Line #75 Characters/JokerGame


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3	!!D Agency
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5	[[folder:General Tropes]]
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7	Tropes that apply to them as a whole.
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9	* BadassBookworm: Naturally, as they're elite spies: the focus is on intellectual prowess but they have excellent combat capabilities as well, though only some get the chance to prove it on-screen.
10	* BadassInANiceSuit: Almost always shown to be nicely attired in well-tailored suits.
11	* CompositeCharacter: The anime decided to combine the first generation of D-Agency students introduced to Sakuma with the spies sent out by Yuuki in later stories. As a result you have incidences where the manga has Kaminaga and Izawa Kazuo be two different people whereas in the anime they're both fake names used by the same spy.
12	* CovertGroupWithMundaneFront: They operate in public as the ''Greater East Asia Cultural Society''.
13	* CrazyPrepared: They're prepared for even the most unlikely of events, including memory loss.
14	* EveryoneHasStandards: The D Agency works for the Imperial Japanese Army who were responsible for various war atrocities in UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar and UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. But their members never killed anyone as it’s in their manifesto, committed something that would cross the line or participated in any of these war crimes. The closest thing that they got is nearly ruining the life of Aaron Price, a British spy who is investigating their boss Yuuki. But at least, Yuuki is kind enough to put Aaron and his wife back together afterwards so that they can rebuild.
15	* IHaveManyNames: A result of maintaining multiple identities. Even their initial names are fake.
16	* InstitutionalAllegianceConcealment: The agency operates with fake identities with their recruitment of agents from civilian backgrounds to lessen the chances of linking them to Tokyo if they're caught or killed.
17	* MasterOfDisguise: All the spies had to be good in changing appearances along with coming up with fake names, occupations and backgrounds. Fukumoto gave the best example of this in his mission where aside from a fake name and profession, [[spoiler:he also changed his voice and mannerisms and even made up a fake story about seeing his “classmate” to a Kempeitai officer]].
18	* MinoredInAssKicking: The D Agency training focuses on intellectual aspects, but completing the endurance and combat courses with flying colours is a must.
19	* NoSuchAgency: Publicly, it doesn't exist.
20	* {{Omniglot}}: Mastering various languages is part of their training.
21	* PragmaticVillainy: The D Agency may engage in morally gray actions, but killing is something to be avoided. As Lt. Col. Yuuki puts it, a dead body causes a stir that gets authorities involved.
22	* RenaissanceMan: The D Agency operatives are expected to be this.
23	* SmugSmiler: Especially when they're one-upping their opponent.
24	* TheStrategist: Each D Agency member is The Strategist within his own episode, though some more overtly than others. Tazaki and Fukumoto's episodes in particular were focused on strategically outmanoeuvring their opponents.
25	* TheInfiltration: What D Agency is tasked to do in Japan and abroad once they have trained agents in their ranks.
26	* ThouShaltNotKill: The D Agency's policy when it comes to missions: "Don't kill, don't die. Don't get caught."
27	* TrainingFromHell: The D Agency training program includes everything from foreign languages, pharmacology, physical fitness to safecracking and even [[TheCasanova being able to smoothly seduce women.]]
28	[[/folder]]
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30	[[folder:Lt. Col. Yuuki]]
31	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenyuHoriuchi (Japanese), Creator/BillJenkins (English), Creator/AlfonsoObregonInclan (Latin American Spanish)
32	[[TheSpymaster The founder and head]] of D Agency.
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34	* AlternateCharacterReading: His surname "Yuuki" can also be read as "Arisaki." [[spoiler: This may or may not be his real name.]]
35	* ArtificialLimbs: Sakuma figured out that he has a prosthetic left arm which he got from one of his past missions. [[spoiler:It turns out in “Coffin” that he blew off his arm with a hand grenade while escaping from the Germans]].
36	* TheChessmaster: Manipulates both the D Agency members and their opponents, often effortlessly.
37	* CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler: He has an entire fake backstory prepared, appropriated from a Japanese UsefulNotes/WorldWarI veteran who has been comatose for 20 years, and gave said veteran's servant instructions to alert him if anybody ever came asking about "Arisaki Akira." It was a ''long'' time until this happened, but it paid off.]]
38	* DarkAndTroubledPast: The reason why he walks with a cane [[AllThereInTheManual is because someone from the army was a mole who gave him up to the enemy]]. He survived being tortured for many months. His captors were UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany.
