History Characters / GintamaKabukicho

* [[spoiler:SkunkStripe: In the trailers of the second movie, her future self is seen sporting a double one, though she remains otherwise unchanged.]]

* NerdGlasses

* NeverMessWithGranny: Her title "Empress of the Kabuki District" should tell you that this is one old lady you do not want to mess with.
** [[spoiler:While she has zero ability to defend herself, she has a small army made of best fighters in Kabukicho ( or Gintama-verse wise)under her command. The kicker? Every single one of them holds an UndyingLoyalty toward her and thus ready to fight to death if it means protecting or avenging her.]]

* [[spoiler: SkunkStripe: In the trailers of the second movie, her future self is seen sporting a double one, though she remains otherwise unchanged.]]

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Subverted and defied. [[spoiler: Despite her dainty looks and attitude, she is a very rare case of an [[TheEvilPrince evil]], [[ManipulativeBitch manipulative]] and power-hungry princess.]]

* RankUp: [[spoiler: As noted above, he takes the place of Jirocho as one of the new Four Heavenly Emperors of Kabukicho after his former boss leaves town with his daughter.]]

* AdaptationDyeJob: A very slight one. He's got completely black hair in the manga, but in the anime he's brown-haired.

!!Pirako Chin[[spoiler:/Doromizu]]

!!Musashi[[spoiler:/Matsugoro Nishiki]]

A recurring minor character, an old homeless man usually seen with Hasegawa. His name actually isn't Musashi, but it's what he is listed as in the credits.

The Heavenly Emperors are the four leaders of Kabukicho. [[spoiler:Months after Jirocho's retirement and Kada's "disappearance" they are replaced by Gintoki Sakata for Otose, Agou Kenou for Saigo, Tae Shimura for Kada, and Katsuo Kurogama for Jirocho]].

She owns a snack-bar and is usually helpful towards those in need. Up until the Kabukicho Arc, she mostly remained in the backgorund, often giving precious advice or taking in Tama, Catherine or [[spoiler: Hinowa's son]] temporarily.

Despite constant arguments over Gintoki's inability to pay his rent, she is confident in his defense of her. She is apparently one of the four "emperors" that rule the Kabuki District and has the personal title "Empress of the Kabuki District," mainly because of her good relationships and channels... and [[OneManArmy Gintoki]].

* [[spoiler:HerHeartWillGoOn]]: As is exposed during the Kabukicho arc.

** [[spoiler:Earlier, Tatsugoro (Otose's husband) with his last words entrusts her safety to Jirochou.]]
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: '''This! Is! KABUKICHOU!!!'''
* [[spoiler: SkunkStripe: In the trailers of the latest film, she is seen sporting a double one with her otherwise unchanged self.]]

** Slight subversion in that by doing so, [[spoiler: Kada forced Saigo to attack the Yorozuya even though he and his faction doesn't really want to. Of course, once the Yorozuya rescue him...]]

* RedBaron: ''White Loincloth Saigo'' as a member of the Anti-Foreigner faction and ''Fearsome God Mademoiselle Saigou'' as an okama.

* YouHave48Hours: What he says to Catherine, Tama, Shinpachi and Kagura during the Four Devas arc. After that, he was to destroy the Yorozuya's home [[spoiler: as Kada instructed him to, having kidnapped his son]].

Manipulative, vain and highly territorial, she runs her casino with an iron fist and isn't very close to the other "Emperors" of Kabukichou. [[spoiler: During the Kabukicho arc, it is revealed that she is actually linked to the SpacePirates known as Harusame and that her intentions are far from benevolent]].

* [[spoiler:ArcVillain]]: [[spoiler:Of the Four Devas arc.]]
** [[spoiler:NonActionBigBad]]: [[spoiler:Doesn't fight herself, relying entirely on her army of EliteMooks. The one time she tries to fight, she gets knocked out.]]

* [[spoiler:EvilAllAlong]]: Revealed to be this in [[spoiler: the Kabukicho arc.]]
* [[spoiler: FateWorseThanDeath:]] See below.

