; : :Shinnosuke's class teacher and wife of Junichi Ishizaka, who has a rivalry with Ume Matsuzaka and often argues with her, but takes care of and protects her in certain critical situations. Shinnosuke and his friends use her residence as the secret base of the Kasukabe Defence Force, which she has forbidden them from doing after her marriage. She is known as Miss Dori Snell in the Vitello and Phuuz dubs and Miss Anderson in the Funimation dub. ; : :A 24-year-old woman who is the Rose Class's teacher and Ishizaka's rival, who comes from a peasant family in rural Japan. She likes to live in style, but in reality she struggles to save money for luxuries and lives in a cheap apartment. Although she has stated that she dislikes teaching at Futaba Kindergarten and plans to move to a better school, she does not do so, even when offered the opportunity to work at another kindergarten with higher pay. Since she is single, she often tries to date other people, but her dates are often ruined or they are already married. She eventually meets Tokurou, but their relationship does not work out. She is known as Miss Uma in the Vitello and Phuuz dubs and Rachel Katz in the Funimation dub, in which she is portrayed as having not dated anyone for a long time, and is bitter towards Anderson's relationship with Doyle as a result. ; : :A 22-year-old woman who is the teacher of the Sakura class. She was originally a substitute teacher for Matsuzaka after she was hospitalized with a broken leg, but was later hired permanently following the creation of the Sakura class and was made its teacher. She has a
fear of heights and is easily nervous, especially when teaching a large group of children. She is in love with Kuroiso, who is Ai's personal bodyguard, and dates him, but the motivation behind it changes between the manga and the anime from admiration to romance. Miss Ageo always wears glasses. She is ferocious when her glasses are taken off. She is known as Miss Agnes in the Vitello and Phuuz dubs and Miss Polly in the Funimation dub. ; : :The principal of Futaba Kindergarten, who is often misunderstood by others because of his
yakuza-like appearance, but is really kind and optimistic. He has high blood pressure due to stress, which he states is because of the teachers and Shinnosuke and his friends. His name is derived from the actors
Bunta Sugawara and
Ken Takakura, who were famous for their yakuza roles in movies. He is known as Principal Enzo in the Vitello and Phuuz dubs and Principal Bernoulli Ench in the Funimation dub, where he is portrayed as a half-
Peruvian, half-
gypsy man who was once a magician, but was exiled from his home country after killing several audience members during one of his magic acts. ; : :Hiroshi's father and Shinnosuke and Himawari's paternal grandfather, who, like his son and grandson, likes to flirt with women. When he visits his family, he always stays for much longer than Misae would like, causing friction between them. He is more technologically advanced than his son and daughter-in-law, as he is shown using mobile phones long before Hiroshi and Misae bought their own. In the Funimation dub, he is called "Gin" and is said to have roamed the countryside on a motorcycle when he was younger. He is known as Gary in the Vitello and Phuuz dubs. ; : :Hiroshi's mother and Shinnosuke and Himawari's paternal grandmother, who is more reasonable than her husband but sometimes participates in his antics. : ; : :Misae's father and Shinnosuke and Himawari's maternal grandfather, who, as a retired teacher, has much higher standards of public decorum than Ginnosuke, which results in them frequently arguing. Although he is stubborn like his daughters and grandson and conservative, he is caring and dotes on his grandchildren. Hiroshi is afraid of Yoshiji due to his strict demeanor, and he initially disapproves of him marrying Misae, but later accepts him as his son-in-law after seeing that his dream is to raise children. He is known as Waldo in the Vitello and Phuuz dubs, Yoshi Koyama in the Funimation dub, and Yoshio Koyama in the Indian dub. ; : :Misae's mother and Shinnosuke and Himawari's maternal grandmother. She often argues with Yoshiji and, like him, looks down on Ginnosuke's behavior, but gets along well with his wife Tsuru. In the Funimation dub, she is implied to have
