This is a character sheet for the shounen manga Magical Taruruto-kun! Since the names of several characters have frequently suffered from Inconsistent Spelling (or in the case of Manga Planet's translation, Dub Name Change), all characters that have officially known variants of their names will have a tab listing such instances.
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The Main Duo
Tarurūto
Tarurūto
Alternate Spellings: Taruruuto, Talulutonote
Voiced by: TARAKO (Anime, Mega Drive game), Ikue Otani (Pachislot game)
Our cute title character. A self-proclaimed great wizard who was summoned by Honmaru from the Great Magic Encyclopedia after he accidentally chants the "Hontou ni Komatanga" (I'm really screwed) spell. He has a large assortment of magical items that he uses to help Honmaru. His magic often backfires and even when it doesn't, it wears off after 10 minutes. His favorite food is takoyaki and he is also left-handed.- Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: All it takes for Taru to lose focus on something is to lure him with even a small piece of takoyaki. It's usually done to either trap him or prevent him from helping Honmaru.
- Adaptational Name Change: Taruruto is called "Talulu" in French, that name being similar to Taru's original romanized name.
- The Baby of the Bunch: Even with his toddler-like appearance and personality, he often hangs around Honmaru and his friends, all of whom are at least physically twice his age.
- Batman in My Basement: When Taru first came to Honmaru's house, he was not allowed to reveal himself to his parents or even go to his school, but being a small child and having low self-control, he was later discovered by Honmaru's mother, Chizuru, who was reminded of Honmaru when he was younger.
- Best Friend: Honmaru's wish he made to Taru was ultimately for the two to become best friends and despite Taru frequently causing trouble for Honmaru, both of them become nearly inseparable.
- Big Eater: Even if it's not takoyaki, Taru can chow down on any food in one gulp.
- Cheerful Child: There's hardly a moment where Taru isn't smiling or being ridiculously cheerful. He has a very innocent and honest personality, is bright, friendly, and able to warm up to people he meets for the first time, which can make him a target to be taken advantage of. That doesn't mean he should be underestimated.
- Forceful Kiss: He occasionally gives pecks on both the cheek and the lips, though it's non-romantic and does so out of child-like affection.
- Inept Mage: Taru claims to be a "great wizard", but he's young and not as skilled as his sister Ria. More often than not, there's usually a chance that his magic will backfire.
- Meaningful Name: Taruruto's name originates from the Japanese proverb "Ware Tada Taru wo Shiru" (The Path to Know What's Enough), specifically the Taru part (which means to be enough or sufficient) and the English word "route", an alternative to the word "path". Taru's purpose for being summoned is to make Honmaru's life adequate while also subtly teaching him and the readers/viewers what's enough. This is something that any traces of "Taluluto" completely miss.
- Out-of-Character Moment: In the anime's 9th episode, there's a small scene where he shows genuine anger upon being pulled away from an ATM to get money. Though it's justified, as he believes his friendship with Honmaru is on the line and needs money to get some takoyaki to make up for the batch he had eaten earlier. It should also be noted that this bout of rage was not in the original manga.
- Overly-Long Tongue: Taru has a tongue that's both thick and long enough to make Yoshi and Eddy blush. Many of the video game adaptations from Bandai make it his primary method of collecting Takoyaki and attacking enemies.
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Despite being a puny kid who mostly relies on magic, Taru has an absurd amount of physical strength, at one point pummeling and throwing the buff and bulky Jabao with just his tongue.
- Precision F-Strike: In the English version of the first part of the ski trip chapter, while camping out on Ijigawa's bra-clad breast, He drops the s-word (shit) once he realizes Honmaru knows he's there.
- Shonen Hair: Underneath his helmet reveals long and spiky brown hair that stands up on end.
- Series Mascot: Of the cute variety, which outside of being the Title Character is why he's usually the sole playable character in the various video games.
- Tagalong Kid: He's often seen hanging around Honmaru and the others, even during school hours. While he does have some use and helps the others get out of jams, his magic often causes just as much trouble for the other characters.