* GlassCannon: [[spoiler:At the end of the 4 devas arc, she is confronted by Pirako and threatens to kill her herself but all it takes to knock her out is a slight jab at the nape from Gintoki.]]
* [[spoiler:GoMadFromTheIsolation]]: She becomes this [[spoiler: after the [[SpacePirates Harusame]] enclose her for stealing and]] using their money.
* HiddenWeapons: Her fan's spokes end with razor-sharp blades that she can activate at will, [[spoiler: but she never gets to use it]].

* [[spoiler: WeWillMeetAgain]]: Says this to Gintoki and Jirochou at the end of the Kabukichou arc. [[spoiler: They do meet again in the same episode, while all the other emperors are recovering from the huge Kabukichou fight, and this time she loses for good]].

The last Emperor of Kabukichou to be revealed in the series. A former member of the Anti-Foreigner Faction, currently a yakuza. [[spoiler:Grew up with Otose and ended up befriending her future husband. Due to the fact that he also loved her, he backed down, allowing Otose to marry his best friend. When Otose's husband died protecting Jirocho from a bullet, Jirocho took it upon himself to protect Kabukicho.]]

* AFatherToHisMen: According to Katsuo, who mentions how he and other members of Jirochou's faction were the outcasts of society before Jirochou took them in.
* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler: He really just ''seems'' evil.]]

* IWasQuiteALooker: He was indeed [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jirochu_otose_5698.jpg very attractive in his prime]]. And yes, [[spoiler:that's Otose in the middle.]]

* [[spoiler:WhenYouComingHomeDad]]: [[spoiler:Tragically distant from his daughter for most of her life, due to his promise to protect Kabukicho. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Thankfully not the case by the end of the Four Devas arc.]]]]

After the events of the Android arc (in which she was introduced), Tama was fully reconstructed and has since been employed at Otose's snack house where she is always seen working alongside Otose and Catherine.

* [[spoiler:DisneyDeath]]: Twice! [[spoiler:First her HeroicSacrifice and later on is supposedly killed by Kintoki. Thankfully Gengai's able to repair her both times.]]

* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: The end of the Android arc.]]

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Both when she is first discovered and [[spoiler: after the Android arc comes to a close.]]
** Inverted [[spoiler:in the Kintama arc where she and Sadaharu are the only ones who remember Gintoki]].

* ReplacementGoldfish: The entire point of the Fuyo Project was for [[spoiler: Hayashi to implant his dying daughter's personality into a robot host. It ends in disaster.]]

** StepfordSmiler: Viewed in-story as this by Shinpachi and Kyuubei.

[[spoiler: Unfortunately, it is later revealed that he only survives thanks to his cybernetic half that was given to him by aliens who found him on the brink of death after he got defeated in one of his many battles. He was also infused with a split personality, called Kenofi, in the service of the aliens who fixed him.]]

* RankUp: [[spoiler: As noted above, he takes the place of Jirochou as one of the new Four Heavenly Emperors of Kabukicho after his former boss leaves town with his daughter.]]

A young girl who comes to the Yorozuya Gin at the onset of the Four Devas arc and asks them to help her find her father.

Despite her happy-go-lucky appearance and her perpetual smile, she soon reveals herself as a sadistic, bloodthirsty PsychoForHire, in the service of [[spoiler: Kada]], whose goal is to infiltrate the Kabukicho District's line of defense and [[spoiler: facilitate Kada's takeover, in exchange of being reunited with her father, Jirocho.]]

** DaddysLittleVillain: A variation. [[spoiler: Jirocho was antagonistic but not a real villain and she was simply gullible enough to believe Kada would keep her word.]]

* [[spoiler: GracefulLoser: Upon facing the Yorozuya-Gin after Kada's defeat, she throws her sword at their feet and kneels in submission, saying she's now ready to pay for what she has done to the Kabukicho district. But Gintoki has other plans for her and instead sends her off to her long-lost father.]]

* [[spoiler:PutOnABus: Leaves Kabukicho together with her father at the end of the Four Devas arc.]]

** In a hilarious demonstration, during the Ryugu palace arc, he is shown to have the fighting power of something around 600K (K for ''kelp,'' and regular humans possessing roughly 360 times K, Shinpachi had 364). That is, until he drops his sunglasses and it's revealed that device was reading data from said sunglasses and his actual fighting power was a mere 1K, i.e. on the same level as kelp. ''"It's true, Madao is nothing more than a pair of sunglasses."''

