One of Tokugawa Ieyasu's spies, though he holds no shred of loyalty towards him, and plots to seize control of the land from the shadows. Cruel and heartless, his specialty is making use of his speed to attack, and might even boast more talent as a ninja than Saizo. He's after the Kushi-mitama that Isanami holds, so that he might seize its great power for himself.
A member of the Koga Ninja, and head of Sanada's ninja squad. His loyalty towards Yukimura is strong, and he takes pride in being a warrior. His speech is a bit broken, and he's not the best at getting along with others, but his ability to manipulate animals is powerful, and he holds command over horned owls, weasels, and many other creatures of the forest. He also hates Iga ninja.
Yahiko is a samurai descendant. Yahiko's father died during the Battle of Ueno during the Boshin War, slain at the Keneiji Temple. His mother died of syphilis in a brothel to put food on their table not long after giving birth to her son. Yahiko was originally forced to live as a thief for the local Yakuza, who tricked him into believing that he still had to pay off the money the gangsters gave to his mother to buy medicine. With the help of Himura Kenshin and Kamiya Kaoru, he becomes an apprentice of the Kamiya Kasshin-Ryuu style. Yahiko has a friend/rival, Tsukayama Yutarou and a sweetheart, Sanjou Tsubame, who works at Akabeko.
Age: 13-14 Birthday: October 18 Kodaka's younger sister; she is a student in middle school, but nonetheless joins the club. She is very close to her brother, who she calls "An-Chan", and behaves in a jealous and clingy way whenever she feels that he is not giving her the attention she deserves, to the point where it is obvious that she has a brother complex. She sees Maria as a rival for Kodaka's brotherly affections, so she often gets into fights with her. She has a penchant for darkness, vampires and the macabre ever since she started watching an anime called Full Metal Necromancer. As a result she often speaks in an affected fashion, and claims to be known as "Reisys VI Felicity Sumeragi", an ancient vampire who has lived for ten thousand years, but this façade quickly breaks down when she gets emotionally worked up and she speaks in a strong KyÅ«shÅ« accent. Indeed, her behavior does not for the most part differ from that of a regular girl (procrastinating with her homework, staying inside when it is hot, etc.) which Kodaka points out, causing her to be embarrassed and slightly lose character. (Source: Wikipedia)
Age: 16 Birthday: June 13 Blood type: O Yukimura is an effeminate student who claims to be a boy, even to Kodaka's disbelief. Yukimura has deep respect and admiration for Kodaka, and even calls him "aniki" (big bro, often used with gang leaders). Yukimura wishes to learn from "aniki" how to be a stronger and more manly boy. In Volume 4 of NEXT it is revealed Yukimura is female. Due to her family really wanting a son, she was made to believe that she was a man from very young. She was even in denial that she was female upon Kodaka telling her so until Rika gave her a "lesson" much to Yukimura's shock at the actual truth.
Oolong is a shapeshifting humanoid pig, standing about three feet tall with pale pink skin, who tends to dress in trousers, button-down shirts, and suspenders. He was expelled from shapeshifting training for stealing the teacher's underwear and lacks the ability to change his form for more than five minutes at a time without a break. With his shapeshifting, Oolong can look like anything at all. Oolong's initial appearance was as a villain who terrorized a village and kidnapped their young women. Son Goku defeated Oolong and the girls were returned to their village. Bulma decided that he might be useful on her Dragonball quest and persuaded him to join their expedition. Eventually he becomes good friends with Goku and the others, and helps them to find more Dragonballs. He plays a large role in the beginning of Dragon Ball, but by the end of Dragon Ball Z, he just shows up from time to time. His poor shapeshifting skills (and innate cowardice) made him a very weak character that didn't have much to do once the tone was shifted to more serious action. In the anime and several movies, he appears quite often as comic relief. He is loosely based on the character Zhu Bajie from the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West.
Tina is a television reporter who only appears in the anime series. She hosts the program that's at the end of each episode titled: "Gourmet News." While seemingly cheerful and humble on camera, she is actually an extremely determined, intelligent, and strict person who will do anything for a big story (especially ones involving Toriko), however like the rest of the folk born in the Gourmet Age, she has a great love of food and will sometimes lose her composure when in the presence of amazing dishes. She also made a small cameo appearance in chapter 145 of the manga. (Source: Toriko Wikia)