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The following is a list of various characters in the fictional universe of the anime and manga series Sgt. Frog and related works.
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Keronians
Keroro Platoon
The Keroro Platoon (ケロロ小隊 Keroro Shōtai) is led by Sergeant Keroro. While most platoons contain thirty or forty soldiers, the Keroro Platoon only has a meager five. Its full name is the Gamma Planetary System, the 58th Planet, Space Invasion Army Special Tactics Platoon (ガマ星雲 第58番惑星 宇宙侵攻軍特殊先行工作部隊 Gama Seiun Dai Gojūhachiban Wakusei Uchū Shinkōgun Tokushu Senkō Kōsaku Butai). In the English dub of the anime, the unit is referred to as the Advance Recon Mission Preparatory Invasion Terror Platoon (A.R.M.P.I.T.). Keroro refers to the acronym as being "unfortunate".
The initial operation of the Keroro Platoon was to stealthfully survey Earth and relay information to the awaiting Keron Invasion Army. The five members were dispatched throughout Greater Tokyo and surrounding area to assess Earth's weakness and prepare for total military takeover. Having quickly infiltrated the Hinata house, Sergeant Keroro concealed himself in one of the bedrooms, but was accidentally discovered by the Hinata children, a pair of middle school siblings. Shocked by their ability to see him, he was overpowered, captured and temporarily stripped of his weapon, the Kero Ball. With Keroro coming into direct contact with the Earthlings, the invading army lost their element of surprise, deemed the campaign compromised and immediately started withdrawal procedures from Earth's orbit.
Abandoned by the army and without the support of his platoon, Keroro must unite his scattered soldiers, survive his prisoner of war manual labor, and outwit his captors. He is eventually united with his platoon and subsequently given revised orders to continue the invasion campaign, but by themselves. Now, they must fulfill their new mission, protect their human friends, their home base, and the Earth from other alien invaders.
The platoon's hierarchy in military rank is similar to the Army ranks of the Japanese Empire during World War II and have based certain weapons and terms after the Imperial Japanese Military, but remains faithful to the perception of the alien invader with higher technological achievements.
Members
- Sergeant Keroro (ケロロ軍曹 Keroro Gunsō) Voiced by: Kumiko Watanabe (Japanese), Todd Haberkorn (English)
The happy-go-lucky and greedy leader of the Keroro Platoon. He carries haunting memories in his childhood as a leader of a false Keroro Platoon and sergeant in-training. His stupidity and love of Gunplas, anime, and manga proves itself as a weakness, but they can awake the Keroro back when he was still strong. He is childhood friends with platoon members Giroro and Dororo. When members of the Keroro Platoon happen to be caught in an explosion of some kind, they are seen with an afro. Keroro's is most commonly seen, his is black.
- Corporal Giroro (ギロロ伍長 Giroro Gochō) Voiced by: Jōji Nakata (Japanese), Christopher Sabat (English)
Corporal of the Keroro Platoon. Giroro's history in war left him with a scar across his left eye and a weapon belt in memory of his killed friends. Giroro is in love with Natsumi Hinata, which is why he would attack anyone who harms her and also the reason why he views Mutsumi Saburo as a strong romantic rival. Ever since his first encounter with the Hinatas, Giroro has been living in a tent in their backyard.
His often aggravated and irritably short tempered self is caused by the lackadaisical and unfocused members of the Platoon, especially Keroro, in their invasion of Pekopon.
Despite being absolutely dedicated to the call of duty, Giroro is often used as comic relief throughout the series. Most often he is crushed by something dropped from Natsumi's window, or a falling object from space, usually containing an alien of some sort (or Karara). Other times his romantic dilemma with Natsumi is what leaves him uncharacteristically clumsy and blundering. His afro, which only appears after being caught in a blast or Dasonu*Maso's afro beam, is blond. Giroro is the only character in the Keroro Platoon to officially become human. He is seen only for a short time with blond hair and tan skin.
- Lance Corporal Dororo/Zeroro (ドロロ兵長/ゼロロ兵長 Dororo Heichō/Zeroro Heichō) Voiced by: Takeshi Kusao (Japanese), J. Michael Tatum (English)
Zeroro graduated from the Keron Military Academy under the rank of Lance Corporal. After serving alongside Zoruru in an elite assassin squad, under the command of Captain Jirara, he was assigned as the assassin of the Keroro Platoon alongside Keroro, Giroro, Tamama and Kululu. They were given the mission to conquer Pekopon (Earth).
After crash landing on Pekopon, Zeroro was rescued by Koyuki Azumaya (in the anime, he was rescued by Koyuki and Zeroyasha[citation needed]). Wishing to follow the way of the ninja, Zeroro changed his name to Dororo, after the forest where he was rescued. As Dororo, he is a kind and meek soul, but his skills in stealth and speed-based attacks are unrivaled. He spends most of his time training, reading, or spying on the actions of Keroro Platoon and others. Dororo is often forgotten by the rest of Keroro Platoon, causing his psychological trauma switch (something created from similar childhood incidents of comic abuse and neglect) to turn on, making him sit in a corner and cry. Also, Dororo will not participate in plans that are potentially harmful to people's feelings or well being, the nature, etc[citation needed].
Dororo often ends his sentences with "de gozaru", an archaic form of 'desu'. His laughter thrives from the word zaru. Dororo's self referring nickname, 'sessha', is an archaic male form of "I", primarily used by samurai. His afro is the most rare to see, which is pink.
- Private Second Class Tamama (タママ二等兵 Tamama Nitōhei) Voiced by: Etsuko Kozakura (Japanese), Brina Palencia (English)
The adorable yet powerful idolizer of Keroro. Tamama, unlike most of the other members of Keroro Platoon, relies on pure energy in battle. He despises Moa due to his love for Keroro and trains hard until the day when he defeats her and gains Keroro's affection would come. His split personality makes him one the Keroro Platoon's secret weapons.
Tamama is ranked Private Second Class in the Keron Army's Keroro Platoon.[1] He is the newest member in the planetary invasion troop, and also the youngest. His name stems from the Japanese word otamajakushi "tadpole"[citation needed]. His rookie status is also indicated by the green and yellow mark on his helmet and chest, which matches the Shoshinsha mark that new drivers in Japan must display on their cars for one year after obtaining their licenses.
Tamama is possessed of a tendency to have mood swings that border on a split personality, just like his partner Momoka Nishizawa. While usually gentle and cheerful, Tamama can become a vengeful, raving maniac at the drop of a hat.[1] Tamama is also prone to fits of jealousy, usually towards anyone who gets near Keroro (especially Angol Moa, who he frequently refers to as "that woman").[2] He is especially known for his love towards snacks and sweets, which act as another Achilles heel. His afro is red.
- Sergeant Major Kululu (クルル曹長 Kururu Sōchō) Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu (Japanese), Chuck Huber (English)
Kululu is the head of communications in the Keroro Platoon. Although he is of a higher rank than Keroro, he is not the leader of the Platoon due to his unpleasant and unnerving demeanor, which has given him the nickname of 'Yellow Devil'. His blood type is AB, which is befitting his Japanese blood type theory of personality . His name comes from the Japanese word for the phrase "round and round" ("kurukuru"), referring to the spirals seen on his glasses. Also, he has a habit snickering at the end of a cruel sentence. Kululu has a genuine love and talent for curry, but this is often taken to an extreme point where he can even bathe in it. His afro is purple.
