal of her in a robbery situation. She will serve similar antagonistic purposes in other works when she guest-stars, most notably serving as the rival of Jajako-chan for the final chapters of her series.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun* (in "Captain Mom")
* *Jajako-chan* (depicted with pointy nose, and a bow in black hair)
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*
* *Let's La Gon* (depicted with pointy nose and bow, as in *Jajako-chan*)
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom* (seen on Star System tree)

### Ichiro

(一郎)

**Origin:** *Otasuke-kun*

**Prototypes**: Boss' son in *I Am a Salaryman,* an unnamed child in an early *Osomatsu-kun* chapter

*See also: Lookalikes of Ichiro*

May also go by: "Sanzo"/"San-chan", "Ichiro Satoimo"

This young boy has had many uses outside his original role as Otasuke's friend, though he is commonly characterized as a loyal sidekick who lacks intelligence in some way. In that initial setting in the series, he is a bit older than Otasuke, being at least 12 and in his first year of junior high.

But his presence would soon eclipse Otasuke and he'd go on to star in his own short-lived title, which would succeed the *Otasuke-kun* feature in the 4th Grade magazine. In that very spinoff, in an earlier "20 years later" scenario in *Otasuke-kun*, and in *MR. Masashi*, Ichiro has succeeded his father at the company. He assists Masashi in adapting to the new era where 10-year olds must take up adult responsibilities.

Like Chikako, Ichiro experienced a period of inactivity before he was visibly brought back in the 1990s, although he wound up vanishing once again during Akatsuka and Fujio Pro's decline.

A similar-looking character appears in the 1960s series *Tamanegi Tama-chan,* resembling a smaller Ichiro with more hairs and named "Satoimo" (after the taro vegetable) to highlight what he represents. A small version known as "Tensuke" also previously appeared in *Circus Jinta*.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *Akko-chan's Got a Secret!*
* *Yo-yo Kapo-kun*
* *Leave it to Chota*
* *Songo-kun* (both versions, as "Sanzo"/"San-chan")
* *Nonsensical NO.1*
* *Kantaro*
* *Akatsuka-kun Can Do Anything*
* *Keiji and Goemon* (in crowd scene)
* *Extraordinary Ataro* (as a citizen of Heaven, and later as a policeman)
* *The Genius Bakabon* (as himself and as "Ichiro Satoimo")
* *2nd-Generation President Ichiro-kun*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*
* *Let's La Gon*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom* (seen on Star System tree)
* *TOKIO and Kakeru* (as Dekapan's servant in Egypt)
* *Japan Laughter Story*
* *MR. Masashi*
* *Gag Shop*

### Ichiro's Father

(一郎のパパ)

**Origin**: *Otasuke-kun*

A bald businessman with whiskers and a curly unibrow. He can be used in similar fatherly roles to other children, if he is not present with Ichiro in a setting.

His design is re-purposed, albeit with the nose flipped, for the father of the rich boy Hiroshi in the series *I am Violent Tetsu!*

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *Kibimama-chan* (as "Momotaro Okawa")
* *Deka and Chibi* (as a businessman)
* *Tecchan is Back to Fighting*
* *2nd-Generation President Ichiro-kun*

### Ijie

(イジ江)

**Origin**: *The Mean Family*

The housewife of a very cruel family, often depicted with a wide sneering grin with all her teeth bared. This family enjoy making trouble for others and trying to outdo each other's acts.

Although the family members were all cured and transformed into being nice at the end of their feature, there are just some things that have to remain the same. Ijie has appeared in a few other titles as a mean housewife or background crowd filler, and as a background character in episode 4 of Pierrot's *Osomatsu-kun*.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun* (as one of Matsuyo's pirates in "Captain Mom")
* *The Flower of Dekoppachi* (as mother of Ken-chan)

### Ijiko

(イジ子)

**Origin**: *The Mean Family*

**Prototype**: A mean daughter in *Ohana-chan*

The older daughter figure of the family, often depicted with a nasty grin on her face or tongue out. Kunio Nagatani depicted her as younger in his run of *The Original Genius Bakabon,* to have her be an enemy to Bakabon.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun* (as one of Matsuyo's pirates in "Captain Mom")
* *The Original Genius Bakabon*

### Ijitaro

(イジ太郎)

**Origin**: *The Mean Family*

**Prototype**: A mean son in *Ohana-chan*

The young son, either depicted grinning in a terrible way or sticking his tongue out. He can be recognized by his rude faces and by his curly hair, which has a curled cowlick at the back.

His design actually originates from *Ohana-chan* along with his sister, as well as how Akatsuka depicted the Butch character of *Our Gang* in his one-shot based from the series, titled "The Little Kid Gang".

Like other family members, Ijitaro crossed over into other Akatsuka works after his formal debut.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun* (as one of the bullies in "Butamatsu-kun")
* *Good Morning with Mi-tan* (as a toddler son of a nasty family)
* *The Flower of Dekoppachi* (named as "Ken-chan")

### Iyami

(イヤミ)

**Origin**: *Osomatsu-kun*

Introduced by Takai in 1963 and further refined through 1964 and on, this character first appeared in bit roles and then was given his name when he was introduced as a family friend. He often takes the role of an antagonistic con-man or a general nuisance, but can be a random bystander or businessman all the same.

He often stars as himself, unless he is cast with a specific different name in an alternate setting (such as him as the dog "Apoleon" in one *Flower of Dekoppachi* story). There are occasionally female characters related to him that bear similar designs, such as a daughter, wife, or mother, but they are not as recurring in works and sometimes he himself may take on a woman's role.

His pose and phrase of "Sheeeh!" (シェー!) went viral after its creation, showing up in many other authors' manga and being imitated by anyone and anything.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Akko-chan's Got a Secret!* (Original and Nakayoshi remake)
* *Leave it to Chota*
* *Opposite Address 3*
* *Circus Jinta* (as a circus hand in chapter 1, and as a wicked rival ringmaster)
* *Otasuke-kun*
* *Songo-kun* (Original and BomBom remake)
* *Nonsensical NO.1*
* *Kantaro*
* *Gyahaha, the Three Musketeers!*
* *Meanness Contest*
* *Akatsuka-kun Can Do Anything*
* *Chibita Banzai*
* *Chibita-kun*
* *Chibita-kun: The Story of the Warm-up Family*
* *The Numbness of Scatan*
* *Jajako-chan*
* *The Genius Bakabon*
* *The Genius Bakabon's Old Man*
* *Extraordinary Ataro*
* *The Flower of Dekoppachi* (as himself and as "Apoleon")
* *Gag + Gag*
* *There's no Wonderful Business like that of a Gag!*
* *Oh! Great Jailbreak*
* *Introduction to Manga*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*
* *Unkor Wat* (as "Kusomi")
* *Mister Iyami*
* *Inspector Oni*
* *Cat's Eye News*
* *Nyarome*
* *Let's La Gon*
* *Gag Guerrilla*
* *Croquette-kun*
* *Hatabō and Wanpei*
* *Wanpei and Mo-chan*
* *Noragaki*
* *Gakitopia* (as a little kid in the crowds)
* *Kensaku the Architect*
* *Occhan* (as a form taken by Occhan, and as an oni on television)
* *Nyan Nyan Nyanda*
* *BC Adam*
* *The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi*
* *Song and Gag Theatre*
* *King of Gags*
* *Wonderful Fool*
* *Gags with Fujio*
* *Nyarome's Fun Mathematics Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Cosmology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration*
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries*
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies*
* *Kidnapping with Willow*
* *Ramen Great Escape*
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (in story and "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Literary Walk*
* *Japan Laughter Story*
* *This Week's Awful Person*
* *Reading Dai-sensei*
* *Yarasete-ojisan*
* *Omusubi-kun's Fun Rice Exploration*
* *MR. Masashi*
* *Gag Shop*
* *The Cat House Owner*
* *Greatest in Japan, Putaro's Family*
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*
* *Liquor Hermit Dayoon*

### Jajako

(ジャジャ子)

**Origin:** *Jajako-chan*

A mischievous little girl who likes to get revenge on all those who wrong her and tell her "no", adults and children alike. Though she looks nearly identical to Nanako, where one could even wonder if they're the same "actor" with a design alteration, it would appear Fujio Pro now wishes to label the two separately.

In her own series and one of her *Bakabon* appearances, Jajako and Chikako seem to be good friends and are shown together with Akko in *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*.

Jajako showed up in silent roles in the Studio Zero anime of *Osomatsu-kun* and in Toei's first *Ataro* adaptation, and made a more notable appearance in Pierrot's -kun.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Otasuke-kun* (2nd Grade version)
* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *The Numbness of Scatan*
* *The Monkey's Foolish Guardmen*
* *Raisin-chan from California/Super Raisin-chan from California* advertising comics (Shojo Friend edition)
* *2nd-Generation President Ichiro-kun*
* *The Genius Bakabon*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration*
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries*
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?* (appears in an aged-up design)

### Junko

**Origin**: *Tenpei and Sister, White Kappogi*

The lead of these two one-shots. She is the elder sister of Tenpei, and winds up having a crush on the young man who her brother delivers food to in gratitude for having gotten him a new croquette (thus he becomes referred to as "Croquette nii-san" by Tenpei).

Unfortunately, this young man winds up being revealed to have been born affected by the radiation poisoning that happened from the fallout of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and passes away at the end of the first one-shot. In the second story, Junko longs to buy an expensive white dress, but finds that to be an impossible feat.

Junko served as the prototype for **Yukiko** in the later one-shot *Kyuhei and Sister*, which combined the plots of these two stories, as well as adding its own new story portions.

### Kankichi

(カン吉)

**Origin:** *Akko-chan's Got a Secret!*

Moko's younger brother. This character can be seen as an evolution of Akatsuka's earlier mischievous younger brother-type characters (Mimi in *Matsuge-chan* being one example). He has undergone drastic changes in his design, and some changes in personality, throughout the decades and incarnations.

Originally, he resembled a smaller version of the Matsuno sextuplets but with a curled cowlick. After Toei adapted Akko-chan into anime, his design was altered to lessen the resemblance to them and the manga followed suit.

He often does not show up very much in the System, having only been re-used in his original design in *Kibimama-chan* and *Osomatsu-kun* cameos, and then making a cameo in *Extraordinary Ataro* after his design changed. His Ataro cameo kept him as a younger brother of Moko, while the others depicted him with a different family or solitary. In the 1970 Fujio Pro "Year of the Dog" booklet, both versions of Kankichi appear to be counted as separate characters in a lineup of miniature heads representing different Akatsuka series.

A version of the character appears in the second Ataro anime, keeping his name but being redesigned yet again.

**Original design appears in these works:**

* *Kibimama-chan* (as "Kankichi Okawa", second-youngest of the four Okawa children)
* *Osomatsu-kun* ("Parody Version of Treasure Island", "Captain Mom")

**Redesign also appears in these works:**

* *Extraordinary Ataro*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprising Guide*

### Kaoru

(カオル)

**Origin**: *Kibimama-chan*

The second-eldest of the four Okawa siblings. He is identifiable by his glasses and narrow haircut and head, along with his cheek swirls.

