List of Dandadan characters

The Dandadan manga series features an extensive cast of characters created by Yukinobu Tatsu.

Main characters

The main characters of the series are the "Family" (家族, Kazoku), a group of kids led by Seiko dealing with the supernatural. The members of the Family who also attend high school at Kami High are also members of the History and Culture Research Club (歴史文化研究部, Rekishi Bunka Kenkyū-bu), which serves as a front for their activities.

Momo Ayase

Voiced by: Shion Wakayama (Japanese); Abby Trott (English)

Momo Ayase (綾瀬 桃, Ayase Momo) is a gyaru high school girl who believes in ghosts and the supernatural. This is in part due to the influence of her grandmother, Seiko, working with them, but after she got teased for it at school, Momo cursed Seiko out for this, causing their relationship to become strained. After being abducted by Serpo aliens, she discovers she has psychokinetic powers, allowing her to visualize the "auras" of people and objects, and visualizes her power as giant hands to "grab" and control these auras. Momo has a celebrity crush on actor Ken Takakura, often becoming giddy whenever someone says his full name out loud. Although she and Okarun initially do not get along and constantly argue and fight with each other, after defeating Turbo Granny, they become close friends and throughout the course of the story, she develops strong feelings for Okarun. She decides to help him get his testicles back, with the ultimate goal of mending her relationship with her grandmother.

Ken Takakura / Okarun

Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae (Japanese); A.J. Beckles (English)

Ken Takakura (高倉 健, Takakura Ken) is a shy and friendless high school boy who tries to connect with Momo over their shared interests in the supernatural. Momo (as well as her friends Miko and Muko) call him "Okarun" (オカルン) (derived from "occult" after his interest in the topic) so that she is not inadvertently reminded of her celebrity crush, though Okarun is oblivious to the origin of this. After being possessed by the Turbo Granny, Okarun gains the ability to enter a powerful demonic state, granting him immense speed but also a suave yet lethargic alternate personality. Okarun has been bullied frequently by his other classmates for his nerdy demeanor, but grows to take solace in his new friends and eventually becomes somewhat popular. Most of all, he values and cares a lot about his friendship with Momo due to her being his first real friend, and after his initial encounter with Taro and Hana, he realizes he is in love with Momo, eventually confessing to her. The loss and recovery of his testicles is the main focal point for most of the series.

Seiko Ayase

Voiced by: Nana Mizuki (Japanese); Kari Wahlgren (English)

Seiko Ayase (綾瀬 星子, Ayase Seiko) is a spirit medium and Momo's grandmother, whom she lives with, despite appearing to be in her 20s. She helps Momo and Okarun deal with dangerous spirits and yōkai. Though she has no innate powers, she has an extensive knowledge of supernatural entities and curses, and uses various artifacts and the borrowed power of the god residing in their city to seal and exorcise yōkai, though this power is only limited to the city itself. She has a brash and aloof personality, much to the chagrin of those around her, but deeply cares for her loved ones including Momo.

Turbo Granny

Voiced by: Mayumi Tanaka (Japanese); Barbara Goodson (English)

Turbo Granny (ターボババア, Tābo Babā) is a yōkai who takes the form of a cruel, foul-mouthed elderly woman, Turbo Granny used to comfort the spirits of girls who died horrible deaths, but started cursing and stealing the genitals of anyone who entered her territory. After Momo and Okarun defeat her, Seiko seals her spirit inside a maneki-neko doll, and she agrees to aid Okarun and Momo in finding Okarun's testicles, in exchange for receiving her powers back.

Aira Shiratori

Voiced by: Ayane Sakura (Japanese); Lisa Reimold (English)

Aira Shiratori (白鳥 愛羅, Shiratori Aira) is the school idol of Kami High. Although she puts on the appearance of a ditzy and amiable person, she is actually incredibly vain and boasts a Messiah complex, a direct result of her inability to reconcile with the death of her mother at a young age. After obtaining one of Okarun's kintama, Aira reawakened her suppressed ability to see the supernatural, which coupled with her egomania, led her to believe that she was divinely chosen to exorcise yōkai and thus targets Momo, delusionally believing her and Okarun to be malevolent demons. The resulting confrontation culminated in her absorbing Acrobatic Silky's powers, giving her a similar transformation to Okarun as well as immense agility and prehensile hair. Aira subsequently allies with Momo and Okarun despite still thinking they are demons, and becomes openly affectionate towards Okarun for his selfless nature. As the Family grows, she declares herself their leader, but becomes more selfless over time in making them her new friend group, and mending her partnership with Momo.

