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Here are the characters of the crazy romantic comedy ''[[Love Hina]]''. Have fun!
Here are the characters of the crazy romantic comedy ''[[Love Hina]]''. Have fun!
== Residents of the Hinata House ==

=== Keitaro Urashima ===
=== Keitaro Urashima ===
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Yuji Ueda]] (Japanese) and [[Derek Stephen Prince]] (English)}}
{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' [[Yuji Ueda]] (Japanese) and [[Derek Stephen Prince]] (English)}}
The main character, a 19-year-old who has failed the entrance exams for the prestigious University of Tokyo thrice. During his fourth attempt, he is asked by his grandmother to become temporary manager of the Hinata House, a hot springs inn, while she is away on a trip -- except she forgot to tell him that it has since been converted into an all-girls' dormitory.
The main character, a 19-year-old who has failed the entrance exams for the prestigious University of Tokyo thrice. During his fourth attempt, he is asked by his grandmother to become temporary manager of the Hinata House, a hot springs inn, while she is away on a trip -- except she forgot to tell him that it has since been converted into an all-girls' dormitory.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
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* [[A Twinkle in The Sky]]: Whenever he gets punched to the high heavens!
* [[A Twinkle in the Sky]]: Whenever he gets punched to the high heavens!
* [[Abuse Is Okay When It Is Female On Male]]: The guy is even made to ''apologize'' when Naru abuses him.
* [[Abuse Is Okay When It Is Female On Male]]: The guy is even made to ''apologize'' when Naru abuses him.
* [[Accidental Pervert]]: All the time! It even happens {{spoiler|at his wedding}}!
* [[Accidental Pervert]]: All the time! It even happens {{spoiler|at his wedding}}!
* [[Amusing Injuries]]: Along with [[Immortal Life Is Cheap]].
* [[Amusing Injuries]]: Along with [[Immortal Life Is Cheap]].
* [[Apologizes a Lot]]
* [[Apologizes a Lot]]
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: Towards Kanako.
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: Towards Kanako.
* [[Blind Without Em]]
* [[Blind Without'Em]]
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Do you really have to ask?
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Do you really have to ask?
** '''[[Iron Butt Monkey|Titanium]]''' [[Iron Butt Monkey|Butt Monkey]]
** '''[[Iron Butt Monkey|Titanium]]''' [[Iron Butt Monkey|Butt Monkey]]
* [[Character Development]]: Turns from a spineless loser to a guy who is still kindhearted, but with at least some guts.
* [[Character Development]]: Turns from a spineless loser to a guy who is still kindhearted, but with at least some guts.
* [[Childhood Marriage Promise]]: To a girl whose name he can't remember, back when they very young. {{spoiler|It ultimately turns out to be [[Its a Small World After All|Naru]], though through Mutsumi who was old enough to understand and convey it to her.}}
* [[Childhood Marriage Promise]]: To a girl whose name he can't remember, back when they very young. {{spoiler|It ultimately turns out to be [[It's a Small World After All|Naru]], though through Mutsumi who was old enough to understand and convey it to her.}}
* [[Determinator]]: Do not underestimate his resolve!
* [[Determinator]]: Do not underestimate his resolve!
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]
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* [[Megane]]
* [[Megane]]
* [[Nice Guy]]
* [[Nice Guy]]
* [[Out of Character Moment]]: Chapter 55 deals with him not being an [[Accidental Pervert]], for once, while studying for his fourth attempt to enter Tokyo U.
* [[Out-of-Character Moment]]: Chapter 55 deals with him not being an [[Accidental Pervert]], for once, while studying for his fourth attempt to enter Tokyo U.
* [[Ronin]]: Failed entrance exams for Tokyo University thrice, then on his fourth attempt. {{spoiler|[[Throw the Dog A Bone|He finally passes the fifth time around]].}}
* [[Ronin]]: Failed entrance exams for Tokyo University thrice, then on his fourth attempt. {{spoiler|[[Throw the Dog a Bone|He finally passes the fifth time around]].}}
* [[Supreme Chef]]: Became this first through working at his parents' pastry shop, became good at it by making fake cakes for himself on Valentine's Day.
* [[Supreme Chef]]: Became this first through working at his parents' pastry shop, became good at it by making fake cakes for himself on Valentine's Day.
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Thanks to Seta's training.
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: Thanks to Seta's training.
* [[Unlucky Everydude]]
* [[Unlucky Everydude]]
* {{spoiler|[[Victorious Childhood Friend]]: With Naru, in the end.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Victorious Childhood Friend]]: With Naru, in the end.}}