He will sometimes show up as a random classmate or child in gatherings in other titles, but usually be unnamed. He is not to be mistaken with Giant Mama's similar yet different son, who has three contours to his nose while Kaoru only has two.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun* (seen in "Parody Version of Treasure Island")
* *Kikanpo Gen-chan* (as a classmate of Genki)

### Kemunpas

(ケムンパス)

**Origin:** *Extraordinary Ataro*

A young caterpillar who is friends with Nyarome and Beshi. He is often used where a caterpillar may be needed, to dispense some commentary or advice or just crawl about.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *The Flower of Dekoppachi*
* *Harenchi Masterpiece Series*
* *Gag + Gag*
* *Akko-chan's Got a Secret!* (Nakayoshi remake)
* *The Genius Bakabon*
* *The Genius Bakabon's Old Man*
* *The Irritable Family*
* *Let's La Gon*
* *Inspector Oni*
* *Spartacco*
* *Oh! Great Jailbreak*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*
* *Cat's Eye News*
* *Hatabō and Wanpei*
* *Wanpei and Mo-chan*
* *The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi*
* *I'm Kemugoro*
* *Bakumatsu Rare Dog Group*
* *Unkor Wat* (in spread of escapees)
* *Kensaku the Architect*
* *Nyarome*
* *Croquette-kun*
* *Nyan Nyan Nyanda*
* *Boy Friday*
* *BC Adam*
* *Noragaki*
* *A Turning and Turning World*
* *Gag Land*
* *Gags with Fujio*
* *The Flower of Kikuchiyo*
* *Nyarome's Fun Mathematics Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Cosmology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration*
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries*
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Basho Matsuo*
* *Ramen Great Escape*
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (in "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *Reading Dai-sensei*
* *Omusubi-kun's Fun Rice Exploration*
* *Greatest in Japan, Putaro's Family*
* *Hennako-chan* (Weekly Josei version)
* *Gag Shop*
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Animal Land*

### Mr. Kyouyou

**Origin**: *Radical 7th Years*

"Mr. Culture". He resembles a much younger, college-age Iyami, to where it can be questioned if he may even be Iyami depicted differently in a role. This is not helped by him and Iyami never quite being seen in the same place, and the *"iyami"* (unpleasant/gaudy) descriptor is even used to refer to him due to his wicked nature. Still, the two appear to have been counted as separate men by Akatsuka at the time of his debut.

He is better known, however, as having transferred over to the cast of You Love Me-kun as Santaro's rival, while his two friends weren't as lucky in the Star System.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *You Love Me-kun*
* *Osomatsu-kun* (in "Butamatsu-kun" story, with his cohorts)

### Mojamoja-ojichan

(モジャモジャおじちゃん)

**Origin:** *Fujio Akatsuka's Ganbarima Show*

"The Shaggy Uncle, "Shaggy Old Man". A gag character based off Charlie Chaplin's Tramp role. He is a mysterious, shabby man in a suit who is shrouded in suspense.

Outside of his own Shonen Book feature, he can be seen as a father figure or boss to Chibita, particularly in the re-creation of Chaplin's ***The Kid*** in *Osomatsu-kun*, titled "The Downtown Chibita Kid".

He is also shown in an ending gag to a -kun chapter, laughing "Gyahaha!" at the readers (long before the Gyahaha Man would be seen in such fashion).

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *Chibita-kun*
* *The Genius Bakabon*

### Moko

(モコ)

**Origin:** *Akko-chan's Got a Secret!*

Akko's best friend. She may appear by herself, or be seen with Akko in outside cameos (or even interacting with Totoko in one case). She would seem to be an evolution of Akatsuka's earlier braided heroines, including Matsuge's friend Yo-chan as well as Happy's similar friend Yoshiko.

Her name was originally short for "Tomoko", which referred to Akatsuka's wife who helped him co-create *Akko-chan*, but this changed after the Toei anime was made and her name was given as "Motoko" in it. Her surname also changed as a result, from "Ina" to "Naniwa".

Due to the second Ataro anime by Toei removing the appearances by other Akatsuka characters, a counterpart for her there exists in the form of a girl named Himeka.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *Jajako-chan*
* *Extraordinary Ataro*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*
* *Run Away Run Away* (Cameo as a schoolgirl)
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Japan Laughter Story* (as a policewoman)

### Nanako

(ナナ子)

**Origin**: *You Love Me-kun*

Santaro's younger sister. At first glance, she may appear identical to Jajako who was created around the same time. The key illustration point to separate them is that she has swirly blush marks to represent rosy cheeks, in contrast to Jajako's whisker marks representing a dirty face.

This may make it seem like they may be the same star with a design modification (and it seems that's how they are interchangeably treated in the learning books), but Fujio Pro considers them to be distinctly different enough these days. It may indeed be a case much like that of Camera Kid/Ryunoshin, where the two were originally intended as the same star but are now sorted into being separate people.

Nanako did not tend to appear much in outside works after her own series wrapped, only seeming to make two appearances in *Osomatsu-kun* during the run of *You Love Me-kun*. She made a single silent appearance in the Studio Zero anime, while a story she had more of a role in was altered to give her role to Chikako.

Perhaps due to the overall similarity between her and Jajako or the idea that they were intended as one to even start with, she and her first -kun story were merged with Jajako's crossover appearance for the Pierrot anime, leaving the resulting character with her swirled cheeks but named as the other girl.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun (*"Does Chibita No Longer Like Oden?", "Master Chibita Who Lost Money")
* *Nyarome's Fun Mathematics Classroom* (seen on a playground, pushed off swing by Papa. Possibly meant to be Jajako, as see above)

### Nyarome

(ニャロメ)

**Origin:** *Extraordinary Ataro*

A boisterous stray cat who considers himself a "Nyangen", a combination of cat (for the "nya" sound) and human (*ningen*). This was not decided from the start, however; he was initially a regular animal that would simply howl "Nyarome!" in scenes and walk upon all fours. This changed during the run, to where he became more humanoid and began to develop his own personality and motives.

After his evolution, he became popular and increased interest in the *Ataro* series but this would be all too fleeting as it would be cancelled/wrapped. He would become well-known and used outside the feature, to the point of appearing in various spin-off shorts and series and being the face of the Fujio Pro educational books "Nyarome's Classroom". He was also popular with young communists in Japan, due to his attitude.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *The Genius Bakabon*
* *The Genius Bakabon's Old Man*
* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *The Flower of Dekoppachi*
* *Harenchi Masterpiece Series*
* *Gag + Gag*
* *Bukkare\*Dan*
* *The Popular Family*
* *Inspector Oni*
* *Mad Dog Trotsky* (as leader of cats)
* *Bugs*
* *Oh! Great Jailbreak*
* *Introduction to Manga*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*
* *Cat's Eye News*
* *Let's La Gon*
* *Gag Guerrilla*
* *Nyarome*
* *The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi*
* *Bakumatsu Rare Dog Group*
* *Unkor Wat* (in spread of escapees)
* *Song and Gag Theatre*
* *King of Gags*
* *Wanpei and Mo-chan*
* *Croquette-kun*
* *Kensaku the Architect*
* *Nyan Nyan Nyanda*
* *Waru Waru World*
* *Noragaki*
* *Gag Land*
* *Wonderful Fool*
* *Nyarome's Laboratory*
* *The Mean Old Man*
* *The Flower of Kikuchiyo*
* *Nyarome's Fun Classroom* book series and *Studies* spinoffs
* *Chibita and Nyarome and Akko-chan*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Comedy is Coming Now*
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Literary Walk*
* *This Week's Awful Person*
* *Basho Matsuo*
* *Reading Dai-sensei*
* *Yarasete-ojisan*
* *Ramen Great Escape*
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (in "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *Omusubi-kun's Fun Rice Exploration*
* *Hana-chan Sleeps*
* *Greatest in Japan, Putaro's Family*
* *Gag Shop*
* *Songo-kun* (BomBom remake)
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Animal Land*

### Otasuke

(おた助)

**Origin**: *Otasuke-kun*

Full name: Otasuke Shiketa (志毛田おた助)

As the "Otasuke" name that was given to him may have foretold about his life, he is often relied upon as an assistant by others. He is identical to Ganmo, to where it may be speculated if they are even the same star just named differently for the role, but it cannot be quite certain what the situation is; the Year of the Dog booklet and T*here's No Wonderful Business Like That of a Gag!*, however, do count them as separate boys.

Outside his series, he is relegated to a background role or as a support role for another character.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Leave it to Chota* (initially appears under the name "Otasuke", but is renamed "Demekin" after his first few appearances)
* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *2nd-Generation President Ichiro-kun*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprising Guide*

### The Police Officer with the Connected Eyes

(目ン玉つながりのおまわりさん)

**Origin:** *The Genius Bakabon*

A neighborhood police officer whose eyes were initially meant to represent the infinity symbol, but came to be known as and drawn as being a singular large connected pair. This officer will fire off guns at any sorts of provocation, and will want to arrest people for whatever reason.

Like Papa, the officer becomes a common stock character through works, even appearing in series that are otherwise self-contained or have no representation of the other Star System types. For short, the character is often referred to as "Officer" (おまわりさん) or commonly as "Honkan-san" (本官さん), after the police/authority figure *honkan* pronoun used by them.

This officer is often depicted single and either doggedly pursuing a woman or winding up hooking up with men in some gags (such as Kaoru), but is shown to be married to a nameless woman at other times. There may also be gags and settings involving this character having a love of cross-dressing, or it extending further to suggest the desire to truly be a woman. This can be quite dependent on the setting, and be left for readers to ponder on how seriously to consider such details and their identity.

A son occasionally exists as well, sometimes resembling the officer. However, when it comes to most instances of lookalike children, they'll wind up dying. Other instances of sons lack their names, and may either have a mother or be in another apparent single-parent situation.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *The Genius Bakabon's Old Man*
* *Extraordinary Ataro*
* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *The Chicken Family*
* *The Popular Family*
* *Akko-chan's Got a Secret!* (Redrawn and new chapters in 2nd Ribon run)
* *Geba Geba Brothers*
* *Harenchi Masterpiece Series*
* *Gag Guerrilla*
* *Bukkare\*Dan*
* *Let's La Gon*
* *There's no Wonderful Business like that of a Gag!*
* *Bakumatsu Rare Dog Group*
* *Unkor Wat*
* *Mad Dog Trotsky* (seen in a crowd riot)
* *Master*
* *Oh! Great Jailbreak*
* *Introduction to Manga*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprising Guide*
* *Cat's Eye News*
* *Gang Girl Keroko*
* *Bugs*
* *Hatabō and Wanpei*
* *Wanpei and Mo-chan*
* *The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi*
* *Song and Gag Theatre*
* *King of Gags*
* *Nyarome*
* *Croquette-kun*
* *The Blue-Eyed Delinquent* (seen as a gang member)
* *Boy Friday*
* *Waru Waru World*
* *Noragaki*
* *Occhan*
* *BC Adam*
* *Kensaku the Architect*
* *Rakugaki* (1975 version)
* *Gag Land*
* *Policeman*
* *Gags with Fujio*
* *Graphic Novel Poems*
* *Mom NO.1*
* *Monster Ball Man*
* *Good Morning Policeman*
* *A Turning and Turning World* (as a lover)
* *Hanahada*
* *Kong Father*
* *The End of Unagi-Inu*
* *Naughty Angel*
* *Animal Wars*
* *Wonderful Fool*
* *Gontaro Niguruma*
* *The Mean Old Man*
* *Monster at Address 13*
* *Ojisan is a Persuman*
* *Chibimama*
* *Chibidon*
* *Professor Babatchi*
* *Piyo the 13th*
* *Romeo and Julie*
* *The Virgin Toraemon*
* *The Flower of Kikuchiyo* (as a boxer and as self)
* *What is This Mama?*
* *Nyarome's Fun Mathematics Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Cosmology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration*
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries*
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies*
* *Fujio's Waru Waru World*
* *TOKIO and Kakeru*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Japan Laughter Story*
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Literary Walk*
* *This Week's Awful Person*
* *Comedy is Coming Now*
* *Ramen Great Escape*
* *Kidnapping with Willow*
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (in story and "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *Yarasete-ojisan*
* *Greatest in Japan, Putaro's Family*
* *Hennako-chan* (Weekly Josei version)
* *Gag Shop*
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*
* *Liquor Hermit Dayoon*

### Rerere

(レレレのおじさん)

**Origin:** *The Genius Bakabon*

Initially known as the "'Are you going Out?' Man" and not having a fixed design for his early appearances.

This old man likes to sweep the streets and will ask people that very question. He is easy-going, but he will consider those who leave trash and dirty his streets to be enemies, or those who challenge him as the best sweeper.

