Nichijou/Characters

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The characters of the manga/anime series Nichijou. Names are in western order.

Schoolgirl Trio

Yuuko "Yukko" Aioi

Voiced by: Mariko Honda
"I should be glad nothing perishable landed on me!"


One of the five "main" characters of the series, "Yukko" is an ordinary student with a propensity for forgetting her homework. She is also locked in a perpetual "Boke and Tsukkomi" gag with Mai.

  • Berserk Button: She can only take being called stupid so much before she snaps.
  • Book Dumb: Not as substantial as other cases, but she does have to borrow homework from Mio on a regular basis.
  • Butt Monkey: The entire universe is apparently out to get her.
  • Cool Big Sis: Earns this right with Professor.
  • Frickin' Laser Beams: When in enough pain, her screams let out those. One of them even pierced through all the planets of the solar system (And Pluto) !
  • Genki Girl: Although she is certainly genki, she also plays it up sometimes to hide embarrassment.
  • Goal in Life: Has twice now been shown to have no decided goal yet.
  • Gratuitous English: The main offender

"SUPER-ULTRA-GREAT-DELICIOUS-WONDERFUL hard to understand!"

Mio Naganohara

Voiced by: Mai Aizawa
"If she sees that drawing, she'll never think of me the same way again!"

Another of the five "main" characters, Mio is the most normal of the cast, but that isn't saying much. She usually plays the straight man to Yukko's antics.

Mai Minakami

Voiced by: Misuzu Togashi

"They see me trollin'. They hatin'."

"I was joking."

Rounding off the Trio with Yukko and Mio is Mai, a quiet bespectacled girl with a fondness for screwing with people just to see how they'll respond. Makes up the "Boke" side of her relationship with Yukko. Also has a thing for whittled Buddha statues.

Shinonome Laboratories

Nano Shinonome

Voiced by: Shizuka Furuya

Sure, it's weird she's a robot, but look at everyone else.

A robot who wishes she were a real girl more than anything, even if it means things like being able to get dental cavities. She struggles to keep the fact that she's a robot a secret. A struggle not at all helped by the obvious wind-up key in her back which her creator absolutely refuses to remove.

Professor (Hakase)

Voiced by: Hiromi Konno

The creator of Nano. Hard to believe, right.

Nano's eight-year-old creator. Aside from her ability to build incredibly advanced machines, she's a completely normal kid. Likes sharks.

Sakamoto(-san)

Voiced by: Minoru Shiraishi

"No matter how you look at it, that was too much petting."

A black cat living with Nano and the Professor. He is able to talk due to a scarf the Professor created. He was originally Nakamura-sensei's cat, named Taisho.

"Damn it! My life sucks no matter where I go!"

It's mostly thanks to Hakase's pranks and Nano obliviousness. Nakamura (his previous owner) isn't any better.

  • Formally-Named Pet: With Nano, at Sakamoto's insistance; he would prefer that the Professor do this, too, but she refuses to listen not regarding him as adult.
  • Head Pet: In the 2nd opening.
  • Line-of-Sight Name: It was written on the box he was found in.
  • No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Once in a while he'll let himself fall for one of the Professor's pranks only for said prank to be more than he bargained for.
  • Not So Above It All He acts mature around Nano and Hakase but they don't last very long.
  • Talking Animal With the help of his red scarf.

Students

Koujirou Sasahara

Voiced by: Yoshihisa Kawahara

Just a boy and his goat.

A spacey student who wears an ascot at all times and rides a goat to school. He puts on pretensions of being the Eldest Son of a wealthy family, although it's quickly revealed he's the Eldest Son of a family of farmers (hence the goat). He tends to irritate his classmate Misato Tachibana with his oblivious nature, causing her to frequently shoot him. Don't worry, he can take it.

*Nano's disembodied hand rockets past*

"Oh! "Perhaps it is my right hand, trailing clouds across the blue sky. Sasahara." Not Bad!"

