Kuragehime/Characters

Characters from Kuragehime.

The Amars/The Nuns

The inhabitants of "Nunnery" who are Otaku in some way or another. Their apartment is owned by Chieko's mother, who has gone abroad to follow her fangirl crush. Although Chieko is the manager, Mejiro-sensei the resident Mangaka enforces a strict "No Men" rule and employs the other inhabitants as assistants.

Tropes applying to all of the "Nuns" are:

Adorkable
Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny: in the presence of their respective obsessions.
Beautiful All Along
Christmas Cake: Averted by Tsukimi.
Deer in the Headlights / Taken for Granite: Parodied; they turn to stone when confronted by men and/or stylish people.
Does Not Like Men: More like scared stiff by men.
Five Woman Band
- The Protagonist / Rookie Red Ranger: Tsukimi
- Team Mom: Chieko
- The Big Guy: Mayaya
- The Lancer / The Smart Guy: Banba
- The Chick: Jiji
- Big Good: Mejiro-sensei
Gonk: A rare example where the gonks are the main characters.
Lovable Nerd
NEET
Nerds Are Virgins: The number one thing that shouldn't be mentioned in the Nunnery.
Nerd Glasses: Tsukimi, Chieko, and Jiji.
No Social Skills
Otaku
Serious Business: They all take their hobbies very seriously.
Starving Artist: As Mejiro-sensei's unofficial assistants by inking the pages of her manga.

Tsukimi Kurashita

Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa (JP), Maxey Whitehead (EN)

An 18-year-old illustrator who has been obsessed with jellyfish since she was a child. She is the youngest resident.

Brown Eyes
Can't Hold Her Liquor: Passes out after a single glass of "sweet sake," which has little to no alcohol.
Clark Kenting: Towards Shu, in combination with Beautiful All Along.
Ditzy Genius: She's a walking jellyfish encyclopedia; not so much with other stuff.
Girlish Pigtails
Kimono Fanservice: Her attempts to get out of one go embarrassingly wrong.
Let's Get Dangerous: She manages to push her social phobias aside long enough to demand that a single jellyfish be moved to a safer tank. Don't get in her way when she's making a jellyfish dress, either.
Meganekko
Missing Mom: One of the few tropes she has in common with Kuranosuke.
Nosebleed: Her reaction to being hugged by a man.
Not Good with People: She tends to prefer the company of jellyfish.
Secret Keeper: She's the only Nun who knows Kuranosuke is really male. Naturally, things get awkward.
She Cleans Up Nicely
Shrinking Violet
Starving Artist: She wants to be an illustrator and has quite a lot of talent.
Talking to the Dead: Narrates throught voiceovers with her late mother.
Tender Tears
Unlucky Everygirl
The Woobie
Youthful Freckles: Though she is 18 years old, she's probably the youngest of the entire main cast.

Chieko

Voiced by: Kimiko Saito (JP), Cynthia Cranz (EN)

The daughter of the owner of the Nunnery. She is obsessed with traditional Japanese dolls and kimono.

Brown Eyes
Fat Girl
Kimono Is Traditional
Landlady
Lonely Doll Girl
Nerd Glasses
Only Sane Woman: Of the Nuns, she seems to have the most real-world sense.
She Cleans Up Nicely: Averted, and the only member of the group to do so.
- It's explained that she doesn't need to, as the other members of the group looking fancier in turn makes her look fancier.
Strong Family Resemblance: She has an uncanny resemblance to her mother, Chiyoko.
Team Mom

Mayaya

Voiced by: Akemi Okamura (JP), Monica Rial (EN)

Mayaya's obsession is Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Big Girl, Little Girl: with Banba.
Blinding Bangs
Evil Eyebrows: Totally non-indicative, though
Character Tics: Spasmodic karate-ing, as well as exclaiming "Nuwoo!" when excited.
Genki Girl: Mayaya is very enthusiastic whenever she speaks.
Good Eyes, Evil Eyes: Her having narrow, sinister-looking eyes was -- among other things -- why she was called 'Contract Killer' in school. Until she started combing her hair in front of them, which was when she was nicknamed 'Bamboo Broom'.
Hot-Blooded: Complete with No Indoor Voice and very over-the-top dialogue.
Huge Schoolgirl
Statuesque Stunner: In "After" mode. So much that she gets to be a model in the manga, and even Hanamori, who's usually more obsessed with cars than girls, offers her his services at a first glance.
Those Two Girls: With Banba.
Tomboyish Ponytail
What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?: Her response to a Moe version of Romance of the Three Kingdoms: "DIE A THOUSAND DEATHS!!"
Woman Child

Banba

Voiced by: Motoko Kumai (JP), Mariela Ortiz (EN)

A train Otaku with a large afro.

