Dance Dance Revolution/Characters

Here are the characters in Dance Dance Revolution.

PlayStation Characters

Afro/Boldo/Disco

Debuted in DDR 1st Mix as the default Player 1 character. Appeared in almost all DDR mixes.

• Carpet of Virility: His 1st Mix outfit showed his chest hair.
• Disco Dan: His alternate name is Disco.
• Dub Name Change: Afro in Japan, Disco overseas.
• Funny Afro: Well, Afro is his name.
• Meaningful Name: The hairdo and the reference to a music genre.
• Series Mascot: Some DDR songs in pop'n music have him as the character.

Alice

Bonnie

• Funny Afro: Just don't get confused with Disco's.
• No Sense of Direction: She easily gets lost sometimes.
• Zettai Ryouiki in her X2 arcade outfit.

Emi

Jenny

• Bare Your Midriff: Her outfit in the Supernova games.
• Biker Babe
• Hair of Gold
• Ms. Fanservice: Nearly all of her outfits have been nothing but this.
• Spy Catsuit: In X and the PlayStation 2 version of X2.

Queen-Zukin

Robo-Zukin

• Robot Girl

Yuni

• Hair of Gold
• Megganeko: In her X2 arcade outfit and in Dance Dance Revolution II.
• Meido: Her main outfit In X and the PlayStation 2 version of X2.
• Panty Shot: Particularly in earlier versions. Miniskirt + random camera angles = major distraction.
• Princess Curls
• Spoiled Sweet: And held up in her mansion by her Bodyguard.

Zero

• Camp Gay: Seriously, just look at how he dresses.
• Narm Charm
• White-Haired Pretty Boy

Wii Characters

Rena

• Brown Eyes
• Hair Decorations: Has adorable pom-poms holding her ponytail up in Hottest Party 3.
• Expy of Emi, appearance-wise in Hottest Party 1.
• Genki Girl: She's quite cheerful and fun whenever her Character Blog's appear on the DDR from Staff site.
• Guest Dancer: She appears as a playable character in the X2 Arcade.
• Musical Theme Naming: Hers is a bit tricky, but one can guess that it comes from "serenade". In her interview with the staff of Furu Furu Party (the Japanese equivalent of Hottest Party 2), though, she worries that she's the odd-man out of the names of the Hottest Party cast.
• Nice Hat in Hottest Party 4.
• Say It with Hearts: Talks with hearts, stars, and music notes on her Character Blog and profile on the X2 site.
• You Gotta Have Blue Hair
• Zettai Ryouiki: Reaches Rank A in Hottest Party 2.

U.G. (a.k.a Uncle Glide)

• Cool Shades Star-sunglasses in Hottest Party 1-3. It's a shame they used regular huge sunglasses in Hottest Party 4...
• Crazy Awesome Come on, a rainbow afro, sweet star sunglasses, a bad-ass scarf and suit in Hottest Party 1, and kick-ass skin-tight outfits of gold and silver in the following Wii games. Hell, in Hottest Party 3, his outfit has lights on it.
• Expy of Afro, appearance-wise in Hottest Party 1.
• Funny Afro
• Musical Theme Naming: "Glide" is one of Yuichi Asami's favorite synthesizers.
• That One Boss: Some beginners might have a lot of trouble defeating him to unlock SUPER SAMURAI, even on Basic.

Chordia

• Ambiguously Brown
• Bare Your Midriff in Hottest Party 2 and 3 (more-so in the former).
• Brown Eyes
• Curtains Match the Window: Before HP 4 anyway.
• Darkskinned Blonde in Hottest Party 4.
• Musical Theme Naming: Chordia is obviously derived from "chord".
• Of Corsets Sexy: She wears a bodice in Hottest Party 1.

