School Rumble

  • Genre: comedy romance
  • Author: kobayashi jin
  • Artist(s):
  • Year: Oct 23, 2002 to Jul 23, 2008
  • Original Publisher:
  • Status: Finished

Characters
  • Kenji Harima (播磨 拳児)

    Harima Kenji

    Main

    Height: 180 cm (511")Birthday: December 1Blood Type: OKenji Harima is the male protagonist, an ex-delinquent who loves Tenma. Although he does not practice any specific martial arts style, few people are able to match him in hand-to-hand combat. He has th...

  • Ouji Karasuma (烏丸 大路)

    Karasuma Ouji

    Main

    Height: 170 cmBirthday: October 28Karasuma Ouji is Tenma's love interest, often depicted as a stone-faced eccentric. He enjoys odd habits such as dressing as a kappa during rainy days, embodying a Japanese pun on the word for raincoat. He enjoys eating cu...

  • Eri Sawachika (沢近 愛理)

    Sawachika Eri

    Main

    Birthday: February 28Blood Type: AHeight: 165cmOne of Tenma's close friends, Eri's father is British and her mother is Japanese. She has great difficulty with Kanji. Eri is extremely wealthy and somewhat spoiled (Western Europeans in Japan are stereotyped...

  • Mikoto Suou (周防 美琴)

    Suou Mikoto

    Main

    Birthday: July 26Mikoto is a close friend of Tenma. She is tall, well-developed, and tomboyish. She has a black belt in Kenpo, and is often seen sparring with her childhood friend Haruki. She had a crush on a senpai of hers, but she gave up on him after d...

  • Akira Takano (高野 晶)

    Takano Akira

    Main

    Birthday: January 29President of the Tea Club and another close friend of Tenma. She is very perceptive, resourceful, intelligent, and also very mysterious. Her enigmatic face always hides schemes she plan to help her friends or to play pranks on her clas...

  • Yakumo Tsukamoto (塚本 八雲)

    Tsukamoto Yakumo

    Main

    Birthdate: March 23Zodiac sign: AriesThe shy younger sister of Tenma Tsukamoto, Yakumo was born with a variety of gifts. Not only is she able to read the thoughts of those who like her (as well as her sister and pet cat Iori), but further in the story it ...

  • Tenma Tsukamoto (塚本 天満)

    Tsukamoto Tenma

    Main

    Age: 16Birthday: November 30Blood type: BHigh: 154 cmWeight: 43 kgTenma Tsukamoto is the female protagonist who loves Ouji Karasuma. Tenma is short, undeveloped and childish for her age. She often is mistaken as being younger than her classmates and her y...

  • Sarah Adiemus (サラ・アディエマス)

    Adiemus Sarah

    Supporting

    The best friend of Yakumo Tsukamoto, Sarah is distinguished by her blonde hair done up in a bun. She is a British girl raised in an orphanage, and is a relative newcomer to Japan. She is frequently seen together with Yakumo, as they are classmates and mem...

  • Tae Anegasaki (姉ヶ崎 妙)

    Anegasaki Tae

    Supporting

    The school's infirmary nurse who is also loved by the boys. This has encouraged many boys to get injured or feign injury so that they can get close to her. Prior to taking this job, she briefly let Harima stay at her apartment when his dream of becoming a...

  • Hiroyoshi Asou (麻生 広義)

    Asou Hiroyoshi

    Supporting

    The Dark Horse of 2-C, Asou Hiroyoshi is often seen together with Suga, his best friend. An athletic student, his favorite sport is basketball. He is slated to become the next captain of the boys' basketball team, and was the coach of the girls' team as w...

  • Takeichi Fuyuki (冬木 武一)

    Fuyuki Takeichi

    Supporting

    Under the guise of a yearbook photographer, he takes pictures of the female students for sale for the male population of the school. His ability to seek and gather data earned him the approval of Nishimoto in the "Three Gratitudes of the Video." His nickn...

  • Ghost

    Ghost

    Supporting

    Gender: MaleFlame: LightningTitle: Milefiore Lightning Guardian, Lightning Funeral WreathGhost is the Lightning Funeral Wreath and as such posseses the Lightning Mare Ring.Ghost is locked up in Vendicare Prison, in same way as Rokudo Mukuro is....

  • Lala Gonzalez (ララ・ゴンザレス)

    Gonzalez Lala

    Supporting

    Lala is an exchange student from Mexico, and a skilled practitioner of "Lucha Libre" fighting. She belongs to the same amateur wrestling club as Ichijou, who she sees her as a rival, often shouting "Ichijou!" when she meets her. Lala dislikes Ichijous nam...

  • Genkai Gotou (五島 玄海)

    Gotou Genkai

    Supporting

    Gotou Genkai is the captain of the tuna fishing boat (Kikokumaru - The Ogre) seen in episode 25 of School Rumble Season 1. He has a very large build, and caution should be taken when in close proximity. He was a manga artist before becoming a fisherman, a...