=== Naru Narusegawa ===
=== Naru Narusegawa ===
[[File:50353 64480409304 5734985 n 6838.jpg|frame]]
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Yui Horie]] (Japanese) and Dorothy Elias-Fahn (English)}}
{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' [[Yui Horie]] (Japanese) and Dorothy Elias-Fahn (English)}}
The main female character, a 17-year-old top scorer at mock exams and a resident of the Hinata House. While initially disdainful of Keitaro, his poor academics and his accidental perversions, she starts to fall for him, even as she starts to remember that, like Keitaro, she also made promise with a boy whose name she cannot remember to enter Tokyo U together with him.
The main female character, a 17-year-old top scorer at mock exams and a resident of the Hinata House. While initially disdainful of Keitaro, his poor academics and his accidental perversions, she starts to fall for him, even as she starts to remember that, like Keitaro, she also made a promise with a boy whose name she cannot remember to enter Tokyo U together with him.
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{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[The Ace]]
* [[The Ace]]
* [[Alliterative Name]]
* [[Alliterative Name]]
* [[Beautiful All Along]]: Inverted -- in some cases she wears [[Opaque Nerd Glasses]] and ties her hair into a braid.
* [[Beautiful All Along]]: Inverted -- in some cases she wears [[Opaque Nerd Glasses]] and ties her hair into a braid.
* [[Blind Without Em]]
* [[Blind Without'Em]]
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]
* [[Character Development]]: Finally kicks in by the last few volumes of the manga, as we learn her reasons to be the way she is.
* [[Character Development]]: Finally kicks in by the last few volumes of the manga, as we learn her reasons to be the way she is.
* [[Character Exaggeration]]: The anime ups her [[Tsundere|tsuntsun]], to the point that some people are ''warned about her bitchiness before they start watching the series''. It's really not helped by how her [[Character Development]] was very much chucked out.
* [[Character Exaggeration]]: The anime ups her [[Tsundere|tsuntsun]], to the point that some people are ''warned about her bitchiness before they start watching the series''. It's really not helped by how her [[Character Development]] was very much chucked out.
* [[Childhood Marriage Promise]]: Like Keitaro, she remembered she also made one such vow to a boy whose name she forgot. {{spoiler|Turns out ''two'' people made a promise to her: Keitaro ''and'' [[Les Yay|Mutsumi]].}}
* [[Childhood Marriage Promise]]: Like Keitaro, she remembered she also made one such vow to a boy whose name she forgot. {{spoiler|Turns out ''two'' people made a promise to her: Keitaro ''and'' [[Les Yay|Mutsumi]].}}
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* [[Cry Cute]]: Broke down in tears twice in Chapter 17 after failing her very first entrance exams, and thrice -- during her (and Keitaro's) stay at Paraklese Island: while wondering if she failed the second time around, again {{spoiler|(this time in joy) when she learns she (and Keitaro as well as Mutsumi) did pass}}, and then she fully breaks down crying {{spoiler|while blaming herself and her sudden diarrhea for missing the last plane to Tokyo on the deadline of submitting her (and Keitaro's) proof of passing the exams -- turns out they've crossed the International Date Line and thus had an extra day left}}.
* [[Cry Cute]]: Broke down in tears twice in Chapter 17 after failing her very first entrance exams, and thrice -- during her (and Keitaro's) stay at Paraklese Island: while wondering if she failed the second time around, again {{spoiler|(this time in joy) when she learns she (and Keitaro as well as Mutsumi) did pass}}, and then she fully breaks down crying {{spoiler|while blaming herself and her sudden diarrhea for missing the last plane to Tokyo on the deadline of submitting her (and Keitaro's) proof of passing the exams -- turns out they've crossed the International Date Line and thus had an extra day left}}.
* [[Domestic Abuser]]: Her beatings of Keitaro got more and more ridiculous as the series advances. Cranked [[Up to Eleven]] in the anime.
* [[Domestic Abuser]]: Her beatings of Keitaro got more and more ridiculous as the series advances. Cranked [[Up to Eleven]] in the anime.
* [[Expy]]: Of [[Tokimeki Memorial|Shiori Fujisaki]], [[The Ace|oh]] [[Cannot Spit It Out|so]] [[Well Excuse Me Princess|mu]][[Heroes Want Redheads|ch]]; she's also partially inspired from Cindy of former Akamatsu work ''[[A.I. Love You (Manga)|A.I. Love You]]''.
* [[Expy]]: Of [[Tokimeki Memorial|Shiori Fujisaki]], [[The Ace|oh]] [[Cannot Spit It Out|so]] [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!|mu]][[Heroes Want Redheads|ch]]; she's also partially inspired from Cindy of former Akamatsu work ''[[A.I. Love You]]''.
* [[Girls Love Stuffed Animals]]: She has a Liddo-kun doll that she keeps over the hole between her's and Keitaro's rooms.
* [[Girls Love Stuffed Animals]]: She has a Liddo-kun doll that she keeps over the hole between her's and Keitaro's rooms.
* [[Hair Antennae]]: The Trope image.
* [[Hair Antennae]]: The Trope image.
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* [[I Know Karate]]: Seta taught her Jeet Kun Do.
* [[I Know Karate]]: Seta taught her Jeet Kun Do.
* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: Towards Keitaro and Mutsumi, once she came to the conclusion that the latter was apparently the one Keitaro made his [[Childhood Marriage Promise]] with. {{spoiler|It doesn't last, because it turns out it was her.}}
* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: Towards Keitaro and Mutsumi, once she came to the conclusion that the latter was apparently the one Keitaro made his [[Childhood Marriage Promise]] with. {{spoiler|It doesn't last, because it turns out it was her.}}
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Laser Guided Karma]]: When Kanako shows up, Naru learns to regret what she did to Keitaro -- particularly as he took notes on the specifics as to what was done.
* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: When Kanako shows up, Naru learns to regret what she did to Keitaro -- particularly as he took notes on the specifics as to what was done.
* [[Megaton Punch]]: Known as the "Naru Punch".
* [[Megaton Punch]]: Known as the "Naru Punch".
* [[Paper Fan of Doom]]: On some occasions.
* [[Paper Fan of Doom]]: On some occasions.
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* [[Tsundere]]: Type B (deredere). To [[Flanderization|Flanderized]] extremes in the anime.
* [[Tsundere]]: Type B (deredere). To [[Flanderization|Flanderized]] extremes in the anime.
* {{spoiler|[[Victorious Childhood Friend]]: Marries Keitaro at the end of the manga.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Victorious Childhood Friend]]: Marries Keitaro at the end of the manga.}}
* [[Well Excuse Me Princess]]: Towards Keitaro.
* [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!]]: Towards Keitaro.