Misato Tachibana

Voiced by: Chika Horikawa

The lengths she'll go to in order to deny her love for Koji--*boom*

A high school girl who frequently finds herself angered by the oblivious carefree actions of Sasahara. She expresses her frustration by unleashing an escalating arsenal of weapons ranging from revolvers to missile launchers. There are subtle hints that these outbursts may be the result of feelings for Sasahara on Misato's part.

Fe-chan: "[How's] your relationship with Sasahara-kun?"
*Violence*
Misato: "Why do I have to marry him?!"
Fe-chan: "I didn't say that!"
*More Violence*
Misato: "Why does it have to be a daughter and then a son?!"

    • It's either that or she's spilling her personal fantasies in her denials.
  • Tsundere: Type A taken to ridiculous proportions.

Tsuyoshi Nakanojou

Voiced by: Kazutomi Yamamoto

Looks can be deceiving.

A boy whose most prominent feature is a naturally growing mohawk. When not at school, he is a skeptic and seeks to debunk supernatural phenomena. Despite his mohawk making him look like a delinquent, he actually is a fairly nice guy.

Haruna Annaka

Voiced by: Kaori Sadohara

This is pretty much Annaka's default expression.

A girl noted for her very large red ribbon that she wears in her hair. She's fond of trying out new places that she reads about, but tends to find the experiences more confusing than enlightening.

Kenzaburou Daiku

Voiced by: Ryouta Yoshizaki

Son of the C.E.O. of the Daiku Corporation, which runs chains of restaurants and cafes among other things. Created the "Go-Soccer" Club on a whim and has since come to regret it since encountering people actually familiar with the game.

Yuria Sekiguchi

Voiced by: Ai Hirosaka

For a while she was the only member of the Go-Soccer Club alongside Daiku. However, she shows little interest in anything beyond reading the latest volumes of Helvetica Standard.

Makoto Sakurai

Voiced by: Takahiro Hikami

The younger brother of teacher Izumi Sakurai. He was surprised to learn his school had an Go-Soccer club and eagerly joined. To Daiku's shock, however, Makoto takes his Go-Soccer very seriously.

Tanaka

Voiced by: Kouta Yamaguchi

A student with an afro. Appears more often in the background than as a speaking character.

Weboshi

Voiced by: Youko Tamaoki

One of Misato's friends. She is attracted to Nakanojou.

Fecchan

Voiced by: Yumi Higuchi

One of Misato's best friends. A bit of a ditz.

Mihoshi Tachibana

Voiced by: Manami Honda

Misato's younger sister. She's in middle school and is a member of the kendo club. Her response to the absurdities that surround her is barely contained laughter. She's fully aware of Misato's feelings for Sasahara.

  • Bratty Half-Pint: She can barely contain laughter when someone embarasses themselves, and likes to tease her sister every now and then about her feelings for Sasahara.
  • Girlish Pigtails Two long ones. They fit her for her hobby.

Ogi

Voiced by: Ryouta Takeuchi

A member of the Go-Soccer club, and one of the few people who are actually familiar with the rules of the game.

Teachers

Izumi Sakurai

Voiced by: Mami Kosuge

A timid teacher who became a guidance counselor as much to improve herself as her students. She tends to get flustered very easily, and has a hard time actually disciplining students. The elder sister of Makoto Sakurai.

Manabu Takasaki

Voiced by: Tetsu Inada

A teacher at the high school. Frequently on Yuuko's case regarding her inability to do her homework. He harbors a crush on Izumi Sakurai. His imagination tends to run wild when he's speaking to her. He's also sponsor for the Go-Soccer Club, blackmailed by Makoto.

Kana Nakamura

Voiced by: Kaoru Mizuhara

A science teacher who managed to figure out that Nano's a robot. Confused about why Nano would be enrolled in school instead of announced to the world, she has made it a point to capture Nano and study her. Her schemes always end up backfiring.

"SHOULDER BLOCK!"