Root

• Badass Longcoat in Hottest Party 4 (at the cost of that sweet ponytail, though...)
• Brown Eyes
• Expy of Rage, appearance-wise in Hottest Party 1.
• Fan Service: All Girls Want Bad Boys, after all, and he really does look like a bad-boy delinquent punk. He even enjoys skateboarding and wears a punkish ponytail.
• Fingerless Gloves: Sports these in Hottest Party 2.
• Forehead of Doom, though on his profile, he insists that all people with wide-foreheads are good people.
• Musical Theme Naming: Root's name comes from the "root" of a chord.
• You Gotta Have Unnaturally Orange Hair

Harmony

• Cool Shades in Hottest Party 2.
• Gray Eyes
• Ms. Fanservice: In every Hottest Party, she has worn Daisy Dukes.
• Musical Theme Naming: You can guess where "Harmony" comes from, can't you?
• Nice Hat: In every Hottest Party save for 4, she always had a nice hat. A baseball cap in 1, a cute striped hat in 2, and a pimping fedora in 3.
• Zettai Ryouiki combined with Fashionable Asymmetry in Hottest Party 3.

Danca

• Amber Eyes
• Expy of Julio.
• Keet: YMMV, but come on, he can be quite adorable with those huge eyes and grinning face!
• Musical Theme Naming: Danca is obviously a corruption of "dancer".
• Nice Bandanna combined with cool thick dreadlocks. He wears a bandanna as a neckerchief in Hottest Party 2 as well.
• Perpetual Smiler: In Hottest Party 1, he is always grinning.
• Put on a Bus: Is missing, along with Gaku and Domi, from Hottest Party 4.
• The Rival: To Gaku, according to his profile.

Domi

• Blue Eyes
• Bob Haircut
• Expy of Jenny, with some Lady thrown in as well.
• Hair of Gold
• Ms. Fanservice: Her outfits are damn hot. She even wears all-leather in Hottest Party 2.
• Musical Theme Naming: Domi and Dyna are sisters, and their names come from "dominant chord" and "dynamic chord" respectively.
• Put on a Bus: Is missing, along with Gaku and Danca, from Hottest Party 4.
• Rose-Haired Girl: Oddly, Domi had pink hair on her alternate outfit in Furu Furu Party only. The pink hair went worldwide in Hottest Party 3.
• Zettai Ryouiki: Grade A reached with Daisy Dukes, even!

Gaku

• Badass Beard: Actually a badass goatee.
• Bald of Awesome: More like a Shave Of Awesome. He even mentions he worries about maintaining it in his profile.
• Brown Eyes
• Goggles Do Nothing: He wears silly-looking goggles that have lights on them in Hottest Party 2.
• Musical Theme Naming: Another tricky and not-so-obvious one. His name comes from "gigaku/bugaku", a type of mask worn in Japanese dance-dramas.
• Nice Headphones: He's a fan of beatmania, so headphones suit him well.
• Put on a Bus: Is missing, along with Danca and Domi, from Hottest Party 4.
• Real Men Wear Pink: Gaku's the only male Hottest Party character have a pink outfit. He has a pink jacket in Hottest Party 1.

Dyna

• Blue Eyes
• Girlish Pigtails in Hottest Party 3.
• Hair of Gold
• Musical Theme Naming: Domi and Dyna are sisters, and their names come from "dominant chord" and "dynamic chord" respectively.

Bridget

• Green Eyes
• Multicolored Hair
• Musical Theme Naming: Bridget comes from "bridge" as in a bridge of a song. Might also come from a violin bridge.
• Of Corsets Sexy: Wears a bodice in Hottest Party 3.
• Skirt Over Slacks in Hottest Party 4.

Ceja

• Amber Eyes
• Bare Your Midriff in Hottest Party 3
• Darkskinned Blonde: Her alternate outfit in Hottest Party 4.
• Goggles Do Nothing: She wears goggles around her neck in Hottest Party 4.
• Fan Service: Her alternate outfit in Hottest Party 4 looks like a sexy flight stewardess/Navy Girl.
• Nice Hat: An adorable round wool hat in Hottest Party 3. Her hat in Hottest Party 4 isn't bad either.
• Musical Theme Naming: Ceja is Spanish for "violin bridge"...according to a source I read. If not, someone please correct. 8D;
• You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Her alternate outfit in Hottest Party 4 gives her blonde hair, though.

