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Shinnosuke "Shin-chan" Nohara is a little boy who seems to do everything he can to annoy his parents and teachers (and succeeds wildly), but only means the best. He just tries to have a good time and in doing so does things which will create the maximum vexation in others.

Nohara Family

Shinnosuke Nohara (Shin-chan)

Shinnosuke Nohara ( Nohara Shinnosuke, Shin-Chan)

He is the main character, a kindergarten-aged boy whose antics are the basis for the series. His affectionate name is Shin-chan. He is 5 years old and loves chocolate biscuits which are referred to in the series as "Chocobi", and an animated superhero named "Action Kamen", who is called "Action Bastard" in the FUNimation dubbing. He is attracted to older girls and women, despite his young age, and says girls his age have no appeal for him. He brazenly pursues any girl who catches his eye. He shares this trait with his father and paternal grandfather, but this often results in Misae's brutal punishment. The only girl he seems to really like (to the point of being shy and blushing around her and trying to behave) is a college student named Nanako. Some of his strange activities include dressing up as animals or plants and taking his pants off anywhere he feels the urge to do a "buri buri" (ass) dance. In general, he is brutally honest, highly curious, and has no shame whatsoever. It would appear that his behavior is rarely in accordance with standard Japanese decorum and social conventions. Ironically, there have been several instances in which Shinnosuke's own crazy antics actually solved the problems of those around him. Whether this is the result of his own or purely accidental is debatable. Adding to that, he also display a surprising amount of talent and ability in various activity which include running, surfing, kendo, skiing and others.

Misae Nohara ( Nohara Misae)

Shin-chan's mother. She is a homemaker who seems to be 29 all the time and is angered easily when Shin-chan makes fun of her or mocks her by acting like her, usually about her wrinkles, breast size, buttock size, or constipation. The standard retaliation is spanking, screwing fists into Shin-chan's head, pulling cheeks, and striking his head to produce enormous and temporary, lumps (sometimes more blows are delivered before the lumps completely disappear and so the lumps pile on top of another). There are special names for these punishments: "genkotsu" means striking the head to produce lumps; "guriguri" means screwing fists into the head. Sometimes these punishments are inflicted on her husband, too. She is sometimes attracted to handsome men. She sets strict limits on her family's expenses but sometimes splurges on herself.

Hiroshi Nohara ( Nohara Hiroshi)

Shin-chan's father. Age 35. A low-level businessperson, he is the main (and only) income source of the family, with 32 years of mortgage payments left on the house. He is a stereotypical Japanese employee and frequently talks in his sleep, revealing that even in his dreams he is being scolded by his boss. Like his son, he is attracted to pretty women and often gets beat up by his wife Misae for it.

Himawari Nohara ( Nohara Himawari)

Shin-chan's younger sister, born into the series on September 27, 1996. She is less than one year old and her name means "sunflower." Even though she is still an infant, she displays an obsession towards shiny and branded objects. She is also attracted to young handsome men, like her mother.

Shiro (Shiro)

Shin-chan's pet dog. Like his name (shiro means white), he is white and fluffy. He sometimes seems to be the only one intelligent enough to see the real situation. He has the ability to roll up to look like a cotton candy.In the recent volumes,we finally found out that his mother was a dog named Bosch,who belongs to a young girl and her family(Oddly her behaviour seems to resemble Shin Chan's but less crude).Unfortunetly,her father was diagnosed with an alergy for dogs which could threaten his life.So,the girl had to painfully give away all of her dogs including Shiro.She met him back later and was glad to know that he is taken cared by a good owner.

Misae's Family

Yoshiji Koyama (, Koyama Yoshiji)

Misae's father. Age 63. He has made appearances in several of Shin-chan's episodes. He is seen to have much higher standards of public decorum than Hiroshi's father Ginnosuke. This uptight behavior of his sometimes becomes the subject of jokes for Shin-chan and a clash of style between him and Ginnosuke. In one episode, however, he found out that both Shin-chan and Ginnosuke liked him.

Hisae Koyama ( Koyama Hisae)

Misae's mother. Age 58. Her appearances in Shin-chan's episodes are usually with her husband. Like her husband, she looks down on the way Hiroshi's father behaves, but she gets along well with Ginnosuke's wife Tsuru.

