The characters for the manga and anime Mysterious Joker.
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Main Characters
Joker / Jack Jones
Voiced by: Ayumu Murase (Japanese), Jeong-Hwa Yang (Korean)
"Welcome to the shining night!"
- Alliterative Name: Jack Jones.
- Anime Hair: His long hair manages to stick up, even when he was young.
- Anti-Hero: Of the Nominal Hero variety. On top of being a criminal, Joker is a rather childish and selfish Jerkass with mild sadistic tendencies who is shown to be lazy and disorganized in daily life. He also stands out from most other kaito genre protagonists who usually have noble motivations despite their criminal acts, let alone from the usual Kodomomuke protagonists.
- Big Eater: Why Hachi enjoys cooking for him. He especially loves curry.
- Blinded by the Light: His "Straight Flash" attack.
- Calling Your Attacks: "Straight Flash", "Emblem Fire", and "Shooting Star"
- Coat, Hat, Mask: Part of his Kaito outfit, to look like a magician.
- Chronic Hero Syndrome: Subverted. Unless it involves people close to him, he gets something out of it or disagrees or agrees for a completely different reason , Joker usually doesn't go out of his way to help someone (unless he is prompted by Hachi). He isn't the type to side with the bad guy as well. See Villain Protagonist and Black-and-Grey Morality.
- Deceased Parents Are the Best: Before their death, he was shown to be very close with them, especially with his father.
- Disguised in Drag: Via Image Gum, Joker has impersonated Kaneko.
- Does Not Like Spam: Joker is averse to dipping sauce due to a prank played on him in childhood.
- Every Scar Has a Story: When trying to save Rose, Clovers tries to shoot him but Rose deflects that attack, causing it to grase around the eye.
- Heroic Comedic Sociopath: Joker shows a few shades of this. For example, Joker gleefully laughs as he sets off bombs he planted in Lucky Pyramid's home to cause him misfortune. He carries a full teeth grin as Lucky Pyramid screams in the background.
- Phantom Thief: As the show title suggests
- Invincible Hero: Averted. While Joker has all the trappings of an invincible hero, he doesn’t always get the treasure, and occasionally even finds himself outwitted by his Worthy Opponent for the week.
- In Harm's Way: He states in the manga that getting in tight spots is the reason why he enjoys his job.
- Master of Disguise: Joker's Image Gum allows him to take on the appearance of anything he's seen before, including people and inanimate objects.
- Playing Card Motifs: Joker, occasionally the Hearts suit.
- Skewed Priorities: Often he gets upset at villains for the wrong reason, like them knocking out the audience because now who could he put on the show for?
- Trademark Favorite Food: Curry.
- Trojan Prisoner: Twice.
- He and Hachi turn themselves in, because the prisoner facility that they were being sent to contains a valuable.
- After he and Hachi switch places, he gets caught by the Kuma clan. This allowed him to closer to the artifact as the cell was near roof, while Kouga, is distracted by Hachi.
- Villain Protagonist: ZigZagged. Unlike other kaito central characters, he doesn't have a noble reason for stealing and works as a kaito full-time. Not to mention he isn't very honest or nice. To most civilians and the police, he's a criminal. However, compared to other enemies like the Clover Faction and Shadow, he isn't the villain. His methods aren't meant to harm/injure anyone, he will fight for those he cares about, and has done some genuinely good things, such as working with Spade to save people stuck in burning building and letting the people on the island in "The Island of the Evil Scarlet God" have their long-lost Scarlet Heart back. He also grow up with the mentality that stealing is okay, so long that it is a challenge and warned in advance. See Black-and-Gray Morality on the main page.
- Two Guys and a Girl: With Spade and Queen, when they work together.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: Joker and Spade have this relationship.
- Would Not Shoot a Civilian: Joker says in "The Island of the Evil Scarlet God" that "a phantom thief has no need of killing tools."
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: With cats, to Hachi's amusement. It was because he had been chased by Doubt in a ventilation system when he was young.
Hachi
Voiced by: Yumiko Kobayashi (Japanese), Seon-Hye Jeong (Korean)
- Battle Butler: For Joker.
