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Cromartie High "Students"

Takashi Kamiyama

Class:1-2
I'll bet you want to know why I'm here, right? READ THE MANGA.

The main character. He starts off relatively normal, but as the manga attests 3 chapters in, he'd have to be just as crazy as the rest to stay there.

  • All There in the Manual: the reason he gives for being in Cromartie is only in the manga, as stated repeatedly in the Anime. The real reason he's there is also only in the manga.
  • Badass: Kamiyama is officially declared the biggest badass in Japan by means of a trivia contest. It was over in the first round because no-one other than he knew what 'dairy product' meant.
  • Demoted to Extra: What happens to Kamiyama as the series progresses. It was most likely intentional on the part of the mangaka—perhaps intended as a parody of other stories where the protagonist recedes into the background due to the far more interesting and/or amusing supporting cast. Kamiyama explains why in the last episode.
  • Extreme Doormat: at first, and always at his old school.
  • Flanderization: Debatable. Kamiyama, who starts out as just sort of a strait-laced dork and then evolves into an uberdork whose moral fibre leads to incredibly questionable trains of thought. Probably justified in that this is simply a way to show how the student life in Cromartie is making him as odd as his classmates. Furthermore, the author suggests he's been this crazy since the beginning.
  • Straight Man: Relatively speaking.

Shinjiro Hayashida

Class:1-2
Not to change the subject, but...

Kamiyama's right hand man.

  • Delinquent Hair: His mohawk. It's a fake. He keeps a normal slick hairstyle under a sort of toupee on which his mohawk is placed, because his family wouldn't accept him trying to be different - so he doesn't show up at his home with his mohawk on.
  • The Ditz: He can't even manage a simple word problem that amounts to five minus two.
  • Expressive Hair: again, the mohawk.

Akira Maeda

Class:1-2
You guys are real assholes, you know that?

One of the saner ones. Gets no credit.

"Freddie"

Class: ?
"..."

"Is this guy a student here? Is he even Japanese?"

  • Ambiguously Human: Freddie is sometimes referred to by the others as something inhuman, and sometimes acts strange (Well, more strange than he normally does).
    • When he gives gives directions to a lost cab driver, the students say he might be using his animal instincts.
    • When Maeda has an image in his mind of a group of animals, Freddie is among them.
  • Badass Mustache
  • Leitmotif: The classic rock riff that plays whenever Freddie shows up.
  • No Celebrities Were Harmed: Freddie is clearly (somehow) Freddie Mercury, the plainly deceased frontman of the band Queen.
  • No Name Given: Nope, not even on the school's roster.
  • Shout-Out: To Queen's frontman, Freddie Mercury
  • Stripperiffic: Bass High seems to think this is his Summer Uniform.
  • The Voiceless
  • Walking Shirtless Scene: Always

Gorilla

Class:1-1?

A gorilla.

  • Amplified Animal Aptitude: Gorilla's crazy antics.
  • Everything's Better with Monkeys
  • No Name Given: The author explicitly stated that the Gorilla's name is " Hiromi Go". But, it's hardly as if gorillas can introduce themselves, hence, within the story, Hiromi-Go, like Freddie, is called whatever the students decided to call him. They didn't prove particularly creative in either case - though at one point everyone is convinced the gorilla is named Hajime.
  • The Smart Guy

Yutaka Takenouchi

Class:1-2

"My name is Yutaka Takenouchi, and I have only one weakness... I am VERY susceptible to motion sickness!"

Takeshi Hokuto

Class:1-1
All people are PIGS.

An upper-class individual with aspirations of world domination, Hokuto starts at an appropriate level, taking over one high school at a time. Unfortunately, he transferred next to Cromartie, which doesn't have a structure he can easily take over.

"Hokuto's Lackey"

Class:1-1
You mean, you're really interested in me? Okay. My name is-

Exactly What It Says on the Tin. Followed Hokuto to Cromartie.

  • Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
  • Hey, You: Because no one's interested enough to know Hokuto's lackey's name.
  • Satellite Character: Originally. And yet in the manga, he gets more appearances and screentime than Hokuto himself, oddly enough!
  • The Un-Reveal: Hokuto's henchman tries to reveal his name to the others. "Listen and listen good! My name is..." "Look! A meteorite just crashed into the school! "THIS ISN'T POSSIBLE!" Even when he was out on a date with a girl in volume 11 of the manga and had the chance to introduce himself to his date's friend's boyfriend, he STILL gets interrupted.

"Masked Takenouchi"

Class:1-2

A former highjacker who was mistaken for Takenouchi. Stayed at the school to teach the rest proper behavior, so they don't end up like him.

Shinichi Mechazawa

Class:1-5
I'm afraid I don't know a thing about technology...

Leader of a different class. No one but Kamiyama and Hayashida recognizes that he's a machine. And if they do, they don't recognize that he's a robot.

  • Badass Automaton: Mechazawa (both before and after becoming a motorcycle).
  • Chew Toy: After a while all of his appearances have him getting destroyed either physically or having his memories deleted again.
  • Cool Bike: Becomes one.
  • Norio Wakamoto.

"Such a sober voice!"

Ken Hirai ("The Flunker")

Class:1-2

A student who was held back one year, and is unfailingly referred to as "Mr. Hirai" or "Hirai-san".

  • Exposition Break: tells long-winded stories in an attempt to teach the others. They usually miss the point completely and bore everyone else.
  • Older and Wiser

Makio Tanaka

Class:1-2

The class's errand boy.

Other School Students

Noburo Yamaguchi

School: Destrade High

Leader of Destrade High School's first years, and an aspiring comedian.

Kiyoshi Fujimoto

School: Manuel High

Leader of Manuel High's first years. Exceedingly violent in real life, Fujimoto runs a message board and is generally patient and polite in private

  • Hypocrite: Just about the entire point of his character is how he says one thing in real life, and has a completely opposite reaction and opinion about the same subject while on the net.
  • Mood Whiplash
  • Nice Guy

Jackson Setouchi

School: Bass High

Leader of Bass High's first years.

  • Benevolent Boss: usually takes his second in command's opinion equal to or above his own.

Other Recurring Characters

Mechazawa Beta


Mechazawa's little brother.

  • Chew Toy: Takes after his brother in that you would be hard pressed to find one appearance where he doesn't get smashed.
  • Fun Size
  • Verbal Tic / Pokémon-Speak: "Mecha Ratta!" is the only thing he can say.

Girl Gorilla


A random gorilla, unrelated to the male, that shows up every now and then.

  • Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: the only difference is the bow in her hair.
    • Actually, the girl gorilla has even less hair on her head, and has a mustache and beard on closer inspection of her face. If anything, she looks even more like a male than the male gorilla.

The Aliens


Pootan


The star of a popular Gag Series, Pootan is a regular man wearing a fuzzy white bear costume that exposes his face.

  • Jerkass: Pootan is an asshole, both on and off the set.
  • The Stoic: Pootan always answers Buddy in a stern, serious voice.
  • Verbal Tic: Sometimes adds "Poo" to the ends of his sentences.

Buddy


Pootan's co-star, who wears a fuzzy pink bunny costume that also exposes his face.

Buddy: Come on, Pootan, let's play.
Pootan: No, poo. Pootan is filing his tax returns.
Buddy: GODDAMMIT, I HATE YOU, POOTAN!

  • No Name Given: He's referred to as "buddy," but that isn't his actual name.

Maeda's Mom


Maeda's mom, who looks exactly like him, except with different hair.

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