Line #282 Characters/Genshiken


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3	!!First Season
4	[[folder: Kanji Sasahara]]
5	->'''Voiced by:''' Takanori Ohyama (original series), Tatsuya Kobashi (''Nidaime'') (Japanese), Michael Perreca (English)
6
7	The point-of-view protagonist of the series for the first season at least. A shy freshman when introduced, he gradually grows to accept his interests in the club.
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9	* AscendedFanboy: Eventually becomes a manga editor.
10	* AudienceSurrogate: At the beginning of the first series, his introductions to the other Genshiken members are also the readers' introductions. He grows out of this role due to his CharacterDevelopment.
11	* CovertPervert: At the beginning. It fades off as he opens up to his otaku side more and more.
12	** The episode where he acquires a computer to play eroges is a turning point for this.
13	* DemotedToSatelliteLoveInterest: Sasahara's character arc focuses exclusively on his relationship with Oguie after [[WillTheyOrWontThey they finally get together]]. After the series was UnCanceled as ''Genshiken Nidaime'', Sasahara went from the main character to DemotedToExtra as the focus shifted squarely to Oguie as the new main protagonist. This makes perfect sense, as Sasahara graduates, has little reason to interact with the other characters, and moves OutOfFocus, and Oguie takes his place as president of the titular club.
14	* LovableCoward: He'll often back down from challenges (like picking up a vendor form right after the first [=ComiFes=] ended), but he's an entirely sympathetic character.
15	* NiceGuy: Relatively softspoken but socially polite, though these traits got more exaggerated as the series went on. It's partially responsible for why Oquie fell for him.
16	* OutOfFocus: In ''Nidaime'', even though he is the current president's boyfriend.
17	* ShrinkingViolet: He's a male equivalent at the beginning of the series.
18	* TheTeamNormal: Kasukabe not withstanding, he was regarded as the most well-balanced club member of the group interest-wise and personality-wise, which led to him being elected club president halfway into the original series.
19	* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Ogiue. [[spoiler:''They did''.]]
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22	[[folder: Makoto Kousaka]]
23	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MitsukiSaiga (original series), Momoko Ohara (''Nidaime'') (Japanese), Kenneth Robert Marlo (English)
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25	The first member of the Genshiken whom Sasahara meets, Kousaka is an oblivious guy who remains smiling practically all the time. Because of his good looks and outgoing demeanor, people often don't believe he is a diehard otaku, particularly of video games and, much to Saki's chagrin, eroges.
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27	* TheAce: A more down to earth example than most, he is athletic, good looking, and taught himself how to program in a month.
28	* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: For a long time it's ambiguous on if he actually returns Kasukabe's feelings, but this gets clarified when he actively comforts her during her HeroicBSOD.
29	* BrutalHonesty: He has no qualms about speaking about any elephant in the room. He's fully aware of this; he even declines to help get Sasahara and Ogiue together because he knows he tends to be too blunt.
30	* CaptainOblivious: Part of the above is that he has absolutely no read of when he should say the truth or how he should say it. There's also the note under ObliviousToLove, which is just part and parcel of his obliviousness in general.
31	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: It's not entirely clear whether he even realizes social cues and mores even exist. He's just such a cheerful and happy-go-lucky guy that he doesn't care, and all that combines to him being weird to everyone.
32	* GeniusDitz: While he appears to be extremely manipulable and oblivious to most things, he is unbeatable at video games and manages to secure a respectable career at the end of the first series (after taking only a month to learn how to code, something people usually go to college for two-four years to learn).
33	* ObliviousToLove: Saki may as well have been flirting with the wall for all that Kousaka noticed her at first. He only realized that she liked him when Madarame just came right out and said it.
34	* NiceGuy: Just about the only way he'd ever say anything even remotely mean to someone would be if he just didn't know it was mean. That said, [[CaptainOblivious he's not very good at telling what might be mean]].
35	* PerpetualSmiler: The closest he ever came to not smiling was when, early on, he wistfully noted that he didn't think Saki liked him, [[ObliviousToLove even though an omake revealed that she was interested right from their first collegiate meeting]].
36	* ThePollyanna: Commented on by Sasahara, who finds it useful to have someone who remains cheerful even in a crisis.
37	* ThatOnePlayer: Saki even invoked this, using Kosaka's skill at video games to intimidate prospective members out of joining back when she was intent on getting Genshiken to disband.
