A grimy, darkly comic dark-fantasy brawl with an oddly tender heart, in which a reptile-headed man stumbles through a soot-stained city of smoke and gyoza steam, hunting the ghost of his own face.
Dorohedoro
ドロヘドロ
"What did the guy inside my head say?"
13 January 2020
— 27 May 2026
Japan
2 season
23 episode
Returning Series
8.4
(461)
Cast: Reina Kondo, Wataru Takagi, Yu Kobayashi, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Kenyu Horiuchi
Animation
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Action & Adventure
Comedy
Identity and memory
Found family and friendship
Class, power and exploitation
Violence and black humour
Food and everyday pleasure
Dorohedoro — Characters & Cast
Character Analysis
Caiman
Wataru Takagi
Archetype: Amnesiac antihero
Key Trait: Magic immunity and a regenerating reptile head
Motivation
To restore his human face and memories, a goal that gradually shares space with protecting his friends.
Character Arc
He begins as a single-minded killer hunting the sorcerer who cursed him. Across the series his purpose is complicated by the bonds he forms and by what he learns of his past.
Nikaido
Reina Kondo
Archetype: Loyal friend and powerhouse
Key Trait: Fearsome fighter who cooks gyoza
Motivation
To help Caiman and to keep the community around her restaurant alive.
Character Arc
She starts as Caiman's cheerful partner and restaurateur. As the story widens, her own power and history gain importance and she becomes central to the plot.
En
Kenyu Horiuchi
Archetype: Villainous crime boss with a twisted charm
Key Trait: Turns people into mushrooms and wastes nothing
Motivation
To protect his organisation and his interests with total pragmatism.
Character Arc
He first appears as the powerful boss who sends his cleaners to kill Caiman and Nikaido. His ruthless wit and his own stakes grow clearer as the story deepens.
Shin
Yoshimasa Hosoya
Archetype: Loyal enforcer
Key Trait: Slicing magic and a stoic exterior
Motivation
To serve En and stay with his partner Noi.
Character Arc
A deadly cleaner who gradually reveals loyalty, humour and vulnerability, especially toward Noi.
Cast
Reina Kondo
as Nikaido (voice)
Wataru Takagi
as Caiman (voice)
Yu Kobayashi
as Noi (voice)
Yoshimasa Hosoya
as Shin (voice)
Kenyu Horiuchi
as En (voice)
Kengo Takanashi
as Fujita (voice)
Miyu Tomita
as Ebisu (voice)
Mitsuhiro Ichiki
as Kasukabe (voice)
Hisao Egawa
as Vaux (voice)
Soungdok
as Risu (voice)
Tetsu Inada
as Tanba (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki
as Turkey (voice)
Anri Katsu
as Chota (voice)
Hozumi Goda
as Asu (voice)
Ryohei Kimura
as Jonson (voice)
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