Main characters (Class 1-C) ; : :Rebecca, also referred to as "Becky" by her class, is the 11-year-old homeroom teacher of class 1-C. In the manga, she was born to an American mother and a Japanese father. In the anime, she was born to an American father and a Japanese mother, although she keeps her mother's last name. After graduating from
MIT at the age of ten, she becomes a mathematics teacher at Momotsuki High. Normally lethargic and halfhearted, she dons a cool face to keep her genius reputation. However, when confronted with a frightening or uncomfortable situation, she hides behind a curtain where she whimpers "". :After she gets permission to create a personal research lab in the school, she finds much to her surprise that students start coming to her with their problems, looking for counseling. Even after discovering what began this turn of events - a sign posted on the door saying to the effect that she was offering counseling - and taking off the sign, students still come back several times in the series for help. Her room is also used as a somewhat "home base" for class 1-C beside their own classroom. In each episode both in the anime and manga, she dons a different outfit which would seem too "cute" for a teacher but usually fits the style of clothing for a girl her age. Often she is displayed as especially childish, such as wearing pajamas designed to make the wearer look like a cat. :Rebecca also displays a very protective side. Examples of this include her confronting the hijacker in the field trip episode, as well as the Matango alien which had possessed Himeko. She seems perfectly willing to lay aside her own safety for the safety of her students. At one point in the manga storyline, she is temporarily dismissed by Momotsuki High and enrolls in the class 5-2 of Momotsuki Third Elementary, where she becomes a close friend with Nozomi Ichijō, Ichijō's younger sister, and Miyabi Inugami, Inugami's younger sister. ; : :Himeko is a wastefully energetic girl who usually calls out - a nonsensical catchphrase that has no particular meaning. She frequently annoys the other students with her antics and her inability to carry a straight train of thought. In the anime, her
cowlick (the lock of hair on her head) contains a mysterious power that gives Himeko her limitless energy and is capable of movement on its own accord. After the mushroom incident of the anime, her cowlick shrinks and in order to appear as if nothing has changed, she wears a wig to mask it. Whenever this wig is pulled off, she again loses her energy, though it is returned once the wig is returned to her head. At one point in the manga storyline, Himeko is transferred to Class D after voluntarily becoming a '
free agent'. :Another of Himeko's catchphrases is saying that a particular thing is "Omega" (for example, "Omega cute!"). Himeko possesses the ability to eat as much as she pleases without ever becoming fat, and is particularly fond of crabs, albeit
the imitation kind. Out of all of the girls, Himeko is by far Becky's biggest fan, much to Becky's chagrin. ; : :Rei is a girl with a heart and appearance as cold as ice. Of the girls in the class 1-C, Rei is the most mature one. Threatening bodily harm is Rei's way of enforcing order in the classroom with Himeko being her usual target (Often her threat is she will pull out Himeko's cowlick). She is the one to put Becky in her place when she gets out of hand and also the one to lure Becky out from behind the curtain with candy after she has put the fear of God into her. Rei has the second highest GPA in the entire school and works four days per week at a Chinese restaurant. However, Rei is shown to have no artistic talent. Despite her apparent coldness, Rei is often the one to teach Becky important moral lessons. She is like a big sister to Becky. She has also shown herself to have a greedy streak as when during the school festival she purposely made it so their classroom was the most popular so that she could reap the profits later, something she was unable to do since all profits went to charity. Her reason for wearing glasses appear to be contradictory in the manga. In one instance, it suggests she is nearly blind without them. In another instance, she indicates she only wears them as a disguise since students at her school are not meant to have part time jobs. ; : :Ichijō is class 1-C's mysterious class representative whose given name is unknown, and frequently shown drinking
green tea. She is always calm about everything and uses
honorific speech, but is prone to erratic, questionable behavior. Her activities, at least near the beginning of the anime series, are normally limited to standing up, sitting down, and announcing that she is "the class representative, Ichijō". In later episodes in anime series, she often does the seemingly impossible without ever saying more than a word or two about it, including successfully performing an effective rain prayer twice. In others she is strongly implied to be attempting to kill the rest of the cast including trying to poison Rebecca (and successfully poisoning Mesousa), poisoning Hibiki Watanuki, and implicitly poisoning the school water supply. She has two younger sisters in the manga, the youngest one also appears in the anime episodes mysteriously; she relies on drawing on a sketchpad to communicate as she is too young to converse. In the anime series, aside from Ichijō and her sister, no one else is aware of the