Hiroshi Odokawa

Hiroshi Odokawa is the main protagoinst of the 2021 anime series Odd Taxi. Born on May 25th, 1980, he is a 41-year old taxi driver with visual agnosia following a tragic childhood experience that made him see everyone as animals from his perspective, including himself as a warlus. He spends his days driving the people of Tokyo in his taxi, often creating conversations with them.
He is voiced by (who also voiced Alm, 9S, Tanjiro Kamado, Ken Kaneki, Inaho Kaizuka, Sieg, Rill Boismortier, Lavi, Ikuto Tsumura, Shuichi Kagaya, Asahi Kuromine, Rokuro Enmado, Rokuro Enmado, Jaco, Aoi Torasaki, Qwenthur Barbotage, Tai Kamiya and Falco Grice) in Japanese, and in English.
==Personality==
Hiroshi Odokawa is an eccentric and quiet person who does not open up to others. He has a serious and compassionate side. His hobbies include listening to rakugo before going to bed and listening to the radio while working.
==History==
He befriended Kenshiro Daimon to stop evil. he saved his friend Eiji Kakihana from being kidnapped by Fuyuki. He also told Fuyuki Yamamoto to betray Yano. Hiroshi Odokawa listens to a news report about an upcoming press conference from Mystery Kiss about this news, and remembers discussing the bank heist plan with Dobu. Dobu notes that the recent news will prevent Yamamoto from being able to be present during the robbery, and possibly cause Yano to relocate his hideout, rendering part of the plan obsolete. Odokawa then calls Yamamoto and questions him about the two different Yuki Mitsuyas, but Yamamoto hangs up on him. Due to Yamamoto's lack of cooperation, he calls Koshiro, but he fails to pick up. The bank robbery plans begin as the cases filled with counterfeit bills are loaded into Yano's van. Dobu's plan occurs without issue, with only one case being thoroughly examined in Sekiguchi's hurry to make it back to the hideout. Kenshiro follows the van as Dobu loads the nine real cases into his own. Dobu meets up with Odokawa at the parking lot and tells Odokawa where Yano is going to be held up. Secretly, Odokawa plants the bug he found on Dobu's van. At the police station, two officers discuss a rumor about Koshiro quitting to cover up him losing his gun and possibly firing it. Shofutei is then seen on a phone call with Kuroda making plans to meet up with him to keep his mind off of recent events. At the loser's bracket of N-1, Shibagaki and Baba perform their routine to a positive audience reception, but Shibagaki eventually starts to falter, and airs out his grievances with Baba and his life on stage. Yano's van is pulled over by Kenshiro as Odokawa reaches the area. Sekiguchi and Yano comply and show Kenshiro the cases, saying that they are just helping their friend, Imai, transport his lottery winnings. Kenshiro opens one of the other cases to discover that the money is counterfeit, much to Yano and Sekiguchi's shock, and detains them in his car, while letting Imai go. As they are distracted, Dobu steals the van along with the remaining real case, and the duo finally realize that Kenshiro was allied with Dobu. Dobu puts the case in Odokawa'a taxi, and the two start making their way back to the parking lot where they left Dobu's van. Dobu tells Odokawa that he'll be taking his dash cam, and asks him if he'd been planning on turning him in to the police. Dobu continues on to threaten Odokawa and Shirakawa if he crosses him, saying that his boss only gave him one rule, though he doesn't elaborate. When they return to the parking lot, Tanaka, who had followed the bug, is waiting for them. Dobu isn't worried, as he believes that the gun is out of bullets: two fired at the cabaret club, one in Odokawa's house, two during the car chase, and one when he supposedly shot Dobu at the harbor. Dobu asks him what business he has with them, and Tanaka ruminates before requesting an apology from Odokawa, who reluctantly steps out of the taxi. After Tanaka angrily rants to him about Odokawa causing his phone to break, Odokawa fearfully apologizes, which causes the Donraku Shofutei eraser to fall out of his pocket. Tanaka asks him where he got the eraser, and Dobu answers that he got it from Kuroda, and eventually handed it off to Shirakawa around fifteen years ago. Tanaka then asks if the name "ditch-11" sounds familiar to him, and if he plays "Zooden", then saying that he contacted "ditch-11", who confirmed that they had hosted an auction around fifteen years ago. Tanaka threatens him, but Dobu denies his relation, causing Odokawa to check the account for himself revealing Dobu to actually be "ditch-11". Tanaka berates Dobu for his lie, Dobu bringing up that he also lied about contacting him, and blames him for the downward spiral his life had become. Tanaka then shoots Dobu in the gut, revealing that he still had one bullet left, screams in horror, and flees the scene. Dobu begs Odokawa to take him to an underground doctor, but Odokawa instead steals his keys and tells him to go to a normal hospital, as someone has already likely called an ambulance after hearing a gun shot. Odokawa places the keys under the van and leaves the parking lot, saying that this is Dobu's retribution. Odokawa calls Imai, and tells him to take his money and the keys. Before he can leave, however, Sekiguchi and Yano catch up to him in the police car and initiate a chase. Gouriki was able to gain access to Odokawa's childhood journal, which details various events from Odokawa's past. A young Odokawa wrote that he wanted to work at a zoo when he grew up, because his anxieties around other people made him relate to