Jin Enjoji / Jiji

Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa (Japanese); Aleks Le (English)

Jin Enjoji (円城寺 仁, Enjōji Jin) is Momo's childhood friend and first crush, until he teased her over Seiko's rituals for her. He goes by the nickname "Jiji" (ジジ). After his parents were hospitalized as a result of his house being haunted and possessed by the Evil Eye, Enjoji moved in with Momo and Seiko before transferring over to Kami High and joining Momo's class. Though considered an attractive and athletic jock, Jiji is actually an eccentric dork who constantly throws praise onto others and views everyone in a positive light. After Jiji apologizes for his behavior, he and Momo rekindle their friendship, and as a result Okarun feels jealous over his relationship with Momo, which is later revealed to be somewhat valid as Jiji seems to have developed a crush on her as well. He is possessed by the Evil Eye, who goes on a blind rampage when in control of Jiji's body.

Vamola

Vamola (バモラ, Bamora) is a Sumerian and the sole surviving child of her race. Arriving on Earth after escaping an invasion on her home planet, she honors her adoptive mother's wishes to find a worthy husband who can help her preserve the Sumerian bloodline, leading her to Momo and Okarun, the latter of whom she chooses as her husband believing that he was the one who defeated her. She tends to imitate what others say since she does not know any earthly language, so the group has to teach her to speak Japanese. She and Momo form a strong friendship over time.

Kinta Sakata

Kinta Sakata (坂田 金太, Sakata Kinta) is Okarun's chubby and somewhat anti-social classmate, who is deeply into the supernatural and extraterrestrial, but tries to get Okarun to make him more popular with girls. Despite his overall social ineptitude, he has invaluable imagination skills that work well in tandem with nanoskin, an alien technology that allows anything the holder visualises to become reality.

Rin Sawaki

Rin Sawaki (佐脇 凛, Sawaki Rin), mainly referred to as Class Rep (委員長, Iinchō), is the dutiful and over-bearing class representative of Class C, which most notably includes Okarun, Kinta Sakata, and Vamola. After dealing with the lasting grudge of a deceased childhood friend, she obtains yōkai-fuelled gravity powers based upon her ability to sing.

Supporting characters

Humans

Miko

Voiced by: Kaori Maeda (Japanese); Sarah Anne Williams (English)

Miko (ミーコ, Mīko) is a gyaru student and one of Momo's best friends. She claims to have prescient insight into Momo and Okarun's “relationship” and, along with Muko, supports them as a couple.

Muko

Voiced by: Miyu Tomita (Japanese); Anairis Quiñones (English)

Muko (ムーコ, Mūko), nicknamed Kei-san (ケイさん), is a tanned gyaru student and one of Momo's best friends. She often follows Miko's lead, including on matters relating to Momo and Okarun. Turbo Granny has stolen her phone, largely to research the supernatural.

Queen Sensei

Voiced by: Chiaki Takahashi (Japanese); Allegra Clark (English)

Queen Sensei (女王, Joō) is the diligent and reliable school nurse who listens to all of the students' problems. Though she cares for the students, she often puts them off with her kinky behavior, most exemplified by the whip she uses to flog miscreants and even her fellow school staff.

Manjiro

Manjiro (万次郎, Manjirō) is Seiko's pupil and a spirit medium who is asked to help out in the Evil Eye case.

The Hayashi

The Hayashi (囃子) are a band of musicians who sometimes help Seiko exorcise evil spirits using Heavy Metal music.

Masamichi Bega|

Masamichi Bega (部賀正道, Bega Masamichi), also known as Bega the Demon (鬼の部賀, Oni no Bega), he is an extremely strict but kind police officer stationed at the Kamikoshi Police Box. He takes in Unji Zuma, a local delinquent boy, after discovering his background as an orphan.

