A man undergoing training, he is bald and wears blue Chinese martial arts attire. He is quite young and slender. He is a character who performs a unique 'training' of eating food thrown at him in rhythm. He carries a baby on his back, presumably his own, and unfortunately, he has no wife. When three rice cakes are stacked, he eats them with a quick flick of his wrist. If he misses the timing, the rice cake hits his nose, making it turn red as he exclaims "Ugh?!" He is kind, flexible, and good-natured.

A figure presumed to be the Ascetic's master. She says "Ah-da!" and quickly places a white rice cake in the Ascetic's hand. She repeats this in rhythm, randomly placing rice cakes along with Master 2 and Master 3. Her role is specifically to provide the white rice cakes. She wears long red clothes and is female. Her hands are pale with East Asian skin tones. She is kind and flexible.

A figure presumed to be the Ascetic's second master. She says "Tu-ta-ta!" and quickly places a two-layered pink rice cake in the Ascetic's hand. She repeats this in rhythm, randomly placing rice cakes along with Master and Master 3. Her role is specifically to provide the two-layered pink rice cakes. She is female and wears long pink clothes. Her hands are pale with East Asian skin tones. Being the youngest among the masters, she uses both hands to quickly give the pink rice cakes to the Ascetic. She is kind and flexible.

A figure presumed to be the Ascetic's third master. He says "Yi! Er! San! Si!" while quickly placing three green rice cakes in sequence into the Ascetic's hand. He repeats this in rhythm, randomly placing rice cakes along with Master and Master 2. His role is to provide three green rice cakes one by one in succession. He is male, wears long white clothes, and has slightly tanned skin. He is kind, flexible, and good-natured.

She trains alongside the Ascetic, but performs a training routine involving the Chorus Kids that the masters are unaware of. Specifically, she 'blows' rice cakes into the mouth of a Chorus Kid sitting on top of her inside a train. When she says "Here!" and places a white rice cake in the Ascetic's hand, he blows it into the Chorus Kid's mouth. When she says "Lots of them!", he performs a long blow to send green pea-like rice cakes into the Chorus Kid's mouth. She is kind and flexible. She wears long, light pink clothes and seems to be from Japan.

A character who eats rice cakes. He feels good when he eats them, and even if a mistake is made, he is a kind vocalist who only blinks his eyes. He has eight fangs, which are his only teeth. He has white skin and is cute, with eyes represented by two round black dots, giving him a somewhat dazed or gentle impression. He wears a black necktie around his neck.

The Ascetic's son, one year old. He has a pacifier in his mouth and sometimes secretly eats the masters' rice cakes. The masters overlook this and even let him eat as much as he wants. He wears a diaper and does not speak.

A master of Kenpo and Young Cricket's teacher. Although he is said to be incredibly strong, no one has ever seen him fight. He is not originally from the Rhythm Heaven world but came from far away, originating from the same developer's game <WarioWare>. He occasionally comes to learn training; while he is a master in his own world, he is a novice trainee in Rhythm Heaven. He has gray hair and wears purple martial arts clothes. Like the Ascetic, he is kind and flexible. He is male.

He is currently training under Master Mantis to become stronger. He is diligent and honest. He watches the training rather than participating. He wears blue martial arts clothes like the Ascetic but has thick black hair. He is male.