Any other details of him may be up to the setting of a story, although one explains that his love of cleaning came from when he was raising his 25 children and using his broom to sweep up after them. After they left home to be independent and his wife died, he was left alone and would extend his cleaning to the neighborhood. Although, since this was a later given backstory, an early appearance of Rerere with a young son may seem unusual when compared beside it.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *The Genius Bakabon 's Old Man*
* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *Let's La Gon*
* *Dr. Gebageba*
* *The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi*
* *Oh! Great Jailbreak*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*
* *Occhan*
* *Nyan Nyan Nyanda*
* *Wonderful Fool*
* *Mame-tan*
* *The Mean Old Man*
* *Run Away Run Away* (Appears on Bakabon manga cover)
* *Gag Land*
* *Graphic Novel Poems*
* *Nyarome's Fun Mathematics Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Cosmology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration*
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries*
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies*
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (in story and "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Japan Laughter Story*
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Literary Walk*
* *Reading Dai-sensei*
* *Omusubi-kun's Fun Rice Exploration*
* *MR. Masashi*
* *Gag Shop*
* *The Cat House Owner*
* *Songo-kun* (BomBom remake)
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*
* *Liquor Hermit Dayoon*

### Sacchan

**Origin**: *Opposite Address 3*

A young girl who lives with her father, but whose daily life also co-exists with that of a taxi driver and her own son. As Sacchan has no mother, she must take on very important responsibilities while living there.

The short series was a "Fujio Akatsuka and Studio Zero" work, with Jiro Tsunoda providing designs of the taxi driver and some other characters.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Ken-chan* (as Ken's older sister)
* *Akko-chan's Got a Secret!* (as "Maid", appears in an adult form)
* *New Years' Manga Tournament: My First Dream*

### Sakura

(サクラ)

**Origin:** *Kikanpo Gen-chan*

A curly-haired young girl with distinctive narrow eyes. She is a friend and childhood crush of Genki, but can also serve in the equivalent role to other young boys whose series she appears in.

She most notably made it into animated format in the first animated adaptation of *The Genius Bakabo*n, with some tweaks to her design and an extended role as Bakabon's girlfriend. She also appears in the *Rerere's Genius Bakabon* anime, but as a one-shot more in line with her original manga cameo.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Otasuke-kun* (2nd run of 4th Grade version)
* *The Genius Bakabon*

### Scatan

**Origin**: *The Numbness of Scatan*

A Martian from the "Kansai region of Mars" who has a special "numbness" ray he can fire at targets to stupefy them. He becomes acquainted with the human Ken Iwate and his group of friends.

Akatsuka was responsible for Scatan's design, making him a collaborative creation between him and Kunio Nagatani, As a result, Scatan may show up in works that Nagatani had involvement in (via art or writing), most notably some installments of the Nyarome learning book series. His numbness ray may not be present however, and he may be depicted with a different powerset (most notably shapeshifting) or none at all.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Akatsuka-kun Can Do Anything*
* *Nyarome's Fun Cosmology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration*
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries* (along with an identical member of his species)

### Songo

(そんご)

**Origin:** *Songo-kun*

A young boy made to re-enact the role of the great monkey king Sun Wukong/Son Goku by his inventor father. He sets out on a treasure hunt with his friend Sanzo (in the role of Xuangzang/Sanzo Hoshi), a pet pig (as Zhu Bajie/Cho Hakkai), and the Old Man of the Pants.

His design is actually a cross between the basic early Japanese boy protagonist of Akatsuka (reflected in his hair and nose), and the "Chibita" type of design (with his head shape and dirty "whisker" markings). His own father in the original series is a re-use of Chota's father in *Leave it to Chota*, but is re-designed in the remake.

Songo does not really venture outside of his own series, although other characters may show up in his.

### The Sextuplets (or just Osomatsu)

(六つ子)

**Origin:** *Osomatsu-kun*

**Prototype(s)**: Tosao (*Mister Kaguya*), Older Son (*I Am a Salaryman*)

*See also: Lookalikes of the Sextuplets*

These six boys would seem to have been inspired by Akatsuka's basic Japanese boy protagonist, which inspired further similar designs after their series became popular (see: Chota, $-chan). They may appear as the full group in works, be limited to only a few, or it will only be the leader Osomatsu that appears to represent the series.

They are often either bullies or just a random group of kids passing through, and the same can apply to Osomatsu himself.

**The sextuplets also appear in these works****:**

* *Akko-chan's Got a Secret!* (Original, in chapters "Kankichi and Ghosts" and "The Goddess of a Salesman")
* *Songo-kun* (Original and BomBom remake)
* *Gyahaha, the Three Musketeers!*
* *Extraordinary Ataro*
* *The Genius Bakabon* (Five of the brothers, depicted as illustrations in a manga titled "Usomatsu-kun")
* *The Monkey's Foolish Guardmen* (Four of the brothers)
* *There's no Wonderful Business like that of a Gag!*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*
* *Let's La Gon* (seven brothers' faces appear in a letter/intro)
* *Unkor Wat* (as "Kusomatsu" and brothers "Birimatsu, Funmatsu, Kusamatsu, Tarematsu, and Hirimatsu")
* *Wanpei and Mo-chan* (Five brothers visible in a strip)
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries* (all six in two cameos, then four in their group final cameo)
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom* (all six in chapter 9, other smaller numbers of brothers at earlier points in the book)
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*(All six in opening spread)
* *Japan Laughter Story* (Three brothers shown as policemen)
* *Reading Dai-sensei* (Three brothers shown in a sport competition)
* *Hana-chan Sleeps* (Two unidentified brothers, as adults in the seventh chapter)
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (all six, in "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*

**Osomatsu appears solo in****:**

* *Ken-chan*
* *Chibita Banzai*
* *The Genius Bakabon* (Comic BomBom run)
* *Let's La Gon* (as Gon's oldest deceased brother)
* *Wanpei and Mo-chan*
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration*
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries* (1 lesson segment, and in the final chapter on his own)
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom* (Main sextuplet focused on by default, appearing in most chapters on own)
* *Fujio's Waru Waru World*
* *Comedy is Coming Now*
* *Basho Matsuo*
* *MR. Masashi*
* *The Cat House Owner*

### The Sextuplets' Father (Matsuzo)

(六つ子のおとうさん)

**Origin:** *Osomatsu-kun*

**Prototype**: Father (*I am a Salaryman*)

The salaryman father can also appear with his sons in Akatsuka works, or rarely wind up cast as somebody else's father (eg: *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*, *Gag Shop*). He is a distinctively short, heavy man with a large nose.

Moko and Kankichi's father in *Akko-chan* initially resembled a a slender Matsuzo with a shorter mustache and sharper nose, but he was redesigned in the second run to resemble an adult Kankichi instead.

A prototypical design appears in the one-shot *I am a Salaryman*, as does his wife, as it was released around the same time as -kun.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *There's no Wonderful Business like that of a Gag!*
* *Unkor Wat*
* *Occhan* (as a form taken by Occhan)
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom*
* *Japan Laughter Story* (as a policeman)
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Gag Shop*

### The Sextuplets' Mother (Matsuyo)

(六つ子のおかあさん)

**Origin:** *Osomatsu-kun*

**Prototype**: Numerous bit mother characters in earlier titles, as early as *Mother's Song*

*See also: Lookalikes of the Sextuplets' Mother*

A hard-working housewife inspired by Akatsuka's very mother, which was also reflected in some of his other housewife and mother designs that predated her and that came afterwards. As with her husband, there may be points where she is not depicted as the sextuplets' mother, but still a mother figure nonetheless.

Women similar to her appear in *Leave it to Chota* and *Akatsuka-kun Can Do Anything* as mothers of the Matsuno-like protagonists, and the mother of Moko and Kankichi in *Akko-chan* resembles a curlier-haired, heavyset version.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Akko-chan's Got a Secret!*
* *There's no Wonderful Business like that of a Gag!*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*
* *Cat's Eye News*
* *Unkor Wat*
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom*
* *Fujio's Waru Waru World* (as Riyo Akatsuka)
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (in "Ajapaa" spread)
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Gag Shop*

### Tamao

(タマ男)

**Origin:** *Otasuke-kun*

**Prototype(s)**: Tamao in *Tamao and the Thief*, Younger Brother in *Mister Kaguya* and *I Am a Salaryman*

Full name: Tamao Shiketa (志毛田タマ男)

Otasuke's little brother. He is recognizable for the checker-print hat with a flower that he wears over his bald head, as well as his large glasses and buckteeth.

He is usually present with his brother and/or Ichiro in outside appearances. One *Akko-chan* cameo depicts him alongside Ganmo as an injoke to him and Otasuke, with it not certain whether the two are meant to be brothers for that setting or simply friends.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Akko-chan's Got a Secret!* (First used as cousin Saburo, later appears as himself with Ganmo and as a friend of Kankichi)
* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *2nd-Generation President Ichiro-kun*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*

### Tar-chan

**Origin**: *Hippie-chan*

A wild young boy, named after Tarzan, who accompanies Hippie on her later adventures through the series.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Extraordinary Ataro* (as "The Tarzan Kid")

### Tenpei

**Origin**: *Tenpei and Sister, White Kappogi*

A scrappy young boy and the younger brother of Junko. He roams freely, and won't back down from a fight.

He serves as the prototype for **Kyuhei** in *Kyuhei and Sister*, though the character's design is different enough to qualify them as separate entities.

### Tetsuko

(テツ子)

**Origin:** *The Replacement Housekeeper* (as "Keiko")

A tomboyish young girl who's disobedient, selfish, and can pack a strong punch. Her roles are very similar in her few appearances, although her debut had her set with a much different name.

She tends to be an older sister, whether to a younger brother or to three other younger siblings.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Kibimama-chan* (as "Tetsuko Okawa")
* *Tecchan is Back to Fighting*

### Mr. Tohoku

(東北先生 *Tohoku-sensei*)

**Origin**: *Jinx-kun*

The teacher figure of the series, who assists the protagonists. He is more memorable for his re-use in the early period of *Osomatsu-kun*, due to the roles he had.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Kechikechi-ojisan* (Teacher)
* *Osomatsu-kun* (as Sextuplet Doll Scientist in "Sextuplets Surprised to be a Dozen", Sugita Mushiri in "The Sextuplets are Date Pinch-Hitters", and Teacher in "Get that Esper Kitty!")
* *Circus Jinta* (Teacher in chapter 1)
* *Akko-chan's Got a Secret!* (in a circus crowd)

### Tora

(トラ)

**Origin**: *Nonsensical NO.1*

"Tiger".

Bokeo's toothy, intelligent cat who was given the ability to speak by an injection of medicine. He is the foil to his stupid owner, but can either appear alongside him or on his own outside the title.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *Good Morning with Mi-tan* (as Chibira)

### Totoko

(トト子)

**Origin:** *Osomatsu-kun*

A fishmonger's daughter, beloved by the sextuplets, Chibita, and others. This young girl may be nice and friendly at first, but unlike Akko, she has a brutal straightforward and tomboyish nature that manifests in her becoming physically violent and easily frustrated with the sextuplets when they wrong her. This upsets her mother, who only wishes to see a cute Totoko. When not acting in such a way, she is portrayed as being more intelligent than the sextuplets and above them in morality, often defending the weak.

The 1988 Pierrot *Osomatsu-kun* anime went forward with a much different and more ruthless portrayal of her, although the third run of the manga also depicted a Totoko that would occasionally take part in the sextuplets' terrible acts or even instigate them. This can lead to her being seen as a "dirtier" Akko-chan by some, although Akko's own third run also had her commit some questionable acts in using her mirror.

Beyond the *Reading Dai-sensei* gag, the only time Totoko and Akko seem to meet is in a Fujio Pro illustration by Katta Yoshi where they are confused by each others' identical faces. Otherwise, only one girl or the other will appear in a work or merchandise.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *The Genius Bakabon* ("Time Machine" story, seen with Dekapan)
* *Extraordinary Ataro*
* *Oh! Great Jailbreak*
* *Let's La Gon*
* *Wanpei and Mo-chan*
* *There's no Wonderful Business like that of a Gag!*
* *The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi*
* *Reading Dai-sensei*

## 1970s

### Adam

**Origin**: *B.C. Adam*

The first man of Earth, created from clay by God-sama. However, he's rather stupid, much to his creator's frustration.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Nyarome's Laboratory*
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom*
* *TOKIO and Kakeru*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?* (in opening spread)

### Aiko ("Ai-chan")

(アイ子, アイちゃん)

**Origin**: *Bukkare\*Dan*

The "wife" in a pair of two elementary school kids. She and Dan are pursued endlessly by their teacher Mr. Gesupeta as he attempts to figure out the mystery of why they are together.