Unji Zuma

Unji Zuma (頭間 雲児, Zuma Unji) is a student at Renjaku High School, and is the leader of a gang of delinquents from other high schools. He lost his family as a child and is subsequently adopted by Bega, who too lost his family. He has supernatural, umbrella-based powers after encountering the spirit of his younger brother, now turned into a yōkai dubbed Umbrella Boy. After being led to obtain one of Okarun's testicles, Unji makes an attempt at beating a supernatural diorama board game named Danmanra.

Daiki Hakono

Daiki Hakono (箱野 大希, Hakono Daiki) received the game Danmanra for his birthday four years ago; after he was sucked into the cursed trunk, he began aging at an unnatural pace. By the time he was freed from the trunk, he looked like a middle-aged man, and when he seeks help from Momo several weeks after that, he looks like an old man with a long, white beard.

Kouki Yukishiro

Kouki Yukishiro (雪白 幸姬, Yukishiro Kōki) is a student who confronted Momo in the school library while Momo was still small from the Danmanra adventure. Although she was a piano prodigy when she was younger, she has since become invisible to her family and other classmates, hiding her face behind long, disheveled hair. She is acting on directions from a shadowy figure, after they blackmailed her because of a lewd selfie.

Payase

Payase (パヤセ) collects cursed objects; he works with Kashimoto, and both are acquaintances of Seiko. Payase can manipulate shadows and all their properties.

Kashimoto

Kashimoto (樫本) is Payase's partner, who is familiar with pygmies and offers intel to Seiko on Momo's case. He can utilize the power of Aphoom-Zhah, the Cold Flame, one of Great Old Ones of the Cthulhu Mythos of H. P. Lovecraft.

Aliens

Peeny-Weeny / Mr. Mantis Shrimp

Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki (Japanese); Brent Mukai (English)

Peeny-Weeny (ぺニーチンコス, Penīchinkosu) (also called Mr. Mantis Shrimp (シャコさん, Shako-san) ) is an alien resembling a mantis shrimp with a turtle shell and based on the Dover Demon. His species (whose speech consists largely of gargled, unpronounceable characters) has immense endurance, can shift into a more powerful form, and like an actual mantis shrimp, attacks with bullet-speed punches. As such, they are often hired by other species for combat work, but Peeny-Weeny is considered one of the weaker members and is forced to resort to low-level mercenary work. Peeny-Weeny reluctantly takes these missions as his son, Chiquitita, has a terminal illness that causes him to lose blood constantly, requiring daily transfusions, and which also killed his wife. He is eventually hired by the Serpo as extra muscle to fight Momo, Okarun, and Aira, who defeat him. Afterwards, however, they discover that his species' blood is similar to cow milk, so Seiko gives him a cow for him to use as a constant source of blood for Chiquitita. Eternally grateful for this, he splits time between his son and a new life on an Earth farm, assisting the Family whenever he can.

Chiquitita

Voiced by: Naomi Ōzora (Japanese); Brittany Lauda (English)

Chiquitita (チキチータ, Chikichīta) is Peeny-Weeny's cheerful son, who inherited his mother's disease.

Banga

Banga (バンガ) is an elderly Sumerian resistance fighter and Vamola's adoptive mother.

Rokuro Serpo

Rokuro Serpo (セルポ 6郎, Serpo 6rō) is the Serpo clone who helped fight the Kur invasion. Afterwards, he was branded as defective and exiled from the Serpo; he works part-time at a convenience store, always seeking out other job opportunities.

Spirits

Taro

Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita (Japanese); Kaiji Tang (English)

Taro (太郎, Tarō) is an anthropomorphized anatomical model that resides at Momo and Okarun's high school. He is madly in love with Hana.

Hana

Voiced by: Fumi Hirano (Japanese); Allegra Clark (English)

Hana (花) is an anthropomorphized anatomical model that resides at the Ayase residence. Unlike Taro, Hana lacks any limbs.

Evil Eye

Evil Eye (邪視, Jashi) is a powerful and sinister yōkai born as a human sacrifice in the feudal period. He harbors a hatred for all humanity and tricks Jiji into forming a contract so he may eradicate them. The Evil Eye, in addition to its immense physical abilities, uses the grudges of the sacrificial victims to form powerful, nigh-invincible constructs which frequently manifest into something akin to a soccer ball.

