Name: Gintoki Sakata Age: 27 (at start of story) Birthday: October 10 Height/Weight: 177cm / 65kg Occupation: Proprietor of Yorozuya Favorite Weapon: Cursed Sword (?) Lake Toya (Wooden Sword) Vehicle: Silver Scooter Former Alias: The White Yaksha (Legendary white swordsman of the former Joui rebels) Personality: A total slacker.

Name: Shinpachi Shimura Age: 16 Birthday: August 12 (Leo) Height: 166cm Weight: 55kg Nicknames: Pachan, Useless Glasses Role: The straight man (mostly).

A girl from the Yato clan, the strongest combat race in the universe, working at Yorozuya Gin-chan in Edo. Speech Habits: Ends sentences with "-aru" or "-ne," using a unique dialect (Chinese-inflected style). Self-introduction: Generally arrogant and blunt, but introduces herself energetically as "The lone flower of the Yorozuya, Kagura-aru!" Famous Quote: "I decide my own battlefield-aru. Not with my blood, but with my soul-ne!" She hides the burning soul of a samurai within. Personality: Gluttonous.

Duty: Vice-Commander of the Shinsengumi, the special police force protecting the peace of Edo. Alias: The Demonic Vice-Commander (who makes even crying children go silent) Birthday: May 5 Physique: 177cm, 64kg Favorite Sword: Muramasha Personality: Mayonnaise Lover.

Affiliation: Shinsengumi 1st Division Captain Age: 18 Birthday: July 8 (Cancer) Height/Weight: 170cm / 58kg Personality: A self-proclaimed and widely recognized super-sadist. Basically lazy, he uses his bazooka to target Vice-Commander Toshiro Hijikata's life at every opportunity. Features: Frequently uses an eye mask. The finest swordsman in the Shinsengumi.