Issei Hyoudou

Issei Hyoudou, also known as Ise, Breast Dragon Emperor, Red Dragon Emperor, Harem King, Red Dragon Emperor of the Blazing Truth and Chic, is the main protagonist from the High School DxD series.
== Charactah Account ==
The son of Gorou and Miki Hyoudou, Issei is a high school student at Kuoh Academy, who's also a lovable pervert. During his first date with Yuma Amano, it ends badly when Yuma reveals herself as Raynare and kills him, but not before wishing to die in the arms of a beautiful woman — a wish so powerful Rias Gremory gets to answer his call and transform him into a devil. He dreams of being a harem king, unknowingly already in the middle of being one.
One of the many personality traits that define Issei is his ongoing perverted nature and his obsession with women's breasts. This has caused him to be instantly labelled as a pervert among the girls of Kuoh Academy and has gained him notoriety for being one of the members of Kuoh Academy's Perverted Trio, alongside his friends Matsuda and Motohama.
Despite his pervertedness, Issei is kind, courageous, and unwaveringly determined of wanting to protect those who are important to him despite almost dying by the hands of his opponents. He's also very caring, "putting his nose on other peoples business" as he helped Yuuto, Koneko, and Akeno overcome their fear and hatred of their mournful past. Due to this, he gained strong friendship from his comrades and affection from the following girls; Rias, Akeno, Koneko, Asia, Xenovia, Irina, Ravel, Kuroka and Rossweisse. He is, however, oblivious to the feelings of the girls around him (save for Rias after his confession), often believing they are simply teasing him. Even with Rias' family telling him to use the same titles for them as Rias (Father, Mother, Brother, etc.) and other mentions of engagement activities, he still remains the same. This is due to his trauma with Raynare.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* High School DxD
* High School DxD BorN
* High School DxD Born OVA
* High School DxD BorN Specials
* High School DxD Hero
* High School DxD Hero: Holy Behind The Gymnasium
* High School DxD New
* High School DxD New OVA
* High School DxD OVA
* High School DxD Specials
=== Light Novels ===
* High School DxD
* High School DxD EX
* Shin High School DxD
=== Manga ===
* High School DxD
* High School DxD: Asia & Koneko's Secret Contract?!
== Trivia ==
* Issei's birthday is on April 16.
* Issei's name means "Sincere/Honest".
** His father gave him the name with the hope that he would be able to lead a honest life.
** His surname means "Soldier" in reference to him being a Pawn, as pawns are considered to be foot soldiers in chess analogy. So his full name means "Sincere or honest soldier".
* Despite not officially being a member of the Gremory clan yet, he is already considered one by the members (minus Rias) and their servants. After proposing to Rias, she also considers him a member as her future husband and fiance.
* After his visit to the Underworld and meeting the Gremory family, it is noted that Issei acquired gentlemanly behaviour as well as knowledge about the Gremory clan's history and general knowledge about the Underworld, due to the fact that Rias chose Issei as her lover and future husband, thus requiring him to obtain noble etiquette to serve as Rias' husband.
** Due to the teaching he received from the hired Gremory instructor as well as Venelana Gremory, Issei became skilled at dancing, table manners and very knowledgeable about the Gremory clan's history and general knowledge about the Underworld.
* Issei is engaged to Rias Gremory, Akeno Himejima, Xenovia Quarta, Irina Shidou, Asia Argento, Koneko Toujou, Kuroka and Rossweisse.
* His first kiss was with his childhood friend Irina Shidou, albeit he was asleep.
* In Rating Game fighting-types, Issei is considered a Power-type while also being a good Support-type due to his Boosted Gear Gift ability.
* Issei started off with eight pawn pieces, which Azazel noted Ddraig represents a total of 7.9, Issei, on the other hand, represents 0.1. However, four of them turned into Mutation Pieces with different values, three of them due to the Illegal Move Triaina, and the fourth due to Cardinal Crimson Promotion.. And after attaining Diabolos Dragon, the remaining pieces turned into Mutation Pieces.
* According to the Nilrem Magicians, Issei's strength is ranked in SS-Class.
* Issei shares the meaning of the series' title that refers to Great Red: "Dragon of Dragons" as he can be considered a mini Great Red, who the title mainly refers to.
