Hanae Ichinose
ICHI'NO'SE:
ICHI-NO (Kanji - hiragana): "1st course at a banquet"
SE (kanjii): "current, torrent, rapids, shallows, shoal"
HANA'E:
HANA (kanjii): "flower"
E (kanjii): "branch, bow, twig, limb"

A heavy-drinking middle-aged lady in room #1 of Ikkoku-kan. Whenever a party starts (in other words, every night) she starts dancing and nothing can stop her once she does so. Aside from the fact that she's a party animal, she is typical of her age: in one word, nosy. When she still didn't know that Kyoko was a widow, she was trying very hard to arrange an ``omiai'' (a formal introduction to another person, in the hopes they would develop a relationship and marry each other) for Kyoko. Once she realized that Kyoko was serious about Godai, she tried to be their counselor. Her husband, a very timid man, accidentally married her when he was trying to get a relationship going with a somewhat more attractive lady. Yet he and Hanae are a well matched couple, easily winning a ``three-legged obstacle race'' during a PE meeting of Kentaro's school. Her son, Kentaro, is tired of the lunacy his mother creates, and believes that Kyoko is the only sane person in that crazy apartment. Though he is attracted to Ikuko, he still can't say that he likes her (after six years).

Note on japan character voice: Aoki Kazuyo did Jimsy (Conan), Jyaian's mother (Doraemon).

Note: nella versione italiana dell'anime il nome è erroneamente pronunciato "ikinose"

Scheda di Hanae Ichinose
Addressed as `Ichinose-san' by almost everybody
`Obasan' (middle-aged woman) by Godai and a few others occasionally
`Hanae' by her husband
'Pauline' in France
Prima apparizione Episodio 1 nell'anime
Volume 1-1 nel manga


Kentarou Ichinose
ICHI'NO'SE:
ICHI-NO (Kanji - hiragana): "1st course at a banquet"
SE (kanjii): "current, torrent, rapids, shallows, shoal"
KEN'TA'ROU:
KEN (kanjii): "wise man, man of ability, gifted man"
TA (kanjii): "thick"
ROU (kanjii): suffix to the male names "child"

Hanae's son.

Note on japan character voice: Sakamoto Chika ha doppiato Mei (Totoro), Ashibe (Shonen Ashibe), Shun (Koko wa Greenwood).

Scheda di Kentarou Ichinose
Variant spelling Kentaro
Chiamato Addressed as
`Kentaro-kun' by almost everybody
'Ken-chan' by Ikuko
'Lio' in France
Prima apparizione Episodio 1
Volume 1-1 nel manga