List of The Quintessential Quintuplets characters

This is a list of characters from the anime and manga series The Quintessential Quintuplets.

A promotional poster of anime adaptation featuring Futaro, Yotsuba, Ichika, Nino, Miku and Itsuki.

Main characters

Futaro Uesugi

Futaro Uesugi (上杉 風太郎, Uesugi Fūtarō)

Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka,[1] Mutsumi Tamura (child) (Japanese); Josh Grelle[2] (English)

A blunt, friendless highschool student that is very academically gifted. Futaro lives with his sister and father in a small apartment. He is serious and dedicated to his efforts in helping the Nakano sisters improve their grades. He likes dishes that Raiha cooks, but hates raw fish. His favorite drink is barley tea, his favorite animals are gorillas and his daily convention is storing one coin.[lower-alpha 1] In his student handbook he keeps a photo of a girl he met in Kyoto while he was in sixth grade, who was his inspiration to study. It is later revealed that she is one of the Nakano Quintuplets.

Nakano Quintuplet sisters

The sisters are all physically identical with large blue eyes, light-reddish hair, cute expressive faces and shapely figures. Despite their different hairstyles, the sisters are experts at impersonating each other and often do so for pranks or convenience. They were born on May 5 and live together in a rich high-rise apartment and by following the "go-toubun" (five portions, divided equally[lower-alpha 2]) philosophy given by their late mother, consider themselves five parts of one whole. Although they share terrible grades and no desire to study, they can be honorable and appreciate the work that Futaro is dedicating towards them.

Ichika Nakano (中野 一花, Nakano Ichika, "one-flower, a flower")

Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa[1] (Japanese); Lindsay Seidel[2] (English)

The eldest sister, she has short hair without any accessories. Ichika acts like a responsible older sister - she's caring, thoughtful and wise. She enjoys sleeping and her room is incredibly messy. She aspires to become a movie actress and dedicates most of her time and resources to do so, to the point of having to quit schooling in order to focus on her acting career. She likes salted fish but hates mushrooms. Her favorite drink is frappuccino, her favorite animals are hippos, her favorite TV program type is drama, her best subject is mathematics, and her daily hobby is jogging.[lower-alpha 1] She falls in love with Futaro and wanted to confess to him, but hearing Nino confessing to Futaro prevented her from doing so. As she grew to accept she wanted Futaro for herself, she became misguided and started using underhanded methods to get closer to him and sabotage her sisters in the process. She used Miku's disguised as a way to "cheat" her way into his heart, almost sabotaging Miku's chances to confess in the process. It's revealed that she met Futaro 5 years before the start of the story: after Futaro and the girl from the photo (Yotsuba) had spent the entire day together and both went to the inn the quintuplets were staying at, she was interested in him and played cards with him while Yotsuba was gone, with Futaro himself unaware that he was interacting with another quintuplet. She had forgotten about this exchange until they reunited years later, when he put a blond wig as a disguise, resembling the way he looked years ago. After getting called out by Futaro on her schemes and realizing the error of her ways, she helps Miku properly confess to Futaro and decides to stop pursuing her love towards him, lying to him that their moments together were all "lies". She becomes his guide on his path to accept he was in love and becomes the first quintuplet in knowing his choice. After Futaro's choice at the end of the school festival, she congratulates him and pushes him to be more open with his feelings. 5 years later, she becomes a famous actress around the world.

Nino Nakano (中野 二乃, Nakano Nino, "two-no")

Voiced by: Ayana Taketatsu[1] (Japanese); Jill Harris[2] (English)

The second sister, she has very long hair with two butterfly-style accessories on the sides. Due to her poor eyesight, she has been wearing contact lenses for the past three years but still takes five minutes to put them in. Although she is caring and playful with her sisters, she shows a grumpy and somewhat aggressive personality to outsiders. She likes pancakes, but hates tsukemono. Her favorite drink is warm water, her favorite animals are rabbits, her favorite TV program type is variety shows, her best subject is English, and her daily convention is putting on a facial mask and doing yoga.[lower-alpha 1] She is also fashionable and skilled at cooking, hinted to have dreams of becoming a chef. She views Futaro as an interloper to the sisters' unique relationship and has gone to extreme, sometimes illegal lengths to ban him from their apartment. She's afraid to be left behind and desires to find her own path, but she's afraid to let go of the past and the dynamic she had with her sisters since they were kids; her problems with Fuutaro comes from the very fact that she sees him as the one changing the status quo she had grown accustomed to, which sometimes generates conflict between her and her sisters.

