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Kentaro Ichinose

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一の瀬 賢太郎 (Ichinose Kentarō?)

Léo dans le doublage français.

Kentaro et le fil de Mme Ichinose et est, au début, à l'école primaire. Le plus souvent, on le voit essayer de raisonner sa mère

begins the story as grade-school-aged brat, generally seen trying to get between his mother and her bottle. Initially, he is antagonistic towards Yusaku, but events soon see him to look upon Yusaku as an "alright guy". He is also very fond of Kyoko, especially because he sees her as the only sane person in the building other than himself. He develops a crush on Kyoko's niece Ikuko, reminding Yusaku of himself, although Kentaro resents the comparison.

Asuna Kujo

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九条 明日菜 (Kujō Asuna?)

A classically demure Japanese maiden from a wealthy family (Kujō family implied), Asuna is pretty, kind-hearted, shy around people and innocent to a fault. Her family and Shun's uncle has arranged a traditional Japanese marriage between she and Shun (against Shun's wishes). In contrast to Shun, Asuna is a dog lover and she is initially attracted to Shun (approving of their engagement) because her many dogs seem to approve of him. Shun would like to end their arranged engagement, but often finds himself unable to, either because of his fear of her dogs or his fear of hurting her feelings (mirroring the situation between Yūsaku and Kozue). Asuna is initially unaware of Shun's feelings for Kyoko, but she is not above pursuing Shun, albeit in her own fashion. She was born in 1964.
Note: Asuna's family name, Kujō, means "Ninth Avenue" in Kyoto, and implies that she is a member of the ancient aristocratic Fujiwara clan. As the Fujiwara clan became numerous and split up into many sub-families, each sub-family adopted the address of their respective mansions in Kyoto as their family name. Kujō is a homophone for Cujo, Stephen King's infamous demon dog, but it is unclear whether Rumiko Takahashi intended this as a pun.

Ibuki Yagami

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八神 いぶき (Yagami Ibuki?)

As a part of his studies, Yusaku was a student-teacher briefly in the high school Ibuki was attending (which was the same school Kyoko attended, where she met Soichiro). Ibuki was at first unimpressed with "that mope" (1st edition of English manga) or "that dork" (2nd edition), even ridiculing one of her classmates for her short-lived crush on Yusaku. But Ibuki developed her own crush after misinterpreting him as a sort of tragic romantic hero. Even after she spends more time around Yusaku (and possibly learns that her first impression was more accurate), her feelings for him persist even after his tenure at her school ends. Ibuki tends to hatch devious plots that put her together with Yusaku, usually putting him into a compromising situation. Yusaku is not interested in her, but is a pushover about it as always, and Ibuki refuses to be denied.
Kyōko at first lets Ibuki play out what Kyoko sees as a simple schoolgirl crush, even acting on occasion to "protect Ibuki from Yusaku," but eventually sides with him when it becomes clear that he is the one that needs protection. After getting to know Ibuki, Kyoko realizes that Ibuki is much more brazen about her feelings than she ever was with Soichiro. But Kyoko is continually frustrated with what she perceives as Yūsaku's unwillingness to assert himself, as with Kozue. Also, she cannot help but feel jealous, but then feels mortified for being jealous of a high school girl.
Ibuki, on the other hand, initially sees Kyoko as a role model for getting married to her own high school teacher, but later comes to recognize "that widow" as a rival for Yusaku's affections and often confronts her, she even pushes Kyoko to admit her love for Yūsaku, and calls her a coward when she refuses to do so.
It can be difficult to determine whether Ibuki is more interested in Yusaku himself or in what she perceives as the tragic romance of their situation. In some ways, Ibuki's affection for Yusaku is similar to Shun's affection for Kyoko -- Ibuki, like Shun, hails from a wealthy, elite family, and seems motivated in part by a romantic notion of rescuing Yusaku from a lower-class life. Ibuki's family name means "eight gods". She was born in 1967

Minor characters

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Soichiro Otonashi

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音無 惣一郎 (Otonashi Sōichirō?)