* ADayInTheLimelight: During the Tama arc.
* {{Badass}}: Especially in the Tama arc.

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Had the great misfortune of having to witness his son's [[DecapitationPresentation decapitated head being presented in public]] during the Joi war.

Tetsuko is a swordsmith in Kabukicho and Tetsuya's younger sister. As children of renowned swordsmith Jintetsu Murata, the two run the swordsmith shop together. She helped Gintoki Sakata and the Yorozuya during the Benizakura arc.

* [[spoiler:ArcVillain: Of the Kintama arc.]]

** ImpliedLoveInterest: Her relationship with Katsura is heavily hinted at but never shown on-screen or on-panel.

Tetsuko is a swordsmith in Kabukicho. She is the daughter of renowned swordsmith Jintetsu Murata and Tetsuya's younger sister. She helped Gintoki Sakata and the Yorozuya during the Benizakura arc.

Like Tetsuko, Tetsuya is a swordsmith in Kabukicho. He is the son of renowned swordsmith Jintetsu Murata and Tetsuko's older brother. [[spoiler:He forged Benizakura for Takasugi in an attempt to make the ultimate sword.]]

A former member of the Anti-Foreigner Faction. Since his wife's death he has done everything he could to be both a father and a mother to his son. He is the also the owner of an okama cabaret bar, and most of the crossdressers are formerly of the Faction as well. In his first appearance he tried to transform Gintoki and Katsura into crossdressers as well until they helped him out.

* InseriesNickname: Otae, which is simply adding the prefix "O" to her name, which is a respectful way to address a woman.

* AmbiguouslyBi: During the Yagyu arc Tae knows that Kyubei is a woman, but still almost goes through with the forced marrige. Afterwards, in later arcs the two get alot of ShipTease, but Tae treats Kyubei like a best friend, despite knowing that Kyuubei is in love with her. At the same time, there's the occasional brief hint she might be attracted to Gintoki, and Tae's first love is later on revealed to be [[spoiler:Hajime Obi, a man who used to be a coach for the dojo.]] During the GenderSwap arc [[spoiler:Tae is flustered by the things Kyuubei says to her, but wonders if its because Kyuubei is, at the time, a man.]]

* BladeOnAStick: Her WeaponOfChoice. Mostly utilized for threatening the likes of Gintoki and Kondo.

* DoesNotLikeMen: A subtle one. But she clearly has no interest in men whatsoever, despite being courted by many handsome or high-status guys (including Kondou), and only seems ''genuinely'' well-disposed towards like-minded females such as Kagura.

* FirstLove: [[spoiler:Otae's]]
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a long scar that runs from his forehead, around his right eye and then to his right ear.
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: He eventually takes out the aliens that were about to destroy Earth in order to spark a war by aiming the cannon indide his body at them.]]

* WaveMotionGun: [[spoiler:The aliens who fixed him put one in him. It's designed to fire when the planets align.]]

A young girl who comes to the Yorozuya-Gin at the onset of the Kabukicho Arc and asks them to help her find her father.

!!Kyoshiro Honjo
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!!!!!!Voiced by: Atsushi Kisaichi

The owner and frontman of the #1 host club, Takamagahara. Occasionally visits Gintoki and company for help.

* [[spoiler: JerkWithAHeartOfGold]]: Although it ''really'' isn't obvious at first.

!!Kyoshiro Honjo
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!!!!!!Voiced by: Atsushi Kisaichi

The owner and frontman of the #1 host club, Takamagahara. Occasionally visits Gintoki and company for help.

!!Kintoki Sakata
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!!!!!!Voiced by: YuuichiNakamura

A replacement robot that Kagura and Shinpachi had Gengai build since Gintoki left them. He winds up [[spoiler:brainwashing the whole cast and the whole Kabukicho with FakeMemories of him as the protagonist of the series.]]

