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Character sheet for the manga and anime Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie.
Izumi and Shikimori
"Yuu" Izumi
Yuuki "Yuu" Izumi
Voiced by: Shuichiro Umeda (Japanese), Bryson Baugus (English), Alex Villamar (Latin American Spanish)
The protagonist. Izumi is cursed with unnatural bad luck, such that getting through an average day alive and healthy was always in question. This changed when he met Shikimori on his first day of high school and they started going out.
- Adaptational Wimp: Izumi comes off as naturally clumsy even without his terrible luck in the anime due to some additional slapstick scenes.
- Amazon Chaser: A number of instances imply him to be this: he goes out with the cute-but-physically-strong Shikimori, he is mesmerized by girls displaying awesome feats of athleticism, and admires a poster of a bikini-clad model who has a very fit physique.
- Born Unlucky: Izumi's defining character trait. Even his New Year's fortune is always "Very Bad Luck" for the next year.
- Cosmic Plaything: Bad things often befalls Izumi. They often range from just falling over to almost getting run over by a truck. Luckily, he has Shikimori to save him from the more serious stuff.
- Crazy-Prepared: Plagued by such bad luck for so long, he's come to expect any sort of bad thing that could happen on any given occasion, and he will try to prepare for them. Some of his measures include such things as dividing his money between three wallets, so even if two of them go mysteriously missing, he still has one left. There is a learning curve involved, as one time he tried to pack everything he could possibly need into a backpack, overloaded it, and then the strap broke before he left the house.
- Cute Clumsy Girl: Inverted. Izumi is a Cute Clumsy Boy. This gender reversal role is the key premise of the manga.
- The Determinator: Despite his bad luck and likelihood of failure, he will push forward anyways with an optimistic mindset.
- Delicate and Sickly: In addition to his atrocious luck, he's also of weak constitution and gets sick often.
- Everything Trying to Kill You: Izumi's daily life is an obstacle of cars, animals, and random flying objects trying to send him to an early grave. It is Shikimori's (and occasionally Inuzuka's) role to keep him alive.
- Generation Xerox: His mother has the same bad luck has him, and it is implied that his father had a similar role to Shikimori when they were younger.
- Heroic Self-Deprecation: The result of being chronically caught in bizarre and improbable accidents. Because of this, he doesn't get why a badass such as Shikimori would want to be with someone like him.
- Insecure Love Interest: He fears that his relationship with Shikimori is a case of All Take and No Give, with him being the taker, on account of her always protecting him while he feels that he doesn't do much for her in return.
- Nice Guy: He is a genuinely kind, forthcoming, positive-thinking, and honest boy, which despite his abysmal luck, means he is quick to bond with people and make friends.
- No Full Name Given: When the class arrangement list is shown, the second character of his given name is out-of-frame, leaving "Izumi Yuu_" (in Oriental order). This isn't helped by how his parents stick to calling him "Yuu-kun." Chapter 176 reveals what his real name is: Yuuki.
- The Pollyanna: You'd think that someone as horribly unlucky as him would be depressed, but he remains friendly and optimistic despite it all.
- Protectorate: Shikimori defends him from all the weird things that threaten his life, such as cars, roof tiles, rogue baseballs, etc. She takes this duty seriously, and even scolds him if he tries to walk home from school on his own. He would like to be able to protect her in return.
- Real Men Cook: He has a lot of cooking experience from helping his mother in the kitchen. It really contrasts with Shikimori, whose first meal for him made him gag.
- Scars Are Forever: Shikimori finds that he has a scar under his bangs from an injury years ago. He thinks it might've been when a truck crashed into his bedroom. When he removes his shirt, it is revealed that his whole body is completely covered in scars.
- Walking Disaster Area: The world seems to be out to kill the poor kid. It is downplayed in that his bad luck doesn't produce Disaster Dominoes that lead to widespread destruction, but fixtures of buildings have been known to suddenly detach just to crush him.