- Verbal Tic:
- He'll often shout "Ahh!" when he's excited or ready to do something.
- He'll often say "Teh-ru" or repeat his name at random in a similar fashion to Baby Talk, though the length and tone often depend on his state of mind, saying his full name when excited and shortening it when confused.
Honmaru Edojō
Honmaru Edojō
Alternate Spelling: Honmaru Edojounote
Voiced by: Minami Takayama (Anime), Hideki Ogihara (Pachislot game)
The real main character of the story. He's a hapless 10-year-old who attends Minamino Elementary School. He's one of the worst-performing students in his class, he sucks at playing sports, and he can be a bit perverted. He befriends Taruruto, and with the help of his magic, he starts overcoming many challenges and gradually matures, taking on feats that impress the love of his life, Iyona Kawai.- Betty and Veronica: The Archie to Iyona's Betty and Ijigawa's Veronica and the Betty to Harako's Veronica and Iyona's Archie.
- Belligerent Sexual Tension: Often gets made fun of by Ijigawa and tries to retaliate with his own share of pranks (usually with Taru's magic), though he doesn't truly hate her and even has somewhat of a hidden attraction to her.
- Character Development: Throughout the series, Honmaru will often have no problem exploiting Taru's magic for any personal gain, whether it be to win over Iyona, deal payback on or even spite his enemies, or to win at a competition he knows he has no chance in winning. Later on, for personal growth, he starts wanting to rely less on magic and frequently has to stop Taru from getting involved, especially once he realizes how pathetic and powerless he is after he was unable to protect Iyona and Ijigawa from being attacked by a bunch of delinquents. This culminates with him going through intensive physical training with his father and being put through the fight of his life with Neizo Zakenja.
- The Chew Toy: By and large, Honmaru is regularly put through hell, regardless of whether or not he brings it upon himself. Even long before he summoned Taru, he was regularly tormented by Jabao, Korekiyo, and Ijigawa through physical and verbal abuse and was made into a laughingstock in front of his classroom, including his crush Iyona. Initially, Honmaru's life took even more of a nosedive once Taru started helping him out, which was brought on by either Taru's ineptitude, Honmaru's lack of self-control, or some outside force. In short, nothing ever goes right for this poor kid, so much so that the ending of the first episode has him put in a hospital.
- Covert Pervert: Honmaru frequently shows us that he's not exactly the most honorable person out there. In the anime's premiere episode, Tama-chan gives Honmaru a view of what's in his head, an image of Iyona undressing. It freaks him out at first, but he goes in for another peak, revealing Iyona's bra. Tama-chan, who knows what he's thinking, disapproves of it.
- Death Is Cheap: After winning the fight against Neizo, Honmaru drops dead after a Heroic RRoD and is now stuck in the magic world in order to bring himself back to life.
- Hollywood Genetics: Honmaru's eyes and hair are blue, despite his mother having brown hair, his father having black hair, and both having dark eyes.
- Loser Protagonist: Before and even a little while after Taru came into his life, he was practically an outcast whose only real friend was Iyona, something that he couldn't even fully realize. He was picked on or looked down upon by everyone else at his school, cried way too often for a kid his age, was notoriously lecherous, performed poorly both physically and academically, and sucked at swimming so much that he was even terrified of water.
- Nosebleed: Honmaru's perverted nature means he'll often have these when he's turned on, one of which includes after entering the girl's locker room in episode 2.
- Precocious Crush: His relationship with Ria starts out this way in her debut episode, but it's made obviously clear that he never had a chance with her.
- Prone to Tears: Honmaru is a comical male example whose face often leaves streams of tears after his repeated streaks of bad luck.
- Shonen Hair: With his blue spiky hair, it's not hard to tell that he's the main character, and it only grows more and more the older he gets. He didn't always have this, as many flashbacks show him with much shorter brown hair.
- Wild Take: Because the animators were allowed to go all out with certain characters' facial expressions in the most intense scenes, Honmaru's frequent bad luck has him make some of the goofiest faces Toei Animation has ever put out, emphasized through his spiky hair often standing on end, his eyes bulging, and his mouth and lips growing in size.