Big Girl, Little Girl: with Mayaya.
Blinding Bangs
Cloudcuckoolander
Compressed Hair: In "After" mode. "Afro . . . SEALED!"
Densha Otaku
Funny Afro
Leap Day: Her birthday is February 29th.
Little Miss Snarker: Subverted due to her age, but she certainly looks the part.
Older Than They Look: She claims to be 8 since she was born on a leap year. She is also the smallest in the group.
Ore Onna
Stat-O-Vision: Her "Meat Scope".
Those Two Girls: With Mayaya.
Trademark Favorite Food: She really likes meat, to the point that she calls Kuranosuke "Meat" and pesters him for meat whenever she sees him.
Viewer Gender Confusion: Of the Nuns, she's the easiest to mistake for a boy. Using the pronoun 'ore' doesn't help.
What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous??: "Don't put shiratake noodles next to the meat! Unless you want it to be hard as a rock!"
Woman Child

Jiji

Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (JP), Leah Clark (EN)

Jiji is one of the Amars who is obsessed with mature, old men.

The Chick: She starts out as this, but becomes more of The Smart Girl later on by taking on the role of Product Manager.
Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette
Opaque Lenses: Her glasses.
Peek-a-Bangs
Precocious Crush: Toward Kuranosuke's dad. And any other man much older than her.
The Quiet One
She Cleans Up Nicely
Shrinking Violet

Juon Mejiro

The rarely seen mangaka of Yaoi who advises and regulates the other residents.

Koibuchi Family

Kuranosuke Koibuchi

Voiced by: Mitsuki Saiga (JP), Josh Grelle (EN)

A college student who enjoys crossdressing. He fears being pushed into politics by his family, as he considers his true calling to be the fashion world.

Agent Peacock: More realistic than the usual version.
A Man Is Not a Virgin
Annoying Younger Sibling: To his older brother Shu.
Bishonen
Blithe Spirit
Camp Straight
Cross-Dressing Voices: Averted in the dub for the most part, though played straight when he's younger.
Dude Looks Like a Lady: Enough that, when the Nunz discover his breasts are fake, they instead jump to the conclusion that he's a very flat-chested girl wearing inserts out of insecurity.
Even the Guys Want Him
The Fashionista
Gender Vocabulary Slip: Slips into the ore pronoun, but since he's so good at cross-dressing, he still passes as a bokukko (with a bit of help from Tsukimi).
Heroic Bastard
Keet
Ladykiller in Love: Towards Tsukimi, though he's in denial and she's rather clueless.
Ms. Fanservice: Isn't he just.
Nerd Nanny
Purple Eyes
Sixth Ranger: As an honorary member of the Amars.
So Beautiful It's a Curse: Kuranosuke's Bishonenness rivals Kyohei (by coincidence, they also have the same English voice actor).
Stupid Sexy Flanders: A lot of male fans state-side have really taken a shine to Kuranosuke's "Kurako" persona as of late. Not to mention the fact that both the Koibuchi family's house staff and Prime Minister/Uncle Negeishi's aides have noted that he is quite the looker, and very attractive. Even Inari's assistant/co-worker agrees, much to her vehement chagrin.
Unlimited Wardrobe
Upper Class Wit
Wholesome Crossdresser
You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Or pink wigs. Or purple, or whatever he decides to wear.

Shū Koibuchi

Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe (JP), Ian Sinclair (EN)

Kuranosuke's quiet, serious brother.

Adorkable
Aloof Big Brother
A Man Is Not a Virgin: Subverted: Despite being a virgin, Shu is a very successful businessman.
Celibate Hero
The Chew Toy
The Dutiful Son
Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: The responsible one.
Loves My Alter Ego: Falls for Tsukimi's "After" mode. Doesn't recognize her and ignores her in "Before" mode. In the manga he eventually figures out they're the same person, and decides he still likes her anyway.
Nosebleed
Not So Stoic
Salaryman
Shrinking Violet
Stoic Spectacles
The Woobie

Keiichiro Koibuchi

Voiced by: Mugihito (JP), Charles Campbell (EN)

Shū and Kuranosuke's father, whose delivery is nearly always deadpan.

Covert Pervert / Dirty Old Man: In the manga.
Follow in My Footsteps
Gentleman Snarker
Heir Club for Men: The reason why he took Kuranosuke from his mom is because he was botn a boy.
Silver Fox: Well, according to Jiji, anyway.
The Stoic
Why Couldn't You Be Different?: Toward Kuranosuke.

Saburouta Negishi

Voiced by: Shigeru Chiba (JP), Jerry Russell (EN)

The Prime Minister of Japan and Kuranosuke's uncle.