"Micchon" Shikimori
Miyako "Micchon" Shikimori
Voiced by: Saori Onishi (Japanese), Macy Anne Johnson (English), María José Guerrero (Latin American Spanish)
The title character. On the surface she appears to be a normal, cute high school girl but this hides her true aggressive tomboy personality. She is deeply in love with Izumi and will prioritize keeping him safe above all else.
- The Ace: When it comes to any kind of physical activity, she's a full-blown prodigy.
- Action Girlfriend: While Izumi is meek and frail, barely able to hold his own just walking on a sidewalk, Shikimori is incredibly adept at physical activities like sports and martial arts, often rescuing her boyfriend from his cosmically bad luck.
- Ambiguously Absent Parent: Shikimori's father is not present and it has not been explained what happened to him. All we know is that she has not had a happy homelife.
- Angry Cheek Puff: Shikimori puffs her cheeks when she's mad, adding to her "cute" appeal despite her assertive and aggressive personality. Ironically she does a big puffy pout the very first time Yuu mentions she's sometimes "not cute at all".
- Bifauxnen: She used to be one, having Boyish Short Hair and a more androgynous appearance, until she deliberately changed her image and appearance in high school in order to avoid this. When Risa first met her, she wasn't sure whether she was a boy or a girl.
- Blind Without Them: Downplayed. Her eyesight is definitely poor without her glasses and especially has trouble reading or making out details, but she can still function fine otherwise.
- Boyish Short Hair: She used to have this in middle school, but has let it grow out in the present. Subverted in the epilogue, as Miyako has once again cut her hair short during her final year at university.
- Charles Atlas Superpower: Ostensibly just an athletic girl, but she was also able to kick away a building sign that was about to fall on Izumi, creating a sizeable dent in it in the process.
- Chronic Hero Syndrome: Most of her time is spent protecting Izumi, but she is also established as someone who is willing to help out anyone in need. So common that most of the time she doesn't remember doing it.
- Clingy Jealous Girl:
- She won't let anything get between her and Izumi and feels left out even if he spends time with his friends instead of her. She even got jealous of a sexy swimsuit advert that any teenage boy would have a hard time not staring at. Lampshaded by Hachimitsu and Inuzuka.
- Averted with Kamiya. Despite seeing Kamiya hanging out with Izumi and realizing that she loves Izumi as well, Shikimori doesn't act jealous and even comforts Kamiya over her unrequited feelings, telling her that she's a good person and even hugging her.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Implied, considering how uncomfortable she is talking about it or her family life for that matter.
- Even the Girls Want Her: Other female students gush about her appearance as much as the boys do, if not more. Especially for Nekozaki. She even manages to charm Izumi's mother. After her volleyball game, the girls from all classes go nuts over her.
- Girly Girl with a Tomboy Streak: Shikimori seems girly on the surface, and there are parts of her that are genuinely girly; she has long pink hair, loves cute things and really desires to be seen as cute herself. However, as much as she tries to hide it, her more tomboyish self still comes out on a regular basis, usually through her incredible athletics, sense of danger, and general assertiveness compared to that of the meek Izumi. She used to be a Bifauxnen with Boyish Short Hair in middle school before deciding to change her image for high school.
- Guy on Guy Is Hot: She gets flustered seeing Izumi hold an injured Inuzuka, complete with fantasizing sparkles and roses forming around them.
- Hollywood Tone-Deaf: As discovered when the gang does karaoke, singing is one of the few things she does badly.
- Kubrick Stare: Gives a pretty intense one to Izumi after saving him from a speeding truck.
- Lethal Chef: At first, she's dreadful with meals. She does eventually become a decent cook after training with Izumi's mother.
- Long Hair Is Feminine: Invoked, as she grew her hair out as to not be mistaken for a boy like she had been in middle school.