Kululu is renowned to be enigmatic, deceitful, and downright evil, almost to the point where some people might call him a mad scientist[citation needed]. He is generally disliked by everyone, most of the characters seeing him as a disagreeable prankster and in the series, and action figures of him tend to sell very poorly on Keron, (much to Kululu's chagrin[3] but Kululu seems to take pride in his bad attitude). Despite his attitude, he gets along quite well with Mutsumi and Aki Hinata. Kululu and Giroro greatly loathe each other due to their vast differences (Brain vs. Brawn)[4] and as a result, Kululu usually uses Giroro as a guinea pig for any invention that he creates.
Unlike the rest of the platoon who specialize in combat, Kululu's expertise lies in his high-level technological prowess, including hacking and inventing, and has designed and created most of the gadgets and weapons used by the platoon. Being the least emotional of the Keroro Platoon, he is almost never seen being moved to tears or smiles by any events, though at the same time he rarely, if ever, panics when something goes wrong, likely due to the multiple dangers from his own inventions outweighing it.
Garuru Platoon
- First Lieutenant Garuru (ガルル中尉 Garuru Chui) Voiced by: Akio Ohtsuka
Garuru is a Keronian S-rank sniper, a first lieutenant of the Keron Army, and the leader of the Garuru Platoon. The Keron Army sent the Garuru Platoon to replace the Keroro Platoon in their mission to conquer Pekopon. Garuru defeated his brother in a one-on-one gun match, but was later defeated in a rematch. Thanks to the Keroro Platoon's friendship and united power, the Garuru Platoon was defeated. It was however strongly hinted that Garuru's true mission was merely to test the abilities of the Keroro Platoon[citation needed].
Garuru is known for being an ideal platoon leader: powerful, strictly no-nonsense in battle, and gravely intimidating. However, Garuru does show a lighter side once in a while, especially when matters concern his younger brother Giroro. Humorously, he has trouble using chopsticks.
- Private First Class Taruru (タルル上等兵 Taruru Jōtōhei) Voiced by: Akeno Watanabe
Formerly Tamama's apprentice and still calls him "master," or "senpai", Taruru was more clumsy than Tamama in the past. Taruru first appeared to see if all the rumors about the Keroro Platoon was true, revealing what Tamama told him about the platoon. In the anime he also appeared a couple of times with his childhood friend Karara, forming a duo of mischievous tadpoles. Despite Taruru's clumsiness in the past, he became skilled since training with the Garuru Platoon and has exceeded Tamama in both growth and rank, defeating him in a face-off[5], but was defeated by a persevering Tamama.
- Recruit Tororo (トロロ新兵 Tororo Shinpei) Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi
The hacker of the Garuru Platoon who like Kululu is a twisted mad genius. He captured the allies of the Keroro Platoon until the computers were damaged by Dororo. He later destroyed the entire Keroro Platoon Double. He then visited the real platoon in un-wanted honor.
- Lance Corporal Zoruru (ゾルル兵長 Zoruru Heichō) Voiced by: Kazuki Yao
Zoruru was one of Dororo partners until he was killed and became a cyborg[citation needed]. He captured the allies of the Keroro Platoon until embarrassed to be forgotten by Dororo. He was defeated by Dororo Double and visited the Keroro Platoon in honor. Also known to have worked with Keroro, Giroro and Dororo/Zeroro prior to the Earth invasion.
- Chief Medic Pururu (プルル看護長 Pururu Kangochō) Voiced by: Satsuki Yukino
Pururu appears in the series as the most recent and only female member of the Garuru Platoon, a chief medic and expert nurse, and a childhood friend to Sergeant Keroro, Corporal Giroro, and Lance Corporal Dororo. She has an energetic, down-to-earth, and somewhat strict and stubborn personality, but is also nonviolent and mature, unlike most of the major characters of the series. She graduated from the Keron Military Academy at the same time as her childhood friends Keroro, Giroro, and Dororo.
Keroro Platoon Double
The Keroro double platoon was created by the Keroro platoon to stand in for them while they took the day off. The double platoon is easily differentiated from the real one due to their differently shaped eyes, and their somewhat curled feet. Even their resonance ritual is slightly different, including rhythmic stressing of every second or third syllable as opposed to the completely monotone chants of the real Keroro platoon. The platoon includes doubles of Keroro, Giroro, Tamama, Kululu and Dororo.
Keroro Land Allies
In the spin-off series in Keroro Land, Keroro created an alliance to fight against the Black Stars. This alliance included: Toriri (bird-like), Saruru (monkey-like), Inunu (dog like), Aruru (a nurse), Mukaka, Tsunene (fox-like), Tanunu (tanuki-like), Golulu (a golem) and Garar (a sand granite Keronian).
Shurara Corps
- Shurara (シュララ) Voiced by: Norio Wakamoto, Hoko Kuwashima
The leader.
- Putata (プタタ) Voiced by: Kentaro Tone
The artist.
- Mekeke (メケケ) Voiced by: Chō
The puppeteer.
- Giruru (ギルル) Voiced by: Kunihiko Yasui
The mutant.
- Dokuku (ドクク) Voiced by: Takeshi Kusao
The ghost.
- Kagege (カゲゲ) Voiced by: Toshio Furukawa
The assassin.
- Nuii (ヌイイ) Voiced by: Kurumi Mamiya
The living plushie of the team. Former member of Keroro's alliance against the Black Stars.
- Gyororo (ギョロロ) Voiced by: Hiromi Hirata
The Spy
- Robobo (ロボボ) Voiced by: Keiichi Sonobe
The robot
- Yukiki (ユキキ) Voiced by: Eiji Maruyama
The snowman
Black Stars
The Black Stars is a fictional team from Keroro Land that consists of four deadly daredevil Keronians bent on conquering Keron: Mahaha who specializes in cycling, Merara who specializes in hoverboarding, Megaga and Mekaka.
Others
- Keroro's father ("the Demon Sergeant") Voiced by: Kenichi Ogata (Japanese), Greg Dulcie (English)
The father of Keroro. He is idolized as the highest ranked member of the Keron Army. He is both admired and feared by his beloved son. He frequently appears on vacation. He saved the Keroro Platoon by giving Viper a Parents Day message from his parents, revealing he was as weak and idiotic as his son. He revealed that Giroro's father, the Demon Sergeant's friend was also visiting and left with a photo of himself and Giroro's father. He also has a Hitler Mustache and a Pickelhaube.
- Karara Voiced by: Junko Noda
The famous daughter of Dobaba and daughter of the Keroro Platoon. She is often put in danger until rescued by members of the Keroro Platoon. She appeared with her childhood friend, Taruru until Taruru joined the Garuru Platoon and was replaced by Karara's best friend, Chiroro.
Karara was scheduled by her father to be married against her will, so she left Keron (apparently with Chiroro) and came to Earth. She is a green Keronian Tadpole with a circle with a line through it as her symbol. She was temporarily enrolled as the Private Third Class of the Keroro Platoon but causes trouble and is rescued by Tamama from her father who attempted to kill her as punishment for disobeying him. She had gained feelings of love towards Tamama, Dororo and Giroro, and even attempted to marry Kululu. She was kidnapped but was rescued by Dororo and she was gifted with a sword (Chiroro had one too) that when freed from its chain gives her a ninja's clothing along with a white scarf and a silver mask over her eyes. She assists the Keroro Platoon in rescuing Chiroro from Viper until Karara gets taken hostage by Keroro in a Viper Pekopon Suit. While a reformed Viper grabbed Keroro, Dororo destroyed the Pekopon Suit with his attack "Blade of the Phoenix". Karara landed in the arms of Giroro and thus, she fell in love with him while Keroro was arrested. While entertaining the angry 753, Keroro gave advice to Karara and Chiroro, and then they had successfully turned 753 back to normal and thus, she fell in love with Keroro.
