20th Century Boys

Endo Kanna

Main

Kenji's niece, she serves as the protagonist for the events in the aftermath of the "Bloody New Year's Eve". She is shown to have ESP at an advanced level, and is capable of predicting the future (To a small extent), bend spoons with her mind, and even on...

Endou Kenji

Main

Endou Kenji grew up in late-1960s/early-1970s Japan, at a time when American phenomena, notably the space race and the era of Woodstock, were resounding around the world. An avid reader of manga who often saw apocalyptic scenarios playing out, he always r...

Friend

Main

Friend is the main antagonist of the series, and his true identity is the main mystery of the story. Friend is an mysterious and charismatic cult leader who seems to possess otherworldly powers such as flight. His followers and Friend himself use an uniqu...

Chono Shohei

Supporting

Chono is the grand-son of the "legendary" Inspector Cho. The latter was murdered by his colleague, Yama, in 1997, because he had discovered the identity of his friend and projects....

Chou-san

Supporting

A legendary, revered detective. With one week to retirement, he passes on all the info hes collected on Friend to a colleague. Unfortunately, said colleague turns out to be working for Friend....

Endo Kiriko

Supporting

Kiriko is Kenji's older sister and Kanna's mother. For the vast majority of the manga, Kiriko is only seen in flashbacks, where she is shown to have a strong sense of justice and an interest in biology. She was also an important mother figure for Kenji du...

Fukuda Keitaro

Supporting

Kenji's childhood friend nicknamed Froggy. He has been hiding out in America when he discovers that Kanna's mother has gone there to try to manufacture the vaccine for the outbreak of 2015....

Hattori Fukubei

Supporting

Fukube is one of Kenjis childhood friends. His wife was abducted by "Friend" s sect, and he has to take care of their three children alone. In 2000, he will join his old comrades to fight "Friend" and try to get rid of the giant robot destroying Shinjuku....

Imano Yûichi

Supporting

Childhood friend of Kenji and his band, Konchi is a character who is very present in the flashbacks of the 70s, but which is secondary because we never see adulthood. We know he was part of the band child and he was close to Kenji and others. However, he ...

Kakuta

Supporting

A manga artist who was arrested by the "Friend" group and thrown in jail. He broke out of jail after becoming allies with Otcho....

Kaminaga Kyuutaro

Supporting

Kamisama (God) is the nickname of a homeless old man who is bent on the return of ten-pin bowling as a major sport in Japan. Kamisama has the power of foresight and can see what will happen before it comes to pass.Kamisama and his friend lure Kenji out to...

Katsumata Tadanobu

Supporting

The man who usurps Fukubei's place as Friend is revealed in the last chapter of 21st Century Boys to be Katsumata, who wears a mask like Sadakiyo. Katsumata harbors a deep hatred of Kenji for stealing a prize from a candy shop in their childhood and letti...

Kido Saburou

Supporting

In 1997, Donkey became a teacher in a technical school. Married and father of a boy, he lost almost all contact with his old friends. It investigates a little too close to Friend, and sends letters to Kenji about it and it will lead to his assassination b...

Koizumi Kyoko

Supporting

Kyoko is a high school girl that attends the same school as Kanna. For a history assignment, she impulsively picks Bloody New Year's Eve, but when she starts doing some research, she meets Kamisama and learns the truth of what happened that night. She is ...

Luciano Father

Supporting

No biography written....

Manjoume Inshu

Supporting

One of the Friends officers and the one who carries out the groups plans. He is also known as the right-hand man of Friend and the only one capable of approaching him....

Maruo

Supporting

Childhood friend of Kenji's, stays bests friends with him even as an adult. As a child he was part of the founding members of the secret base group. As an adult he is married with a son and manages "The Fancy Shop" a store for high school girls.Source: 1s...

Masaaki Shimon

Supporting

Mon-Chan was a child, one of the most loving boys Yukiji (with Yoshitsune). He loved to play with Kenji and his friends, but it seems it was closer to Konchi and Caw-Caw as others since seen more often with them than Kenji Otcho, Yoshitsune and Maruo in f...

Minamoto Yoshitsune

Supporting

Kenjis childhood friend who once made the mistake of ordering 1000 printer cartridges when he only needed 4. He was one of Kenjis friends who answered the call to fight back with him on the Bloody New Years Eve. In the year 2014 he is the leader of an und...

Ochiai Chouji

Supporting

Chouji Ochiai is a childhood friend of Kenjis who created the "Friend" symbol and became a salaryman. Later, he traveled to Tibet and Thailand after his son died, at which point he gets involved in the dealings of the "Friend" group.長治 is sometimes misre...

Sada Kiyoshi

Supporting

Kenji's classmate who wasn't part of the original gang. As a child, he often wears a mask, but was bullied a lot in school and eventually left after a semester, thus his face remains unknown to most of the gang. However, Fukubei meets with him and Sadakiy...

Sanae

Supporting

A strong mind young woman of the age of Friend Era. Sanaes skeptical about "friend" and the whole conspiracy. She along with her brother saved Otcho. Source: Classic Manga...

Setoguchi Yukiji

Supporting

The only female member of Kenji's original group of friends, and also the strongest physically. Yukiji currently (at the beginning of the story) serves as a drug dog handler for Narita Airport. Takes care of Kanna in the year 2014....

Shikishima

Supporting

In 1997, Professor Shikishima, robotics specialist, customer Convini Kenji disappears with his family, the police search his trail, but never find....

Shikishima Lena

Supporting

His daughter, Lena Shikishima, is approached by "The Killer" in 1997, while it is high school, she falls in love. She joined the organization of Friend voluntarily....

Takasu Mitsuyo

Supporting

Takasu is a Dream Navigator woman in the Friend organization. She rises towards the top of the Friends, originally as Manjomes mistress, but later as General Secretary after killing off Manjome. She bears a child of Friend, hoping she can take over the "H...

Tamura Masao

Supporting

In 1997, Masao is a student who has a passion unlimited Frind and his sect: t-shirts, music, posters, it has everything that is in the image of this mysterious group ... This devotion the same shoot to kill a rival sect leader, Pierre Ichimonji, Friend wa...

The Killer

Supporting

Only known by the nickname "Killer."...

Yamane

Supporting

A bacteriologist that worked with Kiriko. He is responsible for developing the deadly viruses that are unleashed by Friend, while Kiriko had to develop the vaccine that would save those loyal to Friend's cause....

Yanbo And Mabo

Supporting

As children, the twins Yanbo and Mabo picked on Kenji and his friends. Being overweight and strong gave them the advantage. The only person able to defeat was Yukiji, which they held a grudge against her for. When they gained up on her, Kenji stepped in t...