Yuuichi Katagiri

Yuuichi Katagiri is the main protagonist of the manga and anime series Tomodachi Game. He is a teenage high school student that got involved as one of the player of the game that involves in paying debts. Outside, he lives by himself and works in a part time job. He was later on revealed to be the creator of the game that got him and his friend involved in Tomodachi Game.
He is voiced by Chiaki Kobayashi in Japanese and by David Matranga in English.
==Appearance==
Yuuichi is a man of tall height arriving at 5.9 ft. He has messy dark hair that mostly arrives at his black eyes. He usually wears his high school uniform being an dark colored untied jacket with white shirt inside and black pants. As his younger self, he had shorter hair before having longer band. 
==Personality==
Yuuichi, initially perceived as an ordinary and diligent teenager, exuded a cheerful and compassionate demeanor. He held his mother's advice close to heart, which emphasized the significance of friendships above all else. Consequently, he deeply cared for his classmates and their well-being. Making a promise with his friends to embark on a field trip together, Yuuichi was motivated to work diligently towards achieving this shared goal. Moreover, he demonstrated an unwavering commitment to protecting his friends, going to great lengths to ensure their safety. 
As the game started its first round, Yuuichi's frustration grew exponentially as he contemplated the possibility of a traitor lurking among his friends. With the next and last selection of incorrect answers by his companions intensified doubts. 
==Abilities==
*Mastery of manipulation: Yuuichi displayed extremely high intelligences that ranks him as one of the smartest character within the entire story. Although not academically smart and admitting to have lower cognitive intelligence than Tenji and Kei, his actions of manipulation displayed often intentionally makes others believe that he is inferior to them, giving them a superior status than him with him in reality having everything in control without them realizing it.
*Genius-level Intelligence: While Yuuichi claims that Kei is better at cognitive skills than he is it doesn't mean that Yuuichi has a low IQ. Yuuichi lacks book smarts but backs it up with insane levels of practical knowledge and reasoning skills. He often comes of as irrational but he always has an intended purpose behind his actions. As said in the manga a lot of times, Yuuichi is a person who doesn't do things without meaning. His IQ is estimated to be around 145-150 but his real intellectual abilities have been hindered largely due to lack of training.
*Physical Strength and Combat Abilities: Yuuichi is an excellent fighter and has been shown to do really in short scraps. He also is quick, agile and is fast enough to beat out two seasoned athletes who were at the time playing for a nationally recognized team. He also has insane levels of pain tolerance and great endurance. His physical strength is also not to be underestimated.
*Intuition and Predictions: Yuuichi has great social intuition but he also has great intuition in general. His intuitive capabilities is also something that has been highlighted throughout the series. He also has the ability to make scarily accurate predictions to the point where he is even thought of as a psychic.
*Deception and Acting skills: Deceiving people is also one of Yuuichi's strong points. He has made himself look vulnerable many times to get an advantage. He has been able to achieve this also because of his excellent acting skills. Yuuichi excels in making people believe what they want to believe by playing to their insecurities. This ultimately pays to his advantage and he ends up winning in the end.
*Planning: While his strategies have their flaws his plans are almost flawless. While both rely on his understanding of human emotions which can lead to the plans having holes sometimes, most of the time they are supported by his excellent intuition which has been noted by Kaidou himself to be on the same level of Satone. He is also very good at making quick adjustments and coming up with strategies and plans very quickly. This quick thinking has helped him a lot of times throughout the series.
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