Karakter & Staf — Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day

Madoka Ayukawa

Utama

Female · Umur 15-18

The archetypical "kimagure" (whimsical) character, Madoka is secretly in love with Kyosuke, and is best friends with Hikaru Hiyama (who is also in love with Kyosuke). Madoka is described as having an adult allure despite being in junior high school. When she first meets Kyosuke, she appears to be a pretty and sweet girl. This, however, is in stark contrast to her personality at school, where she is aloof and feared by both the male and female students as a reputed juvenile delinquent. In the TV series she is nicknamed "Madoka the Pick" due to her ability to wield a guitar pick like a shuriken. Despite her "punk" reputation, Madoka is also shown to excel at various activities both scholarly and athletic. She is able to earn high marks in school and still work a part time at Cafe ABCB (pronounced "ah-ba kah-ba"). Madoka's parents are kind-hearted but workaholic professional musicians often touring outside Japan, so she lives in a large house with her older sister. After her sister gets married and goes to live abroad with her husband, Madoka lives there alone. The story involves the eventual shedding of her tough exterior after she becomes Kyosuke's friend, as evidenced by the changes in her life after she meets him. She gives up smoking because of him, and in the manga other characters note that she becomes friendlier and does better academically following Kyosuke's arrival. Creator Izumi Matsumoto reports that his inspiration for Madoka was actress Phoebe Cates. (Source: Wikipedia)

Hiromi Tsuru

Kyosuke Kasuga

Utama

Male

He and his siblings have supernatural powers, referred to in the series as "The Power", and are described as espers in the series. They are forbidden from using their powers in public, lest they be discovered and exploited. In each instance where someone has seen their powers, the family has immediately relocated. Kyosuke's esper powers include teleportation, telekinesis, and "time-slipping" (a kind of a time travel) while falling from heights such as stairs. He can alter mechanical devices such as elevators and traffic lights. He can direct his powers to his ears to amplify his hearing and he has also demonstrated a hypnotism power as evidenced when he hypnotized himself to be more decisive. Kyosuke is also rarely shown to use his powers to temporarily amplify his speed and strength. On very rare occasions—generally, when Madoka is directly threatened—his power has taken the form of raw energy that can shatter concrete walls or short out every light in a disco. Kyosuke is a pretty gentle person and a bit of a goody-goody—when he sees Madoka smoking, he scolds her in a very nerdy way (and then uses his powers to destroy her cigarette). It is his indecisiveness that leads to the love triangle with Hikaru and Madoka. He is initially unable to decide between his feelings for Hikaru and Madoka. As the story progresses however, he find himself unable to end the relationship with Hikaru for fear of hurting her feelings and destroying her friendship with Madoka.

Tooru Furuya

Hikaru Hiyama

Utama

Female

Hikaru is initially presented as being unpleasant, a brawler, and a tougher talker than Madoka. But once she becomes friends with Kyosuke, it is revealed that she's actually very kind and energetic. She accidentally sees Kyosuke perform an impressive physical feat using "The Power", and ends up falling for him quite hard. She always refers to him by the english word "darling". She tends to revert to a form of baby talk, which is a signal she's extremely immature and shielded. She has an unrequited love for Kyosuke, and has been Madoka's best friend for several years since she and Yusaku Hino were the only ones who were never afraid of Madoka. Her name refers to the brightness of the sun, and of a sparkling personality. Hikaru is two years younger than Ayukawa and Kyosuke, and has the same birthday as Kyosuke.

Eriko Hara

Kurumi Kasuga

Pendukung

One of Kyosuke's younger sisters.

Chieko Honda

Manami Kasuga

Pendukung

One of Kyosuke's younger sisters, Manami is very reserved. She is depicted as the homemaker of the house--cooking meals, vacuuming and doing laundry--but it is revealed in both the manga and anime that she has a wild side that occasionally needs release. Manami's esper powers include teleportation and telekinesis. Part of her reserved nature includes avoiding excessive use of The Power unless it's absolutely necessary. In the manga she is especially fond of Ayukawa and would like to see Kyosuke and her get together. However this manga story never made it into the anime. As such the anime version shows no such preference, though she and Kurumi at times urge Kyousuke to choose between Madoka and Hikaru. But even in the manga she's unaware of the situation between Kyosuke and Madoka.

Michie Tomizawa

Takashi Kasuga

Pendukung

Male

Kyōsuke's father, he works as a photographer and has no esper powers.

Kei Tomiyama

Seiji Komatsu

Pendukung

Male

Keiichi Nanba

Kazuya Hatta

Pendukung

Male

Naoki Tatsuta

Jingoro

Pendukung

Jingoro is the Kasugas' pet cat in the anime. He does not appear in the manga. Jingoro gets his name from the Edo-period wood sculptor Hidari Jingorō, who is thought to have carved the famous Sleeping Cat sculpture at the Nikkō Tōshō-gū. Jingoro is often the victim of Manami and Kurumi's abuse of "The Power." Because of this, he often attempts to flee the Kasuga household.

Kenichi Ogata

Master

Pendukung

Male

Proprietor of the ABCB cafe located on Orange Road and Madoka's boss. He is one of the few characters who realizes how Madoka and Kyōsuke feel about each other, and does everything in his power to smooth relations between the two. In the manga he shuts down ABCB after it is discovered that Kyōsuke was working there (Japanese middle school students can not hold jobs). In the novels it is revealed that he bounced back by opening one of the first cybercafes in Tokyo. Source: Wikipedia