He does not believe in the paranormal and is strong at devices. Edward "Eddie" Archer / Kanchi Imada ( 今田 干治 / カンチ, Imada Kanchi) Voiced by: Chie Satō (Japanese) Brent Pendergrass (Season 1-2), Bryce Papenbrook (Season 3) (English) Nate's friend and classmate who is often seen hanging around Bear and wears headphones.
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Usually, he wears a blue jacket written as "BEARS 90". Bear is generous and easily moved to tears. Barnaby "Bear" Bernstein / Gorōta "Kuma" Kumashima ( 熊島 五郎太 / クマ, Kumashima Gorōta / Kuma) Voiced by: Tōru Nara (Japanese) Paul Greenberg (Season 1-2), Tony Azzolino (Season 3) (English) Nate's friend and classmate who appears intimidating, but is actually a very close friend. Katie was featured in the Mini Corners where Kyubi tried to obtain her heart. In the anime series, outside of a dream Whisper has in episode 67, she does not possess a Yo-kai Watch and is unaware of the presence of Yo-kai. In contrast to Nate's watch, Katie's Yo-kai Watch is shaped like a pocket watch with a floral design, which Katie hangs around her neck. She is the female protagonist in both the video games and the shoujo manga series. She is highly intelligent, but is worried that she does not meet her mother's standards, and is often admired by her fellow male students, particularly Nate. Katie Forester / Fumika "Fumi-chan" Kodama ( 木霊 文花 / フミちゃん, Kodama Fumika / Fumi-chan) Voiced by: Aya Endō (Japanese) Melissa Hutchison (Season 1-2), Reba Buhr (Season 3) (English) Katie is a girl in Nate's class at school.
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In the shoujo manga series, he does not possess a Yo-kai Watch and is unaware of the presence of Yo-kai. He is the male protagonist of the games and the Shonen manga series. Purchasing one of the capsules, he frees Whisper and is given the Yo-kai Watch, allowing him to see and befriend Yo-kai, as well as summon them into battle. While out in the forest, he happens upon a capsule machine standing under a sacred tree. He is also shown to be easily angered or embarrassed, shown by when Katie is forced by Tattletell to tell his friends that Nate used the bathroom to go number 2 (as it is referred to). While his ability is mediocre, he is active and cheerful and does not receive aversion from classmates.
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He is able to do everything averagely, but this mediocrity bothers him. Nathan "Nate" Adams / Keita "K-ta" Amano ( 天野 景太 / ケータ, Amano Keita) Voiced by: Haruka Tomatsu (Japanese) Johnny Yong Bosch (Seasons 1-2), Griffin Burns (Season 3), Meyer deLeeuw (Blasters) (English) The main protagonist of the series. Nate (Keita), Bear (Kuma), Eddie (Kanchi), and Katie (Fumi-chan) are in Class 5-2. The five major humans are students of Springdale Elementary / Sakura First Elementary School ( さくら第一小学校, sakura daiichi shōgakkō).
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Where available, names from the English games, North American English dub, and the North American English manga are on the left while the original Japanese names are on the right.