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Did
you know that many of the names in the Tenchi series are based on
locations in Okayama prefecture, Japan? Visitors to Okayama can stroll
around Kiyone Town or take in the sights of picturesque Mount Washu!
You can find out more about the place names that have inspired the
Tenchi Muyo characters at this
site (page opens in new window) - please note that most of
the page is in Japanese, but there are plenty of photographs to look
at. |
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Yosho
alternative spelling: Yousho
遥照
Yosho, introduced to us in the third OVA episode, is
Ayeka's half brother (sharing the same father). It is arranged for
him to marry Ayeka (as it is normal to marry within the family on
Jurai), but he leaves Jurai to fight Ryoko and is never seen again.
However, Ayeka later finds out he has been alive and well on Earth
for 700 years, but has changed almost beyond recognition. |
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| Japanese Voice: |
Takehito
Koyasu |
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| English Voice: |
Matt
K. Miller |
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Tsunami
津名魅
As Sasami's ship, Tsunami is the most powerful Jurai
ship in the galaxy. Tsunami's humanoid form closely resembles what
Sasami would look like as an adult, and it is revealed in the second
OVA series that Sasami and Tsunami's spirits are very closely intertwined.
Tsunami is one of the three chôshin (almighty beings),
along with Washu and Lady Tokimi. |
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| Japanese Voice: |
Chisa
Yokoyama |
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| English Voice: |
Sherry
Lynn |
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Funaho
alternative spelling: Hunaho
船穂
Funaho, who is Yosho's mother, arrives unexpectedly on Earth in OVA
episode 13. She is a typically quiet and dignified Juraian queen.
Although her visit to Earth is to see her son Yosho, she also brings
an interesting proposition for Washu, and the suggestion that Tenchi
might be suitable for royal duties on planet Jurai. Funaho was born
on Earth, but is descended from the first Juraian emperor's sister. |
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| Japanese Voice: |
Rei
Sakuma |
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| English Voice: |
Grace
Zandarski |
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Misaki
美砂樹
Also appearing in the OVA episode 13, Misaki is Sasami and Ayeka's
mother and a Juraian queen. She is an exuberant character, ready to
give bone-crushing hugs to just about everyone, and she will not tolerate
any unkindness towards her precious daughters. Although she can be
a real handful, she is kind-hearted and adores everything and everyone. In the third OVA series, we discover there is another side to her, a fiercely powerful and vicious being capable of overpowering even the chôshin, but which is normally sealed away; the so-called "counteractor". |
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| Japanese Voice: |
Yoshiko
Sakakibara |
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| English Voice: |
Grace
Zandarski |
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Azusa
阿主沙
Azusa, king of Jurai and father of Ayeka, Sasami and Yosho, makes
only a brief appearance in the last episode of the second OVA series.
He is a strict father, and no sooner has he arrived on Earth than
he orders Ayeka and Sasami to return home, telling Ayeka that he
has
already chosen a husband for her. When Tenchi beats Ayeka's suitor
in a duel, he does finally concede defeat, but he is already planning
a return to Earth before getting home again. |
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| Japanese Voice: |
Akio
Ôtsuki |
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| English Voice: |
John
DeMita |
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Rea
Masaki
正木 玲亜
Rea is a long-time friend of the Masaki family, and she helped raise
Tenchi throughout his childhood after the death of his mother. Some
time between OVA episodes 7 and 14, she and Nobuyuki
move into an apartment in Okayama city. They marry in episode 20.
