Tenchi Masaki Jurai | |
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Tenchi Muyo character | |
Created by | Masaki Kajishima |
Voiced by |
Japanese Masami Kikuchi Mari Mashiba (as a child, OVA) English Matt K. Miller (a.k.a. Kermit Miller) Chris Kent (GXP) |
Profile | |
Relatives |
Nobuyuki Masaki (father) Kiyone Masaki (mother, OAV, deceased) Rea Masaki (step-mother, OAV and GXP) Tennyo Masaki (sister, OAV) Kenshi Masaki (half-brother, OAV) Katsuhito Masaki (grandfather) Kazumi the Older (grandmother, OAV, deceased) Airi Masaki (grandmother, OAV) Minaho Masaki (aunt, OAV) Azusa Masaki Jurai (great-grandfather, OAV) Funaho Masaki Jurai (great-grandmother, OAV) Misaki Masaki Jurai (great-step-grandmother, OAV) Sasami Masaki Jurai (Half-Great Aunt, OAV) Ayeka Masaki Jurai (Half-Great Aunt, OAV) Seto Kamiki Jurai (great-great step-grandmother, OAV & Tenchi Muyo! GXP)'' Noike Jurai (fiancee) Mayuka (daughter – Hasegawa continuity) Achika Masaki (mother, Tenchi Universe and Tenchi in Tokyo continuities, deceased) |
Royal Tree | None |
Ryoko (Ryoko Hakubi) | |
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Tenchi Muyo character character | |
Created by | Masaki Kajishima |
Voiced by |
Japanese Ai Orikasa English Petrea Burchard (OVA 1 and 2, Tenchi Universe, Tenchi in Tokyo, movies) Mona Marshall (OVA3 and GXP) |
Profile | |
Species | Synthetic composite being: Goddess/Synthezoid |
Relatives |
Washu Hakubi (mother) Ryo-Ohki (adopted sister) Fuku (adopted sister) Mikumo Kuramitsu (half-brother) Mikami Kuramitsu (niece) Minami Kuramitsu (nephew) Mitoto Kuramitsu (grand-niece) Mihoshi Kuramitsu (great-grand-niece) Misao Kuramitsu (great-grand-nephew) Two unnamed clone sisters (deceased) |
Ayeka Masaki Jurai | |
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Tenchi Muyo! character | |
Created by | Masaki Kajishima |
Voiced by |
Japanese Yumi Takada Haruhi Nanao (Ai Tenchi Muyo!, Ryo-Ohki 4) English Jennifer Darling (credited in parts of Ryo-Ohki series as Kristen Tanner) Rebecca Forstadt (credited as Reba West, GXP) |
Profile | |
Species | Juraian |
Title | First Princess of Jurai |
Relatives |
Azusa Masaki Jurai (father) Misaki Kamiki Jurai (mother) Funaho Jurai (stepmother, OAV) Yosho Masaki Jurai (half-brother) Sasami Masaki Jurai (sister) |
Royal Tree | Ryu-Oh (2nd Gen) |
Sasami Masaki Jurai | |
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Tenchi Muyo! character | |
Voiced by |
Japanese Chisa Yokoyama Mana Ogawa (Sasami: Mahou Shoujo Club) English Sherry Lynn (a.k.a. Katie Ashley) Kari Wahlgren (credited as Renee Emerson, GXP) Alison Viktorin (Sasami: Mahou Shoujo Club) |
Profile | |
Species | Juraian/Choushin (by assimilation with Tsunami) |
Title | Second Princess of Jurai |
Relatives |
Azusa Masaki Jurai (father) Misaki Kamiki Jurai (mother) Funaho Jurai (stepmother, OAV) Yosho Masaki Jurai (half-brother) Ayeka Masaki Jurai (sister) |
Royal Tree | Tsunami (Prime tree) |
Tsunami | |
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Tenchi Muyo character | |
Voiced by |
Japanese Chisa Yokoyama English Sherry Lynn (a.k.a. Kate Ashley) Lara Cody (Pretty Sammy OVA 2-3) |
Profile | |
Species | Choushin |
Relatives |
Washu Hakubi (sister) Tokimi (sister) Sasami Masaki Jurai (assimilation, OAV) |
Mihoshi Kuramitsu | |
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Tenchi Muyo! character | |
Created by | Masaki Kajishima |
Voiced by |
Japanese Yuko Mizutani Kumiko Yokote (credited as 'Hyo-sei', Sasami: Magical Girls Club) Michie Tomizawa (Ryo-Ohki 4) English Ellen Gerstell (Ryo-Ohki 1, Ryo-Ohki 2, Tenchi Universe) Rebecca Forstadt (Tenchi in Tokyo, Ryo-Ohki 3) Colleen Clinkenbeard (Sasami: Magical Girls Club) |
Profile | |
Relatives |
Washu Hakubi (great-great-grandmother) Ryoko Hakubi (great-great-aunt) Minami Kuramitsu (grandfather) Mitoto Kuramitsu (mother) Misao Kuramitsu (brother) Mashisu Kuramitsu (sister-in-law) |
