Ninja Hattori-kun (忍者ハットリくん) is a manga series by Fujiko Fujio Ⓐ, later adapted into an anime series, a video game and eventually a live-action movie.
Plot
10-year old Ken'ichi Mitsuba is an average kid who goes to elementary school and struggles with his studies. Meanwhile a little ninja named Kanzo Hattori, Shishi-maru (a ninja dog) and Kanzo's little brother Shinzo befriend Ken'ichi. Hattori is now a part of the Mitsuba family along with his brother Shinzo, and his ninja dog, Shishi-Maru. Hattori helps Ken'ichi with his problems, and constantly keeps an eye on him, as a good friend. Yumeko-chan is the girlfriend of Ken'ichi. Kemumaki, a Koga Ninja and his ninja cat Kagekiyo always trouble Ken'ichi. Ken'ichi asks Hattori to take revenge.
Characters
- Kanzo Hattori (ハットリ カンゾウ or 服部 貫蔵 Hattori Kanzou) (voice: Junko Hori, drama actor: Kōtoku Nomura, drama voice: Kazuo Imakura, live-action film actor: Shingo Katori), aka Hattori-kun, is the protagonist of the series, a little ninja. He is the boy who usually contests Kemumaki when Kemumaki does pranky things. Hattori's main weakness is that he is afraid of frogs; this often leads him into trouble. He wears blue coloured ninja robes.
- Shinzo Hattori (ハットリ シンゾウ or 服部 心蔵 Hattori Shinzou) (voice: Yūko Mita, drama actor: Shigeki Nakajō), aka Shin-chan, is Kanzo's younger brother. A good point to note is that while Kanzo is referred to as "Hattori", Shinzo is usually called by his regular name. He is a ninja-in-training who learns to be a good ninja, like Kanzo. He wears red coloured ninja robes.
- Shishimaru (獅子丸) (voiced by Kenichi Ogata) is a ninja dog living with Ken'ichi, who came along with Kanzo Hattori and Shinzo Hattori. He is the light-headed dog who, along with Shinzo, winds up doing pranky things. His fur color is yellow.
- Ken'ichi Mitsuba (三葉 ケン一 Mitsuba Kenichi) (voice: Masako Sugaya, drama actor: Katsumi Takamiya, live-action film actor: Yuri Chinen) is a regular boy who goes to elementary school and does poor with his studies. He dates Yumeko, however Kemumaki is always after her.
- Tsubame (ツバメ) (voice: Fuyumi Shiraishi), aka Tsubame-ko, a kunoichi and classmate of Hattori-kun, always wishes to marry Hattori. She a dislike for Ken, Shinzo, Shishimaru, Kemumaki and Kagekiyo. She wears pink coloured ninja robes.
- Kemuzou Kemumaki (ケムマキ・ケムゾウ Kemumaki Kemuzou) (voice: Kaneta Kimotsuki, live-action film actor: Gorie) is the antagonist of Ninja Hattori-kun. He, along with his cat Kagekiyo Kemuzou, always are the ones who cause trouble. He competes with Ken'ichi for Yumiko-chen; however when he uses one of his ninja techniques in order to win, Kanzo usually steps in to save the day. He wears green colored ninja robes.
- Kagechiyo (影千代) (voice: Eiko Yamada) is an animal-ninja of the Koga-ryu, Kagekiyo is the helping antagonist of Ninja Hattori. Usually Kemumaki gives a big task in his plans for Kagekiyo to carry out, but he foils it. He is seen to have an enmity of Shishimaru. His fur color is black.
- Yumeko Kawai (河合 夢子 Kawai Yumeko) (voice: Runa Akiyama), aka Yumeko-chan, is the girl who usually causes disputes between Kemumaki Kemuzou and Ken'ichi Misoba. She is a girl who attends the same elementary school as the two, and she is also the one who causes most of the problems of the plot.
Other characters include:
- Aiko-sensei (voice: Yōko Kawanami) : Ken'ichi's music teacher.
- Hattori Jinzou (voice: Tadao Futami), Hattori-kun and Shin-chan's father.
- Jippou (voice: Junpei Takiguchi, drama voice: Hiroko Maruyama): a giant turtle monster ninja.
- Koike-sensei (voice: Issei Futamata): Ken'ichi's teacher, also appears as a ramen chef in Obake no Q-tarō.
- Kentarou Mitsuba (voice: Yuzuru Fujimoto, drama actor: Teizō Muta)
- Kenichi's Mother (voice: Yuri Nishiwa, drama actor: Chiharu Kuri)
- Professor Shinobino (voice: Reizō Nomoto)
- Robomaru (voice: Banjō Ginga):
- Shinobino O-hime (voice: Keiko Yokozawa)
- Togejirou (voice: Hiroko Maruyama)
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