Aliens keeping watch over Becky. ; : :Miyako is known as a "bookworm", a name which she earned through her perpetual studying and which she detests, though her score is almost average. Among her class, Miyako is the one with the most realistic attitude. She will often get mad if she is unable to study due to the crazy antics that she often gets put into, which are also often against her will. :She also has a very large and very shiny forehead which gets more extreme with each episode. It starts off with a simple sheen in the first episode; in the second episode, it becomes a blinding flash; by the third episode, others are actually able to style their hair in the reflection on her forehead. In a later episode, her forehead becomes so bright that the other characters are forced to don welding masks to be able to look at her. Also, she apparently possesses
ESP. In some of the more strenuous events in the series, she always tries to keep a level head, though is not always able to accomplish this with sheer will power alone. In the manga storyline, she often studies abroad under the guidance of "The Professor", who also appears in the anime. She is not always seen wearing glasses as she does have contact lenses as well. After she returned from the abroad study, due to large amount of time that she missed from classes, she has earned a new nickname of or 'the leader'. She explained both in anime and manga that after long hours of studying, it is much easier on her eyes to wear glasses than contacts. ; : :Kurumi is a girl who is above average in appearance, athletics, and academics, but who nonetheless suffers from being called plain/boring all the time. If there is even a hint that somebody has called her plain/boring, she goes off to sulk alone, often in the rabbit cage with Mesousa. She has been known to fade almost completely out of existence altogether when she gets called plain/boring or ignored too much. Kurumi is a very fast sprinter, and also played varsity basketball. She is the twin sister of Shū Momose of class 1-A who is known for his cooking skills, something that she herself does not possess. :Unlike in most anime and manga where the younger sister will call her brother , Kurumi refers to her brother as , which is a much more
masculine way of addressing an older brother. It might be due to this that, due to her reactions as seen in the anime, she has a fascination with how some girls in Japan are now using the pronoun , meaning "I", which is
usually only said by Japanese males. It is never explained why she enjoyed this so much. From the anime episode eleven on, she is shown with her hair grown longer. Additionally, from episode nineteen on, she ties her hair in twin braids. She cuts her hair back to its original length for episode twenty-six and it magically grows throughout its progression. In the manga, she is also shown with her hair grown longer from some episodes, sometimes ties it in twin braides, but she does not cut her hair back. :In later anime episodes, after experiencing much of the unrealistic events in the first half of the series, she starts to see reality in a whole new light and starts little by little to accept giant fighting robots and small talking animals to be normal occurrences in everyday life. Despite this new outlook at how crazy her life really is, the others always seem to overlook her estranged claims. When not in school, she also has a part time job at a
moe café named "Étoile" though due to her not being considered moe, business is not as good as the owner would want it to be, as illustrated in the author's other manga, . ; : :Sayaka is considered the "good girl" of the class, who usually gets taken advantage of because of her giving and devoted personality. Though her classmates often send her on errands and menial tasks, she says she does not mind it. In one episode where she is happily riding with a person in a convertible, the 1-C girls assume that she has a boyfriend, but it turns out to be Miss Igarashi, the teacher of class 1-A, whom she admires. :Sayaka's nickname is . In the anime, the Aliens postulate that it was given to her by her drunken father because she was the sixth-born child in her family. The manga explains the origin of her nickname to be from Igarashi as Sayaka was the sixth Suzuki to attend the school. Sometimes Becky refers to Sayaka as "big ribbon" or "oversized" due to her hairstyle - giant pigtails tied with two large white ribbons. In the anime, she has a catchphrase where she calls someone or something "the ~~ of the year", for example, "Miss Miyamoto, you're the teacher of the year", or "Miss Miyamoto, you're the walking encyclopedia of the year". ; : :Mesousa is a parody of the "cute mascot" type characters often seen in anime, with one huge difference: Mesousa has a severe case of depression. His lack of thumbs makes everyday tasks almost impossible, further deepening his depression. Practically useless in every way, Mesousa serves as the
slapstick of the series, being blown up in one episode and having his legs broken in another, all without complaint. He also appears to be somewhat infatuated with Ichijō. Mesousa is not Becky's pet, but rather her companion who tries to help her in class such as getting and holding the footstool for her while she stands on it to write on the blackboard. His name derives from the combination of "meso meso," a
Japanese phonomime for whimpering, and , which is
Japanese for "rabbit".
