Chibi Maruko-chan - Characters - Maruko's Friends

Maruko's Friends

Tamae Honami (穂波たまえ, Honami Tamae?)

Voiced by: Naoko Watanabe, Live-Action: Karen Miyama

Maruko's best friend. She is intelligent and she does not include herself in other activities with Maruko. Nicknamed Tama-chan.

Kazuhiko Hanawa (花輪和彦, Hanawa Kazuhiko?)

Voiced by: Masami Kikuchi, Live-Action: Hikaru Mamiya

A really rich boy in Maruko's class who lives in a mansion. His mom is always away travelling and so he doesn't see her that often. He also has a butler, Mr. Hideji, who drives a limo and picks him up every day from school. Hanawa is mentioned to have a crush on Maruko. He was born on August 7, 1965.

Sueo Maruo (丸尾末男, Maruo Sueo?)

Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita, Live-Action: Kazuya Sato

Maruo is one of Maruko's classmates and serves as the male class president and always wants to be admired by others. He has very thick glasses because he is a very serious student and studies very hard every day; black lines appear on his face nearly all of the time, especially when he seems euphoric. He is paranoid that his classmates are seeking to replace him as male class president and will target classmates that stand out and do well to discourage them from running against him. His birthday is December 31, thus giving rise to his name.

Noritaka "Hamaji" Hamazaki (浜崎憲孝, ??)

Voiced by: Ai Orikasa, Tsutomu Kashiwakura, Live-Action: Shinichi Yoneya

Hamaji is the most mischievous student in Maruko's class. Despite this he is the class representative.

Tarō "Butaro" Tomita (富田太郎, ??)

Voiced by: Kazuyo Aoki (movie) Mami Matsui, Naomi Nagasawa, Live-Action: Keiichi Mochizuki

A boy in Maruko's class with a piglike face and ends his sentences with "buu," the Japanese onomatopoeia for a pig snorting. He is close friend of Hamaji and is always shown with him.

Hanako Migiwa (みぎわ花子, Migiwa Hanako?)

Voiced by: Miki Narahashi, Live-Action: Ami Kumagai

She is crazy about Hanawa and does not like other girls being around with him and because Hanawa has a crush on Maruko, she is hard on Maruko. She is studying in standard 3 for the last five years because she is not good in her studies and fails every year. She is the female class president and like Maruko is pretty intent on maintaining her position, even promising along with Maruo to come in the morning to do cleaning and other work so their classmates don't have to.

Shinji Sekiguchi (関口しんじ, Sekiguchi Shinji?)

Voiced by: Kyōsei Tsukui

Despite seeming mean, he actually is a nice boy who once helped Maruko learn how to ride a bicycle.

Kimio Nagasawa (永沢君男, Nagasawa Kimio?)

Voiced by: Chafurin, Live-Action: Ryôsuke Makioka

His house was burned down during an accident and made his family poor in the episodes they always show a connection with fire of Nagasama. Therefore he always felt that nobody cares about him, and that everybody is out to laugh about him. He is thus became very aloof and does not talk much to other people except Fujiki, his best friend.

Shigeru Fujiki (藤木茂, Fujiki Shigeru?)

Voiced by: Tomoko Naka, Live-Action: Atsushi Sato

A very soft-spoken boy who is the best friend of Nagasawa. He lives alone in his home, causing his parents to go their offices early in the morning and come back late night.

Shouta Yamada (山田笑太, Yamada Shouta?)

Voiced by: Keiko Yamamoto, Live-Action: Kyôyû Kobayashi

He laughs non-stop about anything good or bad. He is also known as the "classroom idiot boy" (クラスのバカ男子).

Kenichi Ono (大野けんいち, Ono Kenichi?)

Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi, Yūsuke Numata, Live-Action: Hiroto Itô

He is Sugiyama Satoshi's best friend. Both of them love soccer.

Satoshi Sugiyama (杉山さとし, Sugiyama Satoshi?)

Voiced by: Ako Mayama, Live-Action: Shota Yoshino

Kenichi's best friend. Though they are quite rude, they are very serious when it comes to work. They form a good team and help each other.

Toshiko Tsuchihashi (土橋とし子, Tsuchihashi Toshiko?)

Voiced by: Taeko Kawata, Live-Action: Rio Asahi

Toshiko is a very obedient and well-mannered girl. She always cares about others and also one of Maruko's and Tama's good friends.

Misuzu Fuyuta (冬田美鈴, Fuyuta Misuzu?)

Voiced by: Sumie Baba, Live-Action: Aoi Yaguchi

She has a crush on Ono Kenichi. She is a bit odd and likes to give cards to people depicting strange faces.

Yumiko Itō (伊藤由美子, Itō Yumiko?)

Voiced by: Masako Miura

This character only appeared in the first series and was in a trio with Maruko and Tamae.

Masaru Orihara (折原まさる, Orihara Masaru?)

Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi, Atsushi Kisaichi

A transfer student from Aichi. He appears Indian despite the fact of getting rejections from his classmates.

Ebisu (えびす, Ebisu?)

Voiced by: Tsutomu Kashiwakura, Ai Orikasa

A likeable boy who was nominated by Sekiguchi to be male class president, but conceded the race when Maruo promised to come in and clean every morning so the class didn't have to.

Tsuyoshi Yamane (山根強, Yamane Tsuyoshi?)

Voiced by: Akio Suyama, Live-Action: Hiroki Omori

He is a fan a Michiru Jo and has digestive problems.

Futoshi Kosugi (小杉太, Kosugi Futoshi?)

Voiced by: Teiyū Ichiryūsai, Live-Action: Moichiro Kosugi

A fatty who eats a lot.

Osamu Nagayama (長山治, Nagayama Osamu?)

Voiced by: Yūko Sasaki, Live-Action: Daiki Ueda

Hiromi Maeda (前田ひろみ, Maeda Hiromi?)

Voiced by: Megumi Urawa

She is in charge of cleaning the classroom.

Emiko Noguchi (野口笑子, Noguchi Emiko?)

Voiced by: Megumi Tano, Live-Action: Yumi Kono

A very creepy girl who always jokes. She also likes to make fun of others, especially Maruko. She often spies on people.

Himeko Jogasaki (城ヶ崎姫子, Jogasaki Himeko?)

Voiced by: Megumi Tano, Emi Motoi, Live-Action: Kana Okunoya

Sasayama's friend. She has alleged rivalry with Nagasawa.

Kazuko Sasayama (笹山かず子, Sasayama Kazuko?)

Voiced by: Masako Miura

Fujiki's girlfriend and Himeko's friend.

Watanabe (渡辺, Watanabe?)

Voiced by: Masami Kikuchi