List of Golden Kamuy characters

This is a list of characters for the manga and anime series Golden Kamuy.

Sugimoto's group

Saichi Sugimoto (杉元 佐一, Sugimoto Saichi)

Voiced by: Chikahiro Kobayashi (Japanese); Ian Sinclair (English)

A demobilized soldier and veteran of the Russo-Japanese War. He served a private first class in the 1st Division of the Imperial Japanese Army, and fought in the battle of 203 Hill. He was feared for his savage fighting style and amazing toughness on the battlefield, gaining the nickname "Immortal Sugimoto" (不死身の杉元, Fujimi no Sugimoto). He seeks the gold to provide for Umeko (梅子), the blind wife of his dead comrade Toraji (寅次).

Asirpa (Ainu: アシㇼパ)

Voiced by: Haruka Shiraishi (Japanese); Monica Rial (English)

A young Ainu hunter who meets Sugimoto after saving him from a wild bear, and later partners with him to find the gold. She seeks to avenge her father, whom she believes was murdered by hunters searching for the gold. Her Japanese name is Asuko Kochoube (小蝶辺 明日子, Kochōbe Asuko).

Yoshitake Shiraishi (白石 由竹, Shiraishi Yoshitake)

Voiced by: Kentarō Itō (Japanese); Ben Phillips (English)

A tattooed Abashiri convict and master escape artist. He is initially captured by Sugimoto, and later agrees to a truce after they need each other's help to survive the bitter cold after they fall in a river. He is based on Yoshie Shiratori.

Kiroranke

See Kiroranke.

Genjirō Tanigaki

See Genjirō Tanigaki.

Inkarmat

See Inkarmat.

Cikapasi

See Cikapasi.

Ryū

See Ryū.

Hijikata’s group

Toshizō Hijikata (土方 歳三, Hijikata Toshizō)

Voiced by: Jouji Nakata, Yuichi Nakamura (young) (Japanese); Greg Dulcie (English)

A fictionalized version of the Shinsengumi commander of the same name who fought against the Meiji Restoration. Assumed to have been dead for decades, he was held in secret as a political prisoner before escaping alongside the tattooed convicts. He forms a group to search for the gold, which he plans to use to fund the secession of Hokkaido and creation of a second Republic of Ezo.

Shinpachi Nagakura (永倉 新八, Nagakura Shinpachi)

Voiced by: Takayuki Sugō, Kazuya Nakai (young) (Japanese); Kent Williams (English)

A fictionalized version of the Shinsengumi captain of the same name. Loyal to Hijikata, he learns he is still alive while working as the swordsmanship instructor for the guards at Kabato Prison.

Tatsuuma Ushiyama (牛山 辰馬, Ushiyama Tatsuuma)

Voiced by: Kenji Nomura (Japanese); Christopher R. Sabat (English)

A muscled judoka who killed his master. He allies himself with Hijikata in pursuit of the gold, but does not share his nationalistic ambitions.

Kano Ienaga

See Kano Ienaga.

Hyakunosuke Ogata

See Hyakunosuke Ogata.

Kantarō and Kamezō

See Kantarō and Kamezō.

Anji Toni

See Anji Toni.

Kadokura

See Kadokura.

Kirawus

See Kirawus.

The Hokkaido 7th Division

Tokushirō Tsurumi (鶴見 篤四郎, Tsurumi Tokushirō)

Voiced by: Hōchū Ōtsuka (Japanese); David Wald (English)

A first lieutenant, platoon leader and military intelligence officer in the 7th Division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Harboring a grudge against the Japanese government for their failure to extract remuneration from Russia for Japanese veterans of the Russo-Japanese War, he seeks to use the Ainu gold to lead a coup d'état to form an independent Hokkaido. His forehead is covered by a metal plate, due to a head injury he sustained from an artillery bombardment during the Russo-Japanese War. Consequently, he suffers from the after effects of severe brain damage, including mood swings and sudden outbursts of violence.

Hyakunosuke Ogata (尾形 百之助, Ogata Hyakunosuke)

Voiced by: Kenjiro Tsuda (Japanese); Orion Pitts (English)

A superior private and sniper in the 7th Division. His father Kojirō Hanazawa (花沢 幸次郎, Hanazawa Kojirō), a lieutenant general, was the commander of the 7th during the Russo-Japanese War. Skeptical about Tsurumi's ambitions, he deserts the army and joins Hijikata's group. He joins with the Sugimoto group on the occasion when the Sugimoto group and Hijikata group collide. However, he was in reality colluding with Kiroranke.

Genjirō Tanigaki (谷垣 源次郎, Tanigaki Genjirō)

Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya (Japanese); David Matranga (English)

A Matagi and a private first class of the 7th Division who joined the army to find the matagi Kenkichi Aoyama (青山 賢吉, Aoyama Kenkichi) who killed his sister Fumi (フミ). After an extended stay in a kotan (Ainu village) to recover from an injury, he joins Sugimoto's group to fulfill a promise to Asirpa's grandmother to bring Asirpa home safely.

