History Characters / TakeshisCastle

* StrangerBehindMask: The Spanish dub played his unmasking as a huge mystery, which got soundly subverted when it turned out that the guy under the mask was a random performer.

* ThrowTheDogABone: He actually managed to win once, after months of dying and coming back to life over and over again. He kept dying againa afterwards, though.

* AsHimself: His character was basically Takeshi Kitano if he were a daimyo.

* FirstNameBasis: His titles were rarely mentioned in dubs, being most of the time referred to as simply Takeshi. However, few dubs hid that he was the famous Takeshi Kitano, so his surname was also used occasionally.

* AsHimself: Even more than Takeshi, as he went by his real full name.

* AmbiguouslyBi: The Spanish dub all but stated he was in love with Takeshi, although he was also occasionally attracted to women as well.

* AntiClimacticUnmasking: The Spanish dub played his unmasking as a huge mystery, which got soundly subverted when it turned out the guy under the mask was a random performer.

* DubNameChange: Known as "Chucky" or "Chupy" (depending on the episode) in Spain, due to his resemblance to the character from ''Film/ChildsPlay''. When he impersonated Pocahontas as mentioned above, he was called Muchahontas (a pun in Spanish language - ''poca'' is the female form of ''few/little'', while ''mucha'' is for ''much/many'').

* CampStraight: Unlike Jo, most of their gay gimmick was in their act itself, not in their interactions.

* DubNameChange: "Paco Peluca" ("Frank Wig") in Spain.

!!Daifujii Keiji

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He replaced Shinoburyu when the latter left the show. However, they were so physically similar that the viewer might not notice it.

* DubNameChange: "The Drunk Monkey", in Spain, because his baldness and wiry movements made him look like a DrunkenBoxing-using kung fu flick monk.

* IceCreamKoan: In the Spanish version, he loved to tell pieces of wisdoem to the players in his opening speech, always quoting an old Shaolin monk he had supposedly learned under. In a sort of a subversion, some of his quotes were based on actual proverbs (though more often than not, tweaked for humorous effect), but the rest of the time they were just random nonsense.

* ThrowTheDogABone: He actually managed to win once, after months of dying and coming back to life over and over again.

->'''Played By''': Junji Inagawa, Akira Sakamoto and Shingo Yanagisawa

The show's interviewer. Three people played this role, although in most versions they were considered the same character.

* LovableSexManiac: A borderline creepy example in the Spanish version, as he constantly invited female contestants into his rouloutte with thinly veiled (or not veiled at all) intentions to have sex with them. In an occasion, he even tried to invite a couple to shoot what was clearly meant to be a homemade porn threesome.

* NiceHat: Wore black bowler hats.

* BigBad: Of the show, though most of his villainy is of the offscreen variety. This gets subverted in the Thailand version of ''Takeshi's Castle'', where Shogun Takeshi is much more obviously villainous.

* FirstNameBasis: His titles were rarely mentioned in dubs, being most of the time referred to as simply Takeshi. Few dubs hid that he was the famous Takeshi Kitano, though, so his surname was also used, only not as often.

* AmbiguouslyBi: The Spanish dub all but stated he was in love with Takeshi, although his character was also occasionally written as if could be attracted to women as well.

* DubNameChange: Known as Junior in Spain.

* DubNameChange: In Spain, he was called Pinky or Pinky-Winky for a ''Series/{{Teletubbies}}'' reference.

* RealMenWearPink: He wore several different guard costumes, but all of them were pink.

* TookALevelInBadass: While he was originally included in the Sumo Rings game as something of a joke opponent meant to be an easy win for the contestant, in the later seasons it's clear that ''someone'' familiar with sumo had decided to teach him how to actually wrestle. He started winning a lot more, and was seen to execute some textbook-perfect sumo grips and throws.

* DubNameChange: Known as Chucky or Chupy (depending on the occasion) in Spain, due to his resemblance to the character from ''Film/ChildsPlay''. When he went as Pocahontas, he was called Muchahontas (a pun in Spanish language - ''poca'' is the female form of ''few/little'', while ''mucha'' is for ''much/many'').

* CampStraight: Most of their gay gimmick was in their act itself, not in their interactions.

* DubNameChange: Known as the Dúo Pirata ("Pirate Duo") in Spain, ''pirata'' being Spanish slang for flamboyant gay or effeminate.

* DubNameChange: Paco Peluca ("Frank Wig") in Spain.

* DubNameChange: Juanito Calvicie ("Johnny Baldness") in Spain.

* AsHimself: Okada, a real life boxer, did here a bit of self-parody on his famously short temper.

* DubNameChange: In Spain, to The Monster of the Dirty Pond.

