Koutarou Tatsumi

Koutarou Tatsumi, also known as Inui, Shades, Squid Guy and Boozer, is one of the main characters from the Zombieland Saga series.
== Charactah Account ==
The mysterious idol producer.
Always seen wearing a black jacket on his back, a red vest with a squid tentacle from the Kojima food industry sticking out and black sunglasses that never fall off. An arrogant man who won't let common sense get in his way, he was the one that resurrected the seven "legendary" zombies. He plans to enlist the zombie idols into Zombie Land Saga Project to save the Saga prefecture, although no one knows the true details of his plans.
Tatsumi is a loud and eccentric idol producer who has big ambitions for "saving" the Saga prefecture with his zombie idols. He is unwavering and passionate when it comes to achieving this goal, doing whatever it takes to make the girls into a sensational idol group.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Zombieland Saga
* Zombieland Saga: Revenge
=== Manga ===
* Zombieland Saga
* Zombieland Saga: Official Manga Anthology
=== Video Games ===
* Maimai Deluxe
* Rage of Bahamut
* The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls
== Trivia ==
* A running gag in the show involves Koutaro's sunglasses covering his eyes, or alternatively, his eyes not being shown to the audience at all.
** As such, it is only reasonable that he brings them to bathe, as shown in the sixth episode.
* The theory wherein Koutaro harbors good luck as opposed to the girls’ bad luck is slightly supported in Episode 13, as shown in the scene wherein all of the pedestrian lights simultaneously went green amidst traffic just before he started running back to the Geils Deathmetal Stadium.
* Despite being charismatic, Koutaro seems to have a fear of public speaking as seen during the fifth episode when he was asked to address the crowd at the Gatalympics.
** It seems that there are several indications of this in his name, as Tatsumi and Inui are completely opposites. The way he avoids speaking in public when asked if he was excited would actually be the closest we know of the Inui personality.
** His stage fright is once again highlighted in “Episode 17”, when he performed the mating dance of mudskippers in heat during his turn at the Japanese Got Performance talent show.
* It is hinted in “Episode 8” that his sleepwear consists of a shower cap that he wears alongside his usual attire and signature sunglasses.
* Koutaro seems to have some sort of Klazomania as he is shown to burst out at any given moment. One of the main causes of Klazomania is overdosage of alcohol, which Koutaro can be seen consuming in both the eleventh episode and in the manga.
* Koutaro is revealed to have a diary wherein he records the group’s idol activity alongside bits of his own personal life. Entries of his diary are shown as the episode synopses in the official website.
* The scene wherein a disheveled Koutaro raises his arms to the sky by a cliffside with roaring waves in the thirteenth episode is reminiscent of the official poster for the second season, with the only difference being that his hair was not as long in the official poster as to avoid spoilers.
* There has only been five episodes so far wherein Koutaro does not have a major role. The five episodes being "Episode 9", "Episode 14", "Episode 17", "Episode 18" and "Episode 21".
** Coincidentally, the first two are both Saki Nikaido-centered episodes.
*** It is also worth noting that “Episode 17” is the first and, so far, only episode wherein he does not yell at any of the girls, or in general, for that matter, throughout the entire time.
** Whereas there is currently one episode, "Episode 20", wherein he does not make any sort of physical appearance outside of the intermission pictures.
*** It is also the first episode to not have an entry from his diary act as the episode synopsis. Instead, Kiichi Momozaki's memorandum is used.
* In "Episode 16", it is revealed that Koutaro has replica wigs of all the girls sitting on a cabinet in his office.
** This is a callback to him threatening to shave the girls’ heads bald the next time they get caught as zombies back in “Episode 4” (Although this would only make sense in the original Japanese sub/dub as his line in the English dub was changed to “You better be glad you girls are already dead.”).
* Koutaro and Kiichi share the same voice actor in both dubs with both being voiced by Mamoru Miyano in the original and Ricco Fajardo in the English dub.
** In "Episode 23", the scene on the stairs while he watching Sakura is done from Kotaro's perspective, making Sakura look 30% prettier than she is.
* When Koutaro and the bartender were discussing the Zombie Land Saga Project, the bar they were in was called New Jofuku.
** Jofuku is the Japanese name for Xu Fu, a court sorcerer during the Qin dynasty who was sent to search for the elixir of life from the immortals. The pictures on the wall of the bar are from Jofuku Park in Saga.
* There are indications that he knew of Sakura's dire fate and is ready to improvise whenever the stage is destroyed during concerts.
* According to the series creators, the character of Koutaro is the key character to understand the entire history of Zombie Land Saga, not only because he was the one who created the Zombie Land Saga project, but also because it is related to basically the entire plot of the series and it is where all the stories of Saga's saviors converge.
* In the twenty-fourth episode, Koutaro coughs up blood and quietly covers it up so the girls don't worry about him. In Chapter 8 of the manga he shows that he has stomach problems and that, by consuming alcohol, he may have developed Cirrhosis. Which is also being aggravated by the effects of the curse, exacerbating his condition.
* Even though he is not a member of Franchouchou, Koutaro managed to get his own character theme in the penultimate episode sung by Mamoru Miyano himself.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Kotaro Tatsumi at Zombie Land Saga Wiki
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