39	* [[EducationMama Education Papa]]: Episode 10 delves a bit deeper into his past and indicates that his aristocrat father trained him in [[RenaissanceMan all manner of fields]] from science to martial arts to history, as well as [[{{Omniglot}} at least 5 different languages.]] [[spoiler: Or not. This whole story may be false, or it may have happened to the real Arisaki Akira, [[MindScrew or]] it could be that this part of the story is true and only applies to Yuuki and not Arisaki. We have no idea.]]
40	* TheHandler: Relays the IJA's orders to the D Agency spies in the field.
41	* KavorkaMan: Despite his age and harsh appearance, many women still find him charming, especially the waitresses at the teahouses he frequents.
42	* MasterOfDisguise: [[spoiler: A fake mustache and glasses work to change his appearance quite well, but the real magic comes when he adopts a gentle, mild-mannered personality of a harmless old man.. It's no wonder Jirou Gamou didn't recognize him as Yuuki at the teahouse in "Double Joker, Part 2."]]
43	* MysteriousPast: [[spoiler: It's unknown just how much of the story Aaron Price was told about Yuuki's past is true.]] "Coffin" reveals that at least one part of it was definitely true, [[spoiler: Yuuki is indeed a UsefulNotes/WorldWarI veteran who was disavowed by Tokyo when his cover as a spy in Germany was blown. He managed to escape German captivity and return home to Japan.]]
44	* PetTheDog: Col. Yuuki has moments where he shows concern about people, including his subordinates:
45	** After destroying Aaron Price’s spy network, he put him and his wife back together so they can rebuild their lives.
46	** In “Coffin”, [[spoiler:when he heard that Miyoshi died in a train accident, he rushed to Berlin to see him and take the microfilm before the Germans noticed it. Then, he closes Miyoshi’s eyes before leaving which showed that he appreciated him for what he did]].
47	** In "XX - Double Cross," after [[spoiler: Odagiri submits his resignation letter and returns to the IJA]], he calmly accepts it and reminds him, "Don't die." It's also implied that [[spoiler: he had a hand in influencing Odagiri's assignment to Manchuria so that he would have a chance to meet up with Yuriko Nogami again, as she had also moved to Manchuria after quitting her acting career.]]
48	* RedBaron: He's known as "The Demon Lord" in the upper ranks of the IJA.
49	* TheSpymaster: All the D Agency spies' boss, and personally directs some of the missions, though most are left up to the individual spy's competence.
50	* UnknownRival: Lt. Col. Akimasa despises him for using civilians instead of soldiers or military graduates as spies, which he considers dishonorable. Yuuki himself could care less what Akimasa, or any other IJA officer, thinks.
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52	[[/folder]]
53
54	[[folder:Miyoshi]]
55	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HiroShimono (Japanese), Creator/JoshGrelle (English)
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57	One of the first D Agency spies introduced. After the initial arc, he ends up assigned to Germany posing as an art dealer using the name "Katsuhiko Maki."
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59	* {{Determinator}}: Even before dying, he’s not going to let the Germans get their hands on the microfilm.
60	* DiesWideOpen: His eyes are strangely peaceful at his death. [[spoiler: This is what alerts Colonel Wolff that someone has already searched his corpse because his eyes are open in the autopsy photograph but are closed in the hospital room.]]
61	* DroppedABridgeOnHim: He made a splash in the first episode of the show, but when he reappears again much later, he's dead because the train he was on had a freak accident thanks to a malfunctioning signal light.
62	* DyingAlone: He bleeds to death alone in the wreckage of a train, and is buried in a foreign land with total strangers at his funeral who are only there to witness a funeral service for unidentified victims of the train crash. As Col. Wolff noted, death is the end of everything for a spy.
63	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Got fatally stabbed by a steel beam during the train accident.
64	* KickTheDog: Miyoshi, as a Kempeitai officer, tells Gordon that Sakuma will commit seppuku if he can't find evidence to convict him of being a spy.
65	* MauveShirt: He’s the first spy character who played an important role in the two-part “Joker Game” episode. By the time we got his solo episode in “Coffin”, he’s already dead.
66	* {{Omniglot}}: In "Joker Game", he's seen to be speaking English aside from Japanese. We also learn he's fluent enough in German to have lived for over a year in Berlin as a successful art dealer while maintaining a small network of spies in Germany without arousing suspicion.
