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This page covers the characters from the Di Gi Charat franchise.

Main characters

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The main recurring cast of the Di Gi Charat franchise — Dejiko, Puchiko, Gema, Rabi~en~Rose, and the Black Gema Gema Gang.
    Dejiko 
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AKA: Di Gi Charat, Chocola (real name)
Age: 10 (usually), 8 (Panyo Panyo), 20 (Winter Garden)
First debut: From GAMERS (July 1998)
Voiced by (JPN): Asami Sanada (1999-2008, 2013-present), Satomi Akesaka (2008)
Voiced by (EN): Jessica Gee-George (1999, Leave it to Piyoko-pyo!), Luci Christian (Panyo Panyo, Cromartie High School), Chris Simms (Nyo!)
Voiced by (LA SP): Mercedes Prato (Nyo!)
Voiced by (ID): Inen Rahmasuci Bismark (Nyo!)

Also known as Di Gi Charat. The titular protagonist, princess of planet Di Gi Charat and an aspiring idol. However, she is less than princess-like. She can shoot Eye Beams, and she will use them any time, on any being who annoys her. She has a Verbal Tic and ends everything she says with "-nyo".

  • Adaptational Jerkass: Due to Usada being much kinder in Nyo! compared to the original series, Dejiko's frequent jerkassery towards her here is much less warranted.
  • Adaptational Job Change:
    • In Nyo!, she works at a toy store instead of at Gamers.
    • Winter Garden has Dejiko work at a maid Cosplay Café.
  • Adaptational Nice Girl:
    • Panyo Panyo features one of the nicest portrayals of Dejiko. She is incredibly kind and selfless, and her mission in the series is to make others happy. However, she still does have a temper and regularly throws hissy fits.
    • Winter Garden sees a Dejiko who, in addition to being generous, also lacks her trademark temper.
  • Adaptational Personality Change: Winter Garden sees Dejiko change into a kind girl who is rather soft-spoken and shy.
  • Alien Princess: Dejiko is the princess of the eponymous planet, Di Gi Charat, with cat ears, eye beams, and who came to Earth to be an idol singer.
  • Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Despite being a tiny, adorable Cat Girl, she has a massive temper and will blast anyone who angers her with her eye lasers.
  • Buy or Get Lost: Dejiko hates customers who do not buy anything, often blasting them with her Eye Beam.
  • Cassandra Truth: Dejiko can never convince the bathhouse owner she is from space and is an alien princess.
  • Cat Girl: Her ears and tail are white.
  • Cats Are Lazy: Dejiko is a catlike alien and can be quite the Lazy Bum.
  • Cats Are Mean: Dejiko is very rude and is quick to violence.
  • Character Check: While Dejiko is definitely much nicer in Panyo Panyo than how she was in the original series, we still see the occasional moment where she acts like her usual aggressive self. In Episode 17, after Gema cracks a joke at her expense, she gets visibly annoyed and shoots him out of a cannon in retaliation. A brief joke is also made about this change in characterization when Dejiko is battling against an impostor and begins to insult her, the fake says that the real Dejiko would never insult someone.
  • Curtains Match the Window: Green hair and green eyes. Her brief redesign in 2008 averted this by giving her red eyes while still keeping the green hair.
  • Enfant Terrible: According to Gema, Dejiko has been destroying things with her eye beam since she was a baby.
  • Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Despite how selfish and rude she can be, Dejiko genuinely loves both of her parents and has a very close relationship with them.
  • Eye Beams: This is the basic attack of Dejiko that she uses in frustration with others.
  • Fleeting Passionate Hobbies: Dejiko gets into and drops multiple hobbies over the course of Panyo Panyo. Puchiko lampshades this in Episode 29.
    Puchiko: [after Dejiko asks to be taught how to be a bodyguard] It's ok, she does this from time to time.
  • Forgetful Jones: Dejiko forgets twice that her ship only had enough fuel to get to earth with no way of returning home to Planet Di Gi Charat.
  • Future Loser: Downplayed. While Dejiko is not doing awful, Winter Garden makes it clear that her days of being in the spotlight are long behind her.
  • Green and Mean: Dejiko has green hair and tends to be massive Jerkass.
  • Hair-Trigger Temper: She is quick to anger, and often reacts violently.
  • Idiot Hair: She has a rather large ahoge.
  • Idol Singer: After coming to Earth, Dejiko declares she will become the best idol.
  • It's All About Me: Dejiko is very self-centered and will often only help someone out if it benefits her.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Violent and petty as she can be, there's a good heart deep down in her.
  • My God, What Have I Done?: Dejiko suffers a major bout of guilt after giving Usada an exploding cake and thinking that she might have died. She is moved to Tears of Joy when Usada is revealed to be alive and well.
  • Pink Means Feminine: Dejiko ditches her regular blue dress for a pink one in Panyo Panyo, where she is much kinder compared to her original incarnation.
  • Princess Protagonist: She's the titular protagonist and an Alien Princess.
  • Promoted to Parent: Dejiko acts much more like a parent to Puchiko rather than a big sister in Winter Garden.
  • Reformed Bully: Winter Garden shows that Dejiko eventually grew out of her jerkish ways.
  • Royal Brat: Dejiko is a princess and can be quite a pain. She is used to having things go her way and always getting what she wants.
  • Secretly Selfish: While Dejiko in Panyo Panyo is still a much better and more generous person than her other incarnations, there still are several times when her choices on how to solve or approach a problem are based on her own personal interests.
  • Series Mascot: She is this to the entire franchise, along with the company behind it.
  • Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Dejiko falls in love with Takurou Senba in Winter Garden after he gives her his umbrella and swaps cakes with her, since his remained undamaged when they bumped into each other.
  • Tsundere: To an extent. She tries to be sweet, but her temper gets in the way.
  • Ungrateful Bastard: In Ohanami Special, Rabi~en~Rose risks her life to find a rare fruit to cure Dejiko's illness. Dejiko's immediate response is to call her Usada and the two immediately go back to fighting.
  • Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist: Dejiko is self-centered, lazy, rude, and the main character of the franchise. It’s not uncommon to see her be a common target of Laser-Guided Karma, particularly in Nyo!.
  • Used to Be a Sweet Kid: She's portrayed as much kinder in Panyo Panyo, where she's also several years younger.
  • Verbal Tic: Ends her sentences in "nyo".
  • Yaoi Fangirl: Dejiko is originally depicted as being a fan of the Kyo and Iori ship, wishing to get BL doujinshi of both of them. Dejiko being a fujoshi is a Mythology Gag used in the original series, when she contemplates the possibility of doing a doujinshi with both Takurous as her pairing subject.

