Characters
Minor Characters
This page is about some of the other important characters from Urusei Yatsura that weren't quite prominient enough to be given their own page. The following characters have either made a major impact on the story or have had re-occurring appearances.
Dappya Men (だっぴゃ)
Voice: Makoto Ataka (1980s), Blake Weir (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 1: Young Love on the Run
Anime Debut: Episode 1-1: I'm Lum the Notorious!
Voice: Makoto Ataka (1980s), Blake Weir (2022)
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These aren't really Urusei Yatsura characters exclusively, as they debuted in Katte na Yatsura but they've made more appearances in the series. These are little fish aliens dressed in spacesuits with funny high-pitched voices. Their name comes from the fact that they end every sentence with "Dappya!" The Dappya are a running joke on the show and the manga. They pop in and out of the screen at random, narrate and make commentary or just stand there as extras in the show. They often substitute in the place of a background character. |
Anime Debut: Episode 1-1: I'm Lum the Notorious!
Mirror Demon (小悪魔)
Voice: Kaneta Kimotsuki
Manga Debut: Chapter 2: Gentle Imp
Anime Debut: Episode 6-2: Hey, Hey It's a Little Demon
Voice: Kaneta Kimotsuki
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Summoned to the Moroboshi house on a particularly unlucky day, this imp begins to wreck havoc on Ataru and his family and make a general nuisance of himself. Cherry's attempts to exorcise him only make things worse. |
Anime Debut: Episode 6-2: Hey, Hey It's a Little Demon
Space Taxi Driver (星間タクシーの運転手)
Voice: Kaneda Kimotsuki
Manga Debut: Chapter 3: The Sad Sound of Rain
Anime Debut: Episode 1-2: It's Raining Oil in Our Town
Voice: Kaneda Kimotsuki
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He gave Ataru a taxi drive home from school at warp speed. The fare was worth all of the oil on earth. The only one who could pay it off was Lum. Because of this Ataru was forced to allow Lum to live with him. The space cabbie also shows up in the first movie. |
Anime Debut: Episode 1-2: It's Raining Oil in Our Town
Sakura's Mother (---)
Voice: Tarako Isono, Wataru Takagi (2022), Marcy Bannor (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 4: Present for You
Anime Debut: Episode 5-1: The Mysterious Seductive Beauty Sakura
Voice: Tarako Isono, Wataru Takagi (2022), Marcy Bannor (2022)
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Sakura's mother looks like exactly like Cherry, only with dark curly hair and a women's kimono. She seems to be fairly good person though. While she make look like Cherry, thankfully she does not share his annoying personality. |
Anime Debut: Episode 5-1: The Mysterious Seductive Beauty Sakura
Remote Control Aliens (---)
Voice: Daisuke Gori
Manga Debut: Chapter 9: Showdown
Anime Debut: Episode 73: The Big Showdown! Sakura vs. Sakuranbo
Voice: Daisuke Gori
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This pair of aliens engage in a remote control war game, and an explosion from Lum's cooking lures their fighting toys to Earth. Lum remarks that she knows the pair from her own planet as they visit from time to time. |
Anime Debut: Episode 73: The Big Showdown! Sakura vs. Sakuranbo
B-bo (B坊)
Voice: Kappei Yamaguchi (2022), Andrew Love (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 10: Oyuki
Anime Debut: Episode 8-1: Neptune Beyond the Closet
Voice: Kappei Yamaguchi (2022), Andrew Love (2022)
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B-bo is a prince on Neptune who is very fond of Oyuki. Because of this fondness, he has an instant hatred toward Ataru, who, in his first meeting with Oyuki immediately tries to date her and dump Lum. "Bo" can mean "boy" or "sonny". |
Anime Debut: Episode 8-1: Neptune Beyond the Closet
Korpokkur (コロボックル)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 11: Eros
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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These spirits protect an egg that winds up in Ataru's hands. They are a play on the Shobijin from the Mothra series. |
Anime Debut: None
Grammar Teacher (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 11: Eros
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The grammar teacher for Class 2-4. She is humiliated by the boys of the class when they point out her skirt has a rip in it. |
Anime Debut: None
Happy Go Lucky (脳天鬼)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 11: Eros
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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"Top of the Head Oni" or Noutennki in Japanese, however this name is a homonym and while the kanji do not have a specific meaning the pronunciation translates to "laidback, thoughtless, happy-go-lucky" creating a clever pun. |
Anime Debut: None
Kokeru Moroboshi (諸星こける)
Voice: Motoko Kumai (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 12: Intention
Anime Debut: None
Voice: Motoko Kumai (2022)
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No matter the future that is visited throughout the series, Ataru always seems to have a son named Kokeru. His name is a pun connected to Ataru's name. "Ataru" means "to hit" while "Kokeru" means "to fall". |
Anime Debut: None
Shinobu's Mother (---)
Voice: Shinobu Adachi, Roko Takizawa (2022), Luci Christian (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 13: Puppet
Anime Debut: Episode 7-2: The Doll of Ill Will
Voice: Shinobu Adachi, Roko Takizawa (2022), Luci Christian (2022)
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Shinobu's concerned and caring mother, who checks on her daughter after Ataru peeps on her in the bathtub. |
Anime Debut: Episode 7-2: The Doll of Ill Will
Shinobu's Father (---)
Voice: Shigeru Chiba
Manga Debut: Chapter 13: Puppet
Anime Debut: Episode 7-2: The Doll of Ill Will
Voice: Shigeru Chiba
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Shinobu's protective father. When his daughter spies someone peeping on her in the bath, (Ataru, of course) he runs outside, shotgun in hand. |
Anime Debut: Episode 7-2: The Doll of Ill Will
Kappa (---)
Voice: Shinobu Adachi (?), TARAKO (?), or Shiori (?)
Manga Debut: Chapter 14: Still Waters Run Deep
Anime Debut: Episode 23: The Spring Blossom Picnic
Voice: Shinobu Adachi (?), TARAKO (?), or Shiori (?)
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The princess of the Kappa kingdom. She kidnaps Ataru as thanks for saving her husband, and takes him underwater to the Kappa Palace for a day of entertainment. |
Anime Debut: Episode 23: The Spring Blossom Picnic
Male Kappa (---)
Voice: Kenichi Ogata
Manga Debut: Chapter 14: Still Waters Run Deep
Anime Debut: Episode 23: The Spring Blossom Picnic
Voice: Kenichi Ogata
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A dried out kappa rescued by Ataru from a tree after he had become dehydrated and snapped up by a shrike. |
Anime Debut: Episode 23: The Spring Blossom Picnic
Tengu (天狗)
Voice: Shigeru Chiba & Kazuomi Ikeda (Elder) (1980s), Daisuke Hirakawa, Hiro Shimono, Kazuyuki Okitsu and Toru Nara, Issei Futamata (Elder) (2022), Anthony Hunter, Clint Bickham, Josh Swasey, Greg Cote, Carl Masterson (Elder) (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 16: Become a Woman and Start Over
Anime Debut: Episode 9-1: Sleeping Beauty Princess Kurama
Voice: Shigeru Chiba & Kazuomi Ikeda (Elder) (1980s), Daisuke Hirakawa, Hiro Shimono, Kazuyuki Okitsu and Toru Nara, Issei Futamata (Elder) (2022), Anthony Hunter, Clint Bickham, Josh Swasey, Greg Cote, Carl Masterson (Elder) (2022)
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This group of followers of Kurama are tasked with finding a suitable human male to mate with their princess, Kurama. The leader of the bunch is named Jii and is distinguished by his long white beard. |
Anime Debut: Episode 9-1: Sleeping Beauty Princess Kurama
Ushiwakamaru (---)
Voice: Akira Murayama
Manga Debut: Chapter 18: Father, You Were Strong
Anime Debut: Episode 12-2: Father, You Were Strong
Voice: Akira Murayama
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Kurama's father was a handsome and stoic human samurai in ancient times. How he's connected to an alien race is never explained, but maybe Kurama's mother abducted him, and they mated. Kurama who admires her father took Ataru back in time long before Kurama was born, to meet her father. Her hope was that he could teach Ataru how to be a more virtuous man. But after discovering his inexperience with women Ataru takes him under his wing to teach the man how to be a playboy. Luckily for Kurama he wasn't too corrupted, and she managed to hold on to her existance. He is the historical figure Minamoto no Yoshitsune. |
Anime Debut: Episode 12-2: Father, You Were Strong
Benkei (---)
Voice: Tetsuaki Genda
Manga Debut: Chapter 18: Father, You Were Strong
Anime Debut: Episode 12-2: Father, You Were Strong
Voice: Tetsuaki Genda
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The legendary figure from Japanese history and partner to Ushiwaka. In this version he despises women due to his horrid appearance. |
Anime Debut: Episode 12-2: Father, You Were Strong
Oniko Adachigahara (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 21: If There Be Courage
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A ski instructor who may or may not be an ogre out to kill Ataru and his fellow students of Tomobiki. |
Anime Debut: None
Oniko's Mother (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 21: If There Be Courage
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Oniko’s mother who may or may not share her daughter’s supposedly cannibalistic tendencies. She meets Kurama at a hot springs and listens to her man troubles. |
Anime Debut: None
Mendo's Grandfather (---)
Voice: Koichi Kitamura, Hiroshi Iwasaki (2022), Ty Mahany (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 22: Trouble Rains Down
Anime Debut: Episode 14-1: Mendo Arrives With Trouble!
Voice: Koichi Kitamura, Hiroshi Iwasaki (2022), Ty Mahany (2022)
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Mendo’s grandfather’s true identity remains a mystery as he never shows his face and can often be found wearing a mask. He shares in the rest of his family’s strange habit of playing practical jokes, sometimes at his own grandson’s expense. |
Anime Debut: Episode 14-1: Mendo Arrives With Trouble!
Mendo's Butler (---)
Voice: Tomomichi Nishimura, Shinpachi Tsuji (2022), Ian Sinclair (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 22: Trouble Rains Down
Anime Debut: Episode 14-1: Mendo Arrives With Trouble!
Voice: Tomomichi Nishimura, Shinpachi Tsuji (2022), Ian Sinclair (2022)
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Loyal servant to the Mendo family, he disappears fairly early in the series only to make an appearance later. |
Anime Debut: Episode 14-1: Mendo Arrives With Trouble!
Shunmin (春眠)
Voice: Kazuko Sugiyama
Manga Debut: Chapter 24: Trouble Rains Down
Anime Debut: Episode 20-1: Sleeping in Class on a Wonderful Spring Day
Voice: Kazuko Sugiyama
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A bratty sleep spirit under the tutelage of Manchinoro. Shunmin means "deep sleep." |
Anime Debut: Episode 20-1: Sleeping in Class on a Wonderful Spring Day
Manchinro (万珍楼)
Voice: Kaneta Kimotsuki
Manga Debut: Chapter 24: Trouble Rains Down
Anime Debut: Episode 20-1: Sleeping in Class on a Wonderful Spring Day
Voice: Kaneta Kimotsuki
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A sleep spirit and master of Shunmin. Their lessons interfere with Class 2-4’s English lesson from Onsen Mark. Manchinoro is written with the characters for "ten thousand," "strange" and "tower." |
Anime Debut: Episode 20-1: Sleeping in Class on a Wonderful Spring Day
Kumino Otoko (くみのおとこ)
Voice: Noriko Ohara (real)/ Fumi Hirano (Lum in Disguise)
Manga Debut: Chapter 26: How I've Waited for You
Anime Debut: Episode 10: Pitter-Patter Christmas Eve Part 1 & Part 2
Voice: Noriko Ohara (real)/ Fumi Hirano (Lum in Disguise)
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A beautiful girl who has been set up on a date with Ataru, however, the girl does not actually exist and is part of an elaborate prank played by the boys in the class to humiliate Ataru. When Lum learns this, she dresses up and plays the part so Ataru can save face. In the anime Kumino actually exists and attends the rival Butsumetsu High School. The name Kumino Otoko is a hint that something suspicious is going on, as it literally means "Men of the Class." |
Anime Debut: Episode 10: Pitter-Patter Christmas Eve Part 1 & Part 2
Sake Alien (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 27: Sake and Tears and Men and Women
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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This drunken alien possesses Ataru and forces his body into some extremely awkward situations. The change in Ataru’s personality seems to alert some of his friends from school that something is up, but when he starts making out with Lum in front of them they’re too angry to care. |
Anime Debut: None
Alien Child (---)
Voice: Shinobu Adachi (?), TARAKO (?), or Tomohiro Nishimura (?)
Manga Debut: Chapter 29: Who's That Baby
Anime Debut: Episode 19-2: Whose Child is This?
Voice: Shinobu Adachi (?), TARAKO (?), or Tomohiro Nishimura (?)
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A strange, alien baby that appears in Mendo’s locker at Tomobiki High. When a recent scandal involving a fellow student getting a girl pregnant sets everyone gossiping, Mendo can only worry that everyone will think the child is his and question his morals. |
Anime Debut: Episode 19-2: Whose Child is This?
Mendo Family Guards (---)
Voice: Masashi Sugawara, Hochu Otsuka and others (1980s), Tsuyoshi Koyama, Takuya Nakajima, Hiroya Egashira, Kosuke Echigoya and Tomotaka Ono (2022), Cyrus Rodas (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 29: Who's That Baby
Anime Debut: Episode 19-2: Whose Child is This?