It soon turns out their families are at odds with one another in a "Romeo and Juliet"-type plot, and Ai is taken by her father back to live at their pig farm, leading to Dan's drive to rescue her. She and Dan later adopt a younger child named Pinta and treat him as their son, before Pinta eventually leaves the series.

As the series failed to be the hit that Akatsuka expected, these characters rarely appear in any other works to where it can be a surprise if they're even utilized.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Introduction to Manga*
* *Bukkare\*Dan and No-Good Father*
* *Terrible Face*
* *Osomatsu-kun* (as "Urae")
* *Ojisan is a Persuman* (as "Hanako")
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Life Sugoroku*
* *Romeo and Julie* (as "Keiko")

### Ahoo Bakatsuka

**Origin**: *Gakitopia*

A pastiche of Akatsuka, who is a foolish man that winds up in peril in strange worlds when he goes traveling.

**Also appearing in:**

* *Ujabaland* (redesigned a bit)

### Bakame

(バカメ)

**Origin**: *Boy Friday*

A talking turtle that was pulled out of his shell by Boss and Friday, and accompanies them on their travels. After the setting unexpectedly changed and was eventually titled *Noragaki,* he became the pet of that title character.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Noragaki*
* *The Genius Bakabon* (as an opening illustration gag)
* *Basho Matsuo* (with shell)
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Animal Land*

### Beramatcha

(ベラマッチャ)

**Origin**: *Let's La Gon*

If a large, bipedal talking bear is needed for a role, Beramatcha has it covered. He may show up alone or alongside Gon's dad, with other Akatsuka animals, or bring something different to a crowd scene.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *The Genius Bakabon*
* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *Unkor Wat* (in ending)
* *Bugs*
* *Wanpei and Mo-chan*
* *The Blue-Eyed Delinquent*
* *Croquette-kun*
* *Naughty Angel*
* *Wonderful Fool*
* *Animal Wars*
* *Gags with Fujio*
* *Nyarome's Fun Mathematics Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Cosmology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration*
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries*
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies*
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (in story and "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Japan Laughter Story*
* *Basho Matsuo*
* *Yarasete-ojisan*
* *Omusubi-kun's Fun Rice Exploration*
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Animal Land*

### Big Sister

**Origin**: *Masegaki*

A teenage girl whose name is never revealed. She is a beauty desired by many inferior young men, who wish to get close to her. It is up to her younger brother to drive them away and prank them with whatever naughty ideas he comes up with.

In the one-shot she originates from, this younger brother is known as "Yo-chan", but when she was utilized for Naughty Angel, the younger brother was redesigned and renamed "Kiyoshi".

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Naughty Angel*
* *Ujabaland* (as a pretty manga assistant)

### Bocchan

(ボッチャン)

**Origin**: *Occhan*

A frog-like boy who tags along with the title character.

**Also appearing in these works**

* *Gag Guerrilla*

### Boss

(親分 *Oyabun*)

**Origin**: *Boy Friday*

A young boy who is shipwrecked on an island ala Robinson Crusoe, and meets the eponymous "Friday". Although he sees himself as a leader, he is entirely unreliable and can't even look out for himself.

Unfortunately as events would have it, Boss and Friday abruptly vanished from the title with its waning popularity and there is no true ending to their series (due to it abruptly changing to "Noragaki"). In a possible fate in "Boy Friday Continues" (published before the series wrapped), they are explained to have died off-panel and Noragaki becoming the new "Boy Friday".

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?* (visible in opening spread)

### Camera Kid

(カメラ小僧)

**Origin**: *The Genius Bakabon*

This youthful photographer is actually a full-grown man, and his not-so-secret identity is that of the famous Kishin Shinoyama. In any case, he's old enough to be married and have his own sons. Besides the camera around his neck, this man's constant spinning of "Kurukuru!" and his mucus-dripping nose can make him easy to spot.

But it is also just as easy to mistake him for another character deemed separate these days: Ryunoshin/"Why Kid", a very curious and just as snot-nosed young man- who was indeed intended to be the same boy in the Star System in the first place through the 1970s and 1980s, and he may be used in one or both roles in the *Nyarome's Classroom* series itself.

While the Ryunoshin version of the character often makes more appearances through actual works, Camera Kid is the more distinctive one to appear in Fujio Pro illustrations (either spinning or with his signature camera).

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Let's La Gon* (cameo in a chapter; Ryunoshin also appears in the series)
* *Noragaki* (cameo in a chapter; the recurring character of Diamonro also resembles him)
* *BC Adam* (minus camera, but with plenty of "Kurukuru!")
* *Sheeh!* *Comeback* (in "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries* (seen once in Camera Kid role; Ryunoshin/Why Kid identity is used elsewhere in the book)
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies* (seen together with Diamonro and Ichiro Suzuki; Ryunoshin/Why Kid identity appears elsewhere)

### Chawanmushi

(ちゃわんむし)

**Origin**: *Let's La Gon*

Akatsuka's favorite food is represented as a sentient cup of the food, and married to a just-as sentient spoon. He often appears in interludes or the start and end of chapters, speaking to the readers.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom* (seen on Star System tree)
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*

### Dan

(ダン)

**Origin**: *Bukkare\*Dan*

A rough young school boy who often gets into fights and is at odds with his teacher and peers. But after school, he assumes the role of husband. He vies for Ai's attention against his own "son" Pinta, and can get jealous if she's seen in the presence of another boy.

Like Ai, Dan does not really show up elsewhere afterwards, other than small cameos.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Introduction to Manga*
* *Bukkare\*Dan and No-Good Father*
* *Terrible Face*
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Life Sugoroku*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?* (in opening spread, depicted with black hair)

### Death

**Origin**: *The Shinigami Death*

A reaper of Hell, once an ordinary salaryman. He is given the mission to make sure that Earth has a drastically reduced death rate and to instead save humans, to prevent such overcrowding of damned souls. Unfortunately for Death, there exist those who aim to get in the way of his goal.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?* (in opening spread)

### Dekamelon

**Origin**: *Monster at Address 13*

A strange little monster with a large, melon-like head and significantly sparkly eyes. He accompanies Shouta through the series and is responsible for triggering strange phenomena in others he makes eye contact with.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Gag Land*

### Diamonro

(ダイヤモン郎)

**Origin**: *Noragaki*

A young boy of the same template as Camera Kid and Ryunoshin. He has swirly blush marks on his cheeks, and a curly hair jutting out from his bangs.

He is a rich fool, and a frequent friend of Noragaki. In a gag based on his type of design, he can once be seen twirling and crying "Kurukuru!" like Camera Kid would.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies* (alongside Camera Kid/Ryunoshin and Ichiro Suzuki)

### Eve

(イブ)

**Origin**:*B.C. Adam*

The Eve of biblical lore. She appears naked with a fig leaf centered over her crotch, and wears a flower in her hair. Her design may sometimes appear elsewhere (and clothed) as a general woman, or she may appear as a nod to the work among other Akatsuka stars.

She does briefly appear in animated form in the ballet audience in episode 4 of Pierrot's *Osomatsu-kun*, although she is mostly obscured by the shadows on the side.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Gag Guerrilla*
* *Kensaku the Architect*
* *Nyarome's Laboratory*
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies*
* *TOKIO and Kakeru*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?* (in opening spread)

### Mr. Gesupeta

(ゲスペタ先生 *Gesupeta-sensei*)

**Origin**: *Bukkare\*Dan*

A suspicious, unscrupulous teacher who stalks after Dan and Ai due to having nothing better to do. He is sexually harassing as well, and the "gesu"/"scum" part of his name highlights his pathetic and lowly nature. He is unmarried, and has trouble finding a woman.

As with his students, it is rare to see him in outside works but not entirely impossible.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Introduction to Manga*
* *Karappe of the Wind*
* *Let's La Gon* (as a frustrated teacher in a cameo)
* *Sheeh!* *Comeback* (in "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?* (in opening spread)

### Gen

(ゲン)

**Origin**: *Let's La Gon*

Also known as "Gen-chan of the Tofu shop". His full name is Gengoro, and he is Gon's friend. He tends to wind up unlucky very often in the series, being killed in different ways and even by Gon himself, but will come back after each time.

He may show up with Gon, or by himself in other series. He has an idiosyncratic sense of language, and comes up with his own words for things (eg: calling tofu "canterma").

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *King of Gags*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Basho Matsuo*
* S*heeh! Comeback* (in "Ajapaa" spread)

### God-sama

**Origin**: *B.C. Adam*

The apparent creator of all mankind, or one of a few many takes on such a character that originated from this series. Distinctly different from the God-types seen in *Ataro* and *Mi-tan,* with long shaggy hair and a large bandaged nose. He creates Adam and Eve, starting off the wild events that occur in the beginning of mankind, up until they are transported to the modern day.

This God is sometimes used as the character to answer questions on the Koredeiinoda website, for whatever questions Bakabon's Papa doesn't take on.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Kensaku the Architect*

### Gon

(ゴン)

**Origin:** *Let's La Gon*

The protagonist, who is a free-spirited but dry and fierce young boy in an active rivalry with his neglectful father. He runs about as he pleases, and chaos follows in his wake.

Gon often appears as himself in a brief cameo or gathering, but may also be seen with Gen or his dad. Sometimes but rarely, he may even be in a different role.

Shouta, the protagonist of *Monster at Address 13*, resembles him but is a markedly different character. This is also the case for Dotaro from *Karappe of the Wind*, which predated the *Gon* series, as well as Tokio from *TOKIO and Kakeru*.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun* (cameo in Shonen King story)
* *The Genius Bakabon*
* *Occhan* (as a form taken by Bocchan)
* *King of Gags*
* *Gags with Fujio*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom* (seen with Star System tree)
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies* (depicted with whisker marks like Chibita)
* *Waru Waru World*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?* (in opening spread)
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (in "Ajapaa!" spread)

### Gon's Father

(ゴンのおやじ)

**Origin**: *Let's La Gon*

An outrageous perfectionist and harsh father, who is not any sort of father figure. He may often appear as himself or as a general crooked man working in different types of business. He can be distinguished by one of his eyes bulging out, his Chaplin-esque mustache, and his signature arched brow.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *The Genius Bakabon*
* *Unkor Wat*
* *The Blue-Eyed Delinquent*
* *Noragaki*
* *Occhan* (as a form taken by Occhan)
* *Gags with Fujio*
* *Monster at Address 13*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *This Week's Awful Person*
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (in "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries*
* *Gag Shop*
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*
* *Liquor Hermit Dayoon*

### Guzupapa

**Origin**: *Chibimama*

Chibimama's dull-witted, lazy husband who is extraordinarily slow at whatever he tries to do.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *The Genius Bakabon*

### Gyujiro

(牛次郎)

**Origin**: *Let's La Gon*

Full name "Gyujiro Mizushima"(水島牛次郎). He is an unusually ugly, lonely man born with the most unfortunate looks and worst luck.

He is feared and hated by anyone he makes contact with due to his appearance, even by inanimate objects (eg: food crying, tables screaming and breaking, mirrors breaking in the expected cliche manner, the bathroom door locking itself, etc.). His name derives from that of the authors and cartoonists **Shinji Mizushima** (水島新司) and **Jiro Gyu** (牛次郎), who in-series are the world's ugliest men responsible for siring such a monstrosity.

In Koredeiinoda's event "The Genius Birthdaybon", he and other ugly characters attempt to take the spotlight but are defeated by Akko's compact devolving them back to rough draft sketches.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *The Genius Bakabon*
* *Gag Guerrilla*
* *Comedy is Coming Now*
* *Japan Laughter Story*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*

### Ijii-sama

**Origin**: *The Mean Old Man*

A smelly, decrepit old man that goes about in only a loincloth. He is quite miserly and can't comprehend the idea of spending money on anything, even what he may truly need.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Mr. Dada* (wearing something for once)

### Irako

(イラ公)

**Origin**: *Let's La Gon*

The family pet. He is notable for his angry, hyper-detailed face and his head often being colored red to highlight his emotion. His role tends to be consistent across depictions, in being a cat that will attack furiously when his sleep is interrupted.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *Hatabō and Wanpei*
* *Occhan*
* *Nyarome's Fun Mathematics Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Cosmology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom* (seen on Star System tree)
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies*
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (in "Ajapaa!" spread)

### Kaoru-chan

(カオルちゃん)

**Origin:** *The Genius Bakabon*

A hairy, flirtatious gay man who is often depicted as being able to attract others very easily or via gag situations of them crashing into each other or other chance encounters. Though there are times in which he will have a wife, he is most often openly gay and will wind up in situations with the Police Officer with the Connected Eyes, or other characters.