- Chiroro Voiced by: Natsuko Kuwatani
The best friend of Karara, twin sister to Karara and daughter to Dobaba. She first appears as a fellow ninja with Karara in order to impress Dororo.
Chiroro and her sister, Karara, visited Dororo at his dojo in episode 121. She followed and irritated Viper whom she thought was a transformed Dororo but she brought back his wonderful memories of his past. When Karara is taken hostage by Cool Big Brother Viper, Chiroro tells Viper how much she cares for Karara and does not want her to get hurt and her words reform Viper and Viper and Dororo work together to destroy Keroro disguised as Viper (for money) and rescue Karara while Viper leaves, promising to see them again.
- Dobaba Voiced by: Hidekatsu Shibata
The owner of the influential Dobaba Industries (similar to Nishizawa Corporation in Pekopon) and father of Karara and Chiroro. He demanded marriage for Karara who then left for Earth. He hunted her down and prepared to capture her until she escaped with Tamama while Dobaba never appeared again.
- Firuru (フィルル Firuru)
Firuru appears in the Sgt. Frog spin-off magazine Keroro Land. Firuru (sometimes written as Filulu or Fielulu) is a sports doctor and the leader of Team Sporty in the Keroro Land magazine. This team, consisting of members Piroro, Metoto, Besusu, Pokaka, and Oyoyo, was assembled in order to fight against the Black Stars, a group of four evil Keronians. Other teams were led by Keroro, Giroro, Zeroro (Dororo while back on Keron), and Zoruru.
- Giroro's personalities
- Dororo's Mother Voiced by: Kumiko Watanabe (Japanese), Stephanie Young (English)
A blue Keronian like her son. She may look weak as she is wearing a mask, but she is actually a skilled fighter that can knock down machines with pans.
- Joriri
Debuts in episode 162. A childhood friend of Keroro, despite the fact that Joriri is clearly much, much older. Joriri is a faded green-grey Keronian with stubble and thinning hair, and prone to propping his foot up on something as he dispenses advice and life lessons from his years of experience. His symbol is a fat stylized capital J. After lending a subtle guiding hand to Chibi Kero and company, he reappears on Earth in the present time (looking exactly the same) and does pretty much the same thing - with the added bonus of freeloading some of the Hinata house's facilities.
- Mushishi Voiced by: Shōzō Iizuka
Mushishi is a blue-green elder Keronian who was once known as the assassin, "Insect User Mushishi." He appears in episode 181 to help Keroro in a mission involving insects. He carries a bug-catching net and a pouch as well as a green bucket on top of his head that he also keeps bugs in.
- Kiruru. (Kiruru Dot)
Kiruru. was born from Mirara being sealed away with the real Kiruru, making him the Kiruru that was sealed away in the Invasion Timer. He is a tadpole version of his counterpart/father Kiruru but with a dot over the X mark. He is an incomplete version of Kiruru. Instead of absorbing the power of negative thoughts, this Kiruru absorbed the power of hesitation. He was released from the Invasion Timer and befriended the Keroro Platoon. But later, a Keron vessel released swarms of black Kirurus (AKA Kiruru X-52). After Black Kirurus took over, the black Kirurus gave X marks to Natsumi, Tamama and Dororo that turned them evil, while Kiruru. gave triangles to the others. He then takes control of the ship base that controlled the black Kirurus by using the power of hesitation that was massively produced by Keroro and caused them to disappear. Then he turned everyone else back to normal and Kiruru. left with the memory of his friends.
- Urere
A highly ranked Keronian soldier who once assisted the Keroro Platoon in conquering Earth. He is purple. His helmet has headphones with a microphone attached. His symbol is an exclamation points, however the one on his chest is rendered upside-down, resembling a tie. He rarely blinks.
- Robobo Fukusocho
A robot substitute for Kululu. He was made from silver metal. He has rectangle-shaped magnet feet and has crescent magnets for hands. His symbol is a black dot with golden tracings.
- Rirara
A Keronian kunoichi. She is yellow. She wields a shuriken with a string through it and a summoning scroll. Her helmet has two ribbons. Her symbol is a crescent moon.
- Gitata
A Keronian guitarist. He is yellow. He plays an electric guitar. He has a mustache in the shape of lightning bolts. His symbol is a red guitar pick.
- Hanana
Hanana is a kind-hearted flower Keronian. She is a pink Keronian. She has a point above her mouth. She wears a large blue and orange flower on her helmet. Her tadpole tail is a leaf. Her symbol is a flower bud. She has one-sided love for Giruru. Her name trives from the Japanese word Hana, which means Flower.
- Gururu
Gururu is a green cow boy Keronian. He has a rope tied from his shoulder to his waist. He wear boots and a hat. His symbol is a Texan star.
- Gororo
Gororo is a yellow criminalized Keronian. He has yellow and black side burns. He has a lightning bolt across his chest and eyes. He commonly holds sticks of dynamite and panels of electricity. His symbol is a lightning bolt.
- Eruru
Eruru is an orange intelligent female Keronian. She wears glasses and a barrette and commonly carries a pen and notebook. Her symbol is an upward rectangle with a triangle on top.
- Captain Jirara
Appears in episode 189. Cpt Jirara was the leader of the assassin squad that Dororo (then Zeroro) and Zoruru used to be in. His mastery of Keronian Assassin Magic is unparalleled. Went rogue and fled to Earth, seeking out Dororo for one final duel. He is outfitted in a top-to-toe black suit, with armored blade-arms like Zoruru, an assassin mouthpiece (minus the breathing valve in Dororo's old mouthpiece) and a mask with three glowing red eyes and a shuriken over his left eye. His symbol is a shuriken with diamond blades. Jirara's name is from Jiraiya.
- Sababa
From episode 220. Sababa settled on Earth during the golden age of Egypt, opening the possibility that the Great Pyramids were created through Keronian technology. Having evolved into a sand-based form after hundreds of years, Sababa has lost the ability to communicate in any coherent language, uttering 'sabarabara' at random, which leads Keroro to dub him Sababa. He wears an old and worn headgear, kohl around his eyes and a pharaoh hook in place of his right hand. His symbol resembles two triangles end-to-end, the lower one twice as large as the upper, which is decorated with two eyes (a possible reference to the familiar eye-on-a-pyramid symbol on the US dollar bill.) The name Sababa comes from sabaku, meaning desert.
- Meruru
Debuted on episode 228. Meruru is a member of Keron's official postal service, who comes to Earth to deliver a message for Keroro, which he tries to avoid receiving, thinking that it is a message from head quarters (but turns out to be a letter from Shipepe, Keroro, Giroro and Dororo's long time friend). Meruru is dedicated to her job to the point that she maneuvers her way around all of the platoon's attempts to detain her, including cloaking devices, guns loaded with capsules of sticky gunk, evasive driving and Tamama's farting (which Meruru isn't slightly bothered by and possibly likes). Meruru's symbol is an envelope.
- Kikaka
Debuted on episode 230. An artificially made Keronian which befriended Zeroro/Dororo and soon after Keroro, Giroro & Pururu during their childhood and having a few adventures with them, such as scaring away some bullies. The bullies then mistake Kikaka for the escaped biotech weapon that the army's been searching for and plan to turn him in until the real weapon (a more modern Kiruru) shows itself and Kikaka wards it off. Unfortunately Kikaka then transforms into its true form, a simple doll (it is hinted that Kikaka was one of the first few tests of a much younger Kululu's Nanola)
- Bariri
Debuted on episode 239. He has a crush on Pururu kangocho
Earthlings/Pokopenians
Along with the broad cast of alien characters, the series also devotes much attention to the humans that these aliens encounter. The five main members of the Keroro Platoon each have a human partner with whom they share an especially strong personal bond with, which can vary from friendship to familial or romantic feelings. These partners are all teenagers (who in the anime attend Kissho Gakuen, a middle school in Tokyo) and have their own web of correlations.
