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All these characters are generally shared between both the anime and the manga, but if any only appear in either, it will be mentioned.
Main characters[]
Squid Girl (イカ娘, Ika Musume)
- Voiced by: Hisako Kanemoto (Japanese); Christine Marie Cabanos (English)
- Squid Girl appears as a young humanoid girl with blue cephalopod tentacles for hair. Her goal is to take over humanity as punishment for the pollution done to the sea. However, after causing damage to Lemon Beach House (which she planned to use as a base), she was forced to work as a waitress to pay for the damages. She possesses numerous squid abilities including extending her tentacles, regenerating severed ones, spewing squid ink from her mouth, glowing in the dark like the firefly squid, swimming and breathing underwater. She also has bracelets that enable her to have weight-shifting abilities. It is later revealed that what appears as her white squid-shaped skullcap is actually part of her head, so fatal consequences might occur if someone was to attempt removing her "cap". The two fins on her "cap" can move like actual squid fins, although she was initially ignorant of the fact. Her favorite food is shrimp, and she greatly fears natural predators of squids like sharks and killer whales to the point that even swimming floats of such creatures terrify her. Although generally immature at first and often getting herself into mischief from the start, she is a fast learner, able to master complex things such as math and other languages in a short period of time.
Eiko Aizawa (相沢 栄子, Aizawa Eiko)
- Voiced by: Ayumi Fujimura (Japanese), Heather Pennington (English)
- A 17-year-old high school student and the co-manager of the Lemon Beach House with short red hair who lives with her siblings Chizuru and Takeru. She is a strong-minded girl and constantly has to keep Squid Girl in check. Despite her frequent irritation towards Squid Girl, Eiko does seem to care for her more than she is willing to admit and the two eventually become good friends. When not minding the shop, she enjoys playing video games, but studying is a weak point for her. As a tomboy, she loathes wearing girly clothes and even skirts.
Chizuru Aizawa (相沢 千鶴, Aizawa Chizuru)
- Voiced by: Rie Tanaka (Japanese), Shelby Lindley (English)
- Eiko's older sister and manager who has long blue hair and almost always nearly-closed eyes; she is the main cook at Lemon. She appears as generally a kind person, but every so often, she exhibits extraordinary abilities, limitless stamina, and a fearsome aura which she will direct at anyone looking to cause trouble to Lemon or threaten her family and friends. She seems concerned that she is not seen as ordinary.
Takeru Aizawa (相沢 たける, Aizawa Takeru)
- Voiced by: Miki Ōtani (Japanese), Amanda C. Miller (English)
- Eiko and Chizuru's little brother. Takeru is a third-grader with black spiky hair who enjoys playing with Squid Girl, whom he calls Ika Nee-chan (lit. "Squid Big Sister").
Supporting characters[]
Sanae Nagatsuki (長月 早苗, Nagatsuki Sanae)
- Voiced by: Kanae Itō (Japanese), Xanthe Huynh (English; S1)/Emily Neves (English; S2, OVAs)
- Eiko's classmate and neighborhood friend who develops an obsessive crush on Squid Girl. She keeps a vast collection of Squid Girl photographs and memorabilia, and often stalks her. Although Squid Girl often retaliates violently to her advances, she enjoys it. She has a pet dog named Alex who's jealous of Squid Girl.
Alex (アレックス, Arekkusu)
- Voiced by: Kanae Itō (Japanese)
- Sanae's pet dog. It is some small white, spitz-like breed, but its specific breed is not clear (possibly a small Kishu Inu). Sanae loves him as a member of her family, but since Sanae is in love with Squid Girl, he is jealous and acts aggressive towards Squid Girl. In the Aizawa family, he is especially loved by Eiko. Although he is strong, he is actually cowardly, but quite clever. He sometimes reads the situation and acts in based on Sanae's mood.
Gorō Arashiyama (嵐山 悟郎, Arashiyama Gorō)
- Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura (Japanese), Jason Wishnov (English)
- Eiko's childhood friend[citation needed] who works as a lifeguard; he is dedicated to protecting the sea and the people on the beach. He is usually serious about his job but will sometimes get riled up when Squid Girl messes about, most often when she pilfers shrimp from his meals. Despite being attractive to many girls, he himself has a crush on Eiko's older sister Chizuru, but does not have the courage to confess his feelings to her.