=== Mutsumi Otohime ===
=== Mutsumi Otohime ===
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Satsuki Yukino]] (Japanese) and [[Julie Ann Taylor]] (English)}}
{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' [[Satsuki Yukino]] (Japanese) and [[Julie Ann Taylor]] (English)}}
A newcomer to the Hinata House and, like Keitaro, is a 20-year-old [[Ronin]], though her failures stem less from being an academic underachiever than from her clumsiness and tendency to faint at the most inappropriate times.
A newcomer to the Hinata House and, like Keitaro, is a 20-year-old [[Ronin]], though her failures stem less from being an academic underachiever than from her clumsiness and tendency to faint at the most inappropriate times.
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* [[Adult Child]]: Mature yet adorable.
* [[Adult Child]]: Mature yet adorable.
* [[Breakout Character]]: She was supposed to be a one-shot character for the first vacation arc, but she proved so popular to fans Akamatsu essentially rewrote her entire [[Backstory]] to [[Ascended Extra|include her as a main character]].
* [[Breakout Character]]: She was supposed to be a one-shot character for the first vacation arc, but she proved so popular to fans Akamatsu essentially rewrote her entire [[Backstory]] to [[Ascended Extra|include her as a main character]].
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* [[Nice Girl]]
* [[Nice Girl]]
* [[Out of Focus]]: Particularly jarring considering she is a main character just as Keitaro and Naru are.
* [[Out of Focus]]: Particularly jarring considering she is a main character just as Keitaro and Naru are.
* [[Romantic Two Girl Friendship]]: Accidentally with Naru in many scenes, apparently without even realizing it. {{spoiler|Turns out she, like Keitaro, did make a promise with Naru to enter Tokyo U together, after asking Naru if she rememberd the promise made to Keitaro (Naru had forgotten) a very young Mutsumi made this promise to make sure Naru remembered to keep the promise made with Keitaro.}}
* [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]]: Accidentally with Naru in many scenes, apparently without even realizing it. {{spoiler|Turns out she, like Keitaro, did make a promise with Naru to enter Tokyo U together, after asking Naru if she rememberd the promise made to Keitaro (Naru had forgotten) a very young Mutsumi made this promise to make sure Naru remembered to keep the promise made with Keitaro.}}
* [[Ronin]]: Like Keitaro, she failed her entrance exams two years straight, though not due to poor academics, but due to mishaps (such as failing to write her name) and her condition (fainted just before the exams started). {{spoiler|She ultimately passes at the same time as Keitaro and Naru, and breaks the news to both of them in Paraklese.}}
* [[Ronin]]: Like Keitaro, she failed her entrance exams two years straight, though not due to poor academics, but due to mishaps (such as failing to write her name) and her condition (fainted just before the exams started). {{spoiler|She ultimately passes at the same time as Keitaro and Naru, and breaks the news to both of them in Paraklese.}}
* [[Smarter Than You Look]]: Rather perceptive and good at reading people. See [[Ronin]], also
* [[Smarter Than You Look]]: Rather perceptive and good at reading people. See [[Ronin]], also
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=== Mitsune "[[Kitsune]]" Konno ===
=== Mitsune "[[Kitsune]]" Konno ===
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Junko Noda]] (Japanese) and Barbara Goodson (English)}}
{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' [[Junko Noda]] (Japanese) and Barbara Goodson (English)}}
A 19-year-old member of the Hinata House and a freelance writer.
A 19-year-old member of the Hinata House and a freelance writer.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
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* [[Animal Motifs]]: The fox, obviously.
* [[Animal Motifs]]: The fox, obviously.
* [[Bottle Fairy]]
* [[Bottle Fairy]]
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Served as this for Naru and Shinobu.
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Served as this for Naru and Shinobu.
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]
* [[Hot for Teacher]]: Has had a crush on Seta.
* [[Hot for Teacher]]: Has had a crush on Seta.
* [[Idiot Hair]]
* [[Idiot Hair]]
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* [[The Ladette]]
* [[The Ladette]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Akamatsu intentionally gave her face "fox-like" features to drive the point home.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Akamatsu intentionally gave her face "fox-like" features to drive the point home.
* [[Shipper On Deck]]: To Keitaro and Naru.
* [[Shipper on Deck]]: To Keitaro and Naru.
* [[Only Known By Their Nickname]]
* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]
* [[Out of Focus]]: Even Akamatsu himself admits with regret she is an underused character with a potential for a lot more backstory.
* [[Out of Focus]]: Even Akamatsu himself admits with regret she is an underused character with a potential for a lot more backstory.
* [[The Tease]]: To say the least.
* [[The Tease]]: To say the least.
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=== Shinobu Maehara ===
=== Shinobu Maehara ===
[[File:Shinobu Maehara.jpg|thumb|300px]]
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Masayo Kurata]] (Japanese) and [[Bridget Hoffman]] (English)}}
{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' [[Masayo Kurata]] (Japanese) and [[Bridget Hoffman]] (English)}}
Shinobu, the youngest member of the House at 13 years old, decided to live on her own due to her parents' divorce and her refusal to choose between which parent to live with. She and Kaolla are the youngest residents of the House, being the mild-mannered counterpart to the energetic Kaolla.
Shinobu, the youngest member of the House at 13 years old, decided to live on her own due to her parents' divorce and her refusal to choose between which parent to live with. She and Kaolla are the youngest residents of the House, being the mild-mannered counterpart to the energetic Kaolla.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
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* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: So many times she could confess to Keitaro, but she's too shy to do so.
