family's pet cat. He hates mice. Voiced by: ? Isono and Fuguta family's kin He is a nephew of Namihei and a cousin of Sazae, Katsuo, and Wakame. Ages 24-26. He works for a newspaper publisher. He is a cheerful character, an optimist who is always ready to take it easy, without worrying about details. He is also shrewd and has a brazen side, such as entering Isono family's house without telling them and eating the cakes they keep without permission, but he is not a hateful type of person, so he gets a lot out of life.Voiced by: Ichirō Murakoshi (1969–1998), Tarō Arakawa (1998–2000), Yasunori Matsumoto (2000–) Norisuke's wife. Age is about 22 years old. She is known as a particularly beautiful woman in anime and has a demure personality. She also has a strong core and supports Norisuke behind his back as his wife, and Norisuke cannot resist her. She is very comfortable with Sazae who are close in age.Voiced by: Ryoko Aikawa, Masako Ebisu (1969–1979), Emiko Tsukada (1979–2013), Sayaka Kobayashi (2013–) Norisuke and Taiko's son. Age is about one and a half years old. He is Tarao's friend and he just say Chan, Hai and Babuu.Voiced by: Reiko Katsura Namihei's Meiji Revolution samurai ancestor. Around the time of the Bon Festival, he haunts Namihei's (or sometimes Katsuo's) dreams.Voiced by: Ichirō Nagai (?–2013), Chafurin (2014–) Namihei's twin older brother.Voiced by: Ichirō Nagai (1970–2013), Chafurin (2014–) Isasaka family A novelist who lives in the next house of Isono family's house.Voiced by: Eken Mine (1985–2002), Atsushi Ii (2002), Yasuo Iwata (2002–2009), Kōtarō Nakamura (2009–) Nanbutsu's wife. Fune's childhood friend.Voiced by: Reiko Yamada Nanbutsu's daughter. She is one of the characters that Katsuo is secretly in love with.Voiced by: Keiko Han (1985–1990), Miina Tominaga (1990–1998), Eriko Kawasaki (1998–) Nanbutsu's son.Voiced by: Hiroshi Takemura Isasaka family's pet dog. Other characters An original anime character modeled after a guest character from Manga. An old man who lives in a house in back of (ura-no) Isono family's house.Voiced by: Eken Mine (1985–2002), Atsushi Ii (2002–2013), Mitsuru Takakuwa (2013–), An original anime character modeled after a guest character from Manga. Ura-no Grandpa's wife.Voiced by: Sumiko Shirakawa, Keiko Yamamoto, Reiko Yamada The employee of Mikawaya who makes house calls for food orders. An original anime character modeled after a guest character from Manga.Voiced by: Issei Futamata An original anime character. One of Tarao's friends.Voiced by: Reiko