This is the character page for Nobunagun. To see a more general trope list, visit the main page, or the YMMV Page.
Ogura Sio/Oda Nobunaga ("Nobunagun")
Sio voiced by: Shiori Muto (Japanese), Jad Saxton (English)
Nobunaga voiced by: Nobuo Tobita (Japanese), Kent Williams (English)
- Ambiguously Bi: Has definite Ship Tease with both Adam and Asao.
- Cute and Psycho: Sports a killer Slasher Smile when she goes into battle.
- Friendless Background: She spent much of her time in school alone, reading magazines on military weapons, and people thought her weird as a result and didn't really hang out with her.
- Not a Morning Person: Frequently wakes up late.
- Small Girl, Big Gun: The cartridges alone are bigger than her torso.
- Socially Awkward Hero: She's not very good interacting with people, especially those as strange as her fellow E-Gene Holders.
Adam Muirhead/Jack the Ripper
Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Japanese), Jason Liebrecht (English)
- 11th-Hour Superpower: In the final episode he reveals abilities related to the true identity of Jack the Ripper.
- Swiss-Army Weapon: His blade can split apart into a claw of sorts, made of different kinds of blades.
Mahesh Mirza/Mahatma Gandhi
Voiced by: Nobunaga Shimazaki (Japanese), Christopher Bevins (English)
- Mr. Exposition: He explains the bases and the platoons to Sio.
- The Tease: He tends to jokingly flirt with Sio.
Jess Beckham/Isaac Newton
Voiced by: Yuu Asakawa (Japanese), Caitlin Glass (English)
- Forceful Kiss: Her way of greeting people is with a French kiss.
- Giant Foot of Stomping: Her weapon seems to be one crossed with an abacus. For extra stomping power, it can apply Selective Gravity to whatever it steps on.
John Hunter
Voiced by: Makoto Yasumura (Japanese), Ian Sinclair (English)
- Fish out of Water: As a Non-Action Guy, he feels out of his element during the "Stone Forest Operation", which result in Jack making fun of him.
Galiko/Galileo Galilei
Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka (Japanese), Alexis Tipton (English)
- Bratty Half-Pint: She can be rude and haughty towards Sio, since she was the previous newbie, despite the fact she appears to only be in elementary school.
Lemond/Geronimo "Princess"
Voiced by: Chiwa Saitō (Japanese), Alison Viktorin (English)
- Only One Name: Is referred to as Lemond by Hunter in episode 13. It's unknown if this is her first or last name.
- Slasher Smile: Like Nobunagun and Jack, she too tends to smile sadistically while in combat.
Ibukigin "Esui" Erdenbileg/Cyx
Voiced by: Mutsumi Tamura (Japanese), Elizabeth Maxwell (English)
- My Horse Is a Motorbike: Cyx is based on the Mongolian story "Suho's White Horse" which is why she rides that white vehicle and they call her Suho.
Antoni Gaudi
Voiced by: Ayumu Murase (Japanese), Sean Michael Teague (English)
- Loving a Shadow: Develops a crush on Sio before even meeting her and is disappointed by the reality of her. (Though this is mainly because he had a shopped photo of her and was not happy when he found out she wasn't as endowed as the photo implied.)
Anush/Robert Capa
Voiced by: Kenjiro Tsuda (Japanese), Christopher Sabat (English)
- Cynical Mentor: He's a bit of a Jerkass when Sio meets him, and to the end, he expresses doubt over whether or not Sio is worth the fuss. However, he recognizes her great potential and seems motivated to train her so she doesn't get butchered in real combat.
- Dirty Old Man: Invoked. He really has no (specified) interest in Sio, but he uses lecherous and perverted tactics to motivate her into completing her training when she starts slacking off.
- Master of Illusion: He has the ability to produce illusory copies of anything he captures within his camera.
- The Mentor: He's put in charge of training Sio immediately after she joins DOGOO.
DOGOO Commander
Voiced by: Ai Satou (Japanese), Rachel Robinson (English)
- I Was Quite a Looker: Flashbacks to her youth reveal she was very beautiful.
Saint-Germain
Voiced by: Koji Yusa (Japanese), J. Michael Tatum (English)
- Canon Foreigner: He was not in the manga.
- Really 700 Years Old: He has lived for about 1000 years, according to Episode 10.
- The Stoic: He barely reacts to anything.
