Sket Dance/Characters

A list of characters from the Manga and Anime series Sket Dance. Many characters have yet to be covered.

Yusuke "Bossun" Fujisaki


The founder and leader of the Sket-dan, nicknamed Bossun. When he puts on his goggles he is able to be in full concentration and saves the day. When talking about his special traits, the sket-dan tends to break the fourth wall, saying how he has nothing unique for a shounen main character. He is an amazing artist and has a bunch of expressions that are easy to read.

"Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yoshino"


 * The Ace
 * Adaptation Dye Job: His eyes were originally gold in the manga.
 * Adorkable
 * Awesome By Analysis
 * Brats with Slingshots: Weapon of Choice.
 * Butt Monkey
 * Iron Butt Monkey
 * Chaste Hero
 * Chronic Hero Syndrome
 * Crazy Jealous Guy: Whenever Himeko acts close to Kiri Katō.
 * Fourth Wall Observer: With Himeko.
 * Goggles Do Nothing: Averted, as while they don't have any special properties, they give Bossun an amazing ability to concentrate and focus.
 * They really don't do anything. The lenses are so old that Bossun can barely see out of them, but they help him block out distractions when he's trying to think.
 * Guile Hero
 * The Hero
 * Innocently Insensitive
 * In-Series Nickname: Bossun
 * The Kirk
 * Manly Tears
 * Messy Hair
 * Nice Hat:
 * Not So Different: To Tsubaki.
 * Oblivious to Love
 * Only Known by Their Nickname
 * The Rival: To Sasuke
 * Strong Family Resemblance: He looks exactly like his dad.
 * Tender Tears
 * Unresolved Sexual Tension: With Himeko.
 * Strong Family Resemblance: He looks exactly like his dad.
 * Tender Tears
 * Unresolved Sexual Tension: With Himeko.
 * Tender Tears
 * Unresolved Sexual Tension: With Himeko.

Hime "Himeko" Onizuka


Himeko is the violent "yankee"-girl with a soft spot for cute things. She is the fighter/brawn to the Sket-Dan. In her past she was called "Legendary Yankee Onihime" which became a symbol of "power and fear". Himeko seems to now have "calmed down" from her days of being the Onihime and has become the second-chief to the Sket-Dan.

"Voiced by: Ryoko Shiraishi"


 * Abuse Is Okay When It Is Female On Male
 * Action Girl
 * Badass Adorable
 * Charles Atlas Superpower
 * Collared by Fashion
 * Cute Bruiser
 * Cuteness Proximity
 * Death Glare
 * Delinquent: At first.
 * Fourth Wall Observer: With Bossun.
 * Genki Girl
 * Girls Are Really Scared of Horror Movies
 * Hair of Gold: Dye Hard variant, flashbacks have shown her with black hair.
 * Sort of justified that young delinquents in Japan tend to bleach their hair. In the present day, she probably keeps that look out of habit.
 * Hair-Trigger Temper
 * The Heart
 * Hot Amazon
 * I Call It Vera: Her field hockey canes: Valkyrie, Cyclone and Flagarance.
 * Kansai Regional Accent: She uses "atashi" rather than "uchi", though.
 * The Lancer
 * Mama Bear
 * The McCoy
 * Name's the Same: Possibly a Shout-Out to a certain other reformed delinquent who helps students.
 * Number Two
 * Purple Eyes
 * Red Baron: Onihime (literally "Demon Princess").
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Red to Switch's Blue.
 * Straight Woman: And it's Serious Business.
 * Team Mom
 * Terrible Artist
 * Tomboy
 * Trademark Favorite Food/Extreme Omnivore: The Pelopin lolipop.
 * Tsundere: Sometimes towards Bossun.
 * Unresolved Sexual Tension: With Bossun.
 * Weapon of Choice: A Field Hockey Cane.

Kazuyoshi "Switch" Usui


Switch is the brains and secretary to the Sket-Dan. He is an otaku (no matter how many times he denies it) that has information about EVERYONE in Kaimei-high. Switch appears to be the most serious of the group but his fooling around says other wise. He also has a strong belief in Science which is shown through his rivalry against Occult lover, Yuuki Reiko. The most unique thing about Switch is that he talks through a computer which is most likely due to Psychological trauma.

"Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita, Aki Kanada (young)"


 * Actor Allusion: His favorite Vizard is Kensei.
 * Bishonen
 * Celibate Hero:
 * Chick Magnet
 * Crazy Prepared
 * Frozen Face
 * Gadgeteer Genius: To a degree.
 * Large Ham: On Laptop
 * Megane
 * Nerds Are Sexy
 * Non-Action Guy
 * Only Known by Their Nickname
 * Otaku
 * Purely Aesthetic Glasses
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Blue to Himeko's Red.
 * Scary Shiny Glasses
 * Shipper on Deck: For Bossun and Himeko.
 * The Smart Guy
 * The Spock
 * Stoic Spectacles: His expression rarely changes despite what he types.
 * Tall, Dark and Handsome
 * The Voiceless: He communicates via text-to-speech with a laptop.
 * Tall, Dark and Handsome
 * The Voiceless: He communicates via text-to-speech with a laptop.

Hōsuke
An African Collard Scops Owl that was found injured by Saaya. He now resides in the club room as a pet of the Sket Dan.


 * Cool Pet
 * Feathered Fiend/Owl Be Damned: Averted as he's unusually docile for his species.
 * Team Pet

Student Council
The rivals of the Sket-dan, who uphold school rules and handle administrative duties, like the creation and funding of clubs. Within the Sket Dance world, there is a manga series about them, running in Shōnen Jump, and a tie-in game on Vivage City, a cellular phone game company.

Soujirou Agata
President of the Student Council and a Third year student. A very charismatic, laid-back individual, who seemingly does nothing as President. He entrusts most responsibilities to the Vice President, Sasuke Tsubaki. His IQ is around 160. His ability to read and understand people is used to manipulate them to do what he wants, such as motivating Bossun into competing with him seriously. This same ability is why he has the complete loyalty of Student Council members, Sasuke and Daisy. His performance in the Gachinko Vivage Battle's "Pixie Garden" match with Bossun shows that he is a good strategist, who learns quickly, and is adept at lying. Despite his ruthlessness, and professions that he isn't a nice guy, he's against cheating to win. He has a tendency to forget things he's said, such as the bet he pretended to make with Bossun to get him fired up.

"Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki"


 * Bastard In Sheep's Clothing
 * Big Brother Instinct
 * Brilliant but Lazy
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * My Sister Is Off-Limits
 * Obfuscating Stupidity
 * Ditzy Genius: He's actually this.
 * Signature Laugh: Ka Ka Ka
 * Student Council President:

Sasuke Tsubaki
The Vice President of the Student Council, who takes his responsibilities very seriously, even overzealously, willing to punch a hole in a wall and injure himself to get his point across. He believes that the Sket-dan is useless and should be abolished, leading to conflicts with Bossun. The two consider each other rivals and his desire to defeat Bossun and the Sket-dan motivate him to do things he wouldn't otherwise do. He is a skilled fighter, and the boxing club at their school wanted him on their team. He also researches his opponents weaknesses and uses them to his advantage.

"Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai (Drama CD), Hiro Shimono (Anime)"


 * Adorkable
 * Bare-Fisted Monk
 * Blind Without'Em: He wears contacts.
 * Catch Phrase: Fool
 * Chronic Hero Syndrome
 * The Comically Serious
 * Control Freak
 * Death Glare
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Messy Hair
 * Not So Different: To Bossun
 * Number Two:
 * Perpetual Frowner
 * The Rival: To Bossun
 * Stylistic Suck: Has absolutely no taste in fashion.
 * Tsundere
 * Stylistic Suck: Has absolutely no taste in fashion.
 * Tsundere
 * Stylistic Suck: Has absolutely no taste in fashion.
 * Tsundere
 * Stylistic Suck: Has absolutely no taste in fashion.
 * Tsundere

Kikuno "Daisy-Chan" Asahina
The Secretary of the Student Council, nicknamed "Daisy-chan." She is a Second-year student, who will do whatever Sōjirō tells her to do, from participating in the Gachinko Vivage Battle Tournament to going undercover on a Student Council Operation to catch a ring of blackmailers. She speaks harshly, and insults people on purpose, often saying things like "Drown in a gutter and die", or "Drown, die, revive, and die again." She has good aim, and relentlessly attacks without hesitation. While she seems calm and composed on the outside, she is quick to judge others, and thus, underestimate them. She doesn't handle failure very well, and will console herself by cuddling stuffed animals. She especially dislikes bothering other people, so she rarely asks for help.