She is a warm and kindly
person,
though she also delights in teasing Tenchi from time to time. |
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| Japanese Voice: |
Rio
Natsuki |
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| English Voice: |
Mona
Marshall |
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Tennyo
Masaki
柾木 天女
Appearing for the first time in episode 14, Tennyo
is Tenchi's long-absent older sister. Despite appearances, she is
in fact eighty years old! She is the image of her mother, Kiyone
Masaki,
and in fact doubled for her in the past when looking after young
Tenchi. |
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| Japanese Voice: |
Emi
Shinohara |
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| English Voice: |
Peggy O'Neal |
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Kiyone
Masaki
柾木 清音
Tenchi's late mother appears in numerous flashbacks
throughout the series. She passed away when Tenchi was still
very young. Remembered by Tenchi for her gentle and benevolent
nature, when we learn
more of
her
in
the third
OVA series we come to discover her personality is rather closer
to that of her mother Airi's than Tenchi ever suspected. |
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| Japanese Voice: |
Yuri Amano |
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| English Voice: |
Petrea Burchard (OVA 1)
Wendee Lee (OVA 3) |
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Airi
Masaki
柾木 アイリ
Airi, chairwoman of the Galaxy Police training academy,
is Katsuhito's first wife, and grandmother of Tenchi. She first
visits
in episode 15, bringing with her Noike, Tenchi's future fiancée.
She is a relentless tease, taking great delight in winding Tenchi
up, but also rather short-tempered, flying into a fearful rage if
anyone dares to point out that she is a grandmother! |
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| Japanese Voice: |
Sakiko
Tamagawa |
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| English Voice: |
Kari Wahlgren |
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Noike
Kamiki Jurai
神木 ノイケ 樹雷
Noike arrives on the scene in episode 15, having been
chosen by royal matchmaker Seto Kamiki (who is also her adoptive
mother)
as Tenchi's future bride! Needless to say, her arrival is the cause
of much anguish among Ryoko and Ayeka. Noike is the adopted daughter
of Seto, a former Galaxy Police
officer who was partnered with Mihoshi for a while, and now lives
with Tenchi's extended family. She soon sets herself up as unofficial
head of the family, and regularly helps out around the house. She
was abandoned as a child and raised in an orphanage until Seto adopted
her, and spent time in the Galaxy Army before joining the Galaxy
Police. |
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| Japanese Voice: |
Naomi
Shindô |
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| English Voice: |
Kari Wahlgren |
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Seto
Kamiki Jurai
神木 瀬戸 樹雷
Seto, better known to many as "The Devil Princess
of Jurai", is a powerful and notoriously meddlesome figure
of the Jurai royal family. The adoptive mother of Noike and
grandmother
of Ayeka and Sasami, she comes to visit the family in episode
17. |
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| Japanese Voice: |
Yukari
Nozawa |
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| English Voice: |
Melora Harte |
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Misao
Kuramitsu
九羅密 美咲生
Misao is Mihoshi's younger brother, and
the captain of a colossal spherical battleship that belongs
to the Kuramitsu family. Having received word that Tenchi
is abusing his beloved sister, he sets out for Earth aboard
this technological terror, swearing to wreak his revenge
on anyone who dares to make her unhappy. |
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| Japanese Voice: |
Hikaru
Midorikawa |
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| English Voice: |
Tony
Oliver |
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Mashisu
Makibi
マシス・マキビ
Mashisu is Misao's adjutant, and a pretty
uncompromising woman — she even gives Misao a spanking
when he back-talks her! She tries to convince Misao to
change his plan, arguing that it is too dangerous, but
she
has an agenda of her own. |
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| Japanese Voice: |
Keiko
Onodera |
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| English Voice: |
Lara Cody |
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Kagato
alternative spelling: Kagatou, Kagatoh
神我人
The only antagonist to appear in both the OVA series and a TV series
(albeit with different character designs). Kagato commands a huge
space battleship, the Soja. In the OVA series, he arrives on Earth
in response to Ryoko's awakening, and seizes control of her so as
to use her gems to take Tsunami, the ultimate power in the universe. He was created by Washu from a clone of Naja Akara, a close friend of hers who is missing presumed dead, but she merged with an early male Mass prototype body, cast off her female half and turned to evil. However, Kagato's female half lived on, and is revealed in the closing episodes of the third OVA series. |
