List of Doraemon characters

These are the characters in the anime/manga series Doraemon. Also listed are their original NTV voice actors (1973), followed by their TV Asahi voice actors (1979~).
*Note: In some translations of Doraemon, the names of these characters are different.

Main characters

Fujiko's friends say that every main character represents elementary school student archetypes Fujiko noticed in his own school days.

Doraemon (ドラえもん^?)

Voice actor(s): Kōsei Tomita→Masako Nozawa (1973), Nobuyo Ōyama (1979~March 2005), Wasabi Mizuta (April 2005~)

Voice actor(s) (Golden): Kazue Takahashi→Chisa Yokoyama

Doraemon, the titular character, is the main protagonist of the series. He is a cat-like robot created by the Matsushiba robot company, and is sent back in time by Sewashi to aid Nobita. He possesses a fourth-dimensional pocket from which he can acquire various kinds of futuristic tools, gadgets, and playthings from a future department store. Doraemon originally had ears but they were bitten off by a robotic mouse in the 22nd century. As a result, he developed a morbid fear of mice despite being a robotic cat, because he was suffering musophobia. He also has the tendency to panic during emergencies, characterized by him frantically trying to pull out a very much-needed tool from his pocket, only to produce a huge assortment of unrelated household items. Still, Doraemon is very friendly and intelligent, not to mention long-suffering because of Nobita's antics.

Doraemon's physical appearance changed as the manga progressed. At first, he was predominantly blue, with a blue tail, a white stomach, and flesh-coloured hands and feet. He also stooped, and had a body much larger than his head. In later issues, he sported a smaller body, white hands and feet, and a red tail--the appearance most identify him with today.

In "The Doraemons" story arc (and the 2112: The Birth of Doraemon short film), it is revealed that Doraemon's original paint color was yellow. After getting his ears gnawed off by a robot mouse, he slipped into depression on top of a tower, where he drank a potion labeled "sadness". As he wept, the yellow color washed off and his voice changed due to the potion.

Doraemon weighs 129.3 kg (285 lbs) and measures at 129.3 cm (4'3") tall. He is able to run at 129.3 km/h (80.3 mph) when scared and jump 129.3 cm (4.242 ft) when threatened. His maximum power is 129.3 bhp. His waist, head, and chest circumference are all 129.3 cm. His feet is 129.3 mm in diameter. He is manufactured on September 3, 2112 (12/9/3), at the Matsushiba Robot Factory (マツシバロボット工場^?). Doraemon is considered a substandard product because many of his robotic features (ie. radar whiskers and cat-calling bell) malfunctioned after production. One can turn off Doraemon by pulling his balloon tail.

Due to this malfunction, Doraemon did poorly at the robot's school and during the final presentation show, he performed badly and nobody wanted to hire him, until baby Sewaishi pushed the button. His parents were a bit reluctant, but since Sewashi liked him, they hired Doraemon, and he took care of him until Sewaishi himself send him to the past to take care of Nobita (2112: The Birth of Doraemon).Despite this, Doraemon is very intelligent and displays very good knowledge in science and mathematics.

Doraemon's favourite food is dorayaki (どら焼き^?), a Japanese treat filled with red bean paste. Speculations led to dorayaki being the origin of his name. However, it was revealed in one of the manga chapters that his name originates from the Japanese word nora neko (のら猫^?) for "stray cat", and the -emon (衛門^?) ending which is part of traditional Japanese names, as seen also in, for example, Ishikawa Goemon.^[1][2][3] In the 2007 birthday episode, 'MS-903' is called Doraemon by the factory owner where Doraemon is produced.

Doraemon usually uses the phrase "nanoda".

Nobita Nobi (野比 のび太, Nobi Nobita^?)