"Voiced by: Aya Endo (Drama CD), Yuu Kobayashi (JP)"


 * Eye Poke
 * Fun with Acronyms: Usually she telling someone to die.
 * Girls Love Stuffed Animals: Goes into Heroic BSOD because her mom threw away her ripped teddy bear.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Meganekko
 * Stoic Spectacles
 * Perpetual Frowner
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
 * Tall, Dark and Snarky

Michiru Shinba
A Student Council Member responsible for General Affairs, and a Third-year Student. . He is a narcissist, who loves having his picture taken. He is popular with girls, and also has a very devoted fan club called the "Shinbals". He is an extremely good chef, considered "exceptional even among professionals." Michiru often plays the straight man opposite the quirks of the other student council and is also one of the few people who understands that Sōjirō has a manipulative side.

"Voiced by: Kosuke Toriumi (Drama CD), Kenji Nojima (Anime)"


 * Bishonen
 * Can't Hold His Liquor: He can't even stand the smell without getting drunk.
 * Casanova
 * Dude Looks Like a Lady: YMMV but he's easily one of the most feminine boys of the cast.
 * It's All About Me: Is a bit of a narcissist.
 * Straight Man
 * Supreme Chef

Mimori Unyuu
The Treasurer of the Student Council. Later become She's the wealthy granddaughter of the Unyuu Group's leader. She is competent enough to know how to allocate hidden funds for the Student Council, but this is countered by her desires to spend frivolously. She believes money is a means to all ends, from love confessions to winning competitions. Despite this, she considers herself an advocate of proper conduct, and even lectures Tsubaki for his uncivilized actions. Outside of her financial duties, she provides refreshments and first aid supplies to the other Student Council members.

"Voiced by: Atsuko Enomoto (Drama CD), Megumi Takamoto (Anime)"


 * Big Breasts, Big Deal: Type 5. She has G-cup breasts, but she's so airheaded she doesn't realize the blushing they cause to males, especially to Tsubaki.
 * Big Fancy House: Up to Eleven and beyond.
 * Buxom Is Better
 * The Ditz
 * Gainaxing
 * The Ojou
 * Perpetual Smiler
 * Screw the Rules, I Have Money: Her philosophy.
 * Show the Forehead
 * Spoiled Sweet
 * Uncle Pennybags

Hani Usami
A first year student who. Until she attended high school, she grew up in a family of mostly women and attended only all girls schools. Probably because of this, she developed a strange split personality where whenever she's touched by females, she's more withdrawn and finds men useless. But when touched by a man, she becomes overtly flirtatious towards men and outright opposed to women. This personality refers to herself as Bunny.


 * Does Not Like Men
 * Split Personality

Kiri Katō
, Kiri is a descendant of ninjas, and often referred to as the last ninja. He doesn't like to take orders from people, and takes down bad guys with his own brand of justice.


 * Alliterative Name
 * Bishonen
 * Hair Decorations
 * Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja
 * Ninja
 * Spear Counterpart: To Himeko, both were pretty much isolated in their Junior High days.
 * Undying Loyalty: Declares this to Tsubaki after much Character Development.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy

Momoka Kibitsu
She's the leader of the yankee girls, and claimed herself as the "Onihime".

She told her three followers to bring Himeko to the park near a train station to beat her up. She later then found out that the legendary "Onihime" was Himeko herself. After finding the truth, she became Himeko's follower and would only listen to her.

Later on, she becomes a famous voice actor.