Voice: Masashi Sugawara, Hochu Otsuka and others (1980s), Tsuyoshi Koyama, Takuya Nakajima, Hiroya Egashira, Kosuke Echigoya and Tomotaka Ono (2022), Cyrus Rodas (2022)
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The bodyguards of the Mendo family. They can usually be found wearing black suits with black sunglasses and are ready to kill at a moments notice if someone threatens any of the Mendo family. |
Anime Debut: Episode 19-2: Whose Child is This?
Mujaki (---)
Voice: Takuya Fujioka
Manga Debut: Chapter 31: Waking Up to a Nightmare
Anime Debut: Episode 19-2: Waking to a Nightmare
Voice: Takuya Fujioka
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A short little dream demon dressed in red with a top hat and little black spectacles. Created an alternate reality in which Lum, Ataru and the others were all trapped inside. Has overwhelming control over manipulation of dreams into reality, but his dreams almost always turn to nightmares. His cohort is the pig-like Baku, which to my recollection is an actual mythological creature which is said to eat dreams. Mujaki is a lot more powerful and sinister in the movie than in his manga appearance. |
Anime Debut: Episode 19-2: Waking to a Nightmare
Baku (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 31: Waking Up to a Nightmare
Anime Debut: Episode 19-2: Waking to a Nightmare
Voice: ---
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A dream demon that eats bad dreams and is a companion to Mujaki. In the manga he's a tapir but in the second film, Beautiful Dreamer he appears as a cute piglet. |
Anime Debut: Episode 19-2: Waking to a Nightmare
Kosuke Shirai (白井コースケ)
Voice: Kappei Yamaguchi (OVA), Shinya Takahashi (2022), Ronson Hawkins (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 33: Exquisite Departure
Anime Debut: OVA 10: The Obstacle Course Swim Meet
Voice: Kappei Yamaguchi (OVA), Shinya Takahashi (2022), Ronson Hawkins (2022)
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One of the high-school guys in the manga often seen hanging around with Ataru. He's hot for Lum, just like every other guy in the school. Kosuke is essentially "Perm" in the anime, though at times fans think of them as different characters. "Kosuke" (specifically, not Perm) appears in the final OVA "The Obstacle Course Swim Meet". It's important to note that in the manga, the characters of Lum's Guards only existed for the first couple of volumes. Kosuke, along with a few other indistinguishable classmates filled the need for average high-school students as extras. However, Kosuke is the only one who actually goes beyond being a simple stock character. He does contribute something to the story on many occasions. As for what kind of person he is, it's hard to say. He seems like an ordinary student. A bit taller than most kids, somewhat athletic, reasonably popular. |
Anime Debut: OVA 10: The Obstacle Course Swim Meet
Imo (イモちゃん)
Voice: Shiori
Manga Debut: Chapter 33: Exquisite Departure
Anime Debut: Episode 25: Fly, Imo-Chan!
Voice: Shiori
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Beginning life as a fat, gluttonous caterpillar named after Ataru because of its gluttonous ways, the actual Ataru takes pity on the caterpillar and dedicates himself to raising it to become a beautiful butterfly. Through Ataru’s love and care, a pretty fairy emerges and thanks Ataru for his heartfelt dedication to taking care of her. |
Anime Debut: Episode 25: Fly, Imo-Chan!
Belial (悪魔ベリアル)
Voice: Michihiro Ikemizu
Manga Debut: Chapter 35: Magic Running
Anime Debut: Episode 17-2: Demonic Jogging
Voice: Michihiro Ikemizu
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A devil from the darkest realms of hell, Belial is accidently summoned by Ataru because of the pentagram shape his jogging route makes. While Ataru did this completely accidently, Belial still demands the boy’s soul in response to being summoned. |
Anime Debut: Episode 17-2: Demonic Jogging
Miki (---)
Voice: Youko Asagami
Manga Debut: Chapter 36: Tanabata Date
Anime Debut: Episode 39: Pitter-Patter Summer Date
Voice: Youko Asagami
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Kosuke’s gluttonous girlfriend. On a double date with Lum and Ataru her bad table manners rub off on Lum who thinks this is how women act on romantic dates. |
Anime Debut: Episode 39: Pitter-Patter Summer Date
Virus (---)
Voice: Issei Futamata (?) or TARAKO (?)
Manga Debut: Chapter 37: Sakura Sensei, Enchanted Blossom
Anime Debut: Episode 5-1: The Mysterious Seductive Beauty Sakura
Voice: Issei Futamata (?) or TARAKO (?)
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A demonic virus that infects Ataru and moves on to all the other boys of Tomobiki High. Only the new nurse at school seems capable of dealing with both a medical and spiritual anomaly such as this. |
Anime Debut: Episode 5-1: The Mysterious Seductive Beauty Sakura
Umbrella Demon (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 38: Everybody in the Rain
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The umbrella demon is a classic Japanese spirit known as a karakasa obake (から傘おばけ). It is thought of as a playful spirit and not particularly dangerous. They are always depicted with one eye and a large dangling tongue with which they sneak up on nonsuspecting people and lick them, leaving an oily residue behind. This demon is attracted to the particularly unlucky Ataru. |
Anime Debut: None
Red Cloak (赤マント)
Voice: Junpei Takiguchi
Manga Debut: Chapter 41: The Red-Cloaked Phantom
Anime Debut: Episode 37: Appearance of the Red Phantom
Voice: Junpei Takiguchi
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One of the urban legends of Tomobiki High School, that haunts the school and students. After a lengthy absence, he's back to make the current generation of students feel his wrath. |
Anime Debut: Episode 37: Appearance of the Red Phantom
Sentimental Demon (センチな妖怪)
Voice: Joji Yanami
Manga Debut: Chapter 47: A Tragic Date
Anime Debut: Episode 40: So Long, Bye-Bye, Summer Days
Voice: Joji Yanami
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A demon who inspires the sadness-tinged sentimentality assoicated with the end of summer. When the group meet up with him at the beach, he inspires one of Mendo's random subordinates to flirt with Sakura before sending everyone out to sea. |
Anime Debut: Episode 40: So Long, Bye-Bye, Summer Days
Hanawa (花和先生)
Voice: Rokuro Naya
Manga Debut: Chapter 48: Private Lesson
Anime Debut: Episode 33: Teacher Hanawa's Arrival! Such is Youth!
Voice: Rokuro Naya
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A deluded and optimistic teacher at Tomobiki. Not very swift, his attitude to teaching is totally idealistic and naive. Full of clichéd sayings about the possibilities of youth and the wonder of learning. |
Anime Debut: Episode 33: Teacher Hanawa's Arrival! Such is Youth!
Natsuko (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 49: No Crying on the Court
Anime Debut: Episode 33: Teacher Hanawa's Arrival! Such is Youth!
Voice: ---
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A two-faced student and captain of the girls volleyball team at Tomobiki High. Sometimes she's a stern yet cute student admired by girls and boys alike, but as soon as she spikes the ball her face transforms into that of a screaming monster. |
Anime Debut: Episode 33: Teacher Hanawa's Arrival! Such is Youth!
Mendo's Mother (---)
Voice: Akiko Tsuboi & Mako Hyodo, Kikuko Inoue (2022), Carli Mosier (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 51: Parents' Day Horrors
Anime Debut: Episode 16-2: Terrible Inspection Day
Voice: Akiko Tsuboi & Mako Hyodo, Kikuko Inoue (2022), Carli Mosier (2022)
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The mother is old fashioned and refuses to use modern conveniences. Ryoko seems to get her demurity, impeccable manners and use of old things from her mother. Looking at their whole family on a whole, Shutaro seems to be the most normal one in the family. But considering Shutaro, that's not saying a whole lot. |
Anime Debut: Episode 16-2: Terrible Inspection Day
Kaede (---)
Voice: Yuko Mita
Manga Debut: Chapter 52: Kunoichi, Running in Nara
Anime Debut: TV Special - Part 2: Grade School Excursion! Run For It!
Voice: Yuko Mita
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A female Shinobi who dislikes the life of a ninja so he is always looking for other lines of work. But her fellow ninja aren't willing to let her leave. |
Anime Debut: TV Special - Part 2: Grade School Excursion! Run For It!
Yatsude (やつで)
Voice: Hisako Kyoda
Manga Debut: Chapter 52: Kunoichi, Running in Nara
Anime Debut: TV Special - Part 2: Grade School Excursion! Run For It!
Voice: Hisako Kyoda
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The head a a group of kunoichi. She tasks a Kaede with explusion if she doesn't get a scroll back from Ataru. |
Anime Debut: TV Special - Part 2: Grade School Excursion! Run For It!
Mukade (むかで)
Voice: Kazuko Sugiyama
Manga Debut: Chapter 52: Kunoichi, Running in Nara
Anime Debut: TV Special - Part 2: Grade School Excursion! Run For It!
Voice: Kazuko Sugiyama
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A kunoichi that is hunting Kaede in hopes of getting the missing scroll Ataru ended up with back. |
Anime Debut: TV Special - Part 2: Grade School Excursion! Run For It!
Kumade (くまで)
Voice: Machiko Washio
Manga Debut: Chapter 52: Kunoichi, Running in Nara
Anime Debut: TV Special - Part 2: Grade School Excursion! Run For It!
Voice: Machiko Washio
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Another kunoichi that is hunting Kaede in hopes of getting the missing scroll Ataru ended up with back. |
Anime Debut: TV Special - Part 2: Grade School Excursion! Run For It!
Ran's Mother (---)
Voice: Yuri Nashiwa, Kazue Ikura (2022), Molly Searcy (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 59: Haimaru
Anime Debut: Episode 35: Darling's Had it This Time!
Voice: Yuri Nashiwa, Kazue Ikura (2022), Molly Searcy (2022)
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When growing up, Ran's mother was a domineering woman who'd spank Ran regularly any time she thought she did something wrong. She'd constantly compare her kid to Lum, telling Ran to be a good kid just like Lum. Truth be told Ran, who was a different person back then, was a meek little girl who tried to stay out of trouble. Instead it was Lum who was the problem child and sought trouble out regularly. Whenever they were caught and Ran took the blame, Lum never had the nerve to 'fess up to Ran's scary mother. Ran invariably would get a whipping. Years later Ran came to resent Lum for this, among other things. |
Anime Debut: Episode 35: Darling's Had it This Time!
Fortune Doll (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 62: Fortune Fear
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A doll that seems insistent of giving negative fortunes. |
Anime Debut: None
Flower Shop Girl (---)
Voice: Mieko Nobusawa
Manga Debut: Chapter 66: From Flower to Flower
Anime Debut: Episode 29: From Speechless With Love
Voice: Mieko Nobusawa
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The cute girl runs the local flower shop and earns the affection of both Ataru and Ten who bicker over her. |
Anime Debut: Episode 29: From Speechless With Love
Flower (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 66: From Flower to Flower
Anime Debut: Episode 29: From Speechless With Love
Voice: None
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This freaky flower grows its own personality after being fed alien fertilizer by Ten. |
Anime Debut: Episode 29: From Speechless With Love
Big Man (---)
Voice: Tessho Genda
Manga Debut: Chapter 68: From Flower to Flower
Anime Debut: Episode 58: Getting a Kiss From Miss Snow
Voice: Tessho Genda
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An entrant in a local skiing race. He's determined to win a kiss from a mysterious girl as his prize. |
Anime Debut: Episode 58: Getting a Kiss From Miss Snow
Mako Modoki (---)
Voice: Ritsuko Ohwada
Manga Debut: Chapter 69: Valentine's Day Disaster
Anime Debut: Episode 59: St. Valentine's Day Horror
Voice: Ritsuko Ohwada
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A violent little girl about Ten's age who'll stop at nothing to get what she wants. She gives Ten Valentine's Day chocolate and then tells him that because he accepted it, they have to get married. Of course Ten knows little about Earth customs and believes her. Ten has no interest in girls his age and tries to escape her, but Mariko is persistent. |
Anime Debut: Episode 59: St. Valentine's Day Horror
Mako's Mother (---)
Voice: Mariko Mukai
Manga Debut: Chapter 69: Valentine's Day Disaster
Anime Debut: Episode 59: St. Valentine's Day Horror
Voice: Mariko Mukai
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The bratty Mako's mother. While she's quite the beauty her parental choices have left much to be desired in her daughter. |
Anime Debut: Episode 59: St. Valentine's Day Horror
Peach Nymph (ピーチニンフ)
Voice: TARAKO (?) or Shinobu Adachi (?)
Manga Debut: Chapter 71: Peach Blossom Poetry Slam
Anime Debut: Episode 20-2: Peach Blossom Poetry Contest
Voice: TARAKO (?) or Shinobu Adachi (?)
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The Peach Nymph is a prize awarded to those who recite the best poem for the Mountain God. Ataru wants her no matter if he wins the poetry competition or not. |
Anime Debut: Episode 20-2: Peach Blossom Poetry Contest
Mountain God (詩の隠者)
Voice: Shozo Izuka
Manga Debut: Chapter 71: Peach Blossom Poetry Slam
Anime Debut: Episode 20-2: Peach Blossom Poetry Contest
Voice: Shozo Izuka
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The companion of the Peach Nymph. He serves as the competitor in the poetry competition when Ataru attempts to win her away and keep her for his own lustful purposes. |
Anime Debut: Episode 20-2: Peach Blossom Poetry Contest
Earmuff Salesman (イヤーマッフル店主)
Voice: Kosuke Echigoya (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 72: Eerie Earmuffs
Anime Debut: Episode 24: Beware the Earmuffs!
