History Characters / MaisonIkkoku

* ClingyJealousGirl: She doesn't like Godai seeing other girls, but is more mature and controlled about it than most of Rumiko Takahashi's heroines due to being older. Kyoko is rational enough to realize Ibuki is an immature StalkerWithACrush and bravely resists her provocations.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: When she discovers in episode 80 that Godai is working at a bunny girl themed cabaret club, she decides to woo him by employing as a bunny girl herself! She should have put in serious consideration that a- no relationships allowed between employees at the cabaret club and b- '' Godai was her friggin' teacher, '' thus he has legitimate proof that she’s underage and a high school student. Sure enough, Godai immediately reveals all of this to the manager of said club, who immediately fires her on the spot, and [[DeathGlare warns]] her not to come back.

* SoreLoser: In the OVA, when she [[spoiler: learns that Godai and Kyoko are getting married]], she outright threatens to fight Kyoko ''physically'' and almost got to it hadn't Akemi interrupted her. She even went as far as to demand Godai to leave Kyoko due to a “mysterious letter”, [[ImStandingRightHere while Kyoko is sitting right next to Godai]]![[note]]All of the tenants have been tormenting Godai that Kyoto must have a secret lover that she doesn’t want him to know about, when in reality she was waiting for a response letter from Grandma Godai. [[/note]]

* DidntThinkThisThrough: When she discovers In episode 80 that Godai is working at a bunny girl themed cabaret club, she decides to woo him by employing as a bunny girl herself! She should have put in serious consideration that a- no relationships allowed between employees at the cabaret club and b- '' Godai was her friggin' teacher, '' thus he has legitimate proof that she’s underage and a high school student. Sure enough, Godai immediately reveals all of this to the manager of said club, who immediately fires her on the spot, and [[DeathGlare warns]] her not to come back.

* SoreLoser: In the OVA, when she [[spoiler: learns that Godai and Kyoko are getting married]], she outright threatens to fight Kyoko ''physically'' and almost got to it hadn't Akemi interrupted her.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: When she discovers In episode 80 that Godai is working at a bunny girl themed cabaret club, she decides to woo him by employing as a bunny girl herself! She should have put in serious consideration that a- no relationships allowed between employees at the cabaret club and b- '' Godai was her friggin' teacher, '' thus he has legitimate proof that she’s underage and a high school student. Sure enough, Godai immediately reveals to the manager of said club of who she really is, who immediately fires her on the spot, and warns her not to come back.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: When she discovers In episode 80 that Godai is working at a bunny girl themed cabaret club, she decides to woo him by employing as a bunny girl herself! She should have put in serious consideration that a- no relationships allowed between employees at the cabaret club and b- '' Godai was her friggin' teacher, '' thus he has legitimate proof that she’s underage and a high school student. Sure enough, Godai immediately reveals to the manager of said club of who she really is, who fires her on the spot, and warns her not to come back.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: She occasionally slaps Godai in the face due to her latent {{Tsundere}}-ness.
** [[spoiler: Though in at least one case it is fully justified, such as when Godai and Mitaka spend the night drinking together (instead of fighting as was intended) and it just happened to be the night before Godai's college finals.]]

* ShesGotLegs: And they're [[MsFanservice often on display.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: Downplayed. Even though is shamelessly mooches off Godai, has a voyeuristic streak a mile wide and often teases the other tenants mercilessly, he's never seen doing something "evil" beyond the aforementioned.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Jerkass as above but very often when it is time for someone to explain a misunderstanding he is the one to do it. The 'heart of gold' comes from it being very obvious him going way out of the way to 'accidentally' bump into the very person he needs to explain the situation to...usually in an area no one else would see them.

-->[[spoiler:'''Akemi:''' I can't believe you. Crying and carrying on over a guy you won't even let hold your hand. What's wrong with you? You think I'm so desperate I'd bother to steal a man from a neurotic twit like you? Grow up!]]

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Due to her latent {{Tsundere}}-ness.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: She is sweet and polite but also has a violent side.

