History Characters / DevilmanCrybabyDevilmenAndHumans

[[center: [- [[Characters/DevilmanCrybaby Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/DevilmanCrybabyMainCharacters Main Characters]] | '''Devilmen and Humans''' | [[Characters/DevilmanCrybabyDemonsAndHeavenlyBeings Demons and Heavenly Beings]]]]-]

* AdaptationalUgliness: The original Bonds of Hinduism were among the most humanlike Devilmen in the manga, but in ''Crybaby'' they seem to be is a single, fused Devilman with six bodies instead of six independent Devilmen (or so it makes the show's artistic style to look), making them much more monstrous.

* PsychicPowers: Their specialty. They have psychic powers that surpass Akira and the rest of the founding Devilman Corps put together, although probably not Psycho Jenny.

The pet cat of the Makimura's.

* SmarterThanYouLook: Tako had been pretending to be a normal housecat for most of the story, only unveiling his demon form after [[spoiler:a lady stabs him during the mob's assault on the Makimura household]].

* SuperSexOrgans: She can emit a powerful acid from orifices in her breasts and groin, the last of which is actually Tollg's face.

* BaldOfAwesome: All of themare bald, as per the monk rule.

* ILoveTheDead: [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Certainly not out of preference]], but as shown by the fact that she kept screwing the corpse of her attempted rapist after crushing his head, she's not ''adverse'' to it. [[TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody Though her doing that was probably just a result of her Devilman instincts.]]]]

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: He had this with his deceased boyfriend Junichi, since it's mentioned that they were childhood friends.

A girl fused with the demon Tollg. She's kept in captivity by the Demon Busters.
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A Devilman who assists Devilman in the final battle.
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!!Humans

[[folder:Reijiro and Kaori Fudo]]
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->'''Reijiro voiced by:''' Takuya Kirimoto (Japanese), José Carlos Sansegundo (European Spanish), Francesco Orlando (Italian), Gerd Meyer (German), Edu Rayce (Brazilian-Portuguese)

->'''Kaori voiced by:''' Chie Nakamura (Japanese), Alicia Taboada (European Spanish), Lorella De Luca (Italian), Stephanie Kellner (German), Carla Martelli (Brazilian-Portuguese)

Reijiro and Kaori are Akira's parents. They often work overseas, and as such, leave Akira in the care of the Makimura family while sending running shoes to Akira on a regular basis.

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Reijiro becomes possessed by Jinmen and devours several innocents, including Kaori. All of the people he consumes become "death masks" containing the tormented souls of his victims.]]
* FightingFromTheInside: [[spoiler: Even after Jinmen possesses him, Reijiro isn't fully consumed by the demon, as he's aware of what he's doing even when he no longer has any control over his body. He was even able to nearly overcome the demon upon Akira's urging until Jinmen fully silenced him.]]
* OnlySaneMan: [[spoiler: Among all the victims stuck in Jinmen's shell, Kaori is the only one who is fully aware that they are dead souls trapped in a demon.]]
* ParentsAsPeople: Akira's parents are good and loving towards him, but their professions require them to work abroad, leaving him in Japan. Of course, they have the sense to leave him in the care of another loving family and contact him whenever they have the time.
* ParentsInDistress: In the worst way possible. [[spoiler: Reijiro gets possessed by Jinmen while he was abroad, and followed Kaori on her flight back to Japan before killing her and absorbing her into Jinmen's shell, then Jinmen completely overtakes his mind. At this point, they're beyond the point of being saved, and Akira is forced to kill both of them.]]
* {{Troll}}: Downplayed; one of Akira's fondest memories of Reijiro is when he teased his son about the way bonito flakes move, claiming that it's because they're alive.

[[folder:Noel and Akiko Makimura]]
->'''Noel voiced by:''' Masato Obara (Japanese), Creator/ChristopherCoreySmith (English), Simon Duprez (French), Raul Dans (European Spanish), Pino Pirovano (Italian), Oliver Scheffel (German), Rogério Duartti (Brazilian-Portuguese)

->'''Akiko voiced by:''' Sayaka Kobayashi (Japanese), Anne Yatco (English), Elsa Poisot (French), Chelo Díaz (European Spanish), Giuliana Atepi (Italian), Andrea Wick (German), Rita de Cássia Oliveira (Brazilian-Portuguese)

Noel is a minister from a western country (possibly Ireland, going by the Celtic artwork in his house), living with his wife Akiko and his children Miki and Taro. They own a vegetarian restaurant. They are close friends with the Fudo family and took Akira in while his parents worked overseas.

* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: [[spoiler: Akiko runs away with Taro after realizing he became a Devilman, leaving a note apologizing to her husband, Akira, and Miki for what she's doing. Sadly, she has no way to help Taro after they go to the nearest church and ends up being eaten by him.]]
* GoodParents: Both Noel and Akiko treat their children with kindness and understanding, and extend the same kindness to Akira even though he's simply their charge.
* MamaBear: [[spoiler: When Akiko finds out that Taro is possessed by a demon, her response is to take him to a shelter and doesn't tell her husband and daughter why she's leaving them, both out of fear how they'll react and to keep them safe as well.]]
* MotherlySidePlait: Akiko doesn't tie her hair in a side ponytail but simply parts the ends of her hair to one side, giving off this impression. [[spoiler: No points for guessing whether she lives till the end of the story or not.]]
* PapaWolf: When the world devolves into chaos, Noel is still willing to throw himself into the fray to find his family; managing to survive on his own and steal a motorcycle.
* ParentsAsPeople: As stated above, both of them treat their children well without reaching the point of spoiling them. However, it doesn't mean that they're always mindful ''enough'' when it comes to their children's activities. This is shown in how they are oblivious to the fact that their younger son watches a lot of porn and morbid stuff by logging in with Akira's internet account, [[spoiler:which is implied to be the factor that allows him to be possessed by a demon and ultimately causes the family's demise.]]
* RaceLift: In this version of the story, Miki's father is Caucasian instead of Japanese, making her and Taro mixed-race by extension.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Like Miki, they're shown to be pretty nice and decent people, [[spoiler:which doesn't spare them from suffering grisly deaths later on]].
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Noel is a pacifist who doesn't wish for violence due to his devotion after demons are made public. Seeing the madness infesting the streets as he looks for his wife and son while grabbing a gun during the mayhem, Noel [[spoiler:is confronted with his Devilman son eating his wife. He has a breakdown as he sees what Taro has become. Though he points the gun at Taro and even declares IHaveNoSon, Noel can't bring himself to kill him and dies trying to talk down the soldiers seeking to kill Taro, with Taro being gunned down as well]].

[[folder: Taro Makimura]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Eri Inagawa (Japanese), Creator/DorothyEliasFahn (English), Lise Leclercq (French), Jose Luis Piedra (Latin American Spanish), Annalisa Longo (Italian), Maximilian Belle (German), Carloz Magno (Brazilian-Portuguese)

->''"You can get stronger if you make a deal with a devil."''

Miki's younger brother. Despite his age, he has a very wild and morbid curiosity as shown in his tendency to look up things that are either gruesome or erotic.