Voice: Kosuke Echigoya (2022)
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An alien in disguise who attempts to sell his strange personality swapping earmuffs on Earth even in the middle of a boiling hot summer. |
Anime Debut: Episode 24: Beware the Earmuffs!
Yuki (---)
Voice: Chieko Ohtsuka
Manga Debut: Chapter 73: The Discarded Boys' Home
Anime Debut: Episode 43: Fear of Meow
Voice: Chieko Ohtsuka
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Yuki an ordinary housecat wishes to be like her owner Misuzu, and Misuzu who was sickly, wanted to be a healthy, agile cat like Yuki. As the two had a similar wish, they magically merged into one, and the only way to solve this dilemma is for Ataru, Ten or Torajima to engage in some overcomplex and dangerous physical students after battling it out with one another. |
Anime Debut: Episode 43: Fear of Meow
Torajima (トラジマ)
Voice: Kenichi Ogata, Katsuya Fukunishi (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 73: The Discarded Boys' Home
Anime Debut: Episode 43: Fear of Meow
Voice: Kenichi Ogata, Katsuya Fukunishi (2022)
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A mean spirited little orange cat with an eye-patch who lives in the Moroboshi family's neighborhood. Often sits on the roof of their house. Torajima really likes to give Ten a hard time. |
Anime Debut: Episode 43: Fear of Meow
Misuzu (---)
Voice: Eiko Masuyama
Manga Debut: Chapter 73: The Discarded Boys' Home
Anime Debut: Episode 43: Fear of Meow
Voice: Eiko Masuyama
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Misuzu is Yuki's owner. As soon as her photograph is revealed Ataru, Ten and Torajima all drop their interest in cat-girl Yuki and become interested in meeting Misuzu. |
Anime Debut: Episode 43: Fear of Meow
Nu-chan (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 76: The Heian Arc, Scroll Two
Anime Debut: None
Voice: ---
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Heian Era Lum's "pet" that does battle with the Heian Defense Forces. |
Anime Debut: None
Wendy (---)
Voice: Mika Doi
Manga Debut: Chapter 79: Oh, Library!
Anime Debut: Episode 32: All Quiet at the Library!/a>
Voice: Mika Doi
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A beautiful girl working in the library of Tomobiki High. She guides the students when they become involved in the hijinx of the literary worlds within the books suddenly appearing in the real world. However Wendy herself may have a secret origin of her own. |
Anime Debut: Episode 32: All Quiet at the Library!/a>
Kintaro (金太郎)
Voice: Masako Nozawa
Manga Debut: Chapter 80: Children's Day Fright
Anime Debut: Episode 4-1: Kintaro of the Autumn Sky
Voice: Masako Nozawa
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A violent little axe-wielding, flying bear riding toddler who seems to be the alien reincarnation of the legendary children's folk hero Kintaro. Yet he strongly denies being the same as the one in the fairy tale. One of Jariten's best friends. |
Anime Debut: Episode 4-1: Kintaro of the Autumn Sky
Kintaro's Nanny (宇宙人の保育園の先生)
Voice: Keiko Yokozawa
Manga Debut: Chapter 80: Children's Day Fright
Anime Debut: Episode 4-1: Kintaro of the Autumn Sky
Voice: Keiko Yokozawa
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Kintaro's pre-school teacher who has an idealistic attitute towards teaching nursery school kids. Travels with her class in a giant space-ship which looks a lot like a koi-nobori (Carp streamer). |
Anime Debut: Episode 4-1: Kintaro of the Autumn Sky
Mako's Teacher (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 81: Oh, Children! Set Your Aspirations High!
Anime Debut: Episode 4-2: Live Vigorously!
Voice: ---
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Mako's kindergarten teacher is dealing with an average day until Kintaro's Nanny and her class of students decide to see what an Earth classroom is like. |
Anime Debut: Episode 4-2: Live Vigorously!
Miss Swallow (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 82: The Swallow and the Penguin
Anime Debut: Episode 2-2: Mrs. Swallow and Mrs. Penguin
Voice: ---
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A swallow who is fed some alien food by Jariten that blows her up to the size of a penguin leaving her unable to fly. |
Anime Debut: Episode 2-2: Mrs. Swallow and Mrs. Penguin
Tiny Alien Princess(---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 84: Her Majesty and the Amorous Rugby Player
Anime Debut: Episode 108: Crash! Her Ladyship and the Football of Love
Voice: ---
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An invader from another planet who decides to take over Earth, only when she arrives she learns that humans are massive giants compared to her race, and her ship happens to look like a rugby ball, right when the students of class 2-4 are engaged in a particularly hard-hitting game. |
Anime Debut: Episode 108: Crash! Her Ladyship and the Football of Love
Protozoa (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 85: Revenge of the Protozoa
Anime Debut: Episode 120: Attack of the Protozoa! Panic at the Poolside
Voice: ---
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Protozoa made huge by Ten's alien candy. Their home is the Tomobiki High swimming pool and they instinctively attack students for trying to scrub them off the pool. |
Anime Debut: Episode 120: Attack of the Protozoa! Panic at the Poolside
Pool Demon (プール妖怪)
Voice: Shuhei Nakano (2022), Mark X. Laskowski (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 86: Home is Where You Find It
Anime Debut: Episode 34: Yearning for the Sad Monster
Voice: Shuhei Nakano (2022), Mark X. Laskowski (2022)
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A roly-poly domesticated little demon who lives in water and keeps running into Ataru and co. First kicked out of one of Mendo's hotel pools, then relocates to Ataru's family bathtub, and later dumped off by Ataru at the beach only to find a little boy who takes him as a pet before ending up in an aquarium and falling in love with a blowfish. |
Anime Debut: Episode 34: Yearning for the Sad Monster
Prince of the Underground (地底のプリンス)
Voice: Shigeru Chiba
Manga Debut: Chapter 88: Deranged Marriage, Part 2
Anime Debut: Episode 22: The Great Space Marriage Plan
Voice: Shigeru Chiba
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The Prince is Prim's fiance (although he doesn't acknowledge it). He was one of the many suitors for Lum when her dad tried to set her up with another man in a matchmaking party. He is really proud in his prowess for digging holes and loves to show off his talent. He was designed by Hitoshi Fuminoto a 21-year-old from Hyogo as part of Shonen Sunday’s “New Character Recruitment Illustration” contest. |
Anime Debut: Episode 22: The Great Space Marriage Plan
Weird Alien (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 88: Deranged Marriage, Part 2
Anime Debut: Episode 22: The Great Space Marriage Plan
Voice: ---
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This totally silent character just sort of stands around looking odd. He was designed by Kazuhiko Sugazawa a 17-year-old from Hyogo as part of Shonen Sunday’s “New Character Recruitment Illustration” contest. |
Anime Debut: Episode 22: The Great Space Marriage Plan
Diana (---)
Voice: Run Sasaki
Manga Debut: Chapter 88: Deranged Marriage, Part 2
Anime Debut: Episode 22: The Great Space Marriage Plan
Voice: Run Sasaki
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Diana is a good-natured girl who gets drawn into the drama of Lum’s prospective husband mixer when her true love Uni is forced to attend as a potential husband for Lum. She was designed by Yasuko Kawamura from Ishikawa as part of Shonen Sunday’s “New Character Recruitment Illustration” contest. |
Anime Debut: Episode 22: The Great Space Marriage Plan
Uni (---)
Voice: Yu Mizushima
Manga Debut: Chapter 88: Deranged Marriage, Part 2
Anime Debut: Episode 22: The Great Space Marriage Plan
Voice: Yu Mizushima
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Uni is a centaur, half man, half horse, with a unicorn horn coming from his head. Against his own wishes he was selected and made to attend a party to help choose a husband for Lum, but his heart truly belongs to Diana. He was designed by Shinobu Tsuji from Osaka as part of Shonen Sunday’s “New Character Recruitment Illustration” contest. |
Anime Debut: Episode 22: The Great Space Marriage Plan
Prim (プリム)
Voice: Machiko Washio
Manga Debut: Chapter 88: Deranged Marriage, Part 2 (Disguised) Chapter 90: Deranged Marriage, Part 4 (Full Appearance)
Anime Debut: Episode 22: The Great Space Marriage Plan
Voice: Machiko Washio
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Prim is a fiery young woman who sneaks into Lum’s marriage meeting by teaming up with Ataru in order to claim her own wayward boyfriend back. She has curved gargoyle like horns and large, black bat wings and is truly a fearsome sight when angered. She was designed by Tetsusato Yamauchi a 16-year-old from Tokyo as part of Shonen Sunday’s “New Character Recruitment Illustration” contest. |
Anime Debut: Episode 22: The Great Space Marriage Plan
Beach Boy (---)
Voice: Akiko Yajima (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 89: Marine Garbage Disposal
Anime Debut: Episode 34: Yearning for the Sad Monster
Voice: Akiko Yajima (2022)
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A little boy who is forced to abandon the family pet on the beach. In a series of mix-up's he invariably inherits the Pool Demon who has been living with the Moroboshi Family. |
Anime Debut: Episode 34: Yearning for the Sad Monster
Tsuyuko Amamori (---)
Voice: Sumi Shimamoto
Manga Debut: Chapter 92: O, Rain! Rain and Rain More! Part 1
Anime Debut: Episode 30: The Beautiful Maiden Comes with the Rain
Voice: Sumi Shimamoto
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This beautiful yet sad girl is cursed by a rain spirit. Everywhere she goes, stormy weather follows. In order for the curse to be lifted she has to find a man who will love her, and Ataru is more than willing to nominate himself for that job. The kanji characters for Tsuyuko Amamori mean "dew child rainforest." |
Anime Debut: Episode 30: The Beautiful Maiden Comes with the Rain
Mrs. Amamori (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 92: O, Rain! Rain and Rain More! Part 1
Anime Debut: Episode 30: The Beautiful Maiden Comes with the Rain
Voice: ---
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Tsuyuko’s mother is much put upon. Not only does she have to deal with her daughter’s curse, but also her less than dependable husband who is responsible for the curse placed on their daughter. |
Anime Debut: Episode 30: The Beautiful Maiden Comes with the Rain
Mr. Amamori (---)
Voice: Masahiro Anzai
Manga Debut: Chapter 93: O, Rain! Rain and Rain More! Part 2
Anime Debut: Episode 30: The Beautiful Maiden Comes with the Rain
Voice: Masahiro Anzai
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As a child Amamori promised to play with a rain spirit, but when his family moved away he was unable to keep his promise, which ended up seeing his own daughter cursed with rainy weather following her because of his own inability to keep his word. |
Anime Debut: Episode 30: The Beautiful Maiden Comes with the Rain
Amefurashi (---)
Voice: Masako Uetake
Manga Debut: Chapter 93: O, Rain! Rain and Rain More! Part 2
Anime Debut: Episode 30: The Beautiful Maiden Comes with the Rain
Voice: Masako Uetake
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A rain spirit who wanted a friend to play with. She meets Mr. Amamori when he was a child and he promises to play with her but immediately moves away, never keeping his word. Rumiko Takahashi has said in an interview that Amefurashi’s appearance is based on herself. |
Anime Debut: Episode 30: The Beautiful Maiden Comes with the Rain
Otama (---)
Voice: Yoshiko Sakakibara
Manga Debut: Chapter 95: Panic at the Haunted Inn
Anime Debut: Episode 80: Panic at the Ghost Inn
Voice: Yoshiko Sakakibara
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Ghosts usually haunt locations, but this poor ghost is haunted by humans who use her to attract people to their inn and harangue and scare her into complying with their demands. Ataru and Mendo feel sympathy for her, or are just attracted to her, and so they decide to help her deal with the elderly couple. Otama’s name is very befitting as "-tama" is written with a kanji that means "spirit." |
Anime Debut: Episode 80: Panic at the Ghost Inn
Elderly Couple (---)
Voice: Kaneta Kimotsuki & Natsumi Sakuma
Manga Debut: Chapter 95: Panic at the Haunted Inn
Anime Debut: Episode 80: Panic at the Ghost Inn
Voice: Kaneta Kimotsuki & Natsumi Sakuma
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Owners of the haunted Sudama Inn. While the inn is haunted this couple likes it that way and keep Otama the ghost at their mercy by scaring her constantly into doing exactly what they want in hopes of keeping business booming. |
Anime Debut: Episode 80: Panic at the Ghost Inn
Watermelon Spirit (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 97: Beach Mystery
Anime Debut: Episode 40: So Long, Bye-Bye Summer Days
Voice: ---
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This watermelon is ready to avenge all the smashed watermelons of the beach by spitting seeds at tourists. |
Anime Debut: Episode 40: So Long, Bye-Bye Summer Days
Watermelon Salesman (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 97: Beach Mystery
Anime Debut: Episode 40: So Long, Bye-Bye Summer Days
Voice: ---
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A watermelon salesman at the beach, who sells his fruit so tourists can take part in suika-wari, which is splitting watermelons while blindfolded. |
Anime Debut: Episode 40: So Long, Bye-Bye Summer Days
Mr. Ozuno (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 99: Secret Mision: Date Stakeout
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Tsubame's late father, who he resurrects from the graveyard in order to introduce him to Sakura. |
Anime Debut: None
Dracula (---)
Voice: Kaneda Kimotsuki
Manga Debut: Chapter 101: A Different Dracula
Anime Debut: Episode 27: What a Dracula!