    Puchiko 
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AKA: Petit Charat, Cappuccino (real name)
Age: 5 (usually), 3 (Panyo Panyo), 15 (Winter Garden)
First debut: From GAMERS (July 1999)
Voiced by (JPN): Miyuki Sawashiro (1999-2008, 2013-present), Nao Minakami (2013)
Voiced by (EN): Karen Strassman (1999, Leave it to Piyoko-pyo! note ), Hilary Haag (Panyo Panyo, Cromartie High School), Mariette Sluyter (Nyo!)
Voiced by (LA SP): Giannina Jurado note  (Nyo!)

Petit Charat (Puchiko) is the younger sister of Dejiko and a major character in the franchise. Supposed sidekick of Dejiko and inhabitant of her planet. Her Eye Beams ability is weaker than Dejiko's, but she compensates with extra cuteness and a sharp tongue. As with Dejiko, she also has a Verbal Tic — she ends her sentences with "-nyu". She is a subversion of the quiet and shy moe girl, in that she is so quiet that she is often completely withdrawn from everything around her, and when she does speak, she tends to be quite rude.

  • Adaptational Job Change:
    • Instead of working at Gamers, in Nyo!, Puchiko works at a bakery.
    • Winter Garden sees Puchiko briefly get a job at McDonald's.
  • Adaptational Nice Girl: Puchiko lacks many of her snarkier traits in Winter Garden and is the one who gets Dejiko to patch things up with Senbou.
  • Curtains Match the Window: Brown hair and eyes.
  • Cat Girl: Her ears and tail are yellow.
  • Cats Are Snarkers: Puchiko is a catlike alien, and often has a sarcastic remark to say.
  • Eye Beams: Puchiko has them, but they are still in development, with some random good results.
  • Girlish Pigtails: Puchiko is a cute little girl who wears her hair pigtails decorated with bells.
  • How Do I Shot Web?: She struggles to use her Eye Beams due to how young she is.
  • Little Miss Snarker: The youngest character at just 5 years old, and whenever she speaks, she tends to have a biting remark.
  • Magic Misfire: Puchiko's attempts to use her Eye Beams power cause her eyes to emit strange slime creatures that crawl away.
  • Plucky Comic Relief: Puchiko fulfills this role in the rather down-to-earth Winter Garden, providing many of the special’s comedic moments by either teasing Dejiko about her crush on Senbou or showing off her job at McDonald’s.
  • The Stoic: Puchiko rarely emotes in any incarnation of the franchise.
  • Token Mini-Moe: While most of the main cast are kids, she's ridiculously tiny, exaggerating this to an extreme.
  • Verbal Tic: Ends her sentences in "nyu".
  • What, Exactly, Is His Job?: After capturing Puchiko in Episode 16 of Panyo Panyo, Piyoko refers to her as the member who contributes absolutely nothing.
  • Wise Beyond Their Years: In Panyo Panyo, Puchiko is three years old, but she can walk, talk and easily keep up with a trio of girls that are five years older than her.

    Gema 
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Age: Unknown
First debut: From GAMERS
Voiced by (JPN): Yoshiko Kamei
Voiced by (EN): Stephanie Sheh (1999, Leave it to Piyoko-pyo!), Tiffany Grant (Panyo Panyo), Lucas Gilbertson (Nyo!)
Voiced by (LA SP): Maritza Rojas (Nyo!)

Geman Gemaningballs (Gema) is a big floating yellow ball with a simple, tiny, upside-down face. He is a long-suffering Non-Human Sidekick and failed mentor, usually the victim of Dejiko's eye beam. He ends all his sentences with "-gema".

  • Accidental Misnaming: It's a Running Gag in Nyo! that no one can ever remember Gema's name, despite his protests that it should be the easiest to remember.
  • Adapted Out: Does not appear at all in Winter Garden, most likely due to the special’s more down-to-earth nature.
  • Badly Battered Babysitter: Gema is Dejiko and Puchiko's caretaker and tends to often be on the receiving end of their abuse.
  • Black Bead Eyes: In contrast to the rest of the main cast, Gema has a simple pair of black dots for eyes.
  • Cephalothorax: Gema is a floating ball with two arms sticking out.
  • The Chew Toy: He is supposed to be "mentoring" Dejiko, but is often used as her personal punching bag for comedic value. He eventually gets various revenges as response, but he is still unsuccessful in his attempts.
  • Not So Above It All: Gema will sometimes join in on Dejiko and Puchiko’s mocking of Rabi~en~Rose, even though he regularly chastises the two for being rude.
  • Pokémon Speak: Uses his name as a Verbal Tic.
  • She's a Man in Japan: In the Latin-Spanish dub of Nyo!, Gema is dubbed as female, despite being male in the original version.
  • Took a Level in Badass: Gema is much more formidable in his world, possessing several Reality Warper powers and making short work of Dejiko, Puchiko, and Usada.