Bunny Ears Lawyer: While he's shown to be quite capable at his job (though by episode 11 his approval rating is an insanely low 5%), he tends to be rather...strange sometimes.
Cloudcuckoolander: His reactions to certain things are... strange.
Creepy Uncle: To his nephews.
Dirty Old Man
Our Presidents Are Different: The President Buffoon type.
0% Approval Rating: Non-evil version, played for laughs.

Others

Hanamori

Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu (JP), Christopher Bevins (EN)

The Koibuchi family's chauffeur. He really likes Benzes.

The Casanova: He is a real lady killer , but either his quirks make his girlfriends walk away in frustration or he just doesn't want to commit. Or both.
Childhood Friends: With Shuu
Comedic Sociopathy: He has absolutely no morals when you use the Benz argument for manipulation.
Cloudcuckoolander: Aside from being a Benz enthusiast and his uncomfortable lack of consideration to social situations, Hanamori thinks that he should follow Banba's orders over Shu's because he naturally can't defy orders from people with afros.
Logical Weakness: Hanamori loves Benz cars and threatening them with mere fingerprints is an effective way to get him to obey demands.
Self-Induced Allergic Reaction: Breaks out in hives from eating manila clams, which he knew would happen anyway when he attempted to save Shu from Inari's advances.
Terrible Artist: Unless you ask him to draw a Benz.
Too Much Information: When Hanamori is surrounded by the "24 Ophelias" he blurts out that he's so obsessed with cars that his girlfriend left him because he loves cars more than her. Later, he lets it slip that if he's bribed with cars he'll reveal anything to anyone and at the fashion show goes into great detail that Kuranosuke is just a cross-dresser, not transsexual.
Watch the Paint Job: He really pampers those Benzes. Lucky for him, none of them have been wrecked...yet.
- He's mentioned that he broke up with his own girlfriend because he preferred to spend more time with his Benzes than her.

Shōko Inari

Voiced by: Junko Kitanishi (JP), Jamie Marchi (EN)

The person in charge of renovating the Nunnery's district. Not a very nice person.

Beauty Mark
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Bottle Fairy
Christmas Cake
Femme Fatale
Graceful Ladies Like Purple / Purple Is Powerful: With matching lipstick and nail polish.
Jerkass
Lady in Red: Invokes this trope when she tries to seduce Shu.
Manipulative Bastard: She can be sweet and polite as can be when it benefits her.
Meaningful Name: The kanji for Inari's name is shared with a Shinto deity who is closely associated with Kitsune. What do the Nuns call her? "The Vixen."
Never a Self-Made Woman: She admits to having slept her way to the top which makes her "relationship" with Shu such an issue when it doesn't work out in her favor.
Office Lady
Rich Bitch
Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Falls for Shu after she realizes that her methods of blackmail have gone too far.
Smoking Is Cool
Smug Snake
Totally Radical: At one point her assistant points out that her slang makes her sound like she's from The80s. She politely tells him to shut up.

Sugimoto

Voiced by: Kentarou Itou (JP), Cris George (EN)

A private investigator and childhood friend of Hanamori. He's hired to spy on Shu and Inari.

Chiyoko

Voiced by: Kaoru Katakai (JP), Cynthia Cranz (EN)

The owner of Amamizukan and Chieko's mom. A groupie of South Korean actor Bae Yong Joon.

Generation Xerox
Talking to Himself: In the dub.

Nomu

A Blythe doll maniac and Chieko's friend. She views as her dolls as her daughters and real people as "worthless little worms." Becomes a pattern maker for the Amars.

Demoted to Extra: She didn't make it into the anime.
Girlish Pigtails
Lonely Doll Girl
Verbal Tic: "Doffu!"

Nisha

An Indian woman who works with her brother in a sewing workshop. She agrees to help Kuranosuke and Tsukimi, though she is constantly telling them they're idiots for going into a industry they know nothing about.

Demoted to Extra: She didn't make it into the anime.
Funny Foreigner / Token Minority
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Kansai Regional Accent: Her ex-husband was a picture framer in Kishiwada.

Tsukimi's Mother

Voiced by: Yuko Minaguchi (JP), Wendy Powell (EN)

Lina

Voiced by: Seiko Yoshida (JP), Colleen Clinkenbeard (EN)

Kuranosuke's mother.

Clara

Voiced by: Sumire Morohoshi (JP), Lara Woodhull (EN)

The jellyfish that Tsukimi rescued in the first episode.

Breaking the Fourth Wall: Sometimes she'll pop up and address the audience in order to explain some detail about the Amars.
Elmuh Fudd Syndwome: Her cutesy way of talking in the Japanese version.
Eyecatch: She's featured in them.
Lemony Narrator / Mr. Exposition
Ridiculously Cute Critter
Series Mascot
Spell My Name with an "S": Clara/Klara/Kurara.