- Butt-Monkey
- Distress Ball: Often targeted as he is Joker's assistant (but sometimes his clumsiness often leads him there). This even gets referenced in the 3rd chapter:
- Joker: Y'know, Hachi. Don't you get yourself captured all the time?
Hachi: It's not like I want to!
- Highly-Visible Ninja: He is almost always seen in his blue ninja outfit (though, he does wear casual clothes if he needs act as a civilian).
- Identical Grandson: He looks exactly like his great ancestor, Ichi, right down to his eyes and height. Oddly, none of his siblings have this resemblance.
- The Klutz: To the point when he had a reputation of his ninja village and got picked on. Gets deconstructed when he and Joker get into a fight on how his clumsiness ruins the mission. This later becomes a trick to when he returns to the village, the ninjas capture Joker-disguised Hachi. Due to his reputation, they let their guard down while they get distracted by Hachi disguised as Joker, giving Joker an opening to steal the treasure.
- The Millstone: Especially earlier in the series, he hindered Joker more than he helped him. This has been lampshaded a number of times in both the anime and manga. Over time, Hachi has become more competent and Joker has put more faith in him.
- Morality Pet: For Joker, especially when his antihero qualities kick in.
- Neat Freak: Being Joker's housekeeper seems to be his other job.
- Playing Card Motifs: 8 of Hearts (as seen in the eye-catches), with the "8" fitting his name.
- Technicolor Ninjas: Like the rest of his family, he wears a bright blue outfit.
- Verbal Tic: He tends to end his sentences with "ssu", a shortened version of "desu".
Other Phantom Thieves and Assistants
Silver Heart
Voiced by: Bin Shimada (Japanese), Ho-San Lee (Korean)
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- Arch-Enemy: Of Professor Clover.
- Cool Old Guy: He is a kaito after all.
- Exotic Eye Designs: One visible eye has rings in different shades of blue, and the pupil is also blue
- High-Class Glass: Wears a monocle. It's on the same eye Professor Clover shot at when they were both agents
- Parental Substitute: To Joker, Spade, and Queen.
- Phantom Thief:
- Light Is Not Good/Light Is Good: As a kaito, he falls to the former (though he would never purposely harm anyone in that state, making himself also the second). His being a secret agent falls into the later trope.
- Long-Haired Pretty Boy: When he was younger.
- Old Master: Though he's often the comic relief, he still lives up to his kaito reputation as he is quite clever and capable (such as driving a plane while critically injuries to save his students). It might help that he was a secret agent in the past. He is responsible for training Joker, Spade and Queen.
- Playing Card Motifs: Ace of Hearts (as seen in the eye-catches).
- Retired Badass: Before becoming a kaito, he was a very successful secret agent under the same name.
- Tyke Bomb: When his parents died when he was a baby, and he gets taken in by a spy agency. He has been trained as one since then.
Spade / King
Voiced by: Hiro Shimono (Japanese), Yong-Woo Shin (Korean)
"I didn't trick you. You jumped to the conclusion by yourself."
- Adorably Precocious Child: Before he met Joker. Justified as he looks after his adoptive parents' child, who is spoiled and mistreats him. He takes care of him because he felt in debt towards them.
- Calling Your Attacks
- Compressed Hair: Spade, in his disguises, manages to tuck in his hair such that it looks like a bob cut.
- Exotic Eye Designs: Spade has pupils that are half-black/half-white and shaped like a spade, while the visible part of his irises are purple
- Gag Haircut: Not noticeably, but part of his hair "crown" got chopped out when he got turned to stone and fell.
- Long-Haired Pretty Boy
- Parental Abandonment: His parents leave for a yacht trip with a hourglass artifact, promising to come back. However, the wait becomes so long that Spade had to leave home because he ran out of food (and almost died in the snow). It was revealed the Clover had killed his parents during the trip to steal the treasure
- Phantom Thief: Was raised as one with Joker and Queen.
- Play-Along Prisoner: It seems that he had the key the whole time but waited till Joker freed himself just to mess with him
- Playing Card Motifs: King of Spades.