Pia

• Bare Your Midriff: The HP 1 female back-dancer outfits sport this.
• Brown Eyes
• Fingerless Gloves: The back-dancers have these in their HP 3/4 outfit.
• Hot Chick in a Badass Suit: The HP 2 female back-dancer black outfit gives the girls a snazzy pinstripe outfit.
• Musical Theme Naming: Pia comes from "piano", both the instrument and the dynamic. Also ties in with Forte with "piano forte".

Forte

• Fingerless Gloves: The back-dancers have these in their HP 3/4 outfit.
• Green Eyes
• Hair of Gold
• Musical Theme Naming: Forte comes from the musical dynamic meaning "strong". Also ties in with Pia with "piano forte".
• Sash Over Slacks: The male black-dancer outfits in Hottest Party 3 and 4 have this.
• Sharp-Dressed Man: The HP 1 male back-dancer outfits sport this.
• Shirtless Scene: Just barely, those teases. The HP 2 male back-dancer outfits have the male dancers show off their chests.

Gliss

• Bare Your Midriff: The HP 1 female back-dancer outfits sport this.
• Brown Eyes
• Darkskinned Blonde with a side of Ambiguously Brown.
• Fingerless Gloves: The back-dancers have these in their HP 3/4 outfit.
• Hair of Gold
• Hot Chick in a Badass Suit: The HP 2 female back-dancer black outfit gives the girls a snazzy pinstripe outfit.
• Musical Theme Naming: Her name comes from "glissando".

Sharp

• Cloudcuckoolander: In his profile, he mentions that he's happy to have bought land on the moon, where he intends to build a dance contest.
• Fingerless Gloves: The back-dancers have these in their HP 3/4 outfit.
• Green Eyes
• Sash Over Slacks: The male black-dancer outfits in Hottest Party 3 and 4 have this.
• Sharp-Dressed Man: The HP 1 male back-dancer outfits sport this.
• Shirtless Scene: Just barely, those teases. The HP 2 male back-dancer outfits have the male dancers show off their chests.

Hip

• Blue Eyes
• Fingerless Gloves: The back-dancers have these in their HP 3/4 outfit.
• Musical Theme Naming: He and his blonde counterpart are named for the musical genre of "Hip Hop".
• Red Headed Dancer
• Sash Over Slacks: The male black-dancer outfits in Hottest Party 3 and 4 have this.
• Sharp-Dressed Man: The HP 1 male back-dancer outfits sport this.
• Shirtless Scene: Just barely, those teases. The HP 2 male back-dancer outfits have the male dancers show off their chests.

Hop

• Blue Eyes
• Fingerless Gloves: The back-dancers have these in their HP 3/4 outfit.
• Hair of Gold
• Musical Theme Naming: He and his red-headed counterpart are named for the musical genre of "Hip Hop".
• Sash Over Slacks: The male black-dancer outfits in Hottest Party 3 and 4 have this.
• Sharp-Dressed Man: The HP 1 male back-dancer outfits sport this.
• Shirtless Scene: Just barely, those teases. The HP 2 male back-dancer outfits have the male dancers show off their chests.

Bossa

• Bare Your Midriff: The HP 1 female back-dancer outfits sport this.
• Brown Eyes
• Fingerless Gloves: The back-dancers have these in their HP 3/4 outfit.
• Hot Chick in a Badass Suit: The HP 2 female back-dancer black outfit gives the girls a snazzy pinstripe outfit.
• Musical Theme Naming: She and her brunette counterpart are named for the musical genre of "Bossa Nova".
• You Gotta Have Green Hair

Nova

• Bare Your Midriff: The HP 1 female back-dancer outfits sport this.
• Brown Eyes
• Curtains Match the Window
• Fingerless Gloves: The back-dancers have these in their HP 3/4 outfit.
• Hot Chick in a Badass Suit: The HP 2 female back-dancer black outfit gives the girls a snazzy pinstripe outfit.
• Musical Theme Naming: She and her green-haired counterpart are named for the musical genre of "Bossa Nova".