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50 free Gintama trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Gintama can spend one episode on a petty squabble over nothing and the next on a sword fight for the fate of Edo. Its blend of samurai drama, alien invaders and comedy that keeps breaking the fourth wall ran for more than 700 manga chapters and hundreds of anime episodes, and fans still argue over which gag or story arc is the best. This quiz covers the whole cast and their world: Gintoki, Shinpachi and Kagura of the Odd Jobs trio, the Shinsengumi police, Katsura and the rebels, the villains behind the big arcs, and the people who made the manga, the anime, its music and the films. The early questions suit anyone who has watched a season or two. Later ones reward fans who know the supporting characters, the running jokes and the story behind the series. Every answer comes with a short explanation.
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Q 01Which condiment does Toshiro Hijikata of the Shinsengumi smother over all his food in Gintama?
Mayonnaise
Mayonnaise earns Hijikata the nickname Mayora, and even his cigarette lighter is shaped like a mayo bottle. He was popular with girls until they discovered the obsession.
Q 02Kotaro Katsura angrily corrects anyone in Gintama who calls him Zura, a Japanese word meaning what?
Wig
Wig is what zura means, and the running gag follows Katsura everywhere. He insists on his proper name every time, even when he is dressed up as a space pirate captain.
Q 03Gintama's creator draws himself as which animal, shown in a yellow shirt and voiced by himself?
A gorilla
A gorilla in a yellow shirt is how the author draws himself in gag segments about life as a manga artist. He has even worn a life-sized suit of the character for film promotion.
Q 04Gintoki jokes in Gintama that which accessory makes up most of Shinpachi's character design?
His glasses
His glasses are so central that other characters recognise Shinpachi by them even when he is not wearing them. Under the meek look he is a capable swordsman of his family's dojo style.
Q 05Which everyday item does Kagura carry in Gintama as a bulletproof weapon that fires from its tip?
An umbrella
An umbrella shields Kagura because her clan's pale skin is highly sensitive to sunlight, and the parasol doubles as their weapon of choice.
Q 06How does Elizabeth, the duck-like pet of Kotaro Katsura in Gintama, communicate with people?
Signboards
Signboards carry everything Elizabeth has to say, and occasionally serve as a weapon too. Hairy legs glimpsed under the costume keep the creature's true identity a running mystery.
Q 07On meeting Shinpachi in Gintama, Gintoki beats up alien officials for spilling which treat of his?
His parfait
His parfait mattered more to Gintoki than the waiter being harassed, and he even tried to pin the brawl on Shinpachi. He made amends by helping to save the boy's sister from their late father's debts.
Q 08Gintama's creator drew cards of which rival anime's heroes for filmgoers at The Very Final?
Demon Slayer
Demon Slayer cards showing Tanjiro and the Hashira were handed to filmgoers in the first week of screenings. The author said they acknowledged the success of the film Mugen Train.
Q 09In Gintama, Gintoki Sakata's doctor has warned him to control his intake of what?
Sugar
Sugar is Gintoki's great weakness: his sweet tooth is as much a trademark as his naturally wavy hair, which he blames for some of his bad luck.
Q 10Sougo Okita is the Shinsengumi's best swordsman in Gintama, yet which weapon does he often fire?
A bazooka
A bazooka suits Okita, a deadpan sadist who is forever trying to wound or embarrass his superior Hijikata so that he can take the vice commander's rank.
Q 11The title Gintama, which borrows part of its hero Gintoki's name, literally means what in English?
Silver Soul
Silver Soul is the literal reading, and the name was nearly far duller. The series was first called Yorozuya Gin-san until its author decided that title lacked impact and talked it over with his family.
Q 12What name does Kagura give the giant dog she adopts in Gintama, a name she reuses for all her pets?
Sadaharu
Sadaharu is an inugami abandoned by a pair of shrine maiden sisters with money troubles. He is big enough for two adults to ride and likes to chomp on people's heads.
Q 13Which snack bar owner in Gintama is the landlady forever chasing Gintoki Sakata for his unpaid rent?
Otose
Q 21The spirit of which Hokkaido lake possesses the sword that Gintoki Sakata carries in Gintama?
Toya
Lake Toya's spirit once tried to teach the Odd Jobs trio an ultimate one-punch technique, but none of them managed to learn it. The spirit still lives with his parents.
Q 22Which Japanese nickname did Gintoki Sakata earn fighting aliens in Gintama's Joi War?
Shiroyasha
Shiroyasha, sometimes translated as White Yaksha, was the name that made Gintoki famous among his comrades and feared by the alien invaders. He later swapped the battlefield for an odd-jobs shop.