- The Prankster: In his childhood, Spade was this and this trickster nature has flowed into his style of theft
- Secret Secret-Keeper: He knew Dark Eye was a female, and an idol at that but didn't say anything since she doesn't seem to share
Dark Eye
Voiced by: Kenichi Ono (Japanese), Kyung-Su Hyun (Korean)
- Badass in a Nice Suit: He is a Battle Butler, after all.
- Battle Butler: Cooks, cleans and fights for Spade.
- Playing Card Motifs: The marking around his eye is a spade.
- Samus Is a Girl: She is a member of the pop idol "Shuffle Sisters". She didn't share with anyone as she didn't want Spade to worry.
- Secret Identity: She is Ai from the pop idol Shuffle Sisters.
- Sexier Alter Ego: Her pop-idol form.
- Signature Laugh: A nasally kyehkyehkyehkyeh.
- Stealth Pun: "Dark Eye", as there's a large eye on his mask. His real name is "Ai", which would have the same pronunciation.
- Supreme Chef: He is a very good chef, much to Hachi's dismay.
Queen Diamond
Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro (Japanese), Ha-Yeong Kim (Korean)
That's not all that's diamond.
- Action Girl: Though she suffers from distress balls from time to time.
- Cool Sword: Owns one made of diamonds.
- Exotic Eye Designs: Half-orange/half-yellow irises and diamond-shaped white pupils.
- Gag Haircut: Her twin tails get chopped off after she turned to stone and fell. It comes back the next episode, though.
- Girlish Pigtails: Two large ones.
- Phantom Thief: Was raised as one with Joker and Spade.
- Playing Card Motifs: Queen of Diamonds.
- Proper Tights with a Skirt: As part of her kaitou outfit.
- Really Royalty Reveal: Queen Emerald.
- Remember the New Guy?: She isn't even mentioned or alluded to until she appears in volume 9, despite being Silver Heart's granddaughter and supposedly being raised with Joker.
- Sweet Tooth: Downplayed. It's what she prefers.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Strawberries.
Roko / Experiment 101
Voiced by: Misaki Kuno (Japanese), Hye-Won Jeong (Korean)
- Because You Were Nice to Me: The reason why he stood up to Experiment 99 and protected the kids.
- Non-Human Sidekick: Of Queen.
- Playing Card Motifs: In addition to his name coming from a type of corn (tomorokoshi), his name is also one syllable short of the Japanese word for "six" (roku). Fittingly, his eyecatch card is a 6 of Diamonds.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter
- Talking Animal: As a result of the experiments.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Corn, which is how he got his new name.
The Police
Dogusaburō Oniyama
Voiced by: Naoki Tatsuta (Japanese), Jang-Won Lee (Korean)
"You're so under arrest!"
The head of the police department's anti-phantom thief department and the secondary antagonist of the series.- Adaptational Wimp: Downplayed but he is a bit more collected and think things through in the manga compared to the anime. However, his role being much smaller in the original might have something to do with it.
- Ascended Extra: He plays a much more important role in the TV show than in the manga.
- Butt-Monkey: He gets the lower rope of things.
- Flower Motif: His card eye catch is a flower card.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: Is very quick to get angry, especially with Joker around.
- In-Series Nickname: Part of his name "Oniyama" gets shortened to "Oni".
- Parents as People: Though his job seems to tie him up with work, he's shown to love his family deeply, especially his daughter. When his daughter gets kidnapped in the anime and was told to come alone, he loses it. He starts losing his cool and starts making rash decisions he wouldn't normally do. Joker was the only one who could calm him down
- Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist: Oniyama, to Joker. He even catches on to Shadow Joker’s Criminal Doppelgänger nature very quickly when he sees him doing things that the real Joker would not.
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: When he had to work with Joker after his daughter gets kidnapped.
- Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: Downnplayed. In comparison to his 2 assistants (though he is close to Momo's height), he fits this.
Ginko Kurosaki
Voiced by: Yuko Hara (Japanese), Kim Yul (Korean)
- Action Duo: Nicknamed "Devil Chasers" with Momo in the manga.
- Action Girl: She is a police officer. In the manga, she is the special forces unit with Momo, nicknamed the "Devil Chasers" and are called with dealing more high profile criminals. In the anime, she is the same level (or lower) as Oniyama and doesn't get much action until season 2.
