This is a list of fictional characters appearing in the Japanese manga series Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches by Miki Yoshikawa.
Main characters Ryu Yamada is an apathetic delinquent who finds high school boring and is failing in his school's academics. That is until he crashes into Shiraishi, the student academic ace of the school, at the stairs and ends up swapping bodies with her. They discover the kiss activates the body swap, and Yamada can swap with others, although he later learns he has actually duplication power. He can copy the power of the witch he has kissed, and the manga profile describes him as the "Copy Guy". He later confesses his developed feelings for Shiraishi which she returns and the two began dating. After Yamada recovers his full memories, he remembers they became a couple during their first year. At the series conclusion set ten years later, Yamada works as a successful businessman in development. He proposes to Shiraishi who happily accepts and the two become married. Yamada's favorite food is yakisoba bread, and he even has a stuffed toy based on it named . He is portrayed by Yusuke Yamamoto in the live-action adaptation, and voiced by Ryōta Ōsaka in Japanese and by Newton Pittman in English.
Urara Shiraishi is introduced as the student ace. She holds the highest grades in her class. However, she is bullied by other girls who are envious of her academic success. Her decision not to go to college worry the teachers and the student council. When she discovers her body-swapping powers with Yamada, the two resolve each other's problems in school. She begins to make friends and have a social life. Toranosuke Miyamura appoints her the president of the Supernatural Studies Club. The manga profile describes her as the "Switch Witch". After numerous adventures with Yamada, she eventually agrees to be his girlfriend. Later memories show she and Yamada had started dating since their first year in high school. She was first attracted to Yamada when she was isolated in high school and he called her out for being boring. She accepted the role of the "Original Witch" who enabled the witch powers at the school, so she could be with Yamada, at the cost of having everyone except for Yamada forget her and she would forget him when she leaves school during her senior year. When she returns for graduation, Yamada's comment about her being boring again as well as later kissing Yamada enables her to recover her memories. Ten years later, she has become a successful businesswoman, and awaiting Yamada's marriage proposal. The final chapter covers their wedding, and some years later, talking with their two children about their story. She is portrayed by Mariya Nishiuchi in the drama series, and is voiced by Saori Hayami in Japanese and by Mikaela Krantz in English in the anime. At her panel at Anime Expo 2015, Yoshikawa said that Shiraishi was her favorite Yamada-kun character to draw, and that her favorite feature to draw was her hair. Yoshikawa has also noted that whenever Yamada and Shiraishi have exchanged bodies, she has Shiraishi do things like walk bow-legged. The editor for the English manga version wrote that "Her smile, which she shows from time to time, is so cute that it should be made illegal."
Supernatural Studies Club Toranosuke Miyamura revives the Supernatural Studies Club when he learns of Yamada and Shiraishi's body- swapping ability. He appoints Shiraishi to be the president. Miyabi Itou joins the club and Kentaro Tsubaki later joins after some events. Following the encounter with the seventh witch, Yamada leaves the club.
The members of the Supernatural Studies Club include:
Toranosuke Miyamura is the student council vice-president who convinces Yamada and Shiraishi to join the dying Supernatural Studies Club as a de facto meeting place for the two to swap bodies. He has a jovial personality, often flirting with Yamada and other members to try out the kiss-activated witch powers. After becoming student council president and later facing a vote of no confidence, he reveals the only reason he pursued the presidency was to get his sister Leona to attend school once more. In the epilogue chapters he becomes a diplomat and is Yamada's best man at his wedding. The manga profiles describe him as "the polar opposite of Yamada; he's the most popular kid in school." In the TV drama series, he is portrayed by Ide Takuya of the J-pop band Ships. In the anime, he is voiced by Toshiki Masuda in Japanese and by Todd Haberkorn in English.
Miyabi Itou is a girl who is obsessed with supernatural phenomena who one day decides to join the Supernatural Studies Club to the other members' surprise. She can be naive at times, after purchasing evidence of "supernatural" phenomena in order to get people to like her. In the epilogue, she becomes a teacher at Suzaku High. Yoshikawa remarked in an Natalie interview that Ito seems to be very popular among her male readers. She also remarked that Miyabi is "not all there" so she is easy to make come alive.Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo chapter 72 bonus interview The manga profile describes her as the only member who is into the occult, and a "bona fide idiot who rushes headlong into things". At the end of some of the manga volumes, she keeps notes on the various witches and their powers, and also fields a Q&A section in the English version. Itou is played by Reina Triendl in the TV drama series. In the anime, she is voiced by Maaya Uchida in Japanese and by Rachel Glass in English.
Kentaro Tsubaki is a transfer student who has a crush on Shiraishi. He enjoys playing video games at the arcade, and frying tempura. Yamada discovers Tsubaki will be the accidental cause of the old schoolhouse's fire from frying tempura. In the epilogue, he owns a three-star restaurant. In the anime, he is voiced by Toshiharu Sasaki in Japanese and by Orion Pitts in English.
