Yakitate!! Japan

Azuma Kazuma

Main

Male protagonist, a bread artisan who dreams of making the perfect Japan. Initially, he doesnt seem very bright, but when it comes to bread hes a genius. (He is knowledgeable about rice because of his grandfather, and Japanese food in general due to furth...

Azusagawa Tsukino

Main

Granddaughter of the Pantasia chains owner. She works at Pantasias Southern Tokyo branch store where she is the managers (Ken Matsushiro) understudy. She is dedicated to making the store as successful as possible and has earned the respect and affection o...

Kanmuri Shigeru

Main

An extremely talented Pantasia baker, encountered first during the Pantasia Newcomers Tournament and discovered to possess the solar hands as well. A Harvard graduate like Kuroyanagi, he looks up to him as a mentor, calling him Senpai(which means Senior)....

Kawachi Kyousuke

Main

Kawachi, from Osaka, works with Azuma in Pantasias Southern Tokyo branch store. He is Azumas sidekick and friendly rival. Kawachi recognizes that Azuma is the more talented baker but nevertheless he is determined to obtain his dream of working at Pantasia...

Kuroyanagi Ryo

Main

The 22-year-old head at the main Pantasia branch, and a Harvard graduate with a Food Science diploma (there he had a girlfriend named Cathy, but they got separated when he needed to go back to Japan). His passion and talent is food tasting, at which he ex...

Matsushiro Ken

Main

The manager of the Southern Tokyo branch of Pantasia. Hes muscular due to the training he went through earlier in life to get solar gauntlets. His two main distinct features are his afro and sunglasses. Through the series he explains many of the bread mak...

Suwabara Kai

Main

Kuroyanagis understudy, a serious bread artisan. A master of the katana who claims to have left the swordsman path of destruction to follow the path of life-giving bread. Despite that, he often becomes very warrior-like and fearsome during baking competit...

Adenauer Mother

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Adenauer Monica

Supporting

Monica is an American of German descent who participates in the Monaco Cup as part of the American Team. After the tournament, she begins to develop feelings for Kai Suwabara.While her bread-baking skills are not to the level of everyone else's, she is i...

Adenauer Father

Supporting

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Azuma Inaho

Supporting

Inaho is the sister of Azuma, the main character of Yakitate!! Japan. Aside from being the person who first introduces Kazuma to the wonders of bread, she is also known for being a very fast (and reckless) motorbike rider. She wishes for Kazuma to become ...

Azusagawa Sadanao

Supporting

Pantasia's Owner and the grandfather of the three Azusagawa sisters (Yukino, Tsukino, Mizuno).(Source: Wikipedia)...

Azusagawa Yukino

Supporting

The eldest daughter of Pantasia. Yukino can be quite cruel, such as by placing Tsukinos mothers remains under a withered tree instead of her proper grave. She had intended to buy up her grandfathers stock but ended up being the president of St. Pierre in ...

Azusagawa Mizuno

Supporting

Tsukino's little sister. Since Tsukino is a "love child", Mizuno has the support of her father. They have a bit of a rivalry over Azuma, whether for his baking skills or his heart. She is quite competitive, and not very honorable. Once, Azuma told her tha...

Balzac Kirisaki Sophie

Supporting

Meister's younger sister. She remained in France as a baker. She is the female version of Meister, with the same blond hair and blue eyes (See episode 38). Like the Kaysers, she possesses the La Main De Deesse.(Source: Wikipedia)...

Beautiful Reporter

Supporting

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Bolneze Pierrot

Supporting

A world class clown working as a bread judge, aged 22. He can speak 135 languages, divide into over a hundred copies of himself, and do all sorts of amazing things due to being 'world-class' clown. Heir to the throne of Monaco, though he doesn't know it a...

Carne

Supporting

Carn is a trapeze artist who worked with Bolneze in the past. All the girls flocked to him, because he was easily identifiable (did not wear face paint) and did a more impressive act, since many people do not appreciate the job a clown does.His name is li...

Chef

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Chimatsuri Go

Supporting

Go is the white haired member of CMAP. He possesses the Flame Arm (Honō no Ute), which surpasses the Solar Hands....

Cleo

Supporting

Cleo, who also goes by the code name Cleopatra Pink, is part of the team representing Egypt, along with Muhammad and Pharaoh....

Hachiguchi Dave

Supporting

An exceedingly fat bread judge. The character was a self reference by the author of Takashi Hashiguchi. He used to be a successful manga artist, but he became too successful and gorged himself on only fine foods. That resulted in his excess fat and now he...

Henry Spencer

Supporting

Italian-American newcomer who worked at the Nagoya branch of Pantasia. His first appearance is when he challenges Azuma at the New Comers Battle. Hes later seen at the Monaco Cup championships, challenging one of Azumas team members.(Source: Wikipedia)...

