Kimi to Boku/Characters
The characters of the anime and manga series Kimi to Boku:
Main Characters
Kaname Tsukahara
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Voiced by: Yuki Ono, Yumi Uchiyama (young) |
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The straight-laced and apparent Only Sane Man of his group of childhood friends, Kaname is a studious person, being both Class Representative and Student Council President, and is often the joke of his friends.
- Almost Kiss: With Hisako in Chapter 61.
- Bishounen
- Berserk Button/Hair-Trigger Temper
- Butt Monkey
- Childhood Friends: With Shun, Yuki, Yuta, and Hisako.
- Class Representative
- Gender Blender Name
- In-Series Nickname: "Kaname-chi."
- Likes Older Women: So far, he's only had crushes on two older women--his preschool teacher and his neighbor's sister. This is subverted with his recent Ship Tease and Almost Kiss with Hisako, who is a few years younger than him.
- Love Triangle: Is in a Sibling Triangle and a Triang Relations Type 5 with Hisako as (A), himself as (B), and Shizuna as (C), which may have changed to Type 1, given his Ship Tease with Hisako.
- Megane
- Memento MacGuffin: A photo of Hisako, Hisako's sister Shizuna, and himself. This hints at his feelings for Shizuna.
- Oblivious to Love: Doesn't notice Hisako too much. At first.
- Only Sane Man
- Precocious Crush: Had a crush on his preschool teacher when he was a child.
- Ship Tease: With Hisako in Chapter 60 and Chapter 61.
- Sibling Triangle: Is in the middle of one as he is the oblivious object of Hisako's affections while the object of his affections is Hisako's older sister Shizuna.
- Sick Episode: In Chapter 7/Episode 4.
- Spoiled Sweet: A rare male example. Though, Yuki and Yuta often make it look like he's really a Spoiled Brat.
- Straight Man
- Student Council President
- Surrounded by Idiots
- Tsundere
Shun Matsuoka
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Voiced by: Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Mari Hino (young) |
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An effeminate young man and fellow childhood friend to Kaname, Yuki, and Yuta. He is kindhearted and is sometimes mistaken for a girl.
- Bishounen
- Childhood Friends: To Kaname, Yuki, and Yuta.
- Cloudcuckoolander
- Curtains Match the Window
- The Cutie
- Dude Looks Like a Lady
- In-Series Nickname: "Shun-chan."
- In Touch with His Feminine Side: Shun is more girly than most girls.
- Keet
- Long-Haired Pretty Boy: At first.
- Love Triangle: Is in a Triang Relations Type 5 with Chizuru as (A), Masaki as (B), and himself as (C).
- Nice Guy
- Oblivious to Love: Doesn't notice Masaki too much and only regards her as a friend.
- Redheaded Hero
- Unsettling Gender Reveal: Unintentionally to Chizuru.
- Wrong Guy First: Likely in Masaki's case as her feelings for him are unrequited and she's slowly beginning to notice Chizuru.
Yuki Asaba
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Voiced by: Ryohei Kimura, Akane Ueda (young) |
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One of the twins. Yuki has poor social skills but has great athleticism. He only does things if he gains something in return.
- All Love Is Unrequited: He develops some interest akin to a crush on the pretty school cafeteria worker Kayo, but she seems oblivious to his feelings and ends up leaving the school and moving away in order to pursue her career as a hair stylist.
- Big Brother Worship: He has quite the brother complex when it comes to Yuta.
- Bishounen
- Brilliant but Lazy: VERY LAZY.
- Chick Magnet
- Childhood Friends: To Kaname, Shun, and Yuta.
- Cloudcuckoolander
- Curtains Match the Window
- Deadpan Snarker
- Gender Blender Name
- Genius Ditz/Idiot Savant: Is surprisingly good with sports when he actually puts some effort into it.
- In-Series Nickname: "Yukki."
- Likes Older Women: Seemed awfully interested in the cafeteria worker Kayo.
- Not Good with People: He's not good at conversing with others beyond his group of friends and has to be forced into joining a school club. When he becomes interested in Kayo, he denies the idea of her being "pretty/beautiful" in his head and initially ignores her when he learns she is leaving the school.
