Abdul Hakim is a career criminal from the original anime who builds a reputation stealing pets before graduating into a full bounty head. His theft of the data dog Ein sets off one of the Bebop crew's earliest pursuits, a chaotic chase…
Abdul Hakim is the live-action reimagining of the pet thief, recast for the Netflix series as a grieving killer. Hunted across Tharsis by Spike and Jet, he hides behind a face-changing disguise while wrestling with the very dogs he was…
Achebe Laman is a low-ranking member of Piccaro Calvino's criminal outfit in the original anime, briefly wanted alongside the crew that steals the drug Grey Ash. He surfaces only during the Venus storyline before fading back into the…
Ajiz is a fugitive criminal in the original anime whose only mark on the story is the one that got away. The Bebop crew tracks him on Mars but loses him, a slip Edward later dredges up to prove how thoroughly she has read the ship's…
Alfredo is the man behind Punch, one half of the loud hosting duo on the bounty-hunting broadcast Big Shot. Through 2071 he brings word of fresh targets to hunters across the system, right up until the program airs its final case.
Alisa is a bar owner on Ganymede and a fragment of Jet Black's past, the woman who once walked out of his life leaving nothing but a farewell note. Her return in the anime finally forces Jet to hear why she left.
In the Netflix series, Alisa is Jet Black's former partner and the mother of his daughter Kimmie. Their strained history plays out in stolen moments at recitals and doorsteps, where old resentment keeps bumping against Jet's stubborn…
Doctor Amjad is a satellite historian who steps in front of the cameras in the original anime to explain the machines circling Earth. His brief turn as an on-air expert helps frame the hunt for the hacker carving messages into the planet's…
Anastasia, better known as Annie, runs a Mars convenience store and quietly moves within the orbit of the Red Dragon syndicate. A sharp old friend to Spike, Julia, and Mao, she becomes one of the silent casualties of the crew's final…
The Netflix series reworks Anastasia into a poised club proprietor and an old ally of Spike, listening to the city's whispers from her office. When a supposedly dead Spike walks back into her life, Ana becomes his quiet ear inside the…
Andy Von De Oniyate is a wealthy, self-styled cowboy who plays at bounty hunting purely for the thrill of the role. A near-mirror of Spike in build and temperament, he barges through the anime as a chaotic rival whose incompetence does as…
The Animal Treasure owner runs a pet shop on Mars in the original anime, an ordinary shopkeeper swept up in a bounty chase. Her brief scene turns the cramped store into the stage for a standoff over a very unusual dog.
Edward's largely absent father, Appledelhi is a wandering Earth cartographer who charts the planet's ever-shifting terrain. So consumed by his mapmaking that he once forgot his own child for years, he crosses paths with the Bebop crew…
Appledelhi Siniz Hesap Lütfen is an eccentric Earth cartographer obsessed with charting the planet's ever-shifting terrain. He is the largely absent father of the hacker Edward, a bounty head on paper thanks to crimes his own child forged,…
Asimov Solensan is a hardened syndicate enforcer turned fugitive who guns down his own crew to steal a stash of the combat drug Bloody Eye. Carrying a 2.5 million Woolong bounty, he flees toward Mars with his wife Katerina, chasing a fresh…
Asimov Solensan is a Red Dragon Crime Syndicate defector in Netflix's live-action Cowboy Bebop, played by Jan Uddin. Hoping to reach Mars with his lover Katerina, he peddles the combat drug Red Eye and becomes an early mark for Spike and…
Bacchus is a smooth-talking doctor and con man, the uncle of small-time crook Whitney Haggis. He is best remembered as the architect of the elaborate scam that saddled the newly thawed Faye Valentine with a lifetime of fabricated debt.
Bachman is a detective who appears in Netflix's live-action Cowboy Bebop. He turns up at Ana's cabaret, where a clash with a syndicate member tests, and ultimately upholds, the club's strict house rules.
Bailey the Kid is a bounty hunter featured in Netflix's live-action Cowboy Bebop. She surfaces on the Big Shot broadcast as one of the notable names chasing a group of fugitives who had recently broken loose on Europa.
Baker Panchorero is a Mars-based bank robber carrying a bounty of roughly 800,000 Woolong issued out of Ganymede. Run down by the crew of the Bebop, he suffers the added indignity of Edward's unprovoked, dog-like assault on the trip to…
Bakri Chinva is a small-time criminal in Piccaro Calvino's organization and a wanted bounty head. When a valuable stolen plant went missing from the gang, he joined the hunt to recover it and the turncoat who took it.
Beatrice works as a soft-spoken visual guide beneath Dr. Londes in Netflix's live-action Cowboy Bebop. She meets newcomers with warmth and talk of freedom, though her gentle manner may be little more than a mask worn by Cy-Baba itself.
Benicio is a black market dealer featured in Netflix's live-action Cowboy Bebop. Known on the streets of Tharsis for moving hard-to-find goods, he crosses paths with Jet Black over the sale of a rare collectible doll.
Benny and Clive are a pair of bounty hunters in Netflix's live-action Cowboy Bebop, their names a nod to the outlaws Bonnie and Clyde. Their pursuit of a dangerous target ends fatally, contributing to the bounty being pulled entirely.
