- Introduction
- Plot
- Abilities
- Relationships
- Image Gallery
| “ | I joined up because I thought you were cool. | ” |
–Kotarō Tomoe to Kuniharu Kakizaki, in Chapter 142.[1] | ||
Kotarō Tomoe (巴 虎太郎, Tomoe Kotarō ?) is a B-rank Gunner and a member of Kakizaki Squad.
Kotarō Tomoe is a B-rank Gunner and a member of Kakizaki Squad.
Appearance
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Tomoe is a light-skinned teenager of average build. He has neck-length ash blond hair[5] (sandy in the anime)[6] with two bangs framing the sides of his face, and a small tuft of hair on his nape pointing outwards. He has big, almond-shaped eyes with narrow black irises. His uniform consists in a high-collared, zipped jacket in a bright persimmon color with matching headphones, a black undershirt, boots and dark brown pants[3] (gray in the anime).[6]
Personality
[edit | edit source]Tomoe is very disciplined and focused in combat and while preparing for matches. He is known to be respectful of his elders and well-behaved.[5] He was deeply impressed with Tamakoma Second's goal of making the next away team[7] as well as with Hyuse's swordsmanship,[4][8][9] later congratulating him[10] despite the crushing defeats suffered at his hands.[11]
Quotes
[edit | edit source]- (To Madoka Ui) "Sorry, I couldn't tell what was going on, and then I lost."[12]
- (To Kuniharu Kakizaki) "I joined up because I thought you were cool."[1]
Trivia
[edit | edit source]- "Kotarō" (虎太郎 ?) is written with the characters "tiger", "thick" and "counter for sons" while "Tomoe" (巴 ?) is written with the character Tomoe or a comma-like swirl.
- He likes hashed meat and rice, watermelons, and manga.[3]
- When he joined, he was the youngest agent as well as the first elementary school student to be accepted into Border.[13]
- He is the only combatant in his Squad not to be an All-Rounder,[14] his position as a Gunner suggesting that it is because he lacks enough points with Kogetsu.
- The author described Tomoe as a riajū (リア充), a pejorative term for someone who lives a happy and fulfilling life, on account of his being doted on by his senpai and especially by his Squad's Operator Ui.[5]
- This makes Tomoe the second riajū of Kakizaki Squad, the other being his captain.[5]
- Ashihara also insinuated that Tomoe's hairstyle might be inspired by Yūichi Jin's.[5]
- Voice Actor Trivia
- Tomoe's Japanese Voice Actor is Masaru Ino who doesn't voice any other characters, in addition Masaru Ino has no other voice acting roles.
- Tomoe's Season 1 English voice actor, Antony Kim, who also voices Ken Satori (Season 1), Hisato Sasamori (Season 1), Takaaki Katagiri, and Fuku Arashiyama. Antony Kim's only other voice acting role is as Daigo Kurogami from Beyblade Burst.
- Tomoe's Season 2 English voice actor, Nathan Hunt, who also voices Yoshito Hanzaki, Yutaka Kashio, and Itsuki Katori. Nathan Hunt's only other voice acting roles are as Heinrich and Meros Nekoda from Beyblade Burst.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 World Trigger Manga — Chapter 142 (p. 15)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 World Trigger Manga — Vol. 7 Chapter 55 Kakizaki Squad Profile
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 World Trigger Manga — Border Briefing File (p. 181)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 World Trigger Manga — Chapter 159 (p. 12)World Trigger Anime — Episode 85World Trigger Manga — Volume 18 (p. 12)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 World Trigger Manga — Vol. 16 Chapter 142 Character Profile
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 World Trigger Anime — Episode 25
- ↑ World Trigger Manga — Chapter 137 (p. 6)
- ↑ World Trigger Manga — Chapter 159 (p. 15)
- ↑ World Trigger Manga — Chapter 159 (p. 18)
- ↑ World Trigger Manga — Chapter 160 (p. 10)
- ↑ World Trigger Manga — Chapter 159 (p. 14)
- ↑ World Trigger Manga — Chapter 141 (p. 11)
- ↑ World Trigger Manga — Chapter 142 (p. 14)
- ↑ World Trigger Manga — Border Briefing File (p. 180-181)