    Rabi~en~Rose 
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AKA: Hikaru Usada (real name)
Age: 14 (usually), 24 (Winter Garden), 15 (Reiwa)
Voiced by (JPN): Kyoko Hikami (1999-2008, 2013-present), Reika Yazawa (2008)
Voiced by (EN): Michelle Ruff (1999, Leave it to Piyoko-pyo!), Carol-Anne Day (Nyo!)
Voiced by (LA SP): Yensi Rivero (Nyo!)

Hikaru Usada (Rabi~en~Rose) is an aspiring idol and The Rival of Dejiko. Usada is a young human teenager, also an aspiring idol, with a bunny-like cosplay and a sob-story backstory that changes depending on the franchise's incarnation. She is a parody of the typical "rival" character in anime, in that she's more sympathetic than Dejiko and often shows superior skill, yet she still loses most of the time because she's not the main character.

  • Abusive Parents: As if the Parental Abandonment wasn't already bad enough, in Natsuyasumi Special Rabi~en~Rose's parents not only make her paddle all the way to America using nothing but her ears, they also set up a fake home and address in order to trick her, turning her entire trek into a "Shaggy Dog" Story.
  • Adaptational Angst Downgrade: Rabi~en~Rose's parents abandoned her in the original series and gave her the mission of becoming an idol. In Nyo! her parents are actually around and help to guide her on her mission.
  • Adaptational Job Change:
    • In Nyo! she works for her parents at their salon rather than at Gamers.
    • Winter Garden has her work as an actress.
  • Adaptational Nice Girl: Rabi~en~Rose is much less antagonistic towards Dejiko in Nyo! compared to the original series. Despite this, Dejiko is just as rude as ever to her.
  • Adaptational Relationship Overhaul:
    • In the original series, Minataku had a crush on her that seemed rather unrequited. In Nyo!, she’s the one who has a crush on Kiyoshi, who is based on Minataku.
    • She also has a much closer relationship with her parents in Nyo! due to them not abandoning her.
  • Adaptational Upbringing Change: In the original series, Usada's parents abandoned her and left her a pair of dice to help her with her goal of becoming an idol. In Nyo!, she's part of a long lineage of people who transform and lives with her parents at their salon.
  • Animal Motifs: Rabi~en~Rose~'s name, real name ("Usada"), and idol cosplay suit are influenced by rabbits.
  • Cassandra Truth: Rabi~en~Rose tries to convince the others that she is related to Akari Usada, however, they refuse to believe her.
  • Characterization Marches On: In the 1999 anime, Rabi~en~Rose is a lot more antagonistic to Dejiko and is actually the instigator of conflict in several episodes, including her debut in Episode 2. While she and Dejiko would continue to have a rocky relationship in later entries, Dejiko became the one to instigate conflict almost exclusively, including the specials that came later.
  • Clark Kenting: Usada wears a pair of glasses and puts her hair into braids when not dressed as Rabi~en~Rose. Unsurprisingly, this isn’t all that effective of a disguise and most people are able to easily figure out that she’s Rabi~en~Rose.
  • Demoted to Extra: Gets hit with this in both Panyo Panyo and Winter Garden, with her only making brief cameos in both.
  • Do Not Call Me "Paul": She doesn't like to be called Usada, which only makes Dejiko do it more.
    • The Ohanami Special shows that this becomes inverted when she is Hikaru Usada, where she does not want to be called Rabi~en~Rose.
  • The Drag-Along: It is not uncommon for Rabi~en~Rose to be literally roped into Dejiko's adventures.
  • Future Loser: Inverted. Winter Garden reveals that she grew up to become a successful actress.
  • Girlish Pigtails: When using her idol costume, Rabi~en~Rose uses them as her main characteristic feature.
  • Heli-Critter: Rabi~en~Rose can use her rabbit ears to fly
  • Idol Singer: She wants to be an idol singer in Akihabara, which her parents left to "support her" with.
  • Like Is, Like, a Comma: Usada talks like this in the Studio Iron Cat translation of Dejiko’s Champion Cup, with nearly every sentence of her's including the word “like” somewhere.
  • Little Bit Beastly: Subverted, as her ears are actually part of her costume.
  • Minor Living Alone: Justified, given the whole parental abandonment thing.
  • Mundane Utility: In Nyo!, Rabi~en~Rose uses her speed and powers in order to pass out flyers for her parents' business.
  • Parental Abandonment: Rabi's parents leave her to head for America, so she can have a "difficult, penniless childhood until she makes her debut as a great idol." They also give her a pair of dice which she'll need to help her become an idol. How exactly, is anybody's guess.
  • Pink Means Feminine: Usada has pink hair and her outfit as Rabi~en~Rose is also very pink.
  • Righteous Rabbit: Rabi~en~Rose has a rabbit theme and is much more heroic compared to Dejiko.
  • The Rival: She's Dejiko's rival in regards to their aspirations of becoming idols.
  • Shout-Out: Both of her names can apply. "Hikaru Usada" is an obvious reference to singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada, while "Rabi~en~Rose"note  would be an obvious nod to the song "La Vie en Rose", as well as a likely send-up of L'Arc~En~Ciel.
  • Unusual Ears: A lot of characters have animal ears. Rabi~en~Rose however, only has her bunny ears as part of her idol costume, and lacks them as Hikaru.

Black Gema Gema Gang

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A gang of evildoers who attempt to kidnap Dejiko. The main characters of the spin-off manga, Di Gi Charat GGBG. The three that take care of Piyoko are all doctors.