- Fuyuki Hinata (日向 冬樹 Hinata Fuyuki) Voiced by: Tomoko Kawakami (and Hoko Kuwashima from Episode 232) (Japanese), Leah Clark (English)
The main human character. A stereotypical nerd on the surface, Fuyuki is an oddity even within that scope, as his main interest is in the 'occult' - a term that comprises everything from the best known international mysteries (Stonehenge, the Bermuda Triangle etc.) to the obscure, like the Seven School Mysteries (a grab-all term for haunted schoolhouses). A dedicated explorer and adventurer, Fuyuki sadly lacks the athletic skills required (swimming in particular is a huge handicap for him). However, in the rare opportunities Fuyuki gets mad, it is enough to scare both Keroro and even Natsumi into submission.
Fuyuki's Keronian partner is Keroro, even though Keroro is supposed to be his enemy - in fact there is very little the two have in common, if at all (Fuyuki's studious nature and intelligence against Keroro's laziness and congenital ineptitude). If anything, the two do share a natural curiosity (Fuyuki is drawn towards the mysteries of the world, while Keroro is mystified by things most humans consider commonplace), as well as the strongest friendship of the five Keronian/human child pairs. He affectionately calls him 'gunso' or 'gunso-san', meaning 'sergeant'.
- Natsumi Hinata (日向 夏美 Hinata Natsumi) Voiced by: Chiwa Saitō (Japanese), Cherami Leigh (English)
The powerful older sister of Fuyuki and the one in charge of the Hinata house when their mother is not home. A minor celebrity of sorts in her own school, she often gets pleas of help from classmates like Yayoi and Satsuki (below), due to her unparalleled physical skills. Feisty and genial, Natusmi is equally capable as a friend, a fighter, and a loving family member. She cannot stand the presence of Keroro, physically abusing him on several occasions (as well as treating him as a house slave), and never calls him by name, only snapping "Boke gaeru" (stupid frog) at him whenever she has to. Inversely, her infatuation with Saburo proves to be her only weakness on several occasions.
Natsumi's Keronian partner is Giroro, but theirs is the most unofficial as far as relationships go - while both relate to each other almost subliminally (from hot tempers and combative tendencies to a love for roasting sweet potatoes) and are close personally, Natsumi has no idea that Giroro has been infatuated with her since the day she first bested him in strategy and combat: an incident that involved her busting past his boobytraps armed with a leek, and taking him out with a bookbag to the head. In fact it is Keroro that Natsumi is more strongly connected to - their petty rivalries sit high above a deep, underlying current of mutual respect and concern that runs both ways.
- Aki Hinata (日向 秋 Hinata Aki) Voiced by: Akiko Hiramatsu (Japanese), Jamie Marchi (English)
Aki Hinata, is the single mother of Fuyuki and Natsumi Hinata and is the head of the family that Keroro lives with. Her exact age is unknown; however, she is believed to be around 35 years old.[6] Whether it is supporting a family of three on her own, making late night runs to the printing press on her motorcycle, or kicking aliens around every few weeks, it is common belief (at least to the Keronians) that Hinata Aki is the strongest woman on Earth. Despite her fear of animals, she feels as though the Keroro Platoon is her own family (due entirely to them being shiny and possibly slimy, as opposed to the furry nature of most animals). As a chief manga editor/designer, she finds the aliens' lifestyle very interesting and often has spells of obsession over them.
While Aki has no official Keronian partner (as none of the adults do), it is Kururu who has taken a special interest in her, to the extent of setting up a spy camera in her shower. Whether this is for the purposes of studying 'the most powerful human on Earth' or for the same reasons anyone would spy on her in the shower remains to be seen.
- Momoka Nishizawa (西澤 桃華 Nishizawa Momoka) Voiced by: Haruna Ikezawa (Japanese), Monica Rial (English)
The multi-billonaire one-sided lover and classmate of Fuyuki. She has a split personality, indicated in the anime by her Fawcett curls turning into spikes. While being a well-connected heiress who lives in an expansive mansion, Momoka views her extravagant lifestyle as completely commonplace and acts in a refined and timid manner for most of the time. Her other personality is much more aggressive and violent, emphasized by the aforementioned hairstyle and a rougher voice. Her love of Fuyuki will drive her to do anything to gain his affection, and as the head of the Nishizawa Peach Group or NPG, there is very little that is beyond her capability - except perhaps actually admitting her feelings to Fuyuki himself.
Momoka's Keronian partner is Tamama. It's mentioned in the anime that she found Tamama 'on the street' and took him in, pampering him like a celebrity chihuahua (and leaving his platoonmates very jealous indeed), and the fact that both of them have a split personality is literally an astronomical coincidence. In episode 282 you can see how Tamama and Momoka met each other.
- Paul Moriyama (ポール森山) Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara (Japanese), Kent Williams (English)
The butler of Momoka. As Momoka's butler and full-time guardian, Paul does everything in his power to make her happy and protect her. According to flashbacks, a duel with Momoka's father Nishizawa Bayo (below) resulted in Paul's current place as Momoka's caretaker. Tamama relates to him as a fellow martial artist, despite Paul being in a completely different league - not even the Tamama Impact can take down Paul, a notorious street fighter in his prime. Flashbacks to his youth reveal the young Paul to be based on Ken Masters of Street Fighter fame.
- Mutsumi Saburo/Hojo (北城 睦実/サブロー) Voiced by: Akira Ishida (Japanese), Joel McDonald (English)
Mutsumi is the eldest of the five main children. As a student, he skips class continuosly and has a reputation for being somewhat of a trouble child. In truth, he is a mature, if mysterious, young man who has a hard time adjusting with his classmates because of his excellence in almost every subject (including academics and athletics). He hosts a popular late-night radio program which Natsumi compulsively listens to. Mutsumi is the least-active main character of the series, but plays a significant role as Kururu's partner/friend, Natsumi's crush, and probably the most intelligent human character. Unlike the other four Keronian/human child pairs, his relationship with Kururu is particularly distant - Kururu may consider Mutsumi his only intellectual equal and vice versa, but he lives in his lab beneath the Hinata house instead of Mutsumi's home, thus shrouding Mutsumi's personal life in even more secrecy.
Mutsumi's Keronian partner is Kururu. Through a chance encounter with Kururu at school, Mutsumi not only met and rescued him from a battle gone awry, but also acquired his trademark weapon: a virtual reality pen that can create anything on any surface exclusively for himself. Mutsumi's name comes from a Japanese wordplay (Saburo means 326, and Mutsumi means 623). In the anime, his identity as 623 is only used in his radio show, and his identity is kept secret to the public, while he uses his identity as Saburo in public life.
- Koyuki Azumaya (東谷 小雪 Azumaya Koyuki) Voiced by: Ryō Hirohashi (Japanese), Luci Christian (English)
Koyuki is a kunoichi who enters Natsumi's school as a transfer student. Drawn to Natsumi by what she only refers to as a "familiar scent", the two girls soon become best friends. While she does wear her civilian clothing when in public, she always keeps on her ninja uniform in case of an emergency. Her skills as a civilian and a ninja are exceptionally outstanding and her athletic ability even rivals that of Natsumi, making her one of the most physically powerful characters of the series. Despite having amazing powers and a troubled and strict past, Koyuki is very carefree, optimistic, and eccentric, but believes in what is right and protects her friends with all her might. Unfortunately, her tendency to utilize her ninjitsu maneuvers to accomplish the most mundane of tasks often draws much unwanted attention.
