Piisuke is Nobita's first and only dinosaur that appears in volume 1 (long stories) and volume 10 (short stories). Its type is Futabasaurus. 

Howl's apprentice. He is an orphan who lives in Howl's castle. His apprenticeship in magic largely consists of running errands and doing the shopping. In the book he is a fifteen year old boy named Michael Fisher, in love with Sophie's half-sister, Martha.

Shou is a young boy who befriends Arrietty. In the beginning of the film he moves in with his great aunt because he suffers from a heart condition and needs lots of rest and quiet. 

A friend of Kai from school. Amamiya is very talented with the piano and his father is a famous piano player. 

He becomes estranged from Kai and their relationship becomes complicated, as he struggles to find his own way of playing the piano. 

A son of [Yubaaba](https://anilist.co/character/4716/). Judging from his appearance, he is probably a baby, but he is quite huge, and he eats enormously. He is quite spoiled as Yubaaba dotes on him.

A math-savvy 17-year-old high school student and a moderator of the interactive computer world OZ along with his close friend Takashi Sakuma. Kenji is less skilled in dealing with people. Kenji is invited by his friend Natsuki Shinohara for Sakae Jinnouchi's 90th birthday. After receiving a cryptic code on his cell phone and cracking it, he becomes a primary suspect for hacking into OZ.  (Source: Wikipedia)

A Levammian born mercenary pilot who takes on a secret escort mission assignment to protect a girl who is the future Princess consort of the state. He is subject to severe racist discrimination due to his mixed heritage (he shares a half blood heritage consisting of the Amatsukami Imperium, the enemy state of Levamme Empire in the war). Due to his life long bad memory from racism, he was eager to prove himself and vows flying in the sky as an aviator as his life-long passion, because that "there is no caste, race, nor social status and other inequality among everyone" according to his own account. 

Although never officially recognized due to his race and social status as a flying ace, he is extremely talented at flying and aerial combat and that he is known to have out-gunned all the ace pilots within the kingdom in various drills and practices.

~!**Age after timeskip:** 22-23!~

He lives in Tokyo, juggling between his part-time job at an Italian restaurant, his relation with his friends, and his dreams to eventually become an architect.

 __Height:__ 155 cm (5'1")

Shinji Ikari is the Third Child ('Third Children' in Japanese), who pilots Unit 01. He is the son of Gendo and the late Yui Ikari. Abandoned by his father, Gendo, when he was a toddler, Shinji often ran away from difficult situations. As a pilot, he panics easily and reacts very poorly to unexpected events. 

~!Over time and with encouragement from Misato, he learns to be less cowardly, more outspoken, and more confident, but his progress is all undone when he is forced to kill the only person who ever openly expressed love toward him. His only friends are Toji and Kensuke, but he apparently cares about Rei more than even he realizes.!~


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