Voice: Kaneda Kimotsuki
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He claims he's Count Dracula, but if so, he's not nearly as impressive as the stories make him out to be. An aging, cowardly guy with a grade school level education, Dracula is a vampire, but he really sucks at it. Always on the lookout for beautiful young women to suck their blood, he rarely succeeds. Most often he gets his vampire bat sidekick to do all the work for him. |
Anime Debut: Episode 27: What a Dracula!
Komori (---)
Voice: Yoshiko Ohta
Manga Debut: Chapter 101: A Different Dracula
Anime Debut: Episode 27: What a Dracula!
Voice: Yoshiko Ohta
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This cute girl is actually a boy…and a bat. Using magic to transform Komori attempts to use this cute form to lure people back to Dracula for him to feast upon. |
Anime Debut: Episode 27: What a Dracula!
Sugawara no Michizane (---)
Voice: Tamio Oki
Manga Debut: Chapter 104: Urgent Prayers
Anime Debut: Episode 187: I Want to Date! Ataru's Test Program!
Voice: Tamio Oki
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A little man who inhabits a good luck charm Ataru’s mother gives him. He’s fairly horrible at his job though, and when Ataru requests his help on test, the small man resorts to cheating by trying to copy from Lum’s answer sheet. |
Anime Debut: Episode 187: I Want to Date! Ataru's Test Program!
Amaterasu (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 105: Sun Goddess Banquet
Anime Debut: Episode 195: All-Star Banquet! We Are Immortal!!
Voice: ---
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The legendary goddess of the sun. |
Anime Debut: Episode 195: All-Star Banquet! We Are Immortal!!
Uzume (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 105: Sun Goddess Banquet
Anime Debut: Episode 195: All-Star Banquet! We Are Immortal!!
Voice: ---
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Uzume, better known as Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto is the goddess of dawn, mirth, meditation, revelry. |
Anime Debut: Episode 195: All-Star Banquet! We Are Immortal!!
Tomobiki Shopping District Representative (友引商店会)
Voice: Wataru Takagi
Manga Debut: Chapter 106: The Great Off-Campus Snack Battle
Anime Debut: Episode 13-1: The Great Off-Campus Snack Battle
Voice: Wataru Takagi
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The representative from the Tomobiki Shopping District helps the students elude their teachers who are trying to prevent them from visiting local eateries during their lunchbreak. He disguises himself as a journalist, an obvious reference to Clark Kent/Superman. |
Anime Debut: Episode 13-1: The Great Off-Campus Snack Battle
Iwanami (岩波)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 106: The Great Off-Campus Snack Battle
Anime Debut: Episode 13-1: The Great Off-Campus Snack Battle
Voice: ---
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Mr. Iwanami is one of the Tomobiki High School professors that is captured by a local restaurateur while he is trying to prevent the students from dining out. |
Anime Debut: Episode 13-1: The Great Off-Campus Snack Battle
Ro (老)
Voice: Yohei Tadano
Manga Debut: Chapter 106: The Great Off-Campus Snack Battle
Anime Debut: Episode 13-1: The Great Off-Campus Snack Battle
Voice: Yohei Tadano
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An elderly teacher at Tomobiki High School, his name, "Ro" can be both a proper name and also a word meaning "old". His name was translated as "Olds" in the Viz English translation. |
Anime Debut: Episode 13-1: The Great Off-Campus Snack Battle
Personal Controller (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 108: Those Were the Days, PC!
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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This small gadget is used by Ran in an attempt to control Ataru, but proves no match for the already warped mind of the legendary pervert. |
Anime Debut: None
Mendo's Father (---)
Voice: Mugihito, Kazuhiko Inoue (2022), Jay Hickman (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 114: A Strange New Year at the Mendo Estate
Anime Debut: Episode 50: The Mendo Older Brother & Younger Sister!
Voice: Mugihito, Kazuhiko Inoue (2022), Jay Hickman (2022)
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The very proud and dignified heads of the Mendo conglomerate. The father is a bit of a flake and a jokester which he often hides behind an air of seriousness. Ryoko seems to get much of her troublemaking tendencies from him. |
Anime Debut: Episode 50: The Mendo Older Brother & Younger Sister!
Snowman (雪ダルマ)
Voice: Sumi Shimamoto
Manga Debut: Chapter 115: Tales of a Wandering Snowman
Anime Debut: Episode 94: Tales of the Wandering Snowman
Voice: Sumi Shimamoto
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This travelling intergalactic snowman who becomes attached to Ataru after he saves it from Ten’s fiery breath. When Ataru begins to see it as a cute young girl, he becomes equally attached to it. |
Anime Debut: Episode 94: Tales of the Wandering Snowman
Izumi (泉)
Voice: Keiko Han
Manga Debut: Chapter 116: Coffee Shop Ban
Anime Debut: Episode 156: Appearance of the Youthful Old Man! Shine, Great Teahouse of Dreams!
Voice: Keiko Han
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A sweet young girl who moves to Tomobiki with her father and opens a coffee shop. With her working, it quickly becomes a popular hangout for all the boys in class 2-4, who’s usual hijinx cause a lot of problems for the new shop. |
Anime Debut: Episode 156: Appearance of the Youthful Old Man! Shine, Great Teahouse of Dreams!
Izumi's Father (マスター)
Voice: Rokuro Naya
Manga Debut: Chapter 116: Coffee Shop Ban
Anime Debut: Episode 156: Appearance of the Youthful Old Man! Shine, Great Teahouse of Dreams!
Voice: Rokuro Naya
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A good-natured coffeeshop owner who enjoys all the attention his new store is getting, until the always rowdy students of Tomobiki High School get a little too rambunctious and begin to destroy the business he’s trying to build. He is credited as "Master" in the Japanese cast list. |
Anime Debut: Episode 156: Appearance of the Youthful Old Man! Shine, Great Teahouse of Dreams!
Daimajin (---)
Voice: Shozo Izuka
Manga Debut: Chapter 117: Locker Inspections
Anime Debut: Episode 162: The Great Devil's Debut! Lum's Dangerous Purchase!
Voice: Shozo Izuka
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Lum’s personal locker, which looks more like a giant rampaging monster. Lum's "Personal Daily Assistant" is a spoof on the 1966 film Daimajin. |
Anime Debut: Episode 162: The Great Devil's Debut! Lum's Dangerous Purchase!
Kuroko (---)
Voice: Hochu Otsuka & Others
Manga Debut: Chapter 121: Mendo Sibling! Part 1
Anime Debut: Episode 50: The Mendo Older Brother & Younger Sister!
Voice: Hochu Otsuka & Others
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Kuroko are stagehands who wear all black in traditional Japanese theater. The kuroko that work for the Mendo family are the personal attendants of Ryoko, and are loyal to her first and foremost, carrying out her every whim and desire even if they go against Shutaro or other members of the family. |
Anime Debut: Episode 50: The Mendo Older Brother & Younger Sister!
Jotaro (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 125: Super Musashi, Sprint to the Heavens!
Anime Debut: Episode 55: Children in Vain, Musashi, Signs of the Times
Voice: ---
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When Urusei Yatsura did a parody of the story of legendary samurai Musashi Miyamoto, Mendo in the role of Kojiro Sasaki had a stupid looking pet performing monkey named Jotaro. Throughout the story Jotaro kept getting bigger and bigger until he was the size of a bear. He seemed pretty broken hearted when Sasaki dumped him because he was getting too big. He later becomes a fujitive with Ataru and Cherry. |
Anime Debut: Episode 55: Children in Vain, Musashi, Signs of the Times
Old Man Willow Spirit (柳精翁)
Voice: Kosei Tomita
Manga Debut: Chapter 128: Terror of the Willow Ghost?!
Anime Debut: Episode 74: Ghost Story! Old Man Willow!
Voice: Kosei Tomita
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The spirit of a tree on the grounds of Tomobiki High. It holds a grudge against the student body who has repeatedly defiled it through the years by carving into its bark. When Ataru carves a mocking insult toward Mendo into the tree, the spirit comes forth, finally having enough and ready to settle the score. |
Anime Debut: Episode 74: Ghost Story! Old Man Willow!
Fossil (---)
Voice: TARAKO (?), Tomoko Otsuka (?), Shinji Nomura (?), or Kenichi Ogata (?)
Manga Debut: Chapter 130: Fossil Backcountry
Anime Debut: Episode 47: Shiver! Mystery in the Old Fossil Land
Voice: TARAKO (?), Tomoko Otsuka (?), Shinji Nomura (?), or Kenichi Ogata (?)
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This creature was given life by Lum when she blasts a bunch of random fossils that have been assembled into a new skeletal system for this odd looking creature. It’s birth creates quite a stir when a local news crew captures it on camera and dedicates itself to learning more about the bizarre animal. |
Anime Debut: Episode 47: Shiver! Mystery in the Old Fossil Land
Bath House Purveyor (---)
Voice: Shinji Nomura (?) or Tetsuro Mizutori (?)
Manga Debut: Chapter 132: Wash Away the Jade Blossom in the Tub
Anime Debut: Episode 53: Desperate Sub-space Parttime Job
Voice: Shinji Nomura (?) or Tetsuro Mizutori (?)
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This odd looking three-headed man runs a bathhouse in Tomobiki that is dedicated to alien lifeforms who happen to pass through. He happily gives Ataru a job. |
Anime Debut: Episode 53: Desperate Sub-space Parttime Job
Oshima (こだぬき)
Voice: Masako Sugaya
Manga Debut: Chapter 134: The Grateful Raccoon
Anime Debut: Episode 52: Can the Raccoon Return the Favor?
Voice: Masako Sugaya
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This character is notable because he was based on Takahashi's editor, both in name and somewhat in personality. Oshima is a completely clueless racoon spirit who was rescued by Ataru when he was polymorphed into a crane. Learning of the famous fable about the grateful crane, he decides that he must repay Ataru for saving his life. Only Oshma's gratitude is exceptionally annoying and without benifit. Anyone can tell he's a racoon, but the guy seems convinced that his lame disguises are able to hide his identity. He's flabbergasted when Ataru points out to him that he's a racoon. Oshima's character is later recycled for the 3rd UY movie, as the main antagonist Ruu's sidekick. |
Anime Debut: Episode 52: Can the Raccoon Return the Favor?
Cannibal Girl (美女)
Voice: Yoshihiko Sakakibara
Manga Debut: Chapter 139: Message in a Bottle
Anime Debut: Episode 69: Bottled Letter Seashore Mystery
Voice: Yoshihiko Sakakibara
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Looks can be deceiving as this beauty may seem like a damsel in distress with her more horrifying family members, but just like them she craves human flesh. She is named as "Beautiful Woman" in the Japanese credits of her anime episode. |
Anime Debut: Episode 69: Bottled Letter Seashore Mystery
Cannibal Grandma (老婆)
Voice: Ichiro Nagai
Manga Debut: Chapter 139: Message in a Bottle
Anime Debut: Episode 69: Bottled Letter Seashore Mystery
Voice: Ichiro Nagai
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This old hag is as nasty at heart as her appearance suggests. She hopes to devour the young flesh of Tomobiki High School students when they come for a visit. Identified as "Old Woman" in the Japanese credits of the episode. |
Anime Debut: Episode 69: Bottled Letter Seashore Mystery
Cannibal (大男)
Voice: Daisuke Gori
Manga Debut: Chapter 139: Message in a Bottle
Anime Debut: Episode 69: Bottled Letter Seashore Mystery
Voice: Daisuke Gori
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This huge fellow is the muscle for the group of cannibals. His frightening appearance mirrors his frightening desire for human flesh. He is listed as "Big Man" in the Japanese episode credits. |
Anime Debut: Episode 69: Bottled Letter Seashore Mystery
Rabbit (ウサギ)
Voice: Joji Yanami
Manga Debut: Chapter 142: Spicy Camping Calamity
Anime Debut: Episode 67: Seeing Shangri-la as a Hell Camp!
Voice: Joji Yanami
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This thieving bunny swipes food from the students campsite, only to learn it was cooked by Lum, and is therefore basically inedible. |
Anime Debut: Episode 67: Seeing Shangri-la as a Hell Camp!
Monk (巨大仙人)
Voice: Shozo Iijima
Manga Debut: Chapter 143: Paranormal Peachy Parable
Anime Debut: Episode 67: Seeing Shangri-la as a Hell Camp!
Voice: Shozo Iijima
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The leader of a group of monks who are going to seemingly sacrifice a maiden to a giant peach monster. However, they're only going to do it for gambling purposes, and bet on which of the students can survive the assault by the monster. |
Anime Debut: Episode 67: Seeing Shangri-la as a Hell Camp!