67	* PeacefulInDeath: He has an incredibly calm and satisfied expression on his face as a corpse. It's so odd that Lieutenant Bauer comments on it.
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69	[[/folder]]
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71	[[folder:Kaminaga]]
72	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyoheiKimura (Japanese), Dave Trosko (English), Miguel Ángel Ruiz (Latin American Spanish)
73
74	A D Agency spy assigned to London.
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76	* AgeLift: The Live Action movie depicts him as a middle aged man and Odagiri's senior in the D-Agency, rather than his contemporary.
77	* BadassInDistress: The [[UsefulNotes/SecretIntelligenceService SIS]] snatches him after he's only been in London for two weeks, and he spends much of the episode "Robinson" in their captivity.
78	* TheCasanova: [[AllThereInTheManual According to a drama CD]], he's quite the ladies man.
79	* FakeDefector: [[spoiler: He agrees to SIS spymaster Howard Marks's offer to serve as a double agent for the UK and send a message to Tokyo that confirms he's okay and still on-mission. In actuality, the way he relays the message makes it obvious to the receiver that he's been captured.]]
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81	[[/folder]]
82
83	[[folder:Odagiri]]
84	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YoshimasaHosoya Japanese), Creator/DavidMatranga (English), Daniel Lacy (Latin American Spanish)
85
86	The only D Agency operative to have a military background. His real name is Hiroyuki Tobisaki.
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88	* BoxedCrook: Yuuki recruited him from the brig when he was locked up for striking a superior officer during a training exercise.
89	* IdenticalStranger: His reaction when laying eyes on Yuriko Nogami, due to her very strong resemblance to Chizuru. [[spoiler: This is the catalyst that causes him to focus too strongly on Nogami and not enough on Yasuhara, which is why he doesn't suspect Yasuhara of murdering Schneider and leads to him failing his mission.]]
90	* KnowWhenToFoldEm: [[spoiler: His failure to suspect Miyoko Yasuhara because of his bewilderment at Yuriko Nogami's resemblance to his childhood friend causes him to realize he can't become the kind of cold, unfeeling spy the rest of the group is, and he submits a letter of resignation to Yuuki.]]
91	* MaybeEverAfter: He is assigned to Manchuria at the end of "Double Cross." Just before this, we found out that Yuriko Nogami had also quit theater and had moved to Manchuria to start a new life there.
92	* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: He is definitely the odd one out of the entire D Agency. He was recruited from the [[UsefulNotes/KatanasOfTheRisingSun Imperial Japanese Army]] in stark contrast to the rest of the spies, and we learn his real name and family background.
93	* RaisedByGrandparents: Subverted, his grandparents were too elderly to properly care for him as a child, so he spent much of his time with an older girl named Chizuru who essentially raised him like a younger brother.
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95	[[/folder]]
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97	[[folder:Fukumoto]]
98	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KazuyaNakai (Japanese), Jarod Warren (English), Daniel del Roble (Latin American Spanish)
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100	A D Agency spy assigned to Shanghai, who had at least two fake identities.
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102	* ActuallyIAmHim: [[spoiler:Shizuoka Hajime and Kusanagi are actually Fukumoto’s fake identities. But Fukumoto had used Shizuoka Hajime for a long time while Kusanagi is just a person that he made up which he used to lead Corporal Honma to the casino where he can discover his boss’ illegal activities]].
103	* TheBigGuy: The tallest of the eight spies at 178cm. Though he's the least likely to use force, see TheChessmaster for details.
104	* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: He managed to give just enough clues to Corporal Honma to point him in the right direction to solve the case in Shanghai, and did it subtly enough that he fulfilled D Agency's objectives in the city without having to take any real overt action on his part.]]
105	* IChooseToStay: After finishing his mission, Fukumoto decided to stay in Shanghai because he’s intrigued with all the deception and betrayal that is happening around the city.
106	* MenCantKeepHouse: Subverted, he does the cooking in the D-Agency.
107	* TheStoic: He never smiles much [[spoiler:but it’s surprising to know that he turned out to be the sleazy and happy-go-lucky reporter who gave Corporal Honma some leads about his case]].
108	[[/folder]]
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110	[[folder:Amari]]
111	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa (Japanese), Brad Hawkins (English)
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113	A D Agency spy working on a cruise liner heading to Honolulu.