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: So many times she could confess to Keitaro, but she's too shy to do so.
* [[Covert Pervert]]
* [[Covert Pervert]]
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* [[Parental Abandonment]]: She lives at Hinata House because she couldn't deal with her parents's divorce.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: She lives at Hinata House because she couldn't deal with her parents's divorce.
* [[Shrinking Violet]]
* [[Shrinking Violet]]
* [[Shy Blue Haired Girl]]
* [[Shy Blue-Haired Girl]]
* [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]]
* [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]]
* [[Sparkling Stream of Tears]]
* [[Sparkling Stream of Tears]]
* [[Team Chef]]
* [[Team Chef]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]
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=== Motoko Aoyama ===
=== Motoko Aoyama ===
[[File:motoko05.jpg|frame]]
[[File:motoko05.jpg|frame]]
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Yuu Asakawa]] (Japanese) and [[Mona Marshall]] (English)}}
{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' [[Yuu Asakawa]] (Japanese) and [[Mona Marshall]] (English)}}
A 15-year-old kendo practitioner and member of a family with their own style of kendo.
A 15-year-old kendo practitioner and member of a family with their own style of kendo.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
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* [[Action Girl]]: Stands out all the more in a non-fighting series.
* [[Action Girl]]: Stands out all the more in a non-fighting series.
* [[Allergic to Love]]: At first.
* [[Allergic to Love]]: At first.
* [[Covert Pervert]]: When she spaces out while studying, she has a habit of writing out extremely risque love stories.
* [[Covert Pervert]]: When she spaces out while studying, she has a habit of writing out extremely risque love stories.
* [[Cry Cute]]: Twice -- after Tsuruko curbstomps her and breaks her katana, deeming her too weak to carry on their school's legacy; and after Keitaro tries to comfort her. In the manga, it comes in response to Keitaro's request for her to act more feminine. She keeps failing in her attempts and finally breaks down in tears. Realizing that he's made Motoko absolutely miserable in a gender that isn't hers, Keitaro calls off the request and asks her to be herself.
* [[Cry Cute]]: Twice -- after Tsuruko curbstomps her and breaks her katana, deeming her too weak to carry on their school's legacy; and after Keitaro tries to comfort her. In the manga, it comes in response to Keitaro's request for her to act more feminine. She keeps failing in her attempts and finally breaks down in tears. Realizing that he's made Motoko absolutely miserable in a gender that isn't hers, Keitaro calls off the request and asks her to be herself.
* [[Dangerously Short Skirt]]: Wore one as part of a school uniform in the anime, just before Kanako (disguised as Naru) felt her up.
* [[Dangerously-Short Skirt]]: Wore one as part of a school uniform in the anime, just before Kanako (disguised as Naru) felt her up.
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]
* [[Does Not Like Men]]
* [[Does Not Like Men]]
* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Has a posse of girls that fawn over her in the anime.
* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Has a posse of girls that fawn over her in the anime.
* [[Expy]]: Of [[Inuyasha|Kikyo]].
* [[Expy]]: Of [[Inuyasha|Kikyo]].
* [[Hair Trigger Temper]]: Prone to thrashing Keitaro at the slightest provocation.
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Prone to thrashing Keitaro at the slightest provocation.
* [[Heir to The Dojo]]
* [[Heir to the Dojo]]
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Both times after being defeated by Tsuruko.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Both times after being defeated by Tsuruko.
* [[Hime Cut]]: Provides the Trope image.
* [[Hime Cut]]: Provides the Trope image.
* [[Hot Chick With a Sword]]
* [[Hot Chick with a Sword]]
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: Is the most callous towards Keitaro at first.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Is the most callous towards Keitaro at first.
* [[Important Haircut]]: Near the end of the manga. {{spoiler|She grows it long again in the [[Distant Finale]].}}
* [[Important Haircut]]: Near the end of the manga. {{spoiler|She grows it long again in the [[Distant Finale]].}}
* [[Kid Samurai]]
* [[Kid Samurai]]
* [[Laser Guided Karma]]: Mocks Keitaro's failed efforts to get into Tokyo U. {{spoiler|Three years later, she -- now a law student at Tokyo U -- finally understands it's not as easy as it looks.}}
* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: Mocks Keitaro's failed efforts to get into Tokyo U. {{spoiler|Three years later, she -- now a law student at Tokyo U -- finally understands it's not as easy as it looks.}}
* [[Raven Hair Ivory Skin]]
* [[Raven Hair, Ivory Skin]]
* [[Sarashi]]
* [[Sarashi]]
* [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]]
* [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]]
* [[Tall Dark and Bishoujo]]
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]
* [[Tsundere]]: Type A (tsuntsun).
* [[Tsundere]]: Type A (tsuntsun).
* [[Wooden Katanas Are Even Better]]
* [[Wooden Katanas Are Even Better]]
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes]]: She has an incomprehensible fear of turtles -- made all the more jarring by the fact that the House ''does'' have a pet turtle.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: She has an incomprehensible fear of turtles -- made all the more jarring by the fact that the House ''does'' have a pet turtle.
** [[All There in the Manual|A databook]] released post-series explains that she developed her [[Does Not Like Men|dislike of guys]] and fear of turtles when she [[Primal Scene|accidentally walked in]] on her sister and brother-in-law in an intimate position. The Japanese word for the head of a penis is written with the characters for "turtle" and "head." [[Alternate Character Reading|Do the math and...]]
** [[All There in the Manual|A databook]] released post-series explains that she developed her [[Does Not Like Men|dislike of guys]] and fear of turtles when she [[Primal Scene|accidentally walked in]] on her sister and brother-in-law in an intimate position. The Japanese word for the head of a penis is written with the characters for "turtle" and "head." [[Alternate Character Reading|Do the math and...]]


