This is a listing of other notable characters present in the series Tamanegi Tama-chan, be they in the original or the 2019 remake for Chagurin magazine.
Other children[]
Ringo[]
Appears in: "Lost", "New Transfer Student Su-chan"
A little apple girl, slightly younger in her first appearance where she is shown to be scared due to being unable to find her parents. She is one of the few fruit-patterned characters, and her face is similar to that of Hajime from The Genius Bakabon. In later appearances, she can be seen among Tama's first grade classmates and as one of many bit children of the Vegetable Village.
In the remake series, the younger initial usage of Ringo is overwritten with a new character (Sakuranbo) as the story was moved to be later on in the run and as a way to resolve some early installment weirdness with the character. Ringo is generally characterized as more reserved than the other girls.
Kabo[]
Appears in: "The Kidnapping of Tomato-chan"
A pumpkin (kabocha)-themed boy who shows up in early illustrations and chapters. He helps out in the search for Tomato-chan.
In the remake series, he is redesigned to have his pumpkin head instead look more like that of an average child wearing a pumpkin-shaped hat. This is also due to the retooling of his character, in which he's a snobby, rich young "Pumpkin Prince" of the Pumpkin Castle who's secretly lonely deep down and wants to play with others.
Kuri-chan Sextuplets[]
Appear in: "The Persimmon Thieves" (three brothers), "A Carp Streamer and Chestnuts" (all six), "Marathon Competition" (two of the brothers), "Fishing" (three brothers)
A group of antagonistic young boys with chestnuts for heads, who love to cause trouble for Tama and his friends. Though most of their appearances depict the Kuri brothers as having identical faces, "A Carp Streamer and Chestnuts" has the full group with differently-shaped noses and other unique features to their faces to distinguish them.
Much as Osomatsu-kun's sextuplets can be depicted in smaller groups or only represented by a duo (as with Osomatsu and Choromatsu), it is more common to see less than six of the Kuri-chan brothers hanging around. A singular "Kuri-chan" can also be seen as a background character in school and town gatherings at times, representing the group like Osomatsu would with his siblings.
In the Chagurin remake, the Kuri-chan characters' heads are colored in brown and given screentones to better mark them as being chestnuts. However, they are later shown without their screentones in the Watermelon Alien invasion chapter, which continues the setting of them having different facial features.
Su[]
Appears in: "New Transfer Student Su-chan"
A watermelon (suika)-themed boy, who is a new student to Tama-chan's class. He has a single swirly ahoge atop his head. He is bullied by Tonkari, but later saves Tonkari from drowning in the school swimming pool.
His clumsiness resonates through other appearances, as he can't seem to stop himself from falling over easily.
Hakusai[]
Appears in: "New Transfer Student Su-chan"
A little girl with her fluffy head/hair patterned after Napa cabbage (hakusai). Her original profile by Fujio Pro describes her as a modest, quiet Yamato Nadeshiko-type girl out of Tama's classmates.
In later installments of the remake series, her eye shape is changed from the "Hajime" style to the more shojo heroine style seen on Tomato and Pine, and she is given a headband similar to that of Akko-chan (while becoming taller, as with the other characters). She tends to be seen around Tomato and Pine the most in later chapters, with them making up a girl classmate trio. Her remake incarnation also evolves to be much brattier and sharper-tongued in personality, to further differentiate her from those other girls.
Tomorokoshi Boy[]
Appears in: "The Tomorokoshi Boy"
A long-headed young boy with shaggy, corn husk-like strands of hair that cover his eyes. This causes him to scare other villagers until Tama-chan is able to get a barber to give him a haircut and expose that he is indeed a corn-themed child.
Saboten[]
Appears in: "Saboten-chan"
A little girl modeled after a cactus. Though she looks relatively human, she has cactus needles sticking out all over her head and body. Her yard is decorated in cacti and they are used for the roofing of her house as well.
Satsumaimo[]
Appears in: "Satsumaimo's Snacktime"
A young boy modeled after the sweet potato, with a long head covered in fine hairs. Although his chapter went unreprinted, he was remembered by Fujio Pro enough to appear in illustrations of various characters in their 1997 exhibition guide.
Jagaimo Triplets[]
Appear in: "Muddy Playtime"
Three bratty young boys with smooth, round brown heads modeled after your standard potatoes. After the kids all get muddy from fighting, they attempt to wash off at the bathhouse but are ordered out due to the mess.
Sakuranbo[]
Appears in: "Lost" (Chagurin remake)
The replacement character for the initial younger Ringo-chan, serving in an identical purpose but being cherry-themed instead of an apple.
Kyabe[]
A cabbage-themed boy exclusive to the Chagurin run. He has a crush on Lettuce-chan, though is a quieter and reserved boy in comparison to the others.