Nagisa Saitō (斉藤 渚, Saitō Nagisa)
- Voiced by: Azusa Enoki(as Azusa Kataoka; Japanese), Cristina Vee (English)/Jessica de Borja (English; Animax dub)
- A surf-loving girl who works part-time at the Lemon. Unlike everyone else, she takes Squid Girl's conquest talk seriously and fears her greatly. Squid Girl, on the other hand, enjoys the fact that there is finally someone who fears her and thus she constantly teases Nagisa whenever she can. For a short period, Nagisa started dressing up as a guy in order to attract female customers who saw her as an ikemen (good-looking guy) and stop Squid Girl from teasing her, but she gave up after assuming she needs to be the one who recognizes her as an invader.
Cindy Campbell (シンディー・キャンベル, Shindī Kyanberu)
- Voiced by: Hitomi Nabatame (Japanese), Ema Kokubun (S2e4, English section), Laura Post (English)
- A blonde-haired American research scientist and top MIT graduate, Cindy believes Squid Girl to be an extra-terrestrial alien. She constantly tries to get Squid Girl to admit to being one, so she can take her back to her lab for analysis and examination. She has a light rivalry with Sanae due to their shared obsession with Squid Girl. Later, she suspects Chizuru of being an alien because of the latter's extraordinary abilities. Her spoken Japanese is generally flawless, but she can also speak English fluently.
- Voiced by: Anri Katsu (Japanese), Seiji Sasaki, & Tetsuo Gotō (Japanese); Tony Oliver (English; S1)/Jay Hickman (English; S2), Phineas (English; S1)//Victor Lee (English; S2 Animax dub)/Andrew Love (English; S2), & Jonathan Meza (English; S1)/Mark X. Laskowski (English; S2)
- Cindy's research colleagues who were also top graduates at MIT (and constantly brag about it). Harris is the Head of Experiments; he has dark skin and is the tallest of the three. Clark is the Head of Development; a slim guy with grey hair in a ponytail. Martin is the Head of Research; he is overweight with short brown hair, glasses, and a moustache. Although they mean well and have the talent to make beneficial contributions to mankind, their obsession with researching aliens leads them to develop contraptions that cause trouble to the gang at Lemon, and they thus get the moniker of "The Three Stooges" (3バカトリオ, San Bakatorio, lit. "3 Idiot Trio").
Kiyomi Sakura (紗倉 清美, Sakura Kiyomi)
- Voiced by: Kokoro Kikuchi (Japanese), Carrie Savage (English; S1)/Jessica de Borja (English; S1 Animax dub)/Brittney Karbowski (English; S2)
- A middle school student whom Squid Girl makes friends with after an attempt at doorbell ditching goes wrong. She has brown hair styled with two ponytails and wears glasses. She and her classmates form the Invasion Club with Squid Girl where they go do activities around town such as karaoke, bowling, and shopping in the guise of invading those locations. In the manga, she was a member of the badminton club, but was made part of the baseball club in the anime.
The Southern Wind Owner (南風の店長, Minamikaze no Tenchō)
- Voiced by: Rikiya Koyama (Japanese), Tony Oliver (English)/Victor Lee (English; S2 Animax dub)
- The unnamed owner (although we can presume he could be called Mr. Tokita) of a beach shack called The Southern Wind (南風, Minamikaze). A rather strict manager, he hopes to capitalize on Squid Girl's popularity by making his own creepy kigurumi (mascot head) based on her likeness, filled with various gadgets that often go awry. The kigurumi is worn by his daughter Ayumi who he offers to work at Lemon in Squid Girl's place. He hopes to get the real Squid Girl to work at his shop.
Ayumi Tokita (常田 鮎美, Tokita Ayumi)
- Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi (Japanese), Sarah Williams (English; S1)/Sarah Hauser (English; Animax dub)/w:c:animevoiceover:Allison SumrallAllison Sumrall (English; S2)
- The daughter of the owner of The Southern Wind. Though her beauty attracts a lot of customers, she is painfully shy around people, especially men. In order to face people, her father fits her with a fake Squid Girl (ニセイカ娘, Nise ika musume) kigurumi mask. She occasionally works at the Lemon as a means to improve her sociability, and tends to be more social around Squid Girl and when interacting with animals. She confesses that if she isn't wearing her kigurumi mask, she can't properly express herself.[1] She later gets a puppy, whom she names Rentarō, who looks up to Alex like a big brother.
