Shin Chan and the California Stimps/List of Characters

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This article is about the Taylor Media version of the characters. For the Anime National Pictures version, see List of Shin Chan Flashback characters (Anime National).

This is the list of Shin Chan and the California Stimps characters as dictated by its original incarnation produced by Taylor Media Entertainment and Crayon Films as well as any minor dubbed versions. The characters' names follow this order: English, Japanese Script, and Roman characters. The names used in the dubs follow as they appear in that version, if applicable.

Nohara family

Shin Nohara

Male, 5 years old. He plays practical jokes on a lot of people. He tormented his friends, parents and teachers, but was friendly to Adam, Matt, and Mackie. He also gives important tips to the viewers. In the Special "Kid Fighter Hero", Shin acts as a sidekick to Josh-chan. Although he doesn't serve the role as Ham Kahn's trainee.

Mitzi Nohara

The mother of the Nohara family, and its caretaker. The classical housewife of post-war Japan, she cleans, launders, cooks, sews, mothers, and lazes all to varying degrees of success. While at heart a caring and nurturing individual, her positive aspects are often offset by her many shortcomings. A paragon of hypocrisy, after handing out irrevocable edicts to her husband and children, she will not hesitate to immediately break them once they are out of sight. She administers brutal punishment to her husband, son, and on rare occasion's her year old daughter, whenever they disobey her. While she spends as little as possible on the less-essential needs of her husband and son, she loves to splurge on Himawari and herself. Though she is noted to have instances of great generosity. She is the source of boundless diet and savings plans, all of which fail within the first week.

Hiro Nohara

Father of the Nohara family, and its sole source of income. He met his future wife, Misae, at the age of 29, and after dating for around a year the two wed. He is a loving father to his two children, and ultimately a devoted husband. While he is the family bread-winner, he hands the reigns of finance over to his wife, who maintains a totalitarian level of control on family spending. He is the iconic salary man of modern Japan, working eight-hour days, enduring overstuffed trains, and enjoying the occasional bar-bouncing nightlife. While his relationship with his family is positive on the whole, there is an abundance of recurring conflict. He and his wife bicker on many different things, from how little he gets for spending money every month, to who's turn it is to give the baby a bath. Misae is also notorious for inflicting comically brutal violence on Hiroshi whenever she gets very angry. He enjoys a playful relationship with his children; but sometimes they're the source of his daily woes. He will not hesitate to save his allowance for things he want, but can be seen spending much of it to buy his family creature comforts.

Hima Nohara

The youngest child of the Nohara family, a precocious and vibrant infant. While technically newborn, her character has matured and grown more intelligent during her stay in the series. She possess a palpable lust for shiny objects(jewels and precious metals) and brand-name goods. She emulates her mother in her utterly stubborn pursuit of handsome young men who catch her eye. In her family she is an icon of adoration and annoyance, causing trouble she cannot be blamed for given her infantile innocence.

Chiro

A white, fluffy pup Shin-chan found in a cardboard box early in the series. While a beloved member of the family, he is the subject of neglect thanks to his owner's forgetfulness and short attention-span. He is a very intelligent dog, often presenting logic and intellect that surpasses his human owners. As his meals from the Nohara's are at best inconsistent, and at worst far-between, he has developed a venerable talent for forging and scavenging to survive days without meals. An oddly human dog, he is very responsible and painstakingly careful.

Marcie Koyama

Misae's older sister. Age 35. She is still single. Her appearance in the show is rare. It is possible that Misae learned some of her moves from her. She shares some of the same mischievous antics as Shin-chan and Ginnosuke, except to an excess. In the Taylor Media version, she starts getting Shin lots of affection.

Musa Koyama Misae's younger sister. Age 26. Musa is a housing manager.

Gin Nohara Hiroshi's father. Age 65. Like his son and his grandson, Shin-chan, he enjoys looking at pretty young women. He also likes to do weird things and rituals with his grandson. His appearance in the show is relatively more common than other minor characters. As with Shin-chan, he is affectionately called Gin-chan. One of his many jokes in the series is dressing up as a movie character whenever Hiroshi and his family comes to visit them, such as Neo from The Matrix or Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean. Another running gag in the series is that whenever he announces to the family that he would visit them (either by phone or post), then he suddenly appears out of nowhere afterwards, shocking the family. In the Taylor Media version, Shin discovers that he's a coke junkie.