Hikaru Suzuhara is introduced as a first-year student at Suzaku High who is suspected to have a witch power. A former middle school delinquent, he changes his personality to be passive like his twin brother Hotaru and takes his place at school when Hotaru gets into an accident and is unable to attend. As a result, he becomes a victim of bullying when he does not strike back at his classmates. After Yamada saves him from further bullying, Hikaru admits he wants to attend Suzaku and make friends. His witch power is revealed to be the charm power, and he is allowed to attend Suzaku on the provision that he later take and pass the entrance exams on his own accord. He then joins the Supernatural Studies Club after his admission.
Witches The witches are girls at Yamada's high school who have acquired special powers that are reflective of their desires. This power is applied when they kiss someone, with exceptions of other witches, the boys with special powers such as Yamada (who copies the ability) and Tamaki (who can cut and paste the ability), and people who are already under the influence of another witch. Some powers such as body swapping and charming are cancelled out with another kiss. The seventh witch's powers operate differently from the others. Witch powers can be stolen by certain male witches or allocated to a new witch if he takes a second witch's power while holding the first, as demonstrated with a senior girl and Noa Takigawa. When the seven witches for a group are gathered in a ceremony, they can fulfill someone's wish, activated by a kiss by the seventh witch.
Besides Urara Shiraishi, there are the following witches:
Nene Odagiri is the second vice-president of the student council, she competes with Toranosuke Miyamura as a candidate to be the next student council president. Her witch ability is to capture the hearts of people she has kissed, and is known in the manga profile as the "Charm Witch". However, when she kisses Yamada, she is hit with her own power, developing feelings for Yamada, which linger even after the powers are cancelled out. She is the first student to regain her memories after Yamada meets the seventh witch, and it becomes apparent to the guys such as Tamaki and Haruma that she "carries a torch" for Yamada. She later becomes the clerk of the new student council, and continues to help Yamada out. When Yamada tries to reclaim part of his memories, She learns that part of her own memory was manipulated, and that she has liked Yamada since the time they were in the handicrafts club. In a later chapter, it is revealed she has been a model student of Suzaku's schools since kindergarten, and that some of her popularity made the other girls jealous which resulted in her acquiring the charm power. In the epilogue, she and Igarashi are married and have two kids. She is portrayed by Ito Ono (Haruna in High School Debut) in the drama series. In the anime, she is voiced by Eri Kitamura in Japanese and by Jessica Peterson in English.
Meiko Otsuka is the glasses-wearing president of the Manga Studies Club and the third witch that Yamada and the others encounter. As the "Thought Witch", she uses telepathy to communicate with whomever she kisses. She grew to admire Yamada whose body was being occupied by Shiraishi at the time. She has a shy demeanor due to a lack of experience of being around other people, but she can also be bossy and demanding, especially during her club's activities. Both she and Yamada are among the worst students academically in their year.. At the end of the series, she has become a manga artist and attends Yamada and Shiriashi's wedding. In the drama series, she also aspires to become a manga artist. She is portrayed by Karen Miyama. She is voiced by Yui Makino in Japanese and by Michelle Rojas in English in the anime.
Maria Sarushima is a transfer student who has the ability of precognition, that is, to see a glimpse of the future from the perspective of the person she kisses. After learning that she would be responsible for a fire at the old school building, she stops attending school, but Yamada and his friends help her out. The manga profile calls her the "Prediction Witch". She has a very friendly personality and is able to talk to anyone easily. Later in the series, she pursues a modeling job and often tries to get Yamada's opinion on her photos. Her family later hosts the American foreign exchange student Alex Spencer. In the epilogue, she has become a model and fashion designer. In the drama series, she has a different vision, and is still attending school when she meets Yamada; she has lived in the United States. and is portrayed by Fujiko Kojima. In the anime adaptation, she is voiced by Yuki Takao in Japanese and by Tabitha Ray in English.
Noa Takigawa is a first-year student who has instigated trouble at school along with three other schoolmates. As the "Retrocognition Witch", Noa can see a traumatic memory of the person she kisses, which allowed her to exploit her schoolmates. Yamada discovers she was a very lonely person, and helps set her straight, after which she develops a crush on him. During the student council recall election storyline, she reveals that she was a victim of bullying by Kaori Yasojima. When Yamada copies the seventh witch power, she inadvertently becomes his spotter (or as Noa puts it, his wife), that is, the person who will not forget him when he uses his memory manipulation power. She later hangs out with Ushio, establishing the Poetry Club with him, and regularly expresses affections towards Yamada whenever she sees him. During Yamada's third year, she agrees to become president of the Supernatural Studies Club. She attends Yamada and Shiraishi's wedding at the end of the series ten years later. In the drama series, she is a former child actor but suffers a traumatic event in junior high. She is portrayed by Airi Matsui (former member of Sakura Gakuin). She is voiced by Aoi Yūki in Japanese and by Alexis Tipton in English in the anime series.
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