    In general 
  • Adapted Out: Rik, Ky, and Coo are absent from Panyo Panyo with Piyoko instead working with the Deji-Devil.
  • Animal Motifs: PKO (Coo, Ryk and Ky)'s looks are based on dogs. Coo even transforms into a dog in many visual gags.
  • Childhood Friends: Coo has known Piyoko since they were very young.
  • Crop Circles: The Black Gema Gema Gang's ship leaves Panda-shaped crop circles behind.
  • Dub Name Change: Viz Media's translation of Di Gi Charat Official Anthology refers to the Black Gema Gema Gang as the "Dark Gema Gema Gang" instead, this is the only case of this as every other translation of the franchise maintains the original name note .
  • Hospital Hottie: Piyoko's henchmen, Rik, Coo, and Ky, all work as doctors and are quite handsome.
  • Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Considering how their schemes are always doomed to fail and how they're stuck in Perpetual Poverty, they qualify as this.
  • Lower-Class Lout: The Black Gema Gema Gang are usually portrayed as being penniless, and usually want to capture Dejiko specifically for the money.
  • Plot-Irrelevant Villain: Piyoko and her gang are this in the first two episodes of Natsuyasumi Special. They spend both episodes stranded in other continents, and not encountering the rest of the cast until the end of the second episode.
  • Perpetual Poverty: They're always strapped for cash and trying to make ends meet one way or another.
  • Terrible Trio: While they are a quartet, Rik, Ky, and Coo are Piyoko’s henchmen and carry out her orders as a trio.

    Piyoko 
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AKA: Pyocola Analogue III
Age: 8 (usually), 6 (Panyo Panyo)
First debut: Di Gi Charat Summer Special 2000
Voiced by (JPN): Megumi Hayashibara
Voiced by (EN): Sandy Fox (Leave it to Piyoko-pyo!), Kira Vincent-Davis (Panyo Panyo), Leda Davies (Nyo!)
Voiced by (LA SP): Rebeca Aponte (Nyo!)

Pyocola Analogue III (Piyoko) is Dejiko's arch-enemy and The Leader of the gang. She has several spin-off manga dedicated to her. Her parents attempted and failed to take over planet Di Gi Charat and fled in embarrassment, leaving Piyoko in the care of Ryk, Ky and Coo. She can shoot a beam from her mouth.

  • Adaptational Intelligence: Piyoko is a lot smarter in Panyo Panyo, and comes up with several schemes of her own whereas she is usually a Harmless Villain. It's especially impressive as she is actually younger here.
  • Adaptational Villainy: Piyoko is eviler in Panyo Panyo than her original counterpart, with her actively trying to cause harm to Dejiko and her friends. Most of the schemes in the original series involved either kidnapping Dejiko or just trying to mildly annoy/inconvenience others.
  • Animal Motifs: Piyoko's appearance is based on a panda.
  • The Dragon: In Panyo Panyo she is the number two to the Deji-Devil who puts his plans into action.
  • Dumb Blonde: Piyoko has blonde hair and isn't the brightest person around, although it is somewhat justified due to her young age.
  • Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Piyoko has no idea why her pig in the race stopped before the finish line after she told him that the losing pig would become a meal at the after-party.
  • Evil Wears Black: Piyoko’s outfit in Panyo Panyo is almost all black excluding the white apron she wears.
  • Idiot Hair: Like her enemy Dejiko, she also has an ahoge, though hers is more curled.
  • The Leader: To the Black Gema Gema Gang, despite being the youngest member.
  • Never My Fault: Episode 3 of Summer Special 2000 has Piyoko blame Dejiko for her lying face down on the asphalt and getting burned. When the Gebas point out how that reasoning doesn't make sense, Piyoko blows them all up with an upchuck Bazooka.
  • Poke the Poodle: Piyoko often exaggerates the morality of her inconsequential misdeeds.
    Piyoko: Waiting till the dinner is served and leaving without eating it: such is the way of evil, pyo.
  • Surrounded by Idiots: Piyoko holds this opinion of the Gebas, especially in the Summer Special, viewing them as being incredibly useless.
  • Tiny Tyrannical Girl: Piyoko is an 8 year old girl who is The Leader of an evil gang.
  • Took a Level in Dumbass: Piyoko was decently competent in the Summer Special, coming up with plans that were genuinely evil and threatening to Dejiko and her friends. Afterwards, she would become much more ditzy, with her plans usually being only slightly inconveniencing at best.
  • Verbal Tic: Ends her sentences with "pyo".
  • Villain Decay: Piyoko was a somewhat formidable opponent when she debuted in the Summer Special, notably Dejiko books it when she finds out that Piyoko is part of the Black Gema Gema Gang. Later on, the cast would more often than not treat her as being a minor nuisance.
  • Villain Protagonist: She's one in the Leave it to Piyoko-pyo! series, where she's the main character and still trying to kidnap Dejiko.
  • Villainous Princess: Downplayed. While Piyoko does try and do evil things, they are usually Poke the Poodle most of the time.
  • Vocal Dissonance: Piyoko has a rather mature voice for a six-year-old in the English dub of Panyo Panyo. She also has a more mature voice in the dub of Nyo!.
  • You Have Failed Me: A non-lethal variant. When Piyoko is unhappy with the performance of her henchman, she will blast them with her upchuck bazooka.
  • Young and in Charge: She's a gang leader at just 8 years old.
  • Wise Beyond Their Years: Piyoko is only six in Panyo Panyo, and as is easily able to pull off all the Deji-Devil's schemes, often without any help.