Hajime Tsukishima (月島 基, Tsukishima Hajime)

Voiced by: Eiji Takemoto (Japanese); Quinn Angell (English)

A sergeant in the 7th Division. Stoic and serious, he often acts as the straight man to Tsurumi's and Koito's eccentric personalities.

Kōhei Nikaidō (二階堂 浩平, Nikaidō Kōhei)

Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita (Japanese); Stephen Sanders (English)

A private first class in the 7th Division. Seeks revenge for his twin brother, Youhei Nikaidou (二階堂 洋平, Nikaidō Yōhei), who was killed by Sugimoto.

Otonoshin Koito (鯉登 音之進, Koito Otonoshin)

Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi[1] (Japanese); Daman Mills (English)

A second lieutenant in the 7th from Satsuma. Though intelligent, he is sheltered and inexperienced, with his navy rear admiral father Heiji Koito (鯉登 平二, Koito Heiji) having kept him from fighting in the Russo-Japanese War.

Usami (宇佐美)

Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Japanese); Kyle Igneczi (English)

A superior private in the 7th Division. He is unfailingly loyal to Tsurumi; when Tsurumi turned two moles on Usami's face into stick figures with a fountain pen, Usami had them turned into tattoos.

The Abashiri Prison

Shirosuke Inudō (犬童 四郎助, Inudō Shirosuke)

Voiced by: Takaya Hashi (Japanese); Mark Stoddard (English)

Abashiri Prison Head.

Kadokura (門倉, Kadokura)

Voiced by: Yoshito Yasuhara (Japanese); David Novinski (English)

The head jailer of Abashiri Prison who is collaborating with Hijikata. He tends to have poor luck which he attributes to being born under a bad star.

Usami

See Usami.

The Abashiri Convicts

"Noppera-bo" (のっぺら坊, Nopperabō, "No Face")

Voiced by: Fake Noppera-bo: Kōichi Sōma (Japanese); Travis Mullenix (English)

A pseudonymous prisoner who murdered seven Ainu to steal and hide a large quantity of gold, the location of which is in a treasure map in the form of tattoos painted on the bodies of 24 prisoners. His true identity is Wilk.

Yoshitake Shiraishi

See Yoshitake Shiraishi.

Toshizō Hijikata

See Toshizō Hijikata.

Tatsuuma Ushiyama

See Tatsuuma Ushiyama.

Gotō (後藤, Gotō)

Voiced by: Yutaka Aoyama

A murderer who drunkenly informed Sugimoto of the existence of the tattooed skins.

Tetsuzō Nihei (二瓶 鉄造, Nihei Tetsuzō)

Voiced by: Akio Ōtsuka (Japanese); Jarrod Greene (English)

A famous bear hunter who is fixated on killing Retar, one of the last Hokkaido wolves.

Kazuo Henmi (辺見 和雄, Henmi Kazuo)

Voiced by: Toshihiko Seki (Japanese); Austin Tindle (English)

A serial killer with masochistic tendencies.

Kano Ienaga (家永 カノ, Ienaga Kano)

Voiced by: Sayaka Ohara (Japanese); Terri Doty (English)

Originally named Chikanobu Ienaga (家永 親宣, Ienaga Chikanobu), a transgender woman and former doctor who feeds on the flesh of her victims to become youthful and beautiful.

Kiichirō Wakayama (若山 輝一郎, Wakayama Kiichirō)

Voiced by: Banjō Ginga[2]

A yakuza boss, and Nakazawa's lover.

Kiyohiro Suzukawa (鈴川 聖弘, Suzukawa Kiyohiro)

Voiced by: Taiten Kusunoki (Japanese); Charlie Campbell (English)

A con man.

Keiichirō Sakamoto (坂本 慶一郎, Sakamoto Keiichirō)

A professional thief known as "Lightning Bandit" (稲妻強盗, Inazuma Gōtō), and O-Gin's husband.

Shiton Anehata (姉畑 支遁, Anehata Shiton)

A scholar and zoophile. His appearance is based on Ernest Thompson Seton.

Anji Toni (都丹 庵士, Toni Anji)

Voiced by: Yū Mizushima[3]

A blind, elderly prisoner who uses echolocation to find his victims.

Maiharu Gansoku (岩息 舞治, Gansoku Maiharu)

A martial artist who specializes in stenka.

Shinzō Doi (土井 新蔵, Doi Shinzō)

An elderly former assassin (originally named Yōichirō (用一郎)) known as "Manslayer Yōichirō" (人斬り用一郎, Hitokiri Yōichirō).

