Boss/Characters

Characters from Boss include:

Osawa Eriko

The titular "Boss" of the Special Criminal Countermeasures Unit.

• Bottle Fairy: She's quite a heavy drinker.
• Catch Phrase: "We have a case", with some variants.
• The Chessmaster: She always finds a way to outsmart the villains.
• Christmas Cake: She's 40 in the first season.
• The Mentor: To her subordinates.
• Only Sane Woman
• Reasonable Authority Figure: Even though her subordinates like to complain about her when given a chance.
• Tomboyish Ponytail: Used to have one.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: With Nodate.

Katagiri Takuma

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• Badass Beard
• Badass Moustache
• Biseinen
• Catch Phrase: "I'm awkward."
• Chick Magnet
• Covert Pervert: Revealed in the second season. When a sex club owner mentions swimsuits among other types of costumes used by his employees, Katagiri asks him whether school swimsuits are available.
• Does Not Like Guns: After a slip-up in the past. He finally gets over it.
• The Hero: The most capable leader of his group when Osawa is not around.
• Not So Stoic
• Shrinking Violet: He is extremely shy around women.
• Sweet Tooth: Enjoys cakes and parfaits.
• Troubled but Cute: His major charm point.

Yamamura Keisuke

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• Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny: Easily distracted by beautiful flowers and butterflies.
• Casanova Wannabe: Believes himself to be more charming than he actually is, and frequents cabaret clubs.
• The Klutz: His forgetting his bag and carrying only its strap around without noticing is a Running Gag.
• The Lancer
• May-December Romance: Attempts to invoke this by trying to flirt with Mami, then Rika.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: With Iwai.

Iwai Zenji

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• The Big Guy
• Casanova Wannabe: A rare gay example.
• Cowboy Cop
• Face of a Thug
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold
• Macho Camp: A textbook example.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: With Yamamura.

Kimoto Mami

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• Badass Damsel
• Big Eater
• Brilliant but Lazy
• Does Not Like Guns
• Hates Everyone Equally: Claims to be this.
• Meganekko: On occasions.
• Not a Morning Person: Frequently seen in the office with her head on a pillow.
• Put on a Bus: For most of Season 2.
• The Smart Girl
• Strange Girl
• Took a Level in Badass: Single-handedly disarms a bomber at the end of Season 2.

Hanagata Ippei

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• Adult Child: Regarded by many as one.
• Bishonen: Despite being this, his appeal to the ladies is nowhere near Katagiri's level.
• Butt Monkey: Tends to get ridiculed by both his superiors and civilians, and get into trouble.
• Catch Phrase: "Willing to do anything, the healthy Hanagata!" ("Yaruki genki, Hanagata!").
• The Chick
• The Ditz
• Keet: "Yaruki genki" is technically his motto.
• The Klutz: Tends to mess up the crime scenes in the early episodes.
• Momma's Boy: He really loves his mother.
• Naive Newcomer: 23 years old, fresh out of the police academy. The top brass looks down on him due to his naive thoughts and childish ambitions like "joining the police force to protect his mother".

Nodate Shinjiro

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• Badass Beard
• Badass Moustache
• The Gadfly
• Handsome Lech: Always ogles and flirts with the ladies, and frequently organizes goukon (group blind date) parties.
• The Mole: Subverted.
• Trickster Mentor
• Vitriolic Best Buds: With Osawa.

Tadokoro Sachiko

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• Big Eater
• Cloudcuckoolander
• High Heel Face Turn
• The Mole
• Obfuscating Stupidity: Her marksmanship is much better than it looks like.
• Phrase Catcher:

Osawa: "You said something very important just now!"

• The Smart Girl
• Stealth Hi Bye: Somehow her teammates don't notice her until she speaks up.
• Strange Girl
• Trademark Favorite Food: Onigiri.

Kurohara Rika

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• Deadpan Snarker
• Playful Hacker
• Sixth Ranger