!!Ikumatsu Nishiki
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!!!!!!Voiced by: MayumiAsano

Owner of the [[FistOfTheNorthStar Hokuto Shinken]] ramen shop in Edo. She lost her husband to members of the Anti-Foreigner Faction. Katsura hides out in her house to escape the Shinsengumi at one point and falls in love with her.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: The only character to avert this so far.
* BoundAndGagged: By her brother-in-law.
* DamselInDistress: Her brother-in-law kidnaps her with the intention of selling her, but she gets saved by Katsura.
* DeterminedWidow: Despite being pretty defenseless, she still stands her ground firmly against her would-be embezzlers.
* MrsRobinson: She is somewhat older than Katsura.
* [[spoiler:ParentalAbandonment]]: [[spoiler:Her father disappeared when she was little. Turns out he had gotten amnesia after saving a young boy who would eventually become Ikumatsu's future husband.]]
* SamaritanRelationshipStarter: A variation. She gave Katsura home and shelter for a while, which he didn't quite expect from her. This is how he started to see her as a potential lover.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: Entirely linked to Katsura story wise and lost pretty much all plot significance after her first appearance. She only made cameos afterwards until finally regaining some importance in a recent arc.
** ImpliedLoveInterest: Her relationship with Katsura is heavily hinted at but never shown on-screen or on-panel.
* SilkHidingSteel: She's a very mannerly and hospitable lady who hides quite a fierce streak.

* [[BrokenBird Broken Android]]: [[spoiler: She was used for Hayashi's experiment even as it became more and more distorted.]]

!!!!!!Voiced by: Takayuki Sugou

* OralFixationFixation

* ShockAndAwe

!!!!!!Voiced by: OmiMinami

Characters that appeared in Hideaki Sorachi's ''Manga/{{Gintama}}''. This page is for the citizens of Kabukicho, a red light district in Edo where the main characters also reside.

The Heavenly Emperors are the four leaders of Kabukicho. [[spoiler:Months after Jirocho's retirement and Kada's "disappearance" they are replaced by Gintoki Sakata for Otose, Agou Kenou for Saigou, Tae Shimura for Kada, and Katsuo Kurogama for Jirochou]].

* [[spoiler:DisneyDeath: Jirochou stabs her in front of her husband's grave, presumably killing her, only for her to survive and it to be revealed as part of Jirochou's plan to keep her out of the eventual confrontation with Kada.]]

!!Tokumori Saigou

** Slight subversion in that by doing so, [[spoiler: Kada forced Saigou to attack the Yorozuya even though he and his faction doesn't really want to. Of course, once the Yorozuya rescue him...]]

* RedBaron: ''White Loincloth Saigou'' as a member of the Anti-Foreigner faction and ''Fearsome God Mademoiselle Saigou'' as an okama.

* [[spoiler:ArchEnemy: She is Jirochou's.]]

!!Jirochou Doromizu

The last Emperor of Kabukichou to be revealed in the series. A former member of the Anti-Foreigner Faction, currently a yakuza. [[spoiler:Grew up with Otose and ended up befriending her future husband. Due to the fact that he also loved her, he backed down, allowing Otose to marry his best friend. When Otose's husband died protecting Jirochou from a bullet, Jirochou took it upon himself to protect Kabukicho.]]

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: [[spoiler:During his fight with Gintoki, Jirochou ''punched'' Gintoki so hard that he flew through a row of tombstones, crashing hard into a stone wall.]]

[[folder:Residents]]

* AmbiguouslyBi: During the Yagyu arc Tae knows that Kyuubei is a woman, but still almost goes through with the forced marrige. Afterwards, in later arcs the two get alot of ShipTease, but Tae treats Kyuubei like a best friend, despite knowing that Kyuubei is in love with her. At the same time, there's the occasional brief hint she might be attracted to Gintoki, and Tae's first love is later on revealed to be [[spoiler:Obi Hajime, a man who used to be a coach for the dojo.]] During the GenderSwap arc [[spoiler:Tae is flustered by the things Kyuubei says to her, but wonders if its because Kyuubei is, at the time, a man.]]

* IntertwinedFingers: This staple of the YuriGenre is used between her and Yagyu. Which seems to speak for itself.

