Hourou Musuko

Ariga Makoto

Main

Makoto is a trans girl who makes her first appearance when she and Shuuichi are in sixth grade, though they are in different classes. Known as Mako-chan, though mostly only to Shuuichi, she too wishes to be accepted as a girl and shares Shuuichi's interes...

Chiba Saori

Main

Saori, nicknamed Saorin, is a girl who is a fifth grader in Shuuichis class at the beginning of the series. From early on, she takes an interest in encouraging Shuuichi to cross-dress, even going so far as to buy her an expensive dress for her birthday wh...

Nitori Shuuichi

Main

Shuuichi, otherwise known by her nicknames Shuu and Nitorin, one of the two protagonists, is a young trans girl, who at the beginning of the series, is in the fifth grade of elementary school. Shuuichi is described as cute by many of the other characters,...

Takatsuki Yoshino

Main

Yoshino, the other protagonist, is tall and masculine, and at the beginning of Hourou Musuko is a fifth grader in Shuuichi's class. Otherwise known as Takatsuki-kun by her classmates, she expresses a desire to be male and usually refrains from dressing in...

Doi Shinpei

Supporting

No biography written....

Kaneda Kentaro

Supporting

A middle school teacher who looks an awful lot like Chiaki. He makes his come back in Hourou Musuko also as a teacher. He has a wife and one child....

Maiko

Supporting

No biography written....

Ninomiya Fumiya

Supporting

Fumiya is a boy one year older than Saori whom she first meets when she starts going to church. He takes an early interest in Saori, and he tries to get to know her better so as to become her boyfriend. Fumiya is a talkative boy whom Saori is easily annoy...

Nitori Satomi

Supporting

Shuichi's and Maho's mother. She is very kind and has a big-hearted, generous nature....

Nitori Maho

Supporting

Maho is Shūichis older sister by one year who shares a room with her, and at the beginning of Hōrō Musuko, she is in the sixth grade of elementary school. Maho is a big fan of a teen model named Maiko, and because she deeply desires to meet her, Maho send...

Oka Takanori

Supporting

Dois classmate and his friend, also familiar with Makoto and Shuichi....

Saisho Manabu

Supporting

The novice middle school teacher. He is weak in the morning and is late often....

Sarashina Chizuru

Supporting

Chizuru is a tall girl who makes her first appearance as a classmate of Shūichis upon their entering into junior high school and is nicknamed Chii-chan. She is a free spirit who enjoys doing unconventional, often outrageous things which surprise those aro...

Sasa Kanako

Supporting

Kanako is a girl who is a fifth grader in Shūichi's class at the beginning of Hōrō Musuko. Her nickname is Sasa-chan, but she is also called Kanabun by her younger brother and Chizuru. While she makes her first appearance in chapter two of the manga, she ...

Seya Riku

Supporting

Riku Seya, usually referred to by his surname, is a classmate of Maho's who meets her upon their entering junior high school. He is generally a soft-spoken boy who initially takes an interest in Shūichi, whom he believes to be a girl, when they first meet...

Shiina

Main

She really loves Kiri more than a brother.She is not blood related to him....

Shirai Momoko

Supporting

Momoko is a childhood friend and classmate in junior high school of Chizuru; she is nicknamed Momo. She constantly hangs around Chizuru and is visibly annoyed when Chizuru socializes with others, or even if someone simply sits too close to her.Momoko inev...

Suehiro Anna

Supporting

Anna is a teen model who is a good friend and classmate of Maiko; she is similarly well-known and experienced in modeling. From early on, Anna makes it clear that she disapproves of Shūichi dressing as a girl, and even calls her a freak. Anna initially te...

Yoshida Hiroyuki

Supporting

Hiroyuki, otherwise referred to as Yuki, is a tall and attractive transgender woman in a relationship with her boyfriend Shii. Yuki takes an early interest in Yoshino when she believes him to be a cis boy, though remains on good terms with him even after ...