* DelinquentHair: He had his hair dyed blonde. In fact, he was the one who popularized this custom among heels in Japanese professional wrestling.
* DubNameChange: In Spain, he was called the Dyed Blond Guy.

* AsHimself: Like most fighters of the show, he was a popular boxer playing himself.

* AsHimself: He was a famous sumo.

** Possibly combined with ShesAManInJapan. In Spain, he was called The Lady due to his makeup.

* DubNameChange: In Spain, for unknown reasons, he was called Shark.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He replaced Shinoburyu when the latter left the show. However, they are so physically similar that the viewer might not notice it.

* DubNameChange: Known as Franchise/HarryPotter's Cousin in Spain due to his glasses and hair.

* DubNameChange: The Drunken Monkey, in Spain, because his bald and wiry movements made him look like a DrunkenBoxing-using kung fu flick monk.

* DubNameChange: In Spain, he was known rather creatively as Franchise/KingKong’s Funny Cousin.

* DubNameChange: In Spain, he was called The Little Samurai, for extra irony.

* IceCreamKoan: In the Spanish version, he loved to tell those to the players in his opening speech, always quoting an old Shaolin monk he had supposedly learned under. In a sort of a subversion, some of his quotes were based on actual proverbs (though more often than not, tweaked for humorous effect), but the rest of the time they were just random nonsense.

An original yet incredibly iconic character from the Spanish ''Humor Amarillo'' versions (both the 1990-1995 and the 2006-2007). He was a sort of anonymous hero who led the resistance before dying tragically upon failing spectacularly a challenge, only to reappear the next show and repeating the moment. Sometimes the character had modifications accord to the appearance of the contestant who was "portraying" him.

* AmbiguousSituation: It was never explained how could this character have multiple lives and identities. Sometimes it was hinted there was an entire Japanese family of Cudeiros working for the resistance (helped by the fact that Cudeiro is a real Spanish surname), while others it was implied that "Chino Cudeiro" was a LegacyCharacter that many players would adopt, and the odd moment had the commentators explaining he was a single individual with superpowers that enabled him to resurrect and shapeshift. Yeah, ''Humor Amarillo'' was really that freaky.

* IHaveManyNames: Depending on the version, although in the 90-95 versions he was also called sometimes Yema de Huevo ("Yolk").

Another original character from the Spanish version, she was a "contestant advocate" who acted as a consultant for the show, much to the contestants's disgrace.

* DubNameChange: Pepe Livingston in Spain, for his attire's resemblance to that of the famous David Livingstone (actually Morton Stanley's, but pop culture often makes this mistake).

* BaldOfAwesome: Bald and a more effective wrestler than he looked.

* BadassBeard: To show better his ''gaijin'' barbarism.

* AsHimself: Kitano played Kitano himself as a daimyo.

* DirtyOldMan: Occasionally if there are some attractive female on stage.

* FirstNameBasis: His titles were seldom mentioned in several dubs, where he was most of the time referred to as simply Takeshi. Few hid that he was the famous Takeshi Kitano, though, so his surname was also used, only not as often.

* AsHimself: Even more than Takeshi, as he went by his full, real name.

* AmbiguouslyGay: The Spanish dub all but stated he was in love with Takeshi.

* SycophanticServant: Was Takeshi's bootlicker in both in the original and most dubds.

* AsHimself: He was basically Michiru Jo playing a self-parodic version of his JapanesePopMusic singer persona.

* CampStraight: He was supposed to be heterosexual, just as Jo is in real life, but you would never say it from his mannerisms and interactions with most male characters.

* TheBrute: He qualified more than anyone due to his rank, as he was supposed to be foreign samurai pledged to Takeshi.

* DelinquentHair: He had his hair dyed blonde. In fact, he was the one who popularized this custom among heels and punks in Japanese professional wrestling.

* AsHimself: As most fighters of the show, he was a popular boxer playing himself.

* VerbalTic: In the Spanish version, he always called his interlocutor "piltrafilla" (roughly "you little sleaze"). The word remains associated to this show since.

* CatchPhrase: "¡Dadles caña!" (translatable as something in the line of "beat them up!"). This quote only became her catchphrase later in the show's run, though; before that, she would shout any line with a similar meaning.

* LovableSexManiac: A bordering creepy example in the Spanish version, as he constantly invited female contestants into his rouloutte with thinly veiled (or not veiled at all) intentions to have sex with them. In an occasion, he even invited a couple to shoot what was implied to be a homemade porn threesome.