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115	* TheCasanova: In the preview for his POV episode, he mentions that he sees no point in staying with the same woman for long, and finds it easier to pick up a different girl as soon as he feels that he and his girlfriend at the time have had enough of each other.
116	* FriendToAllChildren: He gets quite friendly with Emily Grane on the cruise ship, even picking her up and showing her dolphins.
117	* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:He’s kind enough to take Emma with him when her mother surrendered herself to the authorities]].
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119	[[/folder]]
120
121	[[folder:Hatano]]
122	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuukiKaji (Japanese), Dallas Reid (English)
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124	A D Agency spy assigned to Paris, posing as a Japanese foreign exchange student under the name Ryosuke Shimano. After he completed his mission, he was requested by Col. Yuuki to pull out and be reassigned to another mission.
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126	* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Was able to figure out things while under amnesia, such as foreseeing the number of German forces based on observation [[spoiler:and was able to weed out Marie as a German collaborator]].
127	* CannotSpitItOut: Despite the head injury, Hatano cannot tell the French resistance of his identity as it would cause his mission to fail.
128	* CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler: Placed a blank round into the pistol he repaired to determine if Marie was a German mole. Turns out he was right.]]
129	* TheDeterminator: Completes his mission and gets out of Paris unscathed, thanks to TrainingFromHell.
130	* EasyAmnesia: He has amnesia for most of the episode, turning a simple mission into a slightly tricky one. But he's fine again by the end, all memories back intact.
131	* HardHead: A Nazi soldier hits him on the head with the butt of a rifle, knocking him out for an hour or so and giving him amnesia. Then he gets hit on the head ''again'' by a French resistance member, which ''restored his memory.'' The guy's skull is as sturdy as a rock.
132	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: He specifically forgets only his identity as a D Agency spy while retaining all memories of his training, not to mention [[spoiler: the clues he'd had planted in his subconscious to protect the Agency and his identity in just such an event]].
133	* {{Omniglot}}: Aside from Japanese, he speaks French and Russian.
134	* TapOnTheHead: Receives one from a Nazi soldier during a commotion, causing him to lose consciousness for a time and also acquire LaserGuidedAmnesia.
135	* WaifFu: Has the shortest build of the D-Agency at 162cm, yet his profile notes he has mastered several martial arts. As demonstrated on Nazi soldiers in episode 3.
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138	[[folder:Jitsui]]
139	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunFukuyama (Japanese), Creator/JoelMcDonald (English)
140
141	One of D Agency's spies who remains in Japan in a counter-espionage role.
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143	* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: Shoots Lt. Col. Akimasa's gun out of his hand.
144	* WaifFu: He's one of the smaller and younger spies and is capable of some pretty agile martial arts feats.
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146	[[/folder]]
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148	[[folder:Tazaki]]
149	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakahiroSakurai (Japanese), Alejandro Saab (English)
150
151	A D Agency spy working in Manchuria under the name "Seto Reiji."
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153	* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Upon joining the D-Agency, he believed he could defeat all the other students in fencing class except, that Yuuki had divulged all of his weaknesses so that he lost every match. Yuuki did this to teach the young man humility.
154	* FriendToAllChildren: He gets along very well with 3 young Japanese boys on the Asia Express, and uses them to unknowingly assist him in his mission.
155	* IAmNotLeftHanded: He was so good at fencing that he invoked the trope literally by only dueling with his left hand to hold back.
156	* LonelyRichKid: His backstory as the son of a wealthy scion who was sent to study in Oxford, England.
157	* StageMagician: It's unknown whether he used to be one before becoming a spy, but we see these skills being put to good use in episode six.
158	* TheStrategist: His is one of the cleverer episodes in the series, basically a 1 1/2-hour strategic battle on a train against unknown (at least initially) opponents.
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160	[[/folder]]
161
162	!!Wind Agency
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164	[[folder:Lt. General Okutsu Yasumasa]]
165	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomomichiNishimura (Japanese)
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167	[[/folder]]
168
169	[[folder:Lt. Col. Akimasa Kazato]]
170	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakayaKuroda (Japanese)
171
172	* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide]]: Not outright shown/stated, but the end of episode nine makes it fairly obvious that this is what happened.
173	* StartMyOwn: He hates the D Agency and Yuuki so much he opted to start his own rival agency.
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175	[[/folder]]
176
177	[[folder:Jirou Gamou]]
178	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenjiroTsuda (Japanese)
179	A spy sent to investigate Ernest Graham. He is the protagonist of the Novel's "Ghost" story arc and the anime's "Double Joker" two part episode.
