Talk:List of Azumanga Daioh characters

Mrs. Kimura
Someone should write a section for Mrs. Kimura. She is certainly a bigger character than Yukari's car.

If whoeevr posted the "needs cleanup" tag could point out the problems here, perhaps it would help us fix them. I am also wondering whether Kimura and Kaorin need to br branched off into their own articles, particularly since Kaorin is a major character for much of the series. Michael Hopcroft 04:29, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

-"In fact they are also heroes (or heroines?) of "Neko koneko no Tabi" （ねここねこのたび）, a work by Azuma which is not exhibited in public."

Could someone clarify the above statement, or provide some kind of reference? I cannot find any information about anything called "Neko Koneko no Tabi" ("Journey of the Cat and Kitten"?) elsewhere online.


 * Go to web.archive.org and serch A-zone, Azuma's website, as in the older URL. Mononohazumi 21:55, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

This page appears to be quite well done. I question the need for it to be cleaned up.SemblaceII 19:33, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

A Disagreement
Kaorin & Kimura are not minor characters.


 * They do not appear as often as the other characters, and dont really need their own page (Animedude 07:20, 19 August 2006 (UTC))
 * To suggest that Kaorin and Kimura are on the same level of importance as, say, Chihiro or a vehicle is absurd.(Sandwich Pirate)

The section for "Kaorin" has stuff that isn't quite right and I plan to fix it if I have some extra time (assuming no one objects). For starters, her entry should list her real name not "Kaorin." Second, the "rin" part is actually an honorific, specifically a cutesy form (childish form) of the "chan" honorific. Official R1 companies with an aversion to honorifics in subtitles will leave it in, but make it appear to be part of the name rather than the subtitles, which is why ADV spelled it "Kaorin" rather than "Kao-rin." However, it would not be unusual if Kaori's close friends addressed her as "Kao-chan" (as So when Kimura-sensei calls her "Kao-rin," he isn't just being cute with her name, he's being cute with the "chan" honorific as well and being COMPLETELY improper which is why it is so much more offensive to her to be addressed as such by him.


 * -rin is not an honorific. If you think otherwise please give a reference, since I can't find one. I think you are probably thinking of -chin. Samatarou 01:29, 14 July 2007 (UTC)


 * "-rin" is not a proper honorific, just like "chin" or "chama" or other such cutesy suffix aren't. But, you want some references so...

-Why get rid of main articles at all? Because they take up room? Yeah, in a site that practically can have unlimited space for articles, I fail to see how that would be a problem. It just removes possibilities for facts and images. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.20.41.237 (talk) 17:13, 21 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Japanese Titles
 * Honorifics Explained
 * Japanese explanation of "rin" 71.218.64.105 (talk) 01:58, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Though highly amusing...
Isn't the section on the Yukari Mobile not NPOV? -81.104.135.154 11:24, 31 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Not really. Yukari is show to be a bad driver and the care IS fairlyt dented and damaged. What is not neutral about it? (Animedude 07:52, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Yukari's car is not a character.
 * if a stuffed animal is a character, Yukari's car is. (Animedude 21:42, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
 * They're plot elements, and should be listed under the characters themselves as a notable aspect of that character, if they are to be listed. They're definitely not "characters" themselves. -- Ned Scott 04:18, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree about the car -- it should be discussed with Yukari herself. Nekokoneko, though, is a detail not associated with any one character; it (they?) needs to be discussed somewhere, given its popularity, but calling it a character is stretching it a bit. —Quasirandom 16:10, 6 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I agree that neither the car nor nekokoneko are characters. The definition of a character is "(a) a person in a novel, play, etc.; (b) a part played by an actor" (OED) The second part allows the inclusion of those animals that actually have a seiyuu associated with them, but personally I think that's the absolute limit. If you're going to include inanimate objects, where does it end? You would end up including things like the penguin costume! You could, I suppose, add a section on notable props where things like nekokoneko are listed (personally I think the daddy hats are arguably at least as significant). Samatarou 01:20, 14 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Well I did it (moved them to a new "notable objects" section). Basically the least that could be done, personally I would still favour dumping the car and reducing nekokoneko to a note about its recurrent appearance the mangaka's works.Samatarou 00:32, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Handling of character descriptions
Forgot to put a cross-reference here: I've started a discussion in the main article of the overall organization of the character descriptions. Comments there appreciated. —Quasirandom 14:15, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Students - intro section
The preamble to the character descriptions about the sorts of stories the girls like strikes me as trivia, unless anyone objects I am minded to delete it, it gives the wrong impression that the anime is about the girls engaging in story-telling, which is really a minor aspect of the series. Samatarou 13:22, 26 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I suspect actually that's an incomplete edit, left over after a reorganization that split the characters, that didn't seem to fit anywhere else. As characterization of the girls, I think it's relevant, but we need to work it into some other place or places. —Quasirandom 16:29, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

I've upgraded Kimura's wife to where I feel she belongs given the number of scenes which are about her, i.e. one of the senior "minor" characters. Also relegated unnamed characters to below named ones. Samatarou 14:35, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Lines of code
For a while now I've been confused by the bit about Chiyo-chichi being "occasionally followed by lines of code". I think I've figured out what the original editor was thinking. In episode 16 (the second Culture Fest), several characters' heights appear onscreen; Chiyo-chichi is one of them, but rather than a simple number, we see a random ten-digit number beside him as he drifts by. The height stuff was a reference to Azuma's extra pages in the second tankobon, where he indicates everybody's heights. Neco-coneco gets a height of infinity and Chiyo-chichi gets 51461367522 (which doesn't show up as one of the random numbers, oddly enough). Seems to be a simple misunderstanding, so I'm removing that line -- but the story's interesting enough to mention here. ~ CZeke (talk) 06:25, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Characters Merge Proposal