38	* WholesomeCrossdresser: He crossplays for a sale at the con and one of the before-story images has him in a maid outfit.
39	** [[spoiler:In ''Nidaime'' he gets back in a dress and ''Hato'' of all people is surprised at how naturally he acts the part.]]
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42	[[folder: Harunobu Madarame]]
43	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobuyukiHiyama (original series), Creator/KazuyukiOkitsu (''Nidaime'') (Japanese), Billy Regan (English)
44
45	A sophomore when the series begins, Madarame is a HotBlooded {{otaku}}. Has an unrequited crush on Kasukabe, who draws him out of his otaku shell. He remains HotBlooded though.
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47	* AccidentalMisnaming: Keiko keeps calling him "Watanabe" in ''Nidaime''. [[spoiler: The fact that she actually calls him "Madarame" when she is being serious indicates she does know his real name, she just [[ObfuscatingStupidity pretends she does not.]]]]
48	** Madarame is actually called this by Saki's friends in the first manga because the name "Madarame" is a very uncommon name and is similar in pronunciation to Watanabe.
49	* ButtMonkey: Almost every club member in Nidaime considers him a sou-uke, pairing him as a bottom with every sort of pairing. He is not pleased with this.
50	* ChickMagnet: Saki points out that ''he'', of all people, might have the [[UnwantedHarem affection]] of four people: [[spoiler: Angela, [[SpeaksInShoutOuts Sue]], [[BrutalHonesty Keiko]] and [[WholesomeCrossdresser Hato]]]].
51	* CluelessChickMagnet: Ironically, in ''Nidaime'', he gets ''four'' people that are interested in him, yet had no clue about it until Kousaka bluntly exposes it to him. [[spoiler: Hato]] was even practically proposing to him (by declaring that he'd like to cook for him every day).
52	%%* CuteLittleFangs
53	* EndearinglyDorky: "He's actually kind of {{moe}}, isn't he?"
54	* HiddenDepths: A good chunk of the manga deals with [[CharacterDevelopment his change of attitude and personality]]. Just contrast beginning!Madarame and end!Madarame (he cooks, and quite well too).
55	* HotBlooded: During the beginning and middle of the manga, much less so towards the end and during Nidaime. He comments himself in ''Nidaime'' that he seems to have lost some of the fire and passion he had when he was in college.
56	* {{Moe}}: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by one guest comic in the manga[[invoked]].
57	** [[{{Manga/Hellsing}} Kouta Hirano]] called him the most moe character in Genshiken.
58	* NerdGlasses: Lapses into ScaryShinyGlasses on occasion.
59	* NotSoDifferentRemark: He realizes, after Kasukabe pushes him into getting a nicer outfit, that [[TheFashionista focusing on fashion]] isn't much different than buying doujinshi, down to the fact that price isn't always an indicator of quality.
60	* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: In ''Nidaime'', Saki reminded everyone that Madarame had a stash of S&M videos (of 3D girls). That's right, years after that [[MythologyGag chapter]] was published, Saki still remembers.
61	* PeriodShaming: He once did this to a crying girl in middle/high school. And he has not forgotten the [[BitchSlap subsequent lesson]] he received for it.
62	* ProudToBeAGeek: He really prides himself on his identity as an otaku, with very rigid principles early on against outsiders trying to understand his lifestyle.
63	* SeriousBusiness: He will spend food money on manga. This behavior is admired by the others.
64	** What really impresses his peers: he ''NEVER'' looks at price before he decides to buy a doujinshi.
65	* {{Tritagonist}}: Halfway into the original series, there's almost equal focus on him as there was Sasahara and Kasukabe, to the point where he eventually becomes a main focus halfway into the sequel series.
66	* {{Uke}}: So far, every YaoiFangirl that comes across him can't stop seeing him as one (except Ohno briefly, but she came around).
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69	[[folder:Saki Kasukabe]]
70	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SatsukiYukino (original series), Creator/RinaSato (''Nidaime'') (Japanese), Carol Jacobanis (English)
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72	A freshman when the series begins, she forms a BetaCouple with Kosaka from the first chapter. While she is at first repulsed by the Genshiken and tries to destroy the club (or at least Kosaka's association with them), she gradually becomes more comfortable with them and falls into the role of the DungeonMastersGirlfriend.