Koyuki's Keronian partner is Dororo. She finds and rescues a stranded Zeroro (now Dororo) from a boar trap and teaches him the ways of the ninja, which unwittingly leads to the dissolving of her ninja clan, giving her a chance at a real life in the city. Sharing many interests and the same positive attitude, Dororo and Koyuki have the most stable and cohesive relationship of the five Keronian/human child pairs. He trusts Natsumi to teach Koyuki to live a modern life.
In the manga it is a running gag that Koyuki has a Crush on Natsumi.
- Chiruyo Tsukigami (月神 散世 Tsukigami Chiruyo) Voiced by: Chinami Nishimura
An intelligent and meticulous class-mate of Fuyuki. She is part of the Kishou Gakuen Shinbunbu or KGS, the school news club, and started out observing Keroro and Fuyuki's activities from a comfortable distance. Like Momoka, she has a crush on Fuyuki and is equally shy about her feelings toward him.
Chiruyo later gets a Keronian partner, Pururu. Pururu snuck into Chiruyo's house one night, and Chiruyo caught her. The two share a secret friendship and Pururu helped get Chiruyo closer to Fuyuki.
Others
- Yayoi Shimotsuki (霜月 弥生 Shimotsuki Yayoi) Voiced by: Asuka Tanii, Ema Kogure (Japanese), Kristi Bingham (English) and Satsuki Shiwasu (師走 五月 Shiwasu Satsuki) Voiced by: Chie Matsuura (Japanese), Kate Oxley (English)
Two of Natsumi's classmates, her best friends long before Koyuki's debut; this relationship has led them to come very close indeed to discovering the Keroro platoon's existence on several occasions. Yayoi leads the school drama club with the passion of a thespian; and Satsuki, the more physically adept of the two, is in the swim team. They seek Natsumi's assistance in assorted school assignments, from stage presentations to sporting events, on a regular basis. In one episode Yayoi and Satsuki get to meet Keroro. Yayoi gets a little crush on Giroro for one episode.
- Neko Voiced by: Asuka Tanii
Giroro's pet cat that he first found in the rain. She accompanies Giroro in his tent. She loves Giroro from then on and rivals Natsumi because of it. She sometimes unknowingly turns into human using one of Kururu's inventions. She quickly becomes Giroro's friend and became his pet after the Garuru Platoon's departure. Her human form bears a distinct resemblance to Cammy White of Street Fighter fame.
- Akina Hinata (日向 秋奈 Hinata Akina) Voiced by: Hisako Kyōda (Japanese), Linda Leonard (English)
The grandmother of Fuyuki and Natsumi. She, like Fuyuki, believes in paranormal activity in the form of forest spirits.
- Baio Nishizawa (西澤 梅夫 Nishizawa Baio) Voiced by: Shūichi Ikeda
The father of Momoka and head of the world superpower-like Nishizawa corporation, of which Momoka's already-powerful Nishizawa Peach Group is a mere subsidiary. Baio trusts his daughter's happiness due to him living out of state, usually in a castle by a lake in Scotland. Flashbacks to his youth reveal him to be based on Ryu of Street Fighter fame, also his older self looked liked Tony Stark from Marvel Comics Iron Man.
- Melody Honey Voiced by: Megumi Toyoguchi (Japanese), Tia Ballard (English)
A famous pop star from America. She likes all kinds of jokes, even the boring ones. Previously appeared in Arcade Gamer Fubuki, also by Mine Yoshizaki.
- Omiyo (Ghost, Spirit-chan) (お観世 (幽霊ちゃん)) Voiced by: Chie Matsuura (Japanese), Trina Nishimura (English)
A ghost living in Keroro's room. Aki bought the house for a low price because of that. She was imprisoned because she hid a Keronian (thought to have been a Kappa) with similar characteristic as Keroro. She was later rescued by that Keronian and died when she was 90 years old. Much like Dororo, Omiyo does not like to be forgotten by those around her (she even goes into Dororo's 'trauma switch' pose in episode 6), and her attempts at grabbing attention finally lead up to an aggressive manifestation in episode 46, where her true story is revealed. In volume 14 (and anime episode 178) she introduced herself as "Omiyo" to Momoka after she turned herself into a ghost to get closer to Fuyuki.
- Masayoshi Yoshiokadaira Voiced by: Hiro Shimono (Japanese), Mike McFarland (English)
One of the hundreds of faceless black ops agents in the Nishizawa Peach Group. Only two things distinguish Masayoshi Yoshiokadaira from them: his awkwardly long name, and his tendency to be thrust into prominent roles during Momoka's get-close-to-Fuyuki plans, such as 'eloping' with her in episode 98. It's not until episode 248 that Yoshiokadaira gets a storyline in his name.
- Ōka Nishizawa (西澤 桜華 Nishizawa Ōka) Voiced by: Yoshiko Sakakibara
Momoka's Mother and Baio's wife. She has amazing fighting skills. She encountered Baio as her finalist opponent during a martial arts tournament. After the battle, the two fell in love, married, and had Momoka. When Momoka matured, Ōka had left the mansion to Momoka. She returns during Mother's Day and her abilities were tested. Much like her daughter, Ōka has both a violent and gentle personality. Her gentle personality occurs when she is treated with love and she loses her violent outlook. Ōka's design is modelled after Chun Li of Street fighter fame, but she always shows up first in a thick brown cloak over her entire body, tossing aside anything that gets in her way, reminiscent of Kenshiro's return to civilisation in Fist of the North Star.
- The Narrator Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara (Japanese), R. Bruce Elliot (English)
Despite his voice being heard in every episode, it's not until episode 40 that the Narrator appears as an on-screen character (although the recurring breaking of the fourth wall means that the regular characters already recognise him as such.) He is dressed as a Kuroko or kabuki stagehand, wearing a ninja-esque outfit with a black veil instead of a mask (made famous most notably by the referee in the video game Samurai Shodown) but with an additional capital N emblazoned on the veil. His appearances on the show may be few and far between, but he gains a lot more exposure upon appearing in the 8th title sequence.
- Zeroyasha Voiced by: Naoki Makishima, Kumiko Watanabe (young)
Zeroyasha was shown in episode 96 in Koyuki Azumaya's memories. He is a ninja hound and a rival/friend of Dororo. In the anime, he was the one who found Dororo(Zeroro) trapped in the woods. It is seen that he is incredibly smart and athletic, being able to outwit the Keroro Platoon(Minus Dororo and Kururu) and play catch with Dororo for a week straight. It is not stated, though, that he is either Mukuro's, Koyuki's, or lives by himself since he is considered on the same level as them. But it mostly leans to being Koyuki's.
Movies
Keroro Gunso the Super Movie
- Mirara Voiced by: Yui Aragaki
Mirara is a Keronian who sealed Kiruru. She was released, along with Kiruru, when Keroro and Fuyuki breaks the orange crystal where they were sealed in. She is a pink Keronian tadpole with a brace and bell holding two locks of her hair and wears a pink robe with a red O symbol. She uses a giant mecha similar to the three in Episode 28 to travel and she can control O marks just as Kiruru can control X marks. After replacing Keroro and Fuyuki's X marks with O marks, she turns into a key. She and Kiruru were sealed away when Keroro and Fuyuki pressed her into a slot in a giant orange crystal in the heart of Kiruru's pillar. The capturer of Kiruru. She can absorb positive energy and turns into a key that can seal Kiruru away.