    Rik 
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AKA: "Marshal"
Age: 26
First debut: Di Gi Charat Christmas Special
Voiced by (JPN): Kosuke Toriumi
Voiced by (EN): Grant George (Leave it to Piyoko-pyo!), Ethan Cole (Nyo!)
Voiced by (LA SP): Juan Guzmán (Nyo!)

Rik Heisenberg is a veterinarian and the marshal of the gang. He considers himself the father of the gang's family dynamic.

    Ky 
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AKA: "Lieutenant General"
Age: 17
First debut: Di Gi Charat Christmas Special
Voiced by (JPN): Chihiro Suzuki
Voiced by (EN): Michael Sinterniklaas (Leave it to Piyoko-pyo!), Ryan Stockert (Nyo!)
Voiced by (LA SP): Rolman Bastidas (Nyo!)

Ky Schweitzer is Piyoko's personal dentist and the gang's lieutenant general. He considers himself to be the mother of the gang's family dynamic, though this is something he is embarrassed about.

    Coo 
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AKA: "Major"
Age: 13
First debut: Di Gi Charat Christmas Special
Voiced by (JPN): Tomo Saeki
Voiced by (EN): Wendee Lee (Leave it to Piyoko-pyo!), Cole Howard (Nyo!)
Voiced by (LA SP): Kaihiamal Martínez (Nyo!)

Coo Erhard is the group's major and a physician. He is a childhood friend of Piyoko and considers himself to be like a brother to her.

Characters from the 1999 anime and specials

    Abarenbou 
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AKA: Rowdy Guy, Mr. Wonderful
Voiced by (JPN): Yuji Ueda
Voiced by (EN): Geoffrey Fontaine (1999), Steve Olson (Nyo!)
Voiced by (LA SP): Rubén Leon (Nyo!)

A creature made of water with a rambunctious personality who tends to make bizarre and sudden appearances.

    Henna Ikimono 
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A creepy small yellow bear who followed the protagonists home in one episode. He sits silently in a box that says "please take me home", and always appears to be angry.
  • The Thing That Would Not Leave: When the trio returns to Gamers he is still there in a box that says to take him for free, where he stays for the rest of the series.

    Mr. Manager 
Voiced by (JPN): Kazuya Ichijō
Voiced by (EN): Sam Riegel (1999)

The manager of Gamers, as the name would suggest.

  • Benevolent Boss: Mr. Manager treats his employees very well, providing housing for Dejiko and Puchiko, and giving his employees time off when they have other issues to attend to.
  • Blue Is Calm: Mr. Manager is blue and is a very easygoing person.
  • Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": He is the manager of Gamers, and only ever referred to as such.
  • Nice Guy: Mr. Manager is easily one of the kindest characters in the original series, with him treating everyone very well and being very forgiving.

    Rod Young 
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AKA: Rodoyan, Rod. P
First Debut: Di Gi Charat Natsuyasumi Special
Voiced by (JPN): Chinami Nishimura
Voiced by (EN): Jeffrey Watson (Nyo!)

An American otaku super fan of Di Gi Charat who appears in the specials and movie.

  • Adaptational Job Change: In Nyo!, he's a director.
  • Adaptational Name Change: Rod Young became Rod P in Nyo!.
  • Brought to You by the Letter "S": Rod P. wears a shirt with the letter P on it.
  • Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Rod is strangely absent from Reiwa, despite just about every other named character from the original series and specials returning.
  • Eagleland: A Type 3. Rod is considered a nuisance by the rest of the cast, but he doesn’t do anything that awful either and is overall a friendly person.
  • Occidental Otaku: He's an american who claims to be Dejiko's biggest fan, and is portrayed as very annoying for everyone in the cast.
  • Wholesome Crossdresser: Dresses up in Dejiko's signature maid dress. While he's portrayed as a nuisance, the crossdressing isn't why.

    Takeshi and Yoshimi 
AKA: Bukimi Guys
Voiced by (JPN): Ryo Naito (Takeshi) and Norihisa Mori (Yoshimi)
Voiced by (EN): Taliesin Jaffe (Takeshi) and Liam O'Brien (Yoshimi)

Two super fans of Dejiko who are often featured as comedic relief. They tend to hang out with Dejiko and her friends, cheering her on. In Nyo!, they become a pair of musicians named John and Paul.

  • Accidental Misnaming: Get called the “Bukumi Guys” by Dejiko.
  • Big Guy, Little Guy: Yoshimi is the big guy while Takeshi is the little guy.
  • The Dividual: The pair are almost never seen apart and are always addressed as a duo by Dejiko, due to her Accidental Misnaming.
  • Fat and Skinny: Takeshi is the fat and Yoshimi is the skinny.
  • Negated Moment of Awesome: In the first episode of the Summer Special, the duo finally think they’ll be able to do something heroic by helping save Dejiko from Piyoko…only for Mr. Manager to stop them in their tracks due to him needing help cleaning up Gamers.
  • Otaku: And portrayed very sympathetically despite this. They are incredibly sweet, good-natured and unfailingly loyal to Dejiko no matter how she abuses or disregards them.

    Takurou Minagawa 
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AKA: Minataku
Age: 14
First debut: Di Gi Charat (1999)
Voiced by (JPN): Omi Minami
Voiced by (EN): Dorothy Elias-Fahn

A boy who is a frequent customer at Gamers and has an unrequited crush on Rabi~en~Rose. In Nyo!, he is replaced with Kiyoshi Omocha.