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74	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In the first half of the original manga, she regularly talks about getting the Genshiken shut down, and she even discusses at one point what would happen if she were to set fire to some of the materials in the clubroom. Almost immediately after the latter, she accidentally does with a cigarette, which destroys some of their collection and gets the club banned from their room for a semester. The guilt over all this leads to the below HeroicBSOD after one too many WhatTheHellHero speeches.
75	* BerserkButton:
76	** She ''really'' hates it when someone calls her an otaku.
77	** Making her cosplay does this to a lesser degree.
78	** One that comes up in an omake is making fun of her name. She was named by a beloved grandmother, and she will not abide by having it questioned.
79	* ClingyJealousGirl: Though she outgrows this more and more as the series progresses.
80	* DeadpanSnarker
81	* {{Deuteragonist}}: She's as much the protagonist as Sasahara is in the original series.
82	* FishOutOfWater: Was like this for much of the first two seasons, and mistakes many references the cast make for genuine discussion, but mostly goes with the flow of it by the time Nidaime comes around.
83	* TheHeart: Ironically while initially being against the club as a whole, she ends up caring about it and its members the most and pushing for everyone's wellbeing, to the point of [[spoiler:feeling guilty that she might have messed with Madarame's growth by not confronting his feelings for her]]. Her experience with relationships is also the reason that Madarame's harem arc gets any sort of conclusion near the end of Nidaime.
84	* HeroicBSOD: After accidentally burning several of the club's collection and it looks like she feels no remorse over it, Madarame gives her a massive chewing out. She breaks down crying upon revealing that she indeed feels horribly guilty about what happened and hadn't been able to light a cigarette since because the incident had caused her to develop a fear of fire.
85	* IHaveThisFriend: She uses this to ask about her relationship with Kōsaka. She's spotted right away.
86	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She is often very rude to both strangers and friends and claims she'd rather see Genshiken get taken down, but she genuinely goes out of her way to help whenever she sees that they're in trouble.
87	* TheFashionista: Being the only non-otaku with a social life in the original series, members somewhat looked to her for wardrobe advice.
88	* NerdNanny: Her entirely outside perspective and "normie" way of thinking made her the singular proactive member of the club, to the point where the club's dynamic changes whenever she's around, as noted by others in ''Nidaime''.
89	* TheNicknamer: She calls Sasahara "Sasa-yan", and Kugayama "Kuga-pii".
90	* OnlySaneWoman: Often played this role in the original series. She retakes this role in Nidaime a few times when Madarame is concerned.
91	* SmokingIsNotCool: After the fire incident that involved her cigerette, she hasn't been seen smoking for the rest of the series.
92	* VitriolicBestBuds: Her relationship with the club as a whole is entirely bipolar by the middle of the series.
93	* WhatTheHellHero: Is on the receiving end of several, namely breaking Kanako's model figure and setting fire to several boxes worth of the club's books. Despite both of them being accidents, she's accused of having done them on purpose.
94	[[/folder]]
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96	[[folder:Kanako Ohno]]
97	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyakoKawasumi (original series), Creator/{{Yukana}} (''Nidame'') (Japanese), Creator/RachaelLillis (English)
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99	Joins the series pretty early. Has a love of cosplay and [[spoiler: takes over the club near the end of the series]].
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101	* BuxomBeautyStandard: Due to her large bosom, her cosplays tend to be very popular.
102	* CosplayOtakuGirl: Cosplaying is her one big passion that she puts effort into.
103	* CovertPervert: She's adamant that she would never have sex while wearing cosplay, because she thinks it would be disrespectful to the character she's cosplaying. In one of the yonkoma, however, Kasukabe asks if she'd ever do it while cosplaying a character from a porn game. There's a BeatPanel, and then Ohno starts ''sweating bullets''.
104	* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Though she doesn't look it, she's prone to drinking the most and getting rowdy when alcohol in involved.
105	* SeriousBusiness: Cosplaying as a whole, even down to the restroom ettiquette.
106	* ShipperOnDeck: Has moments where she seems excited by the prospect of Saki and Madarame being together. Not too mention the cosplay pictures of Saki she tried to give Madarame. In an omake she also reveals (while drunk) that she thinks Saki would be "so much happier" if she dated Madarame. She also later says she likes the idea of Angela and Madarame together. While most of the club was in on it, she also was instrumental in pushing Sasahara and Ogiue together.
