Harry is the leader of a gang of foreign sailors. He is a roughneck, but can be a friendly person when he decides to be. He learned martial arts when he was in the Navy and made a living as a street fighter for a while after being discharged from military service. He racked up a legendary 98 consecutive victories in his hometown in Texas. His pals call him “Crazy Harry” because when he gets angry, no one can handle him.

Ever since making an autonomous decision to quite high school, Harue has been studying full-time for her high school equivalency and college entrance exams. Because she concentrates exclusively on her studies throughout the evening and well into the night, she finds it helpful to take long walks through Dobuita during the day for a change of pace. While she was still in school she was a member of the softball team, so occasionally she can be seen window shopping at Hattori Sporting Goods.

This unemployed young woman wanders around Dobuita day after day, seeking the meaning of life. Hiroko Tahashi is, as expressed in Japanese, a “Freeter” or a job-hopping part-time worker. She applies for positions through classified ads or fliers, gets the job, and quits within a week. She has never worked at one place for longer than one week. She is rather infamous with the shopkeepers in Dobuita.

Jones is a sailor serving aboard the same ship as Harry. He takes good care of his mustache to make up for his bald head. He is violent and unsociable, but can be warm to his friends once he gets close to them. He met Harry by losing to him in a street fight. They then became friends and started hanging out together.

Koji is a friend and fellow motorcyclist of Shingo Mochizuki. He is both short-tempered and mean. He tunes his own motorcycle and boasts about it, just like Shingo. He sticks to Shingo like glue and the two are always hanging around together. He is almost always rude when talking to people, except when addressing skilled mechanics like Ono-san.

Kosaku Shirono owns an electrical appliance shop near Dobuita. At night, he gets drunk and loiters around the arcade. He worked at an electronic equipment manufacturer until 10 years ago. He spent all of his retirement money setting up his new business, but he isn’t making much in sales yet. Shirono-san has been trying to figure out a way to improve the sales of his shop while drinking his favorite sake, but he just ends up getting drunk. He never seems to learn a lesson from this experience.

Kyoko is a student at the same high school as Eiko Kusano, and often walks around Dobuita with her. She and Eiko have been friends since they were small children. They are both academically at the head of their class. Actually, Kyoko is supposed to be one year ahead of Eiko at school, but she was absent from school for a long time due to illness, so they are classmates now. Her favorite place in Dobuita is the Smiley Flower Shop, and she often drops by. Like Eiko, she is also shy with strangers and gives a curt reply if someone she doesn’t know speaks to her.

This quiet but sweet young lady came to Japan one her own to try and locate her sister who went missing in Yokosuka last year. Lidia has spent her entire life savings for this purpose. She walks around Dobuita every day, searching for clues to her sister’s disappearance.

Lin Xiang Xuan is an old man who appears out of nowhere in Dobuita, settles in the park, then later disappears and doesn’t show up for several months. Nobody knows who he is, but housewives say he mumbles in some foreign language, such as Chinese. He could be one of the Chinese people living in Dobuita. Because he hardly talks when spoken to (perhaps speaking is very difficult for him), nobody can verify whether or not he wants help. He is a rather difficult man to deal with.

This is the man in a suit who is always standing in front of Nagai Industries. Actually, Lu Tang Chen wishes to become a member of Nagai Industries because he is attracted by their noble image. He left his hometown Lushun, China, and smuggled himself into Japan 15 years ago so he also speaks fluent Japanese. Once, he had connections with a Chinese cartel but, being a man of old-fashioned integrity, he couldn’t accept their way of thinking, for they had no rules or honor. When Tang Chen learned about the Japanese concept of ninkyo-do (Yakuza chivalry) he decided he had to join. Tang Chen is always asking himself how he can improve his image. As a result of this self-assessment, he came to rely on two concepts. One is, “Men should be strong.” Although Tang Chen is strong, he abhors violence. His other concept is, “Men should be patient.” Tang Chen will keep standing there, regardless of the weather, until the day Nagai will accept him.Unfortuantely, without any relatives, guardian, or referee, Tang Chen will not be easily accepted by Nagai. Still, Tang Chen will not give up and goes there every day.

Michiko is a representative of Kateisha, a maid-service agency catering to the area of Dobuita and Sakuragaoka. She is also a skilled helper, but concentrates on recruitment to cope with the current labor shortage.

This housewife lives in Minato-ward, Tokyo, but travels to Dobuita to purchase dumplings from the Ajiichi Chinese Restaurant because her husband is exceedingly fond of them and constantly ask her to buy them for him. After several trips, Mitsuko became enamored with the various shops, and now enjoys making the trip.

He is a drunk who loiters around Dobuita at night. In the daytime, he works at a trading company that is a 10-minute walk away from Dobuita. He is an assistant manager there whose only forte is diligence. Three years ago he married his co-worker, after a passionate love affair. Now they have a two and a half year old boy and should be very happy. Nevertheless, he gets drunk almost everyday, perhaps because he is unhappy with his job.