Voice actor(s): Yoshiko Ōta (1973), Noriko Ohara (1979~March 2005), Hiroko Maruyama (Stand-in for Ohara), Megumi Ōhara (April 2005~)

Voice actor(s) (Teenage): Makiko Ōmoto (2000), Mai Kadowaki (2005)

Voice actor(s) (Adult): Kōzō Shioya (1984), Shingo Hiromori (1987~1990), Noriko Ohara (2000~2004), Tōru Ōkawa (2005), Hideyuki Hori (2006)

Nobita (born on 7 August 2001), is one of the main characters of the series and the center of the story. He is a fourth grader and is 10 years old^[4] in Tokyo's Nerima Ward and an only child. He wears glasses, a red or yellow polo shirt with a white collar, and blue shorts. Nobita's character flaws are endless: he is lazy, uncoordinated, dim-witted, frail, plain-looking, unlucky, and bad at sports. Nobita's typical day consists of arriving late on classes, scoring zeros in his tests, getting lectured by his teacher, being bullied by his classmates Gian and Suneo, falling into curbside rain gutters, being chased by dogs, and getting grounded by his mom for his sloth and poor academic results.

Despite his flaws, Nobita possesses some unique talents such as his unrivaled marksmanship and ability to weave intricate string figures. Although Nobita is usually portrayed as being cowardly, he has often risked his life to help save others or even entire civilizations (as seen in full-length stories). Nobita is lazy and unmotivated, but he can be very serious and responsible at times. Nobita also has a talent for finding unusual applications for Doraemon's gadgets, and to abuse them, which usually gets him into trouble.

Despite everything, Doraemon succeeds on his mission, as seen in several episodes in which they travel to the future and the short Nobita's Night before a Wedding. Nobita eventually marries Shizuka and has a son who, in a generational role reversal, bullies Gian's son. In Doraemon Plus Nobita is a fifth-grader. In an unofficial ending, it is shown that Nobita becomes an expert in robotics to fix Doraemon. This event becomes the most important event in human history. Since this event is very important, the time police prohibits anyone from the future to go into this time. Later most episodes interfere with their video game.

Shizuka Minamoto (源 静香, Minamoto Shizuka^?)

Voice actor(s): Masako Ebisu (1973), Michiko Nomura (1979~March 2005), Yumi Kakazu (2005~)

Voice actor(s) (): Rei Sakuma (2000)

Shizuka (born on 2 December 2001), usually called Shizu-chan (静ちゃん^?) or Shizuka-chan (静香ちゃん^?), is the smart, kind and pretty neighborhood girl and Nobita's best friend. She takes baths several times a day. Nobita often disrupts her in the bath due to some misuse of Doraemon's gadgets, and usually shouts out "Go away, pervert!" to Nobita. She is also known for taking piano lessons unwillingly, which is sometimes used as an excuse for declining to hang out with Nobita. She has dislike for Frogs. Her true passions are sweet potatoes, which she'd rather keep to herself out of the knowledge of others, and the violin, in which her playing is as atrocious as Gian's singing. Due to Doraemon's intervention, Shizuka will become Nobita's wife in the future timeline, and the mother of his son.

Takeshi Goda (剛田 武, Gōda Takeshi^?)

Voice actor(s): Kaneta Kimotsuki (1973), Kazuya Tatekabe (1979~March 2005), Subaru Kimura (April 2005~)

Voice actor(s) ): Kujira (2000)

Takeshi (born on 15 June 2001), usually known by the nickname "Gian" (ジャイアン, Jaian^?) from English word "giant", is the big, strong, and quick-tempered local bully. He is known for his confidence in his terrible singing voice, though he considers himself a great singer. But in some episodes when his voice is recorded and he hears it, denies it being his voice and threatens to beat up the person who sung his songs in a bad way. He regularly subjects the neighborhood children to horrendous singing recitals, which is sometimes combined with his equally bad homemade dinner and his atrocious fashion sense. His favourite food is Stuffed Capsicum He also frequently steals other children's toys and books under the pretext of "borrowing" them, unless the toy is damaged. This is how most fans considered Gian to be the antagonist of this show. However, he does not hesitate to help Nobita and his friends when they are in real trouble, which often occurs in the movies.