* DudeMagnet: Men see her as attractive and has two male suitors constantly competing for her attention.

* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: In regards to Godai.

!!Other Characters

* DoggedNiceGuy: To Kyoko.

* LoveAtFirstSight: Kyoko enters the scene, he falls head over heels for her. Hard. ''Very'' hard.

* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: At first.

* FirstGirlWins: Though it's the first case of this in a Creator/RumikoTakahashi series.

* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: She doesn't like jerks, something both Mitaka and Godai know and use in order to get her to choose between them.

[[folder:Shun Mitaka]]
!!Shun Mitaka
->Voiced by: Creator/AkiraKamiya (JP), John Payne (EN)
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A wealthy, educated young man who hails from an elite family. Mitaka works as a ladies' tennis coach more out of love for the sport than any need for financial support.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: He is ''very'' tan-skinned in both the anime and the manga.
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:With Asuna.]]
* BrokenAce: Mitaka seems to be TheAce at first - drop-dead gorgeous, athletic, and even an excellent cook - but he has his own issues.
* TheCasanova: Known for his romantic conquests, he actually has to convince Kyoko that he isn't all about sex.
* CockFight: Whenever Godai and him meet, you can be sure this will happen if Kyoko is around. In fact, this is one of the driving forces behind the series.
* ComfortingTheWidow: Often accused of doing this.
* {{Expy}}: He's a less arrogant and more kind-hearted version of [[Manga/UruseiYatsura Mendou]].
* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:To Asuna.]]
* IfICantHaveYou: Feeling that [[spoiler: he was indeed losing to Godai]], he briefly delved into this.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Does have a slight tendency to go from this to JerkWithAHeartOfJerk.
* LadykillerInLove: For Kyoko.
* MeaningfulName: "Shun" means "twinkle".
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: His arranged fiancee Asuna is head over heels in love with him and after [[spoiler:proposing to her due to a [[MistakenForPregnant misunderstanding]]]], he warms up to the idea a bit more, [[spoiler:and eventually falls in love and marries her]]. He actually thought he could really like Asuna if he hasn't already set his sights on Kyoko.
* PrivilegedRival: He's considered the primary threat to Godai's relationship with Kyoko for being wealthy to the point of not having to work, brilliant and excessively handsome.
* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Although not an idiot, and with a stable career as a tennis coach, it is clearly implied that he's so freaking ''loaded'' that he doesn't need to work.
* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: The rich suitor to Godai's poor suitor.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Manly Man to Godai's Sensitive Guy.
* ShotgunWedding: [[spoiler:After a previous drunken night with Asuna, Mitaka hears that "she" is pregnant. He assumes that he got Asuna pregnant, and vows to marry her to set things right. After he proposes and everything is set in stone, he discovers that her dog is the one who had actually been knocked up by his dog.]]
* SupremeChef: He's a very good cook.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: The best-looking male character of the series, which at first strikes quite some insecurities in the more plain-looking Godai.
* ThanksForTheMammary: Happened one time when he tried to prevent Kyoko from falling.
* TwinkleSmile: Iconic of his character. This seems to run in the family, even with the pets of said family. [[spoiler:He even passes it down to his daughters.]]
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Hilariously dog-phobic! [[spoiler:He gets better.]]
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[[folder:Hanae Ichinose]]
!!Hanae Ichinose
->Voiced by: Kazuyo Aoki (JP), Daphne Goldrick and Kathy Morse (EN)
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A short, middle-aged woman who is rarely seen sober. She lives with her husband and her son, Kentaro, in Room 1.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: She's overweight in the manga/anime but thin in live action adaptations.

* GenericCuteness: Deliberately averted.

* AdaptationalSkimpiness: Her usual clolthes in the anime early on is practically see-through. And you can clearly see her breast at times. Later episodes changed it to a non see-through clothes.

* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: She often walks around the apartment wearing nothng but a transparent negligee.

* BrattyHalfPint: A quite disruptive presence who often causes mischief and gets into petty squabbles with Godai.
* OnlySaneMan: At times, especially when his mother is around.
* PintSizedKid: He's a short boy even for his age, which is something he's quite sensitive about.