- Otaku: People are always surprised that he's such an anime and manga geek considering he's not your stereotypical wierd and unpopular anime-nerd.
- Single-Minded Twins: Subverted for Yuta is the more responsible one.
- The Stoic
- Theme Twin Naming
Yuta Asaba
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Voiced by: Kouki Uchiyama, Yuuko Mori (young) |
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One of the twins. Yuta is the older twin, apparently the leader between the two and seemingly more mature than the rest of his friends.
- Bishounen
- Childhood Friends: To Kaname, Shun, and Yuki.
- Cloudcuckoolander
- Curtains Match the Window
- Dance of Romance: With Takahashi during the sports festival.
- Deadpan Snarker
- In-Series Nickname: "Yutan."
- Secret Relationship: Was in one with Takahashi in Chapter 9/Episode 7. He continues to have some Ship Tease with her in later chapters, though.
- Sick Episode: Had one in a flashback in Chapter 4/Episode 3.
- Single-Minded Twins: Subverted since Yuki is the lazy one.
- The Stoic
- Theme Twin Naming
Chizuru Tachibana
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Voiced by: Miyu Irino, Mana Hirata (young) |
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A New Transfer Student who briefly played with Yuki when they were children. He joins the boys' group.
- All Love Is Unrequited: Masaki is oblivious to his feelings. Not so much after he confesses to her.
- Amusing Injuries: Is often the victim of this.
- Beauty Mark: He has one below his right eye and considers it his most "attractive" feature.
- Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Masaki.
- Blue Eyes
- Book Dumb
- But Not Too Foreign: He's half-German and half-French.
- Butt Monkey: He is often the brunt of many physical attacks from Kaname or Masaki.
- Cannot Spit It Out: His feelings for Masaki.
- Casanova Wannabe
- Chivalrous Pervert
- Dance of Romance: With Masaki during the sports festival.
- Dogged Nice Guy
- Gender Blender Name
- Green-Eyed Epiphany/Green-Eyed Monster: Only starts realizing his feelings for Masaki when he notices that she's in love with someone else.
- Hair of Gold
- Hot-Blooded
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: He helps Masaki with her affections for Shun several times in order to make her happy (e.g. retrieving her bear key chain and cheering her up when she gets upset over Shun). Subverted in that that doesn't mean he won't stop pursuing her romantically.
- Idiot Hero
- In-Series Nickname: "Monkey Boy."
- It's All About Me
- Keet
- Love Triangle: Is in a Triang Relations Type 5 with himself as (A), Masaki as (B), and Shun as (C).
- New Transfer Student
- Sick Episode: In Chapter 44.
- Tsundere
Supporting Characters
Masaki Satou
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Voiced by: Miyuki Satou |
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A first year high school student who is initially prideful and dislikes Shun. She soon develops a crush on him.
- All Love Is Unrequited: Shun is oblivious to her feelings.
- Because You Were Nice to Me/Single Woman Seeks Good Man: The reason why she falls for Shun. And Chizuru.
- Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Chizuru.
- Cannot Spit It Out: Her feelings for Shun.
- Curtains Match the Window
- Dance of Romance: With Chizuru during the sports festival.
- Dogged Nice Girl
- Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Her initial attitude, noted in her reaction to Shun giving her a bandage for her knee injury.
- Everyone Can See It
- Girlish Pigtails
- In-Series Nickname: "Mary."
- Love Interest: She is this to Chizuru. Her own love interest Shun, on the other hand, is oblivious of her affections.
- Love Triangle: Is in a Triang Relations Type 5 with Chizuru as (A), herself as (B), and Shun as (C).
- Memento MacGuffin: A bear key chain that she received from Shun.
- Oblivious to Love: Doesn't notice Chizuru too much. She starts to notice him more after he confesses to her and openly displays his affection to her.
- One Head Taller: Next to both of her Love Interests. Or any of the guys. She's just really short.
- Pettanko
- Plucky Girl
- Tsundere
Koichi Azuma
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Voiced by: Kosuke Toriumi |
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The boys' teacher at Hamare High School. Koichi is cool and is a role model to others. He was an alumni at the school alongside his best friend Akira.
- Bishonen
- Childhood Friends: With Akira.