!!Taizo "Madao" Hasegawa
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!!!!!!Voiced by: FumihikoTachiki (JP), ChrisAyres (EN, movie)

A close acquaintance of the Yorozuya Gin, introduced as an official working for the Bakufu. After an incident with Amanto dignitary Prince Hata, whom he was assigned to serve and protect, he fled. He has consequently become homeless, jobless, and a heavy drinker and survives pretty much the same way Gintoki and his pals do: doing pretty much anything he can get paid for.

He is often referred to as "Madao," which stands for "totally useless middle-aged man" in Japanese. In the English translation, it's "dork", which stands for "dumb old retarded kook."

* ActorAllusion: Assumes the [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Gendo]] [[ClaspYourHandsIfYouDeceive pose]] in the Kagura "replacement" episode.
** In the parody of the final episode of ''Evangelion'', he appears with his wife [[spoiler:in the same way as with Gendo and his deceased wife]].
** During the [[VideoGame/MonsterHunter Mon-Hun]] EyeCatch his silhouette is shaped like [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Kenpachi]]
* ActionSurvivor: One of the least action-oriented males of the series, yet still capable of coming out on top in dangerous situations.
* AlmightyJanitor: Subverted. Despite having bouts of HiddenDepths, his epiphanies and reflective speeches are often ignored by everyone.
* ButtMonkey: Things keep getting worse and worse for him. (If it helps any, he's most definitely not the only ButtMonkey among the cast.)
** ChewToy
* CoolLoser: Despite being called out on his inability to crawl out of his homelessness, he is still part of the Yorozuya's entourage and they consider him a friend.
* CoolShades: Parodied. Although he starts off as a high-ranking official in the government, he becomes less cool and far more loserly as the series goes on. On the other hand, they sorta invoke the image of [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Gendo Ikari]], whom FumihikoTachiki also voices.
** In a hilarious demonstration, during the Ryugu palace arc, he is shown to have the fighting power of something around 600K (K for ''kelp,'' and regular humans possessing roughly 360 times K, Shinpachi had 364). That is, until he drops his sunglasses and it's revealed that device was reading data from said sunglasses and his actual fighting power was a mere 1K, i.e. on the same level as kelp. ''"It's true, Madao is nothing more than a pair of sunglasses."''
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Who would've though a laid-back, easy-going homeless guy would hold such a fierce streak in times of need?
* EmbarrassingNickname: Madao.
* {{Hobos}}: A rather benevolent and dignified one.
* JerkassFacade: At one point, puts one on in order to [[spoiler: dissuade a caring family from taking him in.]]
* PerpetualPoverty: After his redundancy.
* RunningGag: His nickname, Madao.
* SmokingIsCool: Not that it makes ''him'' any less of a loser, though...
* TheTramp: Rather than a member of the CrazyHomelessPeople since he is much more sympathetic and much less slovenly than your average bum.

!!Gengai Hiraga
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!!!!!!Voiced by: TakeshiAono

A crazy inventor who can repair ''any'' kind of machine. He is often concerned about his son who he often wishes to have raised better.

He is the one to put Tama back together and helped a lot in taking down the army of robot-maids.

* ADayInTheLimelight: During the Tama arc.
* {{Badass}}: Especially in the Tama arc.
** BadassBeard
** BadassGrandpa
* BaldOfAwesome: Except for that little bit of hair on the back of his head.
* CloudCuckooLander
* CoolOldGuy
* DeathSeeker: Takasugi manages to prod him into trying to kill the Shogun to avenge his son, but he admits to Gintoki he never had any intention of succeeding. He is ultimately talked out of it.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: In a freaking tank.
* TheEngineer
* GadgeteerGenius: He builds and maintains almost anything. Even weapons! [[spoiler:What do you mean you modified Lake Toya to squirt soy sauce!?]]
* GogglesDoNothing: Inverted. In his case, they do serve a purpose.

* MadScientist: The rare benevolent kind.
* MrFixit
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Had the great misfortune of having to witness his son's [[DecapitationPresentation decapitated head being presented in public]] during the Joi war.
* TankGoodness: Drives one.