107	* ShrinkingViolet: She's extremely shy ''except'' when cosplaying. Or when you trigger her otaku side. By ''Nidaime'' though, she's gotten better.
108	* YaoiFangirl: Part of a gag early on. She likes buff, muscled men, in mangas usually read by gay men, rather than the bishounen used in mangas for women. In fact, she currently provides the page image.
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111	[[folder:Chika Ogiue]]
112	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KaoriMizuhashi (original series), Nosomi Yamamoto (''Nidaime'') (Japanese), Creator/MicheleKnotz (English)
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114	Joins about midway through the series, swiftly becoming the character most often in the spotlight. Unlike most of the Genshiken, she is very hesitant about being an otaku as a result of a trauma inflicted on her in middle school.
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116	* AscendedFangirl: [[spoiler:She gets her manga serialized in ''Nidaime''.]]
117	* BungledSuicide: Introduced after throwing herself out a window following an altercation with the Manga Club (resulting in a broken arm). It's a RunningGag that when called on her otaku status she'll start heading towards the nearest window. [[spoiler:PlayedForDrama when it's revealed she made a much more serious attempt in middle school by jumping off her school's roof.]]
118	* CharacterDevelopment: She goes from an intensely self-loathing otaku who was afraid to ever put her art out there to a much more confident, less self-destructive leader who [[spoiler: becomes a published artist]].
119	* ExpressiveHair: In her initial appearance, the rigidity of her topknot ponytail matched her emotional state.
120	* GoodEyesEvilEyes: While she is initially self-loathing and cynical, her eyes don't reflect light. When later she begins to open her heart to other people, her eyes begin to shine.
121	* MsImagination: The extent to which was revealed in an omake - in about a minute, she came up with a rather elaborate scenario for her [=SasaharaxMadarame=] yaoi idea.
122	* NerdGlasses: She switched to contacts when she went to college, but she uses her old glasses as a disguise sometimes.
123	* ShipperOnDeck: She says she thinks Sue would be a good match for Madarame.
124	* {{Tsundere}}: Towards not only her love interest Sasahara but all the club and otakus as a whole.
125	* WhenSheSmiles: Very rarely in the original run, but we see this when she encounters an elephant during her and Sasahara's zoo date. [[spoiler:In the second run, she receives the call that her manga's going to be running in ''Afternoon''.]]
126	* YaoiFangirl: Oh ''yes'', though early on this was a point of contention with Ohno, whose yaoi tastes substantially differed.
127	* WillTheyOrWontThey: [[spoiler:With Sasahara. ''They did''.]]
128	[[/folder]]
129
130	[[folder:Soichiro Tanaka]]
131	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokazuSeki (original series), Creator/TakayukiKondo (''Nidaime'') (Japanese), Bill Rogers (English)
132
133	Tanaka is perhaps the most skilled member of the Genshiken. He can design Cosplay outfits with ease (he is even able to tell someone's measurements by just looking at them in a bathing suit) and he is also an excellent model maker. He's arguably the most down-to-earth member of the group.
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135	* [[CosplayOtakuGirl Cosplay Otaku Guy]]: Before Ohno joined, he wore his own costumes more often, and he's still dedicated to cosplay afterwards.
136	* EyesAlwaysShut: And his English VA in Season 2 is the new voice of [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBrock Brock]]!
137	* NiceGuy: Unless someone causes issues concerning [[SeriousBusiness cosplay or Gundam models]], he wouldn't hurt a fly.
138	* SeriousBusiness: He takes Cosplay and Gundam models very seriously.
139	[[/folder]]
140
141	[[folder:Mitsunori Kugayama]]
142	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenjiNomura (original series), Creator/HirokiYasumoto (''Nidaime'') (Japanese), James J. Ward, Jr. (English)
143
144	Kugayama is a member of the Genshiken with aspirations of becoming a manga artist. However, he's poorly motivated and very asocial, which makes him a difficult person to deal with. After graduating, his appearances with the club become more infrequent.
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146	* BrilliantButLazy: Kugayama is a skilled artist, but rarely finishes anything he starts. This causes a lot of friction between him and Sasahara when the deadline for material submission for [=ComiFes=] is rolling around.
147	* DemotedToExtra: After he gets a regular 9-to-5 job.