Kyoko's late husband. Kyoko and Soichiro met during high school when she was a student there and he was a temporary teacher. They eventually married, albeit with great opposition from Kyoko's family. Soichiro died of an unspecified cause (accident is implied), leaving Kyoko a very young widow. As a running gag, his face is never shown in the series (usually to Yūsaku's frustration), always either in shadow or otherwise obscured in photographs. Soichiro's family, especially his father, is still very close to Kyoko, who still holds on to the Otonashi family name. The name Otonashi translates literally as "without sound", and Sōichirō literally, as "all one", and means "most important", he was born in 1952.

Mr. Ichinose

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一の瀬氏 (Ichinose-shi?)

Hanae Ichinose's husband. He only appears occasionally in the series. He is a hard-working salaryman.

Ikuko Otonashi

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音無 郁子 (Otonashi Ikuko?)

Kyoko's young niece from her marriage to Soichiro. On a visit to Maison Ikkoku, Ikuko meets Yusaku and quickly becomes fond of him. Ikuko insists that Yusaku becomes her tutor as she approaches entry into high school, though it seems she is more interested in goofing off with him rather than actually studying. Kyoko initially tries to dissuade Ikuko and later tends to hover when the two are together, hoping to keep Yusaku from corrupting Ikuko with his lazy habits, although it is usually Ikuko who steers conversation away from her studies and more towards gossip. Tutoring Ikuko becomes Yusaku's first steady source of income as well as his first major attempt to demonstrate his maturity and reliability to Kyoko. Ikuko's mother, voiced by Atsuko Mine, makes several appearances throughout the series.

Mr. Otonashi

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音無老人 (Otonashi-rōjin?, literally "Elder Otonashi")

The owner of Maison Ikkoku, Soichiro's father and Kyoko's former father-in-law. A kind-hearted man who loves Kyoko like a daughter and later helps Yūsaku get a temporary teaching job. Although very little is known about Soichiro, one can get a sense of his warm personality by his father.

Master of Cha-Cha Maru

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茶々丸のマスター (Cha-Cha Maru no Masutā?)

Akemi's boss (no name is given other than "Master"). Initially an incidental character when the tenants of Maison Ikkoku go someplace other than Yusaku's room to drink, he is often seen complaining when the tenants are trashing the furniture, scaring away other patrons, or specifically when Akemi seems to be taking her own drinks rather than serving them to others. Later, the owner occasionally acts as the voice of reason, all too often being the only sober person in the room when something important happens, whether the other characters are either drunk on alcohol (Akemi, Mrs. Ichinose, Yotsuya), their own strong emotions (Kyoko and Yusaku), or a mixture of the two. He tolerates Akemi's obvious incompetence as a waitress because his feelings for her are more than just that of a boss to an employee. At the end of the series, he tells Akemi that he has just gotten divorced and proposes to her, thus finally marrying Akemi.

Sakamoto

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坂本 (Sakamoto?)

Yusaku's friend and drinking buddy (usually at Sakamoto's insistence) from school. Sakamoto has his own woman troubles, though in contrast to Yūsaku his difficulty is finding the right one. Sakamoto occasionally offers Yūsaku a roof to live under when situations temporarily force him out of Maison Ikkoku, and even has a word or two of insight on love for Yūsaku, but more often than not the nights the two spend drinking together (often to lament that Sakamoto got dumped again) get Yusaku in trouble with Kyoko for one reason or another.

Yukari Godai

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五代 ゆかり (Godai Yukari?)

Yusaku's grandmother. She usually lives with Yūsaku's parents out in the country in the Godai family restaurant, but she occasionally comes to visit her favorite grandson in Tokyo (though Yusaku would rather prefer she didn't). Akemi, Mrs. Ichinose and Yotsuya love when she visits as she always joins them in their drinking, however "Grandma" Godai does not torment Yusaku in quite the same way. She truly cares for her grandson, recognizes his situation with Kyoko, and her schemes are ultimately constructive for the two of them (and, in contrast to Mrs. Ichinose, she's far more successful at it).

Chigusa family

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Mr. Chigusa (千草氏, Chigusa-ji?) and Ritsuko Chigusa (千草律子, Chigusa Ritsuko?)