!!Chino Cudeiro
->'''Played By''': Several contestants
An original yet incredibly iconic character from the Spanish ''Humor Amarillo'' versions (both the 1990-1995 and the 2006-2007). He was a sort of anonymous hero who led the resistance before dying tragically upon failing spectacularly a challenge, only to reappear the next show and repeating the moment. Sometimes the character had modifications accord to the appearance of the contestant who was "portraying" him.

* RedIsHeroic: His most famous iterations wore something red, usually a shirt.

->'''Played By''': A random female contestant

* NominalHero: She was supposed to be some kind of activist for the players' rights, but most of her interventions had her precisely demanding even more punishment and humiliation for them.

* SoapboxSadie: Probably a parody of this kind of character.

!!Series/{{Ultraman}}
The titular protagonist of the famed {{Toku}} series, who makes a few crossover appearances in ''Takeshi's Castle'' as an ally of General Tani and subbed for Tani once.
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* GuestFighter: Participated in the Monster Special's [[FinalBattle showdown]] alongside some of his counterparts, as well as being part of some of the games.
* HeroAntagonist: During the Monster Special, as it was a SwappedRoles scenario between Takeshi and Tani.

The show's interviewer. Three people played this role, although in most versions he was considered the same character.

* DubNameChange: Pepe Livingston in Spain.

* LovableSexManiac: A bordering creepy example in the Spanish version, as he constantly invited female contestants into his rouloutte with thinly veiled (or not veiled at all) intentions to sleep with them. In many an occasion, he even invited a couple to shoot a homemade porn threesome with them.

A mercenary working for Takeshi, as fiery as his red Japanese stage wig.

A bald mercenary for Takeshi.

* AsHimself: Okada, a real life boxer, did a bit of self-parody of his temper here.

* DubNameChange: In Spain, to "The Monster of the Dirty Pond."

!!Animal

* McNinja: Mc Samurai in this case, as he was a foreigner who sometimes dressed up as a samurai.

* AsHimself: He played his pro wrestling persona.
* BlondesAreEvil: He had his hair dyed blonde. In fact, he was the one who popularized this custom in Japanese professional wrestling.

* AsHimself: As most fighters of the show, he was a popular boxing playing himself.

* DubNameChange: In Spain, he was called The Lady due to his makeup.

* AsHimself: A sumo wrestler of some fame performing under his ''shikona''.
* DubNameChange: In Spain, for some unknown reason, he was called Shark.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Daifujii, a more successful sumotori than Shinoburyu, replaced him when the latter left the show. However, they are so physically similar that the viewer might not notice it.

* BoisterousWeakling: He tended to fire himself up before the sumo challenge, but his little weight and strength made him rather easy to defeat by any marginally athletic contestant.

* DubNameChange: Known as Franchise/HarryPotter's Cousin in Spain.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: He wore glasses (yes, even while wrestling) and was quite vicious, even if he rarely backed it up on the circle.

* DubNameChange: The Drunken Monkey, in Spain.

* DubNameChange: In Spain, he was known rather creatively as King Kong’s Funny Cousin.

The leader of the resistance against the feudal lord, as well as the main ally to the contestants.

* IceCreamKoan: In the Spanish version, he loved to tell those to the players in his opening speech, always quoting an old Shaolin monk he had supposedly learned under. In a sort of a subversion, some of his quotes were actual proverbs (more often than not, tweaked for humorous effect), but most of the time they were all nonsense.

* MommasBoy: The Spanish Tani was a bit of this every time his mother came to "motivate" him (usually by insulting or demeaning him).

* VerbalTic: In the Spanish version, he always called his interlocutor "piltrafilla" (roughly "you little sleaze").

An original yet incredibly iconic character from the Spanish versions (both the 1990-1995 and the 2006-2007, not just the latter as popular culture says). He was a sort of anonymous hero who led the resistance only to die tragically upon failing spectacularly a challenge, only to reappear the next show. Sometimes the character had modifications accord to the appearance of the contestant who was portraying him.

* AmbiguousSituation: It was never explained how could this character have multiple lives and identities. Sometimes it was hinted there was an entire Japanese family of Cudeiros working for the resistance (helped by the fact that Cudeiro is a real Spanish surname), while others it was implied that "Chino Cudeiro" was a LegacyCharacter that many players would adopt, and the odd moment had the commentators explaining he was a single individual with something resembling RealityWarper powers that enabled him to resurrect and shapeshift. Yeah, ''Humor Amarillo'' was really that freaky.
* IHaveManyNames: Depending on his versions, although in the 90-95 versions he was also called sometimes Yema de Huevo ("Yolk").
* InterchangeableAsianCultures: He was Japanese, but he was called a Chinese in Spain. Even the commentators often wondered why.
* RedIsHeroic: There was no common way to identify visually a Cudeiro aside from the commentators's word, but the designated player often wore something red in the 06-07 version. This was an interesting departure from the 90-95 version, where the Chino wore something ''yellow''.
* SacrificialLion: His role and entire reason to be.
* TheyKilledKennyAgain: The living embodiment of the trope, to the extent a Spaniard will probably understand it faster by mentioning the Chino Cudeiro rather than Kenny.
* ThrowTheDogABone: He actually managed to win once after months of dying and coming back to life over and over again.

