Shiren

Mugen

Mugen is rude, vulgar, and often thinks highly himself. Much of his past is a mystery. He was born on the Ryukyu Islands, never knew his parents, and was a former pirate. After an

Fuu Kasumi

The girl that brought Mugen and Jin together. Her mother dead, and her father missing for years, we first see her as a teahouse waitress. When the teahouse gets burned down, she ta

Jin

Jin is a mild-mannered vagrant ronin who carries himself in the conventionally stoic manner of a samurai of the Tokugawa era. Using his waist-strung daishou, he fights in the tradi

Shinsuke

Shino

Okuru

An Ainu warrior whose village was struck by an epidemic and torched by the Matsumae clan Han. Overcome with rage, he killed the official who authorized the burning. He was arrested

Isaac Kitching

Sara

Sara is a beautiful and blind woman who meets the trio near the end of their journey. She is a _goze_: a visually-impaired Japanese woman, most of whom work as musicians. She joins

Inuyama

One of the characters for hire in Samurai Champloo, he seems to be an old man scared of a dog, but names himself a samurai. In the second anime chapter of Samurai Champloo he skirm

Nagamitsu Sakonshougen

Nagamitsu Sakonshougen is a man who believes he's destined for great things and has set out to make a name for himself. A self proclaimed samurai, he travels all over Japan ai

Bundai

Bundai is an overaggressive language teacher/tutor who kidnaps and force-teaches Mugen to read and write. His methods are seemingly extremely unorthodox, which includes punching th

Umanosuke

Ryujirou Sasaki

Ryujiro was part of Tomonoshin Shibui's gang and were patrons in the teahouse in episode one.

Budoukiba

A brunette with dreamy eyes, a penchant for quoting proverbs, and a "Sweet Tooth for Grapes" (the source of her given name, which translates literally as "grape fang"). Although Na

Ishimatsu

A yojimbo to an influential yakuza boss, Rikiei. His considerable height, dark skin and a string of large Buddhist beads he wears around his neck are distinctive features. (Source:

Yatsuha Imano

Otawa Hankichi

Manzou Nokogiri

Also known as "Manzou the Saw", he is an excellent detective and baseball player who is also a master of disguise and accents.