Shuriken School/Characters

Eizan Kaburagi

 * Adorkable: Very much so.
 * Dork Knight
 * Arch Enemy: Has one in Naginata.
 * Butt Monkey: Especially in “Eizan’s Shadow” and “Class Photo”
 * Comic Trio: With Okuni and Jimmy B.
 * Delinquent Hair
 * The Heart: He’s the one who keeps Okuni and Jimmy’s quarrels in check. He’s rarely successful at this, though.
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: With Jimmy.
 * Kid Hero
 * Luminescent Blush: When he’s around Okuni.
 * Nice Guy: One of the nicest.
 * Silent Snarker
 * Twice Shy: With Okuni.
 * Weapon of Choice: His green ruler.

Okuni Dohan

 * Arch Enemy: The Kimura Twins.
 * Celibate Hero: The very thought of being in love is her Berserk Button, due to believing that Love Is a Weakness. It’s subverted though, since she has feelings for Eizan.
 * Cry Cute
 * Hair-Trigger Temper: Hell yes.
 * He Is Not My Boyfriend: Regarding Eizan.
 * Luminescent Blush: When around Eizan.
 * Only Sane Woman
 * She Cleans Up Nicely: Her kimono ensemble in "The Big Illusion" caused many of her male peers to become enamored with her. Those include Choki, Nobunaga, Daisuke, and even one of the Kimura Twins.
 * Surrounded by Idiots: In “Eizan’s Shadow”
 * The Smart Guy
 * Tomboyish Sidetails
 * Tsundere: A Type A, without doubt.
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: With Jimmy and, to a lesser extent, Ami.

Jimmy B.

 * Arch Enemy: His is Bruce Chang.
 * Black Best Friend
 * Blood Knight: He just loves getting into fights.
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: With Eizan.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He likes to break rules and screw with people, but he cares a lot about his friends and always ends up doing what’s right.
 * Jive Turkey
 * Shipper on Deck: He ships his friends Eizan and Okuni, and teases them about that.
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: With Okuni. They’re practically brother and sister.

Ami Saeki

 * Genki Girl
 * Joshikousei
 * Lovable Alpha Bitch: Bordering on Spoiled Sweet.
 * Sailor Fuku
 * Shipper on Deck: Like Jimmy, she ships Eizan/Okuni.
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: The girly girl to Okuni’s tomboy.
 * Tsundere: Type B. She’s normally very sweet, unless you’re Daisuke.
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: With Okuni. One day they have a Cat Fight, and another day they’re hanging out and talk about “girly” things.

Daisuke Togakame

 * Casanova Wannabe: He thinks he’s a pro at flirting, whereas he acts more of a Stalker with a Crush.
 * Handsome Lech
 * Hopeless Suitor: To Ami.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He’s an arrogant coward, but still a good person.
 * Lovable Coward
 * Narcissist: He’s concerned about his appearance (especially his hair) more than anything else.

Nobunaga

 * Beware the Nice Ones: He’s a very kind and sweet guy, but he isn’t someone to trifle with.
 * Big Eater: He’s almost always seen eating.
 * Butt Monkey
 * Fat Idiot: A benevolent version.
 * Gentle Giant
 * Kindhearted Simpleton: He may not be the most intelligent on the bunch, but he’s definitely a sweetheart.
 * Stout Strength: He’s a sumo wrestler, what do you expect?
 * Mighty Glacier

Marcos Gonzalez

 * The Comically Serious: He’s a Large Ham with a straight face.
 * Cool Shades
 * Funny Foreigner: He's latin-american.
 * Large Ham
 * Runaway Hideaway: The reason why he went to Shuriken. He’s running because a strange group, “Los Tres Santos”, are pursuing him for unexplained reasons.
 * The Stoic: He has the appearance of one. Then comes his Large Ham tendencies, and the stoicism goes out the window.

Jacques Morimura

 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * French Jerk: Subverted. He’s French, sure, but he’s actually pretty nice.
 * Funny Foreigner
 * Genius Ditz: He’s a ditz most of the time, but no one can beat him in subaquatic combat.
 * New Transfer Student: He’s a foreign student from France. He thought Shuriken was a diving school due to similar uniforms.
 * Reed Snorkel

Choki

 * Eyes Always Shut
 * Mind Over Matter: He has telekinetic powers.
 * Power Floats: He prefers floating over walking.
 * The Quiet One
 * Sleepyhead: He’s usually found sleeping.
 * Warrior Monk
 * Wise Beyond His Years: Justified (somewhat), since he’s a monk.