However, she starts seeing Fuutaro as someone who respects her feelings and one who desires to see the Nakano quintuplets together as a family, melting her heart. After fully realizing her feelings, she becomes the first quintuplet to successfully confess to Futaro, taking a straight-forward approach on her love towards him ever since in order to gain his affection, often clashing with the third sister, Miku, acting like rivals. After Futaro's choice at the end of the school festival, she becomes upset with Yotsuba's consideration of her feelings as she sees it as pity. After a heartfelt exchange, she accepts Yotsuba's resolve, acknowledging her as a rival and warns that she will take any chance on taking Futaro away if their relationship ever falls apart. 5 years later she opens the Nakano Bakery shop with Miku, borrowing the place of the former Uesugi restaurant.

Miku Nakano (中野 三玖, Nakano Miku, "three-ku, three-nine")

Voiced by: Miku Itō[1] (Japanese); Felecia Angelle[2] (English)

The third sister, she has medium-length hair, "emotionless" eyes and normally a specific pair of headphones around her neck. She has a quiet and passive personality, few friends, and interest in warlords of specific eras of Japanese history. She likes matcha, but hates chocolates. Her favorite drink is green tea, her favorite animals are hedgehogs, her favorite TV program type is documentary, her best subject is social science, and her daily convention is divination.[lower-alpha 1] She seems to be the first one to fall in love with Futaro. Her cooking skills are abysmal, but after Futaro said that he preferred girls who can cook, she began focusing to improve that talent. While taking confidence in her pursuit of Futaro, after seeing her sisters one by one starting to pursue his affection as well, made her shyness bloom, even more, seeing her sisters as better candidates for his love and grew scared of "playing fair" against them who had a more aggressive approach. She manages to successfully confess to Futaro the second time, though she leaves it vague to make him embarrassed. After this, she regains her confidence and goes for a more assertive/aggressive approach similar to Nino's. She decides to pursue culinary arts after realizing she likes to "make stuff", regardless if it is for Futaro's sake or not. After Futaro's choice at the end of the school festival, she counsels Yotsuba into accepting the other sisters' frustration and anger and that she should pursue her own happiness. She ultimately realizes that despite not being Futaro's choice, she is happy that she has become a unique individual and takes pride in it. 5 years later she opens the Nakano Bakery shop with Nino, borrowing the place of the former Uesugi restaurant.

Yotsuba Nakano (中野 四葉, Nakano Yotsuba, "four-leaf (clover)")

Voiced by: Ayane Sakura[1] (Japanese); Bryn Apprill[2] (English)

The fourth sister, she has medium-length hair and a ribbon styled into two vertical "ears". Always cheerful, friendly and good at sports, her constantly active personality can annoy others. She likes citrus unshiu, but hates bell peppers. She likes watching anime and loves drinking carbonated fruit juice. Her favorite animals are camels, her best subject is Japanese, and her daily convention is watering plants.[lower-alpha 1] She has received 0% scores on school tests. Her actions usually suggest either a complete absence of thought or unconscious intricate plans far beyond anything the other characters could imagine. She is the only one to immediately accept Futaro as their tutor. She's supportive and always looking out for other people, especially her sisters and Futaro. She has a bad habit of putting others' needs above her own.