  • Crippling Overspecialization: Minataku is only able to deal with exorcisms related to shijimi clams. Thus he is of no use when Puchiko gets possessed by a snail.
  • Curtains Match the Window: Brown hair and eyes.
  • Hair Antennae: He has two strands of hair that stick up.
  • Hidden Depths: Despite being extremely shy, Minataku has a love for acting and theatre.
  • Shrinking Violet: Minataku is a shy boy who is sometimes seen hiding.
  • Stupid Sacrifice: He attempts to sacrifice himself to save Usada on numerous occassions.
    • In Summer Special 2000, he tries to block a bazooka heading for her, only for her to accidentally knock the blast towards him with her ears.
    • In Christmas Special, he tries to push her out of the way when a giant finger is about to crush her, but gets squashed as she just flies away.
  • Trademark Favorite Food: His is melon bread, which he always carries with him in his bag.

    Takurou Kimura 
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AKA: Murataku, "Mr. Longhair"
Age: 24
First debut: Di Gi Charat (1999)
Voiced by (JPN): Ryōtarō Okiayu
Voiced by (EN): Ezra Weisz

A bishounen regular customer at Gamers who is very fond of Puchiko. He has a fixation on grammar and vocabulary. In Nyo!, he is replaced by Yasushi Omocha.

  • Cuteness Proximity: The sight of the adorable little Puchiko gives him Blush Stickers and is enough to temporarily derail him from his distress at Dejiko's Verbal Tic.
  • I'm Taking Her Home with Me!: Upon seeing Puchiko for the first time, he takes her to the register and asks to buy her. Dejiko is not amused:
    Dejiko: PUCHIKO IS NOT FOR SALE, NYO!
  • Pretty Boy: Kimura is drawn as a typical bishounen with long flowing blonde hair and exaggerated behavior.
  • Single-Issue Wonk: When other characters use their Verbal Tic, he gets very upset.

Characters from Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat

    Deji-Devil 
Age: 100010
Voiced by (JPN): Yuji Ueda
Voiced by (EN): Andy McAvin

The main antagonist of Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat. He is the king of the dark demon world and uses a hologram to visit Di Gi Charat with the intent of spreading misery to the planet's inhabitants. He is seen often alongside his sidekick Piyoko.

  • Big Bad: The Deji-Devil and Piyoko are the main antagonists of the series and are often the ones who cause trouble and conflict for our heroes. The Deji-Devil is stated to be the leader and is the one to come up with the plans while Piyoko is the one who puts them into action, although these roles do get swapped on the occasion.
  • Card-Carrying Villain: The Deji-Devil introduces himself as someone who exists solely to be evil and cause mischief.
  • Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Unlike Rinna and Meek, the Deji-Devil has never appeared outside of Panyo Panyo.
  • The Devil Is a Loser: The Deji-Devil is massive Manchild whose schemes tend to be Poke the Poodle at best.
  • Evil Wears Black: The Deji-Devil wears a black cloak.
  • Fangs Are Evil: The Deji-Devil prides himself on being bad and has a small fang sticking out of his mouth.
  • Green Is Blue: The Deji-Devil is regularly referred to as being green despite being blue.
  • Not Good with Rejection: The Deji-Devil falls into a slight depression due to so many people not wanting to eat his gingerbread house.
  • Not-So-Harmless Villain: One of the last episodes of Panyo Panyo sees him successfully manage to blast down the group’s sleigh nearly ruining Christmas for all of Planet Di Gi Charat.
  • Poke the Poodle: Due to his childish nature, he tends to engage in this sort of comical exaggeration frequently.
  • Purple Is Powerful: The Deji-Devil wears a purple jumpsuit and has been shown to have a lot of magic at his disposal, although his ability to use that magic to fulfill his plans leaves a lot to be desired.
  • Red Eyes, Take Warning: Somewhat downplayed. While the Deji-Devil does have red eyes and is the main antagonist, he tends to be a slight nuisance at best.
  • Verbal Tic: Ends his sentences in "Devi".
  • Yellow Eyes of Sneakiness: Deji-Devil has yellow sclera and he enjoys coming up with schemes to make other people miserable.

    Meek 
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AKA: Meek Charat, Mike, Mike Charat
Age: 8 (Panyo Panyo), 10 (Nyo!)
Voiced by (JPN): Etsuko Kozakura
Voiced by (EN): Cynthia Martinez (Panyo Panyo), Caitlynne Medrek (Nyo!)
Voiced by (LA SP): Melanie Henríquez (Nyo!)

Meek Charat is a main character in Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat and a side character in Di Gi Charat Nyo!. She is a childhood friend of the main cast and has a skill for fishing, as her father runs a fish store.

  • Gender-Blender Name: Meek has the name of Mike, traditionally a male name, in the original Japanese version.
  • Genki Girl: Meek has no shortage of energy and is always willing to rush headfirst into a situation.
  • Goggles Do Nothing: Meek’s design in Panyo Panyo has her wear a pair of goggles on her beanie that she never uses.
  • Redhead In Green: Meek is a redhead and wears a green shirt.
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red oni to Rinna’s blue. Meek is much more energetic and outgoing compared to Rinna and has a very excitable personality.
  • Swallowed Whole: Meek gets swallowed by a giant fish, twice, in her introductory episode in Nyo.
  • Tomboy with a Girly Streak: Meek is just as excited as Rinna is about the prospect of getting a new dress.
  • Verbal Tic: Ends her sentences in "Mya".

    Rinna 
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AKA: Rinna Charat
Age: 8 (Panyo Panyo), 10 (Nyo!)
Voiced by (JPN): Atsuko Enomoto
Voiced by (EN): Allison Sumrall (Panyo Panyo), Maizun Jayoussi (Nyo!)
Voiced by (LA SP): Yasmil López (Nyo!)

Rinna Charat is a main character in Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat who is childhood friends with the others. She is a narcoleptic baker.

