Doraemon Main Characters List & Details
Doraemon
Doraemon, the titular character, is the main protagonist of the series.
He is a cat-like robot created by the Matsushiba robot company, and is
sent back in time by Sewashi to aid Nobita. He possesses a
fourth-dimensional pocket from which he can acquire various kinds of
futuristic tools, gadgets, and playthings from a future department
store. Doraemon originally had ears but they were bitten off by a
robotic mouse in the 22nd century. As a result, he developed a morbid fear and mice despite being a robotic cat, because he was suffering musophobia .
He also has the tendency to panic during emergencies, characterized by
him frantically trying to pull out a very much-needed tool from his
pocket, only to produce a huge assortment of unrelated household items.
Still, Doraemon is very friendly and intelligent, not to mention
long-suffering because of Nobita's antics.
Nobita Nobi
Nobita , is one of the main characters of the
series and the center of the story. He is a fourth grader and is 10
years old in Tokyo's Nerima
Ward and an only child. He wears glasses, a red or yellow polo shirt
with a white collar, and blue shorts. Nobita's character flaws are
endless: he is lazy, uncoordinated, dim-witted, frail, plain-looking,
unlucky, and bad at sports. Nobita's typical day consists of arriving
late on classes, scoring zeros in his tests, getting lectured by his
teacher, being bullied by his classmates Gian and Suneo, falling into
curbside rain gutters, being chased by dogs, and getting grounded by his
mom for his sloth and poor academic results.
Shizuka Minamoto
Shizuka , usually called Shizu-chan or Shizuka-chan
is the smart, kind and pretty neighborhood girl and Nobita's best
friend. She takes baths several times a day. Nobita often disrupts her
in the bath due to some misuse of Doraemon's gadgets, and Shizuka
usually shouts out "Go away, pervert!" to Nobita. She is also known for
taking piano
lessons unwillingly, which is sometimes used as an excuse for declining
to hang out with Nobita. She has dislike for frogs. Her true passions
are sweet potatos, which she'd rather keep to herself out of the knowledge of others, and the violine,
in which her playing is as atrocious as Gian's singing. Due to
Doraemon's intervention, Shizuka will marry Nobita and she will become
Nobita's wife in the future timeline, and the mother of his son.
Takeshi Goda
Takeshi , usually known by the nickname "Gian"
from English word "giant", is the big, strong, and quick-tempered local
bully. He is known for his confidence in his terrible singing voice,
though he considers himself a great singer. But in some episodes when
his voice is recorded and he hears it, denies it being his voice and
threatens to beat up the person who sung his songs in a bad way. He
regularly subjects the neighborhood children to horrendous singing
recitals, which is sometimes combined with his equally bad homemade
dinner and his atrocious fashion sense. His favourite food is Stuffed
Capsicum. He also frequently steals other children's toys and books
under the pretext of "borrowing" them, unless the toy is damaged. This
is how most fans considered Gian to be the antagonist
of this show. However, he does not hesitate to help Nobita and his
friends when they are in real trouble, which often occurs in the movies.
Suneo Honekawa
Suneo , is the fox-faced (inherited from his
mother) rich kid who loves to flaunt his material wealth before
everyone. He is often seen with Gian, being forced to bully Nobita with
him, though deep down he fears and despises him as much as everyone else
and actually feels sorry for Nobita.
Some of the stories start with Suneo showing off some new video game or
toy which evokes Nobita's envy. He has an extensive knowledge of
science, and is a talented artist and designer. He has the habit to
invite Gian and Shizuka to something or someplace, but always leave
Nobita out with one excuse or another.
Hidetoshi Dekisugi
Hidetoshi , is Nobita's classmate and friendly
rival for Shizuka's affections. He always gets perfect scores on his
tests, but never shows off his abilities. He willingly helps Nobita
whenever he has philosophical or scientific questions. His name
literally means "brilliant over-achiever", and his last name is a pun on
dekisugiru, which means "over achieving". Unfortunately for
Nobita, Shizuka tends to prefer the company of Hidetoshi, who is more of
her intellectual equal, which leads to Nobita concocting bizarre
schemes (helped by Doraemon's gadgets) to keep them apart.
Dorami
- Dorami , also known as Dorami-chan, is the sister of Doraemon. She happens to be about 2 years younger than he is. Strangely enough, they are siblings due to the fact that they shared half of the oil from a can. She lives in the 22nd-century Tokyo with Sewashi, Nobita's great-great-grandson. She is yellow and has ears that resemble a large red bow. She likes melonpan and is afraid of cockroaches. She is also shown to be a more advanced robot than Doraemon (Dorami is able to produce 10,000 horse power, in comparison to Doraemon's 129.3). She sometimes visits Nobita with a time machine when Doraemon is "off-duty" or to help Doraemon with something. She also has her own spin-off manga. Her boyfriend is Dora-the-Kid of The Doraemons .
Mini-Doras
- Mini-Doras are actually gadgets of Doraemon. They are mini versions of Doraemon, each with a different color. They can think and feel for themselves, and communicate with Doraemon through the "Mini-Dora" language. They act as helpers for all sorts of tasks, such as repairing the internal mechanism of Doraemon.
- Mini-Doras looks like identical Doraemon because it color is red and very little robots. He disturbs Nobita to aid his body.
Sensei
- Nobita's homeroom teacher. He is a strict taskmaster who often punishes Nobita for failing to do his homework, but always get fooled by Suneo's convincing acts of lying. The punishments range from standing in the hallway to sweeping the classroom after-school. He often pays unexpected visits to the Nobi’s in order to inform Mrs. Tamako about Nobita’s recent zeroes on exams. He also usually sees Nobita in streets and often scold him to study hard and for getting low scores during exams. His real name is unknown and he is only referred to as "Sensei", but in the NTV anime his name is given as Ganari & also his mother, in one episode in which he says he has a transfer, his mother calls him Ichiro.
Jaiko
- Jaiko is Gian's younger sister, who would have been Nobita's wife in the future had Doraemon not intervened. She appears in the very first chapter of the manga, even before the introduction of Gian. Her name Jaiko is usually considered a nickname, but Fujiko never gave her a real name. An aspiring manga artist, Jaiko goes by her pen name Christine Goda , and sometimes submits her manga to publishing companies for prizes. She mostly fails in these contest because her storytelling is still rough. After that when she decides to give up writing comic books, Gian's friends are asked/forced to cheer her up. She has a crush on Motayo Moto,a seventh grader in the school. She is sometimes referred to as Hana.