animals more. He was ruthlessly bullied at school, even by the administration, and abused by his mother, who took out her frustrations with his absent father on him. Though his father was rarely home, when he did show up, he gave Odokawa gifts, and left him at his favorite place, the zoo. The car chase between Odokawa, Sekiguchi and Yano, and now the Daimon brothers continues, with Sekiguchi and Yano becoming more violent and ramming their car into Odokawa's taxi. Eventually, they burst through a closed road that ends with an unfinished bridge. Sekiguchi and Yano stop short, but Odokawa ends up going over the bridge. Homosapiens lost the Loser's Bracket, likely due to the argument Shibagaki and Baba had during their routine. Notably, Shofutei had to step down from his role as a judge due to the recent death of his daughter. Shibagaki and Baba meet to discuss whether the two should really split up, and, despite what he said earlier, Shibagaki begs Baba to keep the group together. Shirakawa calls Gouriki in worry about Odokawa after seeing the car chase on the news, and the two begin to make their way to the harbor to help Odokawa. Gouriki reveals to Shirakawa that Odokawa has visual agnosia caused by executive disfunction, and describes it as Odokawa not knowing what he's looking at due to brain damage. They stop the car, suddenly, as they see the car chase on a nearby bridge. Nikaido thinks back on Yamamoto's advice to find a story to stick to regarding the recent news, despite her desire to tell the truth. Ichimura thinks back to her school days, where she was mocked by her classmates for family's poverty, and wished to become rich someday. Wadagaki remembers her mother telling her to do whatever it takes to achieve her dreams. Eiji Kakihana thinks back to the badger games Ichimura had run with him. Tanaka contemplates suicide by jumping off a bridge, as he feels he has nothing left in life. Kabasawa scrolls through his new Twitter account, trying to recreate his viral success. Everyone watches in awe as Odokawa's taxi goes over the bridge and into the water, with the money from the robbery flying out of the damaged trunk. The rest of Odokawa's journal is revealed, which details the day of the accident. Odokawa's mother brought her inebriated husband and her son for a drive, which started fun for a young Odokawa, who thought the cars and street lights were pretty. He remembers suddenly waking up in a hospital bed, unable to recall what happened before, and seeing all of the people who frightened him before as unintimidating animals. One day, a tapir brought Odokawa to an organization in Tokyo that would take care of him, and he resolves to thank him one day. Before Odokawa can drown, Shirakawa once again comes to his rescue as she swims to where he sank and attempts to get him out of the taxi. When Odokawa wakes up in an ambulance, instead of the animals they had been before, he sees Gouriki and Shirakawa as humans standing over him. When Gouriki asks if he is still afraid of other people, he says no, though he is still shy around Shirakawa. Later at a hospital, an injured Dobu is visited by Koshiro Daimon, who lets him know that an officer will arrive soon with his arrest warrant, and reveals that he was the one who shot Dobu at the harbor. Dobu points out that Kenshiro would be arrested too, but Koshiro has made peace with this fact. Shirakawa visits Hiroshi Odokawa in his hospital room, where they watch a news report of Nikaido being arrested for the murder of Mitsuya, as well as Yamamoto, Yano, and Sekiguchi being arrested for disposing of the body. He then remembers driving a girl to Mystery Kiss's office on October 4th.Imai then comes to visit and, while shocked about the news, wants to hear Nikaido out before deciding whether he should continue to support her or not. He then gives Odokawa the money that had been in the taxi, who initially refuses it, before deciding on giving it to Kuroda as repayment. Odokawa meets up with Kuroda at the sauna, and muses on the harm he has brought through his crimes. However, Odokawa notes that he has helped many people, too, and does not admonish him for the bad things he has done. Kuroda then says that he is going to retire due to his regrets about Mitsuya's death and his subordinates involvement with it. He reveals that his one rule is, "Don't kill people," and Odokawa gives him the money to use to continue helping orphaned children. Odokawa returns to his house to find out what exactly was staying there, and finds out that it was just a cat, to his relief. Homosapiens continues to perform together. Tanaka, back at his job, uninstalls Zooden from his phone. Kabasawa is continuing his studies, while still trying to make another viral post. Kakihana is taking various jobs to repay his debt, per Odokawa's advice. Dobu is now in prison for his crimes. Shirakawa and Gouriki are still working together at the clinic. Wadagaki calls her mother about being transferred to a bigger agency after the fallout of Mystery Kiss, noting how well things are going for her. She thinks back on the night of October 4th when she murdered Mitsuya. She then ends her search for the taxi she rode in that night, and she hops into it, as Odokawa asks where she wants to go.
==Trivia==
*His business card states his address in Mukaiyama-bashi 5-12 Irodori Heights 102 in Nerima ward.
*His taxi cab is a 1968 Toyota Corona.
*In episode 13, it is revealed that he's actually human
*His visual agnosia makes him perceive everyone as animals.
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