Characters sheet for ATTACK on MIKA.
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Protagonists
Characters portrayed as protagonists. Mika Shingeki
A young girl with orange hair who was portrayed before with a covid mask on her face. She is the titular character.
- Ascended Extra: For the Japanese channel specifically, while Mika was the channel mascot from the beginning, it took eleven months before she started being used as a character proper in the stories themselves, at which point she became the true star of the channel. This isn't the case for the English channel, where episodes with Mika have aired since the beginning.
- As Himself: Actually Mika exists in real life as creator of "ATTACK on MIKA" stories. The face of a real person on the photo in the opening title belongs to her real-life version.
- Depending on the Artist: Her hair length varies from being right below her shoulders to her mid-back. Also in some episodes she is shown without her mask.
- Fourth-Wall Observer: She will sometimes make remarks throughout or at the end of a story even though she doesn't appear on-screen given that she is the titular character.
- Iconic Outfit: During the COVID-19 pandemic she was seen with her white face covid mask, mainly as a schoolgirl. Now she doesn't wear it, but still has white jacket.
- Official Couple: She is often paired with Ichi.
- Tsundere: A few episodes have her as someone who cannot confess to Ichi, so she teases him.
Ichi Murakami
- Abusive Parents: He often ends up with these as a child.
- Depending on the Artist: In some episodes he could have completely black hair.
- Family Versus Career: In one episode, after his girlfriend dumped him for not being rich, he decided to work harder. However, this left him with little time to spend with his adoptive daughter Mika. On the day of her birthday, Hideo gave him a lot of work and he was barely able to make it in time to go to the restaurant where he and Mika were to spend her birthday. The work that Ichi did landed him a promotion which made his work life easier, leaving him with more time to spend with Mika.
- Official Couple: He is often paired with Mika.
Hinako
A blue-haired girl.
- Big Sister Instinct: When Taizo kept making fun of her stepbrother Riku, she gave a glare and scared him away.
- Extreme Doormat: She will often let others walk on her and is often mistreated by the antagonists.
- Nice Girl: She is a very kind girl. She even once helped a pregnant woman even though she was late for an audition.
- Official Couple: She is often paired up with Riku.
Hajime
- Best Friend: He is best friends with Ichi.
- Crowd Pleaser: In one story, he always tried to get people's approval and have friends. This led to him taking up more work for other people so they will hang out with him. This led to him not going to the hospital and being there for his mother's last moments since he had to stay late. After that and meeting Ichi, who joined the yakuza, he quit his job and opened a diner in honor of his mother.
- Cute Little Fangs: He always sports these.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: He and Ichi are so close that Mika often speculates whether they are more than just friends.
- Punny Name: Apart from his name meaning "beginning", it's also the nanori (naming) pronunciation of the Japanese numeral symbol for one (δΈ€) and he's best friends with Ichi.
Katsuya
A former delinquent who is trying to change to a good student.
- Book Dumb: Well he did start at the school with the lowest test scores, but he can achieve high grades if he wants to as evidenced by him working hard on a test to prove the guidance counselor wrong.
- Berserk Button: Do not threaten his friends.
- Fiery Redhead: He has red hair and was a former troublemaker, and although he mellowed out, he can still fight especially when people harass his friends.
- Japanese Delinquent: Was a former one. The realization that he didn't have any real friends was what made him to change his ways.
- Opaque Nerd Glasses: When he decided to quit being a delinquent, he wears swirly glasses to mask his past.
Jin
A former delinquent turned into a house husband.
- House Husband: He became this when he married Kaede.
- Face of a Thug: Even after he quit being a delinquent, his scary face can intimidate people.
- Good Parents: He dotes on his daughter Koharu. He even once gave good advice to a mother not to hold back her blind daughter just because of her disability.
Fujio
A man with red eyes. He usually works at a ramen store.
- Face of a Thug: Owing to his scary face, people are intimidated by him.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He may be an ex-Yakuza but he is kind deep down.
Riku Okamoto
A blue haired man.
- Official Couple: He is paired up with Hinako.
Haruko Suzuki
A quiet girl.
- Beware the Quiet Ones: If pushed too far, she will make sure the perpetrator suffers harshly for it.
- Idiot Hair: She sports a prominent ahoge, which can sometimes become heart-shaped around Hatsuo.
- Official Couple: She is paired with Hatsuo.
Antagonists
Characters portrayed as antagonists but occasionally have been portrayed as good. Tsuneo
An insufferable nerd that always puts others down.
- Expy: He is based from Suneo from Doraemon.
- Insufferable Genius: He is always bragging about his good grades and annoying others about studying.
- Picky Eater: In one episode, he only eats foods that his expensive chef makes and makes fun of the school cafeteria.
Tsuneko
Tsuneo's mother.