Dolphin (イルカ)
Voice: Issei Futamata
Manga Debut: Chapter 145: Dolphin Dating and Beach Babe Patrol
Anime Debut: Episode 82: Plenty of Sun, Plenty of Sickness
Voice: Issei Futamata
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A dolphin in human form. He wants to meet girls, and Lum wants to make Ataru jealous, and so the two team up for their own reasons. Dolphin is Iruka in Japanese, which can also be read as "colored man," hence why our Dolphin is the first black character to appear in Rumiko Takahashi's manga. |
Anime Debut: Episode 82: Plenty of Sun, Plenty of Sickness
Beach Goer (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 146: Keep Our Beaches Clean
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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This strange man at the beach resembles Toichiro from Leiji Matsumoto's Captain Harlock series of manga and anime. However he's actually a Dappya Man in disguise. |
Anime Debut: None
Mermaid (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 146: Keep Our Beaches Clean
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The partner of the Beach Goer. These two want their ocean home to stay clean of the garbage that plagued Japan's beaches in the 80s. |
Anime Debut: None
Art Teacher (---)
Voice: Norio Wakamoto
Manga Debut: Chapter 154: Art is A Sport
Anime Debut: None
Voice: Norio Wakamoto
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Like most teachers who end up at Tomobiki the Art Teacher is a bit odd. His idea of a drawing lesson involves sketching a notoriously picky ostrich. |
Anime Debut: None
Yotaro (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 154: Art is A Sport
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Yotaro is a very demanding critic. While this bird is pretty goofy looking, he insists on being drawn as nothing but handsome, and only then if its a cute girl doing the drawing. |
Anime Debut: None
Sake Drinking Spirit (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 159: The Demon Bottle
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Imprisoned by Sakura and Cherry this wicked spirit is the life of the party, and when it's released encourages everyone it comes into contact with to get completely drunk. |
Anime Debut: None
Oni Messenger (---)
Voice: TARAKO (?)
Manga Debut: Chapter 160: My Mom the Firefighter - Part 1
Anime Debut: Episode 76: Firefighter Mommy Visits!
Voice: TARAKO (?)
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A robotic messenger made to resemble a member of the Oni race. It is sent by Ten's Mother to let him know of her upcoming arrival. |
Anime Debut: Episode 76: Firefighter Mommy Visits!
Ten's Mother (テンの母)
Voice: Keiko Yokozawa / Masako Katsuki
Manga Debut: Chapter 160: My Mom the Firefighter - Part 1
Anime Debut: Episode 76: Firefighter Mommy Visits!
Voice: Keiko Yokozawa / Masako Katsuki
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Ten's a flame breathing pyromaniac toddler, but his mom is a female firefighter. How's that for irony? She has her own airbike and her rescues are often signaled with flash floods. Ten is usually an obnoxious brat, but when around his mother he's extremely nervous and uncharacteristically well behaved. That's because he's frightened to death of her. She's obsessed with fighting fires and even more obsessed with mercilessly punishing those who set fires. Even when still a baby, she would come home every day and tell Ten gruesome tales of her retribution against fire starters. From then on stemmed Ten's deep fear of his own mother. She doesn't quite know about how Ten irresponsibly unleashes his fire breath at the least irritation. But he knows too well that if she ever did find out, she'd probably kill him. Both Ten's parents are away a lot which may have been the chief contribution to Ten's precociousness. |
Anime Debut: Episode 76: Firefighter Mommy Visits!
Ten's Nanny (---)
Voice: TARAKO (?)
Manga Debut: Chapter 161: My Mom the Firefighter - Part 2
Anime Debut: Episode 76: Firefighter Mommy Visits!
Voice: TARAKO (?)
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With Ten's parents being busy with work, it was up to this robot nanny to help raise him before he's sent to live with Lum on Earth. Which such a lack of parental oversight its apparent why Ten turned out to be such a brat. |
Anime Debut: Episode 76: Firefighter Mommy Visits!
Robot Doctor (ロボット医者)
Voice: Shinya Takahashi (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 162: L♥ve - Darling in Danger
Anime Debut: Episode 77: Darling's Dying
Voice: Shinya Takahashi (2022)
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The robot doctor is called in to help Ataru after he ate one of Ran's cupcakes intended for Rei. |
Anime Debut: Episode 77: Darling's Dying
Guide Weed (案内草)
Voice: Kosuke Echigoya (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 162: L♥ve - Darling in Danger
Anime Debut: Episode 77: Darling's Dying
Voice: Kosuke Echigoya (2022)
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This mouse/plant hybrid offers to give Ran directions in exchange for one of the cupcakes she baked for Rei. |
Anime Debut: Episode 77: Darling's Dying
Cherry Tree (---)
Voice: Koichi Kitamura (?) or Bin Shimada (?)
Manga Debut: Chapter 175: Flower Viewing Deathmatch
Anime Debut: Episode 111: Deadly Combat! The Mendo Family's Flower Display Deathmatch
Voice: Koichi Kitamura (?) or Bin Shimada (?)
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Ryoko's sentient cherry tree. It just so happens to have a taste for octopus, which is the Mendo family mascot. |
Anime Debut: Episode 111: Deadly Combat! The Mendo Family's Flower Display Deathmatch
Masako Fujinami (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 176: Power Over Life And Death
Anime Debut: Episode 81: Ah, Mother of My Memory
Voice: None
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Ryunosuke's mother. She died when Ryunosuke was only an infant. The lack of a motherly influence was a contributor to Ryu's unique personality. |
Anime Debut: Episode 81: Ah, Mother of My Memory
CAO-2 (CAO-2)
Voice: Ichiro Nagai, Tessho Genda (2022), Luis Galindo (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 180: Cosmo Teacher CAO-2
Anime Debut: Episode 85: Revenge of the Planetary Instructor CAO-2
Voice: Ichiro Nagai, Tessho Genda (2022), Luis Galindo (2022)
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Lum, Benten, Ran and Oyuki's tyrannical robotic teacher from elementary space school. Benten, Lum and Ran try to gang up on him and get rid of him, but found him to be indestructible. CAO-2 is shaped like a gigantic blackboard eraser. Often throws itself at students putting chalk dust all over them. |
Anime Debut: Episode 85: Revenge of the Planetary Instructor CAO-2
Hayabusa (はやぶさ)
Voice: Ichiro Nagai
Manga Debut: Chapter 182: Ton-chan's Elopement!
Anime Debut: Episode 153: The Armored Girl Returns Again! A Storm Raising Date
Voice: Ichiro Nagai
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Hayabusa is Tobimaro's pipe smoking donkey. When he's not pulling his master's cart he riding in it and whipping Tobimaro to pull him around, or settling in at the Mizunokoji mansion playing Go with Tobimaro's father. |
Anime Debut: Episode 153: The Armored Girl Returns Again! A Storm Raising Date
Underwear Store Clerk (下着店店員)
Voice: Hiroko Nomura, Tomoko Otsuka or Seiko Ishii, Hiroko Kiso (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 184: Longing For A Bust!! - Part 1
Anime Debut: Episode 96: Shine! The Blessed Bra!!
Voice: Hiroko Nomura, Tomoko Otsuka or Seiko Ishii, Hiroko Kiso (2022)
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This is the lady Ryunosuke tries to see about buying a bra, however the prices are much higher than Ryunosuke expected. |
Anime Debut: Episode 96: Shine! The Blessed Bra!!
Regent (リーゼント)
Voice: Shigeru Chiba, Hiroshi Izawa or Yuuichi Sakuraba, Ryota Iwasaki (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 184: Longing For A Bust!! - Part 1
Anime Debut: Episode 96: Shine! The Blessed Bra!!
Voice: Shigeru Chiba, Hiroshi Izawa or Yuuichi Sakuraba, Ryota Iwasaki (2022)
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Disguised as a garbage can, this fluffy haired hoodlum is trying to resolve Soban's lusts for Shinobu by photographing her with Ryunosuke. |
Anime Debut: Episode 96: Shine! The Blessed Bra!!
Grass Man (草男)
Voice: Shigeru Chiba, Hiroshi Izawa or Yuuichi Sakuraba, Takatsugu Awazu (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 184: Longing For A Bust!! - Part 1
Anime Debut: Episode 96: Shine! The Blessed Bra!!
Voice: Shigeru Chiba, Hiroshi Izawa or Yuuichi Sakuraba, Takatsugu Awazu (2022)
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Another one of Soban's thugs, he's helping to ween his boss off of Shinobu by showing her with Ryunosuke. |
Anime Debut: Episode 96: Shine! The Blessed Bra!!
Dog Man (総番)
Voice: Shigeru Chiba, Hiroshi Izawa or Yuuichi Sakuraba, Subaru Kimura (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 184: Longing For A Bust!! - Part 1
Anime Debut: Episode 96: Shine! The Blessed Bra!!
Voice: Shigeru Chiba, Hiroshi Izawa or Yuuichi Sakuraba, Subaru Kimura (2022)
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The dog man is one of the trio of Soban's thugs who is taking photographs of Shinobu to placate his boss. |
Anime Debut: Episode 96: Shine! The Blessed Bra!!
Soban (総番)
Voice: Kaneda Kimotsuki, Tomokazu Seki (2022), Benjamin McLaughlin (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 184: Longing For A Bust!! - Part 1
Anime Debut: Episode 96: Shine! The Blessed Bra!!
Voice: Kaneda Kimotsuki, Tomokazu Seki (2022), Benjamin McLaughlin (2022)
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A big-lipped, pea brained juggernaut high-school punk who constantly persues Shinobu. The disgusting Soban has a thing for petite school girls and is especially infatuated with Shinobu. He just won't take no for an answer. He nearly always charges at her yelling "Shinobu-san suki da!!!" but is always met with a punch to the face. Not very smart, but very strong. Luckily, still not as strong as Shinobu. |
Anime Debut: Episode 96: Shine! The Blessed Bra!!
Mimiko (---)
Voice: Naoko Matsui (?), Matsumi Oshiro (?), Chie Kojiro (?), or Makoto Ataka (?)
Manga Debut: Chapter 191: Love Triangle in the Water
Anime Debut: Episode 125: Pool Spooks! Burning With Forbidden Love
Voice: Naoko Matsui (?), Matsumi Oshiro (?), Chie Kojiro (?), or Makoto Ataka (?)
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The love of the Pool Demon, aka Pochi #2. While he pines for this cute blowfish, the menacing Jaws III keeps them apart. |
Anime Debut: Episode 125: Pool Spooks! Burning With Forbidden Love
Jaws III (---)
Voice: Naoko Matsui (?), Matsumi Oshiro (?), Chie Kojiro (?), or Makoto Ataka (?)
Manga Debut: Chapter 191: Love Triangle in the Water
Anime Debut: Episode 125: Pool Spooks! Burning With Forbidden Love
Voice: Naoko Matsui (?), Matsumi Oshiro (?), Chie Kojiro (?), or Makoto Ataka (?)
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The bully of the local acquarium. He keeps the Pool Demon and Mimiko apart and is even willing to fight any humans that happen to enter his tank. |
Anime Debut: Episode 125: Pool Spooks! Burning With Forbidden Love
Turtle (---)
Voice: Masami Kikuchi (?), Naoko Matsui (?), Chie Kojiro (?), Tomoko Munakata (?)
Manga Debut: Chapter 193: Love Triangle in the Water
Anime Debut: Episode 123: Ryunosuke Confused! Solid Rock Mother Cherishes Her Young Pebble!
Voice: Masami Kikuchi (?), Naoko Matsui (?), Chie Kojiro (?), Tomoko Munakata (?)
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A mother turtle who is somehow mistaken for the wife of Mr. Fujinami and the mother of Ryunosuke. |
Anime Debut: Episode 123: Ryunosuke Confused! Solid Rock Mother Cherishes Her Young Pebble!
Can (---)
Voice: TARAKO (?) or Tomoko Otsuka (?)
Manga Debut: Chapter 195: Love Triangle in the Water
Anime Debut: Episode 102: Sakura, Sad Tears of Youth
Voice: TARAKO (?) or Tomoko Otsuka (?)
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This talking can is actually a young jellyfish who has lost its skin and is afraid to show itself outside of the can it hides within. |
Anime Debut: Episode 102: Sakura, Sad Tears of Youth
Sakura's Inner Child (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 198: Love Triangle in the Water
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The sickly spirit of Sakura as a young girl. Because she spent most of her life suffering from maladies and illnesses brought about by her weak constitution and the spirits that haunted her, Sakura was never able to play with other children growing up. Now that her young spirit has been brought out, it desires to play with all the students of Tomobiki. |
Anime Debut: None
Salt No. 1 (---)
Voice: Hiroshi Izawa (?)
Manga Debut: Chapter 199: Love Triangle in the Water
Anime Debut: Episode 97: Duel! Benten vs. The Three Daughters
Voice: Hiroshi Izawa (?)