Rentarō (恋太郎)
- Voiced by: ? (Japanese)
- Ayumi's pet puppy dog. Looks up to Alex.
Tatsuo Isozaki (磯崎 辰雄, Isozaki Tatsuo)
- Voiced by: Shunzō Miyasaka (Japanese); Philip Hays (English; S2, OVAs)/Victor Lee (English; S2 Animax dub)
- A somewhat yankee-looking lifeguard who works alongside Gorō. He is often judged by his appearance as being no good and usually tries to pick up girls with no results.
Kozue Tanabe (田辺 梢, Tanabe Kozue)
- Voiced by: Akemi Kanda (Japanese), Erika Harlacher (English)
- A young girl with wavy light brown hair who appears to be the same age as Squid Girl and Kiyomi. She wears a long red dress, and a matching beret hat. She sometimes talks with Squid Girl, hinting that invading might not be the best thing to do as not all humans are bad.S1 ep. 12c It is implied that she also comes from the sea, as she has a hat similar to Squid Girl's and makes statements that indicate she isn't human. The first syllables of her name (Tanabe Kozue) spell out 'tako' (たこ), meaning "octopus."
Mini Squid Girl (ミニイカ娘, Mini Ika Musume)
- Voiced by: Hisako Kanemoto (Japanese), Christine Marie Cabanos (English)
- A miniature version of Squid Girl that appears in people's dreams, mostly Eiko's. A Mini Squid Girl seems to have an average lifespan of up to 150 years old. She first appeared in Chapter 38.5 "Bite-Sized! Mini Squid Girl" included in the second volume of the Squid Girl. In the anime, she first appeared in Season 1, Episode 5, Part C, "Wouldn't having a pet be squidtastic?". Her maximum height is about 5 cm, which is about the same size as a firefly squid. She is the main character in the bonus episode included in the Season 1's BD/DVD.
Dark Mini Squid Girl (黒ミニイカ娘, Kuro Mini Ika Musume)
- Voiced by: Hisako Kanemoto (Japanese)
- A miniature version of Squid Girl that appeared in the BD/DVD bonus features for Volume 5 of the Season 1 of the anime, "Mini Squid Girl Short Story Part 1". She looks very similar to the aforementioned Mini Squid Girl, but as her name suggests, her squid hat and clothes are black, and her eyes are also a little sharper (less round). She appeared in the Season 2, but only briefly in the OP, and does not appear in the main story or in the Season 2 bonus episodes.
Aiko Saitō (斉藤 愛子, Saitō Aiko)
- Voiced by: Hiroko Ushida (Japanese), Sarah Hauser (English; Animax dub)
- Takeru's elementary school teacher and Nagisa's older sister. Aiko is jealous of Squid Girl's popularity with her students as she was once popular with them before she came into view. She loves kids. And she was Ruka's classmate during their time.
Ruka Shirosugi (白椙 留夏, Shirosugi Ruka, S2 ep 8)
- Voiced by: Hiroko Ushida (Japanese)
- The beach nurse who is sometimes harsh towards people who end up in her clinic multiple times and towards the lifeguards whenever they slack off. She hates returning injured persons for the third time in order to not disturb her slacker lifestyle. She has been warned about her attitude by the local policewoman, but has not really improved. It was revealed that Aiko and Ruka were once classmates and that the latter was a gangster.
Keiko Furukawa (古川 蛍子, Furukawa Keiko, OVA3)
- Voiced by: Misato Fukuen (Japanese)
- A policewoman with brown hair usually tied up in a ponytail who frequents the Lemon Beach House. She is clumsy and forgetful, but very serious about her job. She was the Student Council President in Ruka Shirosugi's high school, where the two were often at odds.
Yuka Nishimura (西村由佳, Nishimura Yuka, S2 ep 1, 7, 10, 12)
- Voiced by: Naoko Sugiura (Japanese)
- A classmate of Kiyomi and a member of the Invasion Club (in S2). In the manga, she was a member of the badminton club, but was made part of the baseball club in the anime.