** He along with Vali have made another meaning for the title that refers to themselves: "Diabolos (Devil) Dragon".
** Issei's life force is currently unreadable due to his body being made from Great Red's flesh and Ophis' powers. At its lowest which is zero, it represents "dream" or Great Red and at its highest which is infinite, it represents "infinity" or Ophis.
** According to Ophis' spawn; Lilith, Issei smells like her, Ophis, and Great Red.
** According to Elmenhilde, Issei's blood tastes sweet, mellow, and rich, and is absolutely addictive.
* In drinking the simplified Amrita, Issei's "oppai power" has gained traces of divine nature, allowing him to communicate with Chimune Chipaoti.
* Issei is very popular in Norse mythology as many people in Valhalla were cheering for him.
* Issei is said to be particularly good with children.
* Noted by Azazel, Issei gets non-human girls, and girls with strange personalities to like him.
* According to Rias, Issei is the type of man that is liked by older women.
* According to Ddraig, Issei is the first host he has fun making conversations with.
** Issei is also the first host to treat him as a single entity rather than a tool.
** Ddraig also considers Issei to be his favorite host in history.
* Issei's contract requests as a Devil tend to be with eccentric clients, such as Mil-tan and Morisawa.
** According to Rias, Issei is the first devil she has encountered, to have received favorable feedback from a client despite having not fulfilled his contract.
* According to Azazel, Issei has the most affection for his comrades among the Gremory peerage.
* Issei's true nature and rulership mentality is the path of righteousness, as opposed to that of Ravel, whose true nature is the path of supremacy and to control the world through military force.
* Issei has a strong sense of responsibility, which causes him to take responsibility for any unfavourable situations that occur around him, regardless of whether he is at fault or not.
** For this reason, he gave up on fishing despite his love for it, after he mistakenly destroyed his father's favorite fishing rod. However, he regained his passion for fishing later on.
* Issei's key words are guts, effort and peace.
* His favorite type of cake is cheesecake.
* Issei is the only person outside of the members of the Slash/Dog Team that is allowed to read Vali Lucifer's Black History Diaries.
* Issei has a tokusatsu show in the Underworld called Breast Dragon Emperor Oppai Dragon (), which stars him as the main character named Issei Gremory and it is considerably popular among the children.
* Issei makes review videos for Oppai Dragon products while acting as the "Oppai Dragon" himself and uploads them to DeviTube. This caused the merchandises' sales to increase.
* His perverted nature appears to be inherent among the Hyoudou Family, as Gorou, Miki, Juzo, and grandmother are erotic to some extent too. Gorou and Juzu both wanted harems too when they were younger; Miki taught Asia about naked aprons; while his grandmother teased Issei about him and Asia haing sex, then having a child. But, his has perverted nature has surpassed all of them.
** When Rias predicted that their first child will be a boy, Issei is worried that his son will inherit his perverted nature.
* Issei is a fan of Dragon Ball (Drag-so Ball in the Anime and Manga) and Gundam.
** His favorite song is the intro of Dragon Ball.
** He sometimes likes to create Gundam plastic models when he has personal free time.
* Issei has loved robots and space battleships since he was a child.
** This could explain why he was most interested in Magnus Rose and Unknown Dictator out of the new rookies in the Azazel Cup.
* According to Kiryuu, Issei is well endowed, as she believes that he can satisfy both Asia and Rias with his size.
* Issei has a secret stash of his porn collection that he kept perfectly hidden within household goods inside the closet located in an unused room, he was surprised to hear that some of the girls not only found it but also have been watching them.
** According to Motohama, Issei's favorite eroges are ones that focus on princesses and girls from socially high class families. Issei speculates that his taste must be influenced due to his feelings for Rias.
* Issei has broken off all the engagements of the female characters placed into one (Rias, Kiyome, and Rossweisse), the first two of which have fallen in love with him as a result.
* Despite being viewed as talentless, Issei has a number of different skills that surprised others:
** Issei is shown to be a talented sculptor as he was able to create a perfect clay replica of Rias.
** Issei is good at sewing, as he was able to sew together headbands for the entire Occult Research Club in preparation for the dodgeball tournament.