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A silent but perhaps deadly supercomputer. Salt No. 1 resembles the Japanese mascot character Kawaii Cook-san. It is used by the Girl Gang Trio of Sugar, Ginger and Pepper to calculate a way to beat up Benten, Lum and Oyuki, their girl gang seniors. |
Anime Debut: Episode 97: Duel! Benten vs. The Three Daughters
Benten's Boyfriend (---)
Voice: Hiroshi Izawa (?), Ryuichi Kijima (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 200: Looking For A Lost Thing; Fierce Fight! 3 VS 3
Anime Debut: Episode 97: Duel! Benten vs. The Three Daughters
Voice: Hiroshi Izawa (?), Ryuichi Kijima (2022)
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An imaginary boyfriend that Lum and Oyuki dream up when they try to decide just why Benten's chain is so important to her. In the fantasy this love smitten guy hands her unbreakable chain as a sign of his affection. Could it have really happened? |
Anime Debut: Episode 97: Duel! Benten vs. The Three Daughters
Chojuro (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 204: The Way of Love
Anime Debut: Episode 127: Where is Love's Home? Kuriko and Chojuro
Voice: ---
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Chojoro is a Japanese pear who happens to be in love with a gumball named Kuriko. While the two can't reach one another to share their love, they possess humans by falling on their heads in order to be together, with Chojuro taking possession of Ataru. |
Anime Debut: Episode 127: Where is Love's Home? Kuriko and Chojuro
Kuriko (---)
Voice: Sakiko Tamagawa
Manga Debut: Chapter 204: The Way of Love
Anime Debut: Episode 127: Where is Love's Home? Kuriko and Chojuro
Voice: Sakiko Tamagawa
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Kuriko the gumball longs to be with Chojuro the Japanese pear, but the two can't move from their different trees. When they fall, they land on the heads of humans and take possession of them so they can be together. Kuriko gets placed in Sakura's hair by Ten, but even under the control of Kuriko, Sakura doesn't seem to want to embrace Ataru/Chojuro. |
Anime Debut: Episode 127: Where is Love's Home? Kuriko and Chojuro
Kotori (ことり)
Voice: Matsumi Oshiro
Manga Debut: Chapter 211: The Little Girl that Flew in the Sky
Anime Debut: Episode 114: Ten-chan's Wonderful Love Story
Voice: Matsumi Oshiro
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The spirit of a little girl who recently died but hasn't gone to heaven because she still wants to play on Earth. Ten gets roped into playing with her, and ends up developing a crush, which is heartbreaking for him when she finally ascends to the afterlife. |
Anime Debut: Episode 114: Ten-chan's Wonderful Love Story
Matsuchiyo (松千代)
Voice: Tomohiro Nishimura (?) or Masami Kikuchi (?), ? (2022), Cara Nguyen (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 212: Shivering in a Jungle of Evil
Anime Debut: Episode 115: Haunted House Special! Quest for Mendo Estate Treasure!
Voice: Tomohiro Nishimura (?) or Masami Kikuchi (?), ? (2022), Cara Nguyen (2022)
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The Mendo Estate's rare South Pole octopus, which looks exactly like every other octopus according to the boys of Class 2-4. |
Anime Debut: Episode 115: Haunted House Special! Quest for Mendo Estate Treasure!
Talent Show Judge (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 215: The Thorny Road of Accomplishment
Anime Debut: Episode 130: Blaze, Secret Powers! Stick to the Straight and Narrow Path
Voice: None
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A biased alien who Lum calls in to judge Class 2-4's talent contest. No matter how good or bad the talent is, if a boy performs it, he's destined to be teleported to the alien's homeworld, while girls are given a pass no matter how unimpressive their talents may be. |
Anime Debut: Episode 130: Blaze, Secret Powers! Stick to the Straight and Narrow Path
Ice Mouse (---)
Voice: Reiko Suzuki (?), Chisato Nakajima (?), or Tomohiro Nishimura (?)
Manga Debut: Chapter 217: The Wrath of the Ice Queen - Part 1
Anime Debut: Episode 113: Great Horrors! Oyuki is Finally Angered!
Voice: Reiko Suzuki (?), Chisato Nakajima (?), or Tomohiro Nishimura (?)
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Ice Mice are native to Neptune, Oyuki's frozen homeworld. They devour any food they come into contact with and end up creating quite a lot of problems between Ran and Oyuki. |
Anime Debut: Episode 113: Great Horrors! Oyuki is Finally Angered!
Cow (牛)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 221: Lum Becomes a Cow
Anime Debut: Episode 117: Lum-chan's Becoming a Cow?
Voice: ---
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This cow is a pretty tough customer. It bites whomever tries to pet it, which isn't the worst thing in the world, but it just so so happens that Oni are allergic to cow bites, as it gives them a virus that makes their horns grow. |
Anime Debut: Episode 117: Lum-chan's Becoming a Cow?
Vampire-like Man (吸血鬼風の男)
Voice: Kosuke Echigoya (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 221: Lum Becomes a Cow
Anime Debut: Episode 117: Lum-chan's Becoming a Cow?
Voice: Kosuke Echigoya (2022)
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Lum falls alseep watching an alien horror film on TV and sees this vampire-like man bite an alien. |
Anime Debut: Episode 117: Lum-chan's Becoming a Cow?
Alien Girl (宇宙人お嬢様)
Voice: Yumi Hirota (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 221: Lum Becomes a Cow
Anime Debut: Episode 117: Lum-chan's Becoming a Cow?
Voice: Yumi Hirota (2022)
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A character in a horror film, this alien girl turns into a human-like vampire-like creature after being bitten. |
Anime Debut: Episode 117: Lum-chan's Becoming a Cow?
Folk Tale Kitsune (昔話キツネ)
Voice: Sara Matsumoto (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 222: Foxes in the Moonlight
Anime Debut: Episode 134: I Dearly Need You! Return of the Honest Fox
Voice: Sara Matsumoto (2022)
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The folk tale kitsune relates the story of using the horsetail plant to turn a young woman into a kitsune for one night so that he can frolic and play with her. |
Anime Debut: Episode 134: I Dearly Need You! Return of the Honest Fox
Folk Tale Woman (昔話娘)
Voice: Hitomi Sasaki (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 222: Foxes in the Moonlight
Anime Debut: Episode 134: I Dearly Need You! Return of the Honest Fox
Voice: Hitomi Sasaki (2022)
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The young woman in the story is tricked into eating a horsetail plant by the kitsune which transforms her into a fox. |
Anime Debut: Episode 134: I Dearly Need You! Return of the Honest Fox
Mizunokoji's Father (水乃小路のパパ)
Voice: Issei Futamata, Toshiharu Sakurai (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 225: That Mizunokoji Girl! Part 2
Anime Debut: Episode 132: Hell Encounter! Armored Girl: Beauty or Beast? Part 1
Voice: Issei Futamata, Toshiharu Sakurai (2022)
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Heads of the Mizunokoji sporting goods empire. The father seems to be a useless wimp, and it's the mother who holds the entire family together. His face is made up of hiragana characters for the infamous "heno heno moheji" joke. |
Anime Debut: Episode 132: Hell Encounter! Armored Girl: Beauty or Beast? Part 1
Mizunokoji's Mother (水乃小路のママ)
Voice: Yuri Nashiwa, Mitsuishi Kotono (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 225: That Mizunokoji Girl! Part 2
Anime Debut: Episode 132: Hell Encounter! Armored Girl: Beauty or Beast? Part 1
Voice: Yuri Nashiwa, Mitsuishi Kotono (2022)
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Heads of the Mizunokoji sporting goods empire. The father seems to be a useless wimp, and it's the mother who holds the entire family together. But as of late, she's been unable to keep it from coming apart. Her problem lies with her children's warped relationship. Mrs. Mizunokoji is even more powerful than Asuka, yet also highly intelligent. She can even do the "angry big-head" technique (which Soun Tendo from Ranma ½ later perfected). Of course she never apears outwardly angry because her face is unchanging like a china doll's. The smile on her face and vacant stare never changes. She tries to raise Asuka to be an ideal lady, but things keep going wrong, much of which she blames on Tobimaro. Like all members of the Mizunokoji family she has starry eyes. |
Anime Debut: Episode 132: Hell Encounter! Armored Girl: Beauty or Beast? Part 1
Super-Delicious Golden Special-Reserve Gorgeous After-Care Kid from Planet Fun #28 (スーパーデリシャス遊星ゴールデンスペシャルリザーブゴージャスアフターケアーキッド28号)
Voice: Takeshi Aono
Manga Debut: Chapter 231: Glittering, Dazzling Friends of Justice
Anime Debut: Episode 128: Man or Bird? Gokakenran, Champion of Justice!
Voice: Takeshi Aono
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A seeming superhero that continually tries to sale his super gadgets and costumes to naive children. His organization took advantage of Lum when she was a child, and its still doing the same thing when Ten meets Super-Delicious himself. |
Anime Debut: Episode 128: Man or Bird? Gokakenran, Champion of Justice!
Space Courier (---)
Voice: Tomohiro Nishimura (?)
Manga Debut: Chapter 234: Son of Ten
Anime Debut: Episode 136: The Birth of Ten-chan's Son? I Didn't Know a Thing
Voice: Tomohiro Nishimura (?)
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This Space Courier gets into an accident which sends his cargo of eggs plummeting down to earth where one ends up in the possession of Ten. |
Anime Debut: Episode 136: The Birth of Ten-chan's Son? I Didn't Know a Thing
Konjomagari (---)
Voice: Hiroko Nomura (?) or Matsumi Oshiro (?)
Manga Debut: Chapter 234: Son of Ten
Anime Debut: Episode 136: The Birth of Ten-chan's Son? I Didn't Know a Thing
Voice: Hiroko Nomura (?) or Matsumi Oshiro (?)
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With Ten as his father figure, Konjomagari ends up being more of a brat than anyoe could expect. This little bee alien gets lost on his way to his parents, and hatches only to see Ten, who he instantly thinks of his as parent. Konjomagari's name is translated as "Villain" in the English edition. |
Anime Debut: Episode 136: The Birth of Ten-chan's Son? I Didn't Know a Thing
Anna Katsuragi (桂木あんな)
Voice: Miina Tominaga
Manga Debut: Chapter 235: The Duel of Courage - Part 1
Anime Debut: Episode 137: Lum's Courageous Duel! An Ironic Victory
Voice: Miina Tominaga
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Bullied by Soban and his gang of thugs, this student is in awe of the powerful Lum, but thinks taht Lum is only strong because she can fly and shoot bolts of electricity. Lum intends to show her that anyone can be strong. Unnamed in the manga, the name Anna Katsuragi was given to her for her anime appearance. |
Anime Debut: Episode 137: Lum's Courageous Duel! An Ironic Victory
Nozomi (望)
Voice: Matsumi Oshiro, Manaka Iwami (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 247: Last Date
Anime Debut: Episode 157: I Love Darling's Sincerity
Voice: Matsumi Oshiro, Manaka Iwami (2022)
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A sweet girl who watches Ataru from her hospital window on a daily basis. She soon falls in love with his giddy attitude and energetic spirit. After death, her spirit visits Sakura who sets up a date between Nozomi and Ataru so that she can pass on without regrets. |
Anime Debut: Episode 157: I Love Darling's Sincerity
Pet Store Salesman (---)
Voice: Tomohiro Nishimura (?)
Manga Debut: Chapter 248: The Great Escape and Hullabaloo
Anime Debut: Episode 149: Panic Among Friends! I Love to Eat Blowfish
Voice: Tomohiro Nishimura (?)
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This odd looking fellow practically gives away a blowfish to Ataru. |
Anime Debut: Episode 149: Panic Among Friends! I Love to Eat Blowfish
Blowfish (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 248: The Great Escape and Hullabaloo
Anime Debut: Episode 149: Panic Among Friends! I Love to Eat Blowfish
Voice: ---
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Ataru adopts this blowfish not to raise, but to fatten up in hopes of eating. When Ten gives it one of his growth candies, it grows to massive size and floats through the air like a balloon, attacking people as it floats through the city. |
Anime Debut: Episode 149: Panic Among Friends! I Love to Eat Blowfish
Curio Shop Owner (骨董屋店主)
Voice: Fumihiko Tachiki (?)/Junichi Endo (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 250: Kotatsu Love
Anime Debut: Episode 146: The Scampering Kotatsu Cat! Anything to Get Warm
Voice: Fumihiko Tachiki (?)/Junichi Endo (2022)
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The owner of a local shop. He sells a seemingly normal kotatsu to kotatsu neko with unexpected results. |
Anime Debut: Episode 146: The Scampering Kotatsu Cat! Anything to Get Warm
Teacher Cat (---)
Voice: Takeshi Aono
Manga Debut: Chapter 259: The Shape of Tenacity
Anime Debut: Episode 158: The Honest Fox Again! I Love Shinobu
Voice: Takeshi Aono
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Kitsune's teacher in his all animal elementary school. |
Anime Debut: Episode 158: The Honest Fox Again! I Love Shinobu
Priest (---)
Voice: Joji Yanami (?)
Manga Debut: Chapter 264: Ringing in the New Year
Anime Debut: Episode 154: Arrival of the Mysterious Priest! The Bell Battle Royal
Voice: Joji Yanami (?)
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This silly priest hurts his hands and therefore can't ring his temple's bell at New Years, instead he happily decides to pay the students of Class 2-4 to do it for him. |
Anime Debut: Episode 154: Arrival of the Mysterious Priest! The Bell Battle Royal
Bean Salesman (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 268: The Setsubun Bean Crisis
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The Bean Salesman provides ammunition for Setsubun battles between Oni and the Gods. Unfortunately he gets a bad batch of beans which ends up in the possession of Benten, who is going to use it in her annual attack on Lum. |
Anime Debut: None
Gosaku (---)
Voice: Satoko Kito (?), Michie Toizawa (?), or Shino Kakinuma (?), Issei Futamata (2022), Chris Hutchison (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 272: Big Bottle, Little Bottle
Anime Debut: Episode 161: The Magic Bottle! What's to Become of Me?
Voice: Satoko Kito (?), Michie Toizawa (?), or Shino Kakinuma (?), Issei Futamata (2022), Chris Hutchison (2022)
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Gosaku the Scarecrow is a 4th dimensional resident makes his living selling little bottles. But the bottles are not ordinary, they can shrink whatever you aim them at. Unfortunately no one seems to find the value in the bottles, and Gosaku begin to destroy his collection in frustration. |
Anime Debut: Episode 161: The Magic Bottle! What's to Become of Me?