- Wishing for More Wishes: He attempts to request to have Taru grant him a single wish per day upon meeting him, but Tamamie stops and the two call him out for "cheating".
Minamino Elementary School
Iyona Kawai
Iyona Kawai
Voiced by: Yumi Touma (Anime), Ai Kayano (Pachislot game)
An angelic and kind-hearted classmate of Honmaru and a girl that everyone at school admires in one way or another. Unlike Honmaru, she's academically proficient and physically capable in sports including volleyball. She's very beautiful, and all of the boys in her class have their eyes on her. She deeply cares about Taruruto as if she were her little brother, and although she is confused and at times even creeped out by Honmaru's perverse pranks, she has deep feelings for him.- Academic Athlete: While being at the top her her class academically isn't much of a secret, she is also very active physically when it comes to sports, holding her own in volleyball, baseball, and dodgeball.
- Actual Pacifist: She prefers to keep the piece wherever she is and despite being athletically capable, she dreads using violence to resolve conflicts, often encouraging Honmaru, Harako, and Jabao not to fight and talk things out. Even when she herself is nearly on the receiving end of Neyo's wrath, she refuses to physically fight back.
- Betty and Veronica: The Betty to Ijigawa's Veronica and Honmaru's Archie and the Archie to Honmaru's Betty and Harako's Veronica.
- Class Princess: Iyona is regarded as the perfect girl. She has an excellent academic performance level, and she's also good at sports, being the spiker of the girl's volleyball club. She's also very pretty and has captured the hearts of many of the other boys in her class, Honmaru and Harako specifically (and sometimes Jabao and Korekiyo), helped by her "developed" figure, despite being around the same height as Honmaru and Ijigawa. Her status as this trope is so obvious that Shogunnosuke based a character from one of his books, Mayoi, around her and made her into a literal princess.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Greatly downplayed, as despite being the Only Sane Man in her classroom, she tends to name her school supplies and talk to them as if they were small children. Not to mention her kind and unassuming nature makes her come across as an airhead sometimes.
- The Cutie: Iyona, is a calm, peaceful, and kindhearted Head-Turning Beauty who, unlike her peers, actually enjoys Honmaru's presence and frequently shows support toward him and Taru. That being said, even she won't tolerate Honmaru's perverted behavior.
- Damsel in Distress: Being the nice, sweet, and beautiful girl of the cast, she's often subjected to being captured, held hostage, and just needing to be saved in general.
- Does Not Know Her Own Strength: Despite her slender figure, Iyona has superhuman strength, and when she panics, gets scared, or gets too excited, she can grab Honmaru and the others so tight that they'll faint after a while.
- Dude Magnet: As the prettiest girl in the school, she has every boy head over heels for her, especially Honmaru and Harako.
- Horrible Judge of Character: While all of them are usually nice to her, not one of her friends could be considered the ideal of a great person. Her closest female friend (Ijigawa) is a rude jerk who often secretly manipulates her just to screw over the boy she's friends with. Said boy (Honmaru) lusts over her and frequently plays perverted pranks on her using his friend's magic. Another boy who likes her (Harako) is a narcissistic Competition Freak who's prone to being violent when offended and has no problem holding her hostage on occasion just to be competitive. And then two of her other closest classmates are an openly violent lardass (Jabao) and a condescending shrimp (Korekiyo).
- Hypocritical Humor: Even though she doesn't like violence, she won't hesitate to slap Honmaru if he does something to really anger her.
- The Ingenue: Iyona may have a mature body for her age, but she's still a child at heart. Her heart is pure and she's very modest about her appearance. In comparison, her friends, Honmaru especially, are far more adult in terms of lewdness.
- Nice Girl: She unquestionably ties with Chizuru as the friendliest character within the cast.
- Out-of-Character Moment: During her birthday party, there's a pretty funny moment where she raises her normally soft-spoken voice and makes an intimidating glare at Honmaru, Jabao, Korekiyo, and in the anime, Harako after all of them attempt to run up to her and kiss her (while pushing each other aside) after Taru gives her a peck on the cheek as a birthday present.
