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Yaeko "Yakko" Mitamura
Voiced by: Mitsuko Horie
A nice girl who works in her father's Okonomiyaki restaurant and attends evening classes at the university.
- Adaptation Dye-Job: Yakko is blonde in the manga, but has brown hair in the anime except for the OP.
- All-Loving Hero: She is a very compassionate person, even showing kindness towards Meiko, the Rich Bitch who hates her.
- Daddy's Girl: While she's occasionally annoyed by her father's behavior, she spends most of her time helping him in his restaurant. He's the only family member she has, so she's obviously loyal to him.
- Dating What Daddy Hates: Her father doesn't like Go and Satomi because they are rock musicians and have long hair.
- The Ditherer: Her inability to choose between her admirers Go and Satomi drives the plot. She genuinely likes both, only realizing she has real feelings for Go near the end.
- Dude Magnet: Go and Satomi are in love with her, Go's little brother Hashizo has an adoring obsession for her, and the customers at her father's restaurant commented on how pretty she is. Even Juliano the cat is attracted to Yakko and daydreams about marrying her.
- Girl Next Door: A cute, friendly, and approachable girl who takes care of her Love Interest's younger brother while working at her father's restaurant.
- Lethal Chef: Yakko lives in an okonomiyaki restaurant, and yet she can barely handle making them.
- Magnetic Hero: She easily befriends everyone, due to her Nice Girl nature and willingness to help people.
- Morality Pet: She's the only girl Juliano doesn't hate.
- Naïve Everygirl: All the other girls in the series are portrayed as confident and aggressively pursuing boys, while Yakko is an innocent and indecisive Dude Magnet who can't even decide which one of her admirers she actually likes back.
- Nice Girl: One of the most hepful and caring girls around.
- Obliviously Beautiful: At one point, she thinks she could never compete with a beautiful and rich girl like Meiko, despite the fact that most of the guys in the series are in love with Yakko herself, not Meiko. She also seems unaware of the reaction she gets from boys when she's half-naked or in bikini.
- Oblivious to Love: Initially, she doesn't realize when Go starts to develop feelings for her.
- Parental Substitute: Becomes this to Hashizo since their first meeting. Since Hashizo's parents are dead, he desperately wants a mother figure.
- Wacky Parent, Serious Child: She's calm and down-to-earth, her father is neurotic and prone to overreactions.
Go Kato
Voiced by: Isao Sasaki
Lead singer of the rock band Bee Hive. He falls in love with Yakko.
- Aloof Big Brother: He is rarely at home, causing his little brother Hashizo to spend time with Yakko and her father.
- Anime Hair: Go's blond and red hair.
- Belligerent Sexual Tension: His first interaction with Yakko has her slapping him, and they get into a few arguments initially. The tension becomes less belligerent after a while.
- Berserk Button: He despises liars.
- Chick Magnet: As the lead singer of a popular rock band, he has fangirls.
- Cool Big Bro: To Hashizo, who adores him.
- Crazy Jealous Guy: When it comes to Yakko. At times he gets so jealous that he's willing to fight his best friend, who is also in love with her.
- Even the Guys Want Him: The "Kiss Relish" Camp Straight vocalist openly flirts with him, despite being married to a woman.
- Friendly Rivalry:
- With Satomi, his best friend who is also in love with Yakko. Despite their arguments, they eventually decide to maintain their friendship while waiting for Yakko to make a decision.
- With the "Kiss Relish" vocalist, whose band is Bee Hive's main rival to win the national competition. They respect each other's music.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Satomi. While their mutual love for Yakko made them have fights, they eventually make peace, as they don't want to ruin their friendship.
- Hidden Depths: He's much more serious and responsible than he looks like at first.
- Ladykiller in Love: Go has The Casanova fame, but when he falls for Yakko... he falls hard.
- Promotion to Parent: He has been taking care of his little brother Hashizo since their parents's death.
Hashizo Kato
Voiced by: Yuko Mita
Go's little brother, who becomes very close to Yakko.
- Annoying Younger Sibling: He means well, but can be a nuisance to Go at times.