=== Kaolla Su ===
=== Kaolla Su ===
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Reiko Takagi]] (Japanese) and [[Wendee Lee]] (English)}}
{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' [[Reiko Takagi]] (Japanese) and [[Wendee Lee]] (English)}}
14-year-old, Kaolla is an energetic, dark-skinned girl from a foreign country who currently resides in the House.
14-year-old, Kaolla is an energetic, dark-skinned girl from a foreign country who currently resides in the House.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
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* [[Bare Your Midriff]]
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]
* [[Big Eater]]
* [[Big Eater]]
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* [[Does Not Like Shoes]]
* [[Does Not Like Shoes]]
* [[Dynamic Entry]]: Her way of greeting Keitaro involves hitting him with a flying kick...
* [[Dynamic Entry]]: Her way of greeting Keitaro involves hitting him with a flying kick...
* [[Everythings Better With Princesses]]: Kaolla is the princess of the uncharted kingdom of Molmol.
* [[Everything's Better with Princesses]]: Kaolla is the princess of the uncharted kingdom of Molmol.
* [[Fourth Wall Observer]]
* [[Fourth Wall Observer]]
** Talking to Keitaro about his broke leg. Su: "Can't ya just put a band aid on it and make it better in the next scene like ya normally do?"
** Talking to Keitaro about his broke leg. Su: "Can't ya just put a band aid on it and make it better in the next scene like ya normally do?"
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* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: Mecha-Tama is just one of her many inventions.
* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: Mecha-Tama is just one of her many inventions.
* [[Genki Girl]]
* [[Genki Girl]]
* [[Is It Something You Eat]]: The first thing she usually asks upon hearing a new word/phrase/concept since she's such a [[Big Eater]].
* [[Is It Something You Eat?]]: The first thing she usually asks upon hearing a new word/phrase/concept since she's such a [[Big Eater]].
* [[Nice Girl]]
* [[Nice Girl]]
* [[Odd Friendship]]: with Shinobu and Sarah.
* [[Odd Friendship]]: with Shinobu and Sarah.
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Bananas.
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Bananas.