threatened to kill herself in the past, but often doubts that she will go through with it. ; : :Misae's younger sister and Shinnosuke and Himawari's aunt. She is an amateur photographer and dreams of becoming a professional one. Compared to her sisters, she is more childlike, and as such gets along well with the local kids. After arguing with her father, who disapproved of her career because he thought she was too lazy to achieve anything, she secretly travels to Kasukabe and begins living with Misae. After Yoshiji discovers this during a surprise visit to Kasukabe, he declares that if Musae does not achieve anything in the next three months, he will make other arrangements for her. As such, Musae, with help from Shinnosuke, begins working as an assistant to a well-established photographer, moving out of the Noharas' house and into a rented room in the 'Falling Apartments'. However, after working for a few months, she has a falling out with her employer and returns to living with Misae, and her sisters and parents unsuccessfully attempt to convince her to get married because of her refusal to become a housewife. She later begins working at the Kasukabe book store. She is known as Musae Mausi in the Indian dub and Bitzi Koyama in the Funimation dub, where she is stated to be a
brown-brown addict. ; "Ai-Chan" : :A five-year-old girl and Kawaguchi's sister, who once lived in the US city of
New York until they moved to Japan and enrolled her in Futaba Kindergarten after throwing a dart at a map of Japan to determine where she would go next. She is in love with Shinnosuke and uses his weaknesses to get him to notice her, but he is oblivious to her efforts. Later on in the series, she and her family permanently move to
Hokkaido, but occasionally return to visit. She is known as Sally in the Phuuz dub. ; : :A boy nicknamed "Cheetah" because he often wears a leopard shirt and has formed a clique with his classmates Hitoshi and Terunobu. He dislikes Shinnosuke and Kazama and often argues with them. Although he is confident in his athletic abilities and is the leader of the Rose Class, which almost always loses to the Sunflower Class, he can be kind, such as when he agrees to help Shinnosuke make a gift for Masao after she is hospitalized, and when he is upset after the Kasukabe Defence Force announces that they are "disbanding". ; : :A kindergarten student of Rose class who, along with Terunobu, likes to bully Masao. In the Funimation dub, he is unnamed and is portrayed as a second-grader rather than a kindergartner. ; : :A kindergarten student of Rose class who, along with Hitoshi, likes to bully Masao. Like Hitoshi, in the Funimation dub he is unnamed and portrayed as a second-grader. ; : :Nene's mother, who, despite being annoyed by Shinnosuke's antics, is friends with Misae and visits her in the hospital after she is hospitalized. She expresses her anger by using a stuffed toy rabbit, which Nene also does. She is known as Ruby in the Vitello and Phuuz dubs and Patty Milfer in the Funimation dub. In the LUK Internacional dub, she has a British accent. A recurring joke is that she seeks to leave her abusive husband and
work in a brothel to support herself financially. It is also stated that she had another child after Penny named Caitlin, who drowned in a lake. ; : :Kazama's mother, who has made him do many extracurricular activities, including football, cricket, and English tuitions. She is friends with Misae, who is secretly jealous of her wealth and having a good-mannered son like Kazama. It is also implied that she suffers from
premature greying of hair. :She is known as Barbara Prescott in the Funimation dub. ; : :Masao's mother, who greatly resembles him. ; : :Ai-chan's bodyguard and driver, who is loyal to her and has dated Miss Ageo. He is known as Mr. K in the Funimation dub. ; : :A college girl who dreams of becoming a kindergarten teacher and on whom Shinnosuke has a crush. She is the only one who is not bothered by his behavior and the only one he tries to behave for. She is known as Miss Bono in the Vitello and Phuuz dubs. ; : :Nanako's father. He is a famous author of many popular books. He is overprotective of his daughter and worries too much about her. He is often seen disrupting any important matter at hand whenever he has the most extremely subtle (false) hint that Nanako may be in trouble. He disapproves of Shin-chan's affections for his daughter, though they both band together in keeping an eye on her. :In the Funimation dub, he is known as