* PuppyLove: He has a crush on Kyoko's niece who is only a couple of years older than him but will immediately blush and act bashful whenever she's around.

[[folder:Kozue Nanao]]
!!Kozue Nanao
->Voiced by: Creator/MinaTominaga (JP), Rochelle Greenwood and Creator/AnnaCummer (EN)
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Godai's steady date and generally serves as an obstacle for him in his pursuit of Kyoko.

* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:With Mitaka.]]

[[folder:Soichiro-san]]
!!Soichiro-san
->Voiced by: Creator/ShigeruChiba
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Kyoko's dog. He is a large and white Samoyed dog that was found as a stray by Soichiro Otonashi, Kyoko's late husband.

* BigFriendlyDog: Which annoys Mitaka big time as the dog is always all over him.
* DeadGuyJunior: He is named after Kyoko's late husband.
* DogsAreDumb: Often accused of being as stupid as a broomstick.
* FormallyNamedPet: Soichiro Otonashi attempted to name him "Snowy", but for whatever the reason he always responded to Soichiro-san.

[[folder:Master]]
!!Master
->Voiced by: Creator/NorioWakamoto (JP), Creator/DavidKaye (EN)
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Akemi's boss. He tolerates Akemi's obvious incompetence as a waitress because his feelings for her are more than just that of a boss to an employee.

* CommutingOnABus: A constant background character that interacts regularly with the main cast.
* LastMinuteHookup: With [[spoiler: Akemi]]. See below.
* LocalHangout: Owns the ''Cha-Cha-Maru'', the local bar/café at which Akemi works as a barmaid and where [[spoiler: Godai and Kyoko have their wedding soirée]].
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Has no other name in-series than "Master", which is [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep the usual name given to barmen in Japanese culture]].
* OnlySaneMan: Oftentimes misunderstandings or clarifications happen at his bar but he's the only person who gets what's going on because he's the only ''sober'' party. And since most of these happenings get more misconstrued by the drunken antics of the characters, he's often the one stepping in to clarify what everything was ''really'' about.
* PairTheSpares: With [[spoiler: Akemi]]. He tries to propose to her indirectly during the extra OVA which explores the wedding's preparations and outright tells her that he wants her as his wife during the finale. And she moves in with him.
* SatelliteCharacter: His character is entirely defined through Akemi and his feelings for her.

[[folder:Soichiro Otonashi]]
!!Soichiro Otonashi
->Voiced by: Creator/HideyukiTanaka (JP), Creator/DavidKaye (EN)
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Kyoko's deceased husband and former high school teacher. Kyoko always spoke very highly of him.
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* TheFaceless: We are never shown his face when he is in flashbacks. It's also a RunningGag that Godai ''always'' failed to see his face in any kind of medium. Even when Godai does finally see him, the reader still doesn't.
* HappilyMarried: His father knows that the time Soichiro was married to Kyoko was the happiest of Soichiro's life.
* TheLostLenore: He was Kyoko's first love and husband, but his untimely death left her widowed too young to remain a widow all life long despite her insistence on it, which causes a problem for her family.
* PosthumousCharacter: A vision of him did appear once in Kyoko's dream, calling her a fool for fighting with Godai.
* ShrinkingViolet: Only alluded to by Kyoko the rare times she talks about him.
* TeacherStudentRomance: He met Kyoko while he was working as a temporary teacher at her high school.
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* WillTheyOrWontThey: His relationship with Kyoko was teased througout, mainly owed to Kyoko feeling that she must be faithful to her husband and Yusaku sometimes being unable to act on his feelings. [[spoiler: TheyDo. The series ends with them married and having a baby daughter.]]

