Sakura's wandering monk uncle. Cherry's real name is Sakuranbou, which literally means “cherry” in Japanese. But because the word's kanji can be read to mean "deranged monk," a phrase that is quite accurate in describing him, he prefers to be called by the English word. Cherry has amazing spiritual powers (or so he claims) and he often predicts doom for Ataru (no great feat). He has a habit of popping up out of nowhere, often from very strange places. His ugly face and very short stature are frequently used for comedic effect. Cherry has made a vow of asceticism, living in a tent in an empty lot not far from Ataru's house. However, this vow apparently doesn't apply to food, as he is an enormous mooch. Rei Hino of Sailor Moon's Grandpa looks a lot like Cherry.

(Source: Wikipedia)

When an alien race known as the Oni invade Earth, the chronically unlucky and unapologetically lecherous Ataru Moroboshi is selected as humanity’s representative in a duel for the fate of the planet! His opponent is Lum, the Oni’s very pretty princess, and it’s only thanks to Ataru’s unscrupulous behavior that he’s able to scrape out a win in a treacherous game of tag against her. Ataru thinks he’s had his lucky break at last, but when Lum takes a shine to him off the battlefield, the conflict follows him home as Lum invades not only planet Earth, but also the womanizing Ataru’s love life! 
 
(Source: HIDIVE)


__Non-Anime Roles:__
~! - Bjarne Betjent in "Sesame Street Stays Up Late!" (Japanese)
 - Cheetas in "Beast Wars" (Japanese)
 - Ciseaux in "Sakura Taisen 3 ~Pari wa Moeteiru ka?~" (VG) (Japanese)
 - Daffy Duck in "Looney Tunes" (Japanese)
 - Dobby in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (live-action movie) (Japanese)
 - Douglas in "Rockman X5 and Rockman X6" (VG) (Japanese)
 - Ezel Berbier in "Final Fantasy Tactics Advance" (radio drama) (Japanese)
 - Genjo Sanzo in "Saiyuki" (DC) (Japanese)
 - Gushoshin in "Yami no Matsuei" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
 - Hugo in "SNK vs Capcom - Chaos" (VG) (Japanese)
 - Isac in "Megaman X6" (VG) (Japanese)
 - Jei in "Cosmic Fantasy 3" (VG) (Japanese)
 - Kamidake in "Tenchi Muyo! Game-Hen" (VG) (Japanese)
 - Keiichi Takamatsu in "Refrain Love 2" (VG) (Japanese)
 - Kenji in "Initial D: Special Stage" (VG) (Japanese)
 - Miguel Casse in "Independence Day" (movie) (Japanese)
 - Milan in "Remastered Tracks Rockman Zero" (Music / Drama CD) (Japanese)
 - Milan in "Rockman Zero" (VG) (Japanese)
 - Mitsurugi Heishirou in "Soul Edge" (VG) (Japanese)
 - Oni-Ichiban in "Tengai Makyou III-Namida" (VG) (Japanese)
 - Pecker in "Jak II Renegade" (VG) (Japanese)
 - Purprill the Mandroid in "Rockman ZX" (Japanese)
 - Ryu & Yun in "Street Fighter III: New Generation" (VG)
 - Senshi Roa & Fernando Alberg in "Super Robot Wars Original Generations" (VG/PS2) (Japanese)
 - Steve Hale in "Full House" (live-action TV series) (Japanese)
 - Vahn in "Legend of Legaia" (VG) (Japanese)
 - Zangief in "Street Fighter Zero 2" (Japanese)!~

Pierre-François Pistorio is a French Actor, Voice Actor and Vocalist.

Urusei Yatsura concerns the tempestuous relationship between two focal characters: Ataru Moroboshi who is possibly the most unfaithful, unlucky and lecherous idiot to have ever been born, and there's Lum, a tigerskin-bikini clad alien package of sex appeal, jealousy and electricity who's fallen for him. The series chronicles the misadventures of these two stubborn teenagers along with a veritable entourage of weird characters. Among these characters is the richest boy on the planet, a superhuman schoolgirl, a fire-breathing baby, a powerful priestess/school nurse, a cute and psychotic alien vixen with a split personality, a gender-bending martial artist, an alien biker chick, an ice queen of Neptune, a deranged monk, a giant ghost cat and hundreds of other lunatic personalities; aliens, humans and inhumans alike interract in endless hysteria in a town named Tomobiki.

He was represented by Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society and after by Aoni Production.

He passed away on January 27, 2014 at the age of 82 due to ischemic heart disease or coronary artery disease.

[Profile](https://www.aoni.co.jp/search/nagai-ichiro.html)

Cousin of [Massimiliano Manfredi](https://anilist.co/staff/96098)

Sean Barrett is a British voice actor who has lent his voice in anime voice dubs as well as the best selling His Dark Materials trilogy. He currently is a narrator of audio books.

The second season of Urusei Yatsura (2022). 