Several of the stories revolve around Nobita and his friends' efforts to avoid Gian's concerts, and several chapters summarize his friends efforts to avoid visiting Gian's house on his birthday because of his selfish nature. After reflecting on one event about his birthday, Gian thought of himself why he wasn't popular among his peers. After getting a lecture from Doraemon to see what an unruly character he is, Gian realize that he should have been a better person and he begs Doraemon to give him another chance. However, things didn't go exactly as planned when his friends at school or at the streets mock him to see how weird Gian was acting and get kicked by Suneo after learning his attempt to become gentle to his peers. This led him to lose control of his temper and start attacking his friends again.

Gian beats his friends and other children because his strong, fat condition. He wants to be a king of elementary school. He makes his friends Suneo as his right-hand, Nobita as his servant, Shizuka as his queen and Dekisugi as his secretary. He snatches Nobita's comic books, magazines, games when he didn't give him or borrow him. He beats other children when his anger increasing. He frights Nobita because Nobita was suffering many phobias. He steals many children toys, videos and comics. Although he borrows many toys and damages this articles and can't give them back. He wanted to be very famous of elementary school wrestler and singer.

He didn't beat his girlfriend Shizuka because she was a girl. But he didn't like to attack other girls because his shameless. He was very popular of many girls, because he is cured his angry by Shizuka. Shizuka and Dekisugi helps Gian to reduce his angry and protect to bully Nobita. Gian obeys Shizuka when he adores him and stop him to bullying Nobita. It means that he can't harm Shizuka because he crack jokes with Dekisugi. Gian is very happy with Shizuka because her good behavior, and helps Dekisugi because he is very brilliant student. He is very interesting in singing and gynmastics. He can't believes and bully his friends (except Shizuka and Dekisugi).

Although he bullies the other children (mostly Nobita), he is terrified of his mother, who runs the local grocery store, tells him to deliver many goods, a fact Nobita and Doraemon sometimes use in their favor. He founded his own baseball team named after himself. Although Nobita is often blamed for the losses against the baseball team's rival, the "Tyranos", Gian still forces Nobita to play because they do not have enough players.

Gian also has a younger sister named Jaiko. He considers taking Nobita's stuff away as his best day ever. He also loves to confiscate Nobita's stuff away and he vows never to give it back to him .

Suneo Honekawa (骨川 スネ夫, Honekawa Suneo^?)

Voice actor(s): Shun Yashiro (1973), Kaneta Kimotsuki (1979~March 2005), Naoki Tatsuta (Stand-in for Kimotsuki), Tomokazu Seki (April 2005~)

Voice actor(s) (Teenage): Tomokazu Seki (2000)

Suneo (born on 29 February 2001), is the fox-faced (inherited from his mother) rich kid who loves to flaunt his material wealth before everyone. He is often seen with Gian, being forced to bully Nobita with him, though deep down he fears and despises him as much as everyone else and actually feels sorry for Nobita. Some of the stories start with Suneo showing off some new video game or toy which evokes Nobita's envy. He has an extensive knowledge of science, and is a talented artist and designer. He has the habit to invite Gian and Shizuka to something or someplace, but always leave Nobita out with one excuse or another.

In some scenes, Suneo is seen as a narcissist who loves to stare at himself in the mirror while telling himself that he is the most handsome guy in the world. He is still a bed-wetter and needs to wear diapers when he sleeps, despite being in the fourth grade. He considers this humiliating habit his secret weakness. Suneo is also very self-conscious about his height, being the shortest kid in his class.

His character somewhat resembles that of Reggie Mantle in the Archie comics universe.

Hidetoshi Dekisugi (出木杉 英才, Dekisugi Hidetoshi^?)

Voice actor(s): Sumiko Shirakawa (1980~March 2005), Shihoko Hagino (TV Asahi Announcer, May 2005~)

Voice actor(s) (Adult): Shinya Ōtaki

Hidetoshi (born on April 15, 2001), is Nobita's classmate and friendly rival for Shizuka's affections. He always gets perfect scores on his tests, but never shows off his abilities. He willingly helps Nobita whenever he has philosophical or scientific questions. His name literally means "brilliant over-achiever", and his last name is a pun on dekisugiru, which means "over achieving". Unfortunately for Nobita, Shizuka tends to prefer the company of Hidetoshi, who is more of her intellectual equal, which leads to Nobita concocting bizarre schemes (helped by Doraemon's gadgets) to kept them apart.