Tomomi Mochizuki (望月知美, Mochizuki Tomomi, S2 ep 1, 7, 10, 12)
- Voiced by: Yumi Uchiyama (Japanese), Patricia Duran (English)/Sarah Hauser (English; Animax dub)
- Another younger classmate of Kiyomi and a member of the Invasion Club (in S2). As with Yuka & Tomomi, in the manga, she was a member of the badminton club, but was made part of the baseball club in the anime.
Ayano Watanabe (渡辺綾乃, Watanabe Ayano, S2 ep 1, 7, 10, 12)
- Voiced by: Yukari Oribe, Molly Searcy (English)
- A younger classmate of Kiyomi and a member of the Invasion Club (in S2). As with Yuka, in the manga, she was a member of the badminton club, but was made part of the baseball club in the anime.
Shōta Kuroishi (黒石翔太, Kuroishi Shōta, S2 ep 2, 4, 6, 11-12)
- Voiced by: Yuka Nishigaki (Japanese), Molly Searcy (English)
- A friend of Takeru who likes to where a dark T-shirt with a 🚫 symbol. He acts as the leader of the friend group and becomes very protective of Squid Girl.
Other characters[]
Homeroom Teacher (ep 5)
- Voiced by: Michie Kitaura (Japanese)
- Eiko's homeroom high school (Kurakama High School) teacher.
Principal (校長, Kōchō, ep 5)
- Voiced by: Tomomichi Nishimura (Japanese)
- Eiko's high school principal.
Squid Demon (イカ魔人, Ika Majin, ep 6)
- Voiced by: Eiji Miyashita (Japanese)
- The Squid Demon is the fictional antagonist of Nō Mask Rider.
Nō Mask Rider (能面ライダー, Nōmen Raidā, ep 6)
- Voiced by: Junko Noda (Japanese)
- A fictional, tokusatsu hero that that wears a Nō mask and fights the Squid Demon.
Host/Mari (真理, Shinri, S1 ep 6, 12; S2 ep 9-10)
- Voiced by: Yuka Saitō (Japanese)
- The host of the Nō Mask Rider vs. Squid Demon stage show on the beach. She is dressed as a typical idol with blonde hair.
- Her name may only be mentioned in the manga...
Nō Mask Rider Hannya (能面ライダー, Nōmen Raidā Hannya, ep 6)
- Voiced by: Rie Tanaka (Japanese)
- A surprise hero who appeared to help Nō Mask Rider defeat the Squid Demon.
Yūta Matsumoto (松本ユウタ, Matsumoto Yūta, ep 8-9, 12)
- Voiced by: Yuko Sanpei (Japanese)
- Yūta to is one of Takeru's beach friends who's father challenges Squid Girl to a sand castle building contest.
Yūta's father (ユウタの父親, Yūta no Chichioya, ep 8)
- Voiced by: Taiten Kusunoki (Japanese)
- He challenges Squid Girl to a sand castle building contest.
Tanaka (田中, ep 10)
- Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu (Japanese)
- She is a very competitive baseball player on Daisagami Middle School's baseball team.
Depp (デップ, ep 11)
- Voiced by: Masamune Kobayashi (Japanese)
- A creepy male doll owned by Eiko when she was younger.
Johnny (ジョニー, ep 11)
- Voiced by: Fū Konishi (Japanese)
- A creepy female doll owned by Eiko when she was younger.
Goro's Mother (悟郎の母, Goro no Haha, OVA2)
- Voiced by: Rikako Aikawa (Japanese)
- A very loud and social parent of Goro who visits Lemon Beach House and embarrasses him immensely.
Satoshi (S2 ep 3)
- Voiced by: Mutsumi Tamura (Japanese)
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Lenon Owner (S2 ep 4)
- Voiced by: Toshiharu Nakanishi (Japanese)
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Risa (りさ, S2 ep 9)
- Voiced by: Nanako Sudō (Japanese)
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Amusement Park Manager (遊園地のおじさん, Yuenchi no Ojisan, S2 ep 9)
- Voiced by: Hiroshi Naka (Japanese)
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References[]
- ↑ TV Anime “Invasion! Squid Girl” Drama CD