Principal

Voiced by: Yuichi Nagashima (a.k.a. Cho)

The school principal who often tells old jokes that no one gets. He has also suplexed a deer.

Vice Principal

Voiced by: Hiroshi Naka

The Vice Principal of the high school. He sad life is brightened by visits from his little grandson Micchan... until Micchan does something that leaves him sadder than before. Seems to dislike the Principal.

Others

Yoshino Naganohara

Voiced by: Motoko Kobayashi

Mio's elder sister. An immature young woman fond of playing pranks on people she comes across. She attends college and is skilled at kendo.

Counter Girl

A girl who works at the Daiku Cafe. She's very timid and has a hard time explaining things when her customers are angry or flustered.


Nakanojou, Sr., the Daifuku Guy

Voiced by: Hirokazu Hiramatsu

Runs a daifuku stall on the streets of town. He takes selling Daifuku very seriously, and insists on model behavior from the people he hires to be his daifuku mascots. Like his son, he has a natural mohawk. Though his has grown long enough that he can fake a normal hairstyle with it.

Micchan

Voiced by: Kaoru Mizuhara

The Vice Principal's grandson. The Vice Principal anticipates his visits, but Micchan always ends up doing something to horrify his grandpa, such as trying to get him to eat mudpies.

Crow

Voiced by: Daisuke Ono

A random crow that the Professor brings home. She puts Sakamoto's scarf on it so it can speak.

Biscuit #2

Voiced by: Etsuko Kozakura

A robot made by the Professor. He runs on biscuits. An improvement over Biscuit #1, whose head flew off.

  • The Unfavorite: He was only made to impress Nano, so he gets neglected often.

Buddy

A dog who has sometimes appeared before Yuuko to offer a comforting paw when things are especially rough on the girl. Is sometimes accompanied by a puppy, Kobuddy.

The Fey Kingdom

A king, princess, and their soldiers who fly high above the world in a zeppelin. Their adventures are really just elaborate dreams on Yuuko's part. Or are they?

King Albert

Voiced by: Tamio Ohki

Ruler of the Fey Kingdom. He decided to take a trip around the world on a zeppelin, providing Dolph the chance he needed to grab power. He carries one of the two wood cubes which can be used to resurrect an ancient weapon.

Princess Starla

Voiced by: Noriko Hidaka

Princess of the Fey Kingdom. She holds the second wood cube needed to resurrect an ancient weapon. She manages to keep it hidden from Dolph until his rebellion fails. She holds the Mooks' turning on her and her father against them.

Dolph

Voiced by: Takaya Hashi

An officer in the Fey Kingdom's army, adopted and raised by King Albert. Despite his grand plans, his attempt at rebellion ultimately fails due to his own clumsiness.

The Mooks

Voiced by: Hochu Otsuka (#8), Jun Fukuyama (#66) , Joji Nakata (#22) Akio Otsuka (The Negotiatior)

The men who serve the king and princess on the Fey Kingdom Zeppelin. They wear identical uniforms of slacks with green jackets and caps, and are distinguished by the numbers on their hats. Number Eight is usually the centerpiece in skits featuring the zeppelin.

Helvetica Standard

A manga often seen being read by characters in Nichijou, some episodes have Helvetica Standard segments of their own.

With the exception of Chirashizushi, none of these names are "official", merely descriptive. Character entries are reserved for characters who have appeared in more than one Helvetica Standard sketch.

The Clueless Shinigami

A Shinigami who doesn't understand how to read the atmosphere of a situation. Once had his scythe stolen by the Poverty-Stricken Tengu.

Chirashizushi

An angel. Tries to help others when she can and owns a very powerful toaster.

The Landlady

A kind landlady who isn't so kind to tenants who are behind on rent.

Poverty-Stricken Tengu

A Tengu who has sometimes resorted to theft to get enough money to eat.

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  1. ↑ on an airship
  2. ↑ Sakamoto
  3. ↑ "Kuuki Yomenai", the inability to read social situations, translated as Clueless in some fansubs
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