Masae Koyama (Koyama Masae)

Misae's older sister. Age 35. She is still single. Her appearance in the show is rare. It is possible that Misae learned some of her moves from her. She shares some of the same mischievous antics as Shin-chan and Ginnosuke, except to an excess.

Musae Koyama ( Koyama Musae)

Misae's younger sister. Age 26. She is lazy and likes to sleep all the time. She quits her job as a photographer because her boss said to her that she had no talent. Due to the inability to support herself any longer, she moves in to live with Shin-chan's family (without telling Misae in advance) on April 21, 2006 in the episode "Oh no! The Family Just Got Bigger Today!" . However, on the day that she visit Shin Chan's Kindergarten,she met a freelance photographer who happens to be looking for an assistant. Musae immediately accepts and hurriedly bid farewell and thanks to Misae, Shin Chan and Himawari.

Hiroshi's Family

Ginnosuke Nohara ( Nohara Gin'nosuke)

Hiroshi's father. Age 65. Like his son and his grandson, Shin-chan, he enjoys looking at pretty young women. He also likes to do weird things and rituals with his grandson. His appearance in the show is relatively more common than other minor characters. As with Shin-chan, he is affectionately called Gin-chan. One of his many jokes in the series is dressing up as a movie character whenever Hiroshi and his family comes to vist them, such as Neo from Matrix or Jack Sparrow from Pirates of The Caribbean.

Tsuru Nohara (Nohara Tsuru)

Hiroshi's mother. Age 62. Her reactions to her husband's slightly adulterous behavior is similar to Misae's, although not as violent. She sometimes also does strange rituals with Shin-chan.

Semashi Nohara (Nohara Semashi)

Hiroshi's older brother who looks exactly like him. Age 40. He is still single and is known to be a miser, as he once even hitchhiked to Kasukabe, Shin-chan's home city, instead of taking the train because he wanted to cut costs. He lives in the countryside with his parents.

Family Friends and Acquaintances

Shin-chan's Friends and Acquaintances

Nanako's Family and Friends

Nanako Oohara ( Ōhara Nanako)

The college girl with whom Shin-chan is in love. Age 20. The first time they met was when Shin-chan was strolling in the neighborhood and got something in his eye. Nanako, though a stranger at the time, took it out of his eyes for him. Since then, they have kept contact with each other, sometimes Nanako inviting Shin-chan to beach resorts and skiing trips etc. Nanako is the only girl that is unruffled by Shin-chan's behavior, and the only one Shin-chan tries to behave for, even being shy and blushing around her. She dreams to be a kindergarten teacher.

Shijuurou Oohara (Ōhara Shijūrō)

Nanako's father.He is actually a famous author of many popular books. He is overprotective of his daughter and worries too much about her. He is often seen to disrupt any important matters at hand whenever he has the most extremely subtle (false) hint that Nanako may be in trouble. He disapproves of Shin-chan's love for his daughter.

Shinobu Kandadori (Kandadori Shinobu)

Nanako's college friend. She hopes to become a professional wrestler. She likes to kiss Shin-chan, who sometimes goes unconscious as a result because he would rather be kissed by Nanako, who is much prettier. Her name may be based off of professional wrestler Shinobu Kandori.

Saitama Crimson Scorpions

A gang of high school girls who runs into Shinchan often, with dire consequences. Supposedly their gang is a rival of other, more serious (and dangerous) girl gangs, but Shinchan's antics often make them lose their patience and impairs them from actually increasing the gang's size.

Ryuko Fukazume ( Fukazume Ryuko)

Leader of the clique. Age 17. She is a tough fighter and behaves righteously towards her friends. Her violent and brash behaviour undermines her gentle and kind side, and despite being the leader of a female gangster group, shows a surprising amount of genial traits. Has a secret hobby of dressing up as a Sailor Moon character. She also has a huge crush on Shin-chan's father Hiroshi and is revealed more so in the August 1, 1997 episode "The Crimson Scorpion's Yoyo Fishing Game", despite knowledge that Hiroshi is married to Misae. Fukazume is actually her nickname of sorts meaning "Rough 'n Ready" (according to the Hawaiian versions of the TV series). Her real name is Ryuko Okegawa ( Okegawa Ryuko).