He can also be seen as a cross-dresser, to highlight his effeminate side as well as being referred to as "Kaoru-chan". But there are also appearances where he will be used for shock value gags including scatological humor, or him falling in love with an animal or the young Choromatsu (as in "Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion").

When appearing across the Star System, he may be nameless at times or have a different name assigned for roles. There are occasions where he will be depicted as a cop, which inspired the 1988 Pierrot *Osomatsu-kun* anime's depiction of him "Katsumi Yatsugashira" (though he was still named as Kaoru in some scripts).

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *The Genius Bakabon's Old Man*
* *Osomatsu-kun* (as "Yamamoto-kun" and unnamed guest spots)
* *Gag Guerrilla*
* *Let's La Gon*
* *Nyarome*
* *The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi*
* *Song and Gag Theatre*
* *BC Adam*
* *Boy Friday*
* *Noragaki*
* *Occhan*
* *Gag Land*
* *Gags with Fujio*
* *Naughty Angel*
* *Kensaku the Architect*
* *Animal Wars*
* *Itaike-kun (1978 version)*
* *Wonderful Fool*
* *The Virgin Toraemon*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries* (hairstyle depicted differently but clearly meant to be this character)
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom* (with a different hairstyle, as with the previous book)
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Comedy is Coming Now*
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Literary Walk*
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (in story and "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *Basho Matsuo*
* *Reading Dai-sensei*
* *Hana-chan Sleeps*
* *Yarasete-ojisan*
* *Gag Shop*
* *Hennako-chan* (Weekly Josei version)
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion* (as "Yoshio")

### Karappe

(カラッペ)

**Origin**: *Karappe of the Wind*

The protagonist, a talking crow. He embarks on an adventure with his friend Karaten, taking them through many places. He is not often seen in too many outside Akatsuka works, though he was included in "Oh! Great Jailbreak" due to the involvement of Don Sasaki (who had taken over artist duties of *Karappe*). He is also seen in the 80th birthday comic for Koredeiinoda, "The Genius Birthdaybon".

He makes a barely-visible appearance in animated form in episode 4 of Pierrot's *Osomatsu-kun* adaptation, in a ballet recital audience.

Karappe is depicted as being colored red in many earlier 70s illustrations, but these days it is common to see him colored black as a realistic crow would be.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Oh! Great Jailbreak*
* *Bukkare\*Dan*
* *I Am Baccaras*
* *Mom NO.1*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?* (in opening spread with Karaten, Dotaro, and Ali the Master of Hell)
* *The Cat House Owner*
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Animal Land*

### Karaten

(カラテン)

**Origin**: *Karappe of the Wind*

Karappe's sidekick, a crow tengu who was born without feathers and so looks more humanoid than bird. He is a re-use of Ichiro, but with a beak where the mouth portion would be.

They are nonetheless considered as separate entities in some features, as much as Ichiro and Satoimo of *Tamanegi Tama-chan* are.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprise Surprise Surprise Guide*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?* (in opening spread with Karappe, Dotaro, and Ali the Master of Hell)

### Kazuko

**Origin**: *Mr. Iyami*

A woman who Iyami meets at the bar, who decides to spend the night with him as a way to relieve her boredom from her usual life. Her name is revealed in the letter she leaves behind with him, though characters of her basic design or with some similarity could be seen used in the early 1970s whenever Mitsutoshi Furuya was involved as assistant.

### Keroko

(ケロ子)

**Origin:** *The Genius Bakabon* (as "Shimako"), more commonly associated with *Let's La Gon*

A frog that also happens to be a high school girl and *sukeban* (female gang leader), dressing in a school uniform and commanding a gang of similar frogs.

She and Irako get together as a couple, but their romance is all too short-lived.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Gang Girl Keroko*
* *Bakumatsu Rare Dog Group* (depicted w/o pigtails)
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Animal Land* (depicted w/o pigtails)

### Kobayashi

(小林)

**Origin**: *The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi*

The sidekick of a rather foolish detective. He is distinguished by his misshapen and lopsided face, and runny nose. He has a penchant for wearing a baseball cap, as well as short shorts with his long shirt. When a tie is used with such clothing, it can look practically identical to Ichiro's manner of dress.

The Kobayashi we know of this decade is markedly different than the prototype character that appeared in the 1969 oneshot, though he also had a different design in a Manga Gorak pilot that appeared prior to the Adventure King serialization.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Wanpei and Mo-chan*
* *Nyarome*
* *Nyan Nyan Nyanda*

### (The Great Stupid) Detective Kogoro Hakuchi

(はくち小五郎)

**Origin**: *The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi*

As his professional title suggests, he is a detective; one parodying Edogawa Rampo's character of Kogoro Akechi. Although he is not a majorly recurring Star, he was known to pop up on occasion during the 1970s and 1980s.

Though his series was included in the DVD-ROM set by Shogakukan, it has been posed as a question if it is even possible to reprint it these days due to "Hakuchi" meaning "mentally-challenged".

As a gag on a chapter themed around perfection, a Kogoro named "Kogoro Kanpeki" ("Kogoro Perfect") with a somewhat different design appears in *Chinese Factual Comics*.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Wanpei and Mo-chan*
* *Nyarome*
* *Nyan Nyan Nyanda*
* *Kensaku the Architect*
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries* (depicted without mustache)
* *This Week's Awful Person*
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Literary Walk*

### Kong Father

**Origin**: *Kong* *Father*

An ape man who moved to Tokyo with his young Kong Son. When angered, he will destroy things or grow to a massive size; the chapters of his series focus around such gags and his conflicts with those in the town.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Sheeh! Comeback* (in "Ajapaa!" spread with Kong Son, Tarzan, and Wankichi from his series)
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?* (in opening spread)

### Kusotakeimushi

(クソタケイムシ)

**Origin**: *Let's La Gon*

Lit: "The Shitty Takei Bug"

A disgusting caterpillar that crawled out of Toshiki Takei's socks one day, and became a character. He has bulgy eyes, a large nose/chin, and whiskers. He is highly unpopular among other characters, and depicted with a foul and pathetic existence.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *The Genius Bakabon*
* *Bakumatsu Rare Dog Group*
* *Bugs*
* *Noragaki*
* *Gags with Fujio*
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (in "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Animal Land*

### Mame-tan

**Origin**: *Mame-tan*

A tiny young boy whose small size comes into handy for many situations. He is outsized by not only his parents, but his neighbors and his large, mischievous dog Guzu.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?* (in opening spread)

### Maseri

(ませり)

**Origin:** *Let's La Gon*

A small bearded caterpillar that has arms and hands, unlike Kemunpas and the Kusotakeimushi. He will show up if he is needed for an insect role that neither of them can fulfill, or in general gatherings of the Akatsuka animals and wildlife.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun* (in "Chibita the Safe-Cracker" remake)
* *Hatabō and Wanpei*
* *Wanpei and Mo-chan*
* *The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi*
* *Nyarome*
* *Croquette-kun*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Animal Land*

### Miyo-chan

**Origin**: *Mame-tan*

A pretty young girl who is often a co-star to a young boy protagonist in the late 1970s to early 1980s. Though her name may depend on the title, her design and purpose does not change much (unless she is needed for a more antagonistic role). She was originally depicted as a shorter, younger girl in the *Mame-tan* series but gradually grew and changed through its art evolution.

In *The Flower of Kikuchiyo*, she is loved by both Kikuchiyo and Tamao (the lead of the series, not to be mistaken with a certain other boy by the name), but often linked with the former; in one instance, she is even on the verge of getting close to Tamao after Kikuchiyo had dumped her, but the two reconcile and she harshly rejects the boy.

However, in the simultaneously-serialized *Waru-chan*, she appears as a classmate of the title character and once cruelly manipulates him into thinking they can be lovers, only to wind up punished and humiliated by Waru-chan later in his revenge.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *The Flower of Kikuchiyo* (as "Hanako")
* *Waru-chan* (as Hanako)
* *This Week's Adam and IF*

### Mom (Fukiko Yamada)

(母ちゃん *Kaa-chan)*

**Origin:** *Mom NO.1*

In the day time, she works in the guise of a man at a "black factory" type of shipping company to make money for her house. After work, she resumes her duties of a housewife and mother to her son Taro. This is due to her husband having died when Taro was born, leaving her to have to fulfill both roles.

She is characterized by being somewhat round and buck-toothed, with dot eyes. Though she does not feature much outside her title, she was used in a quick audience cameo in episode 4 of Pierrot's *Osomatsu-kun* anime.

In the remake for Deluxe BomBom, there is a different Mom (Kazuyo) whose son is instead named "Shunsaku". Both have significantly different designs from Fukiko and Taro, and Kazuyo does not crossdress or work at any factories.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Comedy is Coming Now*
* *Japan Laughter Story* (as a bystander in a crowd; Taro is used as another woman's son in a different story)

### Noragaki

**Origin***: Boy Friday Continues/Noragaki*

A small boy that was abandoned by his mother and raised by stray cats. He is mischievous and wild, but a caring sort who wants the best for his cat mom.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Middle-Aged Friday*
* *Gakitopia*

### Norauma

(ノラウマ)

**Origin**: *The Genius Bakabon*

Lit: "Stray Horse"/"Wild Horse"

A shamelessly rude and chaotic horse who uses his bodily functions to his advantage, but is also skilled at calligraphy. He has no owner, and likes racing.

He was somewhat inspired by the horse **Busutang** who appeared in *Ataro*, but is otherwise a separate character that got more use in the 1970s. He appears where a horse and toilet humor can be needed for a gag, or in animal situations.

**Also appearing in these works**

* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *Wanpei and Mo-chan*
* *Let's La Gon*
* *Gag Land*
* *Nyarome's Fun Cosmology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom*
* *This Week's Awful Person*
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (in "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Animal Land*

### Occhan

(オッチャン)

**Origin**: *Occhan*

A mysterious man who gets into bizarre situations, and acts more like some kind of strange animal when he sleeps in the ground. Even though he is not the father of Bocchan, he treats him like a son.

**Also appearing in these works**

* *Gag Guerrilla*
* *Tsumannaiko-chan*

### Ryunoshin

(竜之進)

**Origin**: *The Genius Bakabon*

A highly-curious young man. In his Bakabon debut, he was depicted as annoying his parents with his questions and taking far too long to solve a puzzle, to where he only finished it in his old age. His face was slightly different, with his nose being sharper.

He would evolve to have a face identical to the existing Camera Kid, and would wind up a common character in the 1970s and 1980s works. His age can vary within works, either being a young boy or an adult, and his overall purpose and role can depend on the story. He and Camera Kid were also in fact intended to be the same character in different roles around that time, but nowadays they are classified by Fujio Pro as separate people.

Ryunoshin also bears a slight resemblance but very similar purpose to a prototypical character of his kind, a freshman classmate of Papa's at Bakada University known as the **"Why is that?" Freshman** (どうしてですかの新入生). This is to the point where the two are merged to be one character in the *Bakabonds* Sega Saturn game.