* AdaptationExpansion: In the manga, Tare [[spoiler: never became a demon and was among the casualties of the lynch mob that killed Miki]].
* AdaptationNameChange: More or less. Miki's younger brother was named Tar'''e''' in the manga, but in ''Crybaby'' it's Tar'''o'''.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Taro expressed awe at the sight of [[spoiler:Koda's rampage, and it wouldn't be far-off to assume that he wishes to be a Devilman. Not only did it come true, but he was unable to handle the primal hunger for meat that now resided within him -- eventually leading him to eat his mother. He's also completely aware of what he's done, and he can only cry helplessly.]]
* BigEater: [[spoiler: Like the others, Taro gets a larger appetite upon becoming a Devilman. In fact, he may have a bigger need for food than Akira and Miko, since while they don't always have to be eating large quantities of food all the time, when Taro is deprived of meat for a few hours he's already in great need to sate his hunger.]]
* CheerfulChild: He's a pretty upbeat kid, despite his growing interest in things that definitely aren't kid-friendly. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, this all goes to hell after he becomes a Devilman.]]
* CuriosityIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler: It's likely that Taro got possessed because of his curiosity in all things erotic and macabre in nature, which is one surefire way to attract the demons. He doesn't get possessed completely and becomes a Devilman, but he fails to control his powers or his hunger, and it eventually leads to his death... as well as his parents'.]]
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:He dies earlier than his original incarnation and under completely different circumstances]].
* DirtyKid: In the second episode, Taro is seen using Akira's account to browse his history and find pornographic images, and he seems to be doing this often. [[spoiler: It's also possible that his habit of looking up grisly or racy things on the internet is what made him a target of DemonicPossession.]]
* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: Taro tends to say rather inappropriate things without seeming to fully understand what they mean, like claiming that drugs make you "power up" or saying that Miki is only popular because people want to see her [[{{Gainaxing}} "bounce"]].
* GuyLiner: [[spoiler:Seen with pronounced [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/gonagai/images/3/39/Taro.png/revision/latest?cb=20180129085104 marks around his eyes]] similar to Akira's, indicating that he is a demon]].
* HorrorHunger: [[spoiler:After becoming a Devilman, Taro gains a massive appetite just like Akira did. However, Taro's hunger eventually becomes too much for him to control and he ends up killing and eating his own mother.]]
* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:Taro, once his HorrorHunger becomes too much for him to bear, ends up eating his own mother. He seems to realize how awful this is and actually cries while he eats her.]]
* KillTheOnesYouLove: [[spoiler:Taro's HorrorHunger leads him to lose control and eat his own mother to satiate himself. Right then, Noel finds them and decides he needs to put Taro out of his misery; however, he can't and they are both gunned down by the military.]]
* {{Matricide}}: [[spoiler:Taro ends up eating his own mother after he becomes a Devilman and he can't control his overwhelming appetite.]]
* MixedAncestry: Due to his father's RaceLift, Taro is half-white, half-Japanese in this adaptation.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: He shows hints of this, especially in Episode 6 where he's amazed rather than horrified while watching the [[spoiler: massacre at the track meet]]. Even with the argument that he may be too innocent to understand what's really going on, it's still a bit disturbing.

[[folder:The Gang]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:'''Top picture (left to right):''' Gabi, Wam, Hie, Babu\\
'''Bottom picture:''' Kukun]]

->'''Wam voiced by:''' KEN THE 390 (Japanese), Creator/JohnnyYongBosch (English), Sébastien Hebrant (French), Sergio Rodríguez-Guisán (Latin-American Spanish), Pascual Meza (European Spanish), Matteo De Mojana (Italian), Patrick Roche (German), Renan Villela (Brazilian-Portuguese)

->'''Gabi voiced by:''' Creator/SubaruKimura (Japanese), Ben Pronsky (English), Olivier Premel (French), Gaspar González Somoza (Latin-American Spanish), Alan Juárez (European Spanish), Marco Benedetti (Italian), Felix Mayer (German), Josué Galinari (Brazilian-Portuguese)

->'''Kukun voiced by:''' Young Dias (Japanese), Creator/KeithSilverstein (English), Maxime Donnay (French), Gaspar González Somoza (Latin-American Spanish), Roberto Salguero (European Spanish), Ruggero Andreozzi (Italian), Julian Manuel (German), Caio Magalhães (Brazilian-Portuguese)

->'''Babu voiced by:''' Hannya (Japanese)

->'''Hie voiced by:''' AFRA (Japanese)