Supporting characters (Class 1-A) ; : :Ms. Igarashi is the homeroom teacher of class 1-A, and has a reputation for being a hard drinker. She is frequently tardy or daydreaming in class, either because she is suffering from a hangover or because she is simply bored with teaching. Miyuki is known by her students to never dress up, nor wear makeup and to almost always reek of alcohol. She frequently stares out the window of her classroom and says that she wishes she was a cloud; a wish that often is only heard by Shū. Often, the empty seats in her class are replaced with Japanese-style scarecrows in the anime episodes. :In the anime episodes, she owns a right-hand-driving
MG Midget in
British Racing Green of which she is quite protective. After Old Geezer did her the favor of asking the headmaster to allow her to park it on campus, she lets him drive it whenever he likes. Despite him being a reckless driver, however, he always brings it back without a scratch on it. In the manga episodes, she sometimes comes to school on a full-cowled, racer-replica style motorcycle. ; : :Shū is the older twin brother of Kurumi Momose, however, even he cannot resist calling Kurumi "plain" from time to time. Shū is a laid-back character and a skilled cook. He helps his often drunk and irresponsible homeroom teacher, Miyuki Igarashi, take care of class 1-A. Also, he can be easily persuaded into doing things, like when asked to prepare Becky's lunch for her every day or when during that time be persuaded to take a day off. This can make him seem like a guy that also succumbs to pressure, especially that of a group, as in episode 4 when he was told to prepare a bath for all of the girls and did not even complain about it. ; and : :Yūma and Yūna Kashiwagi are identical twins, but Yūma has the more outgoing personality. When the twins are called together, Yuma is almost always the one to speak up first that they are indeed separate people and should be called on differently. Despite this, Miyuki and Rei do not see why they should try to tell them apart which further angers Yūma. She and her twin are interested in fashion and dressing up, but when her twin auditions or performs for anything, Yūma enjoys secretly using her pen to write large and clearly visible characters on Yūna's forehead for good luck. Often Yūna is disqualified from whatever she was auditioning for because of this. Yūma defends that this is not done in spite but in love though it takes some persuading of Yūna to make her believe it. Whatever her intentions may be, it is never clearly explained, at least in the anime, which it is. Yūma always ties her hair on the left side of her head with a blue ribbon and wears knee socks of the same color. Both she and her sister are in the Drama Club and are in charge of making most of the costumes, some of which they wear to class in some episodes. :Yūna is the second Kashiwagi twin and, in sharp contrast to her sister, is very introverted and soft-spoken. She is often the victim of Yūma's pranks and usually goes along with all of her plans. However, due to her personality and penchant to be easily embarrassed, she does not always do what Yūma requests of her, like in one episode where she was to model some new clothes along with Yūma but would not, saying it was too embarrassing. They both get annoyed when Miyuki calls on either of them as "Kashiwagi twins" as if they are one person, though it is usually her sister that speaks up on their behalf. Yūna ties her hair tied on the right side of her head with a red ribbon and wears similarly colored stockings. :In Hikawa's manga, , Yūna is treated as one of the heroines who belong to the
Japanese idol group "Momo-Gumi!!". ; : :Yuzuko is initially seen donning costumes left and right, most notably the rooster costume that makes appearances in the earlier anime episodes. She is a member of the Intelligence Club, the president of which is a black cat. She is number 003 in the Intelligence Club. :Along with the two other members of the Intelligence Club, Hibiki and Akira, she randomly follows other students. The only person who uses the club's talents seems to be Rebecca. In later anime episodes and manga chapters, Yuzuko is best known for her membership in the Film Club and for her frequent encounters with
Akane Serizawa of the Drama Club. When they are dressed up in costumes from their respective clubs, they fight, since the Film Club and the Drama Club are apparently natural enemies. However, when not in costume, they are very good friends and like to hang out together, both unaware of the clubs each is in. ; :Hikaru is a girl with glasses, and sometimes adhesive tapes. Though she makes only brief appearances in the manga episodes, she is a heroine in Hikawa's manga, . As her conditions and personality are linked to the author's, she is so weak, sloppy and hysteric.