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181	* AdaptationalVillainy: In the original novel he was one of the twelve (as opposed to the anime's eight) students serving under Yuuki in the D-Agency. The anime recasts him as the sole named Wind Agency field operative.
182	* AdaptedOut: Despite "Ghost" being adapted as a storyline in the live action movie, Jirou was not included and replaced with Odagiri and Kaminaga.
183	* MasterOfDisguise: Notably in the novel where he perfectly replicates the real Jirou Gamou's appearance and mannerisms and then goes one step further by deceiving Chou Taimei that he is a Chinese spy without Taimei noticing he had met him earlier in his "Jirou" guise.
184	* NamedByTheAdaptation: The anime makes "Jirou Gamo" his real name whereas in the novel that was an impersonation of a random tailor who had been taken into protective custody.
185	* RedHerring: His presence in the opening led viewers to assume that he was part of the D Agency, especially as he was later shown acting friendly towards Jitsui. [[spoiler:It turns out he’s from a rival spy agency and the only connection he had with Jitsui is ''attempting to toss him off a cliff'']].
186	* SmartPeoplePlayChess: The first thing we see him doing is playing chess against Ernest Graham.
187	* TheStrategist: He's plenty smart and his plans are excellent; unfortunately for him [[MagnificentBastard Yuuki's]] plans are ''magnificent.''
188	* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler:For the anime's "Double Joker" arc.]]
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190	[[/folder]]
191
192	!!Imperial Japanese Army
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194	[[folder:1st Lieutenant Sakuma]]
195	[[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_inline_o3tn2rbq3w1ttrl6y_540_8.jpg]]
196	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokazuSeki (Japanese), Christopher Wehkamp (English)
197
198	The liaison arranged by the Kempeitai to keep an eye on D-Agency. He's a trained soldier and thinks that spies are a cowardly bunch.
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200	* AudienceSurrogate: A downplayed example. He is new to the D Agency, being an Imperial Japanese Army liaison with no spy experience and meant to serve in a supervisory role. [[CombatPragmatist The]] [[PunchClockVillain worldview]] of the D Agency operatives is completely alien to him and he learns about the D Agency's inner workings at the same pace the audience does. On the other hand, Sakuma's own beliefs about Japanese militarism are just as alien to many modern audiences.
201	* DecoyProtagonist: He's actually not important to the larger story, and his role in the plot ends after Episode 2. The manga reveals that Colonel Mutou [[ReassignedToAntarctica reassigned him to another unit.]]
202	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Sakuma's honor is used against him in "Joker Game" when Miyoshi tells John Gordon that he'll commit seppuku in public if his team can't find convincing evidence to convict him as a spy. Which leads to...
203	* HonorBeforeReason: The D Agency operatives think this way of Sakuma's nationalistic rhetoric and readiness to commit suicide if it furthers the cause. He lives up to the trope for the most part, but manages to subvert it in episode two to the point where Miyoshi approves of him and even Yuuki offers him a position in D Agency. [[spoiler:He refuses, obviously]].
204	* MortonsFork: The option of either following through with Miyoshi's word to commit seppuku or drop any charges made against Gordon, which would give him the opportunity to hide.
205	* NervesOfSteel: Sakuma remained calm when Colonel Mutou started having violent outbursts. It helps that he's a soldier trained to withstand insults and tantrums.
206	* OhCrap: At the end of "Joker Game" when he realizes that the agency was setting him up to fail [[spoiler:since it appears they know that the GHQ wants to set them up and that he's forced to kill himself to keep his word, according to Miyoshi]].
207	* PatrioticFervor: Lt. Sakuma is ready to give his life for his country, as expected of an IJA officer.
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209	[[/folder]]
210
211	[[folder:Colonel Mutou]]
212	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TesshoGenda (Japanese), Ken Marmon (English)
213	Lt. Sakuma's superior officer.
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215	* DaChief: One of the officers in charge of the Imperial General Headquarters.
216	* TheNeidermeyer: He has little respect for his men, and was more than ready to throw the D-Agency and Lt. Sakuma under the bus during the John Gordon incident if only to save his own reputation and career.
217	* RawEggsMakeYouStronger: The first thing we see this guy do is crack an egg into a cup and drink it. It's actually to help cure his hangover from the previous night.