Later it's revealed that she's the girl from the photo, the one Futaro met 5 years before the start of the story during a school trip at Kyoto. She met him by coincidence, getting him out of a complicated situation and spent the rest of the day together. Connecting after enjoying their adventure during the day, both promised to improve their grades in order to apply to highly profitable jobs and make their respective families have a better lifestyle, specifically Raiha for Futaro and Rena for Yotsuba. However, due to her own low self-confidence and identity issues while growing up, as well as Rena's death soon after the Kyoto trip, she slowly started growing distant from her sisters, seeing them getting slightly better grades than her with little effort while she studied hard with unsuccessful results, frustration building on her. She then decides to focus on clubs and develop her athletic abilities, dropping studying completely as she lost her resolve, changing her mindset from self-improvement to competition for recognition above her sisters and be recognized as the superior of the sisters. That ultimately costs her getting expelled from her previous school, but her sisters refuse to leave her alone and follow her.

Therefore, her selfish mind view was shattered and developed a selfless devotion towards them and started to prioritize their own happiness and desires over her own. She refuses to tell Futaro who she is after meeting with him at the start of the story because she views herself as a failure due to not being able to fulfill the promise they made and decides to support him on his school and love life, ignoring her own feelings for him when she sees her sisters slowly falling for him and actively pursuing his love. However, her subtle yet meaningful support throughout the series ends up getting noticed by Futaro, ultimately leading to him falling in love with her and choosing her at the end of the school festival. Initially she refuses and runs away, but after hearing Futaro's confession, she becomes unable to hold her feelings down and confesses her love. After the school festival, she decides that before dating Futaro she needed to talk with her sisters about their feelings and her own, especially Nino and Miku. After coming to terms that she can pursue her own happiness, she accepts both Futaro's re-confession and proposal and they become a couple. Five years later, she lives together with Futaro at Tokyo and celebrates her wedding ceremony. In the final chapter, it's revealed she is the one who kissed Futaro under the bell while disguised as Itsuki, event which Futaro in the future narrates as the moment he started seeing his bride as "special".

Itsuki Nakano (中野 五月, Nakano Itsuki, "five-moon, May")

Voiced by: Inori Minase[1] (Japanese); Tia Ballard[2] (English)

The fifth and the youngest sister, she has an expressive ahoge, long hair with two twirling "streams" and two stars beside her eyes. Her blood type is A. She has a two-faced personality; she's always friendly with acquaintances and classmates but Futaro's presence immediately puts her in attack mode due to his past insults. She loves to eat food and studies seriously, even though her methods need improvement. She likes meat and curry but hates umeboshi. Her favorite animal is the kangaroo. Her favorite TV program type is wasei-eigo. Her best subject is science and her daily convention is exercising abdominal muscles and doing yoga.[lower-alpha 1] Ever since she was little, she was close to her mother, Rena. After her death, she decided to cope with her loss by trying to replace Rena as the mother-figure of the quintuplets, with unsuccessful results. This makes her act properly towards others and is strict with her sisters at times, taking her mother's advice seriously, whether it's about how they should act with each other or how they should be careful when picking their romantic partner. After thinking about what to do with her career path, she decides to follow her mother's footsteps and become a teacher, despite her low grades. During one point of the series, she dresses as the girl from the photo, nicknaming herself "Rena" (after her mother) and meeting with Futaro in the present in order to sever ties with him and forcing him to move on from their promise. Later (after the reveal that "Rena"/Itsuki was not the girl from the photo) it's revealed that she was asked by Yotsuba (the girl from the photo) to perform this task, as she herself isn't good with disguises and doesn't want her identity revealed to Futaro and felt their promise was holding him back from enjoying his school life like a normal student. However, later in the series, Itsuki felt she couldn't keep the secret hidden much longer as she thought of it as unfair to both Yotsuba and Futaro and decided to dress as "Rena" on her own once again to make Futaro remember who he met, only for her advances to be rejected by him, who had since figured out the girl of the photo was one of the quintuplets, though not exactly which one, and he was sick of playing along with their tricks. After Futaro makes his choice, Itsuki goes under a brief period of self-doubt, unable to congratulate him on his decision and realizes her hidden feelings for him. However, after overhearing Yotsuba and Nino's discussion, she decides to let go of those feelings by realizing that "a fruitless love can also be beautiful", deciding to treasure her memories with Futaro instead. 5 years later, she becomes a teacher.

