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This is a character sheet for the famous shoujo manga Marmalade Boy! Expect Loads and Loads of Characters!

Koishikawa/Matsuura household

Miki Koishikawa

• Clingy Jealous Girl
• Heroic Self-Deprecation
• Kawaiiko
• Mariko Kouda
• Michelle Ruff
• Passionate Sports Girl: To a small degree. She's very athletic and a member of the school's tennis team, not to mention she's a rather decent player in her own.
• Shorttank
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: She's the tomboy to Meiko, Arimi and Anju's girly girls.
• Tsundere: To Yuu, at the beginning

Jin Koishikawa

• Hideyuki Tanaka
• Hot Dad
• Supreme Chef

Rumi Koishikawa/Matsuura

• Expository Hairstyle Change: Had borderline Rapunzel Hair when Miki was a little girl
• Hot Mom
• Lethal Chef
• Tall, Dark and Bishoujo

Yuu Matsuura

• Deadpan Snarker
• Hikikomori: Was this close to cross the Despair Event Horizon and become this after he finds a letter insinuating that he's an illegitimate child
• Poor Communication Kills: His Fatal Flaw. He also falls in the trap many, MANY times.
• Ryotaro Okiayu
• Secret Keeper: For Meiko and Namura, after he caught them kissing in the library.
• Sugar and Ice Guy

Youji Matsuura

• Bin Shimada
• Hot Dad

Chiyako Matsuura/Koishikawa

• Convenient Miscarriage: Was pregnant with Jin's baby before marrying Youji, but it was a stillborn. Her mother wrote a rather confusing letter about it to her... Yuu found it and mistakenly thought it referred to him.
• Cool Big Sis: To Miki, since she doesn't want to be pushy to her.
• Hot Mom
• Hiroko Emori

Akizuki household

Meiko Akizuki

• Brainy Brunette: Extremely booksmart, member of the literature club and the student council.
• The Ojou / Spoiled Sweet
• Star-Crossed Lovers: Her and Namura. Until almost the end.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: The girly girl to Miki's tomboy.
• Tsundere: For Satoshi.
• Wakana Yamazaki

Meiko's parents

• Kiyoyuki Yanada: The dad's seiyuu.
• Lady Drunk: Meiko's mother is seen once drowning her sorrows while verbally fighting with her much-hated husband.
• Parental Marriage Veto: In the anime, when Meiko and Namura get together again, they refuse to let them meet up.
• Parental Neglect: They don't beat up Meiko, but are almost criminally neglectful of her. If not for their maid, Meiko would be all alone at home.
• Your Cheating Heart: Both of them. The only reason they're not already divorced is that the Akizuki's wealth would be lost.

The Akizuki Maid

• No Name Given
• Parental Substitute: Treats Meiko with all the love and care her parents don't give her.
• Playing Cyrano: Helps Meiko bypass her parents's Parental Marriage Veto

Toryu High School (students and teachers)

Ginta Suoh

• Forceful Kiss: On Miki, once. She slapped him away.
• Hot Blooded
• Junichi Kanemaru
• Operation Jealousy: With Arimi. And then, they fall for real.
• Unlucky Childhood Friend: To Miki. He could have been her Victorious Childhood Friend, if not for the Love Letter Lunacy.

Shinichi Namura

• Big Brother Mentor
• In-Series Nickname: "Natchan"
• Jerkass Facade and Its Not You Its Me: Would rather act cold to Meiko and tell her he and Ryoko are dating, than have the poor girl face all kind of problems because of him. Too bad the rabid fans refuse to see it.
• Older Than They Look: Meiko thought he was a student at first.
• May-December Romance: Lampshaded when he and Meiko got together.

Namura: "I'm 8 years older than you.... oh boy."

• Star-Crossed Lovers: Him and Meiko. Until almost the end.
• Tall, Dark and Handsome

Ryouko Momoi

• Hot Teacher
• Shino Kakinuma
• Trying Not to Cry: Does anyway when alone.
• Unlucky Childhood Friend: For Namura.
• Yamato Nadeshiko

Satoshi Miwa

• Ascended Extra: Got far more screentime in the anime.
• Hopeless Suitor: Come on, Miwa. Why are you after one of the few girls who doesn't like you that way?
• Jerk With a Heart of Gold
• Student Council President
• Tall, Dark and Snarky
• Trickster
• What the Hell, Hero?: On Namura, about his Jerkass Facade. Namura takes it without retaliation... but too bad that Meiko got caught in the crossfire.

Chigusa-chan

• Meganekko
• Satellite Character

Furutachi-sempai

• Nice Guy: When not in "journalist" action
• Nerd Glasses
• School Newspaper Newshound: Which brings Miki and Yuu quite the trouble when he takes pics of Miki and Yuu's recently re-married parents, revealing them as swingers. To his credit, Furutachi immediately regrets the mess he inadvertedly caused and alerts the parents when Miki and Yuu were harassed by a Sadist Teacher.

Kyoto-sensei

• Moral Guardians
• Sadist Teacher

The Principal

• Cool Old Guy
• Reasonable Authority Figure

Other students

Arimi Suzuki

• Aya Hisakawa
• Clingy Jealous Girl
• Operation Jealousy: With Ginta. And then, they fall for real.
• Passionate Sports Girl: Membress of her school's track team.
• Unlucky Childhood Friend: To Yuu.

Tsutomu Rokutanda

• The Chew Toy
• Dogged Nice Guy: To Arimi
• Hot Blooded
• Large Ham
• Ted Baxter
• Throw the Dog A Bone: In the anime, he not only is more sympathetic and comes to support Ginta and Arimi, but he gets a girlfriend too.
• Unlucky Childhood Friend: To Arimi, in the end.