- Kiruru Voiced by: Ogi Yahagi
The main villain of the first movie who was sealed away with Mirara in tower form. Kiruru is a Keronian war machine that went on an uncontrollable rampage millions of years ago but was sealed away in an orange crystal by Mirara. He feeds on negative energy. His design is a white Keronian that wears golden bracelets and has a Keronian soldier helmet-like head with a black bottom jaw and belly. He has a red X on his forehead, much like the placement of Keronian emblems on their hats. He attacks by flying through the air and giving people an X mark on their body. This allows them to telepathically communicate and give more X's, but Kiruru powers himself using their negative emotions and the victims eventually only think about negative thoughts. Then, once he obtains enough power, he transforms into a more powerful form, which looks like a large beast. In this form he has no legs, instead he has a long, thick tail and moves around with his two hands. This form and the next are impervious to damage and generate a strong paperlike substance from its limbs to cover up large expanses of land. After collecting even more negative energy, Kiruru transforms into a tower and begins cloning his first form. The clones fly in a X formation until they attack, when they swarm around their unfortunate victim. He was defeated when the Hinata's and the Keroro Platoon's friendship removed their X's and Fuyuki and Keroro placed Mirara into the orange crystal, sealing away Kiruru once again.
Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 2: The Deep Sea Princess
Left behind in their undersea home by an ancient Maron alien army after an unsuccessful invasion, Meru and Maru appear to be squid-based in the same way the Keronians are based on frogs.
- Meru Voiced by: Hoko Kuwashima
Meru is prince of the Deep Sea, destined to marry Natsumi Hinata, whom he claims to be his princess. Growing up with no memories of his childhood, family, home, nor race, he and Maru (マール Maaru) as his servant develops a second childhood, filled with loneliness. One night, Meru and Natsumi the kingdom's sacred weapon to uphold their titles with the Mer Ball, a weapon that resembles the Kero Ball. Kururu then reveals that Meru and Maru came from Maron, a planet of water, and Meru would eventually flood Pekopon to become his world. They were saved by the Keroro Platoon together with Fuyuki and Momoka. With the corrupted Mer Ball forever out of the wrong hands, Meru and Maru ultimately fall in love and wish their friends farewell as they start a new life on Maron as prince and princess.
- Maru Voiced by: Nozomi Tsuji
Maru is a "childhood friend" and assistant of Meru. They have been together for as long as they can remember.
Chibi Kero: Secret of the Kero Ball
- Shupepe
A young male Keronian who is with Kururu when he finds the Kero Ball outside of Chibi Kero's hideout. He is a grayish-purple in color, wears a periwinkle hat, and has a bandage over his nose. Shupepe wears blue-rimmed headphones similar to those that Kururu wears as an adult. His symbol is a bandage that is blue on his belly and white on his hat. He is voiced by an uncredited child fan.
- Rinono
A young female Keronian who is also with Kururu when he finds the Kero Ball. She is pale orange in color, wears a pink hat with a red bow on the right side. Her symbol is a bow that is orange on her belly and light pink on her hat. She and Shupepe leave Kururu behind when he becomes more interested in the Kero Ball. She is voiced by an uncredited child fan.
Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 3: Keroro Vs. Keroro: Great Duel in the Sky
- Miruru Voiced by: Yui Horie
Appears in the third movie. She was released (accidentally, by Keroro) from imprisonment in a crystal chamber deep in the ruins of Macchupicchu in Peru. Dark Keroro recruits her into his fledgling platoon, where she turns system operator of his massive battlecruiser. Sharing Pururu and Sumomo's ability to disguise herself as a human, she assumes the name Nazca and lures Fuyuki into a trap. At the end of the movie, Miruru is revealed to have the same role as Mirara in the first movie, intended this time for sealing Dark Keroro.
- Dark Keroro Voiced by: Kumiko Watanabe
The main villain of the third movie. Looking almost exactly like Keroro, he is in fact a newly-uncovered Kiruru in the mountaintop city of MacchuPicchu in Peru, grown from a sample of Keroro's DNA taken off the Kero Ball (during the same occasion where Miruru awakened). He leads the other Keronian manifestations, Shivava and Doruru.
At the end of the film, Miruru sacrifices herself to seal the Kiruru half of Dark Keroro, putting an end to his malevolent intentions. Rid of his violent ambitions, Dark Keroro makes up with his counterpart and heads off into space in order to try and conquer a different planet. However, his plans are thwarted by alien look alikes of Fuyuki and Natsumi in an intentional parody of the start of the series.
- Shivava Voiced by: Minami Takayama
Shivava is a stuck up Keronian who thinks of himself as the "main character." He left Keron because it was "too small" for him and joined forces with Dark Keroro and Doruru. He is rivaled with Tamama, who cannot stand him, but ultimately loses to him and Momoka when they gang up on him.
- Doruru Voiced by: Rū Ohshiba
Doruru is a member of Dark Keroro's Keronian manifestation empire, alongside Dark Keroro and Shivava. Giroro remembers him as one of his old brigade's fiercest soldiers. In the end, Doruru is defeated with Giroro and Natsumi's combined efforts.
Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 4: Gekishin Dragon Warriors
- Shion Voiced by: Nana Mizuki
Félicia Shion du Dracoon, called Shion by Momoka and her friends, initially felt alone for much of her life. Through an heirloom she inherited when her parents died, Shion learned of the Earth Dragon prophecy. She sets the events of the movie in motion by turning Tamama, Giroro, Kururu, and Dororo into dragons as part of a warrior program. Eventually learning a secret in the spellbook she used, and learning that she is not alone, she helped to stop the Earth Dragon.
- Terara Voiced by: Ikue Ōtani
The Earth Dragon who awakens once every 5000 years to recreate the world, it was eventually held back by the Keroro Platoon, who were then turned to dragons by Sion and made to its servants. Sion eventually reasoned with it, giving it the name Terara. Terara transfered all of it energy back to Earth. A piece of the Earth Dragon is eventually born at the end of the movie, it is Terara in a Keronian tadpole form.
Other Aliens
- Angol Mois Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (Japanese), Carrie Savage (English)
A niece-figure with a crush on Keroro. She is the King of Terror who delayed arriving to Earth. She lives with the Hinata's and is rivaled by Tamama. "July 1999. The King of Terror descends from the sky and King Angolmois awakens."[7] Angol Mois is the "King of Terror", who is ditzy and insecure as a result of her impact from space. She was sent to planet Earth to arrive in July 1999 for Earth's destruction, as predicted by Nostradamus, under orders from her father. She states that during her first appearance she told Nostradamus to deliver a message to the humans warning them of her arrival. In the anime, she arrives 500 years too early and takes a nap in orbit, until she wakes up in 2004, 5 years too late. In the manga, she lands near Fuyuki, while in the anime, she lands on Giroro's tent. In both, she is taken into the Hinatas' home, where she is nursed back to health by Natsumi. When she wakes up, she reveals her true form and starts to destroy the Earth, until Keroro, who arrives later, is persuaded by Fuyuki to stop Moa. She is close friends with Keroro, who she calls oji-sama, which means, roughly, "uncle". Tamama often competes with her for Keroro's attention (and affection). Her transformation sequences, stylized costume, and related accessories may make her a parody of the "magical girl" genre. As an added note, Mois's Pekopon-form wears a hairclip explicitly in the shape of the Science Patrol's Ryuusei-mark in the anime (while Asami, the girl whose form/soul she "borrowed", has an Ultra Garrison-mark hairclip). Her name is frequently used in puns on the Japanese phrase moe-moe, which usually refers to a cute girl who appeals to older members of the audience.