- Passionate Sports Girl: Believe it or not, she can get quite fired up when it comes to sports, which is why she's the star player on her school's volleyball team.
- Pimped-Out Dress: Iyona sports a fancy pink dress during her birthday party in episode 13.
- Spoiled Sweet: As if being a friendly girl wasn't enough, Iyona and her family are wealthy and live in a large mansion.
Rui Ijigawa
Rui Ijigawa
Alternate Spelling: Rui Izigawa
Voiced by: Kazuko Sugiyama (Anime), Eri Kitamura (Pachislot game)
A mean and smart-mouthed girl who happens to be a good friend of Iyona. Despite her bad nature, she can be kind and as pure-hearted as Iyona deep down. She enjoys screwing with Honmaru, but she also has feelings for him, not that she'd ever admit it without trolling him.- Belligerent Sexual Tension: Ijigawa is secretly in love with Honmaru, but would rather tease him and get him into trouble before telling him how she feels.
- Betty and Veronica: The Veronica to Iyona's Betty and Honmaru's Archie.
- Interrupted Declaration of Love: During a game of tag in the school's swimming pool, when she witnesses Honmaru's improvement after he catches her, she starts to fawn over him and prepares to tell him how she really feels. He immediately then dashes off to tag Iyona before she can finish her sentence, which only makes her more bitter, prompting a declaration that she should start picking on him even more.
- Jerkass Ball: As if being a natural jerk wasn't enough, once she turns into a boy for a day, she becomes a lot worse, being far more violent than Jabao, openly rebellious, and just downright sexist towards women.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Ijigawa often pulls pranks on Honmaru and often gives him trouble just out of spite. She appears to bear such as massive grudge against him exclusively that she's arguably more of a threat to him than Jabao. Her treatment of the other boys is only marginally better, yet she's pretty friendly toward Iyona and many other girls.
- When Mimora starts to live with Ijigawa's family, she starts to act as the Big Sister Bully to the Bratty Half-Pint Mimora.
- Tsundere: Ijigawa starts out as one of the many people who have it out for Honmaru, but as time passes, her opinion of him slowly shifts to a positive light and is later revealed that she's always had feelings for him, not that she would ever admit that without screwing with him.
Jabao Jaba
Jabao Jaba
Alternate Spellings: Javao Javanote
Voiced by: Yoku Shioya
An ugly, overweight, and violent bully who often gets into fights with Honmaru. He prides himself on his big body and his matching strength, but he also has a compassionate side and can become weak and even cowardly when shown up. His mother often treats him like garbage.- Big Guy, Little Guy: The big guy to Korekiyo's little guy.
- The Bully: Early on, Jabao enjoyed and frequently went out of his way to torment Honmaru.
- Butt-Monkey: While he has it somewhat easier than Honmaru, Jabao, being both a bully and an idiot, is often just as prone to almost the same amount of suffering.
- Dumb Muscle: He's got the muscles to prove his strength and was the strongest in his classroom until Harako showed up, though he also ties with Honmaru as the worst-performing student academically.
- Gonk: It's bad enough that he's large and fat, but he also has a grotesque face to match.
Korekiyo Ryoguchiya
Korekiyo Ryoguchiya
Voiced by: Megumi Urawa
Jabao's diminutive subordinate who regularly speaks with honorifics, always using proverbs and idioms in daily speech. He may seem like a polite boy at first, but he dishes as much verbal abuse to Honmaru as Jabao does physically. He usually moderates and provides commentary during competitions.- Big Guy, Little Guy: The little guy to Jabao's big guy.
- Cutesy Dwarf: Compared to his peers, he's a tiny little guy for his age, being somewhere between Honmaru and Taru's height.
- Proverbial Wisdom: Though he's not the wisest character, Korekiyo often quotes several proverbs when speaking.
