Race: Earthling Height: 5' 5'' Weight: 108 lbs Birth Year: 733 Age Hobby: Inventing Favorite Food: Strawberries Favorite Vehicle: All Types of Vehicles Bulma is originally a secondary main character, but her role is quickly downplayed as the series continues, even though she does remain an important support character for most of the series. Bulma is a direct parody of the character Xuanzang from the Chinese novel Journey to the West. Even though Bulma's character parodies a monk, her Japanese name "Buruma" is the brand of a popular gym short worn by girls in Japan. Her re-adapted name Bulma is a direct take on the word "bloomers", which was a popular brand of women's underwear in the early 20th century. Bulma is the second character to be introduced in the Dragon Ball series. In the early part of the story, she is the inventor of the Dragon Radar and is searching for the legendary Dragon Balls. Bulma was hoping to use the Dragon Balls to wish for the perfect boyfriend. While searching for a nearby Dragon Ball, she runs into Son Goku. It is at this time that she finds out Goku inherited one of the balls (the four-star ball) she is searching for from his Grandpa Gohan. Because of Goku's love for the ball and his belief that his Grandpa's spirit lives in the ball, Goku is not willing to give it up. Bulma then asks him to loan it for her in exchange of taking him in her travels. At that point, they team up to find the remainder of the balls and the adventure begins. In the later action-oriented episodes of the series, there is little room for a genius but Bulma continues to play a role as a secondary character, helping Goku and his friends with her gadgets, and having a rather rocky relationship with Yamcha. She becomes Vegetas wife later on whom she has two children with: Trunks and Bulla (Source: Wikipedia, Dragon Ball Super Exciting Guide - Character Edition)
A polite, refined girl who has attended Fujigaya since elementary school. Many people come to her for advice as she has an air of maturity that they others do not possess; despite this, she has a fairly immature side to her that only those who are very close to her are allowed to see. She is the first friend Akira makes in the Academy. She is seen as a great beauty (described as "sexy" by Akira) and has the attention of girls even from the middle school. Kyouko however seems very disinterested in other people save for her friends and for her love interest, who Akira correctly guesses is another female. It is revealed that the person who Kyouko is in love with is Yasuko, with whom she shares a history. However, not only are Kyouko's feelings spurned, but she is also unenthusiastically engaged to her cousin Kou who she treats coldly as she says they are connected by "name only". Later on, it seems she warms up to him and begins accepting his company rather than consistently pushing him away. Throughout the series, Kyouko does not give up on her feelings for Yasuko, always hoping that they will someday be returned despite Yasuko's numerous warnings that her attempts are futile. Kyouko accepts Fumi as an acquaintance even though she "lost" Yasuko to Fumi. However, being close to Akira and knowing how important Fumi is to her closest friend at school, Kyouko gracefully begins a slow, awkward though emotionally supportive friendship with Fumi as they have mutual interests. Kyouko appears to have a very strained home life. She has severe and deep issues with her mother; she feels ashamed of herself for even having these problems.
Shinobu is Akira's older brother who attends university. He is constantly worried about his sister, and often takes her places in his car, though Akira often gets very annoyed at how protective her brother is towards her. He is often seen giving up a lot of his free time following her around, much to the chagrin of both his sister and mother. He is often told by his mother that he needs to get his own life in order before he could be concerned about his sister's life. He however claims that his overprotective nature is not as bad as their father's. Despite forcefully volunteering to chaperone Akira and her friends around, he is exasperated by them. He finds the group of girls to be tiresome, save for Fumi, who is not as exicitable as the rest. He eventually comes to find out that Fumi is a lesbian through a conversation he has with Yasuko, which surprises him. He shows interest in Kyouko, though mostly out of curiousity rather than attraction. Shinobu is a little gruff with any males he sees interacting with Akira. He suspects Sawanoi Kou of having designs on Akira and so keeps an open eye on him. Shinobu eventually starts dating Miwa "Mogi" Motegi, Fumi's schoolmate.
Oono is a first year student of Fujigaya introduced at the beginning of Akira and Fumi's second year of high school. She is an energetic and blunt girl, and she considers it a personality flaw that she speaks her mind clearly and ends up hurting people's feelings unintentionally many times because of it. She is extremely brave and very self-confident; she quickly becomes friends with older students from both Fujigaya and Matsuoka. She even calls Yamashina-sensei by her nickname "Hina-chan" in school though she is corrected and told to address her teachers appropriately at school. Haruka initially joins Fujigaya outside of the school's elevator system, meaning, like Akira, she did not attend the elementary or middle schools and wrote an exam to gain entry. This causes her and Akira to quickly become friends as they are both "outsiders" as compared to the other girls there who have known each other for much longer. Haruka's initial reason for attending Fujigaya was to meet Sugimoto Yasuko. A year earlier, she attended the Fujigaya drama festival with her older sister, Orie. Yasuko's performance as Heathcliff moved and inspired Haruka to attend the academy. She was disheartened to learn that not only has Yasuko graduated but she even left the country. She felt even more foolish when she realises that Yasuko was not even a student of Fujigaya but of Matsuoka (implying that Haruka would have attended Matsuoka if only she knew). She joins the Drama Club and manages to recruit Ueda Ryouko into acting in the school's new play. She becomes much closer with Fumi who she meets through Akira. She and Fumi, though having a rocky start, eventually become good friends. Haruka even invites the older girl to her house. There, she confesses a secret that had been bothering her for a long time: Haruka found a love letter sent from Hinako to her sister Orie. She believes her sister to be a lesbian and has a hard time accepting it and does not know how to deal with it. She asks for Fumi's advice unwittingly, not knowing that Fumi herself is gay. After that, she notices that she put Fumi in an awkward position and thinks that she has crossed a boundary in their confidence in one another. She tries to make right with Fumi after believing that she offended her or scared her off, showing that she is braver than Akira (who did not want to face Fumi around this time as well due to a certain event that drives a wedge between the best friends). Haruka eventually speaks to Fumi and realises, by extension, that she has to face and accept her sister's sexuality.
Riku's classmate. Handsome and smart.
Kai's ex-girlfriend and Ao's friend. Adored by men.