Cousins

The Cousins are the Prince's cousins and friends. In Katamari Damacy, 2 players could play as them in Vs Mode, and in future games can also be played in the main game instead of The Prince. Each installment of the series introduced more cousins, totaling to 68 cousins in the main-line series (69 including The Prince).

In We ♥ Katamari, the player can see the life of the King of All Cosmos from childhood to adulthood; however, the cutscenes never portray or even hint that the King has brothers and sisters, nor that Papa has other offspring. This may imply that either The Queen of All Cosmos had siblings that gave birth to most (if not all) of the cousins, or that maybe the King has other family members that the games haven’t acknowledged yet. Twinkle's little and big brothers and sisters, as well as an uncle, are shown in a gif, making Twinkle the only cousin with known siblings and an uncle. The Cousins Princess, Marny, Nickel, and Pokkle are not blood related to the cousins or The Prince.

Katamari Damacy - Cousins

Katamari Damacy featuring the first cousins — *Katamari Damacy* wallpaper featuring the first cousins

Katamari Damacy has 23 cousins, 24 including the Prince. You have to complete the game to unlock them.

We ♥ Katamari - Second Cousins[]

We ♥ Katamari added 16 new cousins. They are called second cousins. The first cousins, in one way or another changed their looks and features in this title as well (such as Velvet gaining artificial legs and Jungle blending in with the background). Some of these cousins have different names in Japanese (which are listed in parenthesis).

Beyond
Can-Can
Daisy (Horumon)
Drooby (Boss)
Huey (Y)
Kinoko
L'Amour
Lucha (Fukumen)
Macho (Guts)
Miki
Nutsuo
Odeon
Shy
Signolo
Slip
Twinkle (Subaru)

Me & My Katamari - Rookies[]

Me & My Katamari added 8 new cousins. They are called rookies.

Beautiful Katamari - Half Cousins[]

Beautiful Katamari added 8 new cousins. They are called half cousins. (The Princess is not actually the princess of all cosmos.)

Katamari Forever - ???[]

Katamari Forever added 2 new cousins. The title of these new cousins was never revealed. These cousins also have different names in Japanese.

Dangle (Bran)
Drive (Roger)

Once Upon A Katamari - ???[]

Once Upon A Katamari added 11 new cousins. The title of these cousins is not currently known. They are accessed by using the Prince Ship to time travel to different time periods. Most of them have different names between the Japanese and English versions.

Asura (Shura)
Cacta (Shabo)
Chamba
Charlie
Clay (Gagu)
Clip-Clop (Paka-Rapa)
Cosmi
Lucky (Fukutsuchi)
Perah
Tamago (Shari)
Whaleson (Nbei)

Katamari Damacy Rolling LIVE Cousins[]

Katamari Damacy Rolling LIVE currently introduces eight new cousins to the roster.

Patch
Milky
Jack
Catherine
Cameron
Phil
Flare (Ranran)
Salsa

Katamari Damacy Online - ???[]

Katamari Damacy Online, a Korean game by Windysoft (now known as JUNEiNTER) released their own set of cousins. The game wasn’t available outside of Korea. Their translated names are in parentheses.

Other Cousins[]

Mysterious Cousins exclusive to the . — Mysterious Cousins exclusive to the webcomic.

There is also an unnamed katamari cousin that represents the player in the dating sim Namco High. Three cousins were introduced in the Katamari web comic: Toothy, Bandaideo, and Crif. A few other miscellaneous cousins have appeared throughout the series as well.

Trivia[]

For the Korean release of Katamari Forever, the cousins' general description reads "Let's build a Roboking with The Prince, friends to help. When you select a cousin for a task, you can control that cousin. If you select a cousin to control in the menu, you can change the character to various cousin." (This description may not be fully accurate as Google Translate was used for translation.)

A post from @BandaiNamcoLA translating to "Happy Children’s Day!"

It is confirmed the Cousins are children.^[1] However, some Cousins are implied to be older than others. This includes Velvet^[2] who is described as feminine and mature, Foomin^[3] who is described to be in her growth period and having a "sexy" personality, Fujio who is described to have "gotten older" and Drooby who is named "Boss" in Japanese, is large in size and has a feminine build are all implied to be more mature than the rest.

Gallery[]

References[]

[1] A post from @BandaiNamcoLA translating to "Happy Day of Kids!"

[2] Velvet's character page

[3] Foomin's character page

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