Characters — Browse every character across the manga and anime catalogue

Miho Azuki

Azuki is Mashiro's classmate. Her dream is to be a voice actor. She agreed to marry Mashiro when both of their dreams come true. However, she also told him that in the mean time, t

Mikan Tanaka

Mikan Tanaka was fifth in a magazine's popular voice actress poll. (Source: Bakuman Wikia)

Mikihiko Azuma

(debut) Mikihiko Azuma is a mangaka that was serialized in "Shonen Three" ten years ago, but was cancelled very quickly. Back then, he wasn't a good mangaka; the onl

Mina Azuki

Mina is Miho's younger sister. She has black hair in pigtails. Not unlike her family, she has a beautiful face, as noted by Takagi.

Miyuki Azuki

Miyuki Haruno is Miho's mother and the woman Mashiro Nobuhiro loved. She also loved Nobuhiro but could never say it. She later married someone else. She would watch Superhero Legen

Moritaka Mashiro

Mashiro is a 14-year-old boy who doesn't know what to do with his life. One day his classmate Takagi finds out about his amazing drawing skills and asks him to help create a manga.

Nanami Otsuki

Nanami Otsuki was second in a magazine's popular voice actress poll. (Source: Bakuman Wikia)

Naoto Ogawa

Ogawa is one of Ashirogi Muto's assistants, along with Kato and Takahama for Detective Trap. He is the head assistant and does the backgrounds. Ogawa has a wife and child.

Natsumi Katou

She is one of Ashirogi Muto's assistants, along with Takahama and Ogawa. She is their only female assistant. She has one year of experience with shounen and one year of experience

Nobuhiro Mashiro

Moritaka's uncle. He died due to overwork, but Moritaka thought he committed suicide until he saw his work. He uses his pen name Taro Kawaguchi for his works. He liked Miho's mothe

Shinta Fukuda

Fukuda is a main supporting character in Bakuman and the founder of Team Fukuda. He left home after high school and worked as an assistant to Eiji Niizuma for Crow, along with Mash

Shoyo Takahama

Takahama was one of Ashirogi Muto's assistants, along with Ogawa and Kato, for Detective Trap. He did the figures, both sketches, and inks. Miura said he was the best artist of the

Shun Shiratori

Shiratori Shun is an assistant for Ashirogi Muto's Perfect Crime Party and the mangaka of Rabuta & Peace. Shiratori comes from a wealthy family and has a sister. He applied to

Shuuichi Moriya

Songyuu Kim

An editor at Shueisha's Weekly Shounen Jump.

Souichi Aida

Nakai and Aoki Ko's editor. He is also a Captain, meaning he gets to sit in on the serialization meetings.

Taiki Uchida

Koogy's editor.

Takanori Arai

Arai is a mangaka who is serialized in Jump. His manga debuted in the issue of Jump before Detective Trap. It is called Cheese Okaki. He used to work as an assistant for Mikihiko A

Takuro Nakai

Nakai is an assistant for Niizuma. He won a monthly award ten years ago and has been determined to get serialized since. He is good with backgrounds and angles.

Tamiya

Tatsurou Kosugi

Kosugi is a newly hired editor at Jump. He does not have much experience as an editor and is assigned to be Nanamine Tooru's editor. He is around 23 or 24 years old. Kosugi sports

Tooru Nanamine

Nanamine Tooru is a newcomer mangaka. He has been a fan of Ashirogi Muto since their early days, even going so far as to sending them fan letters periodically, voicing his opinions

Yoshihisa Heishi

The Assistant Editor-in-Chief at Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump.

Yosshi Miyoshi

Yosshi Miyoshi is Kaya Miyoshi's father. He is a real estate agent and a karate teacher. In 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th grade, and most of Jr. high and high school, he was in the same class