Ryo-Ohki | |
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Tenchi Muyo character | |
Created by | Masaki Kajishima |
Voiced by |
Japanese Etsuko Kozakura Ema Kogure (Sasami: Magical Girls Club) English Debi Derryberry Mona Marshall (GXP) Zach Bolton (Sasami: Magical Girls Club) |
Profile | |
Species | Cabbit (half rabbit/half cat) |
Gender |
Female (Tenchi Muyo!) Male (Pretty Sammy) |
Relatives |
Washu Hakubi (mother/creator, OAV) Ryoko Hakubi (half-sister, OAV) Fuku ("sister; Tenchi Muyo! GXP") |
Abilities | Spaceship Transformation |
Washu Hakubi | |
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Tenchi Muyō! character | |
Created by | Masaki Kajishima |
Voiced by |
Japanese Yuko Kobayashi Akiko Hiramatsu (Sasami: Mahou Shoujo Club) English Kate T. Vogt (a.k.a. Gee Gee Loo Loo) Jessica Gee (GXP) Luci Christian (Sasami: Magical Girl's Club) |
Profile | |
Nickname(s) | "Little Washu" "Washu-chan" "The Greatest Scientific Genius in the Universe" |
Relatives |
Tsunami (sister) Tokimi (sister) Mikamo Kuramitsu (husband, divorced) Mikumo Kuramitsu (son) Ryoko Hakubi (daughter) Ryo-Ohki (creation/adopted daughter, OAV) Fuku (creation/adopted daughter; Tenchi Muyo! GXP) Mitoto Kuramitsu (great-granddaughter) Mihoshi Kuramitsu (great-great-granddaughter) Misao Kuramitsu (great-great-grandson) Minagi ("Ryoko's clone"; Manga continuity) |
Kiyone Makibi | |
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Tenchi Muyo character | |
Created by | Naoko Hasegawa |
Voiced by |
Japanese Yuri Amano (Japanese) English Sherry Lynn (Mihoshi Special, Pretty Sammy OVA 1, Tenchi in Love, Tenchi Universe) Wendee Lee (Tenchi in Tokyo, Pretty Sammy OVAs 2-3, Daughter of Darkness, Tenchi Forever) |
Dr. Clay | |
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Tenchi Muyo character | |
Created by | Masaki Kajishima |
Voiced by |
Seizō Katō (Japanese) Wes Mann (English) |
The following is a list of the major characters from the anime and manga series Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki and its spin-offs Tenchi Muyo! GXP, Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar, Tenchi Universe, Tenchi in Tokyo, Ai Tenchi Muyo!, Sasami: Magical Girls Club, Magical Project S, and Magical Girl Pretty Sammy.
Masaki Kajishima and Hiroki Hayashi, who both worked on the Bubblegum Crisis OAVs, cite the show as being the inspiration for Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki. In an interview with AIC, Hayashi described Bubblegum Crisis as "a pretty gloomy anime. Serious fighting, complicated human relationships, and dark Mega Tokyo." They thought it would be fun to create some comedy episodes with ideas like the girls going to the hot springs, but it was rejected by the sponsors. He also said that there was a trend to have a bunch of characters of one gender and a single one of the other gender, and asked what if Mackey (Sylia's brother) was a main character, reversing the Bubblegum scenario. This became the basis for the show.
In designing Ryoko, Kajishima and Hayashi were inspired by the American sitcom I Dream of Jeannie and wanted to use her in their works. In the first episode, Tenchi would open the sealed cave, which was a reference to the Jeannie's bottle, and a "cute witch" would jump out. Hayashi said that Tenchi is "sort of" based on Mackey, and that after Tenchi and Ryoko, the other girls were designed to be characters to balance the picture in the very early concepts of the series, and that they are original characters.
Tenchi Masaki (柾木 天地 Masaki Tenchi?) is the title character of the Tenchi Muyo! series. Tenchi's name means "Heaven and Earth". It is the same as "Tenchi" in the Shinto Kojiki, which contains some of Japan's oldest myths and legends.