Will Cumton, and is re-imagined as a vampire who exclusively appears in the episode "True
Twillight Diaries". Similar to most stereotypical vampires, he is afraid of garlic, silver, and sunlight. He is also said to be able to transform into a half-bat half-human form, which he can use to fly away. He went on a snowboarding trip with Nanako (who was not aware of his real identity) and intended to use her body to replace her soul with that of his deceased lover, Cookie. He was also responsible for Rex's "mysterious" death, who used to be Nanako's ex-boyfriend and a famous snow-boarder. His attempts to seduce Nanako were all foiled by Shin. He is voiced with a
Cajun accent, and is stated to be from
Louisiana, as well as being rather wealthy. ; : :Nanako's friend from college, who dreams of becoming a
professional wrestler. Her name is based on the wrestler
Shinobu Kandori. In the manga, she falls in love with the Noharas' neighbor Omata, but later breaks up with him in order to focus on her wrestling career. She is known as Griselda in the Funimation dub, where she is stated to be Dutch. ; : :Shijuurou's editor, who works of Futaba Publishing, which is known as Mitsuba Publishing in the anime. He is based on the editor-in-chief of
Manga Town, the magazine the
Crayon Shin-chan manga is serialized in. In the Funimation dub, he is known as Renfield and is depicted as Vampire Will's servant. ; : :The 17-year-old leader of the clique Saitama Red Scorpions. Despite her violent and brash behavior, she is kind and gentle and has a secret hobby of cosplaying as
Sailor Moon characters, which hides from her teammates along with the fact that she does not know how to use a cell phone. She also has a crush on Shinnoshuke's kendo teacher. ; : :A member of the Saitama Red Scorpions, known as "Fish-eyed Ogin" because she wears a mask with an "X" on it that resembles the eye of a dead fish. Despite her violent and stoic demeanor, she can be kind as she tries to help her sick mother. ; : :A member of the Saitama Red Scorpions who tries to help her friends even though she is clumsy and not good at fighting. ; : :Hiroshi's coworker, who looks up to him and often goes out to lunch with him. He has a crush on his junior colleague Yumi Kusaka. He is known as Morty Giffel in the Vitello and Phuuz dubs. ; :Hiroshi's boss and manager. ; : :A 29-year-old woman who is Misae's friend from middle school and Satoshi's wife. Keiko is also known as Aunt Okei (オケイ おばさん, Okei Obasan) ; : :A 21-year-old man and Keiko's husband, who loves anime and owns many Action Mask movies and action figures.He is known as Jim in the Vitello and Phuuz dubs. ; : :Keiko and Satoshi's son. ; :Keiko's niece, who sometimes babysits Shinnosuke and Hitoshi. ; : :The Nohara family's neighbor, who likes to gossip and talk with Misae. The Nohara family temporarily lives in her house after their own house was destroyed by an explosion due to a gas leak. After moving into "Falling Apartments", they entrust Shiro to her because the landlady did not allow them to have pets. She is known as Goobers in the Vitello and Phuuz dubs and Yuka in the Funimation dub. ; : :Kitamoto's nephew, who lives in the United States but sometimes stays at her house. Since he is unfamiliar with Japanese culture, Shinnosuke tries to teach him about it, but is often wrong.In the Funimation dub, he is an albino French man who was sent to Yuka through
couch surfing to keep her company. Kenta believes him to be "the albino titan, Beezledrop", and sent him to Afghanistan to open a portal. He later returns to Kasukabe, but was apparently indoctrinated by terrorists during his time in Afghanistan. In the LUK Internacional dub, he is French instead of American. ; : :The Nohara family's neighbor, who, along with his family, move next door to them after meeting them during a trip to
Hawaii. They were originally one-shot characters, but their reintroduction as reoccurring characters resulted in a redesign in their appearance. They are mentioned as having few friends, and often come to visit the Noharas, only to argue over trivial matters. Yocchi is close to his wife to the point that he is unwilling to leave her to go to work or when she has to be hospitalized due to illness. In the Funimation dub, he and his wife are in constant debt due to their constant spending and need to have new things. He is known as Luis in the Vitello and Phuuz dubs. ; : :Yoshirin's wife. She likes to watch