Mai Kawabanga

Mai Kawabanga (川番河 舞, Kawabanga Mai) was the childhood friend of Rin Sawaki who had died due to a car accident. Her spirit then went on to become an Ombusman bound to Rin. After she and Rin reconcile, she becomes Rin's guardian spirit; refusing to move on until Rin becomes a successful idol.

Umbrella Boy

Umbrella Boy (アンブレラボーイ, Anburera Bōi) is the now-yōkai spirit of Unji's deceased brother, who possesses Unji's body. He provides Unji with umbrella-based powers, and is based on a kasa-obake.

Antagonists

Humans

Hase

Hase (ハセ) is a popular kid in high school, who regularly bullies Okarun and later seeks to gain supernatural powers to rival Okarun's newfound athleticism.

Adachi

Adachi (足立) is the teacher of class 2E at Kami High, who is manipulated to attack powered people with her Jiangshi Chinese zombie summonings.

Spirits

Acrobatic Silky

Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue (Japanese); Amber Lee Connors (English)

Acrobatic Silky (アクロバティックさらさら, Akurobatikku Sarasara) is a powerful yōkai who possesses immense size and enhanced strength and flexibility. In her human life, she was a single mother and an aspiring ballet dancer, but was forced into odd jobs, including as a prostitute, to make ends meet and support her daughter. Her life ended up falling apart when her pimps kidnapped her daughter and brutally assaulted her in order to collect payment, leading her to commit suicide. Shortly after becoming a yōkai, a toddler-aged Aira called her "Mommy" after briefly mistaking her for her own deceased mother, which caused Acrobatic Silky to delusionally assume that she was Aira's mother in life, and began to stalk her for over a decade until Aira could sense yōkai again. Once this happened, however, Aira did not remember her and assumed she was a familiar summoned by Momo, angering Acrobatic Silky so much that she accidentally killed her. As recompense, Acrobatic Silky sacrificed her life force to resurrect Aira by transferring her powers to Aira. In turn, Aira showed her compassion in her final moments, allowing her to move on to the afterlife without regret.

Reiko Kashima

Reiko Kashima (カシマレイコ, Kashima Reiko), also known as the Slit-Mouthed Woman (口裂け女, Kuchisake-onna), is a yōkai that formerly resided in a ruined area in Kamikoshi City. After being bested by Momo, Reiko harbored a grudge against the girl and vowed to get revenge on her the next time they met.

Fairy-Tale Card

Fairy-Tale Card (メルへンカルタ, Meruen Karuta) is a yōkai sealed within the Danmanra board game and the creator of the cursed trunk's inner world.

Aliens

Alien Serpo

Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai (Japanese); Benjamin Diskin (English)

The Alien Serpo (セルポ星人, Serupo Seijin) are an entirely male alien race who come from Planet Serpo. Due to their race being exclusively all male, the Serpo have no way of reproducing naturally and resort to using cloning technology, but since biological evolution cannot occur within identical beings, the Serpo seek to gain reproductive organs by abducting humans from Earth and stealing their sex organs (or "bananas").

Naki Kito

Voiced by: Masako Isobe

Naki Kito (鬼頭 ナキ, Kitō Naki) is a subterranean who spent over 200 years offering human sacrifices to the Tsuchinoko in order to prevent her village's destruction, until Enjoji brought Momo and Okarun to the village.

Kur

The Kur (深淵ケの者, Keru) are a militaristic alien race who originate from the farthest reaches of space. Described by Serpo as globalists, they have been actively seeking out planets within the galactic system to conquer, including Vamola's homeworld.

Count Saint-Germain

Count Saint-Germain (サンジェルマン伯爵, Sanjeruman Hakushaku) is an alien and an affiliate of the Kur, working as the deputy head teacher and advisor of the History and Culture Research Club in Momo and Okarun's high school, while under the assumed name Sanjome (三丈目).

Pygmies

Pygmies (小人, Kobito) are diminutive people that wear conical hats and masks and are able to stitch and weave at incredible rates. Only people sensitive to the spirit world can see them, including Momo and Queen; according to Queen, they have a strong desire to help Kouki because she can perceive them.