218	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: In TheStinger to "Asia Express", he is plotting with another IJA officer to eliminate the D Agency, judging that they will no longer be useful to the war effort.]]
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220	[[/folder]]
221
222	[[folder:Corporal Eiji Honma]]
223	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HiroshiTsuchida (Japanese), Creator/DavidWald (English)
224
225	A [[SecretPolice Kempeitai]] officer sent to Shanghai to investigate the murder of a fellow Kempeitai man after he got a transfer from Tokyo.
226
227	* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: He is the viewpoint character of episode 4, but Honma has no connection to D Agency.
228	* InternalAffairs: What his role in the Kempeitai essentially is.
229	* LeaveBehindAPistol: He's the "leaver" of this trope, of a sort. [[spoiler: After exposing Captain Oikawa as the intelligence leak in Shanghai, he also exposes Oikawa as a gay man. As homosexuality & treachery were not tolerated in this period, Honma would expect Oikawa to shoot himself to go out with some measure of honor. It just so happened that Private Yoshino killed him first.]]
230	* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: To Fukumoto, who basically used Honma to flush out the Kempeitai officer in Shanghai who was selling state secrets without explicitly revealing D Agency's hand in the whole affair.]]
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232	[[/folder]]
233
234	[[folder: Captain Masayuki Oikawa]]
235	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KeijiFujiwara (Japanese), Chris Ryan (English)
236	The Kempeitai officer overseeing operations in Shanghai.
237
238	* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Nobody cared if he got killed in Shanghai, for it was all the D Agency needed to convince the Kempeitai of leaks in the city.]]
239	* BigBad: [[spoiler:Of the episode "City of Temptation".]]
240	* DaChief: In charge of the [[SecretPolice Kempeitai's Shanghai branch]] in the International Settlement.
241	* FalseFlagOperation: [[spoiler:He instigated the death of a Kempeitai soldier investigating what happened to the missing opium seized as evidence and bombed his Shanghai residence to avoid being suspected.]]
242	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Allows Honma to investigate the death of Miyata because he's a newcomer to the city and was transferred from Tokko. [[spoiler:Though he did it so that he can frame him later on.]]
243	* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:After Honma unmasks him to be the culprit.]]
244	* WalkingSpoiler: It's best to read the censored entries after you watch the episode he's involved in.
245
246	[[/folder]]
247
248	!!Foreign Agents
249
250	[[folder:John Gordon]]
251	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Kentarou Tone (Japanese), Creator/PatrickSeitz (English)
252	An American businessman managing a major machine shop in Japan.
253
254	* DoubleAgent: [[spoiler:He's being turned into one by the D Agency.]]
255	* GratuitousEnglish: John Gordon alternates between speaking English and Japanese, as he is supposed to be an American business executive who has been living in Tokyo for the past 3 years.
256	* OccidentalOtaku: According to his D Agency profile, he's a Japanophile, though it's obviously just a front.
257	* PhenotypeStereotype: John Gordon is your average American with blond hair and blue eyes.
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259	[[/folder]]
260
261	[[folder: French Résistance]]
262	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobuyukiHiyama (Alain Lernier), Creator/RyotaTakeuchi (Jean Victoire), Creator/ShizukaIto (Marie Torres) (Japanese), Brandon [=McInnis=] (Alain Lernier), Creator/JMichaelTatum (Jean Victoire), Creator/MorganGarrett (Marie Torres) (English)
263	French citizens attempting to fight back against the Nazi invasion of their homeland.
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265	* GreenEyedMonster: Jean shows subtle signs of being offput by how much stock Marie puts in Alain's opinions.
266	* IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler: The Germans have Marie's family and have coerced her into working for them.]]
267	* LaResistance: A rare, actual depiction of the real-life trope originator in anime.
268	* LittleUselessGun: They only have one firearm in their possession, a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Fran%C3%A7ais_%28pistol%29 Le Français pistol]] which is just as useless and impractical as the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FP-45_Liberator FP-45 Liberator]]. [[spoiler: It also doesn't help that Marie sabotaged it.]]
269	* TheMole: [[spoiler: Marie is a German turncoat working to eliminate the cell.]]
270	* OnlySaneMan: Alain is the one of the trio who has the steadiest disposition and most level-headed outlook on things.
271	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: After Marie is outed as a German spy, Jean knocks out Hatano and runs off with her, apparently still too much in love with her to turn on her.]]