Lum, the gorgeous daughter of an invading race of Oni Aliens is smitten with High School student Ataru Moroboshi. A dedicated womanizer, Ataru is unfazed by Lum’s fierce electric shock attacks and continues his daily hunt for pretty girls. With a host of other unique characters, including classmate Shinobu, elegant shrine maiden Sakura, Lum’s best friend’s Oyuki, Benten and Ran, Buddhist Monk Cherry, Ten, the little brat, heir to a wealthy family Shuutarou Mendou and the secretly female beauty Ryuunosuke… A classic slapstick love comedy where anything goes! (Source: Fuji Creative, edited) 
 
Note: HIDIVE has labeled the first and second cour of this season as “Season 3" and "Season 4” respectively. They labeled the 1st and 2nd cours of the 1st season as “Season 1” and “Season 2.”

In Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer, Tomobiki High is in a frenzy to get ready for the school festival. Props need to be made, costumes designed, and maybe somewhere sleep to be had! Ataru, Lum, Shutaro, Shinobu, and the rest of Class 2-4 are determined to not be outdone this year, and they're rushing to make the final preparations for tomorrow's grand opening. 
 
Once they wake up the next morning, they continue their mad rush to get ready for tomorrow's grand opening. And then the next day... hey, isn't something strange going on? Silence lingers over the city, the buildings filled with nothing but dust and mold. Is this a dream? Or have the kids (and a few related adults) of Class 2-4 finally woken up? If they can spend each day having fun with each other, does it matter? 
 
(Source: Discotek)

What would you do if a tiger skin bikini-clad alien followed you to school every day? Poor Ataru's life has never returned to normal since volatile extraterrestrial princess Lum fell for him. Now an excruciatingly wealthy and genteel rival, Mendo, adds to Ataru's torment. Not to mention an unending stream of extraordinary classroom visitors and educational materials including incompetent cherry blossom spirits, a legendary nightmare-eating tapir, and a fourth-dimensional camera that breeches alternate realities.
 
(Source: Viz Media)

Strange things begin happening in Tomobiki Town... 
When a great cherry tree, "Tarozakura" is cut down while Lum & Co. are making a movie, Lum loses her horns-and her powers! Thus begins the strangest and most lyrical of the Urusei Yatsura movies... 
(Source: AniDB)

Lum doesn't need much assistance going ballistic when everyone in Tomobiki gets an invitation to Ataru's wedding -- and she's not listed as the bride! It seems that some 11 years ago, Ataru played "Shadow Tag" with a young girl named Elle and won. Unfortunately, Elle was yet another Alien Princess; and on her planet, if a boy steps on a girl's shadow, they have to marry. 
When Elle's emissary comes to make arrangements, Lum redefines the term "the atmosphere was electric," but to no avail: a force-field now protects Ataru from her high voltage love-zaps. Lum's friend Benten suggests a pre-emptive wedding, and they proceed to abduct Ataru and all of the wedding guests, and the stage is set for the shotgun wedding of all time! 
(Source: AniDB)

Lupica, another one of the legion of space princesses that all seem to have found out about Earth in some tour book, appears and abducts Ataru! 
But Lupica isn't after Ataru for his great looks or charming personality (because he doesn't have either). Lupica's goal is the greatest love potion in the galaxy, which she intends to use to induce her sweetheart to tie the knot. To get it, she needs the possessor of the greatest lust in the universe... 
(Source: AniDB)

It seems that when Lum was born, a postal screwup resulted in a witchy friend of the family not getting an invitation to the celebration. The witch put a curse on Lum, that she would never be happy with her True Love. 
In the present, a new Amusement Park has been built in Tomobiki, and opening day finds the whole gang sampling its pleasures. At a magic show, however, Ataru gets turned into a large pink hippo-potamus, FOR REAL! 
When Lum attempts to track down the magician that transformed her Darling, things start to get very weird, very fast! 
(Source: AniDB)

The adventures of Lum, Ataru, Ten, and all the gang from Tomobiki continue in an assortment of new &ndash; but no less weird &ndash; stories. 
Watch as Lum, Ataru, and Shinobu encounter a rabbit-clad youth, enter the Room of Destiny, and get a glimpse into their futures in "Inaba the Dreammaker," or see Ran's plans to use a sherbet cone-producing bird to open a sherbet shop one hot Tokyo summer go terribly awry in &ldquo;Raging Sherbet.&rdquo; Ataru has yet another bad experience with Lum's cooking in "I Howl at the Moon".
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

He is famous for the roles of Muten Roushi in Dragon Ball and for being the narrator of a good deal of Anime like: Dragon Ball, One Piece, Naruto, and Saint Seiya.

The story is from manga volume 23. On a very hot summer day in Tomobiki town, Lum, Ataru, and the rest of the gang are looking forward to using the school's pool. But the teachers have other plans: setting a ludicrous obstacle course between the students in their swimsuits and the pool... naturally this ends in complete chaos.

Broadcast between episodes 21 and 22, the Spring special was a 1-hr show with 2 parts. The first part, "Urusei Yatsura All-Star All-Out Attack!", was a series of outtakes from the preceding episodes and recaps of the first 21 episodes. The second part, "The School Excursion! Run, Kunoichi!", was an original episode, but not part of the ongoing series.