Takeo Gouda

Takeo Gouda is the main male protagonist from the My Love Story!! series.
== Charactah Account ==
Takeo is a high school student who recently got his first girlfriend. He's often misunderstood by others due to his appearance.
In stark contrast to how imposing and intimidating he appears, Takeo is a kind, selfless person who is willing to help others, even when he is not given credit for it. He has a strong sense of justice, as he despises those who hurt others, infringe on the law, and especially those who hurt or insult his friends, defending them fiercely with all his might. While he will get angry at those who hurt others, he tends not to hold grudges as shown by his friendship with Suna, who was confessed by all of Takeo's crushes. He never blamed Suna though, and instead understood that it was because of his appearance and how Suna was simply cooler and always attractive. In fact, he is very loyal to his friends. When Takeo first saw Yamato, he fell in love with her but thought she liked Suna. In order to make sure she and Suna were happy, he was willing to sacrifice his own feelings to ensure their happiness. He will help a friend in need and never abandon them. He is very hyper and energetic, and his emotions always show through his face.
Takeo is also simple minded, naive, and trusting. He is very impulsive and will usually fight first, talk second and jump into making promises without hearing the rest of it, saying it is the responsibility of a man to protect others and keep promises. He seems to not like technology, as he gave Yamato his email by writings it down rather than infrared and when he texts Yamato, who writes long detailed texts with emoticons, he writes simply with short sentences (usually writing sentences only two to five words long with a thumbs up). 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* My Love Story!!
=== Manga ===
* My Love Story!!
* My Love Story!! x Blue Spring Ride
* My Love Story!! x Nisekoi
== Trivia ==
* Takeo's name and appearance are a reference to the character "Takeshi Gouda (Gian)" in the popular manga and anime series "Doraemon".
* According to Makoto Sunakawa, the type of girl Takeo likes is the cute type who is always happy and smiling, seems nice and friendly, and looks like they would give him a chance.
* Whenever Takeo helps someone in need, Suna is always given credit by the person Takeo helped, but Suna always corrects them saying Takeo did the good deeds, though his good looks, charm, charisma, and cool personality always makes people mistake Suna for doing the good deeds.
* Yuriko Gouda (Takeo's mother) is a 40-year-old former pro wrestler who has natural hair and is pregnant with a baby.
* Because Takeo constantly protects Maki Gouda (Takeo's baby sister), his senses have been much more alert. Thus, he easily sensed Yukika Amami's presence when she was following Sunakawa on their way home.
* Takeo compares his relationship with Suna to the story of the red demon and blue demon by Hirosuke Hamada.
* In the second volume of the series, Takeo asked Suna to allow him to practice kissing on him so he would be ready for Rinko Yamato, much to Suna's disgust. This would technically make his first kiss be with Suna (though he put plastic wrap between their mouths).
* Takeo is extremely skilled in athletics that he has even been scouted. When he went ice skating for the first time, he was so skilled he performed a triple axel into a ina bauer and was given a business card. The only sports he is bad at are basketball (he falls for all the feints) and dancing (his steps are too big).
* Some of Takeo's previous crushes includes:
** Yuzuha (in kindergarten)
** Misaki (in elementary)
** Kayomi, Eriha, Mao and Satou (Jr. high school)
* Yutaka Gouda looks like a tanner and thinner version of Takeo (with sideburns).
* Takeo has a bad habit of getting too close at people's faces.
* Despite stating that Takeo is unpopular (in part due to the number of times his crushes fall for Suna and talk behind Takeo's back about how uncool he is), his personality allows him to win the attention of a few girls. Also, each girl who falls for him are the only girls shown to not be attracted to Makoto (although one of these girls that likes Takeo is Ai Sunakawa).
* Despite the fact that it is generally believed that really manly men hate sweets and only eat spicy, salty and sour stuff in Japan, Takeo likes to eat Yamato's sweets.
* When Takeo was born he weighed 4300 grams, which is about 9 pounds 7.7 ounces, which falls under the normal range of a newborn baby which is 5.5 to 10 pounds.
* Several of Takeo's traits reflected that of his voice actor, Takuya Eguchi:
** Both are the tallest among the main characters and voice casts.
** Both had problems with their heights; according to Takuya, due to his height being 187 cm, he can barely reach down to grab a can of beverage from a vending machine.
** Much like how Makoto usually cleans Takeo's messy bedroom, his voice actor, Nobunaga Shimazaki would do the same to Takuya, yet Nobunaga even tried to train Takuya to be independent on cleaning his own room.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Takeo Gouda at Ore Monogatari Wiki
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Category:Males
Category:My Love Story!!