Ashita no Joe/Characters

Character page for Ashita no Joe!

Anti-Hero: He tends to violently punch people without ever bothering to learn what the situation is about. This gets him a real violent punch from José Mendoza when he thinks Mendoza is using Carlos Rivera's retirement to promote himself and attacks the flyweight champion.
Badass: No doubt he is one of the best boxers of the world, and non-boxers tend to invariably being beaten by him.
Break the Haughty: It's hard not to feel even a little bit bad for him during the Juvenile arc, when it looks like Danpei has abandoned him (it's actually a Secret Test of Character).
Character Development
Defictionalization: Like Rikiishi, he got a real funeral with hundreds of people mourning. That's how popular this series was.
Famous Last Words: Before dying, he tells Youko to keep his boxing gloves. In some dubs, it's also a Dying Declaration of Love.
Go Out with a Smile
Heroic BSOD: After Rikiishi's death.
The Hero Dies
Heroic RROD: He dies from exhaustion in his final match.
Hot-Blooded
Japanese Delinquents
Jerkass: And how.
- Hidden Heart of Gold: He softens up somewhat during the Juvenile arc. Also he seems to genuinely care for the kids from Slum Town.
Kei Tomiyama: Movies
Nice Hat: His newsboy cap.
Peek-a-Bangs
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: After Rikiishi has passed away, Joe is afraid to hit his opponents in the head since that's what finished his rival.
Worthy Opponent: To Rikiishi.
Yoshito Yasuhara: Radio Dramas

The Alcoholic: One in recovery.
Bald of Awesome
Cool Old Guy
Eyepatch of Power
My Greatest Failure: Became a drunkard after the boxer who he spent years training for the championship threw the fight for money. He snaps out of it shortly after meeting Joe.
Nice Hat: Occasionally wears a fedora.
The Obi-Wan
Secret Test of Character: He makes it look like he has betrayed Joe for Aoyama, another prisoner. This is to get Joe to play defensively as well.

The Big Guy
The Bully / Fat Bastard: At first.
Character Development: Kinda subtle, but he was scared straight off-screen by rumors about the juvenile prison.
Gentle Giant
Japanese Delinquents

Non-Idle Rich: She is constantly trying to get more involved in the sport of boxing as a promoter, even with her grandpa trying to make her give up after Rikishi dies after his climactic fight with Joe.
The Ojou: She's a calm, soft-spoken girl from a rich family
Tall, Dark and Bishoujo: Though the art style of Only Six Faces make it harder to distinguish her from other characters, the male reaction to her presence clearly shows she is supposed to be incredibly beautiful, and she is certainly tall and dark-haired.

Badass
Heroic RROD --> Casualty in the Ring
Hideyuki Hori: Videogames
Japanese Delinquents
Lantern Jaw of Justice
The Rival: To Joe.
Worthy Opponent: To a point it's deconstructed. He destroys his body to keep himself on the weight to fight Joe on the same category. He ends up dying because of such herculean effort.

Non-Idle Rich: Youko's grandpa, Rikishi's boss, and the owner of the Shiraki Gym.

Flat Character: They have certainly distinguished character designs but act mostly as a collective or a source of small gags.
Morality Pet: Joe cares for them quite a bit.

Self-Made Orphan: Killed his father under a mistake.
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Can't stand the sight of blood due to the above incident.

Badass Spaniard: He is Venezuelan but is of Hispanic descent, and a very good boxer.
The Casanova: Is constantly trying to flirt with women when he can.
Put on a Bus: Vanishes after his fight with Carlos without a good explanation of what happened. All is said is that he returned to Venezuela.
Small Role, Big Impact: His fight with Joe isn't even an official one in the manga, but Joe's increasingly personal grude with Mendoza is born of the fact he was beaten by Mendoza so quickly.
Ryusei Nakao: Second series.