Wam is a young delinquent who walks the streets with his crew: Gabi, Kukun, Babu, and Hie. They spend their days rapping with one another and causing trouble.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Before their HeelFaceTurn, the gang was much more violent in the original manga than here; having assaulted Akira and even threatening to rape Miki twice. Wam and his posse may come off as antagonistic at first but they never went to that level. Similarly Masa's discussions about the evil in the world parallels Wam's, but while Wam is hopeful and feels people can overcome their problems, Masa is decidedly more misanthropic and views the demon onslaught as a just consequence for man's actions against the world.
* AdaptationalVillainy: None of the banshos from the manga [[spoiler: join the mob that killed Miki, but here Hie and Babu do. The rest are killed by the mob]].
* {{Adorkable}}: Kukun's awkwardness around Miko makes him endearing. Wam can be this as well, but to a lesser extent because his soft-side carries less uncertainty.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Wam seems to have a crush on Miki, who's completely unaware of his feelings.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Babu and Hie, who are killed by Akira's flames, had prior turned against their friends and killed them in cold blood as they tried to help Miki escape.]]
* BaitTheDog: [[spoiler:Downplayed. They all seem like good people until Hie and Babu betray them, but of all the gang they'd been characterized the least and weren't as sympathetic as Gabi or Wam]].
* BewareTheQuietOnes: Hie, [[spoiler:especially near the end when he betrays his friends to the mob]].
* BigDamnHeroes: When Miki's accosted by a trio of thugs, Gabi and Wam step in and beat them up.
* BlindingBangs: Hie's dreadlocks always cover his eyes.
* CompositeCharacter: Wam's character combines aspects of Masa and Dosu-Roku, the two heads of the gang from the original manga. Gabi is given a few of their traits as well.
* CycleOfRevenge: [[spoiler:Babu and Hie both get incinerated by Akira for turning on Miki and their fellow gang members, which they themselves did probably to get revenge misguidedly for Kukun.]]
* DeadHandShot: [[spoiler:The audience is shown a piece of Kukun's hand in Episode 7, the "fly" part of his "butterfly" tattoo identifying it even with the rest of the body gone -- serving as a final confirmation that the character is dead.]]
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:Babu joins the mob out of fear for his own life, killing Gabi after he lets his guard down]].
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: In contrast to the others [[spoiler:in the gang who are either KilledOffscreen or by a blast of fire, Gabi]] goes down fighting against bad odds with a knife in his back; he even manages to hold his own for a while.
* ElectiveMute: Hie doesn't say a single word throughout the entire series. He only beatboxes.
* {{Expy}}: Of Dosu-Roku's gang from the manga. They're both gangs of JapaneseDelinquents who start off antagonizing Akira and Miki, but later become FireForgedFriends.
* GolfClubbing: When the fighting starts up in Episode 9, Gabi grabs a golf club to beat back the invaders.
* GratuitousRap: They rap almost every time they enter a scene. Their rapping typically reflects how they feel about what's currently happening with the plot, essentially making them a GreekChorus.
* GreekChorus: They tend to provide commentary and observations of what's happening around them through their rapping.
* HiddenDepths: At first, the gang seem like a bunch of troublemakers and slackers. In truth, however, they are highly empathetic and, when the chips are down, they can do some good [[spoiler:(but only to a point, in Babu and Hie's case)]].
** Wam's lyrics reveal a very introspective and pensive side to him as he laments on societal ills.
** Kukun is a StepfordSmiler who is very anxious about his sense of identity.
* KilledOffscreen:
** [[spoiler:Kukun is implied to have died in the Sabbath he and Miko visited, which also turned turned Miko into a Devilman. His glasses are heavily hinted to be a TragicKeepsake that Miko keeps with her until the mob attacks the Makimura residence.]]
** [[spoiler:Wam is similarly killed out of shot. When Miko sees him again, he's already dead and propped up in a van's passenger seat]].
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Babu and Hie becomes this for the mob out for blood, revealing to them their hiding spot and letting them in just to avenge Kukun's death after mistaking Miko hiding at Miki's house for his killer rather than the demoness Aleda and viewing Wam and Gabi traitors to Kukun by helping Miko.]]
* NotSoStoic: Hie's the most reserved of the group and not even being held at gunpoint by the police changes that. There are points when that facade breaks as he is the first to draw a gun and fire [[spoiler:when Akira is revealed to be a Devilman]] and he's positively elated [[spoiler:at having killed Miki, Miko, and his own friends]].
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: It's implied that the names that they go by are nicknames, but aside from Kukun (who reveals that his real name is Mayuta during his heartfelt rap to Miko), it's never revealed what their real names are.
* PunnyName: Or better, Punny Nickname - Kukun sounds like "cocoon", and he has the word "butterfly" tattooed on his knuckles.
* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler:When Hie discovered Kukun's glasses in Miko's bag, he erroneously believed Miko killed him rather than the demon Aleda who turned Miko into a Devilman, and is so consumed with blind misguided vengeance for Kukun that he would sell out not only Miko, but Miki and his own friends, likely out of believing them to be traitors to Kukun for siding with his alleged murderer Miko, to the murderous mob.]]
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:Kukun becomes the first casualty for the gang, which impacted characters like Miko, who kept his glasses as a TragicKeepsake and a darker note Hie, who thinks Miko is his murderer and betrays his friends to the mob because of it.]]
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Both Gabi and Wamu go down in the LastStand trying to protect Miki and Miko from the psychotic angry mob.]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Hie and Babu do not do much early in the series, but [[spoiler:played a big part in turning on their friends that would lead to their deaths at the hands of the bloodthirsty mob]].
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Wam's name is also occasionally written as Wamu.
* TattooedCrook: They're not as notorious as most examples since they're mostly delinquents, but they all have tattoos on them, which causes them to be mistaken for a gang of serial killers recognized by their tattoos.
* TragicMistake: [[spoiler: Kukun's decision to take Miko to a Sabbath is pretty much this. While Miko does survive the inevitable massacre and becomes a Devilman, Kukun ends up being one of the casualties. It may not seem like it changes much at first, but the events of Episode 9 prove otherwise, since had he still been alive, Hie never would have been spurred to pull a FaceHeelTurn.]]
* TranquilFury: [[spoiler:Hie remains the same quiet character even when blinded with vengeance after mistakenly thinking Miko killed Kukun with Wamu and Gabi betraying his memory by protecting Miko, leading him to betray them and join the lynchers to kill them all.]]