!!Musashi[[spoiler:/Matsugoro Nishiki]]
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!!!!!!Voiced by: Kouichi Sakaguchi

A recurring minor character, an old homeless man usually seen with Hasegawa. His name actually isn't Musashi, but it's what he is listed as in the credits.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* CrazyHomelessPeople: Much straighter example than Hasegawa.
* DirtyOldMan: Hits on Tsukuyo when she comes by to ask about one of Suzuran's former customers.
* {{Hobos}}: Like Hasegawa.
* [[spoiler:[[LukeIAmYourFather Ikumatsu, I Am Your Father]]]]: Though he didn't know it himself.
* [[spoiler:LaserGuidedAmnesia]]: [[spoiler:Suffers from severe memory impairment, which has caused him to forget all about his family and identity.]]
* NerdGlasses

!!Katsuo Kurogoma
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!!!!!!Voiced by: Katashi Ishizuka

An infrequently recurring character and one of the higher-ranking members of Dobunezemi, Jirochou's organization. An on-again-off again antagonist.

* AffablyEvil: Though antagonistic would probably be a better fit.
* AlliterativeName
* {{Badass}}: He is one of the most feared men in Kabukichou for a reason, despite his unfortunate encounters with the Yorozuya, and he certainly proves himself a competent fighter when he gets the chance.
** BadassLongRobe
** BadassNormal
* BeleagueredAssistant: Of Jirochou as is implied many times in his first appearances.
* CharacterTic: He has a habit of smoothing his hair back.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Smashes alien {{Ninja}}s through roofs and walls with nothing but sheer physical strength.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: Nothing like beating armed alien {{Ninja}}s with just your bare hands.

* GracefulLoser: Takes his first loss at Gintoki's hands pretty well and backs off when he realizes it's more trouble than worth.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain
* OralFixationFixation
* PetTheDog: Has an adorable dog that he loves and pampers.
* RankUp: [[spoiler: As noted above, he takes the place of Jirochou as one of the new Four Heavenly Emperors of Kabukichou after his former boss leaves town with his daughter.]]
* ScarfOfAsskicking
* StraightMan: [[spoiler:Plays the role among the new Four Heavenly Emperors, all of whom seem determined to drive him nuts with their crazy ideas.]]
* {{Yakuza}}

!!Kyoushiro Honjou
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!!!!!!Voiced by: Atsushi Kisaichi

The owner and frontman of the #1 host club, Takamagahara. Occasionally visits Gintoki and company for help.

[[folder:Residents]]

!!Tae Shimura
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!!!!!!Voiced by: SatsukiYukino (JP), Shelley Calene-Black (EN, movie)

Shinpachi's violent and unhinged older sister. She runs the Kakidōkan Dojo, the family dojo, with her brother, working part-time as a bar hostess to pay for the upkeep.

She is usually addressed as "Otae", although Kagura always addresses her as ''anego'' ("big sister" in Japanese informal speech), and the Shinsengumi call her ''nee-san'' ("big sister" in Japanese formal speech), which the usual honorific used to refer to a samurai leader's consort.

Despite her sweet face and cheerful demeanor, she is one of the most brutal characters in the show. She often delivers sound thrashings to Isao Kondo and Gintoki, or well, anyone else, whenever they anger her.

!!Catherine
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!!!!!!Voiced by: Yuu Sugimoto (JP), LuciChristian (EN, movie)

A middle-aged cat-eared Amanto whom Otose takes in. She [[ReformedCriminal used to be a]] [[IncrediblyLamePun cat-burglar]] and eventually got framed for larceny by Gintoki and his pals after trying to steal from them.

[[DeadpanSnarker Sharp-tongued and rather unpleasant]], she often gets called out on her "lack of manners" by Otose and often gets into fights with Kagura. However, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold she can be genuinely helpful and kind when she wants to]]. Especially remarkable for her strange accent and her [[AccentUponTheWrongSyllable uneven accentuation when she speaks]].

* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: To the point wher Otose remarks when she actually gets it right.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Probably explains why her accent is so weird, even in Japanese.
* ButterFace: She has a very nice body but her face is... plain to say the least.
* CatGirl: Yeah. But she isn't cute at all.
* CatsAreMean: The least you can say about her is that she's... bitchy.
* ChristmasCake: The reason why she looks different than most other female characters might be due to her being an older woman. She's also a spinster, as everyone is quick to point out.
* ClassyCatBurglar: Subverted. She has the outfit but certainly not the class.
* DeadpanSnarker
* GenericCuteness: Averted.
* ReformedCriminal: She used to be a thief.
* SmokingIsCool
* UndyingLoyalty: Despite everything, she's extremely devoted to Otose for having given her a second chance at life.

!!Tama
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!!!!!!Voiced by: OmiMinami

Tama is a female android found as a disembodied robot head in a trash can one night by Gintoki and Kagura. She was named by Kagura, who was obsessed with eating egg on rice at the time. She seems to have some rather strange main functions, such as acting as an interactive interface for a DragonQuest game.

Tama was originally a robot servant created by Dr. Hayashi to provide his sickly daughter with a companion. [[spoiler: Hayashi tried to implant the personality of his daughter, Fuyo, into Tama, but the experiment killed his daughter in the process. He gradually became wracked by grief and his intentions became more and more selfishly twisted after the event.]] Tama came to possess the element known as the "Seed", and is therefore capable of human emotion in addition to [[spoiler: retaining some of Fuyo's personality.]]

After the events of the Android arc (in which she was introduced), Tama was fully reconstructed and has since been employed at Otose's snack house where she is always seen working alongside Otose and Catherine.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Once with Gintoki.
* [[BrokenBird Broken Android]]: [[spoiler: She was used for Hayashi's experiment even as it became more and more distorted.]]
* FantasticVoyagePlot: The subject of this when she comes down with an unknown virus.
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: The end of the Android arc.]]
* {{Homage}}: She's a walking DragonQuest reference and even has an [[FantasticVoyagePlot entire arc]] centered around this particular quirk.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: A flamethrower... mop?
** BroomStickQuarterstaff
* {{Keigo}}
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Both when she is first discovered and [[spoiler: after the Android arc comes to a close.]]
** Inverted [[spoiler:in the Kintama arc where she and Sadaharu are the only ones who remember Gintoki]].
* LosingYourHead: The state she is initially found in and consequently named (as an egg-cracking device nonetheless).
* ReplacementGoldfish: The entire point of the Fuyo Project was for [[spoiler: Hayashi to implant his dying daughter's personality into a robot host. It ends in disaster.]]
* RetroGaming: She comes across a virus that, among other things, reduces her to an 8-bit sprite.
* [[RobotGirl Robot]] {{Meido}} / RobotMaid
* SpockSpeak: It's either this or an incessant barrage of DragonQuest menu options asking for player input.
* TearsFromAStone: A result of carrying "the Seed."
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]

!!Gengai Hiraga
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!!!!!!Voiced by: TakeshiAono

A crazy inventor who can repair ''any'' kind of machine. He is often concerned about his son who he often wishes to have raised better.

He is the one to put Tama back together and helped a lot in taking down the army of robot-maids.

* ADayInTheLimelight: During the Tama arc.
* {{Badass}}: Especially in the Tama arc.
** BadassBeard
** BadassGrandpa
* BaldOfAwesome: Except for that little bit of hair on the back of his head.
* CloudCuckooLander
* CoolOldGuy
* DeathSeeker: Takasugi manages to prod him into trying to kill the Shogun to avenge his son, but he admits to Gintoki he never had any intention of succeeding. He is ultimately talked out of it.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: In a freaking tank.
* TheEngineer
* GadgeteerGenius: He builds and maintains almost anything. Even weapons! [[spoiler:What do you mean you modified Lake Toya to squirt soy sauce!?]]
* GogglesDoNothing: Inverted. In his case, they do serve a purpose.

* MadScientist: The rare benevolent kind.
* MrFixit
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Had the great misfortune of having to witness his son's [[DecapitationPresentation decapitated head being presented in public]] during the Joi war.
* TankGoodness: Drives one.