- Ascended Extra: She appears much more frequently in the show than in the manga.
- Calling Your Attacks
- Custom Uniform: In the anime, she wears a purple variant of the police uniform
- Drives Like Crazy: Notably in the pursuit chases where she's driving. It might help that she was a F1 racer in the past.
- Flower Motif: Her name refers to the gingko tree.
Momo Shirai
Voiced by: Haruna Sakurai (Japanese), Jae-Hyun Lee (Korean)
- Action Duo: Nicknamed "Devil Chasers" with Ginko in the manga.
- Action Girl: She is a police officer. In the manga, she is the special forces unit with Momo, nicknamed the "Devil Chasers" and are called with dealing more high profile criminals. In the anime, she is the same level (or lower) as Oniyama and doesn't get much action until season 2.
- Ascended Extra: She appears much more frequently in the show than in the manga.
- Blush Sticker
- Boyish Short Hair
- Cloudcuckoolander: Shows shades of this.
- Custom Uniform: In the anime, she wears a pink variant of the police uniform
- Eyes Always Shut
- Flower Motif: Her name means "peach", and her uniform is also pink.
- Genki Girl: She is cheerful and is usually seen smiling.
- Waif-Fu: In particular, she jumps from one car to another while breaking Joker's window shield.
The Clover Faction
Professor Clover
Voiced by: Juurota Kosugi (Japanese), Jae-Heon Jeong (Korean)
- Arch-Enemy: Of Silver Heart
- Artificial Limbs: His right arm.
- Bad Boss: He sacrifices his own underlings after he got full power from a girl that he forcefully controlled and doesn't give a damn if his underlings die.
- Dark Is Evil: Made it obvious due to his evil jester clown-like outfit.
- Evil Counterpart: To Silver Heart, While Silver Heart does actually care about his "children" that he raises as Phantom Thieves, however, Professor Clover doesn't show any care of his underlings.
- Evil Teacher: He isn't an actual teacher (as far as we know anyway), but dons a variation of a headmaster's outfit and referred to as Professor Clover. He's also the main antagonist of the series.
- Expressive Mask: His mask mimics his facial expressions.
- The Heavy: Despite the nature of the show seems a bit episodic, he is by far the most overarching villain of the show and the source of conflict and also the reason why Joker and Shadow Joker ended up to be the way they are
- Killed Off for Real: Meets his end at the hands of Joker and Cyan when the two melt him with sulfuric acid in the Season 2 finale.
- Knight of Cerebus: He is responsible for the darkest moments that happen in the series and every time he appears, the series went south quickly
- Manipulative Bastard: Tries to trick and use Queen by saying that Silver Heart killing her own parents (In which he succeed) and control a girl with time-bending power with his staff to get what he wants.
- Relative Button: Clover pulls this towards Spade and Queen
- Revenge by Proxy: Seems to be his favorite method at getting back Silver Heart
- Revenge Through Corruption: He gets Queen to betray Silver Heart and turn her against him
- Sadist Teacher: His outfit seems to be a variation of a headmaster's clothes and referred to as Professor (though he isn't an actual teacher). He does derive pleasure in harming his enemies, including Silver Heart and his apprentices.
- The Sociopath: He will do anything to get the treasures he wants, even if it means killing people and sacrificing his own allies and he shows no empathy towards his own underlings after he sacrifices them to kill Joker's friends.
- Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: Despite the majority of the show are lighthearted and mostly a comedic show, thanks to his sociopathic and sadistic nature, he is easily the most dangerous opponent for Joker and his friends.
- Would Hurt a Child: Willingly disposes of the girl who has a time-bending power by pouring acid on her once he had no further use to him and uses her as a blackmail object so that Joker and Shadow Joker won't take her from his clutches
Lady Doubt
Voiced by: Davidyuk Jenya (Japanese), Na-Yul Kim (Korean)
- Dark Action Girl: As she works with Clover
- The Dragon: To Clover
- Cats Are Mean: Has the ability to transform into a cat. She also happily works with the antagonist
- Sunglasses at Night: Lady Doubt never takes hers off.
- Villainous Harlequin: While she is a bit more milder than Clover, she has no problem putting the heroes in harm's way.