Dorami (ドラミ^?)

Voice actor(s): Keiko Yokozawa (1979~March 2005), Chiaki (tarento) (September 2006~)

Dorami (born on 2 December 2114), also known as Dorami-chan, is the sister of Doraemon. She happens to be about 2 years younger than he is. Strangely enough, they are siblings due to the fact that they shared half of the oil from a can. She lives in the 22nd-century Tokyo with Sewashi, Nobita's great-great-grandson. She is yellow and has ears that resemble a large red bow. She likes melonpan and is afraid of cockroaches. She is also shown to be a more advanced robot than Doraemon (Dorami is able to produce 10,000 horse power, in comparison to Doraemon's 129.3). She sometimes visits Nobita with a time machine when Doraemon is "off-duty" or to help Doraemon with something. She also has her own spin-off manga.

Mini-Doras (ミニドラ[たち]^?)

Voice actor(s): Chie Kitagawa (1990), Rei Sakuma (1994~March 2005), Tomato Akai (October 2005~)

Mini-Doras are actually gadgets of Doraemon. They are mini versions of Doraemon, each with a different color. They can think and feel for themselves, and communicate with Doraemon through the "Mini-Dora" language. They act as helpers for all sorts of tasks, such as repairing the internal mechanism of Doraemon.

Mini-Doras looks like identical Doraemon because it color is red and very little robots. He disturbs Nobita to aid his body.

Sensei (先生^?)

Voice actor(s): Osamu Katō→Masashi Amenomori (1973), Ritsuo Sawa (1979), Osamu Katō→Unknown→Kazuhiko Inoue (~September 1981), Ryōichi Tanaka (October 1981~March 2005), Wataru Takagi (April 2005~)

Nobita's homeroom teacher. He is a strict taskmaster who often punishes Nobita for failing to do his homework, but always get fooled by Suneo's convincing acts of lying. The punishments range from standing in the hallway to sweeping the classroom after-school. He often pays unexpected visits to the Nobi’s in order to inform Mrs. Tamako about Nobita’s recent zeroes on exams. He also usually sees Nobita in streets and often scold him to study hard and for getting low scores during exams. His real name is unknown and he is only referred to as "Sensei", but in the NTV anime his name is given as Ganari (我成^?) & also his mother,in one episode in which he says he has a transfer, his mother calls him- Ichiro.

Jaiko (ジャイ子^?)

Voice actor(s): Yoshiko Ōta (1979), Kazuyo Aoki (1980~March 2005), Vanilla Yamazaki (April 2005~)

Jaiko is Gian's younger sister, who would have been Nobita's wife in the future had Doraemon not intervened. She appears in the very first chapter of the manga, even before the introduction of Gian. Her name Jaiko is usually considered a nickname, but Fujiko never gave her a real name. An aspiring manga artist, Jaiko goes by her pen name Christine Goda (クリスチーネ 剛田, Kurisuchīne Gōda^?), and sometimes submits her manga to publishing companies for prizes. She mostly fails in these contest because her storytelling is still rough. After that when she decides to give up writing comic books, Gian's friends are asked/forced to cheer her up. She has a crush on Motayo Moto,a seventh grader in the school. She is sometimes referred to as Hana.

Doraemon Gadgets

Some of these gadgets were used by Doraemon, although there were a total of about 4,500 gadgets:

1.Small light (スモールライト) helps to decrease the size of anything.

2.Anywhere Door can take you anywhere. In Japenese it is called Dokodemo Door (どこでもドア)

3.Bamboocopter helps you to fly, Also known as Takecopter.

4.Gourmet Table Cloth (Gourmet表布) gives you the food you like to eat. It was first used when Doraemon and Nobita were in a Cherry Blossom Garden.