Lettuce[]
A girl with lettuce leaves for hair, and another new character introduced in Chagurin.
Pine[]
Another girl classmate in the Chagurin run. She is pineapple-themed and can be seen to be part of the extended friend group for Tama, often dressing in a "P" shirt and a short skirt in summer chapters. It would seem that out of the other girls in Vegetable Village, she can be seen as the second-most prominent in the later chapters and serving as a more tomboyish and sportier type next to Tomato.
She also tends to make up part of a trio of girls, whenever Hakusai is seen alongside her and Tomato, although Lemon winds up becoming more prominent and becomes the "secondary heroine" in comparison to those like Pine and Hakusai.
Yamaimo[]
An older boy that's seen as a "big brother" type to Tama, but is a trickster with an Iyami-like personality and face. He debuts in the April Fools chapter of the Chagurin run. As figured by his name, he is themed after the mountain potato (a rather skinny, slimy variant of Japanese yams).
Later on, he is shown to have a younger partner in mischief and bullying named Kakio.
Chiitama[]
A younger, preschool-aged onion boy introduced in chapter 25 of the Chagurin run. "Chiitama" is actually an onion-themed alien that has come to Earth and decided to take the form of a Vegetable Village onion boy while living with Tama's family. He has less splits at the top of his onion-bulb head and larger, more innocent eyes compared to his bigger brother (drawn on by Tama with a marker to disguise his real face). He often uses his special powers to help out Tama when he's in a pinch, but these powers can also be unpredictable.
Chiitama is later the catalyst for causing Tama to become a superhero, when he transfers his power to help him save others.
Chiinoko[]
A mushroom-themed alien full of mischief and trouble, who is adopted by the Dokukinoko Trio as their daughter figure for a time.
Chiitama has an innocent crush on her, while she is mostly antagonistic to him at first. However, the two team up to help Tama learn how to use his new powers, such as providing challenges for him and demonstrating that his abilities have limits as well as that he would need a secret identity.
Lemon[]
A lemon-themed young girl first seen in the 40th Chagurin chapter. She is visiting the beach, but gets spurred into action to fight as her very own version of Ecobaman after grabbing Tama's eco-bag in a rush. After enrolling at Vegetable Village Elementary, she becomes popular among all the boys in the class who all compete for her heart, to Tama's dismay as he had first felt a crush on her. This also earns her the envy of the other girls in class (particularly Hakusai and Pine).
Her design, in comparison to Tomato and the other girls, is drawn a little taller and with more detail to her eyes. The leaf at the back of her head also seems to visually double as a ponytail.
Unlike the other Vegetable Village children, Lemon is not referred to with honorifics (like -chan, -san) and doesn't use any for herself either.
Nomel[]
Lemon's younger brother figure, who appears as a small, lemon-themed boy with a thick pair of glasses. He reveals himself to actually be an alien powered by ESP, much like Chiitama and Chiinoko, and can telepathically communicate with those like him.
Kurisuke[]
Another classmate in the Chagurin run, who is another type of chestnut-themed boy. Unlike the Kuri-chan sextuplets, he wears a pair of thick glasses and has a friendlier impression to his design.
Kakio[]
Yamaimo's delinquent buddy, who is shown bullying one of the Watermelon Planet aliens along with him in chapter 48. As suggested by his name, he is patterned after a persimmon (kaki). He is an underclassman to Yamaimo.
Ninjin[]
A bully child seen bothering Bokenasu's younger sister.
Kiwi and Big Brother[]
Another pair of bullies that menace Bokenasu's younger brother.
Bokenasu's Siblings[]
As mentioned above, a little sister and brother are both introduced for Bokenasu and are part of his restaurant family. The little sister has braids, while the brother has shiny eyes like Hajime and "cheek beard" markings. Their names are not given beyond being called "little sister" and "little brother". An older sister is also later seen among the full family at the restaurant.
Ichijiku[]
A little fig-themed girl assisted by Tonkari, when Tama has suspicions that he might possibly be Randoman.
Adults in the village[]
Tama's Parents[]
Tama's mother and father are both onions like he is, and raise him well. They are reliable and able to be depended upon by Tama.
The Tama-chan trading cards included as extra material in the 1960s also depicted a teenage brother and baby sibling for Tama, though it can be debated how applicable their existence is to the original franchise as we know it (as they never appeared in any manga stories).
Ninjin-ojisan[]
A cheerful old grandfather-type patterned after a carrot, who gets along well with Tama and the other kids.
Takenoko-ojisan[]
Another old man, patterned after bamboo shoots. He is responsible and looks over the children.
