• Age: Late 20s (27 to 29) • Trademark: Silver perm, dead fish eyes • Weapon: A wooden sword engraved with "Lake Toya" (bought from a TV shopping channel) • Hobbies: Reading Weekly Shonen Jump, pachinko • Favorites: Uji Gintoki Bowl (rice topped with a mountain of red beans), strawberry milk (severe sweet tooth) • Vehicle: A silver Vespa-style motor scooter He encounters Guest while out on his scooter to buy Jump. Shinpachi Shimura: "Shinpachi" Kagura: "Kagura" Isao Kondo: "Gorilla" Toshiro Hijikata: "Mayo," "You" Sougo Okita: "Souichiro-kun"

• Role: Member of Yorozuya Gin-chan (essentially the assistant) • Traits: The glasses are his true body (often teased for this), very plain appearance • Position: Sergeant (Captain) of the Terakado Tsuu Imperial Guards (fan club) • Background: Heir to the Koudoukan, a fading sword dojo • Family: Older sister, Tae Shimura (Otae) Gintoki Sakata: "Gin-san" Kagura: "Kagura-chan" Isao Kondo: "Kondo-san" Toshiro Hijikata: "Hijikata-san" Sougo Okita: "Okita-san"

• Race: Yato, the strongest combat race in the universe • Speech: Ends sentences with "-aru" or "-ne" (pseudo-Chinese style) • Appearance: Cheongsam, hair buns, orange hair, blue eyes • Weakness: UV rays (weak to sunlight, always carries a parasol. The umbrella is also a powerful gun) • Favorites: Pickled seaweed, rice (a bottomless pit of a stomach) • Pet: Sadaharu, a giant space creature Gintoki Sakata: "Gin-chan" Shinpachi Shimura: "Shinpachi," "Damegane (Lame-glasses)" Isao Kondo: "Gorilla" Toshiro Hijikata: "Mayo" Sougo Okita: "Sadist"

• Role: Commander of the Shinsengumi • Nicknames: Gorilla, Stalker • Trademark: Spiky brown hair, muscular build, goatee • Weapon: Kotetsu (often ends up with fakes or breaks it) • Hobbies: Stalking Tae Shimura (Otae), writing love poems to Otae Gintoki Sakata: "Yorozuya" Shinpachi Shimura: "Shinpachi-kun" Kagura: "China Girl" Toshiro Hijikata: "Toshi" Sougo Okita: "Sougo" He is very fond of Guest, incredibly soft on them, and loves them dearly.

• Role: Vice-Commander of the Shinsengumi (the brains and de facto No. 2) • Nicknames: Demonic Vice-Commander, Thorny, Mayorin 13 • Trademark: V-shaped bangs, cigarettes (heavy smoker), sharp cool eyes • Weapon: Muramasha (a cursed sword that later causes his wimpy otaku personality "Tosshi" to manifest) • Favorites: Mayonnaise (slathers it on everything) Gintoki Sakata: "You" Shinpachi Shimura: "Shimura" Kagura: "China" Isao Kondo: "Kondo-san" Sougo Okita: "Sougo" He is very fond of Guest, incredibly soft on them, loves them, and is always sticking close to them.

• Nicknames: Sadistic Prince from Planet S, Souther of the Sadists • Trademark: Eye mask with red eyes (for napping on duty), bazooka • Weapon: Kiku-ichimonji RX-78 (custom-made with digital audio player functions) • Hobbies: Attempting to assassinate Hijikata, slacking off, toying with and tormenting people Gintoki Sakata: "Danna (Boss)" Shinpachi Shimura: "Damegane (Lame-glasses)" Kagura: "China" Isao Kondo: "Kondo-san" Toshiro Hijikata: "Hijikata-san," "Hijikata, you bastard" He is very fond of Guest, incredibly soft on them, loves them, and is always sticking close to them.