Welcome to the Character Biographies section. Find out everything you could ever want to know about your favourite Super Mario characters here including background information, who their friends are, who their enemies are and where the character has featured.
Character fact sheet Name: Smithy (カジオ, Kajio in Japanese, "Blacksmith") First Appearance: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (SNES, 1996) Home: Smithy Factory (a forge-dimension separate from the Mushroom Kingdom) Voiced by: Wordless RPG vocalizations (1996); Banjo Ginga (Japanese, 2023 remake) Associates: The Smithy Gang (Mack, Bowyer, Yaridovich, Belome, Punchinello, Czar Dragon, Domino, … Read more
Character fact sheet Name: Mallow (マロ, Maro in Japanese) First Appearance: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (SNES, 1996) Home: Nimbus Land (kingdom in the clouds) / raised in Tadpole Pond by Frogfucius Voiced by: Wordless RPG vocalizations (1996); Yuki Tanaka (Japanese, 2023 remake) Associates: Mario (RPG party), Geno, Princess Toadstool, Bowser, Frogfucius … Read more
Character fact sheet Name: Geno (ジーノ, Jīno in Japanese; true Star Spirit name “♥♪!?” unpronounceable) First Appearance: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (SNES, 1996) Home: Star Road (originally) / Gaz’s doll body in Rose Town Voiced by: Wordless RPG vocalizations (1996); Hideo Kaneko (Japanese, 2023 remake) Associates: Mario (RPG party), Mallow, Princess … Read more
Character fact sheet Name: Boom Boom (ブンブン, Bunbun in Japanese) First Appearance: Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES, 1988) Home: Bowser’s Mushroom Kingdom airships / mid-castles Voiced by: Toru Asakawa (Japanese, 2011–present), wordless grunts in earlier appearances Associates: Pom Pom (female counterpart / partner), Bowser, the Koopa Troop airship crew, Boom Boom Brigade General profile Boom … Read more
Character fact sheet Name: Diddy Kong (ディディーコング, Dexdī Kongu in Japanese) First Appearance: Donkey Kong Country (SNES, 1994) Home: DK Island / Kongo Jungle Voiced by: Chris Sutherland (1994–2004), Katsumi Suzuki (Japanese, 2007–present), Andreas Tobler (Smash Ultimate 2018), various Japanese performers in modern Mario games Associates: Donkey Kong (uncle and best friend), Dixie Kong (girlfriend), … Read more
Character fact sheet Name: Cappy (キャッピー, Kappī in Japanese) First Appearance: Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo Switch, 2017) Home: Cap Kingdom (Bonneton) Voiced by: Robert Tinkler (English, 2017) Associates: Mario (his hat-host throughout Odyssey), Tiara (his sister), the Bonneter species, Princess Peach General profile Cappy, known in Japan as Kappī (キャッピー), is the sentient hat-creature that … Read more
Character fact sheet Name: Polterpup (オバケピッチ, Obake-Pitchi in Japanese, "Ghost-Pitch") First Appearance: Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (Nintendo 3DS, 2013) Home: Evershade Valley (originally) / Luigi’s home (modern) Voiced by: Wordless dog vocalizations performed by Nintendo studio staff Associates: Luigi (owner / closest companion), Professor E. Gadd, Mario, Princess Peach, the wider Luigi’s Mansion cast General … Read more
Character fact sheet Name: Toadsworth (キノジイ, Kinojii in Japanese, “Toad-old-man”) First Appearance: Super Mario Sunshine (GameCube, 2002) Home: Princess Peach’s Castle, Mushroom Kingdom Voiced by: Charles Martinet (2002–2023), unannounced replacement (2023–present) Associates: Princess Peach (his charge), Toad, Toadette, Captain Toad, the Toad Brigade, Mario and Luigi General profile Toadsworth, known in Japan as Kinojii (キノジイ, … Read more
Character fact sheet Name: Professor Elvin Gadd (オヤマ エルビン, Professor Oyama Elvin in Japan; aka "E. Gadd") First Appearance: Luigi’s Mansion (GameCube, 2001) Home: Boo Woods Laboratory / various mobile labs Voiced by: Kazumi Totaka (Japanese vocalizations, 2001–present) Associates: Luigi (principal client / partner), Mario, Princess Peach, the Toad Brigade, the paranormal-research community General profile … Read more
Character fact sheet Name: Petey Piranha (ボスパクパク, Boss Pakkun in Japanese) First Appearance: Super Mario Sunshine (GameCube, 2002) Home: Isle Delfino (originally) / Bowser’s coalition (modern) Voiced by: Unidentified Nintendo studio staff (grunts and roars, no dialogue) Associates: Bowser, Wiggler, the wider Piranha Plant species, Goombas and other Mario enemies General profile Petey Piranha, known … Read more