Nanako Hara The college girl with boyfriend troubles on her mind. Age 20. The first time they met was when Shin-chan was strolling in the neighborhood and got something in his eye. Nanako, though a stranger at the time, took it out of his eyes for him. Since then, they have kept contact with each other, sometimes Nanako inviting Shin-chan to beach resorts and skiing trips etc. Nanako is the only girl that is unruffled by Shin-chan's behavior, and the only one Shin-chan tries to behave for, even being shy and blushing around her. She dreams to be a kindergarten teacher.

Yoshi Hatogaya Nohara family's other neighbor. His family and Shin-chan's family got to know each other for the first time on a trip to Hawaii. After the trip, they moved next door to Shin-chan's family. He and his wife sometimes annoy Shin-chan's parents. They are also a couple of unusual conventions and display of affections, which contrasts the earlier Japanese generations. They are easily excited by new and first-time things, such as being robbed the first time and having the police over for investigation. He sometimes goes to Hiroshi for advice. He would often barge into Hiroshi's house without warning whenever theres a problem. In the adult oriented version by FUNimation, he and his wife are in constant debt do to their constant spending and need to have all the new things, and have adopted habits to run out on bills and look for sleazy, cheap buildings to live in. He also buys Hiro cheap beer to thank him for his kindness when Misae lets them live with them. In the Taylor Media version, Yoshi is named after a Nintendo character.

Mitchi Hatogaya Yoshirin's wife. She likes to watch horror movies (to her husband's chagrin) and collect stuffed dinosaurs. She sometimes hangs out with Misae. In the adult oriented version by FUNimation she and her husband are in constant debt do to there constant spending and need to have all the new things, and have adopted habits to run out on bills and look for sleasy, cheap buildings to live in. She also buys Misae a generic soda to thank her for letting her and Yoshirin live in there house.

Robert McGuire Josh-chan's sophisticated pen-pal who share their common minorities and shows off their secret handshake. Robert's languge is fluent Engrish.

Georgie Kazama Tooru Kazama (Kazama-kun) is Shin-chan's immaculately groomed and perfectly mannered friend, who usually loses his nerves and composure with Shin-chan's antics.Their relationship has often been joked as homosexual by Shin-Chan. Despite Kazama's annoyance with Shin-Chan, the both of them are actually the best of friends are actually quite closer then any of the other friends they have. Himawari has a slight crush on Tooru.

Penny Sakurada Nene Sakurada (Nene-chan) is Shin-chan's female classmate and friend. She loves to play 'real omamagoto', or 'real house', in which divorces and arguments are very common. She occasionally sees her mother go crazy and shrieks something literally translated to be "You're not my usual mom!" She has the same character as her mother and she is often seen releasing her frustrations on a helpless stuffed bunny. When her desires are not met, Nene becomes upset. She hated Shiizou Atsukuru during his teaching period but eventually developed a crush on him. Nene is also revealed to be a Gossip Monger. However she always misunderstood the situation and made it worse such as when Tokuro (Matzuzaka's boyfriend) was hanging out with his childhood friend and their photo was taken by Nene. Leading to a conflict between the couple. She became devastated by this event. In the Taylor Media version, Penny is .

Masa Sato Masao Sato is one of Shin-chan's friends. He has a super-sensitive feeling and makes riots.

Po Another of Shin-chan's friends, he seems slow and expressionless, but is actually quite smart and has an interest in artistic, adult-oriented things. He often surprises his friends with his insight, though he speaks quite slowly. He always has a trail of snot running down his nose. In the Taylor Media Version, Po is named after a teletubby.

Ai-chan Ai-chan is a relatively newer character addition to the show who began appearing on October 12, 1999. She is from an extremely rich family and happened to be enrolled in to the kindergarten at Kasukabe because she threw a dart at the map of Japan and hit Kasukabe, thereby determining where she would go next. She is always seen riding in a black limousine and with a bodyguard. Many boys fell in love with her except Shin-chan. Instead, she fell in love with Shin-chan. Masao-kun likes her very much, but Ai-chan almost never pays attention to him. In the Taylor Media version, she sleepwalks and wants Shin for her birthday.

Dori Anderson Shin-chan's teacher. Age 24. She teaches the Dead Flower class until she and her husband moved to Hill Valley, California, USA to teach Special Ed to the disabled.

Doyle Anderson Midori's husband. Age 24. A nice, easy going man who gets along fine with Shin Chan and his friends and they in tend like him as well. He has been portrayed as someone with a lack of confidence problem. This is true when he wanted to propose to Midori.On the eve of their wedding, problems began to arise and on the coveted day it gets worse when it began to rain. Midori was heartbroken but Ishizaka, with a little encouraging words from Shin Chan, bravely grabbed Midori and declare his love for her in the rain.