Tsutomu Harako
Tsutomu Harako
Alternate Spelling: Tutomu Harakonote
Voiced by: Ryō Horikawa (Anime), Takehito Koyasu (Pachislot game)
A transfer student who instantly becomes Honmaru's main rival, both competitively and for Iyona's affection. He's the heir of a conglomerate and has a huge ego, regularly flaunting it along with his looks, his wealth, and his power. When it comes to competing with Honmaru, he's usually completely honest and puts his best effort in. After all, he has dozens of different junior tournament titles from legitimate competitions to some of the most mundane challenges conceived.- The Ace: Harako is hyped up as such, being a natural casanova, extremely wealthy and powerful, and excels in every challenge thrown at him, so much so that he has several different titles.
- Betty and Veronica: The Veronica to Honmaru's Betty and Iyona's Archie.
- The Casanova: Harako has such a way with words around females that he's even able to charm Miss Oaya in his first appearance. It's too bad that Iyona, the only girl he has eyes for, isn't as easily swayed.
- Competition Freak: It seems like Harako has an awarded title for everything, which is part of the reason why he's willing to take on any challenge that comes his way.
- Gratuitous English: Harako tends to spit out random English words just to be dramatic. It also helps that his boxing coach is an American.
- Pretty Boy: By the standards of this show, he's the slick-haired, sharply-dressed standard when it comes down to handsomeness.
- Privileged Rival: He became Honmaru's rival the moment he laid eyes on Iyona, and he statistically has a better chance with her due to being up there with Iyona in terms of wealth and social status. This often escalates when Harako either flaunts his pride and competitive nature in the classroom or if Honmaru attempts to make himself look good in front of Iyona.
- Younger Than They Look: Harako looks like and is often mistaken for a college student because of his height and mature face, but he's actually around the same age as most of the cast.
Neyo Zakenja
Neyo Zakenja
Voiced by: Mitsuko Horie (Anime), Yōko Hikasa (Pachislot game)
Another transfer student who's put in Honmaru's class. She's a tough, foul-mouthed delinquent who often says, "Don't mess with me!". Her mother passed away and her father is always busy, so the only thing she has is her kendama, which she's been playing with since she was a child.- Defrosting Ice Queen: Though she starts off as closed-off and irritable, she starts to warm up once Honmaru, along with Taru and Iyona begin defending her from accusations believing she purposefully attacked Iyona on the basketball court, and of her stealing the classroom's fund.
- Goth: Of the psycho loner variety. Adding to that is her hair being purple color with green highlights, and most of the clothes she wears are darkly-colored and punk-themed.
- Troubled, but Cute: Despite her rotten attitude and all of the angst that she carries on her shoulders, she's still a pretty lovely girl. And like with Ijigawa, Honmaru is shown to at least have a tiny attraction towards her.
- Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: Despite being in elementary school, she does some questionable stuff that would be out of the norm for a student her age, including smoking cigarettes, hiding weapons and explosives in her desk at school, freely fighting and beating up thugs that harass her, and wears black lacy panties and a matching bra that would be considered inappropriate for her age.
Neizo Zakenja
Neizo Zakenja
Voiced by: Hirotaka Suzuoki (Anime), Kishow Taniyama (Pachislot game)
Neyo's tyrannical twin brother and the heir of the Zakenja Concern, a business group that has so much authority over the world's politics and economy that it could give even Harako's family a run for their money. He's a muscular, macho man who dominates the class with his overwhelming power and intimidation.- Big Jerk on Campus: Upon transferring to his current school, his strength, wealth, and perpetual Death Glare all allow him to strike fear in most of the other students. He immediately forces his classmates to become his servants, and anyone who even speaks out of line is instantly demoted to slavery. And given that he won't stand for opposition from even girls or babies, he has no problem whatsoever threatening and showing no mercy on Iyona or Taru.
- Knight of Cerebus: Subverted, At first, he's built up as the main threat that this series has to offer, causing more trouble than Jabao or Harako could even dream of. Despite all this, he's easily defeated by Taru's magic at the end of his introduction. It's not until the tournament arc, where his battle with Honmaru happens, that the series temporarily goes through a major Genre Shift from a cute Fantastic Comedy series to your average Jump series. The Famicom game, Mahou Daibouken even reflects this, as he's part of the reason why the game is a lot Darker and Edgier compared to its predecessor.