Kei Tsuchiya

• Akira Ishida
• Belligerent Sexual Tension: Has a little with Suzu, in the anime.
• Crazy Jealous Guy: Maybe the worst among Miki's suitors in regards to this.
• Elegant Classical Musician: Plays the piano beautifully.
• Kick the Dog: Hiding Miki's medallion (or bracelet, in the manga), then giving it to Yuu and saying that she threw it away because she doesn't like him anymore. Yuu isn't fooled, but it still brings a huge rift between them.
• Just a Kid: Miki thinks so. He's very unhappy about that.
• Stage Mom: Both of his parents were this. He ran away from home because of their pressure on him. They get better.
• Took a Level In Kindness: In the anime, when he re-appears long after his arc is over, he's much more mature and kinder.

Suzu Sakuma

• Book Dumb: Horrible in math. Her cousin Satoshi gets Yuu to tutor her.
• Clingy Jealous Girl: In the anime.
• Forceful Kiss: On Yuu, in the anime.
• Idol Singer: Sorta, she's a very famous child actress and model.
• Kawaiiko
• Mistaken for Cheating: She sees Kei hugging Miki and believes she's cheating on Yuu with him.
• Sakura Tange: Her debut role.
• Shipper On Deck: For Meiko and Yuu in the manga, mistakenly believing the first is in Unrequited Love with the latter.
• Spoiled Brat

Anju Kitahara

• Canon Immigrant: Was merely mentioned in the manga once, then got a mini-arc in the anime.
• Elegant Classical Musician: Excellent violinist.
• Expository Hairstyle Change: Used to have Girlish Pigtails, now has very short hair.
• Ill Girl: Has a serious heart illness that almost kills her.
• I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
• Kikuko Inoue
• Meaningful Name: Yuu calls her An-chan, in an allusion to Anne of Green Gables.
• Plucky Girl
• Unlucky Childhood Friend: To Yuu.
• Yamato Nadeshiko: With the voice to prove it.

Yayoi Takase

• Canon Foreigner: Created only for the anime
• Crash Into Hello: How she and Tsutomu meet in the New Years episode.
• Moe Couplet: Tsutomu makes her smile, she keeps him grounded.

Kijima's shop

Takumi Kijima

• Ascended Extra: Another chara that only was mentioned in the manga but got a more important role in the anime.
• Benevolent Boss and Big Brother Mentor: For Yuu
• Unlucky Childhood Friend: For Ryoko Momoi.
  • Victorious Childhood Friend: For Rei Mizutani. They're Happily Married when we meet them.

Rei Kijima (née Mizutani)

• Canon Foreigner: Unlike her hubby, she was expresely created for the series
• Cool Big Sis
• Happily Married
• Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
• Yamato Nadeshiko

Akira Mizutani

• Big Brother Mentor: For Meiko.
• Canon Foreigner: Like his older sister Rei.
• Nice Guy
• Second Love: For Ryoko
• Tall, Dark and Handsome
• Wataru Takagi

American characters

Michael Grant

• Crazy Jealous Guy
• Chick Magnet: Played for Laughs
• Forceful Kiss: On Miki, when she tells him "You're Just a Kid!"
• Hikaru Midorikawa
• Hot Blooded
• Keet

Brian Grant

• Badass Driver: Is pretty good behind a car's steering wheel
• Butt Monkey: Slightly, as he comes off as more oblivious and childish than his other friends.
• Crazy Jealous Guy: Though not as bad as Michael, and he gets over it quickly
• Fiery Redhead
• Hot Blooded
• Jerk Jock: Pre Character Development
  • Lovable Jock: Afterwards
• Oblivious to Love: Poor Doris...
• Toshiyuki Morikawa

William "Bill" Matheson

• Berserk Button: Never ever takes somebody else's feelings for granted in front of him. Did you hear it, Ginny?
• Big Brother Mentor
• Camp
• Camp Straight
• Nice Guy
• Only Sane Man
• What the Hell, Hero?: On Ginny, when he learns about her terrible prank on Miki. He's so pissed off that not only he calls her an horrible person, but he slaps her. Beware the Nice Ones, indeed.

Ginny Golding

• Adult Child: Skirts the line
• Book Dumb
• Clingy Jealous Girl
• Dumb Blonde: More like "selfish and childish blonde" than truly dumb.
• Kick the Dog: Telling Miki that she was Yuu's "other woman" as a prank, out of jealousy. This makes the already distressed Miki break up with Yuu in the airport, as she's too emotionally exhausted to handle a Long Distance Relationship.
  • Must Make Amends: Does show genuine regret once reality sinks in.
• Lovable Alpha Bitch: While she is shallow and flighty, she's not completely evil.
• Ms. Fanservice: Noticeably Hotter and Sexier than the other girls.
• My God, What Have I Done?: After Bill and Doris express their anger at her for her treatment of Miki.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: The tomboy to Doris' girly girl.
• Yuka Koyama

Doris O'Connor

• Brainy Brunette: Has light brown hair and is very perceptive and smart
• Cool Big Sis: Specially to Ginny, whom she treats like a little sister. She isn't thrilled, however, as men only see her as a friend and not as a prospect girlfriend.
• Only Sane Man
• Silk Hiding Steel: Is pretty much an American and modern version of the Yamato Nadeshiko archetype
• Shiho Niiyama
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: The girly girl to Ginny's tomboy.

Eddie and Chris

• Big Brother Attraction: Chris, in a child-like way.
• The Cutie: Both of them are adorable
• Street Urchin