"Voiced by: Marina Inoue"


 * Death Glare: Can pull a very intimidating one.
 * Dye Hard: When her and Himeko were accidentally turned into 27 year olds at the end of chapter 36, they both had black hair. That means they both bleach their hair, as part of the typical Japanese delinquent look.
 * Hair Decorations
 * Hair of Gold: More like strawberry blonde, but she fits after her Heel Face Turn.
 * Heel Face Turn: From a minor villainess to one of the Sket Dan's closest friends.
 * Idol Singer
 * Most Voice Actors Are Voice Actors

Roman Saotome
She's a shoujo manga eccentric, who despite being incredibly Genre Savvy to that particular genre, isn't able to draw it too well herself. Roman is able to change the world around her into a shoujo manga-type setting also, with her Roman-fog. She is also very aware that the cast in a story, and constantly breaks the fourth wall.

"Voiced by: Ai Shimizu (Drama CD), Ai Kayano (Anime)"


 * Breaking the Fourth Wall: Changes the whole perspective of the scene.
 * Art Shift
 * Fourth Wall Observer: Much to Bossun and Himeko's annoyance
 * Chewing the Scenery
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * The Ditz
 * Meaningful Name: Her given name comes from the english word "Romance", while her family name is derived from Otome games.
 * Improbable Weapon User: During the Ninja AU she used speech bubbles as shuriken and a shocking screen tone for electrical attacks.
 * Nice Hat
 * Reality Warper: Besides her tendency to Break the Fourth Wall, she can also create illusions, come out of Imagine Spots, and fast forward a Flash Back.
 * Terrible Artist
 * Wrong Genre Savvy: She literally sees everything around her as shoujo manga cliches.

Moe Yabasawa
A very overweight unattractive girl who seemingly doesn't care about her appearance and is a member of the cheer-leading club.

"Voiced by: Hitomi Nabatame (Drama CD), Megumi Toyoguchi (Anime)"


 * Acrofatic: Is in the cheerleading squad and shown to be a fast runner.
 * Big Fun
 * Fan Disservice: The anime seems to have fun putting her into in the fanservicey scenes with the other girls.
 * Fat Girl
 * Girlish Pigtails
 * Gonk
 * Meganekko
 * Non-Standard Character Design: She looks completely different compared to the other girls.
 * Special mention goes to her "3" shaped mouth
 * Verbal Tic: Yabasu

Shinzou Takemitsu
The captain of the Kendo Club and a self-styled modern-day samurai despite his proficiency with cellphones and computers.

"Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi (Drama CD), Kenta Miyake (Anime)"


 * The Captain: Of the Kendo Club.
 * Japanese Pronouns: "sessha"
 * Kendo
 * Perma-Stubble
 * Unusual Eyebrows
 * Verbal Tic: de-gozaru
 * Wrong Genre Savvy: Dresses and acts like a samurai from a period piece.

Reiko Yuuki
A member of the Occult Research Club who is knowledgeable about spiritual, suspicious subjects.

"Voiced by: Yuu Kobayashi (Drama CD), Fumiko Orikasa (Anime)"


 * Beautiful All Along: With some make up she's noted to actually be very pretty.
 * Captain Ersatz: Of Sadako from The Ring, something which the cast is very much aware of.
 * Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: Why does she believe in ghosts? Because she was one herself. Well actually a Shinigami.
 * Nightmare Fetishist
 * The Rival: The Supernatural To Switch's Science
 * Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl

Ayumi Kuramoto
A student who asks the Sket Dan for help in cheering Yagi up when the latter seems in dire straits. Also she takes Dante to Sket-Dan whenever he has a problem

"Voiced by: Mai Aizawa"


 * Bob Haircut
 * Ms. Fanservice: Somehow managed to become this in the anime, with two onsen scenes despite being an extra.
 * Satellite Character

Kaoru Yagi
A member of the broadcasting club best known for her ability to maintain a straight face during any situation.

"Voiced by: Kaori Nazuka"


 * Clear My Name
 * Creepy Monotone/Nerves of Steel: Is she able to express excitement over something!?
 * Meganekko
 * Perpetual Frowner
 * Spock Speak

Kiyoshi "Dante" Date
A Kaimei student and the vocalist for the visual kei band JardiN.