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the proposal was No Merge, talk of merge died - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 16:54, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

I don't know who proposed merging all the biography articles for the AzuDai cast into this article. I'd be inclined against it simply because there is so much material and each sub-article would require a truly massive pruning to fit into this one. Is that what is really nheeded? I don't think so. Michael Hopcroft (talk) 16:58, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Thirded. (Second = in "A Disagreement" near top) But I'd like to hear from the person who proposed the merger, because I'm curious what the rationale could be. I can't think of a rationale for doing so, but that certainly doesn't mean there isn't one.
 * But unless we hear from someone in favor of the merger within a reasonable time frame, the suggested merger tags should be removed. arimareiji (talk) 13:04, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

I am against the merger as well. It was Barkeep who suggested the merger.--Daipenmon (talk) 15:41, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * It wasn't I who proposed the merger. Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't even see a template anywhere.   Barkeep   Chat 17:53, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * All of the individual character articles (Chiyo Mihama · Tomo Takino, etc) have merge tags. The corresponding tag here seems to be missing; I'll add that now. -- Quiddity (talk) 01:15, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

A merge of this type is generally (and frequently) suggested for groups of pages that need to be drastically pruned. If not pruned, the individual character articles are likely to be AfD'd for failing WP:Original research and WP:Notability. (See also Merging and moving pages.)

See specifically Manual of Style (anime- and manga-related articles): "Separate articles for each character should be avoided unless there is enough verifiable, citable material to warrant a separate article."

There are a few other benefits to mergism in general, such as: less pages to watchlist for vandalism, easier to coordinate consistency, avoids duplication within introductions. It's also the only way this topic will ever become of featured quality (see Featured list criteria). I strongly urge a merge of the characters to here. -- Quiddity (talk) 01:11, 22 December 2008 (UTC)


 * It's not original research to summarize a fictional work. And if the characters are popular as Dandy Sephy says, that means they're well-known, aka, notable. Pages should never be merged because you want to have less pages to watchlist for vandalism. And duplication of information in introductions is not a problem. Not all subjects on Wikipedia need to be featured on the mainpage. I strongly oppose a merge. --Pixelface (talk) 22:23, 25 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Although its not original research just to summarize a fictional work, that doesn't mean an article is free of original research. Just being well known does not indicate notability, especially as characters are obviously well known by fans of a series, and the amount of fans of a series does not have any relevance in notability. Notability is determined by coverage in independent, third party coverage, and as I've said a single Newtype ranking does not necessarily provide enough coverage (people are welcome to expand sources proving they are notable, hence the discussion). Try reading WP:N Dandy Sephy (talk) 02:51, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Unless people can give valid reasons for keeping the articles seperate, they will be merged soon. The current "reasons" for keeping separate articles are weak to say the least. As Quiddity points out, they need to demonstrate notability outside of the series, and their positions on the newtype ranking isn't enough on its own (and would actually mean half the characters are still merged). Theres been plenty of warning about the merges but no ones show any reason not to do them or made improvements to the point where they can be shown to be worthy of existing as seperate articles. Being popular characters in a popular series isn't enough. Dandy Sephy (talk) 15:41, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
 * "Being popular characters in a piopular series isn't enough." I disagree. Separate articles are fine. --Pixelface (talk) 22:17, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thats hardly a convincing arguement Dandy Sephy (talk) 02:35, 26 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I fully support a merger for the character articles. There just doesn't seem to be enough reason to keep them separate, and they're not notable enough to warrant individual articles as per the Manual of Style.  David Bailey (talk) 15:37, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

The eight main characters had each a character CD. Some of them ranked for one week in the single charts:
 * Vol. 2: 100, Vol. 3: 69, Vol. 4: 95, Vol. 5: 93, Vol. 6: 78, Vol. 7: 83, Vol. 8: 73 (2 weeks) (http://www.tbs.co.jp/cdtv/search.html)
 * Vol. 3: 63, Vol. 4: 80, Vol. 6: 70, Vol. 7: 75 (http://www.oricon.co.jp, did'nt find the other CDs) -- 89.58.169.252 (talk) 22:46, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
 * But... but this is Wikipedia! The wiki where every single Dungeons & Dragons monster has its own separate page but anything else gets torched on a whim. --Haynes21 (talk) 16:39, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

DO IT —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.255.251.104 (talk) 23:17, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Seeing that this arguement appears to be dead, I will remove the templates now. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 23:34, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Works for me. —Quasirandom (talk) 00:10, 6 February 2010 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Azumanga Daioh: Supplementary Lessons
I have only found a little bit of info regarding this on Google... I assume it is not yet translated and available in the States? Coolgamer (talk) 10:41, 12 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Correct -- the Yen Press omnibus is a retranslation of the original four-volume edition instead of the three-volume edition that include the supplementary lessons. Basically, the timing didn't work out. —Quasirandom (talk) 14:12, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
 * So any chance of the extra parts getting released? Coolgamer (talk) 22:09, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Yen hasn't said. —Quasirandom (talk) 02:51, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Principal/ Teacher
Who is the male character who sometimes asks Miss Tanazaki how she has such a good relationship with her students? In the 1st volume she replies with 'Well, I was only pretending to be friendly with them!' after he tells her to not be so friendly. Should he be listed? Alk (talk) 08:03, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

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Page for Osaka
I feel like Osaka is prolific enough to warrant her own page, considering the cult following she has garnered. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.16.15.98 (talk) 23:41, 28 June 2022 (UTC)


 * perhaps GoldenBootWizard276 (talk) 19:31, 26 December 2023 (UTC)