"Gintama" is a popular work that everyone knows. It has been a big hit in anime and live-action movies. Gintama is known for having a large number of characters, but what kind of characters are there? In this article, we will introduce the characters of "Gintama"!
Character introduction part 1: Sakata Gintoki
First, we will introduce the main character, Sakata Gintoki. He is such a popular character that he always ranks first in popularity polls. As his name suggests, he has silver hair, natural curls, and eyes like a dead fish. He always looks lazy and unmotivated, but when it's time to make a decision, he has a manly (samurai-like) personality. Although he is greedy for money and has a bad personality, he is also kind and compassionate, and cares about his friends. He also loves sweets so much that he eats them even when his doctor tells him not to. If he doesn't eat sweets, he gets irritated.
Character introduction part 2: Shimura Shinpachi
Shimura Shinpachi is a member of Yorozuya. There are many characters in "Gintama" who are funny and have strong personalities, but he is a valuable straight man among them. He appears quite a lot and has been the narrator since the first episode, but for some reason he is a poor boy who is not well known. He is often joked about for being plain, and is sometimes said to be "his glasses are his true self." He is a wimp, but he has the convictions of a samurai and is quite skilled with the sword. He is also not very good with women and is a virgin. He loves the idol Terakado Michi and serves as the captain of his guards.
Character introduction part 3 Kagura
Kagura is the heroine of the story. She is a girl from the Yato tribe. She looks very cute, but she often plays dirty roles, and she is probably the first Jump heroine to vomit in the story, so she is sometimes called "vomit girl." She ends her sentences with "~aru" and "~ne" and sounds like a stereotypical Chinese character, but this is probably the result of creating the character and she also speaks normal standard Japanese (sometimes Kansai dialect?). She is also very bad-mouthed and has a big attitude. She picks her nose, tells dirty jokes, and has behavior that is not appropriate for a heroine. However, she also has a cute side appropriate for her age, such as being embarrassed to give Valentine's chocolate and wanting a beautiful umbrella. She is also kind and compassionate.
Character introduction No. 4 Shimura Tae
Shimura Tae is commonly known as "Otae-san". She is Shinpachi's older sister and works as a hostess at the snack bar "Smile". She is a beautiful girl with an impressive gentle smile, but when she gets angry, she becomes uncontrollable and throws men. By the way, she is a good cook, but her cooking skills are disastrous, and she burns tamagoyaki black and turns it into dark matter. By the way, her favorite food is ice cream "Baagendatsu". Like other characters, she has a strong-willed and straightforward personality. She uses a naginata.
Character introduction No. 5 Kondo Isao
Kondo Isao is the head of the Shinsengumi. He is called "Gorilla" and is known for his comical actions, but he is also a person who makes decisions when it's time to make them. Even after forming the Shinsengumi, he has been loved by everyone because of his personality and has been pulling everyone together. However, he has also been known to expose himself naked in public and to stalk Otome-san in a malicious manner, and in a sense (?) he is a straightforward person who never gives up even after being beaten back by Otome-san many times.
Character Introduction No. 6 Hijikata Toshiro
Hijikata Toshiro is the vice-chief of the Shinsengumi and is feared as the "demon vice-chief." He has a handsome face and cool features, but his pupils are always dilated. By the way, he has a cool and calm personality and is one of the rare people with common sense in the story, but he is an extreme mayonnaise lover and is out of the ordinary in that respect. His "Hijikata Special", which involves putting so much mayonnaise on food that it becomes unrecognizable, is so bad that Okita calls it "dog food". He is also a heavy smoker and holds a cigarette in his mouth even during battle. In addition, there is a second personality born from the cursed sword called "Tosshi", a typical Akihabara otaku Hijikata.
Character introduction No. 7 Okita Sougo
Okita Sougo is the captain of the first division of the Shinsengumi. He is a dangerous man who is always aiming for the vice-chief position and even Hijikata's life. He looks like a beautiful and androgynous boy, but he is sadistic and devious. Incidentally, when he takes his afternoon naps he wears a red eye mask with an illustration of an eye on it. He has a fairly free-spirited personality, and has done things like not eating anything for three days in order to play pranks on Hijikata, but he is actually strong-willed and has his own sense of justice. He also has a weak side, and calls himself a "glass sword." He is sometimes depicted as being clumsy. He also has a lot of affection for Kondo, the chief, and will never show mercy to anyone who points a blade at him.
Character Introduction No. 8 Yamazaki Tai
Yamazaki Tai is the supervisor of the Shinsengumi. He is also called "Jimmy" because of his self-proclaimed plainness. By the way, he has a rule that he only eats sweet bean buns and milk when he is on stakeout, but when it goes on for about a month, it seems to affect his mental health and make him go crazy. He is also seen playing "Minton (badminton)" and "Kabaddi" whenever he has free time even during work, which gets him scolded by Hijikata.
Character introduction part 9: Katsura Kotaro
Katsura Kotaro is a Joui patriot. He once fought alongside Gintoki and the others. He was wanted as a terrorist, and at first he was known for his extreme terrorist activities, such as throwing bombs, but he says that Edo has become too important, so he has now become a moderate. He loves animals and dotes on his pet Elizabeth, but Elizabeth's potential is so high that she has become his right-hand man. He speaks in a samurai-like, stiff tone and thinks he is very serious, but he is one of the most comical characters in the work. Moreover, he is so natural that even the characters who are usually the funny ones have to make a joke when talking to Katsura.
Character Introduction No. 10 Takasugi Shinsuke
Takasugi Shinsuke is the leader of the Kiheitai and is said to be the most radical and dangerous man among the Joui patriots. He wears a flashy women's kimono, an eyepatch on his left eye, a pipe in his mouth, and always has a grin on his face. He is traumatized by the death of his mentor, Shoyo, and is obsessed with destroying this country and everything in the world, driven by hatred. You will be able to see a different Takasugi in later episodes such as the Shogun Assassination Arc.
Character Introduction 11: Yagyu Kyubei
Yagyu Kyubei is the next head of the prestigious Yagyu family, commonly known as "Kyu-chan". He is characterized by his ponytail and eyepatch on his left eye. He looks like a handsome male swordsman and uses the first-person pronoun "boku", but he is female. Although he is small in stature, he has considerable skill and is called "the greatest genius since the founding of the Yagyu family". He has a strong affection for Otome-san. After the Yagyu arc ended, she treated him as a normal girl friend, but sometimes her feelings get out of control. She also has a negative reaction to being touched by men, and throws away anyone who touches her, no matter who it is.
Character Introduction No. 12 Tsukuyo
Tsukuyo is the second leader of the Yoshiwara vigilante group "Hyakuka". When she was sold to Yoshiwara at a young age and was in despair, she was saved by Hiwa, and since then, she scarred her face to protect Hiwa, abandoned women, and became the guardian of Yoshiwara. Currently, Yoshiwara has been disbanded, so she lives with Hiwa and Haruta. She has a cool personality and can read the mood, but she is a little out of touch with the world, so she is often the one to play the fool in comedy scenes. She is also very beautiful and has an excellent figure.
【Gintama】Character Introduction Summary!
That's all for the introduction of the characters that appear in "Gintama"! What did you think? Gintama has a large number of characters, and each character is unique, so they all have their own unique charms. Many fans find that their favorite characters end up accumulating too much as they watch the series. When a character is in the spotlight in a feature-length film, you can see the side of that character that you don't usually see, which is refreshing. What kind of performance will they show in the new movie version? I'm really looking forward to it!