Kyōko's parents. Initially against Kyoko's marriage to Soichiro, they (especially her mother, Ritsuko) wish to see their daughter continue her life, preferably remarrying. Ritsuko is quite taken with Shun and sees him as a suitable husband for her daughter, while Kyoko's father sees the handsome Shun as a potential womanizer who will only break his "little girl's" heart. Neither of them seem to notice Yūsaku's existence (their inability to remember his name is used as a running gag), let alone the bond both he and Kyoko share, and their obsession with Shun only frustrates Yūsaku. However, later on Ritsuko showed some support for Godai since she just wanted Kyoko to re-marry, and that at the time Shun was no longer an option to Kyoko (Shun had married Asuna). Both Ritsuko and Kyoko tend to address Mr. Chigusa as "Daddy" or "Father".

Sayako Kuroki

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黒木 小夜子 (Kuroki Sayako?)

One of Yusaku's college classmates, Sayako recruits him to join the schools puppet theater club. Sayako becomes more important later in the series when she helps Yūsaku get a part-time job at the pre-school she works at, setting him towards his final career goal. (In the anime, it is Kozue who gets Yūsaku the pre-school job.) Sayako eventually marries the former president of the puppet theater club, who she was involved with for a long time, although it is never mentioned until she becomes engaged.

飯岡 (Iioka?)

The manager at Bunny Cabaret, and one of Sakamoto's friends. He is introduced when Sakamoto and Godai have a party at the cabaret and don't have enough money to pay off their tab. Iioka lets them work it off, and later offers Godai the "Welfare Director" job taking care of the children of the bunny girls at the cabaret. He looks like a tough guy, and gives Godai a lot of (questionable) advice regarding his relationships with Kyoko, Kozue, and Yagami.

Zenzaburo Mitsukoshi

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三越 善三郎 (Mitsukoshi Zenzaburō?)

An original character for the anime (does not appear in the manga). His exact intentions are left vague, but he appears to have been investigating Maison Ikkoku for a real estate development company wanting to buy it and build a new apartment complex on the ground. He decides that he likes the people living there, and ends his relationship with the development company. He stays in room 3 while living at Maison Ikkoku, and his name is the same as the large department store chain Mitsukoshi. The "Mitsu" in his name means "three".

Mrs. Kamiogi

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上荻先生 (Kamiogi-sensei?)

Godai's mentor while he's teaching at Yagami's school. She was also one of Kyoko's teachers when she attended the school, and is the current principal of the school.

Haruka Godai

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五代春香 (Godai Haruka?)

The daughter of Yusaku and Kyoko. Seen at the very end of the series when they have returned from the hospital and Kyoko shows Haruka Maison Ikkoku, the place "where Mommy and Daddy first met." She was born in 1987.

Moe and Mei Mitaka

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The twin daughters of Shun and Asuna. They are seen at the very end of the series. In the manga they are shown having just grown in their first teeth, which sparkle just like their father's. In the anime they are gathered with their parents for a family photo.

Soichiro

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惣一郎さん (Sōichirō-san?)

A large, white, "mangy" dog, found as a stray by Soichiro Otonashi. He was originally named "Shiro" ("Whitey"), but he only responds to the name "Soichiro" and so Kyoko insists on calling him "Soichiro" in memory of her husband. Other than providing comic relief, he serves to remind both Kyoko and Yusaku of the man he was named after, and serves as a foil to Shun Mitaka. Kentaro enjoys playing with him and considers him his pet. In Ranma ½, volume 7, page 158, Soichiro's name appears on a box saying "Please take me home. My name is Soichiro" while Happosai is hiding under it.

McEnroe

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マッケンロー (Makkenrō?).

Shun's Pomeranian, which he bought to help himself get over his fear of dogs. His name refers to tennis legend John McEnroe.

サラダ (Sarada?).

Asuna's Pomeranian, one of her many pet dogs. Salad later gave birth to a litter of puppies after being impregnated by McEnroe. A misunderstanding takes place, prompting Shun to propose to Asuna.

Minor roles note

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Megumi Hayashibara made her seiyū debut playing many different minor roles throughout the series.