== Others ==
=== Haruka Urashima ===
=== Haruka Urashima ===
[[File:Haruka Urashima.jpg|thumb|300px]]
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Megumi Hayashibara]] (Japanese) and Mari Devon (English)}}
{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' [[Megumi Hayashibara]] (Japanese) and Mari Devon (English)}}
Matron of the Hinata House and Keitaro's 29-year-old maternal cousin and aunt, having been adopted by their grandmother after the death of her own mother, who was the older sister of Keitaro's mother.
Matron of the Hinata House and Keitaro's 29-year-old maternal cousin and aunt, having been adopted by their grandmother after the death of her own mother, who was the older sister of Keitaro's mother.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
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* [[Christmas Cake]]: {{spoiler|Until the end of the manga, when she marries Seta.}}
* [[Christmas Cake]]: {{spoiler|Until the end of the manga, when she marries Seta.}}
* [[Cry Cute]]: {{spoiler|While accepting Seta's marriage proposal.}}
* [[Cry Cute]]: {{spoiler|While accepting Seta's marriage proposal.}}
* [[Cool Big Sis]]
* [[Cool Big Sis]]
* [[Covert Pervert]]: Implied -- whenever one of the girls is wearing a weird outfit, chances are it came from Haruka's closet, which apparently includes a frilly Victorian dress and a [[Meido]] outfit. Add to that her skill with (and ownership of) a whip...
* [[Covert Pervert]]: Implied -- whenever one of the girls is wearing a weird outfit, chances are it came from Haruka's closet, which apparently includes a frilly Victorian dress and a [[Meido]] outfit. Add to that her skill with (and ownership of) a whip...
* [[Generation Xerox]]: {{spoiler|Her rough treatment of her childhood friend Seta is mirrored by Naru towards her cousin Keitaro.}}
* [[Generation Xerox]]: {{spoiler|Her rough treatment of her childhood friend Seta is mirrored by Naru towards her cousin Keitaro.}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Victorious Childhood Friend]]: She gets to marry Seta.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Victorious Childhood Friend]]: She gets to marry Seta.}}
* [[Whip It Good]]: She almost never takes it out, and she's reluctant to even pretend that she'd use it, but she's clearly skilled -- she answers the phone with her whip, from across the room.
* [[Whip It Good]]: She almost never takes it out, and she's reluctant to even pretend that she'd use it, but she's clearly skilled -- she answers the phone with her whip, from across the room.
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=== Noriyasu Seta ===
=== Noriyasu Seta ===
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Yasunori Matsumoto]] (Japanese) and [[Kirk Thornton]] (English)}}
{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' [[Yasunori Matsumoto]] (Japanese) and [[Kirk Thornton]] (English)}}
An archaeology professor at the University of Tokyo who Keitaro meets up the steps of the Hinata House after returning from Kyoto with Naru and the rest of the Hinata girls.
An archaeology professor at the University of Tokyo who Keitaro meets up the steps of the Hinata House after returning from Kyoto with Naru and the rest of the Hinata girls.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
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* [[The Ace]]
* [[The Ace]]
* [[Adventurer Archaeologist]]
* [[Adventurer Archaeologist]]
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=== Sarah McDougal ===
=== Sarah McDougal ===
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Yumiko Kobayashi]] (Japanese) and Julie Maddalena (English)}}
{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' [[Yumiko Kobayashi]] (Japanese) and Julie Maddalena (English)}}
Seta's 9-year-old adopted daughter from California and a tomboyish brat to boot.
Seta's 9-year-old adopted daughter from California and a tomboyish brat to boot.
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* [[Bratty Half Pint]]
* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]
* [[Embarrassing Tattoo]]: Has a panda tattoo patched up her left buttock.
* [[Embarrassing Tattoo]]: Has a panda tattoo patched up her left buttock.
* [[I Know Karate]]: Jeet Kun Do, taught by Seta yet again.
* [[I Know Karate]]: Jeet Kun Do, taught by Seta yet again.
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=== Tsuruko Aoyama ===
=== Tsuruko Aoyama ===
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Miki Nagasawa]] (Japanese) and [[Philece Sampler]] (English)}}
{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' [[Miki Nagasawa]] (Japanese) and [[Philece Sampler]] (English)}}
Motoko's older sister, whose refusal to succeed to their God's Cry School in favor of settling down in a [[Happily Married]] life brought some resentment into her younger sister.
Motoko's older sister, whose refusal to succeed to their God's Cry School in favor of settling down in a [[Happily Married]] life brought some resentment into her younger sister.
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* [[The Ace]]
* [[The Ace]]
* [[Animal Motifs]]: The crane.
* [[Animal Motifs]]: The crane.
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* [[Cute and Psycho]]: Is a genuinely nice person, almost the perfect [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]... just [[Berserk Button|don't make her realize you lied in front of her]] or else...
* [[Cute and Psycho]]: Is a genuinely nice person, almost the perfect [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]... just [[Berserk Button|don't make her realize you lied in front of her]] or else...
* [[Hime Cut]]
* [[Hime Cut]]
* [[Hot Chick With a Sword]]: Becomes a really nasty [[Girl With Psycho Weapon]] if her [[Berserk Button]] is pressed.
* [[Hot Chick with a Sword]]: Becomes a really nasty [[Girl with Psycho Weapon]] if her [[Berserk Button]] is pressed.
* [[Lady of War]]
* [[Lady of War]]
* [[Onee Sama]]
* [[Onee-Sama]]
* [[Raven Hair Ivory Skin]]
* [[Raven Hair, Ivory Skin]]
* [[Sarashi]]
* [[Sarashi]]
* [[Tall Dark and Bishoujo]]: Subverted in that she's pretty cheerful.
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: Subverted in that she's pretty cheerful.
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Has the traditional look and most of the time she acts out the trope, but if she hears you lie....
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Has the traditional look and most of the time she acts out the trope, but if she hears you lie....