5.Patrol Pair help to communicate from one person to another.

6.Where Were you at That Time helps to rewind objects and lock them back in their places.

Nobi family

Nobisuke Nobi (Marvim Nobi) (野比 のび助, Nobi Nobisuke^?)

Voice actor(s): Ichirō Murakoshi (1973), Masayuki Katō (1979~October 1992), Yōsuke Naka (October 1992~March 2005), Yasunori Matsumoto (April 2005~)

Voice actor(s) (Young): Noriko Ohara (1979), Eiko Yamada (1984~1985), Noriko Ohara (1987), Yumiko Kobayashi (2005)

Nobita's father and laid-back salaryman. He is very considerate of Nobita, often seen arriving home from work to placate Tamako's anger towards Nobita; this habit may come from Nobisuke's own childhood, since his father (and Nobita's grandfather) was very similar to Tamako. He has trouble quitting smoking and is self-conscious about his inability to pass the driving test. He also has a poor memory, is a borderline alcoholic, and sometimes arrives home drunk from nightly business meetings. He was once an aspiring art student. He also likes golf, which most Japanese businessmen and employees play.

Tamako Nobi (Rukia Nobi) (野比 玉子, Nobi Tamako^?)

Voice actor(s): Noriko Ohara (1973), Sachiko Chijimatsu (1979~March 2005), Kotono Mitsuishi (April 2005~)

Voice actor(s) (Yoiung): Tomoko Kawakami

Nobita's stay-at-home mother and the series main antagonist. She can be very strict, is usually seen scolding Nobita, grounding him, or sending him out of the house (a typical Japanese household punishment used by parents). She is disappointed by his lazy attitude and academic failures. Several episodes involve Nobita trying to avoid his mother’s scolding by using Doraemon’s gadgets. Her maiden name is revealed to be 'Kataoka'. She has a tendency of stopping Nobita from going out to play and force him to study. However, on cold weather days, she almost always urges Nobita to go out and play. In a couple of episodes, Nobita sees her in the past. She is proved to be braver than Nobita.

Sewashi (セワシ^?)

Voice actor(s): Keiko Yamamoto (1973), Yoshiko Ōta (1980~March 2005), Sachi Matsumoto (August 2005)

Nobita's great-great-grandson, he is the one who sends Doraemon back to the past to look after Nobita. Sewashi first bought Doraemon in 2112 when Doraemon still had ears and his original factory paint. He sent him because his pocket money was not much due to the debts the family inherited from Nobita. Sewashi is also the owner of Doraemon's sister, Dorami.

Nobisuke (ノビスケ^?)

Voice actor(s): Noriko Ohara (1979~March 2005), Yoshiko Kamei (April 2005~)

Nobita and Shizuka's son, named after Nobita's father. He is a better athlete than Nobita and far more clever. In one of the stories, he did not hesitate to beat up young Nobita when young Nobita tried to stop him from running away from home. Also, he is shown as being a bully and brave enough to bully Gian and Suneo's sons.

Nobirou Nobi (野比のび郎, Nobi Nobirou^?)

The older brother of Nobita's father Nobisuke. He is an excellent athlete and seems to be successful. He adores his brother very much, and is welcomed the most by his nephew in New year, because of the money he gives him on that date.

Tamao Kataoka (片岡玉夫, Kataoka Tamao^?)

Tamako's younger brother and Nobita's uncle.

Nobita's Grand Mother

Mother of Nobisuke Nobi. Nobita adored her but she died when he was in kindergarten, before the main storyline. When Nobita travels to the past, she always recognizes him as her grandson even if he has grown up. She appeared in a few episodes.

Nobita's Grand Father

Nobita's Grand Father, he was very strict and very rude to Nobisuke (Nobita's father). After all he loved him very much. He is seen only one time in this show where his all nature was identified clearly. His grandson only seen him when he travelled to the past.

Nobirou (のび朗, Nobirou^?)

Nobihei (のび平, Nobihei^?)