Akamaru (赤丸)
Voice: Shinji Nomura (?), Issei Futamata (?), Sukekiyo Kameyama (?), or Tomohiro Nishimura (?), Rika Kinogawa (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 274: Mendo's Secret
Anime Debut: Episode 166: Scary! Is That an Octopus on Shutaro's Head?
Voice: Shinji Nomura (?), Issei Futamata (?), Sukekiyo Kameyama (?), or Tomohiro Nishimura (?), Rika Kinogawa (2022)
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Mendo's most adventerous octopus, but his adventures lead to him going missing and even worse, his seeming death. When his spirit comes back it attaches itself to Mendo's head and seems unwilling to move on. |
Anime Debut: Episode 166: Scary! Is That an Octopus on Shutaro's Head?
Assault Commanding Officer (突撃 隊長)
Voice: Kei Tomiyama
Manga Debut: Chapter 276: Space Invader
Anime Debut: Episode 167: Invader from Space! He's After Lum's Lips!
Voice: Kei Tomiyama
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This strange alien is dedicated to invading the Earth, and uses his power to transform into other people by kissing them. |
Anime Debut: Episode 167: Invader from Space! He's After Lum's Lips!
Cupid Seedling Saleswoman (---)
Voice: Yo Inoue (?), Sukekiyo (?), Yuko Shimizu (?), or Misuzu Ishida (?)
Manga Debut: Chapter 277: Cupid, Draw Back Your Bow
Anime Debut: Episode 170: Love Attacks! The Romance Never Stops!!
Voice: Yo Inoue (?), Sukekiyo (?), Yuko Shimizu (?), or Misuzu Ishida (?)
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A travelling saleswoman who visits Lum and gives her a Cupid growing plant that is destined to make whomever it shoots with its arrow fall in love. Complementing the Greek theme of Cupid, the saleswoman looks like a Greek statue of Aphrodite/Venus. |
Anime Debut: Episode 170: Love Attacks! The Romance Never Stops!!
Cupid Seedling (キューピー)
Voice: Hiroko Maruyama
Manga Debut: Chapter 277: Cupid, Draw Back Your Bow
Anime Debut: Episode 170: Love Attacks! The Romance Never Stops!!
Voice: Hiroko Maruyama
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This short lived creature is born from a plant and lives for a single day. It shoots arrows that make its target fall in love with the first person they see. |
Anime Debut: Episode 170: Love Attacks! The Romance Never Stops!!
Old Lady (ばあちゃん)
Voice: Miyoko Aso
Manga Debut: Chapter 279: Kitsune Takes A Bride
Anime Debut: Episode 174: I Want a Bride! The Little Fox's Love Adventure!
Voice: Miyoko Aso
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This little old lady lives in the countryside and regales Kitsune with stories and fairytales that he takes to heart in hopes of winning Shinobu's love. |
Anime Debut: Episode 174: I Want a Bride! The Little Fox's Love Adventure!
Hanakichi (---)
Voice:Kazuhiko Inoue (?) or Tomohiro Nishimura (?)
Manga Debut: Chapter 280: Planet Strong Food
Anime Debut: Episode 168: Space Survival! They Are the Eaters
Voice:Kazuhiko Inoue (?) or Tomohiro Nishimura (?)
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Hanakichi loses a bowl that conjures up food from his spaceships supply. When it lands on Earth the always-hungry students of Tomobiki make use of it, not realizing that its draining the supplies of the spaceship that orbits above their heads. |
Anime Debut: Episode 168: Space Survival! They Are the Eaters
Michiru (---)
Voice: Sukekiyo Kameyama (?), or Junichi Kanemaru (?)
Manga Debut: Chapter 281: The Problematic Blue Bird of Happiness
Anime Debut: Episode 172: Hard Selling Happiness! Out of Focus Blue Bird!
Voice: Sukekiyo Kameyama (?), or Junichi Kanemaru (?)
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One of two Space Cops who hunts the Bluebird of Happiness. |
Anime Debut: Episode 172: Hard Selling Happiness! Out of Focus Blue Bird!
Chiruchiru (---)
Voice: Sukekiyo Kameyama (?), or Junichi Kanemaru (?)
Manga Debut: Chapter 281: The Problematic Blue Bird of Happiness
Anime Debut: Episode 172: Hard Selling Happiness! Out of Focus Blue Bird!
Voice: Sukekiyo Kameyama (?), or Junichi Kanemaru (?)
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The second of two Space Cops who pursues the notorious criminal known as the Bluebird of Happiness. |
Anime Debut: Episode 172: Hard Selling Happiness! Out of Focus Blue Bird!
Bluebird (青い鳥)
Voice: Kaneta Kimotsuki
Manga Debut: Chapter 281: The Problematic Blue Bird of Happiness
Anime Debut: Episode 172: Hard Selling Happiness! Out of Focus Blue Bird!
Voice: Kaneta Kimotsuki
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This sly criminal gets close to people by promising to grant their wish. While he does do this, he does it in the most devious way possible, leaving the victim much less happy than they were before they made their wish. |
Anime Debut: Episode 172: Hard Selling Happiness! Out of Focus Blue Bird!
Former Teacher (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 286: Ten-Year Truth
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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This former teacher at Tomobiki High holds a seemingly terrible secret he's kept to himself for over a decade. |
Anime Debut: None
Fourth Dimension Cannibal (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 287: Picking Hangya
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A farmer of the mysterious fruit known as Hangya. This scary creature lives in the 4th Dimension and eats the flesh of people who happen upon its land. |
Anime Debut: None
Wishing Star (願い星)
Voice: Isamu Tanonaka, TARAKO (2022), Savanna Menzel (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 290: When You Wish Upon A Star
Anime Debut: Episode 177: Wish Upon a Star! The Winning Family's Consumer Panic
Voice: Isamu Tanonaka, TARAKO (2022), Savanna Menzel (2022)
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The Wishing Star is happy to grant the Moroboshi family three wishes on Tanabata, but everyone begins to squabble when it comes time to feed the wish into the star's mouth. |
Anime Debut: Episode 177: Wish Upon a Star! The Winning Family's Consumer Panic
Pigumo (ぴぐも)
Voice: Hirotaka Suzuoki
Manga Debut: Chapter 291: A Promised Kiss
Anime Debut: Episode 178: Special Delivery Kiss! Darling's First Jealousy!
Voice: Hirotaka Suzuoki
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A friend from Lum's past. Pigumo always had a crush on Lum and considers her his firt love. Havinb been turned into a frog through a game he played with a friend, Pigumo looks to Lum's kiss to transform him back. When it happens again in their teenage years, Pigumo comes to Earth in search of Lum's lips once again. |
Anime Debut: Episode 178: Special Delivery Kiss! Darling's First Jealousy!
Squid (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 294: Raging Pool
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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This giant squid and it's babies were sucked into a pipe that the Mendo family uses to feed their salt water swimming pool on the other side of the country from the Sea of Japan where it makes its home. |
Anime Debut: None
Wind Chime Tree Salesman (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: Chapter 297: Toll of the Wind Chime
Anime Debut: OVA: The Obstacle Course Swim Meet
Voice: ---
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This alien visits Neptune in hopes of buying the Wind Chime trees that grow there and generate cooling breezes. However the trees are actually an invasive species and when too many grow, gentle breezes turn to frigid storms. |
Anime Debut: OVA: The Obstacle Course Swim Meet
Sprite (妖精)
Voice: Kazuo Kumakura, Jun Fukuyama (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 299: The Sprite's Parasol
Anime Debut: Episode 186: Dreaming Ten-chan! The Great Adventure at the End of the Rainbow!
Voice: Kazuo Kumakura, Jun Fukuyama (2022)
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This little fellow loses his umbrella and becomes trapped in a puddle. He enlists Ten to get his umbrella back so he can escape in exchange for making one of Ten's dreams come true. |
Anime Debut: Episode 186: Dreaming Ten-chan! The Great Adventure at the End of the Rainbow!
Saizo (菜造)
Voice: Koichi Kitamura, Kappei Yamaguchi (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 302: The Electric Jungle - Part 2
Anime Debut: Episode 192: Come Quickly, Darling! Lum's Dangerous Marriage Talk
Voice: Koichi Kitamura, Kappei Yamaguchi (2022)
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Shingo's grandfather. He has incredibly bad eyesight and was separated from his grandson in the Mendo Estate's massive garden for years. Because of his poor sight, he often mistakes Mendo for his grandson. Because he's a gardener his name means "to create vegetables." |
Anime Debut: Episode 192: Come Quickly, Darling! Lum's Dangerous Marriage Talk
Magician (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 305: Magical Hat
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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This magician loses his magical hat to Kotatsuneko when he leaves it behind at a barber shop. |
Anime Debut: None
Kanna Hoshikuzu (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 307: The Star Prima's Balance
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A none too bright ballerina who dedicates herself to undergo strict training from Ryunosuke on how to stick her landings. Viz translates Hoshikuzu as "stardust." |
Anime Debut: None
Fushiana (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 307: The Star Prima's Balance
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The coach and owner of the Fushiana Creative Ballet Troupe. He's in the process of trying to decide who his next prima ballerina is, and must decide between Hoshikuzu and Hanagatsuo. |
Anime Debut: None
Tsumire Hanagatsuo (花鰹つみれ)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 307: The Star Prima's Balance
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A devious ballerina who sees Kanna Hoshikuzu as her rival. She goes out of her way to drop things on the ground to ensure Kanna never sticks her landings. Her name means "dried bonito shavings on fish dumplings". |
Anime Debut: None
Sato (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 312: The Runaway Turkey
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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An experimental turkey who escapes from a laboratory, Sato will double in size everytime he eats something. The Moroboshi family decide he's worth more to them as a future meal than in turning him in for the reward being offered. |
Anime Debut: None
Scientist (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 312: The Runaway Turkey
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The odd scientist who helped create the genetically modified Sato who can grow to enormous size simply by eating. |
Anime Debut: None
Kayo Okami (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 314: A Mature Love Story - Part 1
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A widow who once owned a dog that looked suspiciously like Mr. Fujinami. When she meets Ryunosuke's father its an instant attraction. Could she possibly be willing to marry into the Fujinami family?! |
Anime Debut: None
Hanakichi (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 314: A Mature Love Story - Part 1
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A smitten worker at Kayo Okami's petshop. He secretly longs for her, but fears losing her to Mr. Fujinami. |
Anime Debut: None
Sentaro (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 314: A Mature Love Story - Part 1
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Kayo's late dog who she loved tremendously. When she meets Mr. Fujinami her heart goes out to the man who so closely resembles Sentaro. |
Anime Debut: None
Shosei (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 318: The Legend of the Snow Cone
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A boy trapped for decades in a seemingly inescapable igloo. |
Anime Debut: None
Maiko Omaezaki (---)
Voice: Yuko Kobayashi
Manga Debut: Chapter 319: Date With a Spirit
Anime Debut: OVA: Date With a Spirit
Voice: Yuko Kobayashi
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The spirit of a dead girl who seeks out a handsome boyfriend in the living world. When she sees Tsubame, its love at first sight for her, and she haunts him, interfering with his romance with Sakura. |
Anime Debut: OVA: Date With a Spirit
Mamoru Maizuru (---)
Voice: Nozomu Sasaki
Manga Debut: Chapter 319: Date With a Spirit
Anime Debut: OVA: Date With a Spirit
Voice: Nozomu Sasaki
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A dead boy's spirit who happens to have known Maiko before the two experienced death at a young age. |
Anime Debut: OVA: Date With a Spirit
T-Shirt Salesman (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 322: Darling's True Feelings
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Another in a long line of alien salesmen who provides Lum with a rather loud t-shirt for Ataru to wear. |
Anime Debut: None
Lover's Cherry Tree (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 325: Sakura Mochi Over Flowers
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A legendary tree that exists in subspace. It loves love, and is happy to see the young couples who come to sit under it as it blossoms each year. |
Anime Debut: None
Taro (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 326: Mr. Mole Finds a Bride
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The pet of a Bell Saleswoman who gets separated from his mistress during a typhoon. After growing to an enormous size via Ten's candy, Taro goes after local girls. |
Anime Debut: None
Bell Saleswoman (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 326: Mr. Mole Finds a Bride
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A cute girl who lose her pet Taro during a storm. She seems to be in love with the mole, but is unaware that her co-worker who loves her looks just like a mole himself. |
Anime Debut: None
Bell Salesman (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 326: Mr. Mole Finds a Bride
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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This mole lookalike is in love with his co-worker and attempts to help her get back Taro, her pet mole. |
Anime Debut: None
Cursed Item Salesman (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 327: The Cursed Egg
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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This old man tries to resist selling a cursed egg to Ryoko, but her money quickly convinces him to part with it. |
Anime Debut: None
Taichiro (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 328: Lost Memories
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A boy who lives in the countryside near Kitsune. He gets amnesia and searches for someone with the only name he remembers: Shinobu. |
Anime Debut: None
Taichiro's Father (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 328: Lost Memories
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A local farmer in the countryside. |
Anime Debut: None
Fate Production Bureau (---)
Voice: Issei Futamata (?), Shinji Nomura (?), and/or Akira Murayama (?)
Manga Debut: Chapter 329: Open the Door
Anime Debut: OVA: Urusei Yatsura '87: Inaba the Dream Maker
Voice: Issei Futamata (?), Shinji Nomura (?), and/or Akira Murayama (?)