Supporting characters

Uesugi family

Raiha Uesugi (上杉 らいは, Uesugi Raiha)

Voiced by: Natsumi Takamori[3] (Japanese); Dani Chambers[2] (English)

Futaro's cheerful younger sister. The only female in the family and the most family-conscious, she is effectively the head of the small household. Her cute facial expressions will often sway others' hearts. Appreciating the hard work Futaro does for their family, she sometimes delays supper until he returns home so she can prepare his favorite meal.

Isanari Uesugi (上杉 勇也, Uesugi Isanari)

Voiced by: Satoshi Hino[3] (Japanese); Jim Foronda[2] (English)

Futaro's father. He is somewhat immature for his age and has golden hair and sunglasses on the forehead. He advises Futaro not to study so hard.

Nakano family

Maruo Nakano (中野 マルオ)

Voiced by: Takaya Kuroda[4]

The quintuplets' stepfather and the person who hires Futaro to be the quintuplets' tutor. He threatens to fire Futaro if any of the quintuplets fail the midterm exam. In the past, he was a student of Rena and classmate of Isanari (Futaro's father). As a student, he was the student council president as well as the president of Rena's fan club.

Rena Nakano (中野 零奈, Nakano Rena, "zero-na")

The quintuplets' deceased mother. She was "a gentle and maternal female" according to Itsuki's words. During her lifetime, she was a stern and strict teacher, and she often punished her students with iron-fist sanctions. However, because of her good appearance, she was welcomed by students.[lower-alpha 3]

Nakano Quintuplets' Grandfather

The quintuplets' grandfather; Rena's father. He is the operator of the old-fashioned hot-spring inn "Kumatora" (熊虎, Kumatora, "Bear Tiger"). He is usually quiet even when talking to the guests.He teaches Futaro on how to tell the difference between the sisters.

Classmates and faculty

Yusuke Takeda (武田 祐輔, Takeda Yūsuke)

A classmate of the Nakano quintuplet sisters and Futaro when they are in their third year of high school. The son of the high school principal. He is considered popular for his elegant appearance. For a long time, he ranked second in the school exam rankings, and he regarded Futaro as his rival, though the rivalry was one-sided.

Maeda (前田)

Voiced by: Hayato Itō (Japanese); Ricco Fajardo (English)

A bit of a bad boy with brown hair and ferocious eyes. He once liked Ichika and tried to invite her to a bonfire ball but ended in failure as he was rejected by Miku, who disguised herself as Ichika. Upon asking suggestions for finding a partner, Futaro suggests him to invite a girl from class. He was later invited to dance by a girl on the last evening of the school camping trip and ends up marrying her.

Eba (江場)

The captain of the school's track and field club. She has dark skin and a long ponytail, as well as a cunning personality. She once attempted to persuade Yotsuba to take part in the track and field finals instead of going over her lessons. However, she was strongly rejected by Nino, who disguised herself as Yotsuba, before eventually being declined by the real Yotsuba.

Hongo (ホンゴー, Hongō)

Voiced by: Aina Suzuki

The captain of the school's basketball club. She invited Yotsuba to fill a sick player's spot. After witnessing Yotsuba's talent, Hongo officially invited her to join the basketball club. Hongo later got declined by Yotsuba herself as Yotsuba wanted to focus on her study rather than sports during the upcoming midterms.

Yamada (山田)

Voiced by: Hisako Tōjō[5]

Nino's friend.

Otori (大鳥, Ōtori)

Voiced by: Kaoru Sakura

Nino's friend. She and Yamada usually hang out with Nino at school.

PE teacher

Voiced by: Ryou Sugisaki

The teacher who failed to distinguish between the Nakano sisters during the mid-term exams, when the girls attempt to sneak in for arriving late. He has a muscular build.

Other characters

Oda (織田)

Voiced by: Ryota Akazawa

The president of brokerage film where Ichika affiliated and a single father whose wife left him for her lover. At the beginning of the story, he worked as a driver for Ichika to interview and he is interested in Futaro after Ichika's successful interview.