Ogin Uonome (, Uonome Ogin)

Member of the clique who always wears a mask with an "X" on it, and therefore she is also known as "Fish-eyed Ogin" (the X resembles the eye of a dead fish). She is the more taciturn and patient member of the clique. Despite her somewhat fearsome demeanor, she possesses a kind side, shown in an episode where she helps out her sick mother by delivering goods and hiding her predicaments from her friends, so they are not troubled by it. Her face was revealed in one episode when the Saitama Scorpions babysit Shin-chan and Himawari and the latter playfully takes off her mask.

Mari Fukidemono (, Fukidemono Marii)

Another member of the clique, who is fat and clumsy. Her title in the Malay translation of the manga is "Pimple-Mary." She is righteous, and often comes to the aid of her friends despite her inability to fight.

Misae's Friends

Keiko Honda ( Honda Keiko)

She's been Misae's good friend since middle school. Age 29. Her name of affection is "Okei", so Shin-chan calls her "Okei-obasan", which literally means "aunt Okei." She marries Satoshi, who is 7 years and 9 months younger.Her act of marrying a younger men becomes a subject of joke by Shin Chan.She actually brags about it sometimes as well to others.

Satoshi Honda ( Honda Satoshi)

Keiko's husband. Age 21. He loves anime and owns many Action Kamen movies and action figures.

Hitoshi Honda (Honda Hitoshi)

Keiko and Satoshi's baby son. Age 3 months. His name of affection is "Hito-kun." He is always smiling. In the manga version, he has grown a little and goes to swimming school.

Yoshiko (, Yoshiko)

Misae's old friend who is a manga artist.

Kasukabe Resident

Kitamoto ( Kitamoto)

Nohara family's neighbor. She loves to talk and gossip so she is frequently seen to be chatting with Misae. She also took in Shiro while the Nohara's had to move to the apartment.

Robert McGuire (Roberuto Makugaiyā)

Kitamoto's nephew. Kitamoto's older sister had married an American and their son is Robert, who sometimes stays over at Kitamoto's house. Shin-chan calls him "Beruto-kun." At first, he couldn't speak any Japanese at all so he would misunderstand everything whenever Shin-chan tried to talk to him which leads to a hilarious act by Robert who seems to think that Shin Chans behaviour is actually a typical Japanese customs.He once had a crush on Nanako and went to Shin Chan for advice on how to court a Japanese girl.Shin Chan misunderstood and thought that he wanted a gender change.Before Robert could court(Or humiliate himself)Nanako,he realize that Shin Chan knew her and that he likes her.Robert backs down,saying its not right to take your best friends girl. Now, he teaches English in a building near the Kasukabe train station.

Yoshirin Hatogaya (, Hatogaya Yoshirin)

Nohara family's other neighbor. His family and Shin-chan's family got to know each other for the first time on a trip to Hawaii. After the trip, they moved next door to Shin-chan's family. He and his wife sometimes annoy Shin-chan's parents. They are also a couple of unusual conventions and display of affections, which contrasts the earlier Japanese generations. They are easily excited by new and first-time things, such as being robbed the first time and having the police over for investigation. He sometimes goes to Hiroshi for advice.He would often barge into Hiroshi's house without warning whenever theres a problem.

Micchi Hatogaya (Hatogaya Mitchii)

Yoshirin's wife. She likes to watch horror movies (to her husband's chagrin) and collect stuffed dinosaurs. She sometimes hangs out with Misae.

Sunflower Class

Kasukabe Defense Organization (Kasukabe Bōentai)

An "organization" that Shin-chan and his friends created as a group in the episode "Kasukabe Defense Organization" broadcast on May 1, 1995. The purpose of this group was to promote peace in the city of Kasukabe. However, this so-called organization is more of just a name for Shin-chan's group and often they don't do anything meaningful during their operations. Their secret base is located at kindergarten teacher Mrs. Ishizaka's house.