Katzie Matsuzaka (Taylor Media) Arch-rival of Dori Anderson and Josh Taylor, teacher of the Wildflower Class. Age 24. Single. She tutors Shin and is often called "Miss Katzie" by Shin and Josh. Despite her new rivalry with Josh, she rejects his crush who offers her on a date and mocks him. However, deep down she cares for Josh after he saved her fall from the balcony of the apartment despite of her being drunk. Katzie moves in with Josh, after she got evicted from her apartment caused by Shin's science experiment with alcohol and matches which started a fire. Katzie's sisters disapproves of Josh's love for her. They also intend to forbid her from ever living with Josh by lying to him that she's in love with a rich man causing Josh to distance himself from her. Katzie tries to clear things up by explaining that she never dated a rich man, but Josh refused to believe and left her with a heartbreak despite of their shaken relationship. However, Josh and Katzie are reunited once again with a little encouraging speech from Shin Chan. In the Special "Kid Fighter Hero", Katzie remains unaware of her actions as Feline Mistress, the evil villian, rival of Kid Fighter Hero, and her alter ego. Later in the special, she learns the fact that Josh-chan is Kid Fighter Hero and decides to fight alongside with him.

Marge Matsuzaka Katzie's eldest sister. Age 28.

Tammy Matsusaka Katzie's second eldest sister. Age 26. She often appears alongside her elder sister, Matsu, to fight over Ume's new boyfriend. In contrast to Matsu's traditional Japanese-style attire, Take is often prone to Western gaudiness.

Polly Ageo (Taylor Media))

A teacher at the Meadow Fields Kindergarten. Age 23. She teaches the Mayflower Class and struggles to keep her job by letting Shin teach her class.

Ench Takakura (Taylor Media) The principal of Meadow Fields Kindergarten .

Patty Sakurada (Taylor Media)) Penny's mother. Age 28.

Miss Mineko (Taylor Media)) Georgie's mother. She has the appearance of a rich man's wife. She has her son Kazama-kun do many extracurricular activities such as learning English, playing piano, swimming, jazz dancing etc. She also likes to try to make younger men swoon by her looks and fashion. Unlike Moeko, Mineko is not unruffled by Shin-chan easily, and prefers to stay out of his way when they happen to meet.

Mr. Kuro (Taylor Media)) Ai-chan's bodyguard and driver. He always wears a black tuxedo suit and sunglasses. He is very obedient to Ai-chan's orders. Most of time its because she had found out his dark deeds. He has dated Ageo-san, a Futaba kindergarten teacher. He hides while Ai-chan is in class (for example, in the top of the playfield's trees, but Shin-chan always finds him out.

Yuko

Leader of the clique. Age 17. Her title in the Malay translation is "Dragon Claw Ryuko" or "Short-nailed Ryuko". She is a tough fighter and behaves righteously towards her friends. Her violent and brash behaviour undermines her gentle and kind side, and despite being the leader of a female gangster group, shows a surprising amount of genial traits. Has a secret hobby of dressing up as a Sailor Moon character. She also has a huge crush on Shin-chan's father Hiroshi and is revealed more so in the August 1, 1997 episode "The Crimson Scorpion's Yoyo Fishing Game" (紅さそり隊のヨーヨー釣りだゾ), despite knowledge that Hiroshi is married to Misae. Fukazume is actually her nickname of sorts meaning "Rough 'n Ready" (according to the Hawaiian versions of the TV series). Her real name is Ryuko Okegawa (桶川 竜子, Okegawa Ryūko?). In the Taylor Media version, she's released on probation.

Ogin Member of the clique who always wears a mask with an "X" on it, and therefore she is known as "Fish-eyed Ogin" (the X resembles the eye of a dead fish). She is the more taciturn and patient member of the clique. Despite her somewhat fearsome demeanor, she possesses a kind side, shown in an episode where she helps out her sick mother by delivering goods and hiding her predicaments from her friends, so they are not troubled by it. Her face was revealed in one episode when the Saitama Scorpions babysit Shin-chan and Himawari and the latter playfully takes off her mask.

"Rash" Marie Another member of the clique, who is fat and clumsy. Her title in the Malay translation of the manga is "Pimple-Mary." She is righteous, and often comes to the aid of her friends despite her inability to fight. In the Taylor Media version, she's muscular.