  • Haruki Hanai (花井 春樹)

    Hanai Haruki

    Supporting

    As class representative of 2-C, Hanai takes his duties seriously, always trying to keep his classmates (especially the males) in line. Unable to have second thoughts, he always says exactly what comes into his mind regardless of the consequences. He is ho...

  • Shuuji Harima (播磨 修治)

    Harima Shuuji

    Supporting

    Shuuji is Harima Kenji's little brother. He first appears at the Tsukamoto doorstep as a kid who supposedly ran away from home, but the truth was that he had become infatuated with Tsukamoto Yakumo and wanted to get close to her. While there, he plays som...

  • Karen Ichijou (一条 かれん)

    Ichijou Karen

    Supporting

    Ichijou has monstrous strength despite having a weak and feminine appearance and is a member of the amateur wrestling club. Her power amazes even her strongest male classmates (i.e., she is arguably even stronger than Harima and Hanai in terms of raw musc...

  • Kyousuke Imadori (今鳥 恭介)

    Imadori Kyousuke

    Supporting

    Blood Type: BImadori is the class's number two pervert (the pervert ringleader being Ganji Nishimoto). He has the special skill of knowing a girl's bra size just by looking at her chest. Interested only in girls with breast sizes of D or larger, the main ...

  • Miki Inaba (稲葉 美樹)

    Inaba Miki

    Supporting

    She is the gossip/rumor powerhouse of the girls in Class 1-D. Her first appearance is in Episode 1 of the 2nd Term where she asks Tsukamoto Yakumo about her sleeping over at Harima Kenjis place. She is also close friends with Tougou Haruna who is in the s...

  • Hiroaki Ishiyama

    Ishiyama Hiroaki

    Supporting

    Also known as the other guy by most of his team members during the Survival Game, his real name is Ishiyama Hiroaki. He is close friends with Tanaka Kazuya. Nagayama Toki: It was revealed in b39 that Ishiyama had a crush on Nagayama before she started goi...

  • Matakichi Itou

    Itou Matakichi

    Supporting

    His name was unknown from the anime, and often referred to as Hanais Master or the Drunken Master, Itou Matakichi is Hanais self proclaimed master who trains Hanai in the mountains, through a parody technique. He refers to Mikoto as "dynamite sexy" and ha...

  • Madoka Kido (城戸 円)

    Kido Madoka

    Supporting

    Madoka is the other half of 2-C's first official couple. It seems that she has already experienced kissing before. She is really friendly towards others to the point of being really flirtatious. Her determination for anything she participates in, leads he...

  • Masahiro Kouzu (神津正弘)

    Kouzu Masahiro

    Supporting

    No biography written....

  • Harry McKenzie (ハリー・マッケンジー)

    Mckenzie Harry

    Supporting

    Birthday: November 17Harry Mackenzie is a blonde-haired exchange student, skilled at fighting and a rival of Harima and Hanai. His name is pronounced the same as Harima's (in traditional Japanese use of family name first, Harima Kenji) when using Katakana...

  • Kozue Mihara (三原 梢)

    Mihara Kozue

    Supporting

    The only Kogal (fashionable high school girl with tanned skin) character in School Rumble, Kozue is perhaps the trendiest girl in 2-C. She is pretty good in sports, thus her appearance in the girls relay.She seems to adopt the Kogal look only partway thro...

  • Shin Misawa (三沢伸)

    Misawa Shin

    Supporting

    Misawa Shin first appears in the Survival Game in Episode 2 of the 2nd term. He is noted for his bravery and "sacrifice" for the Cafe Faction....

  • Toki Nagayama (永山 朱鷺)

    Nagayama Toki

    Supporting

    She has two different hairstylesone with her hair down, in the survival game, and the other with her hair in a ponytail. She can be identified in long hair form by using the fact that her hair is very level.In the Survival Game, she was in the Cafe...

  • Kentarou Nara (奈良 健太郎)

    Nara Kentarou

    Supporting

    Nara is in Tenmas class, but goes unnoticed most of the time. He is in love with Tenma, and unlike Harima, is able to talk to Tenma easily. Of course, Harima seems to always get in his way.He is scrawny, especially when compared to Harima, which is why he...

  • Ganji Nishimoto (西本 願司)

    Nishimoto Ganji

    Supporting

    Ganji Nishimoto is a huge but timid figure, and is the proud leader of the perverts of the class. His family operates a video store, and he is known to host "ero meetings" discussing girls. He is hailed as "Buddha Nishimoto" among other reasons, for his a...

  • Mai Ootsuka (大塚 舞)

    Ootsuka Mai

    Supporting

    Mai has been class representative for nine years straight, functioning in this capacity when Hanai is absent or unable to perform his duties. Unlike him however, she has trouble commanding her classmates attention. Mai has freckles, is hyperactive, and li...

  • Itoko Osakabe (刑部 絃子)

    Osakabe Itoko

    Supporting

    The physics teacher and Harima's cousin. Itoko is also Harima's roommate and takes care of him. Though she does not show it, she does care for him and realizes just how much Tenma has changed him. Her figure is admired by the perverted boys of class 2-C. ...