Minamoto family

Shizuka's Mother

Voice actor(s): Keiko Yokozawa (1979~1981), Masako Matsubara (August 1981~March 2005), Ai Orikasa (April 2005~)

Shizuka's mother. She's kind, but can also be quite exigent on Shizuka sometimes.

Yoshio Minamoto (源義雄, Minamoto Yoshio^?)

Voice actor(s): Masayuki Katō (1979~1980), Masaru Ikeda (1981), Akira Kume (1999), Aruno Tahara (July 2005~)

Shizuka's Father. He is rarely seen in the series. His most well-known appearance in the series was in the future when he had a long talk with adult Shizuka over her choice to marry Nobita, and giving support for her decision. He appears in an episode titled [ジャンピング潜水艦] (Jyanpingu Sensuikan) which translates to jumping submarine.

Shizuka's Grandpa (美術評論家のおじさん^?)

Shizuka's grandpa. Never appeared in the anime.

Honekawa family

Suneo's Mother

Voice actor(s): Kazue Takahashi (1973), Yoshino Ōtori (1979~March 1991), Mari Yokō (April 1991~March 2005), Minami Takayama (April 2005~)

She loves Suneo very much and spoils him rotten. She sports curly hair and is often seen showing off her jewellery or branded handbags.

Suneo's Father

Voice actor(s): Unknown (1973), Osmau Katō (1979~March 2005), Kaneta Kimotsuki (Stand-in for Katō, May 1989~January 1990), Hideyuki Tanaka (June 2005~)

He appears less frequently than Suneo's mother, distinguishable with straight hair and a mustache. He is often the one who initiates holiday tours that Suneo would invite his friends for.

Sunetsugu (スネツグ^?)

Voice actor(s): Naoki Tatsuta (1985), Yuki Kaida (2006)

Suneo's younger brother who lives in New York with his uncle (who is single and raised him like a son). He has a great respect for his older brother, but only because of Suneo's arrogant brags and lies in their correspondence.

Sunekichi (スネ吉^?)

Voice actor(s): Issei Futamata (1984~March 2005), Takumi Yamazaki (December 2005~)

Suneo's college age cousin. He is an expert in radio-controlled toys.

Suneo's grandma (スネ夫の曾祖母^?)

Suneo's grandmother uses old wives' tales to impart values and good habits to Suneo, something which Suneo dislikes.

Goda family

Gian's Mother

Voice actor(s): Kazuyo Aoki (1979~March 2005), Miyako Takeuchi (April 2005~)

She's the owner of a small but successful shop, as well as the only person that Gian is deathly afraid of. Her constant abuse and cruel punishment suggests that Gian may have inherited his mother or ancestor's bullish trait.

Gian's Father

Voice actor(s): Masayuki Katō (1979~1980), Yū Shimaka (1987), Daisuke Gōri (November 1987), Yū Shimaka (1993)

Appeared in only one or two stories. Seen with a crewcut and big-sized moustache.

Robots

Gatchako (ガチャ子^?)

Voice actor(s): Junko Hori (1973)

Toraemon (トラえもん^?)

Voice actor(s): Keiko Yamamoto (1979)

Noramyako (ノラミャー子^?)

Voice actor(s): Yūko Minaguchi (1995 film), Ai Nonaka (2007)

Doraemon's former girlfriend from the 22nd Century. She later broke him up because they have to part away for their future (Doraemon has to return to the past while she become famous dancer).

Pawaemon (パワえもん^?)

Voice actor(s): Mitsuaki Madono (2007)

Animal

Nora Neko no Kero (のらネコのクロ^?)

A stray cat regularly appearing in the series. It steals fish and runs away.

Nora Inu no Kero (のらイヌのクロ^?)

A stray dog which always bites Nobita.

Mii Chan (ミイちゃん^?)

Voice actor(s): Unknown→Mari Mashiba→Junko Asami→Kumiko Watanabe→Midori Nakazawa→Motoko Kumai→Fujiko Takimoto→Sachi Matsumoto(1981~March 2005)

A regular female cat from Nobita's timeline, who either hangs out or goes on dates with Doraemon.