- No Full Name Given: Her given name is unknown, as she and Izumi are on Last-Name Basis each other and her friends only call her "Micchon" or "Mi-chan". The class arrangement list shows that her given name is one character only, and it's partly out-of-frame. Chapter 175 reveals her real name: Miyako.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Most of her friends only call her "Micchon" or "Mi-chan", while she and Izumi are on a mutual Last-Name Basis. Her real name didn't get revealed until much later.
- The Power of Love: She does her best when Izumi cheers her on. Seriously, it is such a sharp change that a fireworks festival vendor thought she had become a girl who was no longer "ordinary", but rather one possessing the "eyes of a hunter".
- Rose-Haired Sweetie: Has bubblegum-pink hair and is a Nice Girl.
- Single Woman Seeks Good Man: When asked, she says one of the things she likes most about Izumi is how kind he is, and how his chronic bad luck has made him more empathetic to others instead of jaded.
- Sore Loser: She can't stand to lose at anything, be it sports, any sort of game, or holding Izumi's attention. Neko points this out to her and, in fact, it is how they became friends. Neither of them wanted to lose in a "friendly" school-class basketball game.
- Stupid Sexy Flanders: Tends to unwittingly produce admiring stares among other girls whenever she lets her cool side show around them.
- Passionate Sports Girl: Shikimori loves all sorts of athletics. She formally competed in karate at a national level.
- Sliding Scale of Beauty: World-class or Divine level, She is considered extremely beautiful, including by people of the same gender.
- The Tease: Her "cool mode" as a tendency of being romantically assertive, such as when Izumi prepared pastries for the group during a summer trip, and she said she could eat them "every day", while licking her fingers and giving him a meaningful look. Subverted once she's behind closed doors though, where she starts panicking at how strong she comes on to him.
- Tsurime Eyes: Her eyes noticeably become sharper whenever she's being "cool".
- Violently Protective Girlfriend: Justified, considering Izumi's bad luck she has to stay on guard to protect him.
- Yellow Sash of Power: Subverted. Shikimori is given school monitor duties for a week, and the student body completely ignores her orders as they know she has no real authority.
Izumi and Shikimori's Schoolmates
Yui Hachimitsu
Yui Hachimitsu
Voiced by: Rina Hidaka (Japanese), Molly Zhang (English), Erika Ugalde (Latin American Spanish)
Diminuitive friend of Izumi and Shikimori. A strange girl for whom the laws of the universe seem to not apply to.
- Animal Motifs: Bees. "Hachimitsu" is Japanese for (bee) honey.
- Empty Eyes: Partially subverted. Hachimitsu's eyes seem to lack the upper halves of her pupils. The bottom halves are visible in close-ups.
- Gamer Chick: Hachimitsu is a hardcore gamer under the avatar Buff Biceps.
- Perpetual Smiler: No matter how stressed or worried she is regarding her current situation or how excited her friends are, her expression almost never changes from her dopey smile.
Shuu Inuzuka
Shuu Inuzuka
Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto (Japanese), Clifford Chapin (English), Alan Fernando Velázquez (Latin American Spanish)
Izumi's best friend.
- Animal Motifs: Dogs. "Inu" in his surname is Japanese for "dog", and he has prominent fangs.
- Expy: He shares a remarkably similar design to Bakugo and even is portrayed by the same voice actors in Japanese and English, respectively. In terms of personality, they are very different, as he's much more chill and a better friend.
- Hates Being Nicknamed: Hates being called Inu by Hachimitsu and Nekozaki, and demands to be called by his proper name anytime they do. They never listen.
- Keet: He's basically Neko's Spear Counterpart when it comes to energy level.
- Mistaken for Gay: His close relationship with Izumi, particularly with how he has No Sense of Personal Space at times, has Shikimori suspecting (and fearing) that Inuzuka might have the hots for his best friend.
Kyou Nekozaki
Kyou Nekozaki
Voiced by: Misato Matsuoka (Japanese), Michelle Rojas (English), Betzabé Jara (Latin American Spanish)
One of Shikimori's closest friends. An outgoing and energetic girl.