Tooru Kazama ( Kazama Tooru)

Tooru Kazama (Kazama-kun) is Shin-chan's immaculately groomed and perfectly mannered friend, who usually loses his nerves and composure with Shin-chan's antics.Their relationship has often been joked as homosexual by Shin Chan.Despite Kazama annoyance with Shin Chan,the both of them are actually the best of friends are actually quite closer then any of the other friends they have. In the FUNimation dub, he is named Georgie Prescott the 3rd (Perhaps a reference to the Bush family) and is an ultra-conservative Japanese American.

Nene Sakurada (, Sakurada Nene)

Nene Sakurada (Nene-chan) is Shin-chan's female classmate and friend. She loves to play 'real omamagoto', or 'real house', in which divorces and arguments are very common. She occasionally sees her mother go crazy and shrieks something literally translated to be "You're not my usual mom!" She has the same character as her mother and she is often seen releasing her frustrations on a helpless stuffed bunny. When her desires are not met, Nene becomes upset.She hated Shiizou Atsukuru during his teaching period but eventually developed a crush on him.Nene is also revealed to be a Gossip Monger.However she always misunderstood the situation and made it worse such as when Tokuro(Matzuzaka's boyfriend) was hanging out with his childhood friend and their photo was taken by Nene.Leading to a conflict between the couple.She became devastated by this event. In the FUNimation dub, Penny lives in an abusive household.

Masao Sato (Satō Masao)

Masao Sato is one of Shin-chan's friends. He is known to be a scaredy cat, and a bit of a cry baby.

Boo ( Bō)

Another of Shin-chan's friends, he seems slow and expressionless, but is actually quite smart and has an interest in artistic, adult-oriented things. He often surprises his friends with his insight, though he speaks quite slowly. He always has a trail of snot running down his nose.

Ai Suotome ( Suotome Ai)

Ai-chan is a relatively newer character addition to the show who began appearing on October 12, 1999. She is from an extremely rich family and happened to be enrolled in to the kindergarten at Kasukabe because she threw a dart at the map of Japan and hit Kasukabe, thereby determining where she would go next. She is always seen riding in a black limousine and with a bodyguard. Many boys fell in love with her except Shin-chan. Instead, she fell in love with Shin-chan. Masao-kun likes her very much, but Ai-chan almost never pays attention to him.

Rose Class

The Rose Class is a class handled by Ume Matzuzaka.A recurring theme in the show is that Rose class would always a have a competition with Sunflower Class whether is Baseball,Soccer or Trekking.Another recurring joke about Rose Class is that whenever they have a competition,they would always reveal a member of the class with talent in that field,which lead many to speculate the number of students in the class.

Yasuo Kawamura ( Kawamura Yasuo, Cheetah Kawamura)

Kawamura-kun is always wearing a leopard shirt and playing with his soccer ball. He always loses to Shin-chan.

Hitoshi (Hitoshi)

This child is a kindergarten bully and always likes to bully Masao with Terunobu.

Terunobu ( Terunobu)

This child is a kindergarten bully and always likes to bully Masao with Hitoshi.

Kindergarten Staff and Relatives

Midori Ishizaka - Yoshinaga - Ishizaka (Yoshinaga) Midori

Shin-chan's teacher. Age 24. She is always in bitter rivalry with Ume Matsuzaka. However she unhesitatingly supports Matsuzaka in certain critical situations. "Yoshinaga" is her maiden name. Her new last name is "Ishizaka" after being married to Junichi Ishizaka since July 7, 2000. Before him, she didn't have much luck with her boyfriend, often commiserating with Matsuzaka about their lack of love life. Later on,she gave birth to a baby girl(delivered by Nushiyo Ooya and Shin Chan) whom they named Momo Ishizaka.

Junichi Ishizaka (Ishizaka Jun'ichi)

Midori's husband. Age 24.A nice,easy going man who gets along fine with Shin Chan and his friends and they in turn like him as well.He has been potrayed as someone with a lack of confidence problem.This is true when he wanted to propose to Midori.On the eve of their wedding(The wedding was going to be held at the Kindergarten),problems began to arise and on the coveted day,it gets worse when it began to rain,Midori was heartbroken but Ishizaka,with a little encouraging words from Shin Chan,bravely grabbed Midori and declare his love for her in the rain.