- The Bully: Neizo is basically Harako with any charm, narcissism, pettiness, and redeeming qualities traded for intimidation, tyranny, and sadism. He demands to be treated like a king by his peers and will brutally assault those who defy him. It really says something that he's able to make Jabao and Harako look like wimps.
- Bully Brutality: Jabao attempts to take on Neizo, who in turn brutally gives him a massive beatdown that leaves him a swollen and near-unconscious wreck.
Miss Mari Ōaya
Mari Ōaya
Alternate Spellings: Mari Ooaya, Mari Ohayanote
Voiced by: Hiromi Tsuru
A beautiful young teacher who's in charge of Honmaru's class. She often rides a motorcycle, has a total of 10 degrees in various martial arts, and she's passionate about sports, which often results in letting her students settle conflicts through sports competitions. Although she treats her students in a strict manner, she is nonetheless a caring and admirable educator.- Comedic Spanking: This is what Miss Mari Oaya is infamous for, and the anime's first episode has her spanking both Jabao and Honmaru for fooling around during class.
- Cool Teacher: Outside of her stern classroom demeanor and spanking habits, Miss Oaya is down to earth, jovial, passionate, and talented, and that's not even mentioning how attractive she is. For one, her primary method of transportation is an illegally-modified motorcycle that frequently gets her stopped by police officers, she has extensive knowledge on multiple sports, she's a 4th-degree judo expert and a 3rd-degree karate and kendo expert, and is an advisor for the girl's volleyball team. Whenever Honmaru and Harako go into a dispute, she'll willingly pause their class and have them settle it in a sports match.
Magicians
Tamamie
Tamamie
Voiced by: Hinako Kanamaru
Often referred to as Tama-chan, she's the crystal ball worn around Taruruto's neck who provides him and Honmaru with information and advice on their current problems. She hates cowards and perverts and will punish them with a powerful beam of light. Even if they avoid the beam, she will continue to emit it until it hits the target. However, she easily submits to flattery and will instantly forgive anyone who praises or compliments her.- Berserk Button: Using her to creep on people in a lewd manner will instantly piss her off and will result in the viewer being attacked with a strong beam of light.
- Crystal Ball: She acts as a traditional crystal ball, though she is sentient and has a clear personality.
- Kindness Button: Regardless of what has happened beforehand, she'll take any form of praise or flattery and will instantly forgive anyone who's upset her in a heartbeat.
- Meaningful Name: The kanji (tama) in her name translates to "jewel" or "ball", while the hiragana part of her name (mie) means "appearance" or "visible". She's a crystal ball who has the ability to see other characters from afar.
- Telepathy: She can even read minds and display what a person is thinking.
Ria Kinakamo
Ria Kinakamo
Alternate Spelling: Lia Kinakamonote
Voiced by: Yuriko Yamamoto
Taruruto's sexy older sister who came from the magic world to bring him back. However, once she learns how much Taru and Honmaru value their friendship with each other, she lets him stay and decides to hang out in the human world.- Cool Big Sis: Slowly becomes less aloof and more open to helping Taru and Honmaru during a crisis.
Mimora
Mimora
Alternate Spelling: Mimollanote
Voiced by: Kumiko Nishihara (Anime, Mega Drive game), Sayuri Yahagi (Pachislot game)
A little girl who was in the same class at the magical kindergarten that Taruruto attended. She came to the human world to follow her beloved Taru. By chance, she was later summoned by Ijigawa and decided to stay at her house.- Bratty Half-Pint: Mimora is a hot-headed crybaby who can be rude, sassy, and obnoxious around everyone. Her extremely loud crying doesn't make her any much better.
- Distaff Counterpart: To Taru, and she's way more powerful than him.
- Megaton Punch: Her signature attack, which often has her yell "Anmaru desu waa!!" (It's all too much!).
