Karakter & Staf

Ran Kotobuki

Utama

Female

She is the titular character of the series and its main protagonist. She is a very strong-willed, athletic, and attractive gal who rules the streets of Shibuya. Although she comes from a long line of police officers, she is ditzy and absent-minded when it comes to school and the only subject she gets good grades on is physical education and her poorest subjects are mathematics and literature and has trouble even solving problems from lower grade levels. When she was in elementary school, she was actually enthusiastic to become a police officer, but quit the ambition after learning that if she becomes one, she won't be able to wear her favorite accessories or dye her hair. She is usually obsessed with anything that is trendy or catches her eye, usually brown-nosing guys who find her cute to buy them, and is also quite gluttonous; but inside her heart, she has a strong sense of justice that runs in her blood and is extremely intimidating and tough when she's in combat mode. She is a role model to the junior students at Hounan High for her social status as a magnificent gal for justice and her very understanding nature for teens who are learning to cope, but there were some who looked upon her with jealousy and anger. Despite being an underachiever (barely being able to graduate in the manga), Ran is actually pretty smart and has a good memory on what she is interested in (like shopping). There is a running gag in the manga that some of her friends say, "If only she used that (memory, concentration, etc.) on studying...". Ran's boyfriend is Tatsuki Kuroi, who is as ditzy and dumb as she is. Their love life is complicated (but strangely comedic at times), since Ran doesn't really care about boys, but she does like her boyfriend, and kissed his cheek (only in the manga). Also, she has a foreign friend, Vivian Lin, a Taiwanese celebrity who looks amazingly like her, whom she met during a school trip to Taiwan (only shown in two stories of the manga).

Megumi Toyoguchi

Miyu Yamazaki

Utama

Female

Miyu is an independent, headstrong, and very kind classmate of Ran and one of her closest friends. However, behind her romantic and cute cover lies a dark past. When she was in third grade, her parents divorced (her father is currently remarried) and she lived with her mother, who paid more attention to looking for a new man rather than to see Miyu grow up (she despised Miyu because she reminded her of her divorced husband). She once was the leader of a street gang called the "Resistance", often wreaking mayhem and irritation during middle school and had a rough-mannered and threatening personality that Ran despised. One day, Yamato (by then a rookie cop) saved her from a tough situation, and his dedication to helping with Miyu's problems made her fall in love with him. Because of that, she left the life of crime and became a much more polite girl after Yamato told her his wish for her to be good and eventually became great friends with Ran. However, she remains an incredible fighter and can get back to her bullying self when someone completely upsets her and when she becomes uncharacteristically furious. In conversation, she has a habit of referring to herself in the third person, as many 'cutesy' characters tend to do. Ran often remarks how Miyu is "lovey-dovey" with her older brother and there is a running gag on both series when they interrupted when they are trying to kiss, usually by Ran.

Haruna Ikezawa

Aya Hoshino

Utama

Female

Aya is the brightest Gal out of the trio. Aya attends CRAM school, has the best grades, and is the top student in her class. But she was at one time involved with subsidized dating for money, but Ran talked her out of it and became friends with her. Before she became friends with Ran and Miyu, she was a serious student who didn't do anything but study. She has never done anything for fun before she met Ran and Miyu. Now she's involved with the Gal life, and having fun hanging out in Shibuya. (Source: Absolute Anime)

Oma Ichimura

Rei Otohata

Utama

Male

Rei is a student at Meisho Number 1 High School. He is also known as "#1", due to the fact that he was featured in a magazine as being the coolest and most handsome teenage guy in the area. He is good friends with Yuya. He has a cold and detached demeanour, but seems to act warmly towards Aya and is constantly annoyed by Ran. He has trouble expressing his feelings towards others (especially Aya).

