Marmalade Boy/Characters

This is a character sheet for the famous shoujo manga Marmalade Boy! Expect Loads and Loads of Characters!

Koishikawa/Matsuura household
Miki Koishikawa
 * Clingy Jealous Girl
 * Heroic Self-Deprecation
 * Kawaiiko
 * Mariko Kouda
 * Michelle Ruff
 * Passionate Sports Girl: To a small degree. She's very athletic and a member of the school's tennis team, not to mention she's a rather decent player in her own.
 * Shorttank
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: She's the tomboy to Meiko, Arimi and Anju's girly girls.
 * Tsundere: To Yuu, at the beginning

Jin Koishikawa
 * Hideyuki Tanaka
 * Hot Dad
 * Supreme Chef

Rumi Koishikawa/Matsuura
 * Expository Hairstyle Change: Had borderline Rapunzel Hair when Miki was a little girl
 * Hot Mom
 * Lethal Chef
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo

Yuu Matsuura
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Hikikomori: Was this close to cross the Despair Event Horizon and become this
 * Poor Communication Kills: His Fatal Flaw. He also falls in the trap many, MANY times.
 * Ryotaro Okiayu
 * Secret Keeper: For
 * Sugar and Ice Guy

Youji Matsuura
 * Bin Shimada
 * Hot Dad

Chiyako Matsuura/Koishikawa
 * Cool Big Sis: To Miki, since she doesn't want to be pushy to her.
 * Hot Mom
 * Hiroko Emori
 * Hiroko Emori

Akizuki household
Meiko Akizuki
 * Brainy Brunette: Extremely booksmart, member of the literature club and the student council.
 * The Ojou / Spoiled Sweet
 * Star-Crossed Lovers: Her and Namura.
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: The girly girl to Miki's tomboy.
 * Tsundere: For Satoshi.
 * Wakana Yamazaki

Meiko's parents
 * Kiyoyuki Yanada: The dad's seiyuu.
 * Lady Drunk: Meiko's mother is seen once drowning her sorrows while verbally fighting with her much-hated husband.
 * Parental Neglect: They don't beat up Meiko, but are almost criminally neglectful of her. If not for their maid, Meiko would be all alone at home.
 * Your Cheating Heart: Both of them. The only reason they're not already divorced is that the Akizuki's wealth would be lost.
 * Your Cheating Heart: Both of them. The only reason they're not already divorced is that the Akizuki's wealth would be lost.

The Akizuki Maid
 * No Name Given
 * Parental Substitute: Treats Meiko with all the love and care her parents don't give her.
 * Playing Cyrano:

Toryu High School (students and teachers)
Ginta Suoh
 * Forceful Kiss: On Miki, once. She slapped him away.
 * Hot Blooded
 * Junichi Kanemaru
 * Operation Jealousy: With Arimi.
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend: To Miki.

Shinichi Namura "Namura: "I'm 8 years older than you.... oh boy.""
 * Big Brother Mentor
 * In-Series Nickname: "Natchan"
 * Older Than They Look: Meiko thought he was a student at first.
 * May-December Romance: Lampshaded when he and Meiko got together.
 * May-December Romance: Lampshaded when he and Meiko got together.


 * Star-Crossed Lovers: Him and Meiko.
 * Tall, Dark and Handsome

Ryouko Momoi
 * Hot Teacher
 * Shino Kakinuma
 * Trying Not to Cry: Does anyway when alone.
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend: For Namura.
 * Yamato Nadeshiko

Satoshi Miwa
 * Ascended Extra: Got far more screentime in the anime.
 * Hopeless Suitor: Come on, Miwa. Why are you after one of the few girls who doesn't like you that way?
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold
 * Student Council President
 * Tall, Dark and Snarky
 * Trickster
 * What the Hell, Hero?: On

Chigusa-chan
 * Meganekko
 * Satellite Character

Furutachi-sempai
 * Nice Guy: When not in "journalist" action
 * Nerd Glasses
 * School Newspaper Newshound: Which brings Miki and Yuu quite the trouble . To his credit, Furutachi immediately regrets the mess he inadvertedly caused and

Kyoto-sensei
 * Moral Guardians
 * Sadist Teacher

The Principal
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Reasonable Authority Figure

Other students
Arimi Suzuki
 * Aya Hisakawa
 * Clingy Jealous Girl
 * Operation Jealousy: With Ginta.
 * Passionate Sports Girl: Membress of her school's track team.
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend: To Yuu.

Tsutomu Rokutanda
 * The Chew Toy
 * Dogged Nice Guy: To Arimi
 * Hot Blooded
 * Large Ham
 * Ted Baxter

Kei Tsuchiya


 * Akira Ishida
 * Crazy Jealous Guy: Maybe the worst among Miki's suitors in regards to this.
 * Elegant Classical Musician: Plays the piano beautifully.
 * Kick the Dog:
 * Just a Kid: Miki thinks so. He's very unhappy about that.
 * Stage Mom: Both of his parents were this. He ran away from home because of their pressure on him.
 * Stage Mom: Both of his parents were this. He ran away from home because of their pressure on him.