Supporting characters (Class 1-B) ; : :Mr. Saotome is the homeroom teacher for class 1-B and is also the physical education teacher. He is often highly energetic and enthusiastic, but due to this he also often makes a scene in front of his students. He is almost never seen without his jersey. Rebecca once teases him about the fact that "it must be great to be a PE teacher and see high school girls in their gym uniforms all the time", where she implies that Saotome masks another personality, though this is never confirmed. ; : :Hibiki is a member of the school council Intelligence Club and is constantly assuming undercover activities. She always carries a
camcorder to record school events with her two subordinates Akira and Yuzuko in the anime episodes, especially those concerning Becky. When doing this, she will often change her mind about what to report on, always wanting to find a better "scoop". She considers Rei to be her rival. Her investigations often end with her (implied) death, though she is always alive and well in the next episode. ; : :Suzune is a tall, athletic girl and the best friend of Otome Akiyama. Suzune's favorite hobby is to put Otome in a hold and press on a spot on her head, saying that this will keep Otome, who is very sensitive about her short stature, from growing taller, though instead of hitting the pressure point to stunt her growth, always hits the pressure point to induce diarrhea. Though always smiling, she has a habit of using violence to compel anyone, who does not seem to agree with her, into submission. In the anime, one of her attack is shown to be enlarging her hand mysteriously and letting loose a devastating "chop" on an unsuspecting character who is always left incapacitated afterward. This furthers the fact that she is a very strong girl even though it does not look it at first. Later in the anime series, when Hibiki rescues her, she shows a talent for making
hand puppets depicting chibi forms of some of the characters, herself included. ; : :Otome is very athletic, especially known for her
track and field abilities. Her short height becomes a running joke in the series but Suzune is the one that teases her about it most of the time. In fact, she has not grown an inch since she was in junior high school, which when she makes this comment, would have been about nine months. She even comes to Becky late in the series asking for help in this field, but Becky cannot help her. Also, she is often disrespectful to her superiors, especially Saotome, refusing to refer to him as . ; : :Yankee usually makes very brief appearances, portrayed as a nerdy, fat character. He hates physical education class and frequently skips that class. He also frequently adds "dot com" to everything he says (for example, "He's totally lost it, dot com.") "Yankee" in Japanese slang refers to rebellious high school / junior high school students known for dying their hair and engaging in anti-social behavior. In a few episodes both in anime and manga, he is shown with a strange purple snake coming out of his mouth which even speaks in some episodes. This purple snake is known to scare Hibiki. ; : :According to the "Official Guidebook"s sold in Japan, Zula is a girl, though she looks like a guy. Because she is from some foreign country, her Japanese is not so fluent and polite. In the anime episodes, she sometimes appears with a curious bird-like costume inspired from the classic manga of Yasuji Tanioka, saying . ; :Not much is known or revealed about this character in the animated series. She wears the standard Peach Moon uniform and her face is drawn differently from the other characters in that she has a bulbous nose, fat lips and pitch black eyes. Multiple Itō's are often used to represent crowds of people or the other members of class 1-B in the anime episodes. It is shown in one scene in the anime where she possibly died and was reborn after several cats started to feast on her corpse, not unlike that of
Catwoman. ; :Hiroshi is a newcomer of the school council Intelligence Club. He wears black sunglasses. He assists Hibiki with the intelligence gathering activities. However, his true identity turns out to be a subordinate of the Aliens, whose purpose is to gather information about the Earth.