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Miko is a talented runner, but Miki had always been faster than her and more popular, giving her quite a bit of angst that eventually leads to her becoming a Devilman.

* CuriosityIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler: It's likely that Taro got possessed because of his curiosity in all things macabre in nature, which is one surefire way to attract the demons. While he becomes a Devilman instead of getting completely possessed, he fails to control his powers or his hunger, and it eventually leads to his death... as well as his parents'.]]

* TragicMistake: [[spoiler: Kukun's decision to take Miko to a Sabbath is pretty much this. While Miko does survive the inevitable massacre and becomes a Devilman, Kukun ends up being one of the casualties. It may not seem like it changes much at first, but the events of Episode 9 will prove otherwise, since had he still been alive, Hie never would have been spurred to pull a FaceHeelTurn.]]

* TragicMonster: He takes no joy in killing, nor is he happy with how he is now, but he has no control over his Devilman abilities. [[spoiler:When he starts rampaging on the field, Akira notices that he is actually trying to find a way out. Even after joining the demons he doesn't go around killing people, only targeting Akira/Amon, one of the strongest beings around.]]

* ParentsAsPeople: As stated above, both of them treat their children well without reaching the point of spoiling them. However, it doesn't mean that there are instances where they aren't mindful ''enough'' when it comes to their children's activities. This is shown in how they are oblivious to the fact that their younger son watches a lot of porn and morbid stuff by logging in with Akira's internet account, [[spoiler:which is implied to be the factor that allows him to be possessed by a demon and ultimately causes the family's demise.]]

* TheAce: Moyuru is regarded as a super student for his stellar track and skill in running, being a target of national interest. Of course, this is ''after'' he became a Devilman, as he was stated to have previously struggled in the sport.

* CanonForeigner: He doesn't appear anywhere in the manga, the side stories, or the sequels.

* GoodParents: Both Noel and Akiko treat their children with kindness and understanding, and extend the same kindness to Akira even though he's simply their charge. However, they are oblivious to the fact that [[spoiler:their younger son watches a lot of porn and morbid stuff by logging in with Akira's internet account, which is implied to be the factor that allows him to be possessed by a demon and ultimately causes the family's demise.]]

* CuriosityIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler: It's likely that Taro got possessed because of his curiosity in all things macabre in nature, which is one surefire way to attract the demons. While he becomes a Devilman instead of getting completely possessed, he fails to control his powers or his hunger, and it eventually leads to his death.]]

* NeverFoundTheBody: A funeral is held for her after she vanishes from the public eye following the existence of demons being held, presumably under the belief that she died during [[spoiler:Moyuru's rampage]].

* AdaptationalVillainy: None of the banshos from the manga [[spoiler: join the mob that killed Miki, but here Hie does. The rest are killed by the mob]].

* AdaptationalVillainy: None of the banshos from the manga [[spoiler: join the mob that killed Miki]].

* GoodParents: Both Noel and Akiko treat their children with kindness and understanding, and extend the same kindness to Akira even though he's simply their charge.
** However, they are oblivious to the fact that [[spoiler:their younger son watches a lot of porn and morbid stuff by logging in with Akira's internet account, which is implied to be the factor that allows him to be possessed by a demon and ultimately causes the family's demise.]]

* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Like Miki, they're all shown to be pretty nice and decent people, [[spoiler:which doesn't spare them from suffering grisly deaths later on]].