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| Japanese Voice: |
Norio
Wakamoto |
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| English Voice: |
Micheal
Scott Ryan
Wendee Lee (female form, OVA3)
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Lady
Tokimi
alternative spelling: Toukimi, Tohkimi
訪希深
A mysterious character appearing in the second OVA series, Lady Tokimi
is one of the three chôshin (almighty beings), along
with Washu and Tsunami. She sends a servant of hers, Dr. Clay, to
Earth
to
bring
Washu before
her. When this fails, she calls on her newest pawn, Z, to observe
Tenchi. Her motivations only become clear in episode 19. |
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| Japanese Voice: |
Yumi
Tôma |
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| English Voice: |
Jennifer
Darling (series 2)
Mari Devon (series 3) |
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D3
D3 is a life-form that exists within another dimension, and manifests
as a floating face in Lady Tokimi's chambers. As a servant of Lady
Tokimi, he relays her commands to her many subordinates, including
Dr. Clay and Z. Like Tokimi, he communicates using telepathy. |
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| Japanese Voice: |
Ryûzaburô
Ôtomo |
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| English Voice: |
Jack
Fletcher (OVA 2)
Michael McConnohie (OVA 3) |
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Seiryo
Tennan
alternative spelling: Seiryou
天南 静竜
When Azusa arrives on Earth, he brings news that he has chosen a fiancé
for Ayeka. His name is Seiryo, an arrogant, pompous Juraian man with
a bizarre pink hairdo and a taste for spectacular entrances. Azusa
tells Tenchi that unless he defeats Seiryo in a duel, then Ayeka
is
returning to Jurai with him to get married. |
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| Japanese Voice: |
Mitsuaki
Madono |
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| English Voice: |
John
Lee |
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Dr.
Clay
alternative spellings: Dr. Kurei, Dr. Cray, Dr. Cley
Ｄｒ．クレイ
Dr. Clay is a servant of Lady Tokimi, and is the lead villain of the
second OVA series. Under the orders of Lady Tokimi, he heads for Earth
to kidnap Ryoko, replacing her with an evil duplicate under his control.
The duplicate, Zero, is charged with the mission of capturing Washu,
at the behest of Lady Tokimi. Dr. Clay attended the Royal Science
Academy with Washu, and even competed against her for the director's
chair until he was drummed out of the academy. Dr. Clay's spaceship
is immense, and resembles a woman with a dress billowing behind her. |
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| Japanese Voice: |
Seizô
Kato |
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| English Voice: |
Wess
Mann |
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Zero
零
Zero is Dr. Clay's robotic servant, capable of shape-shifting to suit
its missions. In the second OVA series, Zero is made to imitate Ryoko
exactly in order to capture Washu, and to eliminate anyone that stands
in her way. However, the copy is so perfect that she experiences the
same feelings for Tenchi that Ryoko has, and she simply clams up and
blushes bright red whenever Tenchi so much as speaks to her! Zero
eventually turns against her master, Dr. Clay, when he threatens to
harm Tenchi. |
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| Japanese Voice: |
Ai
Orikasa |
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| English Voice: |
Petrea
Burchard |
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Z
alternative spelling: Zetto
Z is the mysterious warrior first seen (albeit in silhouette only) in the
OVA mini-episode "Here Comes Jurai 2". Summoned by D3, he
is sent to Earth to investigate Tenchi, but is under orders from Lady
Tokimi not to harm him. He is clearly a powerful warrior, capable of
wiping out an entire fleet of spaceships with little effort. His full
name is Z0001332536893. He has a tragic past that eventually drives
him to try and kill Tenchi. |
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| Japanese Voice: |
Eiji
Hanawa |
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| English Voice: |
Brad
MacDonald |
Baguma,
Fujimasa & Sorunaru
alternative spelling: Bagma, Sorunâru,
Solnar |
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バグマ
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藤正
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ソルナール |
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This heavy
mob, a trio of Galaxy Police operatives, is hired by Mashisu
Kuramitsu to execute her mission of "rescuing" Mihoshi from Earth,
and getting Ryoko implicated in a major crime into the bargain.
They
are
clearly
a force to
be reckoned with,
as they have the backup of all the latest Galaxy Police technology,
including impenetrable force fields and ferocious fighting robots.