- Big Brother Worship: He worships his older brother Go, though he worships his surrogate mom and Cool Big Sis Yakko even more. Obviously, he's the biggest Shipper on Deck for them.
- Cheerful Child: When he's not being a whiny crybaby, he's usually optimistic and friendly.
- The Cutie: He is seen as adorable in-universe, especially by Yakko, her father, and one of Hashizo's classmates in kindergarten.
- Free-Range Children: He is allowed to wander about his town alone with his cat. And he has just started kindergarten.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: With his cat Juliano. They can never stay away from each other too long.
- Morality Pet: To Shige, who has a soft spot for him, and also for his own pet Juliano.
- Precocious Crush: Zig-zagged. He absolutely adores Yakko, but wants her to marry his older brother, not himself. But when his classmate got a crush on him, he states that he loves Yakko much more.
- Shipper on Deck: To the point of obsession. He desperately wants his brother and Yakko to get together, to have Yakko in his family.
Juliano
Voiced by: Masashi Amenomori, Shingo Kanemoto
Hashizo's cat and inseparable best friend.
- Big Eater: He has accumulated a lot of weight for a cat.
- Butt-Monkey: A regular victim of slapstick, often getting comically hurt when the other characters are not paying attention.
- Cats Are Mean: Grumpy, selfish, and with a deep hatred of all women, except Yakko.
- Cats Are Snarkers: Easily the snarkiest character, and provides many funny one-liners in his interactions with Hashizo, Go, and Yakko who are not snarky at all.
- Covert Pervert: He blushes whenever he gets a chance to see Yakko naked or in the shower.
- Freudian Excuse: He was abandoned by his girlfriend before being adopted by Go and Hashizo. Hashizo explains that it's the reason why Juliano hates all women.
- He-Man Woman Hater: Due to his Dark and Troubled Past with a female cat, he hates all women. He only warms up to Yakko, despite a rough start.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Hashizo. They can never stay away from each other too long.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He is rude and grumpy, but exremely loyal towards the people he loves, especially Hashizo, Go, Yakko, and Shige.
- Plucky Comic Relief: He brings comedy with his obsession with food and Butt-Monkey tendencies, even in serious situations.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Okonomiyaki, especially if cooked by Shige.
- Undying Loyalty: To Hashizo. When Hashizo runs away, Juliano is always following him. He would also follow Yakko if she is in danger.
Satomi Okawa
Voiced by: Katsuji Mori
Go's best friend and keyboard player for the Bee Hive band. He is in love with Yakko.
- Anime Hair: Specifically, purple long hair. His hair is the reason why Yakko's father hates him.
- Crazy Jealous Guy: The first time he notices Go becoming too close to Yakko, he harshly tells his friend to stay away from her.
- Dogged Nice Guy: He politely woos Yakko, while giving her flowers and patiently waiting to win her heart.
- Friendly Rivalry: With Go, his best friend who is also in love with Yakko. Despite their arguments, they eventually decide to maintain their friendship while waiting for Yakko to make a decision.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Go. While their mutual love for Yakko made them have fights, they eventually make peace, as they don't want to ruin their friendship.
- Long-Haired Pretty Boy: With his curly and very long purple hair, he is a very good-looking Pretty Boy who has in-universe fangirls.
- Mellow Fellow: A calm and polite guy, he rarely loses his cool.
- Nice Guy: He remains a good friend to Go, even after realizing Yakko is in love with him.
- Romantic False Lead: One of the most sympathetic examples. He could very easily be the right guy for Yakko in a different way than Go. But Yakko's closeness to Go and his family makes it clear that she was meant to be with him.
Shigemaro Mitamura
Voiced by: Takeshi Aono
Yakko's short-tempered father. He doesn't like Go that much, but is very fond of Go's little brother Hashizo.
- Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Yakko at times worries about her father, even saying that he always manages to embarrass himself.
- Boyfriend-Blocking Dad: He gets mad any time he sees a guy interested in his daughter, though it's kinda understandable since he's raised Yakko alone after his wife died.