- Cool Teacher
- Curtains Match the Window
- Demoted to Extra: Appears less prominently in the anime due to almost all of his flashbacks with Akira not being shown in the first season.
- Heterosexual Life Partners: With Akira.
- Hot Teacher
- Megane
- Mistaken for Aliens: Unknowingly by Akira when they first met.
- New Transfer Student: When he transfers into Akira's class in elementary school.
- Nice Guy
- Odd Friendship: With Akira.
Akira
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Voiced by: Yuuki Kaji |
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Koichi's best friend.
- Bishonen
- Book Dumb
- Bratty Half-Pint
- Brutal Honesty
- Childhood Friends: With Koichi.
- Demoted to Extra: In the anime, anyway. He appears less prominently (and more so than Koichi) due to the first season not showing the flashbacks of his younger years with Koichi (aside from the minor preschool visiting one) and decreasing his screen time in the episode he properly debuts in.
- Heterosexual Life Partners: With Koichi.
- Hypocritical Humor: Akira's teasing towards Chizuru's height as the "Chocobanana" guy comes off as this.
- Odd Friendship: With Koichi.
- Older Than They Look: In high school, he was short and resembled a child. Present day and nearing his thirties, he looks like a teenager.
- No Indoor Voice: His default mode of speaking.
Hisako Aida
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Voiced by: Sayuri Yahagi |
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Kaname's neighbor and childhood friend.
- All Love Is Unrequited: She likes Kaname, but he's in love with her sister. He starts to notice her in Chapter 60, though.
- Childhood Friends: With Kaname.
- Girl Next Door: To Kaname.
- Love Triangle: Is in a Sibling Triangle and a Triang Relations Type 5 with herself as (A), Kaname as (B), and Shizuna as (C), which may have changed to Type 1, given Kaname's Ship Tease with her.
- Patient Childhood Love Interest
- Ship Tease: With Kaname in Chapter 60 and Chapter 61.
- Show the Forehead
- Sibling Triangle
- Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
- Tsundere
- Unlucky Childhood Friend: With their recent Ship Tease, this is possibly subverted.
Shizuna Aida
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Voiced by: Mamiko Noto |
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Hisako's older sister.
- Cool Big Sis
- Curtains Match the Window
- Love Triangle: Is in a Sibling Triangle and a Triang Relations Type 5 with Hisako as (A), Kaname as (B), and herself as (C), which may have changed to Type 1, given Kaname's Ship Tease with Hisako.
- Nice Girl
- No Name Given: In the manga, she only goes by the name "Oneesan" on her character bio. The anime gives her a name.
- Oblivious to Love/Selective Obliviousness: In regards to Kaname's feelings for her.
- Sibling Triangle
- Yamato Nadeshiko
Other Characters
Kaori-sensei
The gang's (minus Chizuru) kindergarten teacher. Kaname had a Precocious Crush on her.
- Hot Teacher
- Nice Girl
- Ship Tease: A bit with Koichi.
Rina Takahashi
A girl who confesses to Yuta. They briefly go out together.
- Brown Eyes
- Character Development
- Dance of Romance: With Yuta during the sports festival.
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Decides to break up with Yuta because she felt it was wrong to force him to continue dating her when he doesn't feel the same way (though he was beginning to).
- Love Interest: To Yuta.
- Nice Girl
- Shrinking Violet
- Stepford Smiler
Youko Tsukahara
Kaname's mother.
- My Beloved Smother
- Oedipus Complex: The gang likes to tease that Kaname's relationship with her resembles this.
Kayo
A cafeteria worker at the gang's high school. Kayo used to be a hairstylist and becomes Yuki's love interest.
- Brutal Honesty
- Curtains Match the Window
- Love Interest: To Yuki.
- Oblivious to Love/Selective Obliviousness: Of Yuki's feelings for her. Whether or not she realizes it or not by the time she decides to go back to beauty school (as she recalls Yuki trying to touch her hair while she was napping) is left to debate.
Ryounosuke Matsushita
A freshman student in Masaki's class and a member of the Manga Society. He is a big fan of Yuki.
- Fan Boy: Of Yuki.
- Otaku
- Shrinking Violet: Gender-flipped version.
Fuyuki Matsuoka
Shun's younger brother. He attends middle school and has a girlfriend named Mamiya.
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