148	* GentleGiant: Tall, huge, fat, and so shy he even finds it hard to talk to a cashier.
149	* {{Gonk}}: He is drawn ugly, and is generally described as such. Though later on his features get simple enough that it's only an informed trait.
150	* SpeechImpediment: Has a stuttering problem that he never quite grew out of even after graduation.
151	* StoutStrength: He shows it off in the novel.
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154
155	[[folder:Manabu Kuchiki]]
156	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkiraIshida (original series), Creator/JunFukuyama (''Nidaime'') (Japanese), Creator/TedLewis (English)
157
158	Joins the series about midway. ButtMonkey who's even more ProudToBeAGeek than Madarame. His actions are partially the reason why the Genshiken is so small, especially near the end of the series.
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160	* BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite his shameless otakuism and generally unpleasant personality, he's a pretty efficient banker.
161	* ButtMonkey: Not that he minds, being an open masochist.
162	* DirtyOldMan: A young version.
163	* CreepyCrossdresser: More than one occasion he poorly cosplays as a female character to drive off potential members, to the chagrin of Ohno.
164	* {{Determinator}}: He spent an entire day shopping for doujins without food or water.
165	* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Everyone in the club ''despises'' him, but feel that kicking him out would just make him some ''other'' club's problem.
166	* HaremSeeker: The smile he gets when sees he was the only guy in the club at the start of Nidaime could be described as pure bliss.
167	* ProudToBeAGeek: Incredibly extremely shameless about it.
168	[[/folder]]
169
170	!!''Nidaime''
171
172	With the continuation, and the graduation of most of the old cast, several new members were introduced in chapter 56, [[strike:all]] mostly female.
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174	[[folder:Susanna Hopkins]]
175	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukoGoto (original series), Naomi Ozora (''Nidaime'')
176
177	Better known as Sue. Promoted to main cast in the continuation, but actually became a member near the end of the original manga. A friend of Ohno's from America who visited once for [=ComiFes=] with Angela and grew attached to Ogiue. Now an exchange student, she speaks almost entirely in anime quotes.
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179	%%* AscendedExtra
180	* ClingyJealousGirl: Unwittingly became one in regards to Madarame.
181	* CosplayOtakuGirl: Walks around campus in cosplay and willingly acts as Ohno's dress-up doll.
182	* ForeignExchangeStudent: She is technically neither an ''exchange'' nor a ''transfer'' student, just a freshman who came from America, but nevertheless is a similar source of confusion and comical situations, with her limited knowledge of Japanese language (majority of her lines being [[SpeaksInShoutOuts quotes from manga and anime]]), [[CloudCuckooLander eccentrically extrovert]] (although good-hearted) personality, child-like face and exotic looks (long blond hair and blue eyes). And, of course, being an OccidentalOtaku.
183	* TheGadfly: Unlike Kucchi who is simply shameless, Sue is genuinely amused when she gets people angry or flustered and blows her own top when she fails to do so.
184	* HiddenDepths: Played with. She does have a regular grasp of Japanese outside of anime and manga quotes. However, her character remains impenetrable and most of the 'revelations' during her spotlight story with Ogiue were the latter's impressions.
185	* LuminescentBlush: Gets those in ''Nidaime'' [[spoiler:whenever Madarame is around.]]
186	* ObfuscatingStupidity: Her knowledge of Japanese is much stronger than she initially lets on - she only slips up once in the original series, and even that took Ogiue a moment to notice.
187	* NonstandardCharacterDesign: Arguably even more so than Kucchi. Her distinctive eyes have yet to appear on any other character.
188	* NoSocialSkills: Personal space means nothing to her as she messed with Tanaka's model set without permission, reads porn in public and follows Ogiue around.
189	* OccidentalOtaku: Hardcore enough that the only one that can keep up with her to play off her references is Madarame most of the time.
190	%%* OlderThanSheLooks
191	%%* PhenotypeStereotype
192	* SpeaksInShoutOuts: And some of them are downright obscure or bizarre. Despite this, most of them suit the situation pretty well, amazingly enough.
193	-->'''Sue''': [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica "I don't understand."]]
194	* ShipperOnDeck: Ships Hato X Madarame. [[spoiler: Although she became interested in Madarame herself before actually getting with him in the penultimate chapter.]]