- Pink Girl, Blue Boy: She has pink hair, and her outfit is predominantly purple, in contrast to Taru's blue outfit.
- Self-Proclaimed Love Interest: Though she modestly doesn't use the term "girlfriend", Mimora sees herself as Taru's lover and refers to herself as such, even though Taru mostly sees her as a friend.
Rivar
Rivar
Alternate Spellings: Raibanote , Raiver, Raivarnote , Ryvernote
Voiced by: Teiyū Ichiryūsai (Anime), Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Pachislot game)
Arguably the series' main antagonist, he's a wizard who loves Mimora and sees Taruruto as his rival. His feelings for Mimora are so passionate that he has no problem attempting to kill Taru, Honmaru, or anything he sees as a threat or a boost to his chances of ending up with her, even if his plans always backfire. He's later summoned by Miss Oaya who often forces him to reconsider his actions after she knocks him down a peg.- Obviously Evil: A black outfit with horns, and a constantly scowling face with fangs, it would be ridiculous to think he's anything but evil.
- The Rival: True to his name, Rivar's antagonism towards Taru is mostly because he's in love with Mimora.
Niruru
Niruru
Alternate Spelling: Nilulunote
Voiced by: Mayumi Seto
The closest thing to a pet that Taruruto has. He's a strange creature that can transform into anyone and anything, just as long as he can see who or what he's transforming into. Unsurprisingly, there's no guarantee that his transformation will go as planned, and even when it does, any human form only allows him to move his tongue. Treasure Guardian
Treasure Guardian
Voiced by: Toshiko Fujita
A mysterious, vicious, and otherworldly-looking woman who is the keeper of an underground treasure. Said treasure is said to be worth 50 hundred million yen.- Kindness Button: Upon being kissed by Taru, she warms up to him and Honmaru and decides to let them have the treasure (in the anime though, she can't give them the actual treasure but offers them a consolation reward).
Honmaru's Family
Shogunnosuke Edojō
Shogunosuke Edojō
Alternate Spelling: Shogunnosuke Edojou note
Voiced by: Hideyuki Hori
Honmaru's father who was once a delinquent disowned by his parents. He eventually became a picture book author, going under the pen name "Oedo Fireman". While he comes across as stubborn and strict, he's also as perverted as his son.- Hot-Blooded: When it comes to his picture books or physical training, he can easily get loud and reiled up. His blatant shonen-esque design emphasizes this.
Chizuru Edojō (née Jinguji)
Chizuru Edojō
Alternate Spelling: Chizuru Edojounote
Voiced by: Chieko Honda (Anime), Hiromi Tsuru (Anime, temporary substitute)
Honmaru's kind mother who eloped with Shogunnosuke as a teenager, much to the outrage of her father. Chizuru is now a stay-at-home mother who watches over the house and her family, including Taruruto, whom she welcomes with open arms after mistaking him for a doll.- Absurdly Youthful Mother: She was married at 15 years old, and given Shogunnosuke's personality, this was only inevitable. At the start of the series, she's only 27 years old while Honmaru is already 10, meaning she had Honmaru at 17 years old, 16 at the earliest.
- Good Parents: In contrast to Shogunnosuke who's downright hardcore when it comes to parenting, Chizuru is as kind and respectful to Honmaru and Taru as Iyona.
Minamino Town Residents
Matsugoro Naniwa
Matsugoro Naniwa
Voiced by: Takeshi Aono
A passionate takoyaki chef who hails from Osaka. He claims to make the best takoyaki in Japan, something both Taruruto and Honmaru agree on as it instantly becomes their favorite. He falls in love with Miss Oaya at first sight.- The Idiot from Osaka: While he's a pretty nice guy, Naniwa Matsugoro is a goofy, loud, and over-the-top Osakan native who's passionate about the way he cooks his takoyaki, calling it Osaka's best. He becomes lovestruck with Miss Oaya which instantly amplifies a lot of his key traits.