"Voiced by: Takashi Kondo (Drama CD), Gackt (Anime)"


 * Bishounen: Of course, since he's based on Gackt himself.
 * Celebrity Voice Actor
 * Fingerless Gloves
 * Freaky Fashion, Mild Mind
 * Multicolored Hair
 * Peek-a-Bangs
 * Raven Hair, Ivory Skin
 * Terse Talker: Speaks in one word/phrases, much to the frustration of Himeko and Bossun. Ayumi, however, doesn't have any trouble understanding him.
 * Visual Kei: Huge fan of it, and expresses himself using related words. But since this is Sket Dance, he's meant to be a Affectionate Parody of it.
 * You Gotta Have Purple Hair

Teppei Sugihara
A student who transfers to Kaimei High School in the first episode.

"Voiced by: Soichiro Hoshi (Drama CD), Daisuke Sakaguchi (Anime)"


 * Decoy Protagonist: The first episode was about him transfering to school.
 * Ink Suit Actor: A bit
 * Megane
 * New Transfer Student

Mitsuru Jougasaki
A troublemaker of Kaimei High School.

"Voiced by: Kentaro Ito (Drama CD), Nobuaki Kanemitsu (Anime)"


 * The Bully: In the first episode
 * The Chew Toy
 * My Name Is Not Durwood: Sket-Dan is constantly getting his name wrong

Chiaki Takahashi
The captain of Kaimei High School's softball team.

"Voiced by: Airi Sakuno (Drama CD), Satomi Sato (Anime)"


 * Big Eater: She ate 7 kilos of ramen on top of a large box of chocolates and a plate of biscuits. As per the trope she does not show any ill effects or weight gain.
 * Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": The Sket Dan often simply refer to her as "Captain".
 * The Captain: Of the baseball team.
 * Does Not Like Spam: Can't stand eggs.
 * Girlish Pigtails

Takako Shimada
An aspiring journalist who works on the school paper.

"Voiced by Yuuka Nakatsukasa"


 * Meganekko
 * Motor Mouth: When she's gonna give an interview, prepare for this.
 * School Newspaper Newshound: Is a member of the Newspaper Club.
 * Youthful Freckles

Akitoshi Daimon/ Enigman
A member of the school's Quiz Society that challenges other clubs to Quiz Battles. His personality changes whenever he dons his Enigman mask.

"Voiced by: Satoshi Hino"


 * Bishie Sparkle: A sparkling effect sometimes hover around him in the anime.
 * Bishonen
 * Blue Eyes
 * Game Show Host
 * Large Ham: When his mask is on, he's this.
 * Mask of Power
 * Shrinking Violet: When his mask is off, he's this.
 * Split Personality

Quecchon
Enigman's assistant during the Quiz Battles.

"Voiced by: Eri Kitamura"


 * Bare Your Midriff
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Lovely Assistant
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair

Saaya Agata
Agata's younger sister who becomes a Sket Dan regular after her initial appearance. She has a crush on Bossun.

"Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa"


 * Ascended Extra: Thanks to Adaptation Distillation in the anime.
 * Cuteness Proximity
 * Gainaxing
 * Girlish Pigtails
 * Ms. Fanservice: "It's like she's stepped out of a dating sim game."
 * Tsundere: Lampshaded and parodied extensively.
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Grade S

Koma Morishita
A shy and big first year student with uncontrollable strength.

"Voiced by: Mamiko Noto"


 * Abuse Is Okay When Its Female On Male
 * Big Breasts, Big Deal: Type 1.
 * Charles Atlas Superpower: Even more than Himeko! Played for Laughs.
 * Huge Schoolgirl
 * Misplaced Retribution: Has a tendency to get violent when embarrassed. Due to aforementioned Charles Atlas Superpower, this can have painful results (always for Bossun). The Sket Dan even come up with a name for it: the "Koma Cannon".
 * No Guy Wants an Amazon: Believes this trope will kill her chance of dating.
 * The Quiet One
 * Shrinking Violet

Kunio Yamanobe
An eccentric geography teacher who hires the Sket Dan to help him form a 'Genesis'club ('Genesis' being the name of a ball game taught to him by 'Master Won' similar to tennis, but involving a volleyball, and fishing nets), the idea was receded when Tsubaki explained that if the three were to start the 'Genesis' club, the Sket Dan would be disbanded. Later, Yamanobe taught them 'Hyperion', a part-chess part-DND board game which only male players seem to enjoy.