195	* VagueAge: A gag in the original series was no one knowing Angela's current age, and her friends not answering any questions about it.
196	* YaoiFangirl: The sole reason for her initial visit to Japan was to collect yaoi manga.
197	[[/folder]]
198
199	[[folder:Hato Kenjirou]]
200	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KazutomiYamamoto, Creator/AiKakuma (when crosscressing)
201
202	Cross-dressing yaoi fan who is the very picture of a shy, demure, fashionable girl. However, she is a he. Became the main focus in Nidaime, along with Madarame, as his issues take up a good chunk of the manga's frame time.
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204	* TheAce: at least in Yajima's eyes, in the second episode of the Nidame anime, being skilled at art and being conventially pretty both as a guy and as a girl.
205	* AscendedExtra: Since the mid-60 chapters, he's pretty much become the main character. Highlighted by the opening animation of the Nidaime anime.
206	* AttractiveBentGender: Outside of his crossdressing wardrobe, he's noted to still look fairly cute as a guy.
207	* CampStraight: [[spoiler:Though veering towards IfItsYouItsOkay territory with Madarame.]]
208	* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: In a psychological sense, Hato's drawing skills get a lot worse when he's not crossdressing.
209	* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: He does this whenever anyone suggests he might be gay, or at least Bi.
210	* ShipperOnDeck: He seems to support Madarame X Saki[[note]]He also seems to have some feelings for Madarame himself[[/note]], even though he knows there is little chance of it actually happening.
211	** And his inner girl ships ''him'' with Madarame.
212	* ShrinkingViolet: [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Hinata-level]] shy when in-character; he barely speaks up.
213	* SplitPersonality: [[spoiler:Apparently his female YaoiFangirl persona [[ShoulderDemons hovers over his shoulder]], 'helpfully' supplying {{shipping}} suggestions and [[ConversationalTroping pointing out good situations]]. [[OutOfClothesExperience In the nude]].]]
214	* StupidSexyFlanders: In one scene Madarame has a need to tell himself: "He is a guy. A guy."
215	* WholesomeCrossdresser
216	* YaoiFangirl: Sue calls him a ''fudanshi'' (rotten boy).
217	[[/folder]]
218
219	[[folder:Rika Yoshitake]]
220	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SumireUesaka
221
222	Energetic and shameless YaoiFangirl.
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224	* GenkiGirl: Radiates cheer and good fun.
225	* {{Kawaiiko}}
226	* MundaneMadeAwesome: Is more stoked about almost anything than the other members.
227	* OlderThanSheLooks: Chapter 68 reveals that despite her youthful appearance and being shorter than most of the cast, she's really 20 years old.
228	* {{Otaku}}: Mad about ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' and her [[{{OTP}} favourite pairings]]. Interestingly, she also highlights the relatively new phenomenon of [[http://ogiuemaniax.wordpress.com/2011/06/24/the-appearing-and-disappearing-wave-of-generational-change-in-genshiken-ii-volume-1genshiken-volume-10/ "what's fun is fun" otaku]], contrasting the old "otaku is an identity" like Ogiue or Madarame.
229	* {{Ronin}}: She was held back a year, a fact she's very embarrassed about.
230	* ShipperOnDeck: Seems dedicated to creating events between the new members, like Yajima and Hato. She also thinks Keiko and Madarame would be good together.
231	* WallOfText: When anything involving classical japanese history is concerned.
232	[[/folder]]
233
234	[[folder:Risa Yoshitake]]
235
236	Rika's younger sister, she is into playing basketball.
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238	* {{Bifauxnen}}: Looks enough like a guy that she can easily fool others in thinking she really is a guy.
239	* BigLittleSister: She is Rika's younger sister, but is taller and looks older.
240	* GentleGiant: Seems to be a lot less aggressive than her older sister and obeys her during her schemes... until her older sister demands violence.
241	* HugeSchoolgirl: By far the tallest of the Genshiken's actual members with her basketball physique.
242	* PrettyBoy: Explicitly an otaku for smooth skinned, cute boys. Accidentally seeing Hato showering is what drives her to want to join Genshiken when she goes to college.
243	* YoungerThanSheLooks: She is Rika's younger sister who is still in high school, but she looks like the older of the two.