  • Blue Is Calm: Due to her sleepy nature, Rinna tends to be one of the more tranquil characters.
  • Brilliant, but Lazy: Rinna is a very competent baker and is shown to be very athletic several times. However, she'd rather spend her time dozing off.
  • Cat Girl: Her ears and tail are white.
  • Cats Are Lazy: She's a narcoleptic cat girl.
  • Flanderization: While Rinna was a Sleepyhead in Panyo Panyo, Nyo! sees her end up being turned into a full-on narcoleptic with her falling asleep for a full week apparently being a common occurrence.
  • Graceful Ladies Like Purple: Rinna is a very kind individual who enjoys baking and wears a predominantly purple outfit.
  • Girly Girl with a Tomboy Streak: While Rinna mainly enjoys baking, she also has an interest in sports and enjoys participating in activities like baseball and soccer.
  • Improbable Age: Rinna is only eight, but she runs her own cake shop.
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue oni to Meek’s red oni. Rinna is calm and introverted, unlike Meek who is energetic and extroverted.
  • Shy Blue-Haired Girl: Due to Rinna’s sleepy nature, she tends to keep to herself.
  • Sleepyhead: Rinna constantly falls asleep.
  • The Stoic: Due to her sleepiness she tends to show her emotions a lot less than the other characters.
  • Sweet Baker: Rinna enjoys baking and is generally kind.
  • Talking in Your Sleep: Rinna implicates Dejiko for breaking a vase while asleep, something that Dejiko had previously tried to pin on Piyoko.
  • Verbal Tic: Ends her sentences in "Myu".

Characters from Di Gi Charat Nyo!

    Akari Usada 
AKA: Akali Usada
Age: 17
Voiced by (JPN): Yuka Iguchi
Voiced by (EN): Angie Beers
Voiced by (LA SP): Maythe Guedes

Rabi~en~Rose’s older cousin, as well as Dejiko’s idol, who is a famous movie star and singer. She later becomes a teacher at the Princess School.

  • Ascended Extra: Akari slowly gains more prominence as the series goes on with her interacting with the cast much more often. The introduction of the Princess School is what helps cement her as a main.
  • Breakout Character: Akari is easily the most popular character introduced in Nyo!, with her receiving her own character song and getting several official figures/plushes. She’s also the only character introduced in Nyo! to have a page in the characters section on the official site.
  • Cool Teacher: She is the teacher of the Princess School and, when her schedule allows her to be there, tries to create fun and engaging lessons for her students.
  • Dub Name Change: The English dub by Bandai changes her name to Akali. The DVDs for the series still call her Akari however.
  • Heli-Critter: While she doesn’t demonstrate this ability that often, she can use her rabbit ears to make herself fly like Hikaru.
  • Nice Girl: A very kind individual who tries to always lend a helping hand to others.
  • Righteous Rabbit: Akari has a rabbit theme, and is very kind-hearted.
  • Trademark Favorite Food: Akari is a big fan of strawberries and usually wears a strawberry-shaped pin.

    Aqua 
Voiced by (JPN): Shion Hirowa
Voiced by (EN): Katie Rowan
Voiced by (LA SP): Citlalli Godoy

A mermaid who lives in the sea. Despite her looks, she’s actually over 100 years old. She later becomes one of Dejiko’s classmates at the Princess School.

  • Ascended Extra: Aqua gains a lot more prominence in the series once the Princess School is introduced due to being Dejiko’s classmate.
  • Curtains Match the Window: Aqua has blue hair and blue eyes.
  • Fish out of Temporal Water: Aqua has not been on the land since the early 1900’s and is amazed by technology such as remote controls for televisions.
  • Older Than They Look: Aqua goes to the same school as Dejiko and her friends, but she is actually over 100 years old.
  • The Pollyanna: Aqua usually has a smile on her face and is very excited to learn about the human world.
  • Water Is Womanly: Aqua is a girly mermaid with a blue color scheme.

    Kiyoshi Omocha 
Age: 14
Voiced by (JPN): Omi Minami
Voiced by (EN): Sean Broadhurst
Voiced by (LA SP): Gonzalo Fumero

Kiyoshi Omocha is a boy who lives at the Omocha Toy Shop with his older brother, Yasushi, and goes to the same school as Rabi~en~Rose. He is based on Takurou Minagawa from the original series.

  • Adaptation Personality Change: Kiyoshi has a lot more of a backbone compared to Minataku, and is much more willing to speak his mind.
  • Adaptational Relationship Overhaul:
    • In the original series, Minataku had a crush on Rabi~en~Rose that was rather unrequited. Here Rabi~en~Rose is the one that has a crush on Kiyoshi, and it’s implied that he returns her feelings. As well, the two are implied to have known each other before the series began, whereas Minataku met Rabi~en~Rose for the first time when he went to Gamers.
    • Kiyoshi has a lot more interactions and a closer relationship with Dejiko and Gema due to them both living with him.
  • Deadpan Snarker: It is not uncommon for him to make a snarky comment about something that Yasushi has done.
  • Expy: Is based on Takurou Minagawa, and remains a middle schooler who goes to the same school as Usada.
  • Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: The responsible sibling to Yasushi’s foolish.
  • Mature Younger Sibling: While he may be younger, he is often the one trying to keep Yasushi’s childishness in check.
  • Performance Anxiety: When Kiyoshi gets cast as the part of Akari’s boyfriend, a major part in the film being shot, he ends up getting fright over having to remember all of his lines. Ultimately, Dejiko gets his part while Kiyoshi gets cast as an extra, something that he much prefers.
  • Related in the Adaptation: While Minigawa and Kimura shared a last name in the original series, Takurou, the two were unrelated. Here, Kiyoshi is the younger brother of Yasushi, who is based on Kimura.
  • Vocal Dissonance: Despite being a middle schooler, Kiyoshi has a very mature-sounding voice in the English dub.
  • We Named The Dog Indiana: Episode 69 reveals that Kiyoshi gets his name from a robot, and also the very first toy, that Yasushi built. Kiyoshi is rather unhappy to learn this and ends up suffering a brief Heroic B So D.