- My Beloved Smother: In one story, she forbade Tsuneo from taking part in PE because she believes that it is too dangerous for him. Tsuneo eventually stood up to her and participated in PE with the other students.
- Rich Bitch: She is rich and very snobby. She is often the reason why Tsuneo looks down on his poor classmates.
- Strong Family Resemblance: She looks like an female adult version of her son.
Yoko Wada
A blonde gonky woman.
- Rich Bitch: She is often a rich snob such as this episode where she looks down upon another poor mother and only allows her son to hang out with rich kids. She is called out on this by her son.
- Gonky Femme: Her face is quite unappealing.
Ririna
A woman with pink hair.
- Alpha Bitch: If a story is set in a school, she is likely to be this.
- The Fake Cutie: She hides her Jerkass behavior under a cutesy facade. It helps that her pink hair has green tips.
- Goblin Face: Whenever she gets pissed off or scared, she makes ugly facial expressions contrasting with her cutesy facade.
- Gold Digger: She is often depicted as one, usually in episodes involving Ichi dealing with her antics.
- Inconsistent Spelling: Some episodes spell her name as Lilian or Lilina.
- Official Couple: She is often paired up with Hideo.
- Lack of Empathy: A pregnant woman comes to her for help but she cruelly brushes her off because she was late for an audition.
Hideo Setsuna
A blond man with a surfer accent.
- Bad Boss: Several episodes have him as a manager that mistreats his employees.
- Jerkass: He is unpleasant in his unsympathetic roles.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He is this in episodes where he's a good character. One example is from here, where he despite being rough around the edges allows Ichi to serve Kayo, an homeless old lady some ramen and followed her advice on how to make it better.
- Official Couple: He is often paired up with Ririna.
- Surfer Dude: He often speaks like one in the English dub.
- Theme Naming: Hideo's nickname "Manji Setsuna Manji" includes his actual surname enclosed in swastika-lookalike symbol called manji. If there are some swastikas in Attack on Mika pages, here also should be Hideo.
Taizou Mote
A brunette man.
- The Casanova: He often gets the women that dumped the protagonists mostly using his riches.
- Hair Color Dissonance: In at least one episode, Taizo's hair is dark brown instead of the usual golden.
- Jerk Jock: One episode has him invite the nerdy Ichi to a matchmaking party only to put him down.
- Official Couple: He is often paired with Aira.
Aira Saotome
A dark-blue haired girl.
- Expository Hairstyle Change: A good sign of her being redeemable in stories where she's an antagonist is if she switches from wearing her hair in pigtails to Letting Her Hair Down with only strands tied in the back.
- Goblin Face: Like Ririna, she contorts her face into ugly expressions whenever she's pissed off or scared.
- Gold Digger: She spent a lot of money while dating Hideo forcing him to work at a bar to keep up with her spending habits.
- Girlish Pig Tails: She wears her hair in pigtails with two red ribbons on each side.
- Inconsistent Spelling: Her name is sometimes spelled as Aila.
- Official Couple: She is often paired with Taizou.
Mami
A honey blonde girl with a manly-looking face.
- Berserk Button: She hates being called ugly.
- Gonky Femme: Like Momoko, she has a manly-looking face, but differs in the fact she is stuck-up and deluded in her looks.
- Small Name, Big Ego: She often thinks of herself as more beautiful than she really is.
Konomi Kanemochi
A stuck-up rich girl.
- Depending on the Artist: Some episodes have her hair down instead of her usual beehive hairstyle.
- Goblin Face: She makes exaggerated facial expressions like Ririna and Aira.
- Official Couple: She is paired with recurring male character called Kazuma.
- Ojou Ringlets: She sports one at each side of her head, showcasing her status.
- Punny Name: Her full name means "likes rich people" in the Japanese naming order. This also showcases she only marries for money.
- Rich Bitch: She will not hesitate to flaunt her wealth and will make fun of anyone who is not as rich as her.
Hatsuo Togari
A brown-haired man.
- Casanova Wannabe: He always tries to get girls, but he always fails miserably.
- Official Couple: He is often paired up with Haruko.
Other Characters
Supporting characters. Namiko
A blonde-haired deliquent.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite being a delinquent, she is kind deep down and won't hesitate to help others.
Usui
A balding man.
- Benevolent Boss: He is usually a good boss to his employees and won't let the antagonist get away with their antics.
Momoko Sugawa
A girl with a manly looking face.
- Captain Ersatz: Her hairstyle resembles that of Sailor Moon.
- Gonky Femme: Her face has a manly looking appearance.
Tanaka
An anthropomorphic cat.
- Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Tanaka wears clothes and is a human-sized talking cat in a world of humans where anthropomorphic beings are not common at all. No one ever acknowledges, or even seems to notice, that he is a cat.