244	[[/folder]]
245
246	[[folder:Mirei Yajima]]
247	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YumiUchiyama
248
249	Sour and sardonic YaoiFangirl. Prone to pouring cold water on everyone's expectations.
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251	* {{Expy}}: Looks like a wider, female Sasahara; could be seen as the Sasahara/Ogiue equivalent for this 'season'.
252	* GreenEyedMonster: She is very jealous of Hato, mostly because Hato is not only more feminine than her, but also because Hato [[TheAce can also draw better than her and knows Judo.]]
253	* HiddenDepths: Is shown to be laid-back and well adjusted when accompanying her friend Mimasaka.
254	* OnlySaneWoman: Defaults to playing this character whenever the Genshiken does something unexpected but she usually opens up in short order. [[spoiler:Which is why she was chosen as the new president at the end of the series]]
255	* ShipperOnDeck: She ships Hato and Madarame, even though she herself has feelings for Hato.
256	* StoutStrength: Was able to escape from being restrained by the athletic Risa and seems to have become the club's erasing specialist, which she herself regards as a job needing strength.
257	* StraightMan: Right from the start, acts as the damper on Yoshitake's enthusiasm. Part of the reason is because she initially saw being an otaku as more of a hobby than an actual identity.
258	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Yajima's big, stocky and plainly dressed; Yoshitake's petite, frilly and cute.
259	** More obvious with Mimasaka who isn't half as ProudToBeAGeek as Yoshitake is.
260	[[/folder]]
261
262	!!Recurring Characters
263
264	[[folder:Haraguchi]]
265	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KoujiIshii (Japanese), Creator/DavidBrimmer (English)
266
267	The closest thing the Genshiken had to an antagonist. Haraguchi claims to be part of both the Genshiken and the Manga Club, but he has a habit of badmouthing both of them and getting on everybody's nerves due to his condescending attitude. However, he has a lot of connections with semi-professional manga artists.
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269	* TheFriendNobodyLikes: See below - absolutely nobody wants to spend time with him. In fact, it's made pretty clear (both in how little time he shows up with the Genshiken and in discussions with manga club members) that all parties do their best to avoid doing so as much as possible. That said, he has a ''lot'' of connections. While everyone thinks he's an asshole who would just take all the profits for himself, everyone is sure that he could easily get a dozen quality doujin artists to contribute to something to be sold for [=ComiFes=].
270	* {{Jerkass}}: If there's one thing everyone in the series can agree on, is that he's an asshole.
271	* SitcomArchNemesis: To the Genshiken. Any time he visits, it's often to berate them for not doing much in club activity.
272	* SmugSnake: Any conversation he's in, he clearly presents himself as the smarter and more cunning person talking.
273	[[/folder]]
274
275	[[folder:The First President]]
276
277	[[NoNameGiven The First President of the Genshiken]] is a mysterious character who seems to have no presence whatsoever, but at the same time seems to be omniscient of what goes on at the College. He hands the presidency to Madarame in the second volume of the manga in order to finish his doctorate thesis.
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279	* AbsenteeClubMember: Ironically, he almost ''never'' attends the club, let alone rarely even present in general. That said, he possesses an omniscient presence, implied to be due to hidden cameras all over the school.
280	* BlackEyesOfEvil: Without the evil part.
281	* TheChessmaster: It's implied that he uses the Genshiken as subjects for his senior thesis. He may have hidden cameras in the club meeting room.
282	* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It is never explained whether his seeming omniscience and ability to [[StealthHiBye sneak around]] is magic or mundane in nature.
283	* OlderThanHeLooks: It's heavily implied he had been president of the Genshiken since 1987, and the series takes place in the mid-2000s. He looks like he could be in his mid to late 20s at the oldest.
284	* TheOmniscient: Does he truly have a pulse on the club based on nothing or does he actually have cameras hidden everywhere?
285	* StealthHiBye: It really freaks out the other club members (specifically the girls) when he does this.
286	** It's often accompanied by a ScareChord in the anime, just to hammer home the creepiness.
287	[[/folder]]
288
289	[[folder:Keiko Sasahara]]
290	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KaoriShimizu (original series), Creator/IkumiHayama (''Nidaime'') (Japanese), Creator/JessicaCalvello (English)
291
292	Sasahara's little sister, who doesn't share his interests. She is a [[GyaruGirl gyaru]]. Develops a one-sided crush on Kousaka and joins the Genshiken on a whim, toward the end of the series. In Nidaime, she also works at a hostess bar.