Another original character from the Spanish version, she was a "contestant advocate" who acted as a consultant for the show, to the contestants's disgrace.

* CatchPhrase: "¡Dadles caña!" (translatable as something in the line of “beat them up!"). Actually, this quote only became her catchphrase later in the show’s run; before that, she would shout many equivalent sentences.

* LargeHam: Her interviews ended always with her shouting to the camera.
* NoIndoorVoice: Had no lines that weren’t vociferous.

The host and functional BigBad of the show, he played the part of an egotistical feudal lord whose castle the contestants had to conquer.

* AsHimself: Vaguely; Kitano played Kitano playing a daimyo.
* BigBad: Of the show, though most of his villainy is of the offscreen variety. This gets exaggerated in the Thailand version of ''Takeshi's Castle'', where Shogun Takeshi is much more obviously villainous.

* AsHimself: Even more than Takeshi, as he went by his real name.

* DubNameChange: The Spanish him called him Cousin Mario, as he was supposed to be a cousin to Takeshi who looked just like [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]].

* PutOnABus: Disappeared after the firsts seasons and was replaced by Higashi. TheBusCameBack when he acted as a guest officer in some challenges.

* TheDragon: Takeshi's most loyal henchman in all versions.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Much before he was ascended to the count's advisor, he could be seen acting as a random crewman or a Emerald Guard captain.
* SycophanticServant: In the Spanish dub, it was sometimes implied he was outright in love with Takeshi.

* TheVoiceless: Unlike the real deal, Fake Takeshi didn't talk. Aside from some non verbal cues, he was there for visual purposes while Higashi and some other guests did their work.

* AsHimself: He was basically Michiru Jo playing a very self-parodic version of his JapanesePopMusic singer persona.

* CampStraight: He was supposed to be heterosexual, just as Jo is in real life, but you would never say it from his interactions with most male characters.
* DubNameChange: In Spain, he was called Pinky or Pinky-Winky.
* MagneticHero: Villainous example; he tended to form music band-like units with other henchmen, like Shimada or the Pop-Corn duo.
* RealMenWearPink: He wore some different guard costumes, but all of them were pink.

* CreepyCrossdresser: Wore a Pocahontas-like American native costume for one of the challenges, and it was played ''extremely'' for creepiness.

* DubNameChange: Known as Chucky or Chupy (depending on the occasion) in Spain, in reference to his resemblance to the character from ''Film/ChildsPlay''.

* OverallsAndGingham: His default attire were Dennis the Menace-style overalls.

* DubNameChange: Known as the Dúo Pirata ("Pirate Duo") in Spain, ''pirata'' being Spanish slang for gay or effeminate.
* FriendlyEnemy: Although still antagonistic in nature, they were usually kind towards the contestants, at least whenever their role didn't require the twins to shoot at them. Most contestants even chanted with them before the challenges.

* BloodKnight: Muscling contestants down was an amazing job for him.

* BadassGay: Unlike Jo, whose flamboyance was played mostly for laughs, those two were legitimately dangerous henchmen who had a wicked accuracy with the Bridge Ball cannon.

!!Kibaji Tankobo
->'''Played By''': Mitsuharu Kanda

!!Strong Kongo

* SychophanticServant: In the Spanish dub, it was sometimes implied he was outright in love with Takeshi.

* PutOnABus: Was replaced by Yoroi after a short time. TheBusCameBack in an episode that featured all kinds of monster mascots.

* CatchPhrase: "¡Dadles caña!" (translatable as something in the line of “beat them up!"). Actually, this quote only became her catchphrase late in the show’s run; before that, she would shout equivalent sentences.

* NominalHero: She was supposed to be some kind of activist for the players’s rights, but most of her interventions had her precisely demanding even more punishment and humiliation for them.

* SoapboxSadie: A parody of this kind of character.

* LovableSexManiac: A bordering creepy example in the Spanish version, as he constantly invited female contestants into his rouloutte with thinly veiled (or not veiled at all) intentions to sleep with them or shoot homemade porn.

* CreepyCrossdresser: Wore a Pocahontas-like American native costume for one of the challenges, and it was played ‘’extremely’’ for creepiness.

