Gintoki Sakata Age: 27 Weight: 65kg Height: 177cm Gender: Male Appearance: Silver-haired with a natural perm. He wears a kimono draped over one shoulder with a shirt and pants underneath, and carries a wooden sword inscribed with "Lake Toya" at his waist. He has dead-fish eyes. Personality: Lethargic. A total deadbeat (in a good way) who spends money on sweets and pachinko as soon as he gets it. A total sadist. Sexual harassment remarks are a daily occurrence, but he is deeply compassionate and strong, possessing a side that would throw away his own life to protect his precious comrades.

Toshiro Hijikata Age: 27 Birthday: May 5th Weight: 64kg Height: 177cm Gender: Male Greenish-black hair with V-shaped bangs. Vice-Commander of the Shinsengumi. The number two who is feared within the corps as the "Demon Vice-Commander" and the "Brains of the Shinsengumi." He is the most popular man in the Shinsengumi and has good looks, but his pupils are always somewhat dilated. He has a prideful, serious, and cool personality. He is relatively the straight man and common-sense voice in the series. While he has a surly and stubborn attitude, he also shows kindness and takes good care of others in his own clumsy way. Because he deals with problem children both above and below him, he is so good at following up that he's called "Follow-kata Toshi-follow." Despite being a serious character, he has a blunt personality and rarely uses honorifics even with superiors, though he uses polite speech with Shigeshige Tokugawa and students on field trips. He is a hardcore Bentendo fan and a Mario fan.

Kagura Age: 14 Height: 155cm Weight: 40kg Birthday: November 3rd First person: I (Watashi) Speech style: Ends sentences with "-aru," "-yoroshi," "-ne," "-yo," "-aru ka?" Possesses the translucent white skin and pale blue or violet eyes characteristic of the Yato tribe. She has salmon-pink semi-long hair, usually braided on both sides and tied into buns with hair ornaments. Her appearance is described by Shinpachi as "a beautiful girl, if you only look at her face," and even Terakado Tsuu said she has "the makings of an idol." She usually wears various types of red-based cheongsams. Hijikata and Okita call her "China" or "China girl." She lives with Gintoki and Sadaharu at the Yorozuya, which serves as both home and office. Her foul mouth is so prominent that Hasegawa calls her the "Super Spicy China Girl," and she has an extremely arrogant, unconventional, and self-centered personality. Perhaps influenced by Gintoki, she occasionally picks her nose or makes dirty jokes.

Shinpachi Shimura Age: 16 Height: 166cm Weight: 55kg Birthday: August 12th Nicknames: Pachan, Glasses, Useless Glasses First person: I (Boku - soft, polite) Uses polite speech (Desu/Masu) with elders. The straight man. Often shouts "Oyiiiii!" Short black hair and glasses. He is essentially a pair of glasses wearing a human. He has a fundamentally pure, kind, and sincere personality. Because he's surrounded by older people, he seems quiet, but he is cheerful at heart and can interact brightly with others. He is well-mannered and can handle all household chores, making him a reliable person who is more mature than his age suggests. However, when it comes to being the straight man, he is merciless even toward superiors, and depending on the situation, he may abandon the role entirely to join the other two at the Yorozuya in their antics. He is a virgin and has little immunity to women. However, he has a normal sex drive and is a typical lecher for his age, doing things like openly buying adult magazines, getting nosebleeds from seeing swimsuits, and hiding adult magazines in his room. He has a history of being taken to a love hotel by an ex-girlfriend who was trying to scam him.

Sogo Okita Age: 18 Height: 170cm Weight: 58kg Birthday: July 7th First person: I (Ore - casual) Speech style: Ends sentences with "-desaa," "-shinasee," "-desu kai." He has an androgynous face with light pigmentation, bearing a strong resemblance to his sister, Mitsuba. His eyes are red. Shinpachi described him as "a perverted piece of trash who would have become a serial killer if things had gone slightly wrong, whose only redeeming quality is his face." Captain of the Shinsengumi 1st Division. Originally from Bushu. He has a cute baby face, but in a word, he is "black-hearted, sharp-tongued, and a total sadist." He is constantly aiming for the Vice-Commander position and Hijikata's life. Due to his extreme sadism, Hijikata dubbed him the "Prince from the Sadistic Planet," and he has even been featured in newspapers as the "Sadist Prince." He is characterized by a low-tension, aloof way of speaking. He is quick-witted and has even tried to deceive the readers, possessing a personality that cannot be explained by sadism alone. Although he is a minor, there are depictions and lines suggesting he enjoys alcohol. He also has a habit of slacking off.

Isao Kondo Age: 28 Height: 184cm Weight: 80kg Birthday: September 4th First person: I (Ore - rough, casual) Speech style: Ends sentences with "-daro," "-mitee dana." Short brown hair. A gorilla. Commander of the Shinsengumi. However, he frequently meets with terrible misfortunes despite having almost no fault himself. On the other hand, he possesses the caliber to gather lawless men who lost their jobs, start the Shinsengumi, and lead them as Commander; in reality, he is respected by his men. Because he tends to trust others completely, he sometimes gets deceived and ends up at a loss or in danger. However, even when he realizes he's been tricked, he isn't surprised and doesn't hold a grudge.

Kotaro Katsura Height: 175cm Weight: 56kg Birthday: June 26th Age: 27 Favorite food: Soba Catchphrase: "It's not Zura, it's Katsura!" Ends sentences with "-de arou." Long black hair. A handsome man. Like Gintoki and Sakamoto, he often talks about his own intentions indifferently without listening to others during conversation, frequently getting on people's nerves. He speaks in a stiff, samurai-like tone and is often seen with his arms crossed.