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294	* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Often bothered Sasahara for extra money and is generally rude and annoying to him whenever possible, she eventually mellows out of it.
295	* BrutalHonesty: Doesn't like it when people keep denying things to themselves and will bluntly tell them about it.
296	* CharacterDevelopment: She eventually grows out of her gyaru lifestyle and mellows out to the point of being very casual with the entire group.
297	* ConvertedFanboy: She becomes a fan of Yaoi after Ohno gives her some. She even mentions that she has played some of Kanji's video games he left at home.
298	* TheFashionista: Even worse than Kasukabe.
299	* GyaruGirl: She led a kogal lifestyle in highschool, obviously influenced by peer pressure. She wears heavy layers of make-up on her face, paints her nails and her hair is often styled to whatever is popular at the moment.
300	* StrongFamilyResemblance: Without her make-up, she looks remarkably similar to her older brother.
301	[[/folder]]
302
303	[[folder:Yabusaki]]
304	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ReikoTakagi (original series), Creator/MadokaYonezawa (''Nidaime'') (Japanese)
305
306	Ogiue's rival from the Manga Club who was the person that drove her out of the club and into Genshiken.
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308	* {{Jerkass}}: Incredibly arrogant and confrontational to Oguie almost any time they met.
309	** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Or grew one over time. She was instrumental in helping Ogiue and Sasahara get together and she helps the Genshiken directly in the second series. She hasn't gotten used to Sue, though.
310	* StraightManAndWiseGuy: The Straight Man to Asada.
311	* {{Tsundere}}: Secretly thinks Oguie is the only competent manga artist that she can work with, but isn't willing to admit it to avoid being shunned by the Manga Club.
312	[[/folder]]
313
314	[[folder:Asada Naoko]]
315	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MomokoSaito (original series), Konomi Tada (''Nidaime'') (Japanese)
316
317	A member of Yabusaki's posse who usually appears with her and has an unusually minimalistic character design. She was originally a SatelliteCharacter to Yabusaki but was well received enough to have an extended appearance in ''Nidaime''.
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319	* TheGadfly: Joins Sue in pushing Yabusaki's buttons whenever the two are together.
320	* HypercompetentSidekick
321	* NonstandardCharacterDesign: Beady eyes with no sclerae or outlines thereof, a permanent cat smile and [[TheNoseless no nose]]. Simply put, (: 3).
322	* StraightManAndWiseGuy: The Wise Guy to Yabusaki.
323	[[/folder]]
324
325	[[folder:Angela Burton]]
326	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukiKaida (original series), Misa Kobayashi (''Nidaime'') (Japanese)
327
328	A friend of Ohno and Sue, who visits regularly for [[BlandNameProduct ComiFes]]; Cosplays and is rather flirtatious.
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330	* ChivalrousPervert: Blatantly wants to sleep with Madarame, but will settle for him picking one of his potential suitors. [[{{OT3}} Or all of them]].
331	* CosplayOtakuGirl: Very enthusiastic to try on the cosplay costumes Tanaka makes.
332	* {{Fetish}}: For glasses and hands. She is interested in Madarame because of these two, and she feels he deserves to be happy and have a girlfriend, but he just thinks she is teasing him.
333	* MsFanservice: Intentionally invokes this as a way to tease people. Especially Madarame.
334	* NoSocialSkills: She is not ashamed to describe graphic sex in detail. Fortunately for her, not a lot of people understand what she's saying, but it annoys Ohno pretty badly.
335	* OccidentalOtaku: Not as much as Sue, but enough that she thoroughly enjoys visiting Ohno to attend [=ComiFes=].
336	* PhenotypeStereotype: A busty, blue-eyed, blonde-haired American girl with a flair of shameless promiscuity.
337	* YaoiFangirl: Along with Sue, both of their purchases of yaoi doujins were so much that Ohno had to ship them out later because they couldn't fit it for their flight back.
338	[[/folder]]
339
340	[[folder:Mimasaka]]
341
342	An old friend of Yajima's from high school.
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344	* CoolBigSis: Very much thinks highly of Yajima, to the amusement of Yoshitake.
345	* SatteliteCharacter: To Yajima.
346	* ShrinkingViolet: Very shy, even Yajima is more socially adept than her.

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