Osamu, an officer from the regional police force, is in this area to monitor things around the neighbourhood of Dobuita and collect information on large-scale drug smuggling. Because of his impressive physical strength, he used to work for the riot police. Wanting to use his brains, he had himself transferred from the harbor area.

This foreigner lives in Yokosuka, but he is not a sailor. Paulo is a small-scale buyer engaged in the trading business. Paulo can often be seen with Harry and his fellow sailors and he looks like he’s used to fighting. It’s possible that his being a buyer is just a cover, and that he’s actually a bouncer for a bar.

Rena is a friend of Yumiko Minamino and a notorious troublemaker. Growing up in a poor family environment, she started her misconduct when she was a junior high school student. The only family member she is kind too is her grandmother, who has been taking care of her for a long time. She has been close to Mai Sawano, the daughter of the owner of Hokuhoku Lunches, for years and recently made her a member of her gang. Though she’s only 16 years old, she is dangerous, and she conceals a sharp razor blade in the sleeve of her scholol uniform.

Robert is a Hispanic sailor from Mexico serving aboard the same ship as Harry. He has known Harry for more than five years. Though he is cheerful most of the time, he becomes quiet when he gets angry. He is a good boxer and his light footwork technique wins him a lot of street fights. He likes to think of himself as a stylish, classy guy, so he always takes the utmost care with his hairstyle and mustache.

Tony, a sailor from San Francisco is very conceited and is always looking down on other people. When he gets drunk, he plays pranks on people, or becomes violent, so even many of his friends dislike him. Because he is a bodybuilder, he is very confident about his strength and has no qualms about becoming aggressive. His favorite drink is strong bourbon whiskey. The one person he gets along well with is Bradley, his co-worker and friend for the past five years.

He is a civilian base worker at the U.S. military base near Yokosuka. He often visits the MJQ Jazz Bar with Gilbert. Being short-tempered and unable to concentrate, he always loses in pool to Gilbert, who stays calm at all times. He always has to buy Gilbert a drink when he loses.

Li Xian trained under the tailor Liu Gong Hui who was a member of the Three Blades. He came to Japan, accompanied bu Yong Zhu Yan, a younger student who was from the same country. However, Zhu Yan quit training soon after. Li Xian wanted to continue his training, but he left the place together with Zhu Yan, feeling responsible for his dropping out. Then they started to work at a factory. He still respects Liu Gong Hui. He would like to continue living in Japan, but he knows he should be saving money to build a large house for his parents, brothers and sisters who are waiting for him in China, otherwise Zhu Yan would get angry with him. He is supposed to work hard for five more years, but he actually doesn’t care at all. He is practicing a Japanese way of life by spending what he has every night.

When he was young, Zhu Yan trained under Liu Gong Hui, a tailor who was a member of the Three Blades. He decided to come to Japan, persuaded by Wu Li Xian, a friend whom he adored like a brother. However, he made no pogress at all because he wasn’t very good with his fingers and couldn’t save much money. He decided to work at a factory to make better pay. He still respects Liu Gong Hui, but it looks like he doesn’t have what it takes to be a tailor. His present wish is to save a lot of money and build a large house for his parents, brothers and sisters in China. Initially he assumed that it would take three years at most, but his plan was changed to five years as he spends a fair amount of money on drinking in Dobuita. Realistically, it may take seven years or longer.

This constant visitor at the Slot House is a mysterious player who seems totally immersed in the slot machines. He is convinced he can eventually make a fortune by hitting the jackpot, but people almost never get rich by betting on slot machines. He doesn’t seem to realise this and has no one to tell him

Yuka is the only daughter of the owners of the Komine Bakery. She is always playing near the shop so that her father can keep an eye on her. Her mother is a busy editor who frequently works long hours away from home. Yuka is a sweet child who loves her father and thinks that his bread is the best in the world. However, like most children, she is easily bored with eating the same bread, so lately she has started pestering her father to make some new recipes. Her new favorite foods are pizza, hamburgers, and hot dogs, so she eats them whenever she can. However, because only competing stores sell these foods, she can’t eat them often enough to be satisfied. Being so young, she doesn’t seem to realize that these foods also contain bread.

Yukio is a man of mystery who appears from nowhere when it’s dark and wanders around Dobuita. He is actually a tofu maker living in a neighboring town. He is looking for a suitable place for his second shop in Dobuita, where there is no tofu shop.

Yumi is an ordinary high school student, walking around Dobuita every day. She is tempted to join a gang but can’t quite take the plunge. She wonders if she will be satisfied by that lifestyle. That’s why she hasn’t crossed the line yet. She doesn’t think they look cool at all. For her friend Shoko Usui, who has to accompany her all the time, it causes a great deal of trouble.

Yumiko is the leader of a tough girl gang. She always skips classes and loiters around the streets with Rena Isayama, trying to find prey. They threaten girls from other schools and rob them of their money. The police have caught her many times and that’s why the guidance section of the local police knows her activities pretty well. Being wicked and cold-hearted, she doesn’t mind fighting using a rod or steel pipe, let alone using foul language.