To blend in with the Earth people, Mois also transforms into a tanned, bleached-blonde teenager (kogal) who is always seen in a school uniform and loose socks. Her true form is a pale gray-haired girl who wears a purple, gold/yellow andwhite magical girl costume. Although the Lord of Terror, she is anything but terrifying. She's sweet, clumsy, and peppy but can be scary when she's in Angol form, and uses her Lucifer Spear to split Earth-like substances. She got her Earth look from when she first arrived in 1999 (2004 in the anime), before she met the Hinatas. In the manga, her father had encouraged her to see only herself as important as this frame of mind was needed to become an effective planet destroyer. Thus, she chose the form of a Japanese school girl she saw ending a friendship with another girl for her own benefit. In the anime, she chose the form of a girl who was fighting for her friends, thus becoming her "inspiration."
In the game Soulcalibur IV a character named Angol Fear appears, designed by the same creator of Sgt. Frog and is revealed to be Angol Mois's cousin. Fear plays a similar role to Mois as a judge over the earth and executor of its people.
In the English manga, her name is "Angol Moa".
- Space Detective 556 (Kogoro) Voiced by: Nobuyuki Hiyama (Japanese), John Swasey (English)
Kogoro is the childhood friend of Keroro and a space detective. He loves colored boxes (and collects them). His height is 177 cm and his weight is 77 kg. Kogoro seems to be always energetic, the same vitriol-laden smile affixed on his face while he laughs and stares into space (even when he's been knocked unconscious - he does stop laughing though), although only his younger sister Lavie can actually read the feelings of Kogoro. He is likely a parody of the character Gavan from the Metal Heroes series Uchuu Keiji Gavan. It only takes him a splitsecond (0.003 nanoseconds in the anime) to transform with his suit (This also is a parody of the length of time it takes Gavan to transform, although Kogoro's transformation merely requires him putting on a helmet).
- Lavie Voiced by: Tomoko Kaneda (Japanese), Leah Clark (English)
556's sweet natured younger sister who wears rabbit ears. Because 556 never gets any work, she supports by working various part-time jobs. There is a character from the anime Mado King Granzort with the same name and is a long ears race person (presuming that she's kind of a reference to him) who is a primary character in the Granzort Series. Apologising for her brother's behavior (sometimes unnecessarily) has become a recurring habit of hers. Much like her brother Kogoro, Lavie is also a parody of the character Annie, a female partner of the eponymous character in Uchuu Keiji Shaider.
In the English manga, her name is "Rabbie".
- Sumomo Voiced by: Juri Ihata (Japanese), Caitlin Glass (English)
Sumomo is a member of the Axolotl, a race based on newts in the same way the Keronians are based on frogs. In the manga, a young girl finds Sumomo. Sumomo immediatally falls in love with Fuyuki Hinata and tries to "kiss" him by wrapping her tongue around him, because she does not know Earth's customs. The young girl's father finds Sumomo, and like Keroro, was converted into a comic book character.
However, in the anime, Sumomo is a pop singer of space. She can even change her form into human. Like the comic book, she does not know Earth's customs, but Natsumi and Fuyuki help her. Sumomo's song at the end of the episode is "Beloved Shooting Star".
- King of Terror Voiced by: Nobuaki Kakuda (Japanese), Cole Brown (English)
The father of Mois. Like his daughter, he is very kind hearted until he is called to destroy Earth.
- Angol Tia
Although she is not an heir of King of Terror, she got the power to punish planets. At the end of Manga Volume 13, it was revealed that Mois's mother was the main reason why dinosaurs became extinct on Earth. In Volume 14 her name was revealed as Tia.
- Nyororo Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara (Japanese), Christopher Bevins (English)
A yellow space plant that loves humidity. It loves to absorb the humidity of any super wet objects (or aliens). Keroro is always sucked by Nyororos every time he gets super humid. However, some aliens use Nyororo as a reducing-weight tool (Putata of the Shurara Corps and Kururu are known to rear their own Nyororo for their own purposes).
- Nyororo Ω
A brown monster with many tentacles. The Garuru Platoon used them as weapons in the invasion of Earth. This kind of Nyororo doesn't seem to have the ability to absorb humidity.
- Space Pizza FX
A Japanese pizza with legs and eyes. Either you eat it or it eats you. According to Keroro, this dish is one of the favorites of Tamama. It reproduces by releasing crumbs that grow into mini-creatures about 1 foot wide (juvenile form) overnight.
- Space Octopus
A yellow octopus that has a big eye. It is commonly used to save someone drowned.
- Space Cerberus
A giant monster with 3 heads and the ability to recover itself. Its liver is said to be able to heal anyone from any diseases. Giroro once fought one to get its liver so he can save Natsumi.
- Viper Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita (Japanese), Chris Patton (English)
Viper is the name claimed by all members of the immediate and extended Viper family and friends. Each Viper character, upon entering the scene, will explain his or her relationship to the previous Viper. The first Viper fought the Keroro Platoon per the age old "snake versus frog" battle and thought it was his right to abuse the weaker Keronian. After all, snakes often ate frogs as part of their diet. However, with his defeat, each subsequent Viper has been on a vendetta against the Keroro Platoon. The exception is Viper Mother, who on Mother's Day, was only traveling to earth to visit her son, Viper.
Each member of the Viper Family is outfitted with a red jumpsuit, black belt, and right hand blaster. Variations of Viper and the Viper family can been seen in the Viper Wedding, Episode 74 "Surprising - Keroro Special Version, gero gero 30 minutes, 15 stories."
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- Viper (Original)
- : The first Viper who fights the Keroro Platoon because of a war between the Keronians and the Vipers, and was defeated by a technique used by Dororo. He reappears in Episode 121, where he appears as a cyborg who takes revenge on Dororo, but ends up capturing Chiroro and hides in Alien Street from the Space Police and the Keroro Plantoon. To keep himself from being spotted, he disguises himself as a chef in a ramen stand. When Keroro disguises himself as Viper and captures Karara in a effort to earn money, Viper takes off his disguise and attempts to defeat the fake Viper, proving that he does have some good in him. Viper's cyborg appearance is very different than his previous appearance. His left half has been completely demolished and replaced with mechanical parts, his left eye is green and has a yellow scope as its pupil, a black tube appears on his head and leads to the back of his head, and the buster arm he had before has now been replaced with a mechanical claw. He has a son that was taken away by his ex-wife who he taught a technique on how to make the Tokyo Tower out of cherry stems.
- Cool Big Brother Viper
- : The older brother of Viper. He kidnapped the Keroro Platoon and was defeated by Dororo. He soon enlarged himself but he was scared off by a larger Keroro due to the Flash Spoon.
- Viper (Relative)
- : One of the relatives of the defeated Viper. He formed a group of Vipers and stole a ring which is the clue of treasure. He was later captured by Jessica.
- Viper (Former Pirate)
- : A kind Viper that Keroro, Giroro and Zeroro met when they were young. He gave clues of the hidden treasure in a deserted planet to Keroro.
- 3M Voiced by: Bin Shimada (Japanese), Chris Ayres (English) and R Grey Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa (Japanese), Greg Ayres (English)
Known as the Sentimental Consultants, they are the MC's of a popular show. 3M is the tall one with a head shaped like a chestnut; R Grey is the short one, looking just like the stereotypical Roswell alien (hence the 'Grey'). They once visited the Earth, but they were soon attacked by Giroro, who mistaked them as the imposters.
- Wettol King Voiced by: Daiki Nakamura
Created by Keroro upon learning that Natsumi was afraid of slugs, Wettol King is an unfortunate cross between The Ultraman, Iron King and the common slug - essentially a green Ultraman with tiny eyes and feelers on his head. Prone to dehydrating easily, Wettol King must consume large amounts of water to maintain his powers. Despite Keroro's intentions, Wettol King's spirit of righteousness forbade him from harming Natsumi, and he flew off into deep space in the end, until his powers were needed once again.
