Recurrent characters that appear in almost all games and related material from the Tengai Makyou series.
Paul Hieronymus Chada
Totally NOT Karl Marx
This guy deserves special mention, despite not being an in-game character per se, as he's the "person" whose "book", Far East of Eden, the whole series is based of, and Hudson Soft, Red Entertaiment and Ouji Hiroi decided to adapt into a videogame. The only thing we know about him is the fact he was an American sociologist and historian born in the 19th century, but it's never explained how the hell he got all those chronicles about Jipang, other than the fact that he was an orientalist working in the Smithsonian Museum.- Author Avatar: Of Ouji Hiroi, Hudson Soft and Red Entertaiment (and also Konami by default, as they absorbed Hudson Soft later)
- Expy: Of Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud.
- Meta Fiction: He wrote Far East of Eden, whose chronicles inspired the programmers in creating the whole franchise, even if that book has the same level of credibility as the Necronomicon.
- Occidental Otaku: Sort of, due to his job.
- Punny Name: His name, written as P.H. Chada is an elaborate pun of one of Ouji Hiroi's pseudonyms and his own's (Prince (Ouji) Hiroshi Adachi, when Chada is a misspelling of Adachi written backwards)note
Manto
Voiced by: Shigeru Chiba
A talking and sentient (somewhat) immortal baboon, who has lived for centuries, but it is more than obvious his immortality has turned him into a idiot. His role in all the games of the series is mostly is being one of the many villains the heroes have to defeat, except that his plans always end backfiring badly, but when he gets serious, he can be a real pain to beat.- Butt-Monkey: Both figuratively and literally.
- Cloudcuckoolander
- Immortal Immaturity: Centuries of life has certainly damaged his mental health.
- Killer Gorilla: Well, he's a baboon, but still.
- Maniac Monkeys
- Shoryuken: He can use one of these in Kabuki Klash.
- SNK Boss: In Kabuki Klash
- Stupid Evil: He can a extremely dangerous foe... if only he had enough gray matter for that.
- Troll: He loves to make fun of you, especially in his victory quotes in Kabuki Klash.
The Ashimoto Brothers and Mr. Ashimoto
Voiced by: Kazuki Yao
A group of Camp Gay brothers who always tries to swindle our heroes in almost every game, but just like Manto, they always end failing for whatever reason.- Camp Gay: An entire family of them.
- Creepy Crossdressers: They're one of the few characters in the franchise who are dressed with something that resembles traditional Japanese clothing, but on the other hand, they're all dressed like geishas.
Hoteimaru
Voiced by: Takeshi Aono
A Catholic priest who ends up in Jipang when his ship sinks due to a storm and now he has to live there, albeit this was his idea from a beginning, since he wanted to visit Jipang to evangelize their people.- The Cameo: He appears dancing in Orochimaru's stage in Kabuki Klash
- Cloudcuckoolander
- Expy: Technically, he's a goofy parody of both John Blackthorne/Anjin-san and the Spaniard missionary Francis Xavier, one of the first missionaries to travel to Japan, having similar backgrounds to both, but Played for Laughs.
- Funny Foreigner: Albeit with good intentions.
- Gratuitous English: He speaks mixing Japanese with English in a very hilarious way.
- Non-Specifically Foreign: We don't know from which country he's from and "Hoteimaru" is obviously not his real name, but it's heavily implied that he's from Europe.
- Occidental Otaku: He always wanted to go to Jipang and he tries to blend with their society, with hilarious results.
- Rummage Sale Reject: One of the biggest offenders, along with the females: His dress is a mix between a Catholic priest, a clown, and he wears a traditional Japanese ponytail (or chonmage).
