Karakter & Staf

Yotarou

Utama

Male

An ex-convict, recently released from prison, who seeks out apprenticeship under the legendary Eighth Generation Yakumo Yuurakutei after witnessing his rakugo performance. He is taken in as Yakumo's first ever student, and is given the name Yotarou (rakugo slang for "fool").

Tomokazu Seki

Yakumo Yuurakutei

Utama

Male

A legendary rakugo performer who is haunted by his past. He refused to take in any apprentices until he met Yotarou. As a child, Bon had originally trained as a dancer until damage to his leg left him unable to dance. Bon's mother, a geisha, sent him to train as a rakugo performer under the Seventh Generation Yakumo Yuurakutei alongside Shin, a boy who shows up unexpectedly and is accepted on a whim. While he proved to be adept at the basics of rakugo, and possessed impressive potential to memorize stories, his performances were stiff and lacked emotion and passion. Shin, with his impressive love for rakugo, quickly overtook him. As an apprentice, he was given the name "Kikuhiko." In an attempt to find his own style, Kikuhiko began performing 'bawdy and erotic' stories and discovered his strong ability to personify feminine characters.

Akira Ishida

Konatsu

Utama

Female

Konatsu is the daughter of Sukeroku and Miyokichi, and Yakumo the 8th's ward. She normally fights back against what Yakumo says and wants, and will exhibit this sort of behaviour to anyone else she doesn't trust. She is also a great teacher of rakugo, although somewhat stern.

Yuu Kobayashi

Sukeroku Yuurakutei

Pendukung

Male

Shin was the Eighth Generation Yakumo's lifelong friend and partner growing up, and Konatsu's father. Apprenticed under Yakumo Yuurakutei alongside Bon, he was originally given the name "Hatsutarou," but rejected it to instead perform under the name "Sukeroku." As a shin'uchi, his unique and passionate style of performing quickly earns him a name and reputation in the rakugo community, but also strikes a nerve with the traditionalist members of the rakugo association. Sukeroku and Kikuhiko made a promise with each other to ensure rakugo's survival as an art form together—Sukeroku would practice rakugo that changed to appeal to the public and Kikuhiko would practice rakugo that never changed and stayed true to its roots. This promise would go unfulfilled when Sukeroku died a tragic death at a young age, but his impact on rakugo as an art never faded.

Kouichi Yamadera

Amaken

Pendukung

Kappei Yamaguchi

Matsuda

Pendukung

Shigeru Ushiyama

Mangetsu Tsuburaya

Pendukung

Kouji Yusa