Ume Matsuzaka ( Matsuzaka Ume)

Arch-rival of Miss Yoshinaga, teacher of the Rose class. Age 24. Single. Likes to live stylishly in public but she actually struggles to save her money for accessories and lives in a very cheap, dusty apartment. Although she always says she is "tired of Futaba Kindergarten (especially Shin-chan)" and plans to move out to a better school, she never seriously intends to do it. She even rejects so harshly a man who offers her a better job in another school and mocks Futaba Kindergarten. Despite her rivalry with Midori, deep down she cares for her and helped her reconcile with her future husband. She seriously dated another man named Tokurou Gyouda before. He is her chiropractor and they first met at his clinic after she becomes drunk and fell off a flight of stairs at a park the night before. However, her boyfriend had to go to Chile for a Matazuresaurus dinosaur fossil excavation. The drama of such a dilemma was shown in a three-episode series in 30 minutes where the situation ended up in that she stays in Japan but rushes with the whole kindergarten to the airport to see her boyfriend before he departs. She was there to greet Tokuro when he came back from Chile but their relationship was a bit shaken when Ume was having doubts on Tokuro's commitment to their relationship. Things became worse when after seeing the phot taken by Nene of Tokuro and his childhood friend. Causing her to distancing herself from him.At the same time,her family was arranging her to marry a rich man who kept talking about their future.As thing becomes worst, Ume is left with a dilemma despite still having feelings for Tokuro.

Matsu Matsuzaka (Matsuzaka Matsu)

Ume's eldest sister. Age 28. Like her sister, she is also seeking for a man to form a relationship and eventually marry. Often, when news come of Ume having a new man to form a relationship, Matsu and her other sister, Take, would interfere to win that man's affections, leading to the three sisters fighting over him and eventually ended up with the relationship broken off. This kind of situation also occurred during Ume's starting relationship with Tokuro.

Take Matsuzaka ( Matsuzaka Take)

Ume's second eldest sister. Age 26. She often appears alongside her elder sister, Matsu, to fight over Ume's new boyfriend. In contrast to Matsu's traditional Japanese-style attire, Take is often prone to Western gaudiness.

Tokurou Gyouda ( Gyōda Tokurō)

Miss Matsuzaka's boyfriend and chiropractor. Age 26. He is very enthusiastic about any type of bones raging from ordinary chicken bones to exotic dinosaur bones. Toku-san's professor, along with his team, found Matazuresaurus bones and fossils in Chile so Toku-san could not resist going there with them. He proposed to Matsuzaka and wanted her to go with him. However, in the end, he went there alone, as Matsuzaka refused to go. He has yet to return to Japan and see his girlfriend once again. In volume 45 of the manga, he returns to Japan. However, even though he is back together with Ume, his fascination with bones causes a drift between him and her. He later met with the daughter of his professor who is his childhood friend which leads to another clash between the couple (Thanks to Nene). Now,Tokuro is trying to clear things up between them and trying to stop her from marrying the man that Ume's family had picked for her.

Masumi Ageo (, Ageo Masumi)

A teacher at the Futaba Kindergarten. Age 23. She first appeared on July, 10, 1998 as a new teacher. She seems to be scared of and nervous at everything. However, when Shin-chan takes off her glasses, her vision becomes blurred and a personality change takes place; she becomes very aggressive and fearless as shown in her first appearance episode "The New Teacher Acts Weird" . Her condition is somewhat similar to Launch from the Dragon Ball series. She has dated Kuroiso, Ai-chan's bodyguard.

Shiizou Atsukuru (Atsukuru Shiizō)

Newest Futaba Kindergarten staff member. Age 22. He first appeared in an episode aired on August 26, 2005. He can literally be on fire at his own discretion, which is his key personality trait in the show. He is a substitute teacher for the Sunflower Class since Midori was pregnant at that time.At first,many of the students were taken aback and annoyed at his passionate way of teaching things but they grew to love him in the end.Everyone except Nene who,for some reasons,still hates him.During his attempt to get to her,we learned that he has a huge fear for Bunny due to the fact that he was bitten by one as a child.He finally overcomes this with Shin Chan's help.Nene soon develops a crush on him but everything comes to an end when his teaching periods ended and he was forced to leave the Kindergarten. Leading to a sorrowful farewell from the Teachers and the Students.

