List of Bamboo Blade characters


This is a list of characters from the manga and anime Bamboo Blade.
Many of the surnames are taken from various :ja:全日本剣道選手権大会|winners of the All Japan Kendo Championships.

Muroe High School

Toraji Ishida

;Toraji Ishida

Tamaki Kawazoe

;Tamaki Kawazoe

Kirino Chiba

;Kirino Chiba

Miyako Miyazaki

;Miyako Miyazaki

Sayako Kuwahara

;Sayako Kuwahara

Satori Azuma

;Satori Azuma

Yuji Nakata

;Yūji Nakata

Danjuro Eiga

;Danjūrō Eiga

Toyama

;Toyama

Iwasa

;Iwasa

Shinobu Toyama

;Shinobu Toyama

Makoto Iwasa

;Makoto Iwasa

Yoshikawa

;Yoshikawa

Other characters

;Principal
;Vice Principal
;Shima
;Muscular Girl
;Yuriko Yamase
;Yano

Machido High School

;Kenzaburō Ishibashi
;Konatsu Harada
;Maya Yokoo
;Yūri Andō
;Karen Nishiyama
;Akemi Asakawa

Seimei High School

;Tadaaki Hayashi
;Mei Ogawa
;Reimi Odajima
;Nozomi
;Suzushiro
;Kawaguchi
;Nomura
;Takahashi

Tozyo High School

;Konishi
;Aoki
;Terachi
;Satou
;Iguchi

Kamazaki High School

;Takeshi Iwahori
;Narumi Chikamoto
;Takano
;Hazamada
;Nagashima
;Sugiyama
;Etou

Touryuu High School

;Sakaki Ura
Sakaki is Tamaki's rival in the manga. Although they have barely met, it is thought to have been "fate" and therefore everyone is hoping for a match between them and consider her Tamaki's only match. She is more or less a replacement for Rin Suzuki in the manga, as she takes the role of the one to defeat Tamaki so that Tamaki becomes stronger. In the end, the one to defeat Tamaki first, was Sawamiya Erina, a 16-year-old TV idol in a special television event of kendo beauties. After that, Ura appeared and challenged Erina, leading to a long all-out fight, that left an impression on Tamaki. Months later, a special tournament is held on TV. The first match of Muroe is against a team composed of Ura and other skilled kendo girls, and after two wins and two losses, the decisive fight between Tamaki and Ura leads to the end of the history. In the anime, she is only seen at the ending credits of episode 26, first talking to Suzuki Rin and then when she and Tamaki cross each other at the tournament's entrance.

Main characters' family

;Toraji's father
;Toraji's mother
;Tamaki's father
;Tsubaki Kawazoe
;Kirino's mother
;Kirino's younger brother
;Kirino's younger sister
;Kirino's father
;Miyako's older sister
;Sayako's mother
;Kazuhiko Kuwabara

Kawazoe dojo pupil

;Sakaguchi
;Uchimura

Others

;Reimi's mother
;MuMu House Manager
;Koutarou Miyazato
;Nobu-chan
;Matsuki
;Cat
;Ano Kiyomura
;Takachiho Suginokouji
;Carrie Nishikawa
;Rin Suzuki
;Hiroshi Narita