Pig

 * All Drummers Are Animals: He’s the only one who uses a drum.
 * Cry Cute: In "Phantom of the Kabuki"
 * Cute Mute: He’s adorable, and he never talks.
 * Petting Zoo People
 * Team Pet
 * The Voiceless: Compared to everyone else.

Vladimir Keitawa

 * The Ace
 * Adorkable: When dealing with women.
 * Big Bad: In “Eizan's Shadow” and “Class Photo”
 * The Comically Serious
 * Fake Ultimate Hero
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * The Grotesque: Especially when he yells.
 * Sadist Teacher: Bordering on Evil Teacher sometimes.
 * Sergeant Rock: Bordering on Drill Sergeant Nasty, given his tendence to apply Disproportionate Retribution.
 * Team Dad: Shares this role with Kubo.

Kubo Utamaro

 * Apathetic Teacher
 * Cannot Spit It Out: His feelings towards Kita-sensei.
 * The Eeyore
 * The Napoleon
 * The Stoic: No matter what mood he's in, he'll always talk in the same tone of voice and a straight face. Except when he’s with Kita-sensei.
 * Sugar and Ice Personality: He’s normally apathetic, but he becomes nicer and even sweet when Kita-sensei is around.
 * Team Dad: Alongside Vlad.

Kita Shunai

 * Action Girl
 * Hair-Trigger Temper
 * Lady of War
 * Oblivious to Love: She’s completely unaware of Kubo’s affection for her.
 * Stern Teacher: Unlike Vlad-sensei, she believes in fairness despite her arduous trainings.
 * Team Mom
 * Walking Armory: She’s skilled in using every weapon.

Shuriken’s Principal

 * Badass Grandpa: He's aged, sure, but he can and will kick ass if pushed.
 * Big Good
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He’s a goofball who is mostly concerned about money, but there’s a reason why he is the principal.
 * Expy: Of Mr. Krabs.
 * However, unlike him (or the flanderized one at least), he cares a lot for his students and the school staff, and he will put them above anything else.
 * Money Fetish
 * The Napoleon

Naginata

 * Arch Enemy: He deeply hates and resents Eizan, and wants to destroy him.
 * Black Magic: His character bio states that he's highly skilled at the dark arts, although this is more of an Informed Ability than anything else.
 * Jerkass: Well, duh.
 * Sleeves Are for Wimps
 * Smug Snake: He’s arrogant and smug to a fault.
 * They Call Him "Sword"

Bruce Chang

 * Blood Knight: Bordering on Axe Crazy.
 * Character Tic: Bruce can be spotted hunched over and grinding his teeth in anticipation of the fight in "Kubo's Secret".
 * Jerk Jock
 * Not So Different: As he's Jimmy's Evil Counterpart, Bruce is more reckless and mischievous than his teammates; but unlike him, his intentions are not so harmless.
 * Pet the Dog: He sleeps with a teddy bear, according with "Super Ninja".

The Kimura Twins

 * Finishing Each Other's Sentences
 * Pet the Dog: They are visibly moved to tears by Pig's violin-playing, as seen in "The Big Illusion".
 * Single-Minded Twins: To the point where their first names are never mentioned.
 * Sneaky Guys
 * Trickster Twins: Very much so.

Doku

 * The Brute
 * Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: According to his bio, his mom still brings him lunch every day.
 * The Quiet One: He rarely speaks.

Katana’s Principal

 * Big Bad: Or so he’s supposed to be.
 * Drill Sergeant Nasty: To the Katana students. Unlike Vlad, his methods of punishment are more abusive than comedic.
 * Glowing Eyes of Doom
 * Hair-Trigger Temper: He scares the hell out of the Katana students (sans Naginata).
 * Pet the Dog: He does care for his pet baby chick.
 * The Man Behind The Man: To Naginata.

Kazumi

 * Big Bad: In “Eizan’s Shadow”.
 * Bratty Half-Pint
 * Elephant in the Living Room: Nobody but Eizan's two friends and The principal and Katana School notices him.
 * Evil Redhead: Oh, yes.
 * One-Shot Character
 * The Napoleon

Torrence

 * Alpha Bitch: At first. She gets better.
 * All Guys Want Cheerleaders
 * Blondes Are Evil: Not evil, but a bitch, and she mellows out.
 * Genki Girl: Moreso than Ami.
 * Valley Girl

Missy and Casey

 * All Guys Want Cheerleaders
 * Evil Redheads: Again, not evil, and like Torrence, they mellow out.
 * Girl Posse: They’re Torrence’s.
 * Single-Minded Twins