- Ambiguously Gay: Nekozaki's Pseudo-Romantic Friendship with both Shikimori and Kamiya, both of whom have had girls attracted to them, often comes off as this, and her friendship with Shikimori even started with her saying that she'd want to marry her.
- Animal Motifs: Cats. "Neko" in her surname is Japanese for "cat".
- Fashionable Asymmetry: When wearing her school uniform one of her socks is loose, while the other fits correctly.
- Friendly Rival: She and Shikimori bonded for the first time after an extremely heated basketball match between the two, making Neko realize just how complex Shikimori actually is.
- Genki Girl: She's very loud and energetic.
- Has a Type: In her own words, "soft and dainty girls who smell like sunshine" are her ideal type of woman; they stir her protective instincts because they are the opposite of herself. She thought this applied to Shikimori before getting to know and befriend her.
- In-Series Nickname: Shikimori addresses her as "Neko".
- Tomboy with a Girly Streak: In contrast to the outwardly girly but secretly tomboyish Shikimori, she is a tomboy who secretly wants to be more feminine. Before befriending Shikimori, Nekozaki saw her as an epitome of femininity, something she desires but feels impossible to achieve.
Ai Kamiya
Ai Kamiya
Voiced by: Ayaka Fukuhara (Japanese), Morgan Garrett (English), Adriana Olmedo (Latin American Spanish)
Ace of the Volleyball team and member of the Library Committee. She joins Izumi and Shikimori's class in their third year and has a crush on Izumi.
- All Love Is Unrequited: Has a crush on Izumi, but only came to the realization after Izumi and Shikimori started dating. She realizes this and doesn't act on it.
- Animal Motifs: Wolves; the first kanji in her name means "wolf", and she has a calm and cool personality.
- Because You Were Nice to Me: She fell in love with Izumi due to the kindness and friendliness he showed toward her, despite her reserved and distant attitude. This is also why she and Shikimori become strong friends after Shikimori showed her compassion and comforted her over her feelings for Izumi.
- Birds of a Feather: She and Shikimori become really close after starting a genuine friendship, with both being Action Girls with a passion for sports and a gentle heart.
- Even the Girls Want Her: Izumi says that Kamiya has just as many girl admirers as boys.
- Mistaken for Gay: She keeps hounding Izumi with a bunch of questions about Shikimori. He thinks it is because she has a crush on her. It is actually because she has a crush on him.
- Passionate Sports Girl: The star of the school volleyball team.
- School Idol: Her classmates flock to her when she arrives and gush about her. When her shift started for their booth during the school festival, they treated it like a Big Damn Hero moment.
- Statuesque Stunner: The tallest female member of the cast, matching Izumi in height, and considered beautiful and elegant by the other students.
- Stupid Sexy Flanders: Much like Shikimori, other female students tend to get very flustered in her presence.
Saruogi
A classmate that joins Izumi and Shikimori's group for the school trip to Kyoto.
- Animal Motifs: Saru is the japanese word for "monkey".
- No Full Name Given: He is only called by his surname and his first name is never revealed in the manga.
- Sixth Ranger: Is this to Izumi and Shikimori's friend group due officially joining them after the trip to Kyoto.
Izumi Family
Motoko Izumi
Motoko Izumi
Voiced by: Emi Shinohara (Japanese), Lydia Mackay (English), Kerygma Flores (Latin American Spanish)
Izumi's kind and doting mother.
- Ambiguously Bi: She's in a happy marriage, but seems to have some obvious attraction towards Miyabi Shikimori. She also frequently flirts with Shikimori herself, and openly jokes that she wishes she was her girlfriend. A notable example is when they share a cooking class together where Motoko grabs her by the waist and blows in her ear.
- Born Unlucky: She has a lesser version of the bad luck affliction tormenting her son, so Shikimori occasionally has to defend her as well. It's implied that Akisada also has this duty.
- Delicate and Sickly: Again, just like her son, she is prone to illness.
