Tenchi Muyo! OVA Series Characters

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Tenchi Muyo!
OVA Series Characters

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.

	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.

	Japanese Voice:	Takehito Koyasu

	English Voice:	Matt K. Miller

	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 chōshin (almighty beings), along with Washu and Lady Tokimi.

	Japanese Voice:	Chisa Yokoyama

	English Voice:	Sherry Lynn

	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.

	Japanese Voice:	Rei Sakuma

	English Voice:	Grace Zandarski

	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 — the so-called "counteractor" — capable of overpowering even the chōshin, but which is normally sealed away.

	Japanese Voice:	Yoshiko Sakakibara

	English Voice:	Grace Zandarski

	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.

	Japanese Voice:	Akio Ōtsuki

	English Voice:	John DeMita

	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.

	Japanese Voice:	Rio Natsuki

	English Voice:	Mona Marshall

	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.

	Japanese Voice:	Emi Shinohara

	English Voice:	Peggy O'Neal

	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.

	Japanese Voice:	Yuri Amano

	English Voice:	Petrea Burchard (OVA 1) Wendee Lee (OVA 3)

	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!

	Japanese Voice:	Sakiko Tamagawa

	English Voice:	Kari Wahlgren

	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.

	Japanese Voice:	Naomi Shindō

	English Voice:	Kari Wahlgren

	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.

	Japanese Voice:	Yukari Nozawa

	English Voice:	Melora Harte

	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.

	Japanese Voice:	Hikaru Midorikawa

	English Voice:	Tony Oliver

	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.

	Japanese Voice:	Keiko Onodera

	English Voice:	Lara Cody

	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.

	Japanese Voice:	Norio Wakamoto

	English Voice:	Micheal Scott Ryan Wendee Lee (female form, OVA3)

	Lady Tokimi alternative spelling: Toukimi, Tohkimi 訪希深 A mysterious character who first appears in the second OVA series, Lady Tokimi is one of the three chōshin (almighty beings), along with Washu and Tsunami, who created our universe. She is the most powerful of the three chōshin, and normally binds the full power of 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.

	Japanese Voice:	Yumi Tōma

	English Voice:	Jennifer Darling (series 2) Mari Devon (series 3)

	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.

	Japanese Voice:	Ryūzaburō Ōtomo

	English Voice:	Jack Fletcher (OVA 2) Michael McConnohie (OVA 3)

	Seiryo Tennan alternative spelling: Seiryou 天南　静竜 When Azusa arrives on Earth, he brings news that he has chosen a fianc� 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.

	Japanese Voice:	Mitsuaki Madono

	English Voice:	John Lee

	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.

	Japanese Voice:	Seizō Kato

	English Voice:	Wess Mann

	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.

	Japanese Voice:	Ai Orikasa

	English Voice:	Petrea Burchard

	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.

	Japanese Voice:	Eiji Hanawa

	English Voice:	Brad MacDonald

Baguma, Fujimasa & Sorunaru alternative spelling: Bagma, Sorunāru, Solnar
バグマ	藤正	ソルナール

This trio of shadowy operatives is hired by Mashisu Makibi 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.


Japanese Voices:	Baguma - Yoshinori Sonobe Fujimasa - Hidenari Ugaki Sorunaru - Katsuyuki Konishi

English Voices:	Baguma - Dan Woren Fujimasa - Sean Cw Johnson Sorunaru - Kim Strauss

	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.

	Japanese Voice:	Hideyuki Umezu

	English Voice:	Mark Tracy

	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.

	Japanese Voice:	Takuro Kitagawa

	English Voice:	?

	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!

	Japanese Voice:	Hiroshi Masuoka

	English Voice:	David Johnson

	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.

	Japanese Voice:	Fumio Matsuoka

	English Voice:	Don Butler

	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.

	Japanese Voice:	Miki Narahashi

	English Voice:	Sherry Lynn

	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...

	Japanese Voice:	Hisako Kyōda

	English Voice:	Zita Campisi (OVA 1) K. T. Vogt (OVA 2)

	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.

	Japanese Voice:	Toshiharu Sakurai

	English Voice:	Mark Tracy

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