  • Saeko (冴子)

    Saeko

    Supporting

    Saekos surname is unknown. She belonged to the Play Faction during the Survival Game, along with one of her best friends Mihara Kozue. Her first voice debut was in episode 4 for the 2nd Term. She shows herself to be eloquent and suave when it comes to dea...

  • Megumi Sagano (嵯峨野恵)

    Sagano Megumi

    Supporting

    Megumi Sagano is close friends with Karen Ichijou and Tsumugi Yuuki. She belonged to the girls' basketball team when she was in junior high, but became the manager for the boys' basketball team because there was no girls' team in high school. Though she s...

  • Youko Sasakura (笹倉 葉子)

    Sasakura Youko

    Supporting

    The school art teacher and an old friend of Itoko, who was her junior during their college years. On several occasions, it is hinted that she and Itoko are more than just friends, although this has never been confirmed outright. It has also been hinted th...

  • Ryuuhei Suga (菅 柳平)

    Suga Ryuuhei

    Supporting

    Best friends with Asou Hiroyoshi. Third runner for the mens relay team for Class 2-C and was part of the horse team with Mikoto and Asou. Seems a bit jealous of Asous luck with the ladies. He resembles Hanamichi Sakuragi from the basketball manga and anim...

  • Kazuya Tanaka (田中 一也)

    Tanaka Kazuya

    Supporting

    Tanaka Kazuya is an above average boy in Class 2-C. He is athletic and on the schools varsity soccer team and thus idolized by many of the classs girls. He is also believed to do well academically.He appears in the backside of the Manga in volume 10. It i...

  • Satsuki Tawaraya

    Tawaraya Satsuki

    Supporting

    Tawaraya Satsuki is known to have a crush on Asou Hiroyoshi, and enjoys and excels at basketball despite her height. She is a very determined player when it comes to sports and tends to be a fierce competitor in general. Working with Sagano, she recruits ...

  • Mio Tennouji (天王寺 美緒)

    Tennouji Mio

    Supporting

    She is Tennouji's little sister, but is nothing like her brother. Her mentor is Tsukamoto Yakumo.Mio and Shuuji go to the same school, and Mio has a crush on him. Since their brothers are rivals, this brings about the name Romeo and Juliet Faction....

  • Noboru Tennouji (天王寺 昇)

    Tennouji Noboru

    Supporting

    Tennouji is a typical school delinquent who enjoys terrorizing and bullying people for fun. Ever since his first appearance in episode #1, when he gets kicked on the face by Harima, his infrequent appearances always involve fighting somebody, except for t...

  • Junko Tonami (砺波 順子)

    Tonami Junko

    Supporting

    The girl who sits next to Harima who you see during the scenes where Harima attempts to tell Tenma to put her name on her test. In the Survival Game she was on the Cafe Faction. Rinko appears as the narrator in the Class Play during the Cultural Festival,...

  • Masakazu Tougou (東郷 雅一)

    Tougou Masakazu

    Supporting

    Masakazu is 2-D's class representative who sees class 2-C as rivals. Despite his obvious self-confidence, his character leads him to rejections from his classmates.Some people around him usually refer to him with an alternate nickname "Macaroni," probably...

  • Haruna Tougou (東郷 榛名)

    Tougou Haruna

    Supporting

    Tougou Haruna is the younger sister of Tougou Masakazu of Class 2-D. Evidence from the manga shows that she is in the same class as Tsukamoto Yakumo, and her close friend is Inaba Miki. Like her older brother, she displays a high level of elegance and lik...

  • Shigeo Umezu (梅津 茂雄)

    Umezu Shigeo

    Supporting

    Shigeo is one half of the first official couple in 2-C. Apparently he has never kissed a girl before his girlfriend Madoka. Initially one of the five runners of the men's relay for class 2-C, until he fell over Napoleon during the 100m dash. Trusts in the...

  • Kouji Yakushamaru (役舎丸 広事)

    Yakushamaru Kouji

    Supporting

    He is the lead actor on the popular Japanese samurai drama Mangoku on TV. Harima manages to obtain an autograph from him....

  • Jirou Yoshidayama (吉田山 次郎)

    Yoshidayama Jirou

    Supporting

    Broom-head. Jirou is a wannabe school bully who was picked on when he was younger. When he arrived in Yagami, he vowed to become the top bully in the school; however, Harima being the top rival thwarted his plans. His story is illustrated in the first OVA...

  • Mina Yukino (雪野美奈)

    Yukino Mina

    Supporting

    Yukino Mina has been a rather hidden character so far in School Rumble. Her first major debut was in the Survival Game in Episode 2 of the 2nd term. Unfortunately her role in the game was short-lived when she was taken out by Nakamura the Butler....

  • Tsumugi Yuuki (結城 つむぎ)

    Yuuki Tsumugi

    Supporting

    Tsumugi Yuuki has severe near-sightedness, and is the only meganekko in the class. She is the substitute class representative when Hanai is unavailable. She also had a crush on him, but is worried about Mikoto, who gets along well with him. She belongs to...