Due to his own nature of asking questions, he was referred to by the name **Doshite/"Why?"** (ドーシテ) in the Star System tree in the *Nyarome's Biology Classroom* book, or as "Why Kid" (Doshite Kozo). In some appearances such as those in *Gag Guerilla*, Ryunoshin is given the surname Hattori. This full "Ryunoshin Hattori" name also appears on a much different character in *Mom NO.1.*

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *Let's La Gon*
* *Gag Guerrilla*
* *Unkor Wat* (depicted with sharp nose)
* *Song and Gag Theatre*
* *King of Gags*
* *Kong Father*
* *A Turning and Turning World*
* *Ojisan is a Persuman*
* *Gag Land*
* *Nyarome's Fun Mathematics Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Cosmology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration*
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries*
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies*
* *Comedy is Coming Now*
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Literary Walk*
* *This Week's Adam and Eve*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Kidnapping by Willow*
* *Reading Dai-sensei*
* *Yarasete-ojisan*
* *Hennako-chan* (Weekly Josei version)
* *MR. Masashi*
* *Gag Shop*

### Taro

(太郎)

**Origin:** *Mom NO.1*

The young son of Fukiko, who is very close to his mother. No matter how tough things get, he can keep his optimism high. He can be recognized by the swirly ahoge at the back of his head, along with his dot eyes, freckles, and sharp snubbed nose.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Comedy is Coming Now*
* *Japan Laughter Story*

### Taro

**Origin**: *Waru Waru World*

Another character with that common boys' name, and nowhere near as nice as the Taro above. He is a wicked, cruel young boy living in a world where terrible acts are the norm and perfectly legal (as long as you don't murder anyone).

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Nyan Nyan Nyanda*
* *Gakitopia*
* *Noragaki* (as Taro the Warugaki/Emeralro)

### Tarzan

**Origin**: *Kong Father*

Akatsuka's version of the King of the Jungle, who can work as a businessman when not swinging on vines.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *The Genius Bakabon*
* *Tarzan the President of the Jungle*

### Toshoboy

**Origin**: *Gags with Fujio*

The patriarch of the family in this series, named after a racing horse. He doesn't get much respect from his wife, who is carrying on a secret affair behind his back, and he has his own secret life with an ex-wife and three other children.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Gag Guerrilla*

### Unagi-Inu

(ウナギイヌ)

**Origin:** *The Genius Bakabon*

"The Eel-Dog".

A pitch-black creature that is a crossbreed between an eel and a dog. He often barks a "wan wan", and is generally known to speak the human language although he originally lacked such ability.

Some appearances, including his very debut, have him killed and eaten. But as it is with the Star System, it's just one role of many for him and he can appear fine whenever he is next needed.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *Wanpei and Mo-chan*
* *Let's La Gon*
* *Bugs*
* *Gang Girl Keroko*
* *Bakumatsu Rare Dog Group*
* *Unkor Wat* (in spread of escapees)
* *The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi*
* *Kensaku the Architect*
* *Song and Gag Theatre*
* *Gag Land*
* *Graphic Novel Poems*
* *The End of Unagi-Inu*
* *Wonderful Fool*
* *Run Away Run Away* (Seen on Bakabon manga cover)
* *Nyarome's Fun Mathematics Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Cosmology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration*
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries*
* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Comedy is Coming Now*
* *Basho Matsuo*
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (in story and "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *Japan Laughter Story*
* *Yarasete-ojisan*
* *Greatest in Japan, Putaro's Family*
* *Songo-kun* (BomBom remake)
* *The Cat House Owner*
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Animal Land*

### Wanpei

(ワンペイ)

**Origin**: *Hatabō and Wanpei*

A dog who befriends Hatabō in the newspaper strip series, and becomes his pet and sidekick. He is highly wise, he can speak, and do many human things like cooking and cleaning. But on the contrary, he can also make trouble for Hatabō due to his gluttony and mischief.

After the first two installments of the weekly newspaper manga (originally titled as just *Hatabō*, then *Wanpei*), there was a change in direction; the third series "Wanpei and Mo-chan" would instead focus on him and a talking cow named Mo-chan.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Cat's Eye News*
* *The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi*
* *Kong Father*
* *Nyan Nyan Nyanda* (as Peskou)

### Waru Waru Mask

(ワルワル仮面)

**Origin**: *Waru Waru World*

Lit: "Bad Bad Mask"/"Evil Evil Mask".

An unusual, masked man in tights that resembles Iyami, though with solid yellow eyes. He wears a cowl similar to that of the DC Comics hero Batman.

Although he is prominently seen on covers of the series' reprints, he only shows up late into its run.

### Yamamoto 80

(山本八十 *Yamamoto Yaso*)

**Origin**: *Kusobaba!!*

The titular "Shitty Hag"/"Shitty Old Woman". As suggested by the name she is referred to by, she is the insufferable 80-year old mother of the protagonist Yamamoto, and makes his life and pursuit of love to be terror. She may occasionally show up in another title, when a lewd and ugly old woman is needed to gross readers out.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Nyarome*
* *Masegaki*
* *Japan Laughter Story*

## 1980s

### Assistant

**Origin**: *Caster*

Caster's news assistant, a busty woman who finds her job complicated by Director's relentless pursuit of her during reports.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Professor Babatchi*

### Prof. Babatchi

**Origin**: *Professor Babatchi*

A seemingly-smart teacher who is constantly filthy and reeking of garbage. This is because he must always surround himself in a foul smell to attract his pet fly Einstein, who is the one who provides him with all his intelligence. Babatchi being clean or Einstein being distracted by other stinky material can prove to be detrimental to his goals.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?* (seen in opening spread)

### Cameraman

**Origin**: *A Cameraman is Rough!!*

A flashy cameraman who was the star of his short-lived 4koma series. He can be distinguished by his long mustache and dark sunglasses.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Yotsuya "H"*

### Caster

**Origin**: *Caster*

A tabloid newscaster who investigates bizarre situations, but is dedicated to bringing you "nothing but the truth!". His series, however, just so happened to be the target of controversy due to its graphic content and resulted in the very magazine it ran in being discontinued. Since then, Caster has been a very rare Star if he ever does show up.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *This Week's Adam and Eve*

### Chibidon

(チビドン)

**Origin**: *Chibidon*

A young boy who leads the students at his elementary school as their own company, "Anything Goes Co." (なんでも株式会社), acting as its president.

Chibidon is similar in design and purpose to Otasuke, but is much shorter like Chibita and has visible nostrils. He will take on whatever job is requested by the company clients, and is assisted by his friends Tendon, Tamadon, and Katsudon.

He is not used very much outside his own title through the 1980s, seeming to remain as a very rare figure.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Weekly Special Boy*
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (seen in "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *Chinese Factual Comics* (as a decorative character on a page margin)

### Hanako (Hana-chan the Elder; "Onee-chan")

**Origin**: *Hana-chan Sleeps*

A young woman who is greedy and obsessed with gifts and money, co-running a snack bar with her twin sister in order to fulfill her expensive desires. She collects the offered gifts from their customers and picks which man will get to go to a love hotel, switching out to have her twin carry out the rest of their ploy.

**Also appearing in these works**

* *Yarasete-ojisan* (as "Macchi" in chapter 8, and as a high school girl in chapter 24. Lacks her hairband in first cameo)

### Hanako (Hana-chan the Younger; "Imoto")

**Origin**: *Hana-chan Sleeps*

The younger of the Hana-chan twins, who has an intense love for men and will gladly take on any that her sister sends her. However, she can also experience shocking twists she never would have expected.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Yarasete-ojisan* (nameless cameo in chapter 11, "Machiko" in chapter 20, and billiards-playing woman in chapter 21. The two later cameos have her lacking her hairband)

### Icha Kobayashi

**Origin**: *Basho Matsuo*

A young man on a mission to find his mysterious mentor with eight-fingered hands. He may also pop up elsewhere in the 1980s as a generic young salaryman character.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Comedy is Coming Now* (as the shapeshifting "Ichiro Yamada")

### "Mean Grandpa"

**Origin**: *Mean Current Affairs*

An old unibrowed man with buckteeth and a single hair sticking out of his balding head. He is often a spectator to scandalous and bizarre events occurring around him. His name and the title of his series are homophones; *Ijiwaru-jiijii* can be "Jiijii" as in an old man or as in current events.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Yarasete-ojisan*

### "My Car-chan"

**Origin**: *Good Friends are Beautiful*

A beautiful woman who was fused with the inside of her car after nuclear war, resulting in her upper half being visibly merged into the driver's seat while the backseat of the car also functions as her lower half. She winds up getting together with the protagonist and becoming his wife.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Comedy is Coming Now* (as "Mari-chan" and fully human)

### Nakano-kun

**Origin**: *Hana-chan Sleeps*

A bespectacled salaryman who longs to get together with Hana-chan, but always gets bested by more interesting men at the bar. He is relentless in his goal though, until becoming scared when he finds out there's two of the woman he wanted.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Yarasete-ojisan*

### Nashitomo

**Origin**: *Weekly Special Boy*

A small boy with huge eyebrows and a just as prominent facial mole (owing to the scandal reporter he was inspired by). He goes about town to report on the current events in Japan, in his own sensational way.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Nyarome's Fun Sexual Education Classroom* (in chapters 1, 2, and 10)

### Tamadon

(タマドン)

**Origin**: *Chibidon*

A pretty, taller girl assistant of Chibidon. She acts as a secretary and otherwise does not get to do incredibly much in the series, being sidelined along with his other friends whenever he goes out on a job. Her face is in the style of such girls as Akko, while her hair is worn up in a single high ponytail.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *TOKIO and Kakeru* (as "Midori", Tokio's friend)

### Tokio

(トキオ)

**Origin**: *TOKIO and Kakeru*

The protagonist of the series, a young boy who comes across a mysterious koala-like animal named Kakeru (for his verbal tic of "kerukeru"). When first touching the animal, this causes a time-slip to occur and launches his family into the time of the Pacific War.

Other interactions with Kakeru through the series result in other unusual paradoxes happening around Tokio and his hometown, with him outright transported back to different eras with other people or encountering counterparts of himself from those times. However, Kakeru himself turns out to have even greater secrets for Tokio to learn.

His design can slightly be mistaken for Gon, if Gon had smoother hair and no visible nostrils.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?* (in opening spread and in two chapters)

### Toraemon's Grandpa

**Origin**: *The Virgin Toraemon*

An authoritarian but dirty old man, often armed with a sword or wanting to find some way to get a woman.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Gag Guerrilla*

### Waru-chan

**Origin**: *Waru-chan*

A cryptic, chaotic little boy who is often pushed around and mistreated by his peers and teacher, or becomes envious of others. This leads to him getting revenge on them in brutal but creative ways.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *The Flower of Kikuchiyo* (non-speaking cameo)

## 1990s

### Hennako (1990s)

(へんな子 90年代版)

**Origin:** *Hennako-chan* (Weekly Josei series)

A new Hennako for a new era. She is naughty like the original, but has no such unfortunate backstory and cares to make trouble with her ESP than to physically get involved. Her family may seem average compared to her in their looks and initial demeanor, but they too have their own dysfunctions that her antics help to bring out.

As the Fujio Pro output of works began to decrease in the 1990s, this Hennako often didn't get to appear much in other series. Fujio Pro treats both Hennako as separate entities due to their vast differences, and the two appear alongside each other in Katta Yoshi's comic to commemorate Akatsuka's 80th birthday celebration.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Mom NO.1* (cameo in chapter 1 of the 1994 remake)
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*

### Putaro

**Origin**: *Greatest in Japan, Putaro's Family*

A young boy that's part of a family of wanderers and beggars searching for a great permanent home to live in. He will use whatever money he has to try to bribe his way into a home and see if it's a great fit.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *MR. Masashi* (shown as a bum looking for a job and home)

## Bit Players

The "Mob characters", those often in the background or in small recurring roles but never quite standing out in a series of their own. Some originated from well-known works, but are era-specific or didn't catch on as others had.

### "Big-Mouthed Man"

**Origin**: *Osomatsu-kun* (bit parts in Weekly Shonen King run)

A man that is not Dayon, but with a mouth that can be powerful in its own ways.The mouth tends to be depicted with scribbly facial hair around it, and he is often set as a crook or some sort of worker. His large teeth may sometimes be rather strong (with being shiny enough to blind someone).

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *There's No Wonderful Business Like That of a Gag!*
* *Gag Guerrilla*
* *Occhan*
* *Detective*
* *Itaike-kun (1978 version)*
* *Chibidon*
* *Greatest in Japan, Putaro's Family*

### Chibiko

**Origin**: *Chibita-kun*

Chibita's younger sister, mainly exclusive to one specific chapter in this series (though also appearing in an unnamed cameo in another story). She resembles her brother greatly in height and face, but has a black bobbed hairstyle and wears a flower in her hair.