Bunta Takakura ( Takakura Bunta)

The principal of Action Kindergarten and is often referred to as "Enchō" (園長), which means "principal." His Yakuza-like appearance is often misunderstood by the people in the neighborhood, which often acts as a recurring joke in the series (often worsened by Shin-chan by calling him "Kumichō; = Boss of Yakuza). Actually he has a tender heart and good attitude. He has masqueraded himself as a superhero called Enchoman but Shin-chan found out his true identity easily. He hoped to continue to keep his real identity a secret by letting Shin-chan join his troupe and telling him not to tell anybody. But he quit after others found out his real identity. In the FUNimation dub, he disguises under the name Ench-Man and given a Latin/Italian accent in an attempt to provide the joke of him as a member of the Mafia (the equivalent of the Yakuza). Possibly named after actor Ken Takakura, famous for his roles in yakuza movies.

Mrs. Takakura (, Takakura-fujin)

She is Takakura's wife and the Futaba Kindergarten Vice Principal.

Kindergarten Children's Guardians

Moeko Sakurada (, Sakurada Moeko)

Nene-chan's mother. Age 28. She is easily irritated by Shin-chan, whom she despises, and has a very strange way of expressing her anger; she beats up a very large stuffed rabbit when in private. Her psychologically-questionable behavior is sometimes seen by others (including her daughter Nene-chan), and those who see her have sweat drops on their head (including the abused stuffed rabbit) and are very intimidated by it (except, of course, for Shin-chan). When she's not angry, she looks like a normal person. Her abusive actions towards stuffed rabbits was passed down from her mother, which she passed down to Nene-chan.

Nene's Father ( Nene-chan no papa )

He is considered to have a cool personality. He likes to go to cherry blossom festivals with the Nohara family. Even though he has not appeared in the FUNimation dub yet, through the dialogue it is mentioned that he is an abusive husband.

Mineko Kazama ( Kazama Mineko)

Kazama-kun's mother. She has the appearance of a rich man's wife. She has her son Kazama-kun do many extracurricular activities such as learning English, playing piano, swimming, jazz dancing etc. Unlike Moeko, Mineko is not unruffled by Shin-chan easily, and prefers to stay out of his way when they happen to meet.

Kazama's Father ( Kazama-kun no Papa)

He is a businessperson, or as it is more commonly called, a "salaryman." Apparently richer than most of Shin-chan's friends' parents, he has traveled abroad several times.He has a very easy going attitude and gets along fine with everyone including the Nohara family.

Masao's Mother (, Masao-kun no Mama)

She is a little plump. Her face looks almost identical to that of Masao-kun. She plays tennis.

Boo's Mother (, Bō-chan no Mama)

She has appeared only once in the comic books and never on TV. Shin-chan, Kazama-kun, Nene-chan, and Masao-kun have tried to imagine what she looked like.

Kuroiso (, Kuroiso)

Ai-chan's bodyguard and driver. He always wears a black tuxedo suit and sunglasses. He is very obedient to Ai-chan's orders.Most of time its because she had found out his dark deeds. He has dated Ageo-san, a Futaba kindergarten teacher. In the FUNimation dub, Mr. K is shown to hate his job and is often black-mailed by Ai.

Matazuresou Apartments Residents

There was a time when the Nohara family moved into apartments called Matazuresou (, Matazuresō) (Falling Apartments in the Funimation dub). They were forced to move out when the house was being reconstructed after a gas explosion that destroyed the house completely and left nothing but dirt in its lot. The name literally translates to "Will Fall Apart Again."

Nushiyo Ooya (, Ōya Nushiyo)

She is the landowner of the whole building of apartments and so all rent payments went to her. She has very strict rules such as being very quiet in the corridors and not allowing pets. She spends her free time piling her collection of dentures into a tower. Her cold attitude toward children can be attributed to the fact that her husband and her 3-year-old daughter died in a traffic accident 30 years ago.