Waichirō Sekiya (関谷 輪一郎, Sekiya Waichirō)

A veterinarian and expert in poisons.

The Ainu

Asirpa

See Asirpa.

Wilk (Ainu: ウイルク, Polish: Wilk, Russian: Вилк)

Voiced by: Hiroki Tōchi (Japanese); Barry Yandell (English)

Asirpa's biological father. He is a mixed Polish and Karafuto Ainu who fled to Hokkaido. He stole the Ainu gold and assumed the pseudonym Noppera-bo, his ultimate goal being to use it to start an Ainu revolution against the Japanese government, with his daughter as their leader.

Asirpa's grandmother ("Huci") (Ainu: フチ)

Voiced by: Miyuki Ichijō (Japanese); Jessica Cavanagh (English)

An elderly woman who raised Asirpa following the death of her parents.

Osoma (Ainu: オソマ)

Voiced by: Ayaka Asai (Japanese); Apphia Yu (English)

Asirpa's cousin.

Makanakkuru (Ainu: マカナックル)

Voiced by: Atsushi Ono (Japanese); Jim Johnson (English)

Asirpa's uncle and Osoma's father.

Kiroranke (Ainu: キロランケ)

Voiced by: Masaki Terasoma (Japanese); Ricco Fajardo (English)

A friend of Asirpa's father and veteran of the 7th Division. His true identity is Yulbars (ユルバルス) (Russian: Юлбарс), a Tatar with Karafuto Ainu ancestry. A revolutionary and partisan in Russia, he assassinated Alexander II with Wilk at the age of 15, and seeks to use the gold to mount an invasion of Hokkaido.

Inkarmat (Ainu: インカㇻマッ)

Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (Japanese); Felecia Angelle (English)

A sly and cunning Ainu fortune-teller. Though Asirpa calls her "Cironnup" ("fox" in Ainu) and dismisses her as a scam artist, many of her prophecies have proven true. As a child she became acquainted with Wilk, which led to her affection for Asirpa later in life.

Cikapasi (Ainu: チカパシ)

Voiced by: Akeno Watanabe (Japanese); Howard Wang (English)

An orphaned Ainu boy who travels with Tanigaki and Inkarmat.

Kirawus (Ainu: キラウㇱ)

Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno

An Ainu hunter. He works with Kadokura to support Hijikata's group.

Enonoka (Ainu: エノノカ)

Voiced by: Kana Ichinose[4]

A Karafuto Ainu girl.

Others

Retar (Ainu: レタㇻ)

One of the last surviving Hokkaido wolves.

Ryū (リュウ)

Nihei's Hokkaido dog.

Kantarō and Kamezō (夏太郎 と 亀蔵)

Voiced by: Kantarō: Wataru Hatano

Hidoro's minions who later join Hijikata's group.

Tatsuya Nakazawa (仲沢 達弥, Nakazawa Tatsuya)

Voiced by: Hideyuki Tanaka[2]

A yakuza, and Wakayama's lover.

Yasaku Edogai (江渡貝 弥作, Edogai Yasaku)

Voiced by: Yuma Uchida[1] (Japanese); Brandon McInnis (English)

A taxidermist who secretly preserves the bodies of humans. He is employed by Tsurumi to create fake tattooed skins.

Chōan Kumagishi (熊岸 長庵, Kumagishi Chōan)

Voiced by: Toshio Furukawa[5]

A counterfeit painter, and Shiraishi's former cellmate at Kabato Prison.

O-Gin (お銀)

A professional thief known as "O-Gin of Mamushi" (蝮のお銀, Mamushi no O-Gin), and Keiichirō's wife.

Takuboku Ishikawa (石川 啄木, Ishikawa Takuboku)

A fictionalized version of the poet of the same name. A journalist.

Kenzō Tamoto (田本 研造, Tamoto Kenzō)

Voiced by: Eizō Tsuda

A fictionalized version of the photographer of the same name. An old friend of Hijikata.

Vasily (ヴァシリ) (Russian: Васи́лий)

A Russian sniper pursuing Wilk and Kiroranke.

Sofia Goldenhand (ソフィア・ゴールデンハンド) (Russian: София Золотая Рука))

A descendant of Russian aristocracy, and leader of the Russian partisans.

References

1. "Golden Kamuy 2nd Season Anime's 2nd Promo Video Previews Opening Theme". Anime News Network. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
2. "Banjou Ginga, Hideyuki Tanaka Join 3rd Golden Kamuy OVA's Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
3. "Golden Kamuy Anime Adds 3 New Cast Members". Anime News Network. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
4. "Kana Ichinose Joins Cast of Golden Kamuy Anime's 3rd Season as Enonoka". Anime News Network. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
5. "Golden Kamuy Anime's 2nd OVA Adds 2 Cast Members". Anime News Network. Retrieved 9 January 2019.