Ina Kawai
Ina Kawai
Voiced by: Eiko Masuyama
Iyona's mother who, to no one's surprise, is just as lovely as her daughter, right down to her face resembling Iyona's. She regularly makes Iyona, who is not only still in elementary school but is very modest about her appearance, wear flashy and provocative outfits, including the infamous red swimsuit. She has a habit of telling Iyona that "She is the daughter of the Kawai family". It's not really recommended to take her too seriously. Harako's Butler
Harako's Butler
Voiced by: Yonehiko Kitagawa
An elderly butler who works under Harako and his family. He's loyal to the young master and often accompanies him as support in his various competitions with Honmaru. By support, that means ensuring Harako's victory, through helping him gain the upper hand, or sabotaging Harako's opponents. Though he's not aware of Taruruto's magic, he has his suspicions towards him whenever he's by Honmaru's side, and often refers to him as "the mysterious child". He'll then lure Taru with a "takoyaki day" surprise just to keep him distracted.- The Jeeves: He's basically the Japanese version of your average British butler, and the old man is always on standby for whenever Harako needs him.
Picture Book Denizens
Doberk
Doberk
Alternate Name: Doverg note
Voiced by: Keiichi Nanba
The main protagonist of Shogunnosuke's latest picture book, "Doberk's Adventure". He's supposed to be the hero of the story, but he's actually a huge coward and a useless fop.- Expy: He's a parody of Prince of Cannock from Dragon Quest II.
Nayoi
Nayoi
Voiced by: Yumi Touma
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: She's literally just Iyona in a princess dress, to the point where she was called Iyona in the original manga.
Eland
Eland
Voiced by: Yasuhiko Kawazu
One of Great King Dowaha's four elite minions. He's a squid-like cyclops that can shoot a massive beam from his eye that can cause the victim to endlessly laugh up a storm until they die. Count Racul
Count Racul
Voiced by: Yukimasa Kishino
One of Great King Dowaha's four elite minions and arguably his most prolific. He's an aristocratic vampire with a bad temper and dozens of bats in his arsenal.- Barrage of Bats: He has an entire army of over 108 bats at his disposal that can hone in on one target or an entire group.
- Classical Movie Vampire: It's no secret that he's an obvious nod to Dracula and The Dragon to the Great King Dowaha of the picture book world.
- Fangs Are Evil: No surprise as he's a vampire, but on top of drinking the blood from his victims, one bite from these sharp fangs will turn the victim into a mindless slave.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: He attempts to bite Taru after one too many interferences, but it turns out that he bit a translucent hologram and chomped himself in the process, turning into dust.
Gabeira
Gabeira
- Corrupted Character Copy: He's just an evil version of post-1966 Gamera (or basically Gamera in his first couple of appearances).
Patulous
Patulous
Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa
One of Great King Dowaha's four elite minions. He is a centipede-like creature with a giant hand for a head.- Meaningful Name: With his head being a gaping hand, it makes his name all the more appropriate, as the definition of the word "patulous" is "spreading widely from a center".
- More Teeth than the Osmond Family: All of his teeth are sharp, and he has more of them than even Count Racul.
Great King Dowaha
Great King Dowaha
Alternate Names: Dowahhanote , Great King Bwahanote
Voiced by: Kōzō Shioya
A demonic king who plans to corrupt his world into a pit of darkness, and is more than willing to invade the real world as his next goal. He notably bears a strong resemblance to Taruruto's equally demonic-looking father found in the Great Magic Encyclopedia.- Dub Name Change: In the English version of the manga, he's referred to as "Bwaha" instead of "Dowaha".
- Evil Is Hammy: What do you expect from a loud guy with a literal Evil Laugh for a name?
- Horned Humanoid: He has thick horns that look similar to those of a ram.
- Maou the Demon King: He's somehow both a straight example and a parody of this. Though he's evil, massive, and intimidating, he's a Large Ham who has loud, bright colors to match his over-the-top personality.
- Mobile-Suit Human: It turns out that his giant intimidating appearance is nothing more than a facade in that it's a giant robot being powered by a dwarf that who looks very similar.
