Main characters

Kazuma Kōsaka (高坂 和真, Kōsaka Kazuma)

Kazuma is the protagonist of the story and is the person the player assumes. Both of his parents are working overseas, so he came to live at his aunt's house. He is almost never in contact with his parents, which is in stark contrast to the kind environment he finds himself in with his friends.

The girls of Like Life: Tsubaki (top-left), Kizuna (top-right), Atori (center), Yumi (bottom-left), and Himeko (bottom-right).

Yumi Miyasato (宮里 結未, Miyasato Yumi)

Voiced by: Mayumi Shindō (Windows/PS2)

Yumi is Kazuma's childhood friend who lives next door to him. She is always cheerful, and is a natural airhead. She often refers to Kazuma as "Kazu-kun". Every morning, she climbs over the veranda between her home and Kazuma's and enters into his room to wake him up for school. She comes over to his house so often, it is almost as if she lives there, and she is treated like a member of Kazuma's family. She always wears a pea-green ribbon in her hair. She is a health-food nut and is extremely popular at her school; so much so that she even has bodyguards to protect her from the constant attention.

Himeko Kōsaka (高坂 姫子, Kōsaka Himeko)

Voiced by: Junko Kusayanagi (Windows/PS2)

Himeko was, at one point, Kazuma's favorite mobile phone, but one day she transformed into a beautiful young high school girl. At first, Kazuma did not believe that she used to be his cell phone for he did not witness the transformation. In fact, the first time he saw her was in his room sitting down wearing a wedding dress, which is what she originally was wearing after her transformation. Somehow, she gets admitted into Kazuma's school and gets into his class. She retains a bit of her former self on her appearance: there is one cell phone strap above each of her ears, and the antenna is still visible behind her left ear. Despite the transformation, Himeko still functions as a cell phone. For example, every time Kazuma gets a text message, she sings the game's opening song "GirlsLife" to signify this, but since it happens often, she tends to be out of breath. If her battery is running low, she will start to appear as if she is sick, and must recharge via connecting a recharger to her power source located on her chest. This way, she does not have to eat like the other objects that turned into girls.

Tsubaki Sawaki (沢木 椿, Sawaki Tsubaki)

Voiced by: Shino Kujō (Windows), Yūko Gotō (PS2)

Tsubaki is a girl who transfers into Kazuma's class; she has a weak body, but a strong-willed personality. When she first found out about Himeko living in Kazuma's house, she hinted at the fact that he may be a lolicon. Her sickness is not stated, but she constantly coughs up blood, possibly due to a lung hemorrhage. She enjoys acting superior to others she deems to be unworthy of her time. Sometimes she behaves differently around Kazuma, likening her to a tsundere character type.

She is in fact not the real Tsubaki, but merely a personification of the real Tsubaki as a transfer student into Kazuma's school; she is presented as an older identical twin of the real Tsubaki. The fake Tsubaki constantly worries about her real counterpart and looks after her. This is because the real Tsubaki has been hospitalized for a long time, and since the hospital bills are so expensive, a rift has built up between Tsubaki and her parents, leaving her more or less alone. Years before, she attended the same school as Kazuma and admired him from afar, but she was never able to tell him how she felt since she became hospitalized.

Atori Arikawa (有川 あとり, Arikawa Atori)

Voiced by: Marina Ono (Windows/PS2)

Atori is another girl who transfers into Kazuma's class; she is introverted, always tends to be nervous, and constantly falls down because of it. After her beloved grandmother died, she closed herself off and became introverted. She has a natural gift when it comes to cooking. She generally attempts to avoid physical contact with others, but is close with any of the objects that turned into girls. Due to this, she was early on able to become friends with Himeko and Tsubaki. She never goes without wearing earmuffs to hide her red-colored ears. It is later revealed in the visual fanbook that she is Sōya's younger sister.

Kizuna Rindōji (竜胆寺 絆, Rindōji Kizuna)

Voiced by: Kiyomi Asai (Windows/PS2)

Kizuna is yet another girl who transfers into Kazuma's class. She is a wealthy girl, who is in fact supposed to be a first year high school student, but used her money to skip a grade and get into Kazuma's class. She first met Kazuma as a child, and ever since has adored him. She is not only selfish, but she hates to lose, and tries to use her standing in society for her own benefit. She even went as far as to buy the school she attends and brought her own desk from her home; she mainly has no common sense about how the world works.

Supporting characters

Tae Yamazaki (山崎 妙, Yamazaki Tae)

Voiced by: Mai Goto (Windows), Eriko Fujimaki (PS2)

Tae is Kazuma's aunt; she took him in while his parents are overseas. She loves to play dirty tricks on Makoto in an attempt to allure him with her feminine charm, though she also acts like a normal guardian. She has a youthful appearance and personality, so when she is called "Oba-san" (おばさん, lit. "aunt", but also implies middle-aged), she gets really angry and has even gone so far as to throw knives at Makoto for doing so. After her refrigerator and vacuum cleaner turned into girls, she became their godparent. She is usually hard to figure out, and is readily aberrant.

