Tatsumi Kazehaya

An idol who went on a hiatus from his idol activities due to an accident. His family home is a church, so his actions and words tend to sound like preaching. Tatsumi has a kind and level-headed disposition, and he has an open mind. He is good at listening to people's worries and responding with advice, and values mutual support. With a calm and pleasant resonant singing voice, his performances are graceful and straightforward.
Tatsumi is a member of STARMAKER PRODUCTION's ALKALOID. He hopes to grow alongside his companions and fellow members of ALKALOID, and become someone who can support them. Lately, he's been looking for a new skill to add to his assets.Official Profile
==Appearance==
Tatsumi is a young man with a taller than average lean build. He has neck-length mint green colored hair and purple colored eyes, as well as two moles under his left eye. His first casual outfit (Spring-Summer) consists of dark blue jeans and a white button-up shirt underneath a beige sweater with brown elbow pads, while his second casual outfit (Autumn-Winter) is made up of grey tartan-patterned trousers along with a beige button-up shirt, dark blue argyle vest and and a black wool-lined coat.
His on-stage ALKALOID outfit is quite similar to the his unitmates' oufits with the exception of a lock badge on his left breast and diamond motifs on the middle parts of his jacket. His boots are also different with a triangular gold double-line on the top.
==Personality==
Tatsumi is well-spoken, and often makes references to the Bible when he speaks. Much of his advice is religion-based. When faced with what he perceives to be a problem, he tends to spring into action before assessing the situation, attempting to help without knowing the full story. Sometimes, he makes assumptions about these situations that turn out to be untrue, and tries to fix a problem that isn't present at all.Tatsumi Kazehaya Idol Story 2Touch of Feather - Beautiful Dream 2 He seems to worry quite a bit, but he tries not to let his fears hold him back. He is modest, downplaying many of his own achievements and praising everyone else.Tatsumi Kazehaya - Idol Story 3 As an underachiever, he works together with the rest of ALKALOID to become the best idols that they can be.
Tatsumi has much knowledge of the idol industry and its inner workings, as he was an active solo idol before being hospitalized. Due to his hospitalization, he seems lost when it comes to technology, both the terms and the way things work often rendering him confused.Tatsumi Kazehaya - Idol Story 1
Despite being Christian, Aira tells Tatsumi that he doesn't match how he envisioned a religious person to be due to his coexisting views on science and logic. Whether Tatsumi believes in the existence of a deity or not is still up in the air, but he makes it clear that he truly believes in the power of God shaping the world in some way because of what humans do for faith, as he did.
Tatsumi has a caretaker attitude. He regularly holds confession rooms with his peers to hear out their woes.Confession Room on WeekendsObbligato - The Devotion to Tatsumi Kazehaya 4 He cooks and bakes, handing out meals to people who need them.Obbligato - The Devotion to Tatsumi Kazehaya 2 He compliments everyone around him, believing that everyone deserves to be seen for the good that they bring.
Tatsumi perceives himself as somewhat immature. Having grown up around seniors, he couldn't experience childhood in the same way as most other children. Even so, he is a dreamer with childlike fantasies of world peace, acceptance, and love. He finds that his ideals may be stupid, and adults may scold him for them, but sharing those dreams are what makes him the happiest.Obbligato - The Punishment of Kaname Tojo 13 Ibara does not take him for an idiot with his head in the clouds, but simply a young man with pure religious faith and dreams that he wanted to witness unfold.Obbligato - In Praise of Folly 3
Tatsumi stated that becoming an idol was less of a desire and more of an obligation in order to destigmatize his Christian faith, believing that the respect he garnered from being an idol would further extend to his religion.Obbligato - The Devotion to Tatsumi Kazehaya 10 With no personal interest in fame or fortune, he equally distributed his earnings to everyone associated with his cause. If there was one thing that he wanted out of his status, it was to find a friend who he could stand alongside as equals. He found a friend in Kaname Tojo, who was the only one who made an effort to see him rather than blindly follow him. When Kaname asked Tatsumi why he trusted him, Tatsumi admitted to him that even if he was betrayed over and over again, he would always forgive him every time.