!!Musashi[[spoiler:/Matsugoro Nishiki]]
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!!!!!!Voiced by: Kouichi Sakaguchi

A recurring minor character, an old homeless man usually seen with Hasegawa. His name actually isn't Musashi, but it's what he is listed as in the credits.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* CrazyHomelessPeople: Much straighter example than Hasegawa.
* DirtyOldMan: Hits on Tsukuyo when she comes by to ask about one of Suzuran's former customers.
* {{Hobos}}: Like Hasegawa.
* [[spoiler:[[LukeIAmYourFather Ikumatsu, I Am Your Father]]]]: Though he didn't know it himself.
* [[spoiler:LaserGuidedAmnesia]]: [[spoiler:Suffers from severe memory impairment, which has caused him to forget all about his family and identity.]]
* NerdGlasses

!!Katsuo Kurogoma
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!!!!!!Voiced by: Katashi Ishizuka

An infrequently recurring character and one of the higher-ranking members of Dobunezemi, Jirochou's organization. An on-again-off again antagonist.

* AffablyEvil: Though antagonistic would probably be a better fit.
* AlliterativeName
* {{Badass}}: He is one of the most feared men in Kabukichou for a reason, despite his unfortunate encounters with the Yorozuya, and he certainly proves himself a competent fighter when he gets the chance.
** BadassLongRobe
** BadassNormal
* BeleagueredAssistant: Of Jirochou as is implied many times in his first appearances.
* CharacterTic: He has a habit of smoothing his hair back.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Smashes alien {{Ninja}}s through roofs and walls with nothing but sheer physical strength.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: Nothing like beating armed alien {{Ninja}}s with just your bare hands.
* GoodScarsEvilScars
* GracefulLoser: Takes his first loss at Gintoki's hands pretty well and backs off when he realizes it's more trouble than worth.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain
* OralFixationFixation
* PetTheDog: Has an adorable dog that he loves and pampers.
* RankUp: [[spoiler: As noted above, he takes the place of Jirochou as one of the new Four Heavenly Emperors of Kabukichou after his former boss leaves town with his daughter.]]
* ScarfOfAsskicking
* StraightMan: [[spoiler:Plays the role among the new Four Heavenly Emperors, all of whom seem determined to drive him nuts with their crazy ideas.]]
* {{Yakuza}}

!!Kyoushiro Honjou
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!!!!!!Voiced by: Atsushi Kisaichi

The owner and frontman of the #1 host club, Takamagahara. Occasionally visits Gintoki and company for help.

* BeautifulAllAlong: Subverted. He was ridiculously ugly until the plastic surgery...
* {{Bishounen}}: Probably has the most BishieSparkle scenes of all the characters.
* TheCharmer: Well, it is his job.
* {{Gonk}}: Before plastic surgery.
* HostClub
* IKnowKungFu: "Blade of the Male Escort!" It's super-effective against ''transvestites''. (To be fair, they ''were'' lining up to be slain)...
* RealMenWearPink
* SharpDressedMan: His outfit is considered typical of pimps by the standards of Japanese culture.

!!Tetsuko Murata
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!!!!!!Voiced by: Keiko Nemoto (JP), Creator/BrittneyKarbowski (EN, movie)

Tetsuko is a swordsmith in Kabukicho. She is the daughter of renowned swordsmith Jintetsu Murata and Tetsuya's younger sister. She helped Gintoki Sakata and the Yorozuya during the Benizakura arc.
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* ActionGirl

* DropTheHammer
* ShyBlueHairedGirl: Initially, though she seems to have grown out of it by the Four Devas arc.

!!Tetsuya Murata
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!!!!!!Voiced by: Takeharu Onishi (JP), JohnSwasey (EN, movie)

Like Tetsuko, Tetsuya is a swordsmith in Kabukicho. He is the son of renowned swordsmith Jintetsu Murata and Tetsuko's older brother. [[spoiler:He forged Benizakura for Takasugi in an attempt to make the ultimate sword.]]
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* TheBlacksmith

The Heavenly Emperors are the four leaders of Kabukicho. They are:

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Months after [[spoiler:Jirocho's retirement and Kada's "disappearance"]] they are replaced by [[spoiler:Gintoki Sakata for Otose, Agou Kenou for Saigou, Tae Shimura for Kada, and Katsuo Kurogama for Jirochou]]. It's as whacky and awesome as you might guess.

[[folder:Residents of Kabukicho]]