Tamaki Kotatsu

Tamaki Kotatsu is a major character in the 2015 Japanese dark fantasy manga series Fire Force and its 2020 anime television series adaptation of the same name. She is a Third Generation, Second Class Fire Soldier formerly in Special Fire Force Company 1. Due to her service for Rekka Hoshimiya, she is being disciplined under Special Fire Force Company 8's watch.
She is voiced by in the Japanese version of the anime, and by Jad Saxton in the English version of the anime.
==Appearance==
Tamaki is a young teenage girl with long, straight dark hair tied into twintails. Her eyes are golden/yellow, with white pupils similar to Shinra. She has a curvy body type. On missions, her outfit consists of a black panties and bra, a protective outer jacket, a neck protector, dark boots and protective gloves.
==Personality==
At first glance, Tamaki is extremely clumsy and unlucky, and easily can be afraid because of her lack of experience. Following the second mission to the Nether where she had to be rescued after barely managing to protect a grievously injured Juggernaut until help arrived, it's revealed that in spite of her crewmen in the Special Fire Force truly believing her to be a valuable ally, Tamaki's opinion of herself is incredibly poor due to a multitude of factors. Her Lucky Lecher Lure caused her to be bullied and to avoid others out of fear it would bother them, she lacked any real motive for undergoing sister training and joining the Fire Force beyond just wanting to do what everyone else did, and she sees herself as The Load due to being rescued and getting carried by others on multiple occasions. It takes her reflecting on all of these hang-ups and remembering Shinra's prior urging to respect herself more to snap herself out of this and cement her resolve to become a valuable member of the team. Likewise, though she can be a little loud, Tamaki is a very nice person at heart. She's friendly, kind-hearted and protective, especially towards her company members and children.
==Abilities==
Tamaki's ability, "Nekomata", is named after the two-tailed cat youkai of Japanese legend. It also gives her cat ears and two cat tails made of flame that make her resemble a nekomata. Additionally, despite the fact that Assault is one of the Knights' strongest members and reputed to be capable of taking on Company 8 and winning just by himself, or even taking down a Demon Infernal on his own, her Lucky Lecher Lure unfailingly turns him into a wreck and causes him to lose all of their battles. 
==Trivia==
*Tamaki's name when shortened to "Tama" happens to be the stereotypical cat name in Japan. Tama means "ball,' and is most likely a reference to the feline habit of curling up into very round shape.
*A "Kotatsu" is a table frame, covered by a heavy blanket, upon which a table top sits, and is exclusive to the Japanese culture. Domestic cats are often portrayed sleeping underneath them for warmth, as Japanese homes don't generally have floor heating vents.
*Tamaki's Third Generation ability relating to a cat and her common unluckiness makes her comparable to the superstition of black cats; a superstition that they bring about bad luck.
*Tamaki refers to her mother at one point in the story, saying that her mother would be mad if she knew her daughter was going into the Netherworld. Given the religious nature of the Nether and Tamaki's place within Company 1, it's possible that Tamaki's family has strong faith in The Holy Sol Temple.
*Tamaki was ranked 2nd in first Character Popularity Poll.
*February 22 is Cat Day in Japan because the word for "two" is "ni", is also a sound cats make.
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