Masked Fighter Hero Shin-chan's favorite superhero in the cartoon within the cartoon. Action Kamen is a spoof of Japan's tokusatsu shows (most notably, the Kamen Rider shows). The phrase "muchacho" means "boy" or "young man" in Spanish. In the European Spanish version he is called Ultrahéroe (Ultrahero) as there he is considered a knock-off of the Ultraman series. In the Taylor Media version, his arch enemy is Hamburgalar.

Mimi-chan Action Kamen's young sidekick in combatting enemies. She is seen to deliver crucial weapons to Action Kamen or give him instructions for new moves. In episode 41, Loli apparently has new powers that parody Sailor Moon and the magical girl genre, renaming herself Jailbait Poon.

Ham Kahn In the Special "Kid Fighter Hero", Ham Kahn is Josh-chan's reluctant trainer and tries to warn Josh-chan not to get involved in a relationship with Feline Mistress, but later materializes a transformation watch for Katzie after she has accepted Feline Mistress as part of herself, knowing that she will no longer cause mischief. In the end of the special, he becomes a lifeless drawing after Josh-chan's final battle but is restored to his true form with the last ounce of Josh and Katzie's powers. It is assumed that Ham Kahn goes to various places telling the legacy of Josh-chan becoming Kid Fighter Hero.

Shinko Nohara Shin's future daughter (and Hima's future niece) who appears in Season 4 and the movie "A History of Unnecessary Acts" through a time portal.

Broken Apartments residents

There was a time when the Nohara family moved into apartments called Broken Apartments. They were forced to rent an apartment when the house was being auctioned.

Summer Kutsuzoko She is the 18-year-old Japanese-American mother of a 2-year-old daughter. Her actions and style reflect the Japanese younger generation. She is Shin's babysitter.

Paris Kutsuzoko She is the 2-year-old Japanese-American daughter of Atsuko. Her personality is seen to be geared towards an obsessively trend-conscious teenager.

Josh "Josh-Chan" Taylor aka Mr. Taylor Newest Meadow Fields Kindergarten staff member. Age 24. He first appeared in the episode "Shin Gets Blamed" can literally be annoyed at his own discretion, which is his key personality trait in the show. He is the new teacher for the Dead Flower class since Dori moved to Hill Valley. At first, Josh learns that Shin is a delinquent. During his attempt to get make Shin behave, we learned that he impersonates Shin by wearing a cosplay mask. Josh finally overcomes Shin's misbehavior with Katzie's help. Shin soon develops good behavior but everything goes wrong when Shin ran away after Josh was being put up with his delinquency amd forced him to leave the Kindergarten, leading to a sorrowful event from the teachers, friends, and parents. Josh defends Katzie from being treated like she's Cinderella by her sisters. He disguises under the name V-Man after a mysterious incident caused him to be gigantic and was challenged by Shin who is known as Kilochan to a Kermit Kombit in the virtual grid. He is preferred to be called "Josh-chan" only after school, weekends, and Spring Breaks. In the Special "Kid Fighter Hero", Josh-chan was sent off by Principal Ench to deliver a package to the Nohara residence, and discovers that the house was actually empty, who then encounters Mimi-chan. Mimi-chan explains that Masked Fighter Hero had left Japan on an extended world tour and effectively disappeared while she takes care of Shin after his parents went on an anniversary cruise, got lost in a typhoon and was never to be found. As a result, he doesn't have any parents. Josh agrees to help find Masked Fighter Hero and reunite Shin with his parents. Josh was given a transformation watch that would allow him to change into Kid Fighter Hero. He was also given Ham Kahn (Buriburizaemon) as his trainer.

Kaoruko "Ruko" Taylor Josh's little sister from Hill Valley and likes to be called Miss Ruko by Shin and Ruko by Josh. Age 23. She first appeared in the 2nd movie "School Trippin'" and in Episode 52 "A Sister from Hill Valley".

Gluko Rodriguez Josh-chan's former student from Hill Valley and Shin's friend. Age 18. She first appeared in the 4th movie "Extremely Shin-Chan". She is referred to as Cutie Gluko and sometimes stay over at Josh-chan's apartment during Spring Break and summer holidays.

Haruko Rodriguez

Ed Rabbit He is the leader of the California Stimps and so all his loyalties go to him. He has very strict polices such as being very clean in the yard and not allowing pests. He spends his free time with Hikari. His cruel attitude toward the gang can be attributed due to the fact that his mother and his father died in a traffic accident 30 years ago.