272	* TwoGuysAndAGirl: The cell Hatano encounters is just the three of them.
273	[[/folder]]
274
275	[[folder: Howard Marks]]
276	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HochuOtsuka (Japanese)
277	One of the [[UsefulNotes/SecretIntelligenceService SIS's]] best men.
278
279	* BatmanGambit: He leaves a floor plan of the safehouse in plain view of the main hallway, betting that any captured spy would notice and use it to plan an escape. Unfortunately for them, the map is a fake.
280	* NonStandardCharacterDesign: In sharp contrast to the realistic look of the anime, Marks has a very... ''[[http://myanimelist.net/character/140474/Howard_Marks interesting]]'' head.
281	* TheSpymaster: A very high-ranking SIS officer who has played the spy game for years.
282	[[/folder]]
283
284	[[folder: Anton Morozoff]]
285	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Shinya Fukumatsu (Japanese)
286	A Soviet bureaucrat fleeing the USSR.
287
288	* DefectorFromDecadence: He's a Soviet official looking to defect from his homeland to either Japan or America.
289	* PlotTriggeringDeath: His assassination is what really starts the plot of "Asia Express."
290	* ResignationsNotAccepted: He is killed by a [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/holly-cara-price/smersh-stalin_b_1200086.html SMERSH]] operative before he can get out of China.
291	* SearchingTheStalls: His killer got the drop on him in the men's room.
292	[[/folder]]
293
294	[[folder: Louis McCloud]]
295	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HideyukiTanaka (Japanese)
296	A British codebreaker who has abandoned his country and is attempting to flee to Japan.
297
298	* HisNameIs: He realizes just who Cerberus is right before he dies.
299	* IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[spoiler: Him leaking the details of Raymond Grane's ship itinerary to the Germans was done so that he could intercept an Enigma transmission and try to break the code for [=MI5=].]]
300	* IHaveManyNames: Initially introduces himself as "Jeffrey Morgan."
301	* MagicPlasticSurgery: Averted: Even though he did change his face, it's pointed out that there are certain things plastic surgery cannot alter, such as his ears, and his true identity is ferreted out pretty quickly.
302
303	[[/folder]]
304
305	[[folder: Cynthia Grane]]
306	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChieNakamura (Japanese)
307	A passenger in the ship where Amari is assigned. [[spoiler:It turns out that she's "Cerberus," a mysterious assassin tied to Louis [=McCloud=]]].
308
309	* EvilParentsWantGoodKids: [[spoiler:She realized that her revenge would only do more harm to her daughter so she let Amari take her, hoping that she could have a good life without knowing that her own mother is a traitor and murderer]].
310	* ExactEavesdropping: [[spoiler: She happened to overhear [=McCloud=] talking about how he'd leaked her husband Raymond's ship's course to the Germans, which explains how he died.]]
311	* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler: She defected to Nazi Germany solely to take revenge on the man responsible for her husband's death. However, she came to her senses when her cover is blown and that her daughter's future is at stake.]]
312	* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: [[spoiler:She managed to get revenge on the man who killed her husband. However, she knows that it won't do good for her daughter. So, she had Amari take her daughter while she surrendered herself to the authorities]].
313	* WalkingSpoiler: Read the entries when you finished watching the episode "Cerberus" was involved in.
314	[[/folder]]
315
316	[[folder: Ernest Graham]]
317	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShozoIizuka (Japanese), Creator/RBruceElliott (English), Richard Moss (Live Action)
318	The British consul to Japan.
319
320	* AdaptationalNationality: He was made into an American ambassador in the live action movie.
321	* AdaptationalVillainy: In the original novel he is a red herring and completely innocent of espionage as revealed by Jiro's investigation. Whereas both the anime and live action movie has him being a active spy working against the Japanese government.
322	* FatBastard: Due to AdaptationalVillainy, he becomes this in the live action movie especially the scene in which he sexually assaults his Chinese maid.
323	* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Aside from being a skilled player, it is noted that Graham is famous for the ''Double King's Pawn Opening''.
324	* UpperClassTwit: One of the main reasons Graham never suspects Jiro of being a spy is that he is adamant in his belief that only Gentlemen are capable of espionage and so the humble tailor who plays chess with him slips completely under his notice.
325	* YouAreACreditToYourRace: The anime downplays it but in the novel Graham views the Japanese as inferior and only associates with Jiro Gamo because of his supposedly unusual high intelligence for a Japanese man.