* SatelliteCharacter: When he was not doing his Pocahontas impersonation, most of his appearances were either teaming up with Jo or replacing him.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: When he subbed for Jo, at least in a thematic sense – a CreepyCrossdresser replacing an AgentPeacock has some coherence.

* FriendlyEnemy: Although still antagonistic in nature, they were usually kind towards the contestants if their role was not precisely not being kind. Most contestants even chanted with them before the challenges.

* EliteMooks: In most versions, he and Kobayashi were some of the most efficient mooks, although Tankobo tended to have his wig grabbed during brawls.

* EliteMooks: He and Kobayashi were some of the finest in Takeshi’s army.

->'''Played By''': Umanosuke Ueda

* DubNameChange: Known as ''Franchise/HarryPotter'''s Cousin in Spain.

* PutOnABus: Was replaced by Yoroi after a short time.

* DubNameChange: In Spain, the Little Samurai, for extra irony.

The leader of the resistance against the feudal lord and ally to the contestants.

* CatchPhrase: In Spain, "¡Al turrón!" (translatable as something like "let’s go!")

* IceCreamKoan: In the Spanish version, he loved to tell those to the players in his opening speech, always quoting an old Shaolin monk he had supposedly learned under. In a sort of a subversion, some of his quotes were actual proverbs (though, more often than not, tweaked for humorous effect), but most of the time it was all unrelated nonsense.

* VerbalTic: In the Spanish version, he always called his interlocutor "piltrafilla" (literally "little sleaze").

An original yet incredibly iconic character from the Spanish versions (both the 1990-1995 and the 2006-2007, not only the latter as popular culture says). He was a sort of anonymous hero who led the resistance only to die tragically upon failing spectacularly a challenge, only to reappear the next show. Sometimes the character had modifications accord to the appearance of the contestant who was portraying him.

* AmbiguousSituation: It was never explained how could this character have multiple lifes and identities. Sometimes it was hinted there was an entire Japanese family of Cudeiros working for the resistance (helped by the fact that Cudeiro is a real Spanish surname), while others it was implied that "Chino Cudeiro" was a LegacyCharacter that many players would adopt, and the odd moment had the commentators explaining he was a single individual with something resembling RealityWarper powers that enabled him to resurrect and change shapes. Yeah, ''Humor Amarillo'' was really that freaky.

* InterchangeableAsianCultures: He was Japanese, even in universe, but he was called a Chinese. Even the commentators often wondered why.

* TheyKilledKennyAgain: The living embodiment of the trope, to the extent a Spaniard will probably understand it faster by naming the Chino Cudeiro rather than Kenny.

* GoodColorsEvilColors: There was no common way to identify visually a Cudeiro aside from the commentators's word, but the player often wore something red (in the 06-07 version) or completely in yellow (in the 90-95), both being conventionally heroic colors.

* VillainProtagonist: During the RoleReversal specials.

* HeroAntagonist: During the Monster Special, as it was a RoleReversal scenario between Takeshi and Tani.

!!Count Takeshi

* BigBad: Of the show.

The titular protagonist of the famed tokusatsu series, who makes a few crossover appearances in ''Takeshi's Castle'' as an ally of General Tani and subbed for Tani once.

* GuestFighter: Participated in the Monster Special's [[FinalBattle showdown]] alongside some of his counterparts.

* MagneticVillain: Villainous example; he tended to form music band-like units with other henchmen, like Shimada or the Pop-Corn duo.

A UsefulNote/{{Karate}} master.

* IceCreamKoan: In the Spanish version, he loved to tell those to the contestant in his opening speech, always quoting an old Shaolin monk he had learned under. In a sort of a subversion, some of his quotes were actual proverbs (though, more often than not, tweaked for humorous effect), but most of the time it was all unrelated nonsense.

* NOINDOORVOICE: Had no lines that weren’t vociferous.

!Takeshi's forces

* BlueIsEvil: Inverted. He wears a blue robe yet is a villain.

* PutOnABus: Disappeared after the firsts seasons and was replaced by Higashi.

!Contestants and allies
!!General Tani
->'''Played By''': Hayato Tani

The leader of the resistance against the feudal lord and ally to the contestants.

* DubNameChange: Known as General Lee in UK and India.
* LargeHam: Every time he called the contestants to attack.
* TheResistance: Led this symbolically.

!Neutral characters
!!The Battlefield Reporter
->'''Played By''': Junji Inagawa, Akira Sakamoto and Shingo Yanagisawa

The show's interviewer. Three people played this role, although in most versions he was considered the same character.

* ExplorerOutfit: Wore the classic beige shirt, shorts and safari hat.