* HerHeartWillGoOn: By the end of the story, Kyoko [[spoiler: marries Godai and [[BabiesEverAfter they have a child together,]] even though she still fondly remembers Soichiro as]] her first love. In an early chapter, when Kyoko, her parents and Soichiro's father, Mr. Otonashi, go to the cemetery to pay their respects to Soichiro, Mr. Otonashi urges her to do this. He tells her that although he loved the fact that the time she and his son were married was the happiest time of Soichiro's life, and doesn't want her to forget him, Mr. Otonashi implores Kyoko to move on since it's not healthy for a woman as young as her to be so obsessed with a dead man, and he wold gladly give her his blessings if she fell in love with someone else.

* HerHeartWillGoOn: To Kyoko, who is now widowed but is also a bit too young to remain a widow all life long which causes a problem for her family.

* BelligerentSexualTension: With Kyoko. This is ''very'' downplayed compared to Takahashi Rumiko's [[Manga/UruseiYatsura other]] [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf series]], but there is still some tension between them at first, manly owed to Kyoko feeling that she must be faithful to her husband and Yusaku sometimes being unable to act on his feelings.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: At the beginning, Godai is a complete pushover. By the end of the series, while still a quite affable man, he has become way more assertive and will no longer hesitate to strike back whenever someone goes too far with him.

* SecondLove: For Kyoko, although she has a hard time coming to terms with it.

* WillTheyOrWontThey: The relationship with Kyoko was teased througout. [[spoiler: TheyDo. The series ends with them married and having a baby daughter.]]

* BelligerentSexualTension: With Godai.

* CantHoldHerLiquor: Usually avoids drinking too much as a result.

* DudeMagnet: Unwittingly.

* TheMourningAfter: She has a hard time letting go of her late husband. This behavior is recognized as unhealthy since Kyoko keeps avoiding a new romance in an attempt to keep Soichiro alive in her heart. Her main character development is accepting Soichiro's death to move on with Godai.

* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Godai. [[spoiler:They do.]]

* UnrequitedLoveLastsForever: At the end of the series, Ibuki goes to an all-girls college still hanging into the dream that she can be with Godai someday.

* TeacherStudentRomance: He met Kyoko while he was working as a temporary teacher at her high school.

* EnemyEatsYourLunch: He's a chronic food thief.

->Voiced by: Issei Futamata (JP), Jason Gray-Stanford and Creator/BradSwaile (EN)

* SilkHidingSteel: The only thing keeping Maison Ikkoku from descending into chaos.

* ClingyJealousGirl: She doesn't like Godai seeing other girls, but is more mature and controlled about it than most of Rumiko Takahashi's heroines. Kyoko is rational enough to realize Ibuki is an immature StalkerWithACrush and bravely resists her provocations.

* StalkerWithACrush: Ibuki is a saner version of this towards Godai. While she's more immature and entitled rather than being an outright psychopath, she is still a good case for a restraining order.

* {{Ronin}}: At the very start of the series. He manages to enter college about halfway through volume 1.

* WhatExactlyIsHisJob: It is never said nor revealed throughout the series and manga what he does for a living. But the other tenants often suspect him being a....

* ClingyJealousGirl: She doesn't like Godai seeing other girls, but is more mature and controlled about it than most of Rumiko's heroines. Kyoko is rational enough to realize Ibuki is a StalkerWithACrush and bravely resists her provocations.

* StalkerWithACrush: Ibuki is a saner version of this towards Godai. While she is not a psychopath, she is still a good case for a restraining order.

* PunnyName: Her family name literally means "soundless" (and the second kanji means "nothing" or "zero", in keeping with the other characters' NumericalThemeNaming), but it also sounds like "otto-nashi", meaning "without a husband", which references how she's a widow.

* PunnyName: Her name literally means "soundless" (and the second kanji means "nothing" or "zero", in keeping with the other characters' NumericalThemeNaming), but it also sounds like "otto-nashi", meaning "without a husband", which references how she's a widow.

* OnlyOneName: His given name is unknown.

* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to Mitaka's Veronica.

* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Godai's Betty.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: At the beginning, Godai is a complete pushover. By the end of the series, while still a quite affable man, he has become way more assertive and will no longer hesitate to strike back whenever someone goes too far with him.