326	[[/folder]]
327
328	[[folder: Aaron Price]]
329	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MitsuruMiyamoto (Japanese)
330	A British reporter who has worked all over the world but has settled down in Japan, which is a cover story for his status as a UsefulNotes/SecretIntelligenceService operative.
331
332	* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The main character of Episode 10.
333	* DeepCoverAgent: He's had a long career spanning the globe but has spent the last 10 years in Japan.
334	* HappilyMarried: To his Belgian wife Ellen.
335	* IntrepidReporter: Pretends to be a reporter when investigating Arisaki Akira.
336	* LoveEpiphany: Of a sort. [[spoiler: After being captured by D Agency and having his entire spy network exposed, he decides it's time to [[KnowWhenToFoldEm leave the spy game]] when he remembers that the first thing he was concerned about during his ordeal was Ellen's safety, not the mission.]]
337	* MayDecemberRomance: He is visibly older than his wife by about 10-20 years.
338	* OhCrap: [[spoiler: When he finally sees the real Arisaki Akira has been an invalid in bed for the past 20 years, he realizes the whole story he was told about "Arisaki's" past was probably a lie and he's back at square one.]]
339	* TheSpymaster: He's running a whole network of double agents in Japan. His current mission is to find out who the head of D Agency is.
340
341	[[/folder]]
342
343	[[folder: German Intelligence]]
344	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BanjoGinga (Col. Wolff), Tokuyoshi Kawashima (Lt. Bauer) (Japanese)
345	A pair of German officers under the Abwehr, Colonel Hermann Wolff & Lieutenant Johann Bauer, who are investigating the death of a Japanese man in a train accident in the Berlin countryside.
346
347	* UsefulNotes/{{Abwehr}}: Possibly. The episode does confirm they are not part of the Gestapo.
348	* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: They're the main characters of Episode 11.
349	* ColonelBadass: Wolff has this impression emanating off of him from the moment he appears.
350	* CostumePorn: Simply put, their uniforms look ''awesome'', all the way up to the hats.
351	* EyepatchOfPower: Wolff, after losing an eye due to a grenade explosion.
352	* FateWorseThanDeath: Wolff orders the passenger interrogated by them at the beginning to be handed over to the Gestapo. The man's reaction is definitely this trope.
353	* NoSwastikas: Despite being Nazi officers, they don't have any swastikas on them. The closest is an Iron Cross that they wear on their collars.
354	* OhCrap: Upon realizing that [[spoiler: Yuuki has already been in the hospital and taken Maki's microfilm, Wolff collapses into a couch as he realizes the Japanese spy that got away 22 years ago has outwitted him, and he can only stare in disbelief.]]
355	* PhenotypeStereotype: Bauer hits a lot of the points the ideal Aryan would have, with good looks, [[IcyBlueEyes piercing blue eyes]], and blond hair.
356	* SherlockScan: Wolff has enough spying experience that he can spot a lot of tiny little details that a lesser-trained officer like Bauer would miss.
357	* TheSpymaster: Wolff is an officer of Abwehr, and is the closest foreign counterpart to Yuuki in the series.
358	* VeteranInstructor: Wolff is a veteran of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI and has more or less taken Bauer in under his wing in spy work.
359	* WorthyOpponent: By the end of it all, Wolff definitely seems to have this impression of Yuuki and the D Agency.
360
361	[[/folder]]
362
363	[[folder: Karl Schneider]]
364	!!!'''Voiced by:'''
365	A German agent operating in Japan.
366
367	* DoubleAgent: He's doing covert work for both Germany and the Soviet Union. [[spoiler: Actually a triple agent, as he's also feeding information on German & Soviet troop movements to the British through Miyoko Yasuhara.]]
368	* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: [[spoiler: Yasuhara made his death look like a suicide by placing a fake suicide note by his corpse.]]
369	* PlotTriggeringDeath: He dies at the start of "XX - Double Cross."
370	* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: His wine was laced with cyanide.
371
372	[[/folder]]
373
374	[[folder: Miyoko Yasuhara]]
375	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaayaSakamoto (Japanese), Creator/AnastasiaMunoz (English)
376	A Japanese theater actress who is being investigated by the D Agency as a potential suspect. [[spoiler:She's the culprit who assassinated Schneider.]]
377
378	* YouRemindMeOfX: Her physical features reminds Odagiri of a woman who raised him when he was little.

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