Kaname Hiroshi

Supporting

Hiroshi is the CMAP member with the glasses. He is mainly known to be the trios main brains, in a sort of way. He also seems not to be too bright, as he had acknowledged Kawachi as the "commander" of Azumas gang since he was standing out of the match....

Kanmuri Yakuza Leader

Supporting

The father of Shigeru and Masanobu....

Kawachi Kyotaro

Supporting

Kawachi's father in the series....

Kayser Edward

Supporting

Edward Kayser's the first opposition of the Kayser family that the heroes meet when they travel to Paris. He bears a resemblance to Meister Kirisaki in that he wears a mask, is adored by the public, and has a cape.Sophie does her best to keep Kazuma and t...

Kayser Gran

Supporting

Gran Kayser is the eldest of the Kayser siblings. The middle brother is Bob and the youngest is Edward.Gran rides on top of Bob, and all three of them possess the ability of Goddess's Hands.Gran is silent for much of the tournament, with people theorizing...

Kayser Bob

Supporting

Bob Kayser is the 2nd oldest of the three Kayser brothers. His older brother is Gran and his younger brother is Edward. He sits on the bottom of Gran.He possesses the Goddess's Hands.(Source: Yakitate!! Japan Wikia)...

Kidd Brad

Supporting

A blond American who appears everywhere at just the right time. Kidd is a very successful but mysterious guy.He bears a passing resemblance to a certain Hollywood celebrity....

Kimura Megumi

Supporting

The only person who acknowledge Pierrot's talent in Japan, but soon they had to part their ways....

Kinoshita Kageto

Supporting

With a mushroom-like head, Kageto Kinoshita works at Pantasia Southern Tokyo branch. Though all the characters talk about making new kinds of bread, he is usually the one who ends up doing all of the work at the store, and also while everyone else is invo...

Kirisaki Yuuichi

Supporting

Yuuichi Kirisaki is a main antagonist of Yakitate!! Japan.He bears a striking resemblance to Gendou Ikari of Neon Genesis Evangelion. The two happen to have the same voice actor, Fumihiko Tachiki....

Kirisaki Sylvan

Supporting

He is the manager of the Pantasia Main Branch and a bread judge. His real name is Sylvan (シルヴァン, Sylvan?). Half-French, he is the son of Yuichi Kirisaki. The peacock feather in his mask is actually still attached to the bird itself, which is skillfully hi...

Leonhart Maetel

Supporting

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Leonhart Xiv

Supporting

King of Monaco and father of Pierrot Bolneze. Died while due to giving too much blood to Pierrot after Pierrot was stabbed and in danger of blood loss. Was brought back to life along with his wife after Pierrot brings his mother and Leonhart's wife close ...

Miki Norihei

Supporting

A chef famous for his brand of seaweed, he entered Yakitate!! 9 with the intent of challenging Azuma after seeing him on TV during the Monaco Cup. Despite the techniques Azuma used during the competition, Norihei was able to defeat him, making him the onl...

Mokoyama Tsuyoshi

Supporting

A contemporary of Ken Matsushiro and a master of sweet breads. He had trained with Ken to receive "solar gauntlets," but after his promotions in St. Pierre, he became lazy and started slacking off. He worked at the St. Pierre main branch in South Tokyo—a ...

Muhammad

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Pharaoh

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Ryomen Ryuu

Supporting

He is a Chinese chef whose field of expertise is naturally Chinese cuisine and a close friend of Ken Matsushiro. He is the successor of an ancient Chinese assassination group called Ryuuke Shinken. This fact attributes to his cooking skill. Early on, he t...

Schweinrich

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Shimagi

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Shizuto Narumi

Supporting

Shizuto is the long haired member of CMAP. He has a habit of saying "I kinda want you to die!" to his opponents, and his teammates....

Shukapper Michael

Supporting

A character based on real life racer Michael Schumacher....

Tsubozuka Takumi

Supporting

Takumi is the most popular member of CMAP. He has red emo hair and somewhat sleepy looking eyes. Takumi is admired by lots of people, especially girls. He takes cooking as serious business. Because he has often played foreign roles, eventually, he has to ...

Tsutsumi Masanobu

Supporting

Masanobu is an Austrian court chef and Shigeru Kanmuris half-brother whose speciality is jam. He competed against Kanmuri during the Yakitate! 25/Yakitate!! 9 program to decide who should take over their fathers yakuza business. Despite his strong inferio...

White Shadow

Supporting

A famous mime at least as good as Marcel Marceau, he is able to copy every actions of any human being perfectly; so perfect is that he unconsciously copy others, and thus forced to roll his eyes upward such that he do not see other people. Due to his perf...