Suzu Sakuma
 * Book Dumb: Horrible in math. Her cousin Satoshi gets Yuu to tutor her.
 * Clingy Jealous Girl: In the anime.
 * Forceful Kiss: On Yuu, in the anime.
 * Idol Singer: Sorta, she's a very famous child actress and model.
 * Kawaiiko
 * Mistaken for Cheating: She sees Kei hugging Miki and believes she's cheating on Yuu with him.
 * Sakura Tange: Her debut role.
 * Shipper On Deck: For  in the manga, mistakenly believing the first is in Unrequited Love with the latter.
 * Spoiled Brat

Anju Kitahara


 * Canon Immigrant: Was merely mentioned in the manga once, then got a mini-arc in the anime.
 * Elegant Classical Musician: Excellent violinist.
 * Expository Hairstyle Change: Used to have Girlish Pigtails, now has very short hair.
 * Ill Girl: Has a serious heart illness
 * Kikuko Inoue
 * Meaningful Name: Yuu calls her An-chan, in an allusion to Anne of Green Gables.
 * Plucky Girl
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend: To Yuu.
 * Yamato Nadeshiko: With the voice to prove it.
 * Yamato Nadeshiko: With the voice to prove it.

Yayoi Takase


 * Canon Foreigner: Created only for the anime
 * Crash Into Hello: How she and  meet in the New Years episode.

Kijima's shop
Takumi Kijima


 * Ascended Extra: Another chara that only was mentioned in the manga but got a more important role in the anime.
 * Benevolent Boss and Big Brother Mentor: For Yuu
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend: For Ryoko Momoi.
 * Victorious Childhood Friend: For Rei Mizutani. They're Happily Married when we meet them.

Rei Kijima (née Mizutani)


 * Canon Foreigner: Unlike her hubby, she was expresely created for the series
 * Cool Big Sis
 * Happily Married
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
 * Yamato Nadeshiko

Akira Mizutani


 * Big Brother Mentor: For.
 * Canon Foreigner: Like his older sister Rei.
 * Nice Guy
 * Tall, Dark and Handsome
 * Wataru Takagi
 * Wataru Takagi

American characters
Michael Grant


 * Crazy Jealous Guy
 * Chick Magnet: Played for Laughs
 * Forceful Kiss: On Miki, when she tells him "You're Just a Kid!"
 * Hikaru Midorikawa
 * Hot Blooded
 * Keet

Brian Grant


 * Badass Driver: Is pretty good behind a car's steering wheel
 * Butt Monkey: Slightly, as he comes off as more oblivious and childish than his other friends.
 * Crazy Jealous Guy: Though not as bad as Michael, and he gets over it quickly
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Hot Blooded
 * Jerk Jock: Pre Character Development
 * Lovable Jock: Afterwards
 * Oblivious to Love: Poor ...
 * Toshiyuki Morikawa

William "Bill" Matheson


 * Berserk Button: Never ever takes somebody else's feelings for granted in front of him. Did you hear it, ?
 * Big Brother Mentor
 * Camp
 * Nice Guy
 * Only Sane Man
 * What the Hell, Hero?: On Ginny, when he learns about  He's so pissed off that not only he calls her an horrible person, but he slaps her. Beware the Nice Ones, indeed.
 * What the Hell, Hero?: On Ginny, when he learns about  He's so pissed off that not only he calls her an horrible person, but he slaps her. Beware the Nice Ones, indeed.

Ginny Golding


 * Adult Child: Skirts the line
 * Book Dumb
 * Clingy Jealous Girl
 * Dumb Blonde: More like "selfish and childish blonde" than truly dumb.
 * Kick the Dog:
 * Lovable Alpha Bitch: While she is shallow and flighty, she's not completely evil.
 * Ms. Fanservice: Noticeably Hotter and Sexier than the other girls.
 * My God, What Have I Done?: After Bill and Doris express their anger at her.
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: The tomboy to Doris' girly girl.
 * Yuka Koyama
 * Yuka Koyama

Doris O'Connor


 * Brainy Brunette: Has light brown hair and is very perceptive and smart
 * Cool Big Sis: Specially to Ginny, whom she treats like a little sister. She isn't thrilled, however, as men only see her as a friend and not as a prospect girlfriend.
 * Only Sane Man
 * Silk Hiding Steel: Is pretty much an American and modern version of the Yamato Nadeshiko archetype
 * Shiho Niiyama
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: The girly girl to Ginny's tomboy.

Eddie and Chris


 * Big Brother Attraction: Chris, in a child-like way.
 * The Cutie: Both of them are adorable
 * Street Urchin