Betty runs a pair of establishments in the live-action Cowboy Bebop, serving as the woman in charge of Betty's Boop and Betty's Bottom. A sharp-tongued proprietor, she crosses paths with the Bebop crew when their bounty work wrecks part of…
Big Shot is the gaudy, cowboy-themed broadcast that pipes fresh bounty listings to the Solar System's freelance hunters. Fronted by the drawling Punch and his bubbly partner Judy, the program dresses up dry criminal reports as loud western…
Bitch Cassidy is a bounty hunter who appears in the live-action Cowboy Bebop. The series positions her among the prominent names in the trade, spotlighted on the Big Shot broadcast during the fallout from a mass prison break on Europa.
The Blue Crow bartender is a wanted man who pours drinks at a disreputable watering hole in the Blue Crow district. Hiding in plain sight on Callisto, he treats his own bar as a refuge for fugitives like himself and briefly mistakes Jet…
The Blue Crow gang leader heads a pack of thugs terrorizing the run-down lunar city of Blue Crow. Preying mostly on wealthy outsiders and the rare woman who passes through, his streak of easy robberies unravels once his crew tangles with…
Bob is an Inter-Solar System Police officer stationed with the Ganymede force, and a former colleague of Jet Black from Jet's own days on the job. Though wary of the risk, he repeatedly slips his old friend the inside information that…
Bodham the Bison is a wanted criminal in the live-action Cowboy Bebop. He belongs to a crowd of escapees from a prison vessel over Europa, a breakout that lands him a spot on the Big Shot bounty broadcast.
A bounty head is anyone wanted for a crime with a cash reward riding on their capture. Within the Cowboy Bebop setting, hunters chase these marked individuals and hand them over to a cooperating law enforcement body to collect the posted…
A bounty hunter, also called a cowboy or cowgirl, is a private individual licensed to run down fugitives in exchange for a reward. The trade sits at the heart of Cowboy Bebop, an often lonely and cash-strapped line of work that nonetheless…
Brenda is a lawyer in the live-action Cowboy Bebop who stumbles into the wrong moment at the worst time. Leaving her office one night with her daughter, she walks straight into Spike and Vicious standing over a fresh kill, and her survival…
Buck is a bit player in the live-action Cowboy Bebop, a well-dressed patron who turns up at a Venusian jazz club alongside his companion Peggy Landsford. A keen follower of the music scene, he shares her hope of catching a particular…
Cain is one of the orphaned children living on Earth in Cowboy Bebop. He turns up at the countryside orphanage that draws Edward and Faye Valentine, a small face in the crowd of kids who greet the visitors.
A former criminal referenced in the live-action Cowboy Bebop, Captain Saturday never actually appears on screen. He survives only in Fad's passing recollection of a dealer so wary of being caught that he took to hiding inside one of his…
Carlos holds the rank of capo within the White Tiger crime syndicate, a mob veteran worn down by his organization's grinding feud with the Red Dragon. His push toward peace makes him a target, and a rigged vessel ends both his life and…
Carol runs the floor at the Watanabe Casino, an invented role written for the live-action Cowboy Bebop. Swept into a robbery gone wrong, she ends up a hostage until Spike and Jet turn the situation, and her grasp of the venue's systems…
Carpi Paolo runs with Piccaro Calvino's crew, a low-level crook who lands a bounty after the gang lifts a rare plant. When one of his own turns on the group and takes the prize for himself, Paolo sets out to hunt the thief down and recover…
Chalmers is a police officer and an old working partner of Jet Black, an original creation for the live-action Cowboy Bebop. Now married to Jet's ex-wife and helping raise his daughter, he needles the bounty hunter even as their tangled…
A hub page cataloguing the cast of Cowboy Bebop across its anime, manga, and live-action forms. The roster splits into the central Bebop crew, the recurring supporting players who return across several episodes, and the many one-off…
Chessmaster Hex, born simply Hex, is the brilliant engineer who helped build the Astral Gate network before the Gate Corporation cast him aside. A decades-long chess champion, he sets a slow revenge in motion that outlives his own memory,…
Chivo is a foot soldier of the Red Dragon Crime Syndicate written for the live-action Cowboy Bebop. A loyal enforcer, he runs into the resurrected gunman known as Fearless and pays for recognizing him with his life.
In Netflix's live-action Cowboy Bebop, Chris counts among the children of Fad, a son who is spoken about but never actually shown. His father brings him up with clear pride, glad that the young man has made it through the police academy.
Chris Riley is a television journalist who covers a deadly tanker explosion in Alba City during the events of the Cowboy Bebop feature film. Reporting from a hazardous scene, she keeps viewers and one attentive listener abreast of the…
Coffee is a bounty hunter who tracks the fugitive Domino Walker to Io, only to have her pursuit derailed by a pair of stowaways. Styled after the heroine of a 1970s blaxploitation film, she cuts a bold figure as she chases her mark through…
Connie is the wife of Fad in the live-action Cowboy Bebop, a presence felt but never seen. She reaches out to her husband during a tense manhunt, a small reminder of the family waiting for him beyond the job.
A minor figure from the film Knockin' on Heaven's Door, this shop cashier finds herself held at gunpoint during a botched 2071 robbery, an incident that ends with the raiders seized by two passing bounty hunters.
This unnamed surgeon crosses paths with the Bebop crew twice, first as a cheated cosmetic doctor who feeds Spike a lead on a fugitive, and later as a guarded back-alley medic patching up a wounded Jet Black.
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