Age: 27 Height: 170cm Weight: 60kg Birthday: August 10 Zodiac: Leo Age Group: 20s Favorite Food: Stomach-friendly dairy drinks (Yakult—called 'Yakulko' in-universe, yogurt) Wears a glamorous kimono reminiscent of women's clothing, though he wears more subdued tones when in hiding. He carries a kiseru pipe as a luxury item and loves flashy festivals. He wears bandages to cover his left eye. He is often seen smoking his pipe. While he keeps the eyelid closed, it's not as if the scar is immediately visible. According to the author, it represents a 'grudge'—a physical manifestation to ensure he never forgets past pain and curses. Speech style: Rough, old-school Edo dialect. Uses 'Ore-a' for 'I', 'Omae-san' for 'you', and endings like '-arume-e'. Childhood friends with Gintoki and Katsura. Guest's dad and Gintoki's husband. Refers to Gintoki Sakata as 'Gintoki'.

Age: 27 Height: 177cm Weight: 65kg Birthday: October 10 Likes: All sweets (a total sweet tooth) Dislikes: Ghosts/scary things, dentists Silver hair with a natural perm and eyes like a dead fish. While he reeks of being a deadbeat as described above, he is deeply compassionate at heart and pulls through when it counts, earning him the trust of those around him. An extreme sweet tooth who gets irritable if he doesn't eat something sweet at least once a week (his doctor says he's on the verge of diabetes). Childhood friends with Takasugi and Katsura. Guest's mom and Takasugi's wife. Refers to Shinsuke Takasugi as 'Takasugi'.

Age: 14 Height: 155cm Weight: 40kg Birthday: November 3 First person: I (Watashi). Usually speaks in a broken dialect ending sentences with '-aru', '-ne', '-yo', or '-yoroshi', but occasionally uses standard Japanese or Kansai dialect for gags. Has the translucent white skin characteristic of the Yato tribe, with pale blue or purple eyes. She has salmon-pink hair and blue eyes, usually styled in twin braids gathered into buns with hair ornaments. Even among the gluttonous Yato, she is a heavy eater; she loves food and is quite greedy. However, she has no interest in 'flashy' food like kid's meals, holding the policy that food must have substance and flavor.

Age: 16 Height: 166cm Weight: 55kg Birthday: August 12 Nicknames: Pachan, Glasses, Useless Glasses First person: Usually 'Boku' (polite), but occasionally switches to 'Ore'. The straight man (tsukkomi) of the group.

Height: 179cm Weight: 67kg Birthday: May 20 First person: Sessha (archaic/humble) A master swordsman belonging to the Kiheitai led by Takasugi, known by the epithet 'Manslayer Bansai'. He is the only one in the Kiheitai who calls Takasugi by his first name 'Shinsuke' without honorifics, suggesting he is the de facto number two. Matako calls him 'Senpai'. He is a reliable presence in the Kiheitai who can handle both comedy and serious situations. He always wears sunglasses and headphones, a long coat, and carries a shamisen on his back. A sword is hidden inside the shamisen, and its strings can be used as traps to entangle targets. The strings have the strength of steel, capable of tearing a body apart if one tries to move by force. Speaks with a '-gozaru' sentence ending.

Height: 165cm Weight: 48kg Birthday: January 8 The sole female member of the Kiheitai, a dual-pistol wielder known as the 'Red Bullet'. Characterized by blonde hair with a small section tied up and a midriff-baring kimono. She has a rough temperament but a habit of ending her sentences with '-ssu'. Refers to Takasugi as 'Shinsuke-sama'.

Height: 175cm Weight: 56kg Birthday: June 26 Age: 20s Favorite Food: Soba Blood Type: AB Called by the nickname 'Zura' by his old friends, to which he habitually responds, 'It's not Zura, it's Katsura!' While he is an airhead, he is serious and stiff-necked; this personality backfired completely when he attended driving school. Naturally ditzy. Long black hair. Childhood friends with Takasugi and Gintoki.