** Issei is good with computers and video creation and editing.
** Issei is very good at giving massages, so much so that it's too erotic for women.
* Issei has a strange reaction to alcohol, as he becomes more serious and shy when drunk.
* Issei is the only man in existence to have seen Gabriel in a bikini, as well as the most beautiful women in all of Heaven who serves under her; in an old school swimsuit, transparent negligee, and athletic clothing.
** Issei is the only man, aside from her husband Sirzechs, to see Grayfia naked. 
** He is also the first man to see Sona Sitri in a swimsuit aside from her family.
* Issei's first-ever meeting with Asia may have been foreshadowing to the relationship between Cleria Belial and Masaomi Yaegaki, as at first, Issei and Asia similarly to Cleria and Masaomi, were forbidden from seeing each other in the same town; Kuoh Town due to the Devil's side and Angel's side still at feuds with each other.
* Issei is being supported by the New Satan Lucifer faction due to the fact that he is Sirzechs Lucifer's future brother-in-law, as they hope to boost his political influence and bring him into their faction.
* After the Hell Disaster and the defeat of the Alliance of Hell, Issei is considered as a potential candidate for the new Satans.
** Sirzechs wants to create a new seat for Issei under the title Satan, as in the Revelation of Apocalypse, it is recorded that the terms of Satan and dragon were synonymous, which suits Issei as he possesses the flesh of Great Red who appears in the Apocalypse. Sirzechs also wants to bestow his title of Crimson Satan to Issei.
* Issei is one of the protagonists of the erotic doujinshi called "Prince x Beast" alongside Yuuto Kiba, that the Kuoh Academy Manga Club produces, as it is based on the misunderstanding that the female students have about Issei's and Yuuto's relationship, with the manga being popular among the female students of the academy.
* Issei's appearance is based on Kazuma Torisuna from s-CRY-ed because the author is a fan of the series.
** According to the author, his image is also inspired by the transforming heroes from Kamen Rider.
* In the Light Novel, Issei's Dragon arm is depicted as a scaly Dragon arm that covers his entire left arm, while in the anime, his Dragon arm is replaced by the Boosted Gear.
** The manga depicts Issei's Dragon arm as a combination of both.
* Supposedly, one of Issei's power-ups was to involve sucking Rias' breasts. Unfortunately, that was already too much for Fujimi Shobo, so the author resorted to something else.
* In the anime and light novel volume 1 to 10, Issei shows symptoms of PTSD and trust issues thanks to Raynare.
* In the short story "25 (Twenty Five) at the Clubroom with Rias-buchou!", Issei was stated to have black hair; however, the anime and light novel illustrations portray him as having brown hair.
* Issei was originally envisioned with Kiba's character traits but later changed into a pervert because Ishibumi felt those character types were too "weak" for the main character.
** He is also the third character Ishibumi conceived of as the main character for the novel.
* Issei was originally going to be just a human who helps Asia.
* Issei is Ishibumi's third main protagonist, with the first being Mitsuya Kanzaki and the second being Tobio Ikuse.
** Issei is described to be the exact opposite of Mitsuya, for mostly unknown reasons other than the latter having a desire to see the world in despair.
* In the English dub, Issei’s nickname Oppai Dragon is Grabbin Dragon.
* His seiyuu Yuuki Kaji, eventually married Ayana Taketatsu, the seiyuu of Koneko, on June 22, 2019.
* In the "DxD" popularity election, he came in 2nd in the all-character category, 1st in the male character category, 1st in the coupling category with Rias, 2nd with Akeno, 3rd with Asia, 4th with Yuuto, 6th with Koneko, and 7th with Ravel. In the best bout category, his bout with Sairaorg (Volume 10) won 1st place, his battle with Riser (the climax of Volume 2) was chosen as the 2nd best bout, his first battle with Vali (Volume 4) was selected for 3rd place, the decisive battle with Rizevim & Diehauser (Volume 20), which he challenged together with Vali, was selected for 4th place, his second confrontation with Saji (Volume DX.4) was selected as the 5th best, his first battle with Shalba (Volume 6) came in 6th place, and his second battle with Cao Cao (Volume 12) was selected for 7th place.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Issei Hyoudou at High School DxD Wiki
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