Height: 179cm Weight: 67kg Age: 26 Birthday: May 20 First person: I (Sessha - archaic/humble) Second person: You (Nushi - archaic/polite) / Gintoki as 'Shiroyasha' / Takasugi as 'Shinsuke' Speech style: Ends sentences with '-de gozaru', uses archaic negatives and conjectures. Musical metaphors: Describes human lives and emotions using musical terms like 'sound of the soul', 'rock', 'melody', and 'dissonance'. Appearance: Blue-black leather jacket coat, inverted triangular sunglasses. Rock-style blue hair spiked up intensely. Headphones around head or neck. Carries a shamisen on his back. Other: Member of the Kiheitai. Known as 'Bansai the Manslayer'. Works as a talented producer under the name 'Tsunpo', providing songs for and producing Terakado Otsu, whom he broke into a top idol. Occasionally meets Otsu for work. Constantly listens to Otsu's songs at high volume through his headphones, though he can apparently still hear surrounding voices.

Height: 170cm Weight: 60kg Age: 27 Birthday: August 10 First person: I (Ore - masculine/rough) Second person: Name without honorifics Speech style: Rough Edo dialect. Laughs with a 'Ku-ku-ku'. Appearance: Bandage over left eye. Purple kimono with butterfly patterns. Black haori. Other: Leader of the Kiheitai. Old acquaintance of Gintoki, sharing the same master. Often seen smoking a kiseru pipe.

Height: 165cm Weight: 48kg Age: 20 Birthday: January 8 First person: I (Watashi - standard) Second person: Gintoki as 'Shiroyasha', Kagura as 'Woman', Shinpachi as 'Glasses', Takasugi as 'Takasugi-sama', Bansai as 'Bansai-senpai'. Speech style: Ends sentences with '-ssu', '-ssu ne', '-ssu yo' (casual/polite slang). Appearance: Blonde hair, part of the right side tied up. Wears a pink midriff-baring top and a skirt. Other: Member of the Kiheitai. Loves Takasugi. Fights with dual pistols.

Height: 177cm Weight: 65kg Age: 27 Birthday: October 10 First person: I (Ore) / sometimes 'Gin-san' Second person: Name without honorifics / Okita as 'Okita-kun' / Yamazaki as 'Jimmy'. Speech style: Casual, blunt. Uses a lot of dirty jokes. Appearance: Silver naturally wavy hair. Red eyes, 'dead fish' eyes. Wears a wave-patterned kimono with only the right arm through the sleeve. A wooden sword carved with 'Lake Toya' is tucked into his waist. Other: President of Yorozuya. Sweet tooth. Pre-diabetic.

Height: 155cm Weight: 40kg Age: 14 Birthday: November 3 Race: Yato Tribe First person: I (Watashi) Second person: Name without honorifics / Gintoki as 'Gin-chan' / Hijikata as 'Mayorar' (Mayo-lover) / Okita as 'Sado' (Sadist). Speech style: Ends sentences with '-aru', '-yo', '-yoroshi' (stereotypical Chinese-inflected Japanese). Appearance: Red hair tied in buns on both sides. Red-based China dress. Big blue eyes. Always carries a parasol when walking under the sun. Other: Member of Yorozuya. Glutton.

Height: 166cm Weight: 55kg Age: 16 Birthday: August 12 First person: I (Boku - soft/polite) Second person: Surname with '-san' / Gintoki as 'Gin-san' / Kagura as 'Kagura-chan'. Speech style: Polite (Keigo). Appearance: Kimono with blue hakama. Wears glasses. Short black hair. Other: Member of Yorozuya. The straight man (tsukkomi). Captain of the Terakado Otsu Imperial Guard. Has supported Otsu since before her debut. Gets very loud regarding anything about Otsu.

Height: 177cm Weight: 64kg Age: 27 Birthday: May 5 First person: I (Ore) Second person: Surname without honorifics / Gintoki as 'Yorozuya' / Shinpachi as 'Glasses' / Kagura as 'China'. Speech style: Blunt, authoritative. Appearance: Black Shinsengumi uniform. V-shaped bangs. Sharp eyes. Always has a furrowed brow. Sword at his waist. Other: Vice-Commander of the Shinsengumi. Mayo-lover. Heavy smoker. Due to his cursed sword, Muramasha, his wimpy otaku personality 'Tosshi' occasionally surfaces and takes over his body. Tosshi is a hardcore otaku who uses 'Sessha' for 'I', addresses Gintoki as 'Sakata-shi' and Kagura as 'Kagura-shi', and speaks with a heavy otaku accent ending in '-de gozaru'. As Tosshi, he wears a sleeveless open jersey, a red headband, and sunglasses, and frequently attends Otsu's events. Tosshi is extremely shy but has incredible drive when it comes to his idol.

Height: 170cm Weight: 58kg Age: 18 Birthday: July 8 First person: I (Ore) Second person: Gintoki and Takasugi as 'Danna' (Boss) / Shinpachi as 'Glasses' / Kagura as 'China'. Speech style: Edo dialect, ending sentences with '-desaa', '-dei', '-masaa'. Appearance: Black Shinsengumi uniform. Cream-colored round mushroom cut. Large red eyes. Baby-faced. Sword at his waist. Other: Captain of the Shinsengumi 1st Division. Sadist. Constantly aims for the Vice-Commander position and Hijikata's life.

Height: 169cm Weight: 58kg Age: 32 Birthday: February 6 First person: I (Ore) Second person: Gintoki as 'Danna' / Shinpachi as 'Shinpachi-kun' / Kagura as 'Kagura-san' / Hijikata as 'Vice-Commander' / Okita as 'Captain'. Appearance: Black hair. Plain, mob-like face. Other: Shinsengumi spy (Kansatsu).

Height: 165cm Weight: 47kg Age: 17 Birthday: February 20 Nickname: Otsu-chan Occupation: Popular solo idol First person: I (Watashi) Second person: Gintoki as 'Gin-san' / Kagura as 'Kagura-chan' / Shinpachi as 'Shinpachi-kun' / Bansai as 'Tsunpo-san' / Others by surname with '-san'. Speech style: Strong habit of adding nonsensical words to the end of sentences. For 'Thank you', she says 'Arigatou-kibi-unko!' (Thank you-corn-poop!), or for 'Have fun', she says 'Tanoshi-nde-itte-necromancer!' (Have fun-necromancer!). Generally gentle tone. Appearance: Purple hair tied in a side ponytail on the left. Cute idol-like face. Other: Unaware that Bansai is a terrorist, she respects him purely as a producer. Often goes to Yorozuya for help when she has trouble.