Gokusen

Sawada Shin

Main

18-year-old Shin is the leader of class 3-D (17-year-old leader of 2-4 in the manga). He is cool, level-headed, smart, and somewhat introverted. Everyone in the class looks up to him. Shin is feared because of an incident back in middle school, where he p...

Yamaguchi Kumiko

Main

At 23 years of age, Kumiko Yamaguchi had finally achieved her childhood dream of being a teacher. Unfortunately, the homeroom she teaches math in at Shirokin Gakuen Private Boys' High School happens to be filled with a group of juvenile delinquents (like ...

Abe Tsuruo

Supporting

He is the head of the Abetsuru store chain, which he established, and a former student of Shirokin. Every year he recruits a Shirokin graduate to his company, though the test process is kept secret and is rumored to be grueling....

Asakura Tetsu

Supporting

Tetsu is one of Kumiko's lackeys. He is a member of the Yakuza group, and is very devoted and protective of her. He and Minoru always keep an eye on Kumiko and do their best to help her when they can. Kumiko took him in when he was a teen, calling him a "...

Fuji

Supporting

Fuji is a giant, considered a freak by everyone around him. One day he was attacked and almost killed but the old man Saizuchi found him and took him in. The gentle, depressed Fuji was in an ideal state for Saizuchi to manipulate his emotions and turn him...

Fujiyama Shizuka

Supporting

She is newcomer like Yamaguchi. She is a Music Teacher, and she likes bishounen. She wants to gather bishounen from Shirokin Gakuen Private School for music choir. The students at the school like her appearance because of her big breasts and mini-skirts....

Heffner Richard

Supporting

Originally from Austria and hailing from a reputed noble family, Richard is the first foreign student of Shirokin High School. He can speak polite Japanese fluently, with the other Shirokin students (who believe hes from Australia) teaching him dirty phra...

Imai Shiori

Supporting

Shiori is a student at Elize Academy, a prestigious all-girls high school. During the Elize school festival, Uchiyama wanders into Shioris Horror Room and faints after her ghost act proves to be too much for him. Despite her being a self-professed "horror...

Inuzuka Kouhei

Supporting

Inuzuka is a student at Shirokin, and the son of the leader of the Inubou yakuza group. Although he initially uses the group to bully other people into doing what he wants, is eventually set straight by Kumiko and even accepted by the other students. Inuz...

Kudou Hiroki

Supporting

No biography written....

Kumai Teruo

Supporting

He is the one of students in class 2-4. He loves eating and he is also good friends with Shin Sawada....

Kuroda Ryuichiro

Supporting

Kumikos grandfather. He is a kindly, wise old man who loves Kumiko very much, and is always there to support her and give advice. He took Kumiko in after her parents died. Though many rookies in the crime world might believe he runs a small branch of the ...

Maruta Norio

Supporting

Carlos Shou is a former pro (or so he says) boxer who becomes coach of the Shirokin boxing club for a short time at Kumikos request. However, his methods and achievements are highly questionable, as he doesnt hesitate to beat up his students and is clearl...

Minami Youichi

Supporting

He is one of Shins friends. He always gets into fights, like everyone else. He had gotten into a fight with Ichiro Tsuruta, and was beaten by him. Minami is the tough guy of the group.(Source: Wikipedia)...

Miura Hiroki

Supporting

Miura arrives at Shirokin under the guise of teaching foreign languages, but secretly works for the principals brother, who wants to shut down the school. He describes himself as "an admirer of bishounen (pretty boys)", has a dubious interest in Shin, and...

Mother Shibata

Supporting

She is a member of the city council, and Youichis mother. Ganichirou Shirakawa sends her an anonymous letter warning of Kumikos background, in the hopes of Shibata firing her. She is always seen wearing a suit decorated with red feathers which tend to fly...

Noda Takeshi

Supporting

Noda is one of the characters that talk the least and in fact you never hear the other character call his name but in 4 episodes. But in the manga he is more important. Takeshi Noda was the one to call Yamaguchi, Yankumi. Hes known for his signature hat a...

Ooshima Kyotarou

Supporting

Kyo is a tough-looking member of the Yakuza, but he is very close with Kumiko. When he was younger, and Kumiko was a little girl, he taught her how to fight and defend herself when she was being bullied in school and teased because of her Yakuza connectio...

Sawada Gou

Supporting

He is Shins father and the central bureau director for the Metropolitan Police Office Investigation Department. Him and Shin have a strained relationship....

Sawada Rei

Supporting

He is Shins older brother, who left the family house after cracking under the pressure of being a perfect student....

Sawatari Gorou

Supporting

The schools Vice Principal. He is Yamaguchis main nemesis amongst the school staff....

Shibata Youichi

Supporting

Shibata is a freshman at Shirokin and the son of a city council member. At the request of Ganichirou Shirakawa, he begins tormenting the other students and causing trouble for Kumiko. He has an older sister and a younger brother who went to a prestigious ...

Shinohara Tomoya

Supporting

Shinohara is the lawyer that works for Kumikos Yakuza group. Hes handsome and cool. Kumikos grandfather helped Shinohara back when he was a law student, and Shinohara works for the Yakuza to repay the favor. Kumiko has had a crush on him for a long time.(...

Shirakawa Gonzou

Supporting

The school's Principal....

Shirokawa Ganichirou

Supporting

Ganichirou is principal Gonzous older brother, the chairman of Shirokin High School, and head of the Shirokawa Group. Contrary to his brothers wishes, Ganichirou wishes to shut down the school and even goes so far as hiring Miura as a spy to find out teac...

Tatsukawa Minoru

Supporting

Along with Tetsu, Minoru is a member of Kumiko's Yakuza group, and is one of her loyal followers. He and Tetsu watch over Kumiko and worry about her. Minoru and Tetsu can occasionally be seen running a takoyaki stand near Kumiko's school where they can be...

Tenkai Sakura

Supporting

She is the no-nonsense wife of the leader of the Tenkai yakuza group, and offers Kumiko advice on relationships (though it tends to be on the more...illegal and violent side). When her husband cheated on her, Sakura offered him a choice between killing hi...

Uchiyama Haruhiko

Supporting

No biography written....

Uesugi Ritsu

Supporting

Ritsu is a student and student council president at Aotama High School, a prestigious all-boys high school....

Wakamatsu Kouzou

Supporting

The young head assistant of the Kuroda family and the only one of the group that is married....

Yoshizumi Rie

Supporting

Yoshizumi is Shinoharas childhood friend. She has a crush on him but doesnt want him involved with the yakuza anymore....