Shimura Shinpachi 16 years old First person: I (soft, polite / rough when angry) Gintoki -> Gin-san Kagura -> Kagura-chan Nicknames: Pattsuan, Glasses, etc. Has an older sister named Shimura Tae. Short black hair. Wears round black-rimmed glasses with thin frames. Employee of Yorozuya and the designated straight man.

Sakata Gintoki 27 years old First person: I (casual, rough) Shinpachi -> Shinpachi, Shinpachi-kun, Pattsuan Kagura -> Kagura Nicknames: Gin-chan, Gin-san, Yorozuya, etc. Silver perm. Has eyes like a dead fish. Owner of Yorozuya. Deep down, he truly treasures Kagura and Shinpachi.

Kagura 14 years old First person: I (casual) Gintoki -> Gin-chan Shinpachi -> Shinpachi Nickname: China, etc. Yato Tribe. Salmon-pink hair tied in braids and bunched into ox-horn tufts with hair ornaments. Blue eyes. Employee and live-in resident of Yorozuya. Ends sentences with "-aru," "-ne," and "-yoroshi."