Muku (ムク^?)

Voice actor(s): Takeshi Goda (1981), Kazuyo Aoki→Kazuya Tatekabe (~March 2005), Yasuhiro Takato (May 2007)

Gian's pet dog. At first Gian didn't want him around and tried to get rid of him, but after he saved Gian from being eaten by a lion that had at first tried to eat Nobita, Gian warmed up to him. In 1 or 2 episodes he was known as Buzo. In the series, Muku is shown as a shy & unintelligent dog.

Other characters

Saburo Katakura (片倉サブロー^?)

Yasuo Tanaka (田中安雄^?)

Haruo Itaro (一郎はる夫^?)

Takao Kitori (ズル木(木鳥高夫^?)

Yoji (洋二^?)

Gariben-kun (ガリベンくん^?)

Voice actor(s): Mayumi Tanaka

A rival to Hidetoshi Dekisugi. He appears to be a soft-spoken and decent boy, however deep down inside he resents Deskisugi of being better at anything than he is. In one chapter, he makes cruel prank calls to his rival, telling Dekisugi to go to hell every night. This problem caused Hidetoshi's grades to drop, and Doraemon decided to use a specific gadget to teach Gariben a lesson. Gariben begged Hidetoshi not to tell the teacher or the rest of the class about it, and the latter forgave him, on the condition that he promise not to do it again.

Tame-kun (多目くん^?)

The old book seller (本屋のおじさん^?)

An owner of bookstore, who often expels anyone who stand and read comics, magazines, or novels in his bookstore for free (usually Nobita).

Funyako Funyao (フニャコフニャ夫^?)

A parody of Fujiko Fujio. He was often being lectured or complained by other people saying that his comic book idea was overdue. Nobita occasionally helps him to finish his works.

Company president (会社社長^?)

Tsubasa Ito (伊藤翼^?)

Voice actor(s): Mayumi Shō (1985~1986), Sanae Hukayuki (1992), Haruna Ikezawa (2003), Masayo Kurata (2006)

Moteo Mote (茂手もて夫^?)

Jaiko's boyfriend. Always wears eyeglasses, he is impressed by Jaiko's manga works.

Kibou (キー坊^?)

Toriyama Arara (鳥山あらら^?)

Kaminari (神成^?)

Voice actor(s): Banjō Ginga (1981), Shingo Kanemoto (1985~1990), Takeshi Watabe (1991~March 2005), Katsuhisa Hōki (July 2005~)

An old man who lives next to the vacant lot where Nobita and the gang play baseball. They sometimes "accidentally" throw baseballs, rocks, or even one of Doraemon's gadgets through his window, breaking it and sometimes knocking over his prized bonsai. The children refer to him as Kaminari-oyaji (雷おやじ,, Old Man Thunder^?), because he shouts so loud that they scatter. Kaminari is his family name. Gian always orders Nobita to apologize to him & take the baseball back if they broke his windows.

Ramen Grandpa (ラーメンおじさん(小池さん^?)

Yamada-kun

Sumire Hosino (星野スミレ^?)

She is a professional singer and has a necklace with a photo of her friend. This friend had gone away from Japan, but she is certain that he'll return. Nobita saved her once from a paparazzo. She is one of the Paaman in the Perman anime.

18 Emon (18エモン^?)

19 Emon (19エモン^?)

21-emon's grandfather, who was an owner of a nearly dilapidated hotel, Tsuzureya (つづれやホテル).

Masashi

A fat guy who wears a red T-shirt and he is always seen with Yamada.

Yamada

A boy who wears a cap and green shirt and is seen with Masashi.

Kurai

A boy who wears rectangular glasses and has brown hair. Even though he's always seen with Masashi & Yamada, he once broke up friends beacase, Masahi who in a few appearances shows off the tall buildings he lives in, blocked sunlight to Kurai's house. They later became friends beacause Nobita gave him a Sky Frame, (Doreamon's Gadget) that gives sunlight by just holding it above your head.

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