    Yasushi Omocha 
Age: 24
Voiced by (JPN): Kenji Nojima
Voiced by (EN): Scott Roberts
Voiced by (LA SP): Luis Carreño

A bungling inventor who lives at the Omocha Toy Shop in the Lucky Cat Shopping District. He is the older brother of Kiyoshi. He is based on Takurou Kimura from the original series.

  • Adaptational Nice Guy: Is much more friendly compared to Murataku from the original series.
  • Adaptational Relationship Overhaul:
    • As with Kiyoshi, Yasushi has a much closer relationship with Dejiko and Gema than Kimura ever did.
    • Kiyoshi is also good friends with John and Paul due to them all being fans of toys. Kimura rarely, if ever, interacted with Takeshi and Yomeshi in the original series.
  • Adaptational Wealth: Inverted. Kimura was a very wealthy man in the original who lived in a large mansion. Yasushi, on the other hand, lives and works in a small toy shop.
  • Bungling Inventor: Yasushi’s track record with inventing toys is very hit or miss.
  • Butt-Monkey: Tends to regularly have his inventions blow up or backfire on him, and he is generally viewed as a moron by the rest of the cast.
  • Character Catchphrase: Yasushi regularly says "or [abbreviated words] for short" after saying or inventing something.
  • Childish Older Sibling: While he is the older sibling, Yasushi is much less mature compared Kiyoshi and often has to be kept in check by him.
  • Ditzy Genius: Yasushi is a skilled inventor and designer, who can be rather childish and sometimes lacks common sense.
  • Expy: He is based on Takuro Kimura from the original series and keeps the obsession with Puchiko.
  • Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: The foolish sibling to Kiyoshi’s responsible.
  • Gadgeteer Genius: While Yasushi’s inventions can sometimes leave a bit to be desired, they can be very effective when they work properly.
  • Manchild: Yasushi can be rather immature at times despite being one of the older members of the cast.
  • Related in the Adaptation: While Kimura and Minigawa shared a last name in the original series, Takurou, the two were unrelated. Here Yasushi is the older brother of Kiyoshi, who is based on Minataku.

    Yuurei 
Voiced by (JPN): Kaori Nazuka
Voiced by (EN): Angie Beers
Voiced by (LA SP): Marycel González

A young ghost girl who lives in a mansion with her grandmother. She later becomes on of Dejiko’s classmates at the Princess School.

  • Ascended Extra: Begins appearing much more frequently once the Princess School is introduced.
  • Bedsheet Ghost: Yuurei is allergic to the sun and has to wear a protective suit to go outside. Said protective suit looks like a ghost costume.
  • Creepy Child: Yuurei has an obsession with horror and scary things, and this can cause her to be offputting to others.
  • Cute Ghost Girl: Yuurei is a young ghost girl.
  • A Dog Named "Dog": A ghost girl named Yuurei, the Japanese word for ghost.
  • Friendly Ghost: While Yuurei can be a bit odd at times, she is well-meaning and does her best to be friendly.
  • Ghostly Glide: While she does sometimes walk, other times Yuurei will glide across the ground.
  • I Just Want to Have Friends: Her introductory episode has her mention that not a lot of people come to her mansion, and she is elated when Dejiko, Puchiko, and Rabi~en~Rose agree to be her friends.
  • Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant: Yuurei often does unintentionally creepy things that spook others, she is actually rather offended when others are scared of her.
  • Nightmare Face: It is not uncommon for Yuurei to make a very creepy face, whether it is intentional or not depends on the situation.
  • The Quiet One: Compared to the rest of her classmates, Yuurei doesn’t talk much.
  • Shy Blue-Haired Girl: Yuurei has a hard time socializing with others and tends to keep to herself.

Characters from Reiwa No Di Gi Charat

    Broccodess 
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Age: 27
First debut: Reiwa no Di Gi Charat
Voiced by: Satomi Akesaka

A character used for marketing by Broccoli, being the goddess of the company. She made her anime debut in Reiwa. When Dejiko was "away from Earth", she filled in for her. She has rather mundane skills such as the production of character goods and observes the stock market prices for Broccoli.

    Bushiroad-no-Mikoto 
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AKA: Bushiro-chan
Age: 14
First debut: Reiwa no Di Gi Charat
Voiced by: Ayasa Itō

The goddess of the company Bushiroad, as the name suggests. She is a demon with an interest and skill in professional wrestling.

Characters from Di Gi Charat Fantasy

    Carrera 
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Age: 19
First debut: Di Gi Fantasy
Voiced by: Makoto Tsumura
Carrera is an alchemist with a thirst for world domination. She creates extremely strong potions that also happen to have major side effects. She admires her father (a scientist) greatly, but instead chose to pursue alchemy due to her not being able to be honest with him.

    Cecile 
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Age: 15
First debut: Di Gi Fantasy
Voiced by: Saki Nakajima

Cecile is one of the Grasse family's daughters. She possesses a large amount of "negative energy" that she tries to keep repressed, and is very afraid of cats (and Puchiko).

    Erika 
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Age: 22
First debut: Di Gi Charat Fantasy
Voiced by: Yoko Soumi

Erika is the deputy sheriff of the village, being beloved by the residents due to her kind treatment of them.

Alternative Title(s): Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat, Di Gi Charat 1999, Di Gi Charat Nyo, Di Gi Charat Specials, Di Gi Charat Theater Leave It To Piyoko Pyo, Di Gi Charat Winter Garden

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