Central Characters
Ikuo Ryuzaki
The main character and the younger of the Twin Dragons. Ryuzaki elected to join the MPD while Danno joined the Yakuza.- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: behaves rather peculiarly but is still an extremely effective police officer
- The Cape
- Establishing Character Moment: sniffing the mouth of a corpse to determine what their last meal was.
- Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: will often get involved in cases that the police department chooses to ignore.
Tatsuya Danno
The older of the Twin Dragons, a no nonsense member of the Yakuza and the duo’s eye in the criminal world.- Big Brother Instinct: towards Ryuzaki, much to his own annoyance.
- The Cowl
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: with Ryuzaki.
- Precocious Crush: a flashback indicates that he may have had one on Yuiko-sensei.
Miduki Hibino
Ryuzaki’s long time partner in MPD- Hollywood Homely: she looks plain at worst, even when work gets in the way of her personal hygiene.
- Missing Mom: her mother died while she was very young.
- Parental Neglect: as a child the most she saw of her father was when he’d come home to change his clothes.
- Smurfette Principle: In-Universe example, one of only three women in the first division of the MPD.
- She’s also a Deconstruction as she is often looked down upon and suffers through several instances of sexual harassment from her male peers with few exeptions.
- "Well Done, Daughter!" Girl: it’s been established that one of the reasons she joined the police force in the first place was so her workaholic father would finally, pay attention to her.
Golden Watch
An unidentified police officer who covered up Yuiko-sensei’s murder.- Big Bad: seems to be this for the entire series.
- The Faceless
- No Name Given
- Red Baron
- Screw the Rules, I Make Them!: “the ones who can effortlessly crush that tiny life of yours should be the police too, right?”
Shinjuku Second Division
Kaoru Mishima
Section Chief of the Second Division’s criminal affaires department.- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: on the outside he’s a jovial, laidback officer looking for someone to share a drink with, but he didn’t get to be a section chief on that alone.
Naotarou Kura
Second Division detective partnered with Kandori Kazuma.- Dirty Old Man: fifty years old and has a crush on Hibino-San.
- Eyes Always Shut: they only open when he’s angry or is making a close observation.
- Married to the Job: according to Kandori he’s never had a girlfriend.
- Those Two Guys: with Kandori.
Shinjuku First Division
Shinichi Chono
- Hometown Hero: a few chapters focusing on him showed him being treated this way in his neighborhood.
- Inspector Javert: something of a subversion, while he is determined to figure out the connection between Danno and Ryuzaki, he mostly treats it as a hobby and doesn’t drop everything he’s doing or neglect his other police duties to chase after either of them.
MPD
Other Police
Yakuza
Other Criminals
Civilians