- Wolverine Claws: As part of her cat skills. However, then only come out when she needs them.
Shadow Joker
Voiced by: Soma Saito (Japanese), Sang-Hyun Eom (Korean)
- Adaptation Dye-Job: His hair is black in the manga and cyan in the anime.
- Anti-Hero: Even more so than Joker who, himself, is already a Nominal Hero. Shadow is probably the most brutal supporting character in the series. Blinded by hate, he doesn't think twice before killing off anyone that stands in his way. However, he's very affectionate towards his little sister, Rose and would do anything to protect her and after Rose is saved from Professor Clover, he becomes more willing to ally with Joker and his gang, teaming up with him to get out of a pinch if necessary. He also becomes more of comedic Chuunibyou as the series goes on, though he still tries to have a fierce rivalry with Joker.
- Badass Biker: His main form of transportation when he's by himself
- Calling Your Attacks: "Bloody Rain"
- Compressed Hair: It's actually fairly long.
◊ - Criminal Doppelgänger: He purposely dressed so he would be mistaken for Joker and have his crimes blamed on him. His outfit does slightly differ as it is a purple version of Joker's outfit, has a bluish tint in his hair, and goes under the name 'Shadow Joker' once his disguise has been figured out
- Expy: As an angsty, aloof, motorcycle-riding counterpart with an innocent female character that he's shown to care about a lot (not to mention his name and motifs), he bare of resembling to a certain hedgehog in another franchise. There are some notable differences in personality and it doesn't take too long for him to branch away
Rose
Voiced by: Mai Nakahara (Japanese), Kyung-Lee Jo (Korean)
- Barrier Maiden: She is the ability to control time up to a small extent (but can be expanded if the staff of Kalios is there). It is the reason why her village is kept secret though Clover manages to discover it
- Elegant Gothic Lolita: The outfit she wears when possessed by Clover
- Mind-Control Eyes: Thanks to Clover.
- Pink Girl, Blue Boy: With Cyan
Others
Mr. Kanenari
Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita (Japanese), Su-Jin Kang (Korean)
- Eccentric Millionaire: Has a train entirely plated in gold that travels from Asia to England that only celebrities can access, just to view his gold necklace
- Rich in Dollars, Poor in Sense: One would think having a self-destruct switch on a teddy bear would be a bad idea (especially when he keeps accidentally pressing it).
The Shuffle Sisters
Voiced by: Hitomi Yoshida (Japanese, Kira), Yeon-Ji Bang (Korean, Kira), Ayaka Fukuhara (Japanese, Rei), Kyung-Lee Jo (Korean, Rei), Yumi Hara (Japanese, Ai), Ji-Hyun Lee (Korean, Ai)
Kira
Rei
Ai
A popular idol group of three sisters, Kira, Rei, and Ai.- Chromatic Arrangement: Kira (pink / red), Rei (blue), Ai (Green)
- Magic Idol Singer: The Shuffle Sisters are a parody of this, their mics being a type of weapon. Dark Eye also gets her own transformation
- Money Fetish: The reason why Kira is in this business (even fighting Hachi over a nickel).
- Secret Identity: They are supposedly kaitous. Though Ai is actually "Dark Eye"
- Sibling Team: They are sisters.
President D
Voiced by: Daisuke Kishio (Japanese), Lee Hyun (Korean)
The president of the mysterious organization Devil Fang. He placed bounties on Joker, Queen, and Spade, and has hired many bounty hunters to take them out.- Big Eater: In most his appearance he is either surrounded by food or in the midst of eating. Despite this, he is surprisingly thin.
- Dude Looks Like a Lady: His long plum-colored tresses and conspicuous eyelashes, along with his frilly-cuffed purple jacket and lilac cravat give him a very feminine appearance. His voice, however, is quite deep.
- Evil Sounds Deep: He has a considerably deep voice.
- Purple Is Powerful: He wears an entirely purple ensemble, and he is the head of a (presumably criminal) organization.
Akai Tsubasa (Phoenix)
Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Japanese), Gyu-Hyuk Shim (Korean)
Akai
Phoenix
A mysterious individual with supernatural powers who usually appears in the form of a teenage boy. He was sealed in a tomb for over 3000 years before Devil Fang accidentally released him.- Catchphrase: "I want to go home."