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| Japanese Voices: |
Baguma
- Yoshinori Sonobe
Fujimasa - Hidenari Ugaki
Sorunaru - Katsuyuki Konishi |
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| English
Voices: |
Baguma - Dan Woren
Fujimasa - Sean Cw Johnson
Sorunaru - Kim Strauss
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Yukinojo
alternative spellings: Yukinojou, Yukinojyou
雪之丞
In the OVA series, Mihoshi's shuttle is home to Yukinojo, the shipboard
computer. Aside from providing valuable advice and information, he
is a sensible antidote to Mihoshi's clumsiness. Even as a computer,
he manages to get exasperated with Mihoshi from time to time. |
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| Japanese Voice: |
Hideyuki
Umezu |
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| English Voice: |
Mark
Tracy |
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Nobeyama
野辺山
This unfortunate soul is directly in command of Mihoshi, and it's
not an easy job. Aside from relaying orders to Mihoshi (which she
usually misinterprets, much to his distress), he is responsible for
compiling and submitting Mihoshi's exhaustive reports to the commander.
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| Japanese Voice: |
Takuro
Kitagawa |
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| English Voice: |
? |
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Captain
The captain of the section
of the Galaxy Police to which Mihoshi is assigned. He is one of the
numerous non-humanoid employees of the Galaxy Police (he is a Wau,
one of several of his species that appear in the various Tenchi series).
His job is a tough one with the clumsiest detective in the galaxy
under his command, and his desk is usually found piled high with damage
claims and misconduct reports resulting from her actions! |
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| Japanese Voice: |
Hiroshi
Masuoka |
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| English Voice: |
David
Johnson |
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Minami
Kuramitsu
九羅密 美瀾
Mihoshi's grandfather, Minami Kuramitsu, is the marshal of the
Galaxy Police, and a very protective grandparent he is.
In the later OVA episodes, we see he is becoming increasingly
unpredictable, and when word
reaches him that Mihoshi is unhappy on Earth, he sends his grandson
Misao out to fetch her, not caring if anyone else is harmed
in doing so. Minami's sister Mikami is the principal of the Galaxy
Police training
academy.
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| Japanese Voice: |
Fumio
Matsuoka |
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| English Voice: |
Don
Butler |
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Taro
太老
Taro is Tenchi's baby cousin, who appears in OVA episode 8, "Hello
Baby". In said episode, Tenchi and the girls are charged with the
duty of looking after Taro for a couple of days, and they run themselves
ragged caring for him. Where the others cannot cope, Washu comes
into her own, looking after him better than any of them, and she
eventually
reveals that she once had a son long ago. |
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| Japanese Voice: |
Miki
Narahashi |
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| English Voice: |
Sherry Lynn |
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Innkeeper
The innkeeper of the hot springs that Tenchi and his friends manage
to destroy in OVA episode 4 (and rebuild again in episode 9) is actually
Tenchi's great aunt. As she is only an incidental character, not much
is known about her. However, she won't take any nonsense off any of
her guests, particularly ones responsible for so much damage... |
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| Japanese Voice: |
Hisako
Kyôda |
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| English Voice: |
Zita Campisi (OVA 1)
K.
T. Vogt (OVA 2) |
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Kazuhiko
Amagasaki
尼ヶ崎 和彦
Despite only appearing in the first episode of the Tenchi Muyo OVA
series, and then only for a few seconds, Tenchi's big-nosed school
friend Amagasaki has gained quite a following, thanks in part to a
comic strip "Tenchi Muyo: Amagasaki" that appeared in the Gakken Tenchi
Muyo books and Japanese Laserdiscs (featuring a jealous Amagasaki
trying to gain the same success with women that Tenchi has managed).
Apparently, this jealousy has since inspired him to move schools to
Toyko. Amagasaki becomes a regular cast member and a good friend of Tenchi in the Tenchi
in Tokyo continuity. |
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| Japanese Voice: |
Toshiharu
Sakurai |
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| English Voice: |
Mark
Tracy |
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