Elizabeth

エリザベス / 江蓮

Elizabeth looks like a giant white duck or a giant penguin and serves as Katsura's companion. She was a gift from Tatsuma Sakamoto, who presumably acquired her during his travels through space. While many people regard Elizabeth as insane and superfluous, Katsura has named the ambiguous bird "Elizabeth" and dotes on her. In episode 18, Shinpachi bought a doll called Space Alien Stefan (宇宙怪獣ステファン) that looks exactly like Elizabeth. Elizabeth is somewhat of a painter and is surprisingly dexterous. She also uses signboards to "communicate" and occasionally as a means of attack. Additionally, Elizabeth is a skilled fighter, capable of using signboards to fend off swordsmen.
Although Elizabeth's true identity remains uncertain, she appears to be a man wearing a duck costume. In her first appearance, hairy legs were visible beneath her sheet, and a humanoid body with glowing eyes was revealed when her mouth opened just as she fell during another battle between Gintoki and Katsura. Although Katsura seemed shocked by what she really is, she has since remained by his side. Episode 50 implies that the person inside Elizabeth is most likely the director (Gintoki was interrupted before he could finish saying "Kanto-" ("Direc-"). Most characters seem to ignore this, or at least do not give it much thought, given that the episode was completely filler. Moreover, the next time the inside of Elizabeth is shown, it reverts to the glowing eyes.
When Shinpachi boards Takasugi's ship to rescue Kagura, a bazooka emerges from Elizabeth's mouth as she blasts the ship to distract everyone from Shinpachi. Because of this, Shinpachi refers to her as Elizabeth-senpai.
Elizabeth's birthday is September 7. "Her" height is 180 centimeters, and "she" weighs 123 kilograms.