Yonro ( Yonrō)

He lives next door from Shin-chan's family at room 201. He attended Tokyo Kasukabe University, not Tokyo University as Misae had mistakenly believed. Misae and Hiroshi frequently invited him over to fancy dinners at their house being very supportive of him so that one day when Yonro goes into a successful political career, he would thank them with lots of money and gifts. When Misae and Hiroshi found out that he wasn't attending Tokyo University, they practically abandoned him. He has visited Shin-chan's family when they moved back into their old house. He works at a supermarket as a part-time job. In FUNimation's dub, Yonro is a sci-fi nerd and supposedly a chronic masturbator who has been repeatedly denied admission to a local technical school, due to the character's appearance.

Atsuko Kutsuzoko ( Kutsuzoko Atsuko)

She is the 18-year-old mother of a 2-year-old daughter. Her actions and style reflect the Japanese younger generation. In the anime, she rents room 205. (She does not live in the apartment in the manga.)

Atsumi Kutsuzoko ( Kutsuzoko Atsumi)

She is the 2-year-old daughter of Atsuko. Her personality is seen to be geared towards an obsessively trend-conscious teenager who might offer herself for prostitution. (She does not live in the apartment in the manga.)

Atsushi Kutsuzoko (, Kutsuzoko Atsushi)

Atsuko's husband. He is a truck driver. (He doesn't appear in the manga.)

Kyuji Oda (, Oda Kyūji)

An undercover police officer who works with Kyousuke on a narcotics control case. He rents room 204, although he does not actually live there. He and Kyousuke have gone to Shin-chan's kindergarten to teach the children street smarts. (He and Kyousuke rent room 205 instead in the manga.) He and his partner pose as a gay couple so as not to draw suspicion.

Kyousuke Nigaria ( Nigaria Kyōsuke)

An undercover police officer who works with Kyuji on a narcotics control case. He rents room 204, although he does not actually live there. He and Kyuji have gone to Shin-chan's kindergarten to teach the children street smarts. (He and Kyuji rents room 205 instead in the manga.) He and his partner pose as a gay couple so as not to draw suspicion.

Yuu Yakutsukuri (Yakutsukuri Yū)

She is the resident of room 203 who wants to become an actress. In her second appearance in the FUNimation dub, she confused the Nohara family (particularly Misae) by portraying herself as a man before showing her true identity.

Shinobu Sakai ( Sakai Shinobu)

A college student who has held many part-time jobs to put herself through college, only to lose them often due to Shinchan's antics. She absolutely despises him, but due to her frequent jobs involving customer service, she has to put up with him.

TV Stars and Fictional Characters

Action Mask ( Akushon Kamen)

Shin-chan's favorite superhero in the cartoon within the cartoon. Action Kamen is a spoof of Japan's tokusatsu shows (most notably, the Kamen Rider shows). The phrase "muchacho" means "boy" or "young man" in Spanish. In the European Spanish version he is called Ultrahéroe (Ultrahero) as there he is considered a knock-off of the Ultraman series.

Mimiko Sakura (Sakura Mimiko)

Action Kamen's young sidekick in combatting enemies. She is seen to deliver crucial weapons to Action Kamen or give him instructions for new moves.

Buriburizaemon (Buriburizaemon)

A talking "heroic" but actually quite cowardly, lazy, treacherous, and funny pig that appears in some episodes/chapters about ancient Japan. His appearances were limited since his voice actor Kaneto Shiozawa passed away in 2000. He is, not surprisingly considered a demon or 'rakshas' in the Indian version.

Kantam Robo (Kantamu Robo)

Another of Shin-chan's favorite anime character. Kantam Robo parodies the mecha anime genre. The name 'Kantam' is a spoof on the Gundam name, as the Katakana characters 'Ga'and 'Da'in Gundam were replaced with the characters 'Ka' and 'Ta' instead.

Other Characters

Kenta Musashino ( Musashino Kenta)

Shin-chan's Kendo Master. Age 34. He first appeared in the April 26, 2003 episode "I'm a Kendo Master!" to teach Shin-chan the ways of Kendo. Has a habit of always stepping into dog feces whenever he walks away. He made his last appearance in a three episode story-arc on January 31, 2004, when Shin-chan participated in the Kasukabe Budokan Kendo Tournament and won.