Another (unnamed) younger sibling-type character for Chibita would later be seen in *Extraordinary Ataro*, although simply looking like him shrunk down some and only referred to by Toei as "Chibita's Little Brother" in the 1969 adaptation.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Otasuke-kun* (1967-1968 4th Grade run, unnamed)

### Dayōn's Wife

(ダヨーンの妻)

**Origin**: *Horahora no ojisan*

This lady is occasionally seen alongside Dayōn in various stories, simply to show that he is a married man.

She resembles a feminine version of him, and usually has longer curly hair and makeup, although she can also be seen with a different style on occasion.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *The Mean Family*

### The Dog of Night

(夜のイヌ)

**Origin:** *The Genius Bakabon*

An unusual bulldog of various color that will perform handstands at night, no matter the location. You tend to see him pop up in such panels as a transition between scenes, or an interesting background detail. Sometimes, he will break his habit of performing at night and do this in the day, pose differently, or even speak to the readers to provide exposition.

This dog and others of his breed carried over to Pierrot's adaptation of *Osomatsu-kun*, and Toei would even use them for the second *Ataro* anime.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *Extraordinary Ataro*
* *2nd Generation President Ichiro-kun*
* *Spartacco*
* *Karappe of the Wind* (cameo in early chapter)
* *Bukkare\*Dan*
* *Unkor Wat* (in spread of escapees)
* *Oh! Great Jailbreak*
* *Let's La Gon*
* *Noragaki*
* *Nyan Nyan Nyanda*
* *Nyarome's Fun Mathematics Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Cosmology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration*
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries*
* *The Flower of Kikuchiyo*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (in "Ajapaa!" spread)
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Animal Land*

### Frogs

(カエルさん)

Random nameless frogs can be seen across the works, most often associated with Chibita or other small children. They sometimes will strike the "Sheeh!" pose.

As with Ichiro's cat Mike, Akatsuka had this particular favorite frog design in mind, though they rarely appear in later works.

### Director of the Fukuwarai Clinic

(福笑い病院の院長)

**Origin**: *Extraordinary Ataro*

A doctor with an unusual face consisting of a wrinkled mouth and sagging eyes. He uses saws and other heavy tools in his surgery and considers his work to be artistic, as he can expertly re-arrange faces and bodies to mind-boggling results.

In *Ataro* itself, he can be seen to have a nurse he has an on-and-off relationship with, but she tends to not carry forth to later settings.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *The Genius Bakabon*
* *Let's La Gon*
* *Noragaki*
* *Gags with Fujio*
* *Monster Ball Man*
* *Ojisan is a Persuman*
* *Monster at Address #13*
* *The Flower of Kikuchiyo*

### "The Gyahaha Man"

(ギャハハおじさん)

**Origin:** *Osomatsu-kun*

This strange bald man always seems to be smiling about something, and always stares right at the readers of the manga. He tends to stick to corners of panels, or hides out in crowds.

He debuted at the start of the monthly *Osomatsu-kun* stories in late 1967, after its regular *Weekly Shonen Sunday* schedule ended and Akatsuka switched to sporadic but longer features. In his first two appearances, he would pop back up at the end of each story, laughing a "***Gya-ha-ha!***" at the readers. However, this gag was reduced quickly, and he more often simply showed up to smile and stare in crowds. He also managed to show his face briefly in other titles during this time.

He did not seem to catch on as much as the Dogs of Night and Nyarome, and only appeared a few times in the early Shonen King run of *Osomatsu-kun* (with differences to his design each time).

**This man has also been spotted randomly staring at you in**:

* *Extraordinary Ataro* (as a citizen of Heaven)
* *The Flower of Dekoppachi*
* *The Genius Bakabon*

### Gyujie Mizushima

**Origin**: *Let's La Gon*

An extraordinarily ugly woman with a large nose akin to the features of the Kusotakeimushi. Gyujiro Mizushima falls in love with her, but she does not return his affections. Instead, she seems to prefer Gon's father.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun* ("Crocodile Love" chapter, as Geroe)
* *Occhan*
* *The Genius Bakabon*

### "Hagechibi"

(ハゲチビ)

**Origin**: *Leave it to Chota*

"Bald Dwarf".

A small nameless bald man with a unibrow and long mustache. He can be known as the "Mean Professor", if you prefer, though that's the only time he's ever been in a major starring role. He tends to otherwise show up as a random criminal or businessman in town, quietly going about his way or as a featured character of a chapter. He can be creative in his scams, dressing up as a dog or getting a bird to fly him around.

This man mostly appeared through the 1960s, until his appearances ceased in the early 1970s. These days, he has experienced a bit of a resurgence due to being used under the name **Shonosuke Hijirisawa** (聖澤庄之助) in the *Osomatsu-san* anime.

In classic adaptations, he can be seen a few times in the 1966 Studio Zero *Osomatsu-kun*, Toei's first *Ataro* anime, and briefly in episode 4 of Pierrot's *Osomatsu-kun*.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *Mean Professor*
* *Nonsensical NO.1* (as a cat potion scientist)
* *Akatsuka-kun Can Do Anything* (as the "giant" of the sky castle in "$-chan and the Beanstalk")
* *Phantom Thief 1/2 Face*
* *Extraordinary Ataro*
* *The Genius Bakabon*
* *There's no Wonderful Business like that of a Gag!*
* *Let's La Gon*

###  Hairy Teacher

(???)

**Origin**: *Let's La Gon*

A beggar with unkempt hair with and a torn robe. He taught Nyarome, Beshi, and Kemunpas how to speak, and demonstates his teaching abilities on Beramatcha.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Song and Gag Theatre*
* *Reading Dai-sensei*

### Hippo Man

(カバ男 *Kaba Otoko*)

**Origin**: *Otasuke-kun*

As indicated by his name, his face resembles that of a hippo. He is often seen as a random salaryman wandering the streets or involved in a chaotic situation.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *The Meddling Family*
* *Extraordinary Ataro*
* *Hippie-chan*
* *Occhan*
* *Kensaku the Architect*
* *Talent Family*
* *Yarasete-ojisan*
* *Hana-chan Sleeps*

### Ichiro Suzuki

(鈴木一郎)

**Origin**: *The Genius Bakabon*

A strange young boy who does not know math or letters, but can expertly recite the philosopher Sartre's theory of existentialism. He has a turtle-like shape to his face, and his pitch-black eyes are actually deep black holes. He also has similar nostrils.

Ichiro Suzuki makes a few sporadic appearances within the series, before dropping off in usage. However, in a notable cameo outside *Bakabon*, his face was redesigned to resemble that of the Camera Kid/Ryunoshin character model and his creepy nature was downplayed, other than Camera Kid and Diamonro expressing confusion over there being a third person that looks just like them.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies*

### Isamu

(勇)

**Origin**: *The Genius Bakabon*

A son of the Police Officer with the Connected Eyes, known for not lasting very long when he or a further derivative exists in a setting. In his best-known appearance, he lies about having a stomachache and tricks a doctor into dismembering himself to make him laugh. But in the punchline, he develops an actual stomach pain and dies when his father ignores his cries due to his earlier lies.

His design is notably reused in *Waru Waru World* for another son named **Demeo**. The officer uses Demeo as bait to capture a criminal; since murder is the only illegal crime there, Demeo is used as a victim for the man to be arrested. When the criminal fails to kill him, the officer shoots the son dead and arrests the man anyway.

The Isamu look is also recycled in a chapter of *Boy Friday*, for the officer's numerous ("100 dozen") tiny sons that Friday, Boss, and Bakame slaughter and devour. Initially, some of the multiple sons are shown to have a few differences as a gag, but they wind up becoming the same design over and over.

The kanji used for his name means "courage", a trait which he lacks in trying to avoid school.

#### Other different-looking sons of the officer

The earliest child that is shown to exist resembles the officer with a "sprout"-like haircut, but has two eyes and a face that was probably derived more from his mother. This one appeared in *Extraordinary Ataro.* Another different son named **Ahoo** also exists in *Let's La Gon.*

A early son with connected eyes shows up in Kunio Nagatani's run of *The Genius Bakabon*, though the nose seen on this son is not triangular but made up of two round contours, and he has a fuller head of hair.

### "Keko-tan of Hokkairo~!"

(ホッカイローのケーコターン)

**Origin**: *Extraordinary Ataro*, quickly shared with *The Genius Bakabon*

A young boy that runs about with mucus trailing from his nose and his sleeves flopping about, as he sings "Darirariran~" or cries out "Keko-tan of Hokkairo~" (*Hokkairo no Keko-tan*). Fujio Pro attributes the origin of phrase as referring to an assistant of Akatsuka named Eiji Sato, who had a girlfriend named Keiko that lived in Hokkaido.

This kid may show up randomly, to run about and transition between scenes, or be used in a different sort of bit role. Because there was no specific name set for him, he has come to be referred to by his common phrase or even simply as "Keko-tan" in character guides (although the 1969 Ataro anime would refer to him as "Darirari" in credits). He was designed by Kunio Nagatani.

Boys similar to this one appeared in *Osomatsu-kun* and other Akatsuka works years prior to his emergence; bearing the same bald head and floppy sleeves, along with the snotty nose, but much different faces. A similarly singing and foolish child was also once seen pushed around by Nyarome in the earlier stages of *Ataro*.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *The Genius Bakabon's Old Man*
* *Oh! Great Jailbreak*
* *Gag Guerrilla*
* *Keko-tan of Hokkairo*
* *Wonderful Fool*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (in "Ajapaa!" spread)

### Machiko

(マチ子)

**Origin**: *Noragaki*

A small girl seen in one chapter, with her notable characteristics being a large round head and a frog-like mouth. She becomes good friends with Noragaki. Her face seemed to be slight inspiration for the protagonist of *Tsumanaiko-chan*.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Comedy is Coming Now* (as Taro's sister)

### Moguramaru

(モグラ丸)

**Origin:** *Osomatsu-kun*

AKA: "Ogura", "Mogura" ("The Mole"), "Doro-chan"

A small, sly mole-like man often cast as a thief or underling to another criminal, or just a common businessman going about town. He is only used in the 1960s up to the 1973 one-shot "There's no Wonderful Business like that of a Gag!", as well as a chapter of *Kong Father*, before he seems to vanish as a regularly-used design.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Leave it to Chota*
* *Gyahaha, the Three Musketeers!*
* *The Meddling Family*
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Ganbarima Show*
* *The Genius Bakabon*
* *The Genius Bakabon's Old Man*
* *Extraordinary Ataro*
* *Gag + Gag*
* *Nyarome's World Expo Surprising Guide*
* *There's No Wonderful Business Like That of a Gag!*
* *Kong Father*

### Nameless Bandage-Nosed Man

**Origin**: *Osomatsu-kun*

A short mysterious crook, usually wearing a nice straw hat and sporting a curly unibrow and/or a mustache on his face.

He tends to have no name given, which is reflected in a gag of Akatsuka saying "I don't know his name!" (なまえわからない) when attempting to introduce him in *Akatsuka-kun Can Do Anything/$-chan and Chibita*.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Akko-chan's Got a Secret!*
* *Nonsensical NO.1*
* *Otasuke-kun*
* *Leave it to Chota* (as himself, and as a mask of a faceless criminal)
* *Akatsuka-kun Can Do Anything*
* *Kibimama-chan*

### Non

(ノン)

**Origin**: *The Genius Bakabon*

A classmate of Mama's. She has grown up to be rich and only loving foreign things due to having lived overseas. She is very snobby and condescending, and has not married or had children. Her visit is hijacked by Bakabon and Papa's mischief, and ends in her being driven out in humiliation with her car wrecking.

Although she is a minor character that soon drops off in appearances in the original run, her debut is one of the more memorable stories and has been adapted to all animated series so far. Her design can be seen as an evolution of -kun's Rich Lady character, as she winds up used in similar roles outside of this appearance (complete with a similar husband).

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Extraordinary Ataro* (as a rich mother)
* *The Flower of Dekoppachi*
* *Hippie-chan*
* *Hennako-chan* (Weekly Josei version)
* *Let's La Gon*
* *BC Adam*
* *TOKIO and Kakeru*
* *Gag Shop*

### "Old Soldier Man"

(軍人おじさん)

**Origin**: *Osomatsu-kun*

An angry old man who often appears as a neighbor bothered by noise or other disturbances, or as the placeholder name above suggests, as an old former or current soldier who is very strict. He is entirely bald and recognizable by his two large buckteeth, a furrowed unibrow, and pig-like nose.

