Age: 28 (debut), 38 (end) Birthday: April 27, 1980 One of editors of the Weekly Shounen Jump. He is a thin, odd-looking man with a wide-eyed gaze and distinctive lips. Hattori Akira was Akito Takagi's and Moritaka Mashiro's editor. He helped them with their names and eventually got them serialized for Detective Trap. Once they got serialized, however, Hattori had to hand them over to Miura due to conflicting responsibilities. Later, he resumes being the editor of Ashirogi Mutou's series Perfect Crime Party and Reversi. Hattori is often portrayed as one of the calmer and more calculated editors in the series. He comes across as a very wise and experienced editor which leaves him raising his voice only when he sees it absolutely necessary to do so. He is very fond of Takagi and Mashiro and continues to be interested in their progression as mangakas, offering off-hand advice to Miura when he can. Hattori is editing One Piece. Hattori's face (especially his lips and eyes) resemble the character Ryuk from the manga Death Note which is drawn by Takeshi Obata.
Age: 15 (debut), 25 (end) Birthday: June 25, 1993 Miho's best friend, who is in 9th year, class 2 in the same school as Miho and Mashiro. Though being her best friend, she doesn't know that Miho likes Mashiro. She confronts Takagi about having asked Miho about her dream, given that she had told him, which results into Takagi making her believe that he likes her. This surprises her, given that she likes him and she tells him she'll have to think about it. She and Takagi eventually begin going out. Miyoshi plans to go to Yakusa North High, the same high school Moritaka and Tagaki are planning to go to and eventually does so. She marries Takagi.
Age: 33 at start, currently around 40 Nakai is an assistant for Niizuma. He won a monthly award ten years ago, and has been determined to get serialized since. He is good with backgrounds and angles. Takurou Nakai was an assistant-for-Niizuma-turned manga artist. He won a monthly award ten years ago, and has been determined to get serialized since. He was the artist of Hideout Door, and worked with Aoki Yuriko. After Hideout Door is canceled, Nakai leaves because he is sick of himself and how he used manga for his own personal gain. He returns to manga after Nanamine requests for his assistance. Nanamine's series was eventually canceled and Nakai becomes Hiramaru's assistant.
Age: 31 (currently) Birthday: April 11, 1987 Masakazu Yamahisa is Ryu Shizuka and later, Ko Aoki's editor. He works with Ryo to get mis manga more Weekly Shounen Jump friendly and offers Aoki to work on a manga with romance in it suitable for the magazine. (Source: Bakuman Wikia)
A scientist working for the Gogol Empire, who pursues Dandy for unknown reasons. He resembles a gorilla and wears a G-shaped eye piece over his right eye similar to team Galactic from Pokemon. He also has the belt buckle in reference to Kamen Rider Black. His shoulder contains a shield in reference to the springs from Sonic the Hedgehog. His ship has a ball gagged head of the Statue of Liberty on it. (Source: Wkipedia)
Age: 21 Affiliation: KISS The efficient commander of KISS's front lines. She respects and trusts Vilajulio.
Age: 14 (debut), 24 (end) Birthdate: November 5, 1993 Blood Type: B Height: 162cm Weight: 44kg Azuki is Mashiro's classmate. Her dream is to be a voice actor. She agreed to marry Mashiro when both of their dreams come true. However, she also told him that in the mean time, they should not have any distractions so they will contact each other only through emails. Her best friend is Kaya Miyoshi. Although her outer image is shy, she is a very mysterious girl. It is sometimes hard to know what she is thinking about. After securing her role as the main heroine in Ashirogi Muto's "Reversi," she finally receives a proper marriage proposal from Mashiro, which she accepts. They begin living in her old house which Mashiro purchased and are married following Ashirogi Muto's next serialization.