Hiroshi Kamiya

Tatsuki Kuroi

Utama

Tatsuki (known as Tatsukichi to Ran) is a wild and kind student at Machida West High School, and he calls himself "the parapara king of Machida" (also known as "Machida Black", since the "kuro" in his last name means "black"). In the manga he is also called Blackwell (the literal translation of his surname). He is often nicknamed "Monkey Boy" since his personality is very similar to that of a monkey. He becomes Ran's boyfriend, although she studiously avoids anything remotely approaching intimacy. Because of this, at times Tatsuki feels that he should not be Ran's boyfriend, and often feels that Ran does show it that she's his girlfriend. He likes to use English words and phrases in his conversations. Sometimes he says a phrase in English then he will say then same phrase in Japanese, or he will say a phrase that the first part is in Japanese, and then the second part in English, and then he will say the same phrase again, but switch what is in Japanese and what is in English (example: "Black nichiyōbi", "Black Sunday", and then "Kuroi Sunday"). He also likes to call Yuya "brother" in English.

Yukimasa Obi

Yuuya Asou

Pendukung

Yuya Asou, a young high school student. He tends to be day-dreamy, and is sometimes aggravated that the love of his life, Ran Kotobuki, never listens to him. He is hopelessly devoted to Ran, whether he be helping fight crime, or trying to win her heart, he is always there for Ran, whether or not she knows it! Yuya is constantly being interviewed by "Gals!" magazine, and has won second place in the Super High School Student Grand Prix. This is why he's commonly referred to as "Second Place" among Ran and her friends. His best friend is Rei Otohata, who won first place in the Student Grand Prix. His mind is in the gutter most of the time, and because of Ran, has been dragged into trouble much more than once. Will our High School hunk ever learn? (Source: Absolute Anime)

Kenichi Suzumura

Sayo Kotobuki

Pendukung

Female

Sayo is the 14 year old younger sister of Ran. She is completely obsessed with the Odaiba Cop show, often imitating the show's main character Detective Kudou. In the first season she patrols around with Masato Iwai to form the Junior Detectives. Her catch phrase is "datchu" ("You bet") which she also got from watching Odaiba Cop.

Rie Kugimiya

Harue Kudou

Pendukung

Harue is from Bukuro. She’s Mami’s good friend, but goes to a different school. Harue always backs Mami up, and is a tough gal who was formerly in the gang ‘The Eagles’. Her and Mami like to go to Shibuya and try to take over Ran’s turf, but always fail. Source

Reiko Takagi

Mami Honda

Pendukung

Female

Mami is a rival of Ran, known as the "Queen of Ikebukuro". Later on in the series, Mami falls in love with Yuuya. In the anime, she comes from a very rich family.

Aya Ishizu

Naoki Kuroi

Pendukung

Male

Tatsuki's little brother, who appeared later in the season. He's a street-smart, outgoing, but good-hearted boy who like his brother, thinks of himself as a ladies man. He used to have a crush on Ran, then Miyu, and then to Sayo, until he found out that Sayo and Masato had been dating ever since the beginning of junior high! At the end of the TV series, he has a crush on Kasumi. In the manga, he was so optimistic that he had crushes on Ran, then Sayo, then Miyu, then Aya! He's a pro skateboarder and carries around a skateboard all the time. Nevertheless, he's cool yet a bit weird, just like his brother. He works at their father's ramen shop every now and then, and someday wants to run the business. At first Naoki is upset that Tatsuki will not take over the business but Tatsuki tells Naoki that he wants to follow his own path.

Daisuke Sakaguchi

Yamato Kotobuki

Pendukung

Male

The brother of Ran and Sayo. He is a cop. Ran usually annoys him when he's on duty. He met Miyu, one of Ran's friends, when he was still new to being a cop and he eventually helped her to be good and eventually developed feelings for her.

Hiroki Takahashi

Tan Face Red

Pendukung

The 'Tan Face Girls' are comedy characters who are found around Shibuya. They are usually causing trouble for Ran and friends, or moaning that Ran is causing trouble for or monopolising the time of Rei and Yuuya.