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OGINO Chihiro	Voice: HIIRAGI Rumi
	A slightly willful, spoiled, ordinary 10-year-old girl. While moving to another town, she wanders into a strange town with her parents. To survive, she has to work at the bathhouse ABURAYA, which is ruled by Yu-baaba the witch. She is deprived of her name Chihiro (literally means a thousand fathoms) and is given a new name, Sen (literally means a thousand). While working, she learns many things. (Chi and Sen use the same Kanji. Hence, Sen is actually a part of her name, Chihiro.)
OGINO Akio	Voice:NAITO Takashi
	Chihiro’s father. 38-year-old. He is very optimistic and is unreasonably confident. Although Chihiro feels uneasy, he just goes into the tunnel they happened to find. He has a careless side, as he helped himself to the food in front of him. Because he ate the food intended for the gods, he was turned into a pig, as was his wife.
OGINO Yuuko	Voice: SAWAGUCHI Yasuko
	Chihiro’s mother. 36-year-old. She is realistic and strong. She is used to Chihiro’s temper, and she doesn’t care so much even though Chihiro has a sullen expression in the back seat of the car. She speaks her mind without hesitation to her husband, but in the end, she follows him.

Haku	(Literally means White) Voice: IRINO Miyu
	A mysterious boy who helped the frightened Chihiro when she found her parents changed into pigs. He continues to help Chihiro, but sometimes he takes a cold attitude toward her. He seems to work for Yu-baaba, under her secret orders.

Yu-Baaba	(Literally Means "Bath Crone") Voice: NATSUKI Mari
	The mistress of ABURAYA, the bathhouse. No one knows her age. She uses magic and rules the workers. She is strict to her workers and greedy, but she might not be such a mean person. Everything, from her clothes and decorations to the articles of her room, is gorgeous.
Kamajii	(Literally means Boiler Old Man) Voice: SUGAWRA Bunta
	An old man who is responsible for the boiler room of ABURAYA. He also makes medicines that are put in the baths. He helps Chihiro many times. He seems to be a spirit of a spider, as he has six limbs.
Rin	Voice: TAMAI Yuumi
	A girl who works at ABURAYA. At first, she is a bit blunt, but she comes to take care of Chihiro. Her dream is to save money to go to the world beyond the sea.
Susuwatari	(Literally means "Traveling Soot")
	They work at the boiler room of ABURAYA. When Chihiro sees them carrying coals to the boiler with their tiny bodies, she finds something important that she had not realized before. They love Kompeitou (small star-shaped candies). Susuwatari previously appeared in "My Neighbor Totoro" as dustbunnies.
Yuna	(Literally means "Bath Women")
	Women who live and work at ABURAYA. They do many jobs such as waiting on customers, preparing and serving food, and cleaning. They are the spirits of slugs. They show cold faces to Chihiro, a newcomer.
Aogaeru	(Frogs)
	The male workers of ABURAYA are frogs.
Chihiyaku, Aniyaku	(Literally means, the one who plays the father’s role and the one who plays the older brother’s role) Voice: KAMIJO Tsunehiko and ONO Takehiko
	Organizers of the bathhouse workers. Although they have stern faces, they are not such bad guys. Sometimes, they feel the sorrow of middle managers, being caught between Yu-baaba and the workers, or the workers and the customers.
Bou	(Literally means "Son" or "Little Boy")
	A son of Yu-baaba. Judging from his appearance, he is probably a baby, but he is quite huge, and he eats enormously. He is quite spoiled as Yu-baaba dotes on him.
Kashira	(Literally means "Head")
	Strange trio of brothers in Yu-baaba’s room. They only have heads and move about by bouncing on the floor.
Yu-Bird
	A mysterious, bird-like creature with the head of Yu-baaba. Under Yu-baaba’s direction, it flies to scout.

Kaonashi	(Literally means "No Face")
	A mysterious man. He seems to come from yet another different world from the world of ABURAYA. He comes into ABURAYA as Chihiro invited him in. His purpose and his true identity are mysteries.

Zeniiba	(Literally means "Money Crone")
	The twin sister of Yu-baaba. Although she looks exactly the same as Yu-baaba, she seems to have a very different personality. She holds the key to the story.