Q 23Whose rolled omelette is so inedible in Gintama that eating it gave a Shinsengumi commander amnesia?
Tae Shimura
Otose won Gintoki's loyalty when he ate the offerings left for her dead husband and swore to protect her in return. She is also one of the four powers who rule their district.
Q 14Which Shinsengumi commander in Gintama keeps stalking Shinpachi's sister despite her beatings?
Isao Kondo
Isao Kondo is goofy but honourable, and his men revere him for giving them back their swords after the ban. His crush began when she said she could accept a man with a hairy backside.
Q 15Shinsengumi spy Sagaru Yamazaki is forever caught in Gintama playing which sport alone on duty?
Badminton
Badminton practice earns Yamazaki regular beatings from Hijikata. The author has refused to explain the gag, saying that doing so would ruin the joke.
Q 16Besides dentists, what are rivals Gintoki Sakata and Toshiro Hijikata both afraid of in Gintama?
Ghosts
Ghosts terrify both men, one of many traits the two rivals share. Hijikata has competed with Gintoki at everything, drinking contests included, ever since losing a fight to him.
Q 17Which nickname, short for a totally useless middle-aged man, sticks to Taizo Hasegawa in Gintama?
Madao
Madao squeezes a whole Japanese insult into three syllables, and it stuck after Hasegawa lost his government post for punching an alien dignitary. He never removes his sunglasses, the last reminder of his successful past.
Q 18Which smiling space pirate in Gintama is Kagura's older brother, who cut off their father's arm?
Kamui
Kamui hides a lust for battle behind a cheerful face and thinks his relatives are weak for growing attached to people. He marks Gintoki as his prey after seeing him beat his old superior.
Q 19Which manga artist, who took his pen name from a region of his native Hokkaido, created Gintama?
Hideaki Sorachi
Hideaki Sorachi gave up drawing as a boy after his father ridiculed a manga he made in fourth grade. He returned to it after university, when his first one-shot earned an honourable mention in a newcomer award.
Q 20Which Japanese actor played Gintoki Sakata in the live-action Gintama film and its sequel?
Shun Oguri
Shun Oguri led a cast that included Kanna Hashimoto as Kagura and Masaki Suda as Shinpachi, and all three returned for the sequel. The first film was one of Japan's biggest home-grown hits of its year.
Tae Shimura runs the family dojo with her brother and works part-time to pay for its upkeep. Her philosophy is blunt: if apologies were enough, seppuku would never have existed.
Q 24What does Shinsengumi swordsman Sougo Okita usually call his rival Kagura in Gintama?
China
China is his usual name for her, and Kagura's Japanese ends its sentences in -aru, a stereotyped immigrant dialect. The English manga swaps the quirk for yup, uh-huh and nope.
Q 25A cursed sword in Gintama makes Toshiro Hijikata behave like which kind of person, nicknamed Tosshi?
An otaku
An otaku shut-in murdered by his frustrated mother haunts the blade, turning the feared vice commander strange and cowardly. The spirit finally fades during a contest to become an idol's official fan club.
Q 26What is the name of the radical army led by Shinsuke Takasugi, Gintoki's former comrade, in Gintama?
Kiheitai
Kiheitai is a name borrowed from a real historical militia, and Takasugi's version wants to destroy the world that took his teacher from him. He is known by his bandaged left eye and his pipe.
Q 27Which cursed sword, wielded by blind assassin Nizo Okada, names the arc of Gintama: The Movie?
Benizakura
Benizakura, meaning crimson cherry blossom, is a bio-mechanical blade that slowly takes over the body of whoever wields it. The same storyline was chosen for the first live-action film.
Q 28Which scarred, blonde kunai-thrower in Gintama leads the Hyakka, an all-female squad of assassins?
Tsukuyo
Tsukuyo was orphaned as a child and raised by a ruthless assassin who called her his perfect creation. She gets drunk on very little alcohol and slowly develops feelings for Gintoki.
Q 29Which eyepatch-wearing heir in Gintama was raised as a boy so she could succeed her samurai clan?
Kyubei Yagyu
Kyubei Yagyu lost her left eye as a child while protecting a friend she loved, and later tried to marry her to keep a promise. Her father hid her gender so that she would keep her place as heir.
Q 30Gintoki is obsessed with reading which real manga magazine, the one that serialised Gintama itself?
Weekly Shōnen Jump
Weekly Shōnen Jump ran the manga for almost fifteen years, and the series loves to mock the magazine's own tropes. Gintoki's desperate hunts for a copy parody the quests of typical boys' manga heroes.