High School! Kimengumi characters

names appear in the more common "given name, family name" order.

Kimengumi and friends

;nihongo|Ichidō Rei|一堂 零|"All together, bow!" anime voice|Shigeru Chiba:Kimengumi leader and protagonist of the series. Nickname: nihongo|Mayunashi no Rei|まゆなしの零|No-Eyebrows Rei. His family runs a toy store, he lives with his father and younger sister (his mother has already died). Considered a "High Class Buffoon", he retains the same simple-mindedness he had as a child and is quite the hentai (as in "weirdo" rather than "pervert"). He is known for being able to do many odd things with his body. It took him three tries to pass the high school entry exam, but he finally manages to graduate to Ichiō High with his current class.

;nihongo|Reietsu Gō|冷越 豪,|sounds like "Let's Go" anime voice|Tesshō Genda:Kimengumi member #2. Nickname: nihongo|Manako no Gō|まなこの豪|Eyeballs Gō. His family runs a sake store. He lives with his uncle's family. Despite being underage, he is occasionally drunk. He is a huge pro wrestling fan and can walk on water. He is a very hearty and violent fellow and does not always give Rei proper Leader treatment, but he is also kind hearted and does not allow others to make fun of his friends. It took him three tries to pass the high school entry exam.

;nihongo|Shusse Kiyoshi|出瀬 潔,|"Roll call...", "Here!" anime voice|Issei Futamata:Kimengumi member. Nickname: nihongo|Mukiba no Kiyoshi|むき歯の潔|Exposed Teeth Kiyoshi. His family runs a bathhouse. He is known around the school as a lecher, often peeking on the women's side of his parent's bathhouse. However, he is the brains of Kimengumi. His best friend is Jin. It took him three tries to pass the high school entry exam.

;nihongo|Daima Jin|大間 仁,|Great Majin anime voice|Naoki Tatsuta:Kimengumi member. Nickname: nihongo|Ebisu no Jin|えびすの仁|Savage Jin. His family runs an okonomiyaki shop. He loves to just eat and sleep and will often doze off during class. Although usually a very nice guy, his personality changes greatly when you mess with his food. He is very lucky and has excellent mimicry skills, particullarly he is skilled at mimicking singer Yoshinori Monta. It took him two tries to pass the high school entry exam.

;nihongo|Monohoshi Dai|物星 大,|Drying rack anime voice|Kaneto Shiozawa (Kousuke Okano in 2000 PlayStation game):Kimengumi member. Nickname: nihongo|Ochobokō no Dai|おちょぼ口の大|Small Mouth Dai. His family runs a bookstore. He is an [Homosexuality in Japan#Japanese gay s _ok. Kawa Yui|河川 唯,|Cutie anime voice|Miki Takahashi:The pink-haired classmate of the Kimengumi. She is very pretty and is popular with the male students. However, she isn't always aware of this. She is an oddball herself and has no interest in normal guys. She instead hangs out with Kimengumi and gradually falls in love with Rei. She often likes to become involved with games, but is not always aware when she loses. She graduates from Ōsei Junior High and goes on to Ichiō High. At the beginning of the series she is a more comical character, but by halfway through "3rd Year Kimengumi" she has become the straight man of the group.

;nihongo|Uru Chie|宇留 千絵,|colloquial Japanese for "Urusai", meaning "loud" or "obnoxious" anime voice|Naoko Matsui:The green-haired classmate of Kimengumi and best friend of Yui. Her family runs a flower shop. Very strong-willed, she initially acts as the straight man to Yui and Kimengumi, but later becomes more comical. She hates it when people say that she has droopy eyes. In Junior High she had semi-long hair, but in High School she wears her hair in a ponytail. She and Yui hardly ever quarrel, and when they do it is usually a misunderstanding or accident. It is often hinted that she is very close to Gō, and at the end of the series they are depicted as living together in the Reiestu house (but whether or not her name is in the family registry is unknown).

;nihongo|Lassie|ラッシー|Rasshī anime voice|Naoki Tatsuta:Rei's dog, named after the dog in the famous TV series "Lassie".

Kimengumi families

Ichidō family

*nihongo|Ichidō Takuseki|一堂 琢石 anime voice|Yusaku Yara: Rei's father and proprietor of nihongo|Omocha no Ichidō|おもちゃの一堂,|Ichidō's Toys. He and his late wife Naori were childhood friends. He was originally an honest and upright person, but was corrupted by Naori's father Seiretsu. He tends to favor Kiri over Rei, particularly in "High School! Kimegumi". He was modeled after Cha Katō.

*nihongo|Ichidō Kiri|一堂 霧 anime voice|Mayumi Shō: Rei's little sister (8 years younger). Unlike Rei and Takuseki, she is rather normal and even strives to be an honor student. She is ashamed of her father and brother's behavior, and tries to hide her connection to them from her classmates. After Naori's death she takes care of all the housework. She first appears as an elementary school student, but halfway through the series she is suddenly depicted as a Junior High student. She is in love with Yui's little brother Ippei, and the two of them usually hang out together with Kiyoshi's little sister Kiyoi.
*Ichidō Naori - "No seiyū"
*Zenin Seiretsu - Takeshi Aono

Kawa family

*Kawa Itazō - Kōji Totani
*Kawa Riya - "does not appear in anime"
*Kawa Ippei - Yūko Mita
*Kawa Iko - Run Sasaki

Reietsu family

*Reietsu Pūtarō - "???"
*Reietsu Gōgo - "???"
*Reietsu Torae - "???"

husse family

*Shusse Sendarō - Sanji Hase
*Shusse Shichiyo - "???"
*Shusse Kiyoi - Tomiko Suzuki

Daima family

*Daima Kyū - Rokuro Naya
*Daima's Mother - Seiko Nakano
*Daima Ō - "does not appear in anime"

