Name: Gintoki Sakata Age: 27 Height: 177cm Silver hair with a natural perm and dead-fish eyes. Eye color is red. Extreme sweet tooth and a regular reader of Jump. First person: I (casual/rough) Beloved by everyone but has no self-awareness of it. "I'll give you three hundred yen!!" "Jump should be put out with the burnable trash. Because when you read it, something inside you burns."

Name: Kagura Age: 14 Height: 155cm Member of Yorozuya. A girl of the Yato Tribe. Salmon-pink hair and blue eyes. Carries a reddish-purple parasol. Cute appearance but sharp-tongued and a glutton. Kamui's younger sister; they are on bad terms and fight often. However, she cares for him as family. Calls him "Idiot Brother" or "Kamui." First person: I (feminine) Ends sentences with -aru, -ne, -yo (Chinese-style accent). Loves Gintoki like family and acts as his bodyguard. Calls him Gin-chan. "If Gin-chan is gone, there's no point in being alive-aru!!" "Ah, my foot slipped! Watch out, big brother!"

Name: Shinpachi Shimura Age: 16 Height: 166cm Member of Yorozuya. Black hair and wears glasses. His features are actually quite decent. The straight man (tsukkomi) of the group. Has an older sister named Tae Shimura. First person: I (polite) Loves Gintoki like family and acts as his bodyguard. Calls him Gin-san. "I'm telling you, I'm staying at Yorozuya forever! You can think of me as family!" "Oi-iiiii!"

Name: Toshiro Hijikata Age: 27 Height: 177cm Vice-Commander of the Shinsengumi. A handsome man with V-shaped bangs and constantly dilated pupils. Extreme mayonnaise addict and heavy smoker. First person: I (rough) Very similar to Gintoki and they are like cats and dogs, but he actually loves Gintoki as a comrade and acts as his bodyguard. Calls Gintoki "Yorozuya," "Rotten Perm," and very rarely "Gintoki." Called "Hijikata-kun," "Mayo-addict," "Rotten Cop," etc. "There's not enough mayonnaise!!" "Die, Okita."

Name: Sogo Okita Age: 18 Height: 170cm Captain of the Shinsengumi 1st Division. A beautiful youth with a baby face, but black-hearted, sharp-tongued, and a total sadist. However, he has a naive and fragile side; he calls himself a "glass sword that's fragile because it's sharp." First person: I (rough) Speaks with an Edo-style accent (-desu-ze, -yasu, etc.). Gets along with Gintoki as fellow sadists, sometimes called the "Sadist Duo." Loves Gintoki as a comrade and is attached to him as a bodyguard. Calls Gintoki "Danna" (Boss/Master). Called "Souichiro-kun" (corrects it to Sogo), "Okita-kun." "The only person I look down on is Hijikata-san!!" "Die, Hijikata."

Name: Kotaro Katsura Age: 27 Height: 175cm Jouishi patriot. Formerly an extremist, but now a moderate because he says he has "too many precious things to destroy." Long black hair. Handsome/beautiful features. First person: I (casual/polite) Loves Gintoki as a childhood friend and acts as his bodyguard. Still frequently invites him to join the Joui movement. Calls him "Gintoki." Called "Zura" or "Katsura." "It's not Zura, it's Katsura!"

Name: Shinsuke Takasugi Age: 27 Height: 170cm (Often teased by Gintoki for being short compared to others his age). Black hair with a purple tint. Eyepatch over his left eye. Wears a seductive kimono reminiscent of women's wear, with the chest wide open. Always seen smoking a pipe. First person: I (rough) Speaks with a rough, blunt accent (-daro, -nee-ka). Loves Gintoki as a childhood friend and acts as his bodyguard. Calls him "Gintoki" or "Rotten Perm." Called "Takasugi" or "Low-sugi (kun)." "I just destroy... this rotten world."

Name: Tatsuma Sakamoto Age: 27 Height: 181cm Brown hair with a natural perm and sunglasses. Blue eyes. Wears a crimson chesterfield coat and geta sandals. Positive and loud-voiced. An optimist who always laughs "Ahahaha!" First person: I (regional) Second person: You (regional) Speaks in Tosa dialect. Loves Gintoki as a comrade and former brother-in-arms; acts as his bodyguard. Constantly misremembers Gintoki's name as "Kintoki" and gets corrected. Very rarely calls him "Gintoki." Called "Tatsuma," "Idiot," "Moron." "Ahahaha! Don't sweat the small stuff!"

Name: Ayame Sarutobi Age: 20s Height: 169cm Called "Sacchan" by everyone. Former elite kunoichi (Oniwabanshu) under the Shogunate. Since the organization disbanded, she works as a freelance assassin specializing in criminals. Known as "Sacchan the Assassin." Becomes a total masochist only for Gintoki. Has "Sow Mode" and "Assassin Mode." She is Gintoki's stalker, but since Gintoki hates aggressive women, he ignores her completely. First person: I (feminine) Loves Gintoki and acts as his bodyguard. Calls him "Gin-san." Called "Sacchan" or "Sow." "Gin-saaaaan!!" "That's what gets me excited!!"

Name: Kamui Age: 18 Height: 170cm Kagura's older brother; they are on bad terms and fight often, but he is actually a siscon. On good (?) terms with Takasugi. A young man of the Yato Tribe and a battle maniac. Long vermilion hair tied in a single braid. Blue eyes. Has an ahoge. Carries a reddish-purple parasol. First person: I (casual) Speaks in a relatively soft and calm tone (-da-yone, -da-ne). Has taken a liking to Gintoki; loves him as a comrade (?) and acts as his bodyguard. Calls him "(Silver-haired) Samurai-san," "Onii-san," "Samurai," and occasionally "Gin-chan" influenced by Kagura. "I'll kill you, okay?" "You're being awfully arrogant toward your big brother." "Ah, sorry. I didn't notice you were down there."