Ookiku Furikabutte/Characters

Nishiura

 * Foil - Nishiura's battery to Sakitama's battery.

= Jersey #1, Pitcher
= The Protagonist. He was bullied at his former middle school due to his old teammates believing that he was made the ace through favoritism, because his family owns the school. He is actually a very talented pitcher, with a large variety of pitches and excellent control, but his pitches are slow and his talents aren't easily recognized without the cooperation of the team.

The bullying he received left him an extremely shy, nervous, stuttering emotional wreck. (He gets better.)


 * The Ace - sort of?
 * Adorkable - And HOW.
 * All of the Other Reindeer
 * Apologizes a Lot
 * The Atoner: Mihashi is determined to make up for monopolizing the mound at Mihoshi by becoming a "real" ace this time.
 * Broken Ace - at first.
 * Big Eater
 * Big Fancy House - which he lives in with his family.
 * Book Dumb
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer
 * Cannot Spit It Out
 * Character Development
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Cowardly Lion
 * Determined Defeatist
 * Dojikko - Improves with time
 * Extreme Doormat
 * Face Your Fears - "there's no place to hide on the mound."
 * Foil - to Haruna; the battery he forms with Abe is foiled by Sakitama's battery.
 * Four-Temperament Ensemble - supine.
 * Fragile Flower
 * Friendless Background
 * Friendly Rivalry - with Kanou, Mihoshi's pitcher and his childhood friend.
 * Guilt Complex - he believes it was completely his fault that Mihoshi lost every game in middle school.
 * Heavy Sleeper - when he's really tired.
 * Heroic Self-Deprecation
 * It's All My Fault - has to be repeatedly told by Abe that it's not.
 * Lovable Coward
 * Naughty Nurse Outfit - is later revealed to have a nurse fetish.
 * Nervous Wreck
 * Odd Friendship - with Tajima.
 * Shrinking Violet
 * Sleepyhead
 * Unusual Eyebrows - they're squiggles!
 * Weak but Skilled
 * Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? - Is scared of dogs
 * Workaholic - has to be told not to practice past his pitch limit.
 * Workaholic - has to be told not to practice past his pitch limit.

= Jersey #2, Catcher
= Abe is an analytical control freak with a short temper and a penchant for yelling. When he was in middle school he got partnered up with Haruna Motoki, a pitcher with great speed but no control, and who wouldn't listen to his directions. This has left him with some issues.

Abe is one of the members of the team who has had the most experience. He is good at batting as well.


 * Anger Born of Worry - Part of the reason why he snaps at Mihashi
 * Berserk Button - Mihashi's sniveling pisses him off.
 * Big Eater - So much that he puts on 4kg in 3 days when healing up from an injury.
 * The Chessmaster
 * Control Freak
 * Fan Nickname - Known among Japanese fans as "Kimobe" i.e. 'kimoi'(creepy)+ Abe. Comes with custom smiley: 仝ω仝
 * Hair-Trigger Temper
 * Heel Realization - Realizes in episode 25 that his relationship with Mihashi is borderline abusive.
 * I Can Still Fight -
 * I'm Okay:
 * Ineffectual Loner:
 * Lethal Chef
 * Oblivious to Love -
 * It's Personal - between him and Haruna.
 * Spiky Hair
 * The Strategist
 * Tareme
 * Younger Than They Look - is one of the youngest guys on the team

= Jersey #3, First Base, Reserve pitcher
= Oki is third in the batting order, and the only left-handed player on the team. He's also one of the reserve pitchers, since he's one of the only players on the team with experience, although he was reluctant to admit it and doesn't wish to pitch in official games. He's shy, and classmates with Nishihiro.


 * Non-Standard Character Design - his nose
 * Shrinking Violet - he's the one to clue Abe in on the fact that his volume could be intimidating to Mihashi.

= Jersey #4, Second Base
= Sakaeguchi is a really Nice Guy. He's one of the other more experienced players on the team. He and Abe attended the same middle school, but they didn't meet until the day of the entrance exams.

He is very good at bunting, and is described in canon as being closest to Suyama.


 * Celeb Crush - Has a thing for Halle Berry.
 * Nice Guy
 * Translator Buddy - between Abe and Mihashi.

= Jersey #5, Third Base, Cleanup hitter, Reserve catcher
= Tajima is one of the best players on the team, if not the best player on the team. He can hit with incredible accuracy, and, as he says in one of the early games, he's never seen a pitch he couldn't hit by the end of a game.

He's also a hyperactive Bunny Ears Lawyer who (tries to) strip in public and says inappropriate things occasionally.


 * A Date with Rosie Palms - More than once a day is his normal regimen.
 * The Ace - not in the same way as Mihashi, though.
 * Book Dumb
 * Big Brother Instinct
 * Big Eater
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer - Tajima is the most accurate hitter on the team and a baseball prodigy
 * Challenge Seeker
 * Cloudcuckoolander - he doesn't seem to have a brain-to-mouth filter and occasionally strips in public; Hanai has to yell at him to make sure he doesn't get naked during practice where he can be seen from the street and Momokan has to stop him from getting naked in the stands at a game.
 * Did I Just Say That Out Loud? - if it came from anyone else.
 * The Ditz
 * Hormone-Addled Teenager
 * Hot for Teacher -
 * The Idealist - though nobody's sure if it's from stupidity or optimism.
 * I Thought Everyone Could Do That!
 * Massive Numbered Siblings - He's the last of 5 kids.
 * Odd Friendship - with Mihashi.
 * Pint-Sized Powerhouse
 * The Rival - to Hanai. He doesn't realize/notice, though he does envy Hanai's height.
 * Unknown Rival
 * Too Much Information
 * Translator Buddy - sometimes for Mihashi and Abe.
 * Weak but Skilled - He's the smallest member of the team, so he can't score alone.
 * You Keep Using That Word - and he uses it strictly.
 * Youthful Freckles

= Jersey #6, Shortstop
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 * The Generic Guy - Probably the least remarkable of the team members
 * Holding Hands - what he'd like to do if he ever gets a girlfriend.