Monohoshi family

*Monohoshi Hyori - "Yuri Nashiwa"
*Monohoshi Zao - "Only appears in "Flash"

Uru family

*Uru Saigō - Kazuyuki Sogabe
*Uru Sae - Asami Mukaidono→Rihoko Yoshida
*Uru Beauty - Yuriko Yamamoto

Middle school gangs

Iro'otokogumi (class 3)

;nihongo|Iro'otokogumi|色男組,|Ladykiller GangLeader
*nihongo|Kireide Shō|切出 翔,|Aren't I handsome anime voice|Keiichi Nanba: Considered the most attractive man in the school. He specifically sets his eyes on Yui but because she dislikes pushy, overconfident guys he is rejected for the first time. As vain and as popular as he is though, he isn't all that smart and even failed his first attmept at the college entrance exam. He is also very bad at sports with the sole exception of skating, and it has been hinted that he has been practing at that his entire life.

Members
*nihongo|Setto Kimeru|節戸 決 anime voice|Takurou Kitagawa: Has a regent hairstyle and is in love with both Yui and Chie. He is very superficial and has a manly face.
*nihongo|Sugata Kazaru|姿 飾,|Decorated form anime voice|: Has an afro hairstyle. Like Shō, he is in love with Yui. Even though they share a lot in common, he tends to play straight man to Shō.
*nihongo|Hokori Takashi|矛利 高志,|Very prideful anime voice|Shigeru Nakahara: The only member of Iro'otokogumi with short hair. His nickname is nihongo|Tatchi|タッチ,|Touch. He also likes both Yui and Chie. Like Udegumi member Yutaka, he will occassionaly talk to the readers.
*nihongo|Tanokin Torio|頼金 鳥雄,|Tanokin Trio anime voice|Junichi Kanemaru: He has the same hairstyle as Rei but his facial features resemble Yui's (the author himself points this out at times). His nickname is nihongo|Toribou|トリ坊 and he is the least superficial of the group.

Udegumi (class 9)

;nihongo|Udegumi|腕組,|Strongarm Gang

Leader
*nihongo|Undō Kai|雲童 塊,|Sports Meet anime voice|Kenyu Horiuchi: A young man with good reflexes who holds numerous positions on more than one atheltic club. The popularity of himself and Udegumi is second only to Iro'otokogumi. However, he is completely useless at anything non-athletic, and will often go in a corner and begin training during class. He is in fit shape from training all day, be it in class, at home, or anywhere else he goes. He has a father named nihongo|Joe|丈 and an older twin sister named Mei "(see Girls' Volleyball Club)".

Members
*Akiresu Ken - Hiroshi Izawa
*Intahai Susumu - Hōchū Ohtsuka
*Konjō Yutaka - Kōzō Shioya
*Suji Chikara - Ryō Horikawa

Bangumi (class 4)

;nihongo|Bangumi|番組,|Delinquent GangLeader
*nihongo|Nihiruda Yō|似蛭田 妖,|I am a Nihilist anime voice|Hōchū Ōtsuka: A cool customer who is largely considered to be the boss of Ichiō High, although he denies this. He does not wear his uniform, arrives late, leaves early, and smokes regularly. Despite what his many school violations may imply, he actually dislikes causing trouble. His eyes are usually hidden behind his forelock and he has twice failed the college entrance exams.

Members
*Tabuchi Koeru - Kōzō Shioya
*Nakasudō Omiya - Kōji Totani
*Meri Kensaku - Ryō Horikawa
*Jōgai Ranto - Masaharu Satō

Honegumi (class 1)

;nihongo|Honegumi|骨組,|Buckle Down GangLeader
*nihongo|Honekishi Muzō|骨岸無造 anime voice|Sukekiyo Kameyama: He has a long face and a noticeable upper lip. He and his study group care about nothing other than studying. He is instantly smitten by Yui, but is nonetheless antagonistic towards her. He later graduates and goes onto nihongo|Ori High|尾利高,|Ori-kō, but because Shinzawa loved drawing his face so much, his little brother nihongo|Mudarō|無駄郎 (anime voice|Sukekiyo Kameyama) enrolls in Ichiō High with the Kimengumi.

Members
*Arakata Ukara - "???"
*Munaita Dan - Tomohiro Nishimura
*Waseda Keio - Junichi Kanemaru
*Kurutsu Teru - Tomohiro Nishimura

Omegumi (class 7)

;nihongo|Omegumi|御女組Leader
*nihongo|Amano Jako|天野邪子,|Amanojaku anime voice|Yō Inoue: A very popular character, she lives up to her name and has the tough personality of a gang member. She loves disco music and she has always smoked, even before she started elementary school. She and her members frequently leave class early and she often hands in blank test papers, but after meeting Ikari-sensei she becomes more of a model student (in fact, after graduating high school she studies abroad in the United States). She has a very sweet face and is often seen with Nihiruda Yō, but whether or not they are involved is unknown. She later harbours feelings for Jidai-sensei. She fails her first entrance exam.

Members
*Hidari Maki: Hiroko Emori
*Sandanbara Ikue: Noriko Uemura
*Honba Desuko: Mami Matsui
*Ohba Kayo: Mari Yokō

Rukkumi (class 6)

*Sawaki Makurō: Issei Futamata

Fukumi (class 2)

*Koyakushimaru Hiro: Arisa Andō
*Matsumo Toiyo: Chie Satou

Other middle school characters

*Himawari: Masaharu Satō
*Tulip: Kōji Totani
*Kashikiri Yasuka: Rika Fukami
*Shinjitsu Ichirō: Bin Shimada
*Hirayama Yukio: Kenji Utsumi
*Hitohi Kazuyoshi: Yuji Mitsuya