Moritaka Mashiro

Moritaka Mashiro, also known as Saiko and Ashirogi-sensei, is one of the main protagonists from the Bakuman series.
== Charactah Account ==
Mashiro is a 14-year-old boy who doesn't know what to do with his life. One day his classmate Takagi finds out about his amazing drawing skills and asks him to help create a manga. He initially declines, but changes his mind when Takagi helps him get engaged with his crush, Azuki Miho.
He and Takagi create manga for Shonen Jump under the pen-name Ashirogi Muto. Mashiro is very talented in drawing although he is very dissatisfied with his style. He specializes in drawing fairly dark characters. His favorite manga is Ashita no Joe.
After Ashirogi Muto's manga "Reversi" receives an anime adaptation and Azuki Miho secures the role of the main heroine, Mashiro properly proposes to Azuki in front of her old house which he had purchased for the two to live in. The two finally have their wedding ceremony after Ashirogi Muto's next serialization.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Bakuman
* Bakuman 2nd Season
* Bakuman 3rd Season
* Bakuman: Deraman
=== Light Novels ===
* Bakuman
=== Manga ===
* Bakuman
* Bakuman Bangai-hen
=== Video Games ===
* Jumputi Heroes
== Trivia ==
* Moritaka ranked 2nd in the Weekly Shonen Jump's popularity character poll.
* Moritaka could be compared to Takeshi Obata, the illustrator for Bakuman partnered with Tsugumi Ohba. Or he could rather be compared to the writer of the series considering he had confessed that "L"s character and habits are based of his own meaning it could be a play made by the authors, basing the illustrator on the writer and vice versa.
* Moritaka and Akito Takagi made a cameo in To Aru Majutsu no Index episode 10 walking near Accelerator.
* It was implied by Moritaka in episode 2 of Bakuman Season 2, while meeting his assistants for the first time that he has trouble drawing characters looking to the right.
* Moritaka resembles the pilot protagonist of Death Note, Taro Kagami.
* Moritaka always refers to Miho Azuki as Azuki.
** This is rather ironic; when they get married, Miho's last name will be Mashiro.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Moritaka Mashiro at Bakuman Wiki
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