Tatsumi is self-sacrificial to an extreme degree, expressing agape love in a manner much like the Biblical figure Jesus Christ. His first act of protest was remodeling his special student dorm into a dance room that was open for everyone, and it only escalated from there. As the revolutionary leader, his goal was to spread his underground Tatsumi Kazehaya company-turned-unit to free the world from prejudice and create an egalitarian communist "utopia."Obbligato - The Devotion to Tatsumi Kazehaya 13 For this reason, he is described by the past fine members as similar to Eichi, the main difference between them being Eichi standing down when the stars didn't align, and Tatsumi truly believing that the world could be transformed and fought for it until the end.Obbligato - In Praise of Folly As he lifted everyone up, he destroyed himself with endless work that only kept on coming, and rejected all outside help. He took on the role of the exception to equality and equity, his childhood fear of becoming a martyr resurfacing. Despite the tragic result of the revolution, the students of Reimei understood that Tatsumi's intentions were as pure as they could get. In the end, all he wanted was for everyone to be happy.Obbligato
With his former foundation torn down to the ground, Tatsumi finds comfort in the arms of ALKALOID and works hard with them to turn all of their dreams into reality, being careful not to make the same mistakes again.
==Etymology==
Tatsumi's first name (巽) has several meanings:
*To respect, to obey, to offer, to be discreet, or to concede.
*An altar used to place offerings in worship.
*One of the Eight Trigrams, and I Ching 64 hexagrams, corresponding to the southeast and the wind.
**In the Bible (Psalms 78:26), the eastern and southern winds together brought food to hungry people.
Tatsumi's last name (風早) is more commonly pronounced "Kazahaya" and means "strong winds." The Kazahaya Shrine is the oldest shrine in Matsudo, Chiba. It is said to be closely related to the folkloric mermaid Yao Bikuni.
==Family==
==Trivia==
*During the Main Story, he shared a room with the rest of ALKALOID at Seisoukan Apartment.
**He currently shares a dorm room with Koga.
*According to a 4gamer interview with Akira, Tatsumi's character archetype is "a saint" (巽が聖人で).
*His birthday, December 28th, is the same day as the Christian holiday Holy Innocents' Day.
*Tatsumi owns a driver's license, and says that the church will lend him a car to drive if he wants. He often insists on driving others around and enjoys it greatly.Touch of Feather - Epilogue 2 However, it's also been confirmed by Aira Shiratori and Mayoi Ayase that he's actually a bad, speedy driver.Motor Show He also obtained an international driver's license for his trip to France.Sparkle - Endless Summer 1 
*Tatsumi can cook.Troublemakers - 31
*He has perfect pitch.Troublemakers - 27
*Tatsumi knows how to make flower crowns.Hiiro Amagi/Idol Story - Crown of Gratitude
*Tatsumi runs a radio program called "Kazehaya-senpai's Confession Room" where he offers advice to troubled juniors and a featured guest. Arashi Narukami made a guest appearance on the program to help promote Getto Spectacle.Princess Kaguya - Get Along 3
*When Getto Spectacle visited the amusement park to celebrate Hiyori's "retirement," they indulged in many attractions, one being a go-kart race. Tatsumi dominated the go-kart race by drifting, and Hokuto Hidaka made a comment on how impressively out of character it seemed.Princess Kaguya - One Night Spectacle 4
*According to Tatsumi, his occasional severe leg pain is actually psychological in nature and his leg tissue is like a healthy person's.Touch of Feather - Beautiful Dream 1
*Tatsumi and his family are descendants of Kakure Kirishitan, Christians that hid their faith back when freedom of religion wasn’t recognized in Japan.Tatsumi Kazehaya Idol Story 2
*Tatsumi is compared to "The Happy Prince," a short story by Oscar Wilde which tells of a golden statue who, with the help of a swallow, gifts all of his gold to his poverty stricken people. As the people melt his ugly remains, his heart and the swallow are delivered to God as the most precious things in the city.
==Voice Actor Comment==
"I am Masatomo Nakazawa, performing the role of Tatsumi Kazehaya. I've been able to experience many things through him, as he's somewhat of a rascal as a unit member, and I hope to share his pain and joy alike with all of you. I think I'd like if we could continue forward, march forward with our flags held high and this ensemble that inspires us, yes."Translation
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