Ebata (江端)

The secretary and the driver of the quintuplets' stepfather. He is a white haired male and was also a school teacher. He took care of the quintuplets when they were little. He occasionally sends the quintuplets to school by car. During the period when Futaro resigned as a tutor, he took over the position temporarily.

Kiku (菊)

The daughter of the Director. Kiku is a immature kindergartner with big eyes and three braids, as well as an arrogant personality. She felt lonely as her mother had disappeared, but she was later enlightened by Futaro.

Shimoda (下田)

A lecturer of the charm school. Shimoda was student's Rena (the quintuplets' mother) and classmate of Isanari (Futaro' s father) and Maruo (the quintuplets' stepfather) . She admired Rena being a teacher and followed a profession same as her. In addition she also is an advisor to plan the future career for Itsuki.

Sanada (真田)

A boy who appeared in the Futaro's Kyoto trip flashback photo. He was the childhood friend of Takebayashi. They grew up together and their parents maintained close ties.

Takebayashi (竹林)

A childhood classmate of Futaro. She has a good relationship with Futaro.

Notes

1. From the character profile in volume three and follow-up volumes.
2. Nakano quintuplet sisters are ordered by the first character in their names, which are Kanji numbers from 1 to 5, indicating order of birth.
3. Itsuki Nakano uses her mother's name while pretending to be the girl Futaro met in Kyoto as a child.

References

Web sources

1. "The Quintessential Quintuplets Anime Reveals Visual, Cast, Staff". Anime News Network. October 19, 2018. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
2. Yu, Apphia [@soymilkpudding] (January 31, 2019). "Yo, I'll be directing the dub for The Quintessential Quintuplets this season, and it's gonna be A+. Check out this adorable romcom now!" (Tweet). Retrieved February 1, 2019 – via Twitter.
3. Loo, Egan (November 25, 2018). "The Quintessential Quintuplets Anime Reveals More Cast, Theme Song Artists, January 10 Debut". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 25, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
4. "黒田崇矢｜タレント｜アクセルワン". www.axl-one.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
5. @hsk_tj (January 17, 2019). "二乃の友人の山田ちゃんを担当させて頂きました山田ちゃんは髪の明るいリボン女子です" (Tweet) (in Japanese) – via Twitter.

Manga volumes

• Vol. 1 Haruba, Negi (October 17, 2017). The Quintessential Quintuplets 1 (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-510249-7.
• Vol. 2 Haruba, Negi (December 15, 2017). The Quintessential Quintuplets 2 (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-510814-7.
• Vol. 3 Haruba, Negi (March 16, 2018). The Quintessential Quintuplets 3 (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-511075-1.
• Vol. 4 Haruba, Negi (May 17, 2018). The Quintessential Quintuplets 4 (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-511416-2.
• Vol. 5 Haruba, Negi (July 17, 2018). The Quintessential Quintuplets 5 (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-511988-4.
• Vol. 6 Haruba, Negi (September 14, 2018). The Quintessential Quintuplets 6 (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-512607-3.
• Vol. 7 Haruba, Negi (December 17, 2018). The Quintessential Quintuplets 7 (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-513250-0.
• Vol. 8 Haruba, Negi (February 15, 2019). The Quintessential Quintuplets 8 (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-514125-0.
• Vol. 9 Haruba, Negi (April 17, 2019). The Quintessential Quintuplets 9 (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-514879-2.
• Vol. 10 Haruba, Negi (June 17, 2019). The Quintessential Quintuplets 10 (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-515308-6.
• Vol. 11 Haruba, Negi (September 17, 2019). The Quintessential Quintuplets 11 (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-516335-1.
• Vol. 12 Haruba, Negi (November 15, 2019). The Quintessential Quintuplets 12 (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-517312-1.
• Vol. 13 Haruba, Negi (January 17, 2020). The Quintessential Quintuplets 13 (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-518452-3.
• Vol. 14 Haruba, Negi (April 17, 2020). The Quintessential Quintuplets 14 (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-518687-9.

External links

• Character list at anime official website for TBS (in Japanese)