Di Gi Charat, usually shortened to Dejiko or Digiko, is the main character of the manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 and anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 of the same name

Di Gi Charat

is a Japanese anime and manga series created by Koge-Donbo. The series follows a catgirl named Di Gi Charat "Dejiko" who was adopted as the mascot of Broccoli's retail chain store, Gamers. The original anime series and its original video animations are set in a Gamers store. There are twenty ...

 created by Koge-Donbo

Koge-Donbo

, is a Japanese manga artist. Koge-Donbo* started her career soon after college as a doujinshi artist. She got the idea of a unique pen-name, Koge-Donbo* from Akira Toriyama's pet cat. She made her first official US appearance at Otakon 2004 in Baltimore, MD as a Guest of Honor...

. She is a princess of a planet that is also called Di Gi Charat. She is a catgirl

Catgirl

A catgirl is a female character with cat traits, such as cat ears, a cat tail, or other feline characteristics on an otherwise human body. Catgirls are found in various fiction genres, and in particular Japanese anime and manga where they are more commonly referred to as Neko or Nekomimi , in...

 which is highlighted by the fact that she ends each sentence with the cat sound 'nyo'. She can be violent at times and will resort to using her special ability, eye-beams, to inflict damage on others. She is close friends with her sidekick Puchiko who has a contrasting personality to that of Dejiko's. Dejiko can work vigorously when motivated but gives up easily when there is no incentive or if things become difficult. Dejiko is the company mascot of Gamers, a retail chain of Broccoli

Broccoli (company)

is a Japanese media company that publishes manga, anime, and video games through its various subsidiaries.- About :Broccoli is the parent company of Broccoli Music Publishing, Broccoli International USA, and Anime Gamers USA Inc...

, the production company for Di Gi Charat. This character's name may be derived from the term "Doji-Ko", meaning a cheerful, cute yet careless girl.

Appearance

Dejiko is dressed up as a catgirl

Catgirl

A catgirl is a female character with cat traits, such as cat ears, a cat tail, or other feline characteristics on an otherwise human body. Catgirls are found in various fiction genres, and in particular Japanese anime and manga where they are more commonly referred to as Neko or Nekomimi , in...

. In the prequel, Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat

Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat

is the prequel to the popular anime series Di Gi Charat. It features Princess Dejiko and Puchiko as young children home at planet Di Gi Charat...

 she appears to be young and she is ten years old when she comes to Earth with hopes of becoming an idol singer. She has green eyes and green hair and her maid-like uniform consists of a white and navy blue dress with big cat bells tied to her hair with navy blue ribbons. On the very top of her head are her cat ears, which are white with pink inside and have a set of large, non-functional yellow cat eyes. She always wears white gloves and boots (with the exception of her sleeping outfit) and she has a white tail. She is consistently seen in this costume in her various series with the exception of Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat where she wears a different costume in her super deformed

Super deformed

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 character design in that series.

List of appearances

Dejiko has appeared in each of the Di Gi Charat manga series and anime series as the main character and has also appeared in two Game Boy Advance

Game Boy Advance

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 games, the Di Gi Charat: Di Gi Communication series, and two computer games, Glove on Fight

Glove on Fight

Glove on Fight is a doujin boxing video game released in 2002 by Watanabe Seisakujo . . The game features characters from various sources, including anime, dating sims, other doujin, and a company mascot...

and Moe Moe.

Dejiko has appeared in anime outside of the Di Gi Charat series in cameo roles in such anime as Galaxy Angel

Galaxy Angel

In the video game universe, the Galaxy Angels are from the "Special Guardian Division" and they work closely with the "Imperial Special Guards" and the "Satellite Defense Teams". They are the guardians of the White Moon, the sacred planet of the Transbaal Empire, and the personal protectors of the...

, Cromartie High School

Cromartie High School

by Eiji Nonaka, is a Japanese comedy manga, which was subsequently adapted into an anime and a 2005 live-action movie titled Cromartie High - The Movie directed by Yūdai Yamaguchi. It follows the everyday life of Takashi Kamiyama and his odd classmates at Cromartie High School, an infamous school...

, Power Stone

Power Stone

Power Stone is a fully 3D arena fighting game series made by Capcom. Power Stone was initially released on the Sega NAOMI hardware and later ported to the Dreamcast...

, and Akahori Gedou Hour Rabuge

Akahori Gedou Hour Rabuge

is a Japanese anime series that combined episodes of two series, and . Both Akahori Gedou Hour Rabuge! and Zettai Seigi Love Pheromone were broadcast in 13 episodes between June 5, 2005 and September 27, 2005, while Soreyuke! Gedou Otometai was broadcast in 13 episodes between June 5, 2005 and...

. In the Galaxy Angel anime, she is a newscaster working with Puchiko and in one episode, she holds her co-worker for ransom in an endless circle of staged kidnappings that began with the theft of Ranpha Franboise's ship.

Dejiko face was as a mask in Koge Donbo's other work Kamichama Karin.