"Voiced by: Jun Konno (Drama CD), Nobuyuki Hiyama (Anime)"


 * Calvin Ball: whenever he makes an appearance expect him to make a weird game.
 * Serious Business
 * What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?: Usually.
 * Large Ham
 * Sensei-chan: A rare male example.

Tetsuji "Chu-San" Chuuma
A chemistry teacher and the homeroom teacher for class 2-C. He is the faculty sponsor for the Sket Dan, a fact he often uses to get them to do things for him. He frequently creates odd potions and explosives which oftentimes backfire.

"Voiced by: Hayato Nakata (Drama CD), Joji Nakata (Anime)"


 * Absent-Minded Professor
 * Education Through Pyrotechnics: Many of his experiments.
 * Mad Scientist
 * The Stoic
 * The Stoic

Remi Misora
A clumsy, often scatter-brained, woman who took over as a teaching assistant at Kaimei High School when Sayama went on maternity leave.

"Voiced by: Sakura Tange"


 * Beauty Mark
 * The Ditz
 * Dojikko
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Hair Decorations
 * Misplaced Kindergarten Teacher
 * Older Than They Look: Apparently she's 27, but she looks as old as her students. Actually, some look even older than her.
 * Sensei-chan
 * Sensei-chan

Junichi "J-Son" Sensei
A shop class teacher at Kaimei High School and the homeroom teacher for Class 2-B. Despite his frightening appearance, he has a fragile heart and gets nervous easily.

"Voiced by: Jurota Kosugi"


 * Face Of a Monster
 * Hockey Mask and Chainsaw: Parodied for his face actually looks like a hockey mask.
 * Shout-Out: Looks like the masked Jason and has the appopriate nickname J-son.

Akane Fujisaki
Bossun's mother.

"Voiced by: Akeno Watanabe"


 * Beauty Mark
 * Hot Mom

Rumi Fujisaki
Bossun's sister. Though she frequently treats him like her personal servant, she also genuinely cares for him.

"Voiced by: Yuki Kashigawi"


 * Annoying Younger Sibling
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Hair Decorations
 * Vocal Dissonance: Younger than Bossun, yet noticeably sounds older in the anime.
 * Zettai Ryouiki
 * Zettai Ryouiki

Masafumi Usui
Switch's younger brother. He is.

"Voiced by: Tetsuya Kakihara"


 * Megane
 * Megane

Sawa Yamauchi
Switch and Masafumi's childhood friend.

"Voiced by: Yumi Hara"


 * Beauty Mark
 * Break the Cutie: After.
 * The Ditz
 * Genki Girl
 * Victorious Childhood Friend: Sadly deconstructed. She and Switch liked each other, but.

Suzu Chuuma
Chu-san's daughter.

"Voiced by: Yui Ogura"


 * Hair Decorations
 * Mad Scientist's Cute Daughter
 * Shipper on Deck: For her father and Remi Misora.
 * Wise Beyond Their Years

Ryosuke Kirishima
Bossun 's father.

"Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yoshino"


 * Butt Monkey
 * Chronic Hero Syndrome
 * Disappeared Dad
 * Hot Dad
 * Messy Hair
 * Parental Abandonment: As a baby, his parents deserted him and he was raised at an Orphanage of Love.
 * Victorious Childhood Friend
 * Victorious Childhood Friend
 * Victorious Childhood Friend

Haru Kirishima
A close friend of Ryosuke and Akane.

"Voiced by: Masumi Asano"


 * Eyes of Gold
 * Heartwarming Orphan
 * Victorious Childhood Friend
 * Victorious Childhood Friend
 * Victorious Childhood Friend
 * Victorious Childhood Friend
 * Victorious Childhood Friend