= Jersey #7, Left Field
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 * All Love Is Unrequited -

= Jersey #8, Right Field
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 * Deadpan Snarker - sometimes.
 * Only Sane Man - he's "used to" Mihashi and Tajima.
 * Youthful Freckles - Word of God states they're intended to be pimple scars, but fans assumed they were freckles.

= Jersey #9, Center Field, Reserve Pitcher
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 * Always Someone Better - to Tajima.
 * Compressed Vice: Starts out as a misogynist, a trait that quickly disappears
 * Embarrassing First Name - his first name is Azusa, which is more common as a girls' name. He even makes his mom call him by his last name!
 * Gender Blender Name
 * Hot for Teacher - Sorta. Has an "English teacher" fetish.
 * Inferiority Complex - to Tajima.
 * Jerkass - upon introduction.
 * The Captain
 * Team Mom

= Jersey #10, Bench, Third base coach
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 * The Generic Guy - if you see someone from Nishiura and can't identify them, it's probably him
 * The Smart Guy

= Coach
= Momokan is Nishiura's coach. She's also a graduate of Nishiura, and was the manager of the baseball club while she was a student. She works side jobs to help raise money, and also plans on spending her savings on new equipment for the team. It is later revealed that she is a trained nurse.


 * Big Breasts, Big Deal - Type 3
 * The Chessmaster
 * Manipulative Bastard - manipulated Tajima into being backup catcher and so skillfully he doesn't even notice. She also tricked Abe into getting to know Mihashi, and Hanai into joining the team at all.
 * Mission Control
 * Most Common Superpower
 * Tranquil Fury
 * Tsurime Eyes
 * Unusual Eyebrows - they curve downwards.

= Ouendan leader
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 * The Cheerleader - A male example
 * Cool Loser
 * Harem Seeker - It's his fantasy, though he doesn't actively pursue it.

= Manager
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 * All Love Is Unrequited -
 * * Cute Sports Club Manager
 * Intergenerational Friendship - apparently, with Shiga-po

= Faculty supervisor
= Shiga is a math teacher at Nishiura. He teaches the team meditation techniques.


 * Cool Teacher
 * Dan Browning - pretty much anything he says.
 * Intergenerational Friendship - with Chiyo

= Jersey #9, Pitcher
= Kanou is Mihashi's childhood friend. They attended Mihoshi together. Kanou was the backup pitcher on the team, and Mihashi was the reason he couldn't pitch;


 * Friendly Rivalry - with Mihashi.
 * Tsurime Eyes

= Jersey #4, First Base
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 * The Big Guy
 * Kansai Regional Accent

= Jersey #5, Catcher
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 * Jerkass

Ruri Mihashi
Mihashi's cousin. He lived with her family while he was going to Mihoshi. He told her not to come to his middle school baseball games.

= Jersey #2, Catcher
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 * Like an Old Married Couple - Riou says this about him and Junta in the manga.

= Jersey #10, Pitcher
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 * Like an Old Married Couple - Riou says this about him and Junta in the manga.
 * The Tell - Makes distinctive motions when he's pitching and when he's picking off.

= Backup catcher
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 * Bishonen
 * But Not Too Foreign
 * Theme Naming: Named after Rio de Janeiro

= Jersey #9, Pitcher
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 * The Ace - Helped raise Musashino from a no-name team to finalists in the prefectural tournament.
 * Character Development - Has changed dramatically from his middle-school jerk days to his current self, though Abe has yet to forgive him.
 * Jerk Jock
 * Reformed but Rejected - Offers Abe an apology for his jerk behavior after the, but Abe is not placated.
 * Tsurime Eyes

= Jersey #1, Pitcher
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 * Can't Catch Up

= Catcher
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 * Meganekko
 * Nice Guy

= Jersey #5, Third base
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= Manager
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 * Beast and Beauty - Dating the ugly captain.
 * Cute Sports Club Manager

Sakitama

 * Foil - to the Nishiura team and battery - Nishuira is a motivated team and Abe is a great pitch-caller, and Mihashi is passionate about pitching; the Sakitama team is so relaxed you never even see their coach, Daichi's not very good at being a catcher, and Ichihara isn't that attached to being pitcher.

= Jersey #1, Pitcher
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 * Foil - To Mihashi

= Jersey #2, Catcher
= Daichi is Sakitama's catcher. He has a good throwing arm, but he's not a very good pitch-caller and Ichihara chakes off his signs often. He's a first-year, and he's huge, but despite his size he actually cries really easily and worries a lot.


 * The Big Guy
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Cry-Baby
 * Dumb Muscle - he's basically like Tajima, if Tajima was tall.
 * Dumb Jock
 * Fast Friends - with Tajima. In the middle of the Sakitama game. While on base.
 * Foil - to Abe.
 * Massive Numbered Siblings - Like Tajima, one of 5.

= Jersey #3, First Base
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= Jersey #6, Shortstop
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= Assistant Coach
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 * Big Brother Bully - To Rio.
 * Camp Cook
 * Jerkass
 * Theme Naming: Named after Cabo da Roca

= Coach
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= Catcher
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