Supporting characters (Class 1-D) ; : :Old Geezer is the homeroom teacher of class 1-D. He wears an armband on his left arm that displays different messages every time it is shown. He is surprisingly lively for his old age and is seen as strange by his students, but the feeling is actually mutual. To keep his class in order, he uses different scare tactics, one of which was to haunt his students after he died if they left in the middle of class. ; : :Behoimi describes herself as a healing or soothing-type
magical girl, and wears an eye-grabbing pink costume to prove it. Her name is a reference to a moderate healing spell in the
Dragon Quest RPG series. Although she claims to be a magical girl, she never displays any magic powers, since if she were observed using magical powers, she would have to return to the land of magic. In the meantime, she dons a typical magical girl outfit and has an energetic personality, and is only seen down in spirits in the anime. : After coming to terms that she cannot continue with her magical girl persona, she completely changes her appearance by donning glasses, dying her hair black, tying it in pigtails, and dressing normally. Her personality becomes much more reserved and serious. She still desires to help people, although there is not much she can do as a normal student. : Prior to the series, Behoimi and Media have worked together. When Media becomes a student at her school, Behoimi helps her disarm a number of bombs. :Behoimi is featured in the author's spinoff work, , where she is a heroine with quasi-magical powers given by the Aliens, and fights against the invaders from other planets. ; : :Tsurugi often helps Misao find her lost pets. He has a serious, conservative demeanor and gets top grades in his class. His "caring for lost children" stat in the image refers to episode seven, in which he returns
Ichijo's missing little sister. He has a German mother in the manga, and a German grandfather in the anime. Tsurugi often criticizes Misao for her odd like in animals though ends up helping her nonetheless. ; : :Akane is an enthused student who likes to over-dramatize things. She is a member of the drama club and enjoys donning costumes and tricking her more slow-witted schoolmates, such as Himeko. The sharper characters, usually Rei or Miyako, see through her schemes easily but usually allow her to continue for a while for entertainment. She is notable for her nekomimi (cat ear) hair (she has a normal set of ears hidden under her hair) and her vicious humour — she frequently imitates
Jason Voorhees and wears a hand puppet of him to scare the others. The costume of hers that reoccurs the most in the anime is a robot named Roboko, literally meaning "Robot girl". :One notable episode shows her in a dramatic fight against Yuzuko Kurusu of the Movie Club as Godzilla VS. Robot. Akane and Yuzuko are a canon "
yuri" pair in the manga, and the anime gives a small indication of their developing relationship. Serizawa is also considered a pseudo-main character; she has so much interaction with the main cast from class 1-C that she often appears with them or being included in the production of official merchandise such as figurines that do not include the other main characters. :The students of class 1-C (Rei in particular) tend to utilize Serizawa's acting talent on occasion, such as trying to provide a distraction for the bull man by first dressing up as a heifer, and then as Suzune, resulting in being attacked with a bazooka both times. She was also used in the PTA episode as a stand in for Becky (Successfully in this case.) Her disguises are always obvious to the viewer of course, as her neko-mimi hair always stands out. Miyuki Sawashiro, her Japanese
voice actress, also plays another blue-haired, four-eared, costume-loving girl with a wicked sense of humour in the
Galaxy Angel series as
Mint Blancmanche. ; : :Misao is an energetic girl who loves animals and regularly brings them to school. Her pet collection is extensive and includes exotic animals such as snakes and alligators. Her idiosyncrasy is giving her pets bland names, frequently simple wordplays on the pet's natural name. She frequently enlists Tsurugi Inugami's help in finding her pets when she loses any of them. Additionally, her pets are used to fill in all the other empty seats in class 1-D, so in effect, this classroom takes on the feel more like a zoo than a classroom, something that is noted later in the anime series. ; : :Akira has a reputation for being clumsy because she frequently trips and falls. She is very sensitive about her clumsiness, but she is, ironically, also a member of the Intelligence Club in the anime series. Her number is 002. Her only redeeming characteristic is her razor buzz haircut. Due to her clumsiness, Akira is frequently referred to by Inugami as "", which usually translates to a stereotypical clumsy girl. At the school festival, Akira talks about her aptly named FALL (Funny Anecdotes and Laughable Lore) Club. ; : :Media first appears in episode 9 as
The Professor's assistant, and enrolls in Momotsuki High to keep an eye on Becky. She possesses
superhuman strength and is always cheerful. She resembles Ichijō in that she does the seemingly impossible, but she does this much less frequently than Ichijō. She and Behoimi have a past together that they vaguely allude to but never explain fully. Media is nearly always smiling and never "opens" her eyes, except for one instance in episode 9. Also, she is almost never seen without wearing her trademark
maid outfit in the anime. In later episodes, she attempts to persuade Behoimi to take on her role as the "healing magical girl" once more, even in one episode putting a smaller version of her magic wand in her hand, trying to invoke a response, but Behoimi does not fall victim to her suggestions. Apparently, she and Behoimi once fought. Similarly to her, her name is a reference to a moderate healing spell from the
Megami Tensei series.
