List of Clannad Characters - Other Characters

Other Characters

Rie Nishina (仁科りえ, Nishina Rie?)

Voiced by: Mai Aizawa

Rie is a second-year student at Hikarizaka Private High School who used to play the violin as a child, and won many competitions. She had a lot of talent and was supposed to go to study abroad, but she was involved in an accident. As a result, her grip became weak and she was unable to play the violin as well as she had previously been able to, having lost her main aim in life. However, when she entered high school, Koumura taught her about chorus, and she discovered that she could sing very well. Thus, having discovered a new reason to live on, she decided to form a chorus club with her friends. Her best friend is her fellow club member Sugisaka. Kotomi befriends with her when Rie lend her violin to her. Rie wishes to go to music school after graduation.

She attends Nagisa’s fake graduation ceremony, and starts working at a family restaurant with Sugisaka, where she eventually gets Nagisa to work at too.

Sugisaka (杉坂, Sugisaka?)

Voiced by: Ai Bandō

Sugisaka is a member of the Choir Club. She appears when Nagisa asks the Choir Club if they could have Koumura as their advisor. Sugisaka actively refuses, and even threatens to hurt Nagisa if she tries to establish the Theater Club. Youhei, Tomoya, and Nagisa eventually confront her after school. Sugisaka later explains that Rie used to play the violin well when she was little, but got into an accident. When Rie went to high school, she and her friends formed the Choir Club since Rie always looked lonely, and because Rie could still sing. She then begs Nagisa to not get in her way, but Youhei calls Sugisaka a cheater for trying to get their sympathy. She appears with Rie to watch Youhei, Tomoya and Kyou go against the Basketball Team. When Tomoya and the rest won the match, Sugisaka relented and reached a compromise with Nagisa: they would share Koumura as an advisor for their clubs.

Sugisaka and Rie attend Nagisa's graduation. She is seen working with Rie and Nagisa in a family restaurant.

Katsuki Shima (志麻賀津紀, Shima Katsuki?)

Voiced by: Romi Park

Katsuki only appears during Misae's arc, which explains the events which happened to her some years prior to the beginning of the Clannad storyline. He was Misae's boyfriend for a while. It is revealed that Katsuki is a boy who Misae met in the past while he was in a wheelchair in the hospital. Her kind words encouraged him to recover. Years later, he searches for her with the hopes of paying her back. We discover that he is not the real Katsuki Shima, because the real Katsuki died, but not having been able to thank Misae and grant her wish, he entrusted this mission to his cat, who took a human form. During the main Clannad series, we can see the cat often accompanying Misae around.

Gentleman (紳士, Gentleman?)

Voiced by: Yutaka Aoyama

The gentleman is a strange man who in Kotomi's arc one day approaches her out on the street. One day as Tomoya is out by himself; he sees the man outside Kotomi's house and approaches the man, asking who he is. The gentleman answers that he used to be one of Kotomi's parents' colleagues, and that there's something important he has to talk to Kotomi about. He tells Tomoya a complicated story about the Ichinoses' research and their scientific discoveries. Tomoya learns about Kotomi's past in the Illusionary World, he finds out that the gentleman is actually Kotomi's official guardian and godfather, as her parents died in a plane crash several years earlier. The man they all thought was a bad guy was actually trying to give her the birthday gift she was promised as little - a teddy bear.

Yu (勇, Yū?)

Voiced by: Azuma Sakamoto

Yu is a young boy who first appears in Yukine's arc. He is first seen "arm locking" Yukine because his sister is at Kazuto's gang. After calming down, Yu tells Yukine that his 21-year-old sister ran away after a fight with their mom. Yukine tells him that she would help him find his sister and speak to the gang. Yu is very greatful for this. After reuniting with his sister Yu is seen later with Youhei (impersonating Kazuto), who is teaching to be a man.

Atsuko Okazaki (岡崎敦子, Okazaki Atsuko?)

Atsuko is Tomoya's late mother. She died in a traffic accident while Tomoya was young, leaving Naoyuki, his father, to raise him alone. Atsuko and Naoyuki got married while still in high school. Her appearance seems to resemble that of Nagisa. In the After Story, when Shino tells Tomoya the story about Atsuko and Naoyuki, he finally understands his position of being a father for Ushio.

Kazuto Miyazawa (宮沢和人, Miyazawa Kazuto?)

Kazuto is the deceased brother of Yukine Miyazawa. He was a delinquent, but was kind to his sister. He was not on good terms with his parents. His appearance resembles Youhei, and his personality is like Tomoya. It is said that he was the only person who could take on Tomoyo in a one-on-one fight. Kazuto is revealed to be leader of a gang of delinquents. They were up against another gang and their leader, Sasaki, fighting over territory.

He died in an car accident escorting his friends home. No one else knew this because Yukine and her brother's gang didn't want the word out to their rival gang that their leader is dead. When everyone learns the truth, they instead decide to end the rivalry, which Kazuto wished for. Yukine, Nagisa, and Tomoya, along with both gangs, visit his grave.

Botan (ボタン, Botan?)

Voiced by: Machiko Kawanai

Botan is Kyou's pet baby boar, and is a comic relief character. Botan will sometimes go to Kyou's school just to see her. Due to her small size and the fact that she is a baby boar, she is sometimes captured by several characters who talk of eating her. Botan hates Ryou because she mistook Ryou for trying to eat her, when she made her a warm bath. In the After Story, Botan has become an adult boar, but still acts the same. Botan has seven different skills, one of them being able to take the appearance of a stuffed animal by being extremely still. At Kyou's kindergarten school, Botan is loved by Ushio and the kids.