- Exhausted Eye Bags: The main indication of her age, likely as a result of dealing with her own and her son's terrible luck.
- Happily Married: Motoko and Akisada get along alright, and they still go on dates, such as the fireworks festival.
- Housewife: She appears to be the stay-at-home-mom of the Izumi household, and is an excellent cook.
- My Beloved Smother: A rare positive and justified example given how injury-prone her son is. She also backs off from this when he starts going out with Shikimori, since she is able to take over her role as his protector instead.
- No Social Skills: She has no friends or much in the way of social contact outside of the family, and such gets very nervous when dealing with other people. As such she is delighted when she finally meets and befriends Miyabi.
- Strong Family Resemblance: She's basically an older female version of her son.
- Supreme Chef: Shikimori considers her food to be of restaurant quality and later turns to her for help when trying to improve her own cooking.
Akisada Izumi
Akisada Izumi
Voiced by: Naomi Kusumi (Japanese), Mark Stoddard (English), Óscar Gómez(Latin American Spanish)
Izumi's father and patriarch of the Izumi family.
- Acrofatic: He's a bit paunchy but is still capable of performing athletic feats from his judo days.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Has the appearance of a jovial, out of shape, older man, but he's actually a judo champion and still retains a lot of his former athleticism.
- Formerly Fit: Used to be built like a truck when he was a young man. Even now, he sometimes displays greater strength than his physique would suggest.
- Friendly Rivalry: With Shikimori. They like competing over anything and everything, but purely for sport and it never gets heated.
- Gentle Giant: Always very friendly, tall and broad and but apparently capable of lifting four people.
- Happily Married: Motoko and Akisada get along alright, and they still go on dates, such as the fireworks festival.
- Intergenerational Friendship: Develops one with Shikimori as they have similar personalities and interests.
- Prematurely Gray Haired: In flashbacks, he looks much closer in age to his wife. It is speculated by fans that he aged poorly due to the stress of her and his son being so accident prone.
- Stout Strength: He's out of shape but has the strength to casually carry both his son and Shikimori on his back. When he was younger, he could carry four people.
- Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Downplayed. Taking into account how he looked in flashbacks, it seems like he physically took worse to the stress of being in an accident-prone family than his wife did, as he looks somewhat elderly in the present while she still looks reasonably slim and attractive despite gaining Exhausted Eye Bags.
- Younger Than They Look: Looks like Izumi's grandfather, but actually his father. While his age is not certain, flashbacks and his athletic prowess do suggest that this is more likely than an Age-Gap Romance.
Shikimori Family
Fuji Shikimori
Fuji Shikimori
Voiced by: Hiro Shimono (Japanese), Ricco Fajardo (English), Emmanuel Alejandro (Latin American Spanish)
Micchon's older brother.
- Adaptational Early Appearance: While he does appear early in the manga we never see his face until chapter 101, the anime shows him clearly in the opening.
- Cannot Talk to Women: He can't even form a sentence when talking with women outside his family.
- The Gadfly: Loves messing with his sister.
- Locked Out of the Loop: He doesn't seem to be aware that his sister is in a relationship.
Miyabi Shikimori
Miyabi Shikimori
Voiced by: Romi Park (Japanese), Colleen Clinkenbeard (English), Maggie Vera (Latin American Spanish)
Matriarch of the Shikimori family.
- First Friend: She becomes Motoko's first friend outside the family.
- Lethal Chef: Terrible cooking runs in the family.
- The Stoic: She has a very serious expression most of the time, even when rattled due Yuu admiting his relationship with her daughter.
- Strong Family Resemblance: She has pink hair like both her children and the same Tsurime Eyes as her daughter.
- Sugar-and-Ice Personality: At first, she appears to be a very serious person, which made Yuu worry that she would be against their relationship. But during their talk, Miyabi was very accepting of it.
- Sweet Tooth: Unlike her daughter, Miyabi enjoys sweets.