Ichigeki Kodera (小寺 一撃, Kodera Ichigeki)

Voiced by: Kazunari Tanaka (Windows/PS2)

Ichigeki is Kazuma's delinquent friend who is in love with Yumi. His family owns a temple, to which he is the heir. Outwardly, he appears to be a typical gang member, though he wears a wig to make himself took tougher. His personality changes when around girls he likes, and is always trying to go after Yumi. He is the leader of the bodyguard squad that protects Yumi while at school. His dream is to one day be a shōjo manga author. In fact, Tsubaki gives him high praise for his artistic ability.

Shōko Usui (碓井 祥子, Usui Shōko)

Voiced by: Natsumi Yanase (Windows/PS2)

Shōko is Kazuma's homeroom teacher. She is typically unhappy, and was flustered when objects in town started turning into girls. In the classroom, she lacks confidence and often asks her mother for help after school.

Itsuki Kobayashi (小林 唯月, Kobayashi Itsuki)

Voiced by: Kozue Yoshizumi (Windows/PS2)

Itsuki is one of the maids at Kizuna's mansion. She has a stern personality towards Kizuna, and has the tendency to shun others. At Kizuna's mansion, there are other maids, but they are all identical to Itsuki. This came about when various objects in the mansion all transformed into Itsuki.

Sōya (総哉)

Voiced by: Unknown (PC), Eiji Miyashita (PS2)

Sōya is a man who constantly smokes cigarettes, has silver hair, and has sanpaku-eyes. He is Mitsuba's owner, and always keeps her nearby. He is Atori's older brother.

Former objects

Okiru (起留)

Voiced by: Kiyomi Asai (Windows/PS2)

Okiru is Kazuma's former alarm clock. She has a rude personality, and will wake Kazuma up by hitting him with one of her hammers.

Akari (あかり)

Voiced by: Kozue Yoshizumi (Windows/PS2)

Akari is Kazuma's former desk lamp. Her light source comes from under the skirt she wears, and must flip the skirt to illuminate anything; due to this, she is extremely embarrassed.

Hyoko (氷庫, Hyōko)

Voiced by: Kozue Yoshizumi (Windows/PS2)

Hyoko is Kazuma's former refrigerator. She enjoys ridiculing Kazuma. Originally she went unsold, but after she transformed, she thanked Tae for buying her. She appears in the fandisc Like Life Hyokoban as the main heroine.

Tōka (トウカ)

Voiced by: Megumi Kobayashi (Windows/PS2)

Tōka is a former post box on a street corner in town. While originally being eighty years old, she looks like a youthful girl, but still retains the wisdom of someone in their late years.

Keshiko (消し子)

Voiced by: Megumi Kobayashi (Windows/PS2)

Keshiko is the former blackboard eraser from Kazuma's class. She makes a small cameo appearance in the _Summer original video animation mini-series.

Kōmon (校門)

Voiced by: Kana Fumizuki (Windows/PS2)

Kōmon is the former front school gate of Kazuma's school. She often cites the fault of others.

Mako (マコ)

Voiced by: Mai Gotō (Windows), Eriko Fujimaki (PS2)

Mako is the former coffee pot in the teacher's lounge at Kazuma's school; she was originally Shōko Usui's. At first she is terrible at making coffee, but after she makes friends with Shōko, she gets better at the task.

Nobuko (信子)

Voiced by: Kozue Yoshizumi (Windows/PS2)

Nobuko is a former traffic light. She has a strong sense of justice, and will call those who run red lights evil.

Mitsuba (三葉)

Voiced by: Kana Fumizuki (Windows/PS2)

Mitsuba is a former sex doll owned by Sōya, who she is almost always together with. In the PlayStation 2 version, she was changed to be a former child's doll.

Kiyori Kōsaka (高坂 浄, Kōsaka Kiyori)

Voiced by: Natsumi Yanase (Windows/PS2)

Kiyori is Tae's former long-time favorite vacuum cleaner. The vacuum cleaner hose is unified with her single-braided hair. She has the habit of belittling herself after she makes a mistake. When a room gets dirty, she would rather choose suicide than not clean it.

Kagari (篝)

Voiced by: Natsumi Yanase (Windows/PS2)

Kagari is a former Maneki Neko owned by Atori's family. She was bought around eighty years ago, and was once owned by Atori's late grandmother. She is content with living a solitary life and acting as Atori's guardian. Kagari always is at odds with Kazuma.