Officer Pineapple[]
The pineapple-headed cop living in the town, a serious and dutiful man. His design is not consistent through the series and he may appear with one or two buckteeth, none at all, and have either rounded white sclerae to his eyes or only black dots. His nose can also change in shape.
Ms. Tulip[]
The teacher of the children, patterned after a red tulip flower. As the Chagurin run progresses, her design is altered to be more humanoid, with her keeping the tulip shape at the top of her head but now having a fuller head of red hair that the petals are apart of.
Principal Kabocha[]
A pumpkin-headed man who runs the school.
Broccoli-ojisan[]
A broccoli-themed man, unlucky in love, who's introduced in the Chagurin run.
The Bad Turnips[]
Appear in: "The Bad Turnips"
A duo of trouble-making garbagemen who like to pollute the town and cause mayhem by dumping trash all over the place.
The Dokukinoko Trio[]
Appear in: "Meanness"
Three terrible toadstool hat-wearing criminals that are the focus of a chapter centering around their trouble. They return in later chapters of the Chagurin run, notably when they get defeated by Chiitama-chan after they go around causing other Vegetable Village citizens to develop mold with their squirt guns.
They later adopt a young alien as their wicked daughter figure, Chiinoko-chan. However, after Chiinoko grows sick, she decides to reform as do they, swearing "I'll never do bad things again".
Kaki Artist[]
Appears in: Chapter 15
A persimmon-headed man who tries to draw and paint, but can't do very well with his illustrations.
Bokenasu's Family[]
The parents of Bokenasu are introduced in the Chagurin run, as owning a restaurant. The father has a similar face to Bakabon's Papa, but much different eyes and no teeth.
Renkon-obaachan[]
An old shopkeeper lady themed after a lotus root, notably seen when Tama investigates whether or not Tonkari could be Randoman. Although she looks more humanoid compared to other Vegetable Village adults, the back of her hair "bun" shows that it's actually hollowed out just like the root.
Creatures in the Village[]
Nasu-Inu[]
Bokenasu's eggplant-themed puppy.
Tomatoneko[]
Tomato's cat.
Pochi[]
Tomato's tomato-themed dog, seen in the first chapter of the manga before Tomatoneko became her regular pet.
Cherrytori[]
A cherry-bird hybrid occasionally seen in the village.
Nasu-Risu[]
An eggplant-squirrel hybrid.
Hikkuri-Kaeru[]
A chestnut-themed frog, whose name is a pun on hikkurikaeru ("to be overturned") as much as it is for chestnuts and frogs. True to its name, it can be seen to habitually flip.
Monchters[]
These creatures are much more specific types introduced in the Chagurin run. Each chapter follows a formula where the Watermelon Planet aliens corrupt an animal in Vegetable Village to become a kaiju, which is then defeated and fused with a fruit by Tama, Lemon, or Tomato using a shrinking ray and fusion ray.
The resulting hybrids have their names patterned after both their original species and the fruit that was thrown at their kaiju form.
Tako-Ichigo[]
One of Katta Yoshi's pre-existing mascots is worked into the series as the first Monchter, when the kaiju octopus is shrunk and fused with a strawberry. He can be seen in further chapters, interacting with the other Monchters.
Yamoringo[]
A gecko that was fused with an apple.
Nyanmelo[]
A cat that was fused with a melon, and a re-purposing of the Nyanmelo character seen in Katta Yoshi's Guts Cat Nyarome!.
Ika-Ichigo[]
A squid that was fused with a strawberry.
Koumoringo[]
A bat fused with an apple.
Suzumelon[]
A sparrow fused with a melon.
Those from Outer Space[]
Watermelon Aliens[]
A pesky, invasive group of watermelon-themed extraterrestrials in the Chagurin run. They tend to like transforming animals in the village into rampaging beasts through possessing them, which will get undone when Ecobaman transforms the creatures into smaller, harmless forms by fusing them with a fruit (Tako-Ichigo, Nyanmelo, etc.) and the creature spits out a seed that contains the alien's essence.
They can also possess Vegetable Village civilians, as they try to do so with Tama and Tomato.
Watermelon Alien #8[]
A denizen of the Watermelon Planet who has a face similar to that of Bakabon's Papa, except for the lack of mustache. He is the one of the aliens to declare surrender and is bailed out of being harmed for his crimes against Earth by Tama, as well as the combined efforts of Lemon and Tomato as an Ecobaman duo.
He collects the watermelon seeds of his friends that were used to corrupt Tama and the Monchters, and gives the Vegetable Village watermelons as a gift in turn before taking off back to space.
Apiyon Aliens[]
The next alien threat to invade Vegetable Village. They are re-used from the same alien race from The Genius Bakabon. The superhero Randoman challenges them (who Tama-chan first believes to be Bokenasu, and then Tonkari), leading to an ongoing mystery over just who he may be.