In episode 215, Wettol King returns with the additional ability to disguise himself as Uetsu Tooru, a motorcycle-riding, smooth-talking (and incredibly clumsy) photojournalist, reminiscent of Ichimonji Hayato, the second Kamen Rider.
- Wettol King Clones
In episode 215, Keroro creates a new batch of seven Wettol Kings, easily differentiated from the original by their differently-colored gloves and boots, along with matching scarves, a deliberate parody of the Shocker Riders from Kamen Rider. Sent to attack Natsumi, the clones wind up facing off with the original Wettol King, who awakens their righteous spirits and turns them into his allies. Together, the eight Wettol Kings are a deliberate send-up of the recent Ultraman movie, '8 Ultra Brothers'.
- Jessica Harpie Voiced by: Emi Shinohara
A Space Policewoman. As an officer of the galactic version of Interpol, she is highly skilled and outfitted with advanced weapons and equipment. With the help of Keroro Platoon, she was able to capture the wanted Viper.
- Poyon Voiced by: Miyuko Omimura (Japanese), Maxey Whitehead (English)
One of the Space Policewomen. She always shows up just before Keroro Platoon successfully conquered Earth every time. She can travel anywhere instantaneously through the use of space portals. She ends most of her sentences with "poyo." It's revealed that Poyan is her subordinate.[citation needed]
- Poyan Voiced by: Asuka Tanii
One of the Space Policewomen. She is currently stationed at the Aliens Street to prevent any human realizing the existence of aliens.
- Sylbie
A scout from the moonlight special squad, an ally of Keron. She tested Koyuki and asked her if she would join the moonlight squad. She decided otherwise when she found out that Koyuki had a best friend on Earth.
- Alisa Southerncross Voiced by: Akiko Yajima
Alisa is an undead being/toy doll who feasts on aliens to gain humanity. Her adoptive father, Nevula, is the black alien who is trying to give Alisa humanity. She befriends the Keroro Platoon after Fuyuki protects her despite what she had done to them in Episode 133. In the manga, she only captures aliens and imprisons them in a box, referring to them as the "Dark Race", but is stopped after her father is attacked by Angol Moa.
- Banana Slug
A giant animal that can feed itself by eating the banana from the banana trees grown on its back. It is also one of the biggest fears of Keroro, as he can't resist stepping on the banana peel after a banana slug has eaten a banana.
- Dance Man (ダンス☆マン) Voiced by: himself
- Dasonu Maso (ダソヌ☆マソ) Voiced by: Chō
An impostor of Dance Man, a popular singer who wears an afro too. While his fame is derived entirely from the fact that the katakana for his name is easily confused with Dance Man's, and his act consists entirely of telling the truths about himself and his lifestyle (and not much actual singing), he is still considered a bona fide intergalactic idol by Keroro & company. The afro of Dasonu Maso can absorb and reflect any attacks. Whenever the concert ticket of Dasonu Maso is torn, Dansou Maso himself will be summoned. He can also fire laser beam from his glasses to give an afro hairstyle to whomever it hits. The only way to damage him is to use scissors to cut his afro or sing better than him.
- Dasonu Mari (ダソヌ☆マリ)
Debuts in episode 114. The younger sister of Dasonu Maso. She learnt that Keroro Platoon is a team full of comedians from Dasonu Maso so she went to observe Keroro Platoon. Keroro, who was trying to prove her wrong, started invasion immediately, but they all failed in comedic ways.
At the end of ep 114, Dasonu Maso turns her long blond hair into a black heart-shaped afro, which she keeps for all her future appearances.
- Female Geronian
One of the Geronian living in Earth. She worships the god of Geronian in a temple. After Keroro Platoon used the statue to earn money for invasion, she called Poyon to settle the problem and earned back all the money Keroro Platoon got.
- Chuuton
From episode 132. Chuuton is one of five identical trainee assassins, from an alien race based on bees just as Keronians are based on frogs. They take orders from a wall-mounted falcon symbol with a blinking red light - this, combined with their appearance, references the evil organisation Shocker and the Shocker Riders from Kamen Rider.
- Prisoner #303
An evil alien that likes to possess the others body and eat as much as he can. According to the Space Law, the possessed one is responsible for paying the economical loss caused by 303.
- Events Alien
With a head shaped like a lava lamp and a two-colored skintone split down the middle, these members of the Events Alien race are commonly seen in charge of galactic television stations.
- Space Kumiko Watanabe Voiced by: Kumiko Watanabe
Debuts in episode 66. The catgirl-looking voice actress of Space Captain Geroro (galactic dub), named after the real life voice actress for Keroro Gunso. She was often seen in scenes with a lot of aliens.
- Super Dali
A kind of tiny humanoid invader. Super Dali love to invade unhealthy teeth and build a headquarters on them. Keroro's molar was once invaded by Super Dali. In episode 10 the Super Dali are led by a Dali Queen, 100 times taller than her minions, and resembling the Succubus from Warcraft 3.
In Episode 218, Dasonu*Maso mutates a colony of Super Dali into the afro-coifed Super Daso, making them powerful enough to not only beat the Keroro Platoon, but take them prisoner.
- Kujo
A young girl who Fuyuki befriends. She reveals she will soon disappear if Kalong is destroyed. With an out of Kalong is destroyed, she disappears with the memories of Fuyuki.
- Kalong
Kujo's alternate existence that rampages the city. He befriends the Keroro Platoon until losing control and going on another rampage. He transforms into a large star and just before Giroro and Dororo performed their most powerful techniques, Kalong disappears along with Kujo.
- ZZZ (Lt. Zezeze Tototoso)
A gigantic invader which is 2000 cm tall. Any planets targeted by him have no chances to survive from his mad collecting habit. As he was moving to Earth, all aliens except Keroro Platoon left the Earth. Keroro Platoon attempted to fight him but get beaten and forced to return to the Earth. At the same time, Angol Moa found an ancient weapon in Aliens Street. Keroro Platoon, with their human partners and some aliens led by the Space Police used it to fight ZZZ but failed to damage him even with the attack from Garuru's Platoon. Angol Moa dropped a space banana peel and Keroro went to step on it and the peel flew to ZZZ's feet. ZZZ slipped and was defeated when he flew to the Sun caused by the slip.
- Nonteruma (ノンテルマ)
In Keroro's childhood memories, these are what Keroro's grandfather used to refer to earthlings. They were actually a race of beings that live at the bottom of the ocean, building an undersea empire long before humans evolved. The Keroro Platoon met them when they were in the ocean. Only two had been seen up close; the others were just red lights from afar the two that were seen were an ancient white shark with red eyes in its mouth and a mermaid who Fuyuki befriended.
References
- ^ a b Sgt. Frog Volume 1 Encounter III: Me Myself and Momoka
- ^ Sgt. Frog Volume 2 Encounter XIII: The Sergeant Reaches the Critical Point
- ^ Sgt. Frog Volume 4, "Encounter 30.5: Letters from the Homeworld", pg. 29
- ^ Sgt. Frog Volume 3, "Encounter XXI: Welcome to Radio-Free Keroro", pg. 13
- ^ Sgt Frog Encounter LXXXII: The Last Battle: Keroro Platoon's 24 Hours. Part 2
- ^ In episode 73 of the anime, she appears as a high school student when Fuyuki travels 20 years back in time.
- ^ Sgt. Frog Episode 53 Part B: Angol Mois, More More Flower-Viewing
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