This man is most notably used as the second grandfather setting for Totoko in such a way, ordering the sextuplets to fight the cats that are raiding the fish store. In this instance, the teeth are revealed to be dentures that can fly out when he is yelling.

Later on, he is used once but prominently under the name of "The Monk Assputin" (怪僧ケツプーチン, *Kaisou Ketsuputin*) in *The Genius Bakabon's Old Man*. He is depicted as an old drunk who has a penchant for licking butts. While some other bit characters that originated in -kun disappeared by the 1970s, this man would continue to be spotted on an occasion well into the early 1980s.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Leave it to Chota* (as "The Old Man of the Lighthouse")
* *Nonsensical NO.1*
* *Kantaro* (as a bakery owner)
* *Extraordinary Ataro* (as a bakery owner)
* *The Genius Bakabon's Old Man*
* *Hatabō and Wanpei* (depicted with three large front teeth)
* *Cat's Eye News*
* *There's No Wonderful Business Like That of a Gag!*
* *Occhan*
* *Professor Babatchi*

### Police Captain

(署長)

**Origin**: *The Genius Bakabon*

The boss of officers like the one with the connected eyes. Though there are some variations on the character, this particular version of the man has a long mustache that resembles a pair of wings. He often shows up in works and stories where the rest of the police force are involved, or simply alongside the usual officer.

He is also notably re-used as "Police Captain Dekahana" ("big nose") in *The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi*; some guides like the book of *There's No Wonderful Business Like That of a Gag!* identify them as separate people with a similar design, though some works into the '80s treat them as the same individual.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Let's La Gon*
* *Wanpei and Mo-chan*
* *Nyarome*
* *Song and Gag Theatre*
* *King of Gags*
* *BC Adam*
* *The Great Stupid Detective Kogoro Hakuchi* (pilot and series, as "Dekahana")
* *Good Morning Policeman*
* *Nyarome's Fun Cosmology Classroom*
* *Comedy is Coming Now*
* *This Week's Awful Person*
* *Chinese Factual Comics* (in the Kogoro Kanpeki story)
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Literary Walk*
* *Gag Shop*

### Rich Man

(裕福おじさん)

**Origin**: *Osomatsu-kun*

As his name suggests, an extraordinarily wealthy man. The key points of this man's design tend to be his large monocle, a mustache, and sometimes a crown and gems. Some facial features may vary in his early appearances, though he tends to have a single bucktooth.

When not paired with the Rich Woman below, he can sometimes be seen with Non (who in herself appears to be an evolution of the character type).

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Hippie-chan*
* *Extraordinary Ataro*
* *The Flower of Dekoppachi*
* *Let's La Gon* (a variant depicted with two teeth and whisker mustache)

### Rich Woman

(裕福おばさん)

**Origin**: *Osomatsu-kun*

First used as Matsuyo's boss, this lady tends to speak in Kansai dialect. She is tall, plump, and has a bun hairstyle and cat-eye glasses.

Her nose shape may not be as consistent in some cameos, but she is generally used as a businesswoman or a general affluent and snooty type, which could make her somewhat of a prototype to Non. She sometimes appears with the above husband (whose own design may vary), or is single.

Another notable -kun appearance has her and the husband cast as wealthy distant relatives of the family who live in Kansai, and wish to adopt one of the boys (as they lack children).

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Akko-chan's Got a Secret!* (Diamond Cosmetics saleswoman)
* *Kensaku the Architect* (seen in a crowd in early chapter; rare appearance past the 1960s)

### Smog Family Boss

**Origin**: *Osomatsu-kun*

A man whose head is cloaked in a constant cloud of smog. Though his -kun debut showed him to have a pretty man's face beneath the fumes, his appearance and the gag around it can and will change for other cameos.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *There's No Wonderful Business Like That of a Gag!*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries*

### "Tamakin"

**Origin**: *Gag Guerrilla*(?)

A man who bears sagging cheeks and a long nose that look rather inappropriate and reminiscent of certain male body parts. He may also be shown to have an overbite similar to Iyami. He is often used for gags surrounding his unpleasant face, and even once appears with another character whose face resembles a woman's nude torso.

He will at times end his sentences in "tamakin~!", a reversal of *kintama,* or even use the very dirty word itself.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *A Turning and Turning World*
* *The Genius Bakabon*
* *Piyo the 13th*
* *Comedy is Coming Now*
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries* (as "Tamakin Man", a superhero who fights against Kaoru)
* *Japan Laughter Story*

### Umeboshi Mask

(ウメボシ仮面)

**Origin**: *The Genius Bakabon*

A small graffiti scribble man that runs amok. He was named by the winning reader suggestion, although sometimes his other suggested names may be seen in guides to refer to him by (like "Graffiti").

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Nyarome*
* *Bakumatsu Rare Dog Group*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*

### Unanbo

**Origin:** *Noragaki*

An eel with connected eyeballs that gives him a resemblance to a certain police officer. After getting a hold of a gun, he acts as a cop. He has a bit of a rivalry with the officer that he resembles.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom* (on the Star System tree)
* *Fujio Akatsuka's Animal Land*

### Wankou

**Origin**: *Osomatsu-kun*

A recurring dog character in the mid-1960s. In his most popular role, he tends to wear boxers like Dekapan and can be bipedal, and may or may not speak. He can also pop up as other peoples' dogs though, including a role as the rich dog "Brutus" in another *Osomatsu-kun* story.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Chibita-kun*
* *The Numbness of Scatan*

### Dr. Weird

(へんな博士 *Henna-hakase*)

**Origin**: *You're a Shinobi, Sasuke-kun*

A strange, usually nameless figure with jester hat-like hair, and a mischievous presence similar to that of Iyami. He also usually has a three-tooth overbite much like that man, but can sometimes have two teeth or other variations.

He tends to be depicted as a scientist in charge of robots, but can be portrayed as a general scammer or bit part in a story.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Songo-kun* (depicted with two sparse teeth)
* *Leave it to Chota* (in "Miso is a Miso Robot")
* *Nonsensical NO.1*
* *Osomatsu-kun* (in "Try to Do Good Things Without Clashing" and "A Human and Robot are Friends")
* *Otasuke and Chika-chan*

### White Snow Boss

**Origin:** *Leave it to Chota*

A man with a distinct, mountain-shaped head. He must keep his cool otherwise his head will erupt much like a volcano.

Although he is often associated with the Bakabon series, he is technically a transplant from *Chota*. There tend to also be various subspecies and clones of this man's character design, including one in *Noragaki*.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *The Genius Bakabon*
* *What Will Fujio Akatsuka Do!?*

## The Guests from other Star Systems

Sometimes other authors' characters will drop in, either as a mark of them being from an assistant for the story or signifying other closeness to the series.

### Dameo Marude

**Origin**: *Marude Dameo*

This little boy may have a similar hairstyle to the Matsuno brothers, but is not to be mistaken for them. He was created by Kenji Morita for Weekly Shonen Magazine, and its popularity rivaled that of other manga like -kun by the time of 1966.

Dameo, his father, and robot named Borot would eventually be drawn into *The Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion* as bystanders in a spread that was a collaboration by various Fujio Pro assistants and other associates of Akatsuka, with them showing up as distinctly non-Fujio Pro creations. As Morita and Akatsuka were good friends, the *Dameo* characters were included for this reason.

### Damesuke Amano

(雨野 ダメ助)

**Origin**: *No-Good Father*

He was created by Mitsutoshi Furuya, though Akatsuka served as co-creator and ghostwrote a number of early stories.

He is the hapless protagonist of the series, who is pushed around and abused by his co-workers and boss as well as his very family members. He would sometimes show up in a cameo in Akatsuka works in the early 1970s, when Furuya was still associated with Fujio Pro, along with his wife Onibaba and sometimes their children.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Bukkare\*Dan and No-Good Father*
* *The Genius Bakabon* (guest appearance in Weekly Bokura run)
* *Let's La Gon* (frontispiece appearance)
* *Nyarome*
* *Gag Guerrilla*
* *Mitsutoshi Furuya* biography one-shot
* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion* (seen running from his wife)

### Doraemon

(ドラえもん)

**Origin**: *Doraemon*

Created by Fujiko F Fujio (although some early chapters also had input from A), Doraemon is a robotic cat that comes from the 22nd Century to help out an unlucky boy, Nobita Nobi. He can create many gadgets to solve the problems that go on in Nobita's life.

As Doraemon became a popular character in manga, he or parodies of him may tend to pop up in others' works and Akatsuka's were no exception.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Gag Guerrilla*
* *The Flower of Kikuchiyo* (as a snowman)
* *Sheeh! Comeback* (in "Ajapaa!" spread; cameo removed in some later reprints)

### Dr. Toilet

(トイレット博士)

**Origin**: *Dr. Toilet*

A scientist who experiments with fecal matter. Created by Kazuyoshi Torii as a one-shot, but Dr. Toilet was spun off into a popular series where he was displaced by various other, more popular characters and material.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*

### Koike-san

A wavy-haired man in glasses, often seen consuming a bowl of ramen.

He originally appeared in Fujiko Fujio works as a shout-out to Shinichi Suzuki and initially wasn't known as "Koike" himself but as a guest staying at the home of the Koike family. Eventually, the "Koike-san" name became inseparable from the character.

This figure may show up in titles intended as that fictional representation, when such a design isn't already used to depict the actual Shinichi Suzuki in biographical works of Akatsuka's life.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Osomatsu-kun*
* *Ramen Great Escape*

### The Metakuso Corps (Sunami-sensei, Ichirota, Hanpeita, Chinbo, Pippi)

**Origin**: *Dr. Toilet*

A club formed by the teacher Sunami-sensei, with his students. These are the characters who become the better-known focus of *Dr. Toilet*, displacing the titular scientist himself.

The secret code-word of their club is "Matankey!" (though the phrase "Homobian" also becomes associated with the club), and they have peculiar and vulgar habits such as working in the nude.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Collapse of the Sheeh! Religion*

### Norakuro

Created by Suiho Tagawa. This famous manga character has also popped up in some Akatsuka works where there may be the need to pay such reference to him.

Most notably, he appears in the 1980s Akatsuka one-shot *My Norakuro*.

### Sonota

(その太)

**Origin:** *The Numbness of Scatan*

A small boy with swirls for eyes, a triangular nose, and a cat-like mouth. He was created by Kunio Nagatani, who authored the *Scatan* series and illustrated it (while Akatsuka was responsible for Scatan's design).

Sonota tends to pop up in works created around the time of Scatan, or in works that had some involvement from Nagatani, whether as an assistant or full-on author. He also appears in Nagatani's own autobiographical works and manga.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Akatsuka-kun Can Do Anything* (as a friend of Chibita in "$-chan's Big Circus")
* *Chibita Banzai*
* *Odenkushinosuke* (1965 Nagatani version)
* *Osomatsu-kun* (in "You Can Also Be a Star!" and "Dekapan Derby")
* *The Original Genius Bakabon*
* *Nyarome's Fun Cosmology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Biology Classroom*
* *Nyarome's Fun Computer Exploration*
* *Nyarome's Fun Exploration of the Body's Mysteries*
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies*

### Q-taro

(Q太郎)

**Origin:** *Q-taro the Ghost*

This little ghost can often be seen at random in the Shonen Sunday run of *Osomatsu-kun*, due to it also running in the magazine and because of Akatsuka and other Studio Zero artists assisting in the manga. He may appear as graffiti, himself in a crowd, or in other forms. Q-taro will sometimes show up in other titles as well, making his way into panels as he pleases.

The Akatsuka characters would meet him in the crossover short "Gyahaha, the Three Musketeers!" and he would team up with Chibita in "Keketaro the Ghost" (*Obake no KKtaro*).

Besides having his own anime adaptations, Q-taro would occasionally show his face in the 1966 Studio Zero *Osomatsu-kun* and made a cameo in episode 4 of the 1988 Pierrot version.

**Also appearing in these works:**

* *Otasuke-kun*
* *Nyarome's Big Blood Type Studies*
* *MR. Masashi*