- Challenge Seeker: He seems to get a thrill out of competing with Joker for treasures, especially once he realizes that Joker is actually a worthy opponent.
- Clip Its Wings: Dr.Neo hires Sniper Genma to shoot off his left wing in order to capture him.
- Comically Serious: He isn't a comedic character, but his reactions to various things (e.g. mabo tofu, his first time seeing a television) are frequently funny.
- Fish out of Temporal Water: He's been sealed away in a tomb for 3000 years, so naturally he is very confused about the modern world.
- Lack of Empathy: Akai doesn't understand other character's emotions and relationships, in particular being confused by Joker's friendship/rivalry with Queen and Spade. He has no concern for when other characters are in danger (eg. when Joker is injured and being chased by a hungry shark; when Joker and his friends are shrunken and imprisoned in a cage) and even taunts and laughs at them. Unlike Joker, he doesn't appear to value life. He left Hachi, Dark Eye and Roko to be impaled in a trap (which backfired on him after the trap was cleared), threatened to feed a crew of pirates to a giant squid, and cheerfully wrapped Joker in an anchor and threw him overboard, along with his former ally/pet Hoshi and Hachi. At the same time, he isn't evil, just confused, naive and has no social skills.
- Logical Weakness: As someone with an affinity for the element of fire, he hates water and can't swim.
- Meaningful Name: His full name is Japanese for "red wing".
- No Social Skills: His interactions with pretty much any other character make this clear. This is exaggerated when he confronts two guards and gets taken prisoner without realizing he's a prisoner the whole time.
- The Phoenix: He is one, in his true form.
- Rule of Three: Whenever he's asked a question, he always replies by listing three possible answers.
- Sleepyhead: Even when he's awake, he's constantly yawning.
- Wingding Eyes: He has cross-shaped pupils.
Hoshi (Acrux)
Voiced by: Atsumi Tanezaki (Japanese), Kyung-Lee Jo (Korean)
- Cartoon Creature: No one is sure what Hoshi is, but he is certainly cat-like. Joker even calls him a “pseudo-cat”.
- Extreme Omnivore: His favorite food is treasure. In fact, the first treasure he is seen eating is the Crystal Skull Key.
- Meaningful Name: His real name, Acrux, refers to the Alpha Crucis, the brightest star in the Southern Cross. Likewise, his nickname, Hoshi, is Japanese for "Star".
- Pokémon Speak: Communicates by saying “Hoshi”. Much like Hodor, his real name (according to Akai) is Acrux but is called Hoshi because that's all he says.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: Even more so than Roko.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Treasure, much to Joker's frustration.
DJ Peacock
Voiced by: Masahito Yabe (Japanese), Ho-San Lee (Korean)
- Ascended Extra: He has a recurring role in the anime as a newscaster who reports on Joker, or whatever news is relevant to the plot at the moment, whereas he has a much more minor role in the manga.
- Large Ham: He frequently shouts and puts his face right up to the camera during his reports.
- Pimp Duds: He wears a bright yellow jacket with no shirt underneath, green pants, magenta shoes, a white feather boa, large gold earrings, and large gold and purple sunglasses.
Manga-Only Characters
Nightmare
A phantom thief of Italy, who uses his masks to posses people and do his bidding.
- Deliberately Monochrome: Half-black, half-white.
- Face Hugger: His masks follow and cling to the wearer. They lose consciousness once wearing it.
- Mass Hypnosis: How the bell works with the masks.
- Puppeteer Parasite: His masks have the ability to posse people but the masks themselves have an unknown origin.
- Villain with Good Publicity: The people of Italy are charmed by his charismatic nature, despite what he puts them through.
Panta
A young boy who somehow finds himself getting involved in Joker's adventures from time to time, sometimes alone and sometimes accompanied by his friends.
- Butt-Monkey: He always seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, whether he’s getting held up at a carnival, trapped in a haunted schoolhouse or wanders onto Joker’s airship.
- Tagalong Kid: By circumstance, he ends up as this to Joker, usually to Joker’s annoyance.