=== Haitani & Shirai ===
=== Haitani & Shirai ===
{{quote| '''Haitani is voiced by:''' [[Hiroyuki Yoshino]] (Japanese) and [[Steve Blum]] (English)<br />
{{quote|'''Haitani is voiced by:''' [[Hiroyuki Yoshino]] (Japanese) and [[Steve Blum]] (English)
'''Shirai is voiced by:''' Michio Miyashita (Japanese) and Gene Holliday (English) }}
'''Shirai is voiced by:''' Michio Miyashita (Japanese) and Gene Holliday (English) }}
Keitaro's friends and, like him, a pair of [[Ronin|Ronins]].
Keitaro's friends and, like him, a pair of [[Ronin|Ronins]].
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* [[Demoted to Extra]]: And they have their fun [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshading]] this.
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: And they have their fun [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshading]] this.
* [[Ronin]]
* [[Ronin]]
* [[Those Two Guys]]
* [[Those Two Guys]]


=== Kentaro Sakata ===
=== Kentaro Sakata ===
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Ryotaro Okiayu]] (Japanese) and Steve Areno (English)}}
{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' [[Ryotaro Okiayu]] (Japanese) and Steve Areno (English)}}
An anime-exclusive character and a hopeless suitor for Naru's heart.
An anime-exclusive character and a hopeless suitor for Naru's heart.
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* [[Butt Monkey]]: And ''how''!
* [[Butt Monkey]]: And ''how''!
* [[Canon Foreigner]]: He was filler introduced in the anime, and never made it back into the manga.
* [[Canon Foreigner]]: He was filler introduced in the anime, and never made it back into the manga.
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=== Kanako Urashima ===
=== Kanako Urashima ===
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Natsuko Kuwatani]] (Japanese) and [[Melissa Fahn]] (English)}}
{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' [[Natsuko Kuwatani]] (Japanese) and [[Melissa Fahn]] (English)}}
Keitaro's adopted sister with some feelings for him.
Keitaro's adopted sister with some feelings for him.
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* [[Brother Sister Incest]]: One-sided -- Keitaro does not share the same feelings.
* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: One-sided -- Keitaro does not share the same feelings.
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]
* [[Does Not Like Spam|Does Not Like Sweets]]: Which is unfortunate, given that the Urashima family is a line of confectioners. Keitaro seems oblivious to her tastes.
* [[Does Not Like Spam|Does Not Like Sweets]]: Which is unfortunate, given that the Urashima family is a line of confectioners. Keitaro seems oblivious to her tastes.
* [[Eerie Pale Skinned Brunette]]
* [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]]
* [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]]
* [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]]
* [[Hime Cut]]
* [[Hime Cut]]
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=== Tama ===
=== Tama ===
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' Yukie Maeda (Japanese) and [[Wendee Lee]] (English)}}
{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' Yukie Maeda (Japanese) and [[Wendee Lee]] (English)}}
A hot springs turtle given to Naru by Mutsumi after helping her return to Okinawa.
A hot springs turtle given to Naru by Mutsumi after helping her return to Okinawa.
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* [[Ambiguous Gender]]: Keitaro refers to them as a boy, Shinobu refers to them as a girl, Mutsumi (the resident turtle expert) never specifies.
* [[Ambiguous Gender]]: Keitaro refers to them as a boy, Shinobu refers to them as a girl, Mutsumi (the resident turtle expert) never specifies.
* [[Flying Brick|Flying Turtle]]
* [[Flying Brick|Flying Turtle]]
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* [[Turtle Power]]
* [[Turtle Power]]


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Latest revision as of 21:05, 22 December 2020


Here are the characters of the crazy romantic comedy Love Hina. Have fun!

Residents of the Hinata House

Keitaro Urashima

Voiced by: Yuji Ueda (Japanese) and Derek Stephen Prince (English)

The main character, a 19-year-old who has failed the entrance exams for the prestigious University of Tokyo thrice. During his fourth attempt, he is asked by his grandmother to become temporary manager of the Hinata House, a hot springs inn, while she is away on a trip -- except she forgot to tell him that it has since been converted into an all-girls' dormitory.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Naru Narusegawa

Voiced by: Yui Horie (Japanese) and Dorothy Elias-Fahn (English)

The main female character, a 17-year-old top scorer at mock exams and a resident of the Hinata House. While initially disdainful of Keitaro, his poor academics and his accidental perversions, she starts to fall for him, even as she starts to remember that, like Keitaro, she also made a promise with a boy whose name she cannot remember to enter Tokyo U together with him.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Mutsumi Otohime

Voiced by: Satsuki Yukino (Japanese) and Julie Ann Taylor (English)

A newcomer to the Hinata House and, like Keitaro, is a 20-year-old Ronin, though her failures stem less from being an academic underachiever than from her clumsiness and tendency to faint at the most inappropriate times.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Adult Child: Mature yet adorable.
  • Breakout Character: She was supposed to be a one-shot character for the first vacation arc, but she proved so popular to fans Akamatsu essentially rewrote her entire Backstory to include her as a main character.
  • Cloudcuckoolander
  • Cool Big Sis
  • Dogged Nice Girl
  • Dojikko
  • Eyes Always Shut: But not as often as Kitsune.
  • Feminine Women Can Cook
  • Fourth Wall Observer
    • Talking to Naru about the letter from Keitaro. Mutsumi:"Don't you remember…I told you about it just a few pages ago."
  • Genius Ditz: She's at least as smart as Naru and didn't even have to study nearly as much.
  • Good Is Not Dumb
  • Hair Antennae: Mutsumi and Naru share this trait.
  • Heroic BSOD: Right after Keitaro broke his leg.
  • Ill Girl: To the point of fainting from anemia. By the end of the manga her symptoms seem to be gone.
  • I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: To the max for Keitaro. She does this so many times for Keitaro and Naru, even though Mutsumi has loved Keitaro since they were little. Mutsumi later admits to Naru that she still loves Keitaro.
  • Nice Girl
  • Out of Focus: Particularly jarring considering she is a main character just as Keitaro and Naru are.
  • Romantic Two-Girl Friendship: Accidentally with Naru in many scenes, apparently without even realizing it. Turns out she, like Keitaro, did make a promise with Naru to enter Tokyo U together, after asking Naru if she rememberd the promise made to Keitaro (Naru had forgotten) a very young Mutsumi made this promise to make sure Naru remembered to keep the promise made with Keitaro.
  • Ronin: Like Keitaro, she failed her entrance exams two years straight, though not due to poor academics, but due to mishaps (such as failing to write her name) and her condition (fainted just before the exams started). She ultimately passes at the same time as Keitaro and Naru, and breaks the news to both of them in Paraklese.
  • Smarter Than You Look: Rather perceptive and good at reading people. See Ronin, also
  • Supreme Chef: Same as Keitaro by making “dummy” cakes.
  • Three Faces of Eve: She's all three at once. Teasing and boobielicious Seductress, kind and sweet Mother, distracted and clumsy Child.
  • Trademark Favorite Food: Watermelons. Coincidentally, they're good for anemia, what with their concentration of lycopene.
  • Unlucky Childhood Friend