Supporting characters (11th and 12th graders) Most of the 11th and 12th graders appear only in manga or drama CD episodes. But, some make brief appearances in the anime.
Drama Club ; : :Though Madoka (3-D) is as short as Becky, and looks quite childish, she manages the drama club. She one-sidedly hates the movie club, especially its president, Maria. ; :Haruka (3-A) is another member of the drama club. She has an excellent talent in writing scenarios, so most of the plays by the drama club feature scenarios written by her. And she has a grandfather named , who is the president of a toy manufacturing company. She has a habit of reciting monologue with strange imaginations, which often makes others uncomfortable. ; : :Kazuya (2-A) is a member of the drama club too. Though he often gets flung out by Madoka, he sometimes seems to enjoy the atmosphere.
Movie Club The Movie Club's activities mainly consist of creating amateur movies and watching various films. They are well known for creating movies with novel approach. ; :Maria (3-C) is the president of the movie club. Though she had no dialogues, she made brief appearance on the anime, too. Though Madoka, the manager of the drama club, is exclusively chilly to her, she does not care at all. Mahiro Asō, the homeroom teacher of the class 5-2, Momotsuki Third elementary school, is her older sister. ; :Tetsuya (3-A) is a member of the movie club, too. He used to belong to the
judo club. ; :Masato (2-A) is another member of the movie club. He used to be a member of the photo club, and now he takes charge of camera works in the movie club. He is acquainted with Drama Club's Haruka Takamizawa.
Committee of the Class Representatives ; :Yukie is the class representative of Class 2-B. She wears glasses and has a
cowlick. ; :Minori is the class representative of Class 3-D. She is a member of literature club. Although she is seen wearing glasses, she has a bad sight even with the glasses on, giving her airhead personality. She has trouble remembering people's faces. ; :Eriko is the class representative of Class 2-A. She is the head of the discipline committee. She has a long braided hair and a large bust.
Other 11th and 12th Graders ; :Almost all the information about this character is unknown except that he/she uses animal puppets when he/she wants to talk with Hibiki and/or other club members, keeping his/her shape covered with something. ; :Makoto (3-A) is the president of the model building club. As he prides of the club's effort to make a huge
diorama of the whole city, he is crashed out because the diorama is "crushed" by Yuzuko (1-A) and Akane (1-D) battling with the robot/godzilla suits on. ; :Takashi (3-C) was the president of the
comedy club, that ceased to exist because of the total lack of the numbers of the members. Later, he entered , a fictional group of "Yankee"s in northern
Kantō region in Japan, but the reason is not officially described yet. ; :Mikiko (2-A) is the president of the
cheerleading club, the member of which is herself only. Sometimes Miyako (1-C) and Sayaka (1-C) are called by her to help practicing cheerleading. ; :Karin (2-C) is a member of the game club. Her first appearance on the series was on , the bonus booklet of manga volume nine, as a producer of the fictitious PC game
Chase Cruiser Glassty, which the game club released. She persists in glasses abnormally so that every character in the game of her produce wears the glasses, along with that she herself wears them, too. ==
Pani Poni Dash! characters==