horror movies and collect stuffed
dinosaurs, much to his dismay. Whenever she and Yocchi have a fight, often over trivial matters, they end up going to the Noharas for advice and often reconcile by deciding they do not want to become like Hiroshi and Misae. She is known as Gidgy in the Vitello and Phuuz dubs. ; : :The landlord of "Falling Apartments", who strictly enforces rules such as being quiet in the halls and not allowing pets. She is possessive of the apartments because they are the only remnant of her late husband, who died in a car accident along with their three-year-old daughter. In the manga, she is shown as a midwife to Midori, who went into labor in at the apartments while returning a book to Misae, and assisted in the birth of her daughter. In the Funimation dub, Shinnosuke refers to her as Manlady. ; : :The Nohara family's neighbor at "Falling Apartments", who works at a supermarket. Misae and Hiroshi had mistakenly believed that he attended
Tokyo University rather than Tokyo Kasukabe University and often invited him over to fancy dinners to be supportive of him so that when he eventually entered a political career, he would thank them with money and gifts. After learning their mistake, they continue to support him by providing him with food after learning that he failed the university entrance exams multiple times. Even after the Noharas move back to their old house, he continues to visit. The Funimation dub depicts him as a stereotypical nerd. ; : :An 18-year-old housewife who lives in "Falling Apartments" opposite to the Noharas. Her husband is a truck-driver, so she mostly lives alone with her two-year old daughter. Being the only other woman in the apartment to have a child, she soon befriends Misae. :She is known as Summer in the Funimation dub, where she is depicted as an American with a
valley girl accent who moved to Japan trying to find the father of her daughter, whom she only knew from a
one night stand. ; : :Atsuko's two-year-old daughter. She is known as Paris in the Funimation dub, where she is depicted as being a seven-year-old
dwarf. ; : :The resident of room 203 at "Falling Apartments", who dreams of becoming an actress and often wears outlandish costumes in order to practice for auditions. With help from Shinnosuke, she is able to pass the interview aimed at hiring new actresses for television soaps and then moves out of "Falling Apartments". ; : :Midori's 26-year-old husband, who is easygoing and gets along well with Shinnosuke and his friends, but lacks confidence. :He is known as Ricky in the Vitello and Phuuz dubs and Doyle in the Funimation dub, where he is depicted as a telepath and popcorn salesman. In season 3, he is sent to federal prison after accidentally popping an army colonel in his man-sized popcorn machine. ; : :Ume Matsuzaka's 28-year-old boyfriend, who worked as a chiropractor and archaeologist and is fascinated by all kinds of bones. He and Ume met when she broke her leg and was admitted to the hospital where he worked. He died in an explosion during an expedition with his professor in Africa, though this only happened in the manga, not the anime. ; : :A 21-year-old man who worked as a staff member at the Futaba Kindergarten. In the manga, he is depicted as a substitute teacher for Midori while she was pregnant, but in the anime, where Midori's pregnancy is not shown, he is instead depicted as a temporary teacher hired to train the Sunflower class for the annual sports event as part of his internship. Despite his hot-blooded nature, Atsukuru is afraid of rabbits due to a childhood incident in which a rabbit bit his finger. At first, many of the students are taken aback and annoyed by his passionate way of teaching, but over time they grow to like him. Nene, however, dislikes him because of his emphasis on "masculine" games, to the point where she refuses to attend the kindergarten because of him, saying that she will return when Atsukuru can hug her stuffed rabbits, which he initially refuses to do. However, with Shinnosuke's help, he overcomes his fear of rabbits. In the Funimation dub, he is a recess teacher and a mutant known as The Flamer, who can set himself on fire at will. He believes in natural selection and wants to eliminate all normal people. ==Other characters==