- Bumbling Dad: His daughter Yakko is more mature than him.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: Especially when boys are mentioned, he's easily pissed off.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's narrow-minded, overprotective and can't stand musicians but he clearly loves his daughter and wants the best for her. He also really cares about Hashizo and Juliano, and eventually accepts Go as well.
- Parental Substitute: To Hashizo and Juliano. He's very happy to invite them to his restaurant, cook for them, and treat them like family members.
- Parents as People: He can be overly strict and stubborn, but he tries his best to raise his daughter since his wife died.
- Plucky Comic Relief: The funniest character along with Juliano.
- Supreme Chef: Apparently a very good cook and the reason why Juliano adores him.
- Wacky Parent, Serious Child: His daughter Yakko is calm and down-to-earth, while he's neurotic and prone to overreactions.
Isuzu Fujita
Voiced by: Satomi Majima
A close friend of Yakko and a huge Bee Hive fangirl.
- Beta Couple: She and guitarist Eiji end up this way. Two secondary characters who had easier time getting together, in contrast to the Go/Yakko/Satomi/Meiko Love Dodecahedron.
- Fangirl: Of the Bee Hive band, especially Go. After getting over her crush on Go, she starts dating guitarist Eiji Tono.
- Happily Married: To Eiji. She's the only one who ends up getting married before the end of the story.
- Hopeless Suitor: Starts off as this to Go, who only has eyes for Yakko. She gets over it and ends up supporting Go and Yakko's relationship.
Meiko Kajiwara
Voiced by: Chiyoko Kawashima
Satomi's biggest admirer who considers Yakko a rival.
- Alpha Bitch: Openly antagonistic towards Yakko, and even uses her Girl Posse to threaten her.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: When it comes to Satomi and his feelings for Yakko, she gets insanely jealous.
- Defrosting Ice Queen: Her Character Development makes her more sympathetic and vulnerable. By the end of the story, she doesn't hate Yakko anymore, especially after Yakko helps her with her relationship with Satomi.
- Fangirl: Only of Satomi. She completely ignores the rest of the band.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: She often hangs out with the Bee Hive, but it's clear that none of them enjoy her company, including Satomi for a good part of the story.
- Hopeless Suitor: To Satomi, who only has eyes for Yakko. Downplayed in the anime, where Satomi learns to return her feelings at the end.
- Promoted to Love Interest: She never ends up with Satomi in the manga, but she does in the anime.
- Rich Bitch: An elegant and fashionable girl from a wealthy family, and not a very nice person.
- Single-Target Sexuality: She only cares about Satomi, especially in the anime. In the manga, she gets another boyfriend, though her feelings for Satomi have not entirely disappeared.
- Token Evil Teammate: Initially, she's a clingy Jerkass who only hangs out with the Bee Hive and their friends because of her crush on Satomi, and she actively dislikes Yakko. She gets better.
- Tomboyish Ponytail: Downplayed. She always wears a ponytail, but she's very feminine.
- Yandere: Her obsession with Satomi is insane. She even tries to manipulate Yakko's friend Isuzu against her, and makes her believe that Yakko is an evil person who wants to steal other people's men.
Kaoru Chiba
Voiced by: ?
Meiko's sister and Hashizo's classmate, who is in love with him.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: She's very sweet and friendly, but throws tantrums when she thinks Hashizo may like someone else more than her.
- Puppy Love: Despite being in kindergarten, she's very open about her crush on Hashizo, who is mostly embarrassed of it.
Eiji Tono
Voiced by: Kaneto Shiozawa
Bee Hive's guitar player.
- Beta Couple: With Isuzu. Two secondary characters who had easier time getting together, in contrast to the Go/Yakko/Satomi/Meiko Love Dodecahedron.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Awkward, immature, but a talented guitarist.
- Cool Shades: Very often wears sunglasses due to the rocker guy image.
- Happily Married: To Isuzu. They are the only ones who end up getting married before the end of the story.
- Plucky Comic Relief: While he doesn't get much screentime, he seems to be the band's Butt-Monkey.