Mitsune "Kitsune" Konno

Voiced by: Junko Noda (Japanese) and Barbara Goodson (English)

A 19-year-old member of the Hinata House and a freelance writer.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Shinobu Maehara

Voiced by: Masayo Kurata (Japanese) and Bridget Hoffman (English)

Shinobu, the youngest member of the House at 13 years old, decided to live on her own due to her parents' divorce and her refusal to choose between which parent to live with. She and Kaolla are the youngest residents of the House, being the mild-mannered counterpart to the energetic Kaolla.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Motoko Aoyama

Voiced by: Yuu Asakawa (Japanese) and Mona Marshall (English)

A 15-year-old kendo practitioner and member of a family with their own style of kendo.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Kaolla Su

Voiced by: Reiko Takagi (Japanese) and Wendee Lee (English)

14-year-old, Kaolla is an energetic, dark-skinned girl from a foreign country who currently resides in the House.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Others

Haruka Urashima

Voiced by: Megumi Hayashibara (Japanese) and Mari Devon (English)

Matron of the Hinata House and Keitaro's 29-year-old maternal cousin and aunt, having been adopted by their grandmother after the death of her own mother, who was the older sister of Keitaro's mother.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Christmas Cake: Until the end of the manga, when she marries Seta.
  • Cry Cute: While accepting Seta's marriage proposal.
  • Cool Big Sis
  • Covert Pervert: Implied -- whenever one of the girls is wearing a weird outfit, chances are it came from Haruka's closet, which apparently includes a frilly Victorian dress and a Meido outfit. Add to that her skill with (and ownership of) a whip...
  • Generation Xerox: Her rough treatment of her childhood friend Seta is mirrored by Naru towards her cousin Keitaro.
  • Harem Nanny
  • Honorary Aunt: Towards her younger cousin Keitaro. Although, due to adoption, she actually is his aunt as well as his cousin.
  • Insistent Terminology: Dislikes it when Keitaro calls her "aunt", possibly due to being both a Christmas Cake and his older cousin.
  • Smoking Is Cool
  • Victorious Childhood Friend: She gets to marry Seta.
  • Whip It Good: She almost never takes it out, and she's reluctant to even pretend that she'd use it, but she's clearly skilled -- she answers the phone with her whip, from across the room.

Noriyasu Seta

Voiced by: Yasunori Matsumoto (Japanese) and Kirk Thornton (English)

An archaeology professor at the University of Tokyo who Keitaro meets up the steps of the Hinata House after returning from Kyoto with Naru and the rest of the Hinata girls.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Sarah McDougal

Voiced by: Yumiko Kobayashi (Japanese) and Julie Maddalena (English)

Seta's 9-year-old adopted daughter from California and a tomboyish brat to boot.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Tsuruko Aoyama

Voiced by: Miki Nagasawa (Japanese) and Philece Sampler (English)

Motoko's older sister, whose refusal to succeed to their God's Cry School in favor of settling down in a Happily Married life brought some resentment into her younger sister.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Haitani & Shirai

Haitani is voiced by: Hiroyuki Yoshino (Japanese) and Steve Blum (English)
Shirai is voiced by: Michio Miyashita (Japanese) and Gene Holliday (English)

Keitaro's friends and, like him, a pair of Ronins.

Tropes exhibited by these characters include:

Kentaro Sakata

Voiced by: Ryotaro Okiayu (Japanese) and Steve Areno (English)

An anime-exclusive character and a hopeless suitor for Naru's heart.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Butt Monkey: And how!
  • Canon Foreigner: He was filler introduced in the anime, and never made it back into the manga.
  • Deus Ex Machina: He shows up whenever he's needed, usually with whatever form of transportation the plot needs (such as a car with a bike in the back, or a car/rocketship thing.
  • Fourth Wall Observer: "Well. I suppose that's all the screen time I'm getting this time."
  • Hopeless Suitor
  • Rich Idiot With No Day Job
  • Romantic False Lead: His introduction, which he lampshades: "I thought about swooping down in a helicopter to pick you up, but that's such a clichéd way to introduce a wealthy rival, don't you think?" Soon after his introduction, he devolves from this into more of a Butt Monkey.

Kanako Urashima

Voiced by: Natsuko Kuwatani (Japanese) and Melissa Fahn (English)

Keitaro's adopted sister with some feelings for him.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Tama

Voiced by: Yukie Maeda (Japanese) and Wendee Lee (English)

A hot springs turtle given to Naru by Mutsumi after helping her return to Okinawa.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
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