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A group of rabbits who take in Inaba and allow him to work alongsize them creating potential future timelines. |
Anime Debut: OVA: Urusei Yatsura '87: Inaba the Dream Maker
Kanidoraku (カニ道楽)
Voice: Masafumi Kobatake (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 335: Memory Timebomb
Anime Debut:Episode 20: Recovering That Which Was Lost
Voice: Masafumi Kobatake (2022)
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A crab teacher from Lum, Benten, and Oyuki's childhood. |
Anime Debut:Episode 20: Recovering That Which Was Lost
Hayatemaru (疾風丸)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 336: The Octopus Summoning Flute
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Ryoko's pet Saint Bernard. Hayatemaru is written with kanji meaning "strong wind" with "maru" being a common suffix used in names. |
Anime Debut: None
Carrier Pigeon of Love (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 337: Fly, Carrier Pigeon of Love
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Ordered by Ten to deliver a love letter to Sakura, as soon as the bird takes one look at his target he falls in love and decides to win her over for himself. |
Anime Debut: None
Headmistress (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 338: Fortress of Fastidiousness - Part 1
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The Headmistress of Keppeki Middle School, where Asuka Mizunokoji attends, takes security seriously. As the head of an all girl's school she is determined to keep boys off school grounds, which ends up making the school more like a fortress than an institute of learning. |
Anime Debut: None
Keppeki Teacher A (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 338: Fortress of Fastidiousness - Part 2
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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Another buddhist resmembling teacher at Kappeki Middle School. She doesn't seem to agree with all of the Principal's odd decisions. |
Anime Debut: None
Keppeki Teacher B (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 338: Fortress of Fastidiousness - Part 2
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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The third of the Buddhist trio at Keppeki Middle School. |
Anime Debut: None
Mr. Shiowatari (潮渡さん)
Voice: Kaneta Kimotsuki, Koichi Sakaguchi (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 341: Nagisa's Fiancé - Part 1
Anime Debut: OVA: Nagisa's Fiancé
Voice: Kaneta Kimotsuki, Koichi Sakaguchi (2022)
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A fellow beach afficianado who is determined to male uni into a global delicacy. His dedication to the seafood ends up costing both he and his son their lives. |
Anime Debut: OVA: Nagisa's Fiancé
Giant Sea Urchin (大ウニ)
Voice: Kosuke Echigoya (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 342: Nagisa's Fiancé - Part 2
Anime Debut: OVA: Nagisa's Fiancé
Voice: Kosuke Echigoya (2022)
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On the night of a full moon in summer the giant sea urchin comes to lay its eggs on the beach. Its tear is said to be able to bring the dead back to life. |
Anime Debut: OVA: Nagisa's Fiancé
Morning Glory Salesman (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 343: Revenge of the Morning Glory
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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This alien looks like a Morning Glory flower and demands to be drawn as part of other students summer projects. When Lum doesn't follow through with her duty to draw it, he seeks revenge many years later. |
Anime Debut: None
Observation Morning Glory Cyborg Homework Assignment No. 3 (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 343: Revenge of the Morning Glory
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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This alien looks like a Morning Glory flower and demands to be drawn as part of other students summer projects. When Lum doesn't follow through with her duty to draw it, he seeks revenge many years later. |
Anime Debut: None
Sherbert (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 344: Rage, Sherbert
Anime Debut: OVA: Rage! Sherbert
Voice: None
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Another alien life form from Neptune. These birdlike creatures grow sherbet cones as their beaks. Ran realizes this and decides to use them as a money making scheme. |
Anime Debut: OVA: Rage! Sherbert
Ao (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 345: The Horse and the Young Lady
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A horse spirit in search of its owner in hopes that she will ride him again and allow him to pass on in the afterlife. No boys are allowed on his back. |
Anime Debut: None
Buddha (大仏)
Voice: Kanuka Komei
Manga Debut: Chapter 347: Flower Petals of Love and Courage - Part 2
Anime Debut: Episode 41: Flower Petals of Love and Courage
Voice: Kanuka Komei
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The Buddha guards the path that Inaba must follow in order to gain his promotion within the Fate Production Bureau. |
Anime Debut: Episode 41: Flower Petals of Love and Courage
Bunny Girls (バニーガール)
Voice: Natsu Yoda, Yumi Hirota, Ahiru Ohira and Sara Matsumoto
Manga Debut: Chapter 348: Flower Petals of Love and Courage - Part 3
Anime Debut: Episode 41: Flower Petals of Love and Courage
Voice: Natsu Yoda, Yumi Hirota, Ahiru Ohira and Sara Matsumoto
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The bunny girls attempt to separate Shinobu and Inaba during his trial to attain promotion at the Fate Production Bureau. |
Anime Debut: Episode 41: Flower Petals of Love and Courage
Mono Horn (一角獣)
Voice: Yasuhiro Mamiya
Manga Debut: Chapter 348: Flower Petals of Love and Courage - Part 3
Anime Debut: Episode 41: Flower Petals of Love and Courage
Voice: Yasuhiro Mamiya
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Inaba has to battle against this huge boxing creature who guards the doorway that will let Shinobu and him reach the flower he is seeking for promotion. |
Anime Debut: Episode 41: Flower Petals of Love and Courage
Goat (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 352: Goat and Cheese
Anime Debut: OVA: Goat and Cheese
Voice: None
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Another in the long line of animals owned by the Mendo Family. This Goat is a ghostly spirit that appears in photographs as a herald of disaster. |
Anime Debut: OVA: Goat and Cheese
Old Woman (---)
Voice: None
Manga Debut: Chapter 355: The Search for the Secret Hot Spring
Anime Debut: None
Voice: None
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A devious old woman who seems intent on luring the students of Tomobiki to a hotspring that will transform them. In actuality she is a sly kitsune herself. |
Anime Debut: None
Upa (ウパ)
Voice: Kenichi Ogata, Cho (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 356: Boy Meets Girl; Act.1 Pitch Black
Anime Debut: Movie 5: The Final Chapter
Voice: Kenichi Ogata, Cho (2022)
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Rupa's great grandfather who makes a deal to marry his ancestor to Rupa's ancestors uniting their two families. |
Anime Debut: Movie 5: The Final Chapter
Lum's Great-Grandfather (祈祷師)
Voice: Koichi Kitamura, Banjo Ginga (2022)
Manga Debut: Chapter 356: Boy Meets Girl; Act.1 Pitch Black
Anime Debut: Movie 5: The Final Chapter
Voice: Koichi Kitamura, Banjo Ginga (2022)
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Near the end of the series, Lum meets her great grandfather for the first time. Apparently before Lum was born, his cold sleep chamber was carelessly put into storage when Lum's family moved. They only found it once Lum had come of age and it was too late for him to warn the family about Lum's fate. A long time ago Lum's Great Grandfather was travelling and starving for food. He met short man in black (Rupa's Great grandad). the man gave Lum's great grandfather two mushrooms that he could eat from but took the poison one. In exchange for the cure he would be forced to give up one of his daughters for marriage, but since he had no daughters the man in black would then wait until a girl was born into his family. That girl turned out to be Lum. |
Anime Debut: Movie 5: The Final Chapter
Sanjuro Kuribayashi (栗林先生)
Voice: Tessho Genda
Manga Debut: Chapter 47: The End of Sana
Anime Debut: Episode 16-1: Oh Lonely Teacher! First Appearance of Kuribayashi Sensei
Voice: Tessho Genda
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The principal of Tomobiki High (a different principal than the one mentioned on this site) hired this teacher to discipline the unruly kids. He is instantly hostile towards Ataru, which only compounds once he develops a lolicon complex over Lum. He only appears in the anime and fades away long before Onsen-Mark shows up. He was likely named after Tadamichi Kuribayashi, a general in the Imperial Japanese Army who fought at the Battle of Iwo Jima. |
Anime Debut: Episode 16-1: Oh Lonely Teacher! First Appearance of Kuribayashi Sensei
No. 2 Babe from Butsumetsu High (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Episode 64: Goodbye Season
Voice: ---
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The "Number 2 Babe from Butsumetsu High" attends Shinobu's group meeting at Dobu Salada of infamous high school students who are dedicated to keeping Ataru and Lum together so as to not upset the balance of relationships amongst high schoolers across Tokyo. Butsumetsu High is considered Tomobiki High's chief rival, and its gang boss Soban is a constant thorn in Shinobu's side. |
Anime Debut: Episode 64: Goodbye Season
Yumi Asano (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Episode 64: Goodbye Season
Voice: ---
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Yumi Asano is the "Number 1 Babe from Shakko High" another rival school to Tomobiki. She is part of Shinobu's group meeting at Dobu Salada of infamous high school students who are dedicated to keeping Ataru and Lum together so as to not upset the balance of relationships amongst high schoolers across Tokyo. Part of Shakko High School's uniform is their trademark white beret. Asano would be named in episode 91. |
Anime Debut: Episode 64: Goodbye Season
Ogin the Foxy Croquette (ケツネコロッケのお銀)
Voice: Ryoko Sakakibara
Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Episode 64: Goodbye Season
Voice: Ryoko Sakakibara
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The "Number 1 Babe from Sarinbo High" attends Shinobu's group meeting at Dobu Salada of infamous high school students who are dedicated to keeping Ataru and Lum together so as to not upset the balance of relationships amongst high schoolers across Tokyo. In episode 91 her name is revealed to be Ogin the Foxy Croquette. She is said to have led a peaceful coup d'etat at her high school and be in possession of the best butt in town. The character appears in Mamoru Oshii's Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters (立喰師列伝/Tachiguishi-Retsuden). Ogin's actress also portrayed Elle in Urusei Yatsura: Only You and would later play Sesshomaru's Mother in Inuyasha and Yashahime. |
Anime Debut: Episode 64: Goodbye Season
Franken 1 & 2 (---)
Voice: ---
Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Episode 64: Goodbye Season
Voice: ---
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A pair of twin bullies working with Tetsu Unbaba to ensure that Megane's plan to break up Ataru and Lum does not go through. |
Anime Debut: Episode 64: Goodbye Season
Tetsu Unbaba (ウンババの鉄)
Voice: Tessho Genda
Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Episode 64: Goodbye Season
Voice: Tessho Genda
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The leader of a pair of Frankenstein-like bullies who assaults Megane for trying to disrupt the stable relationships of high schoolers in Tokyo by breaking up Ataru and Lum. |
Anime Debut: Episode 64: Goodbye Season
Elle de Rosenbach (エル・ド・ローゼンバッハ)
Voice: Yoshiko Sakakibara
Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Movie 1: Only You
Voice: Yoshiko Sakakibara
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Elle is the antagonist from the first Urusei Yatsura movie, Only You. She is the lovely ruler of planet Elle. She tried to get married to Ataru, but Lum and the gang put a stop to her plan. Elle has a hobby that makes Ataru's dream of a harem seem moral in comparison. She collects all of the handsome men that have ever loved her and freezes them for storage inside a giant refrigerator. Because she's one of the most beautiful women in the galaxy, her collection had reached 99,999 men by the time of the movie. |
Anime Debut: Movie 1: Only You
Babara (ババラ)
Voice: Hisako Kyoda
Manga Debut: Chapter 71: Street Demon
Anime Debut:Movie 1: Only You
Voice: Hisako Kyoda
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An old woman who was Elle's nanny as a child. She now serves as Elle's second in command. |
Anime Debut:Movie 1: Only You
Ruu (ルウ)
Voice: Mitsuo Iwata & Justin Geer
Manga Debut: Chapter 71: Street Demon
Anime Debut: Movie 3: Remember My Love
Voice: Mitsuo Iwata & Justin Geer
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Ruu appears in the 3rd movie. He is a lonely young boy from the distant future who has been given incredible powers due to a crystal ball that he found. He meets Lum as a child while travelling through time. Later as he sees Lum with Ataru he decides to separate them indefinitely. But to his surprise he finds out that Lum is actually his ancestor. |
Anime Debut: Movie 3: Remember My Love
Lahla (ラーラ)
Voice: Sumi Shimamoto & Margaret Woodfield
Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Movie 3: Remember My Love
Voice: Sumi Shimamoto & Margaret Woodfield
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Lahla is Ruu's private tutor. Lahla knew of Ruu's relation to Lum and tried to put a stop to him altering the flow of time. |
Anime Debut: Movie 3: Remember My Love
Lupica (ルピカ)
Voice: Naoko Matsui & Jessica Miller
Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Movie 6: Always My Darling
Voice: Naoko Matsui & Jessica Miller
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Another alien princess who wields a bazooka and appears in the 6th movie "Always my Darling." Lupica wanted to obtain the fabled love potion but to do so legend had it that one must find the most lecherous man in the universe. A search for such a man turned up none other than Ataru Moroboshi. |
Anime Debut: Movie 6: Always My Darling
Rio (リオ)
Voice: Shinnosuke Furumoto & Tony Moore
Manga Debut: None
Anime Debut: Movie 6: Always My Darling
Voice: Shinnosuke Furumoto & Tony Moore
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The tofu vendor on a flying bike that Lupica wanted to use the potion on. Even though separated by class, they were good friends as children. As they got older, it grew into love for each other. But Lupica believed that Rio had no interest in her while Rio thought the same thing about Lupica. Because of this it caused a whole mess of problems for the Urusei Yatsura cast. |
Anime Debut: Movie 6: Always My Darling