Youji Itami

Youji Itami, also known as Honorable Chieftain Lord, is the main protagonist from the Gate: Thus the JSDF Fought There! series.
== Charactah Account ==
Youji is the 1st Lieutenant, Command of Third Recon Team in the Special Area. Despite being infamously known as an otaku and a slacker, he has a Ranger badge and was even posted in the Special Forces. He was a simple otaku in Japan, about to leave the JSDF as a 2nd Lt., but the Ginza Incident and his actions gave him a promotion to 1st Lt. and a deployment to the Special Area.
Youji's relationship with his female associates can be described as a paternal affection. While he deeply cares about the girls, he has as yet shown no romantic interest towards them, mostly because several of them are - in terms of physical growth (if not of chronological age) - still adolescents and underage, but also because of his own sense of decency. 
It was initially written as a joke by Youji’s superiors who sarcastically wrote in Youji’s documents that he is an expert at marksmanship, hand to hand fighting, psychological warfare, airborne skills, diving, explosive use, and so forth. The detail of Youji being “proficient at detecting danger before anyone else” is another way to say, by his superiors, that Youji is good at running away. While a majority of them are false, Youji seems to display good capabilities in skills that his superiors joked about, such as psychological warfare and close combat. 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Gate: Thus the JSDF Fought There!
* Gate: Thus the JSDF Fought There! Part 2 - Fire Dragon Arc
=== Light Novels ===
* Gate: Thus the JSDF Fought There!
=== Manga ===
* Gate! Yonkoma
* Gate: Thus the JSDF Fought There!
== Trivia ==
* Youji's surname shares the same pronunciation and Romanized spelling as the city of Itami in Hyogo prefecture, home to the JGSDF Central Army headquarters.
* Youji suffers from Acrophobia (an irrational fear of heights). Specifically, he feared having nothing to hold on to (e.g. Parachuting). Though Youji is perfectly fine with boarding planes and helicopters.
* In Light novel 8, we learn that Youji is afraid of heights when he takes a wyvern ride with Yao Ro Dushi. He has her steer while he holds on to Yao.
* Youji hates paperwork.
* Youji seems to have a soft spot for children.
* Youji's motto in life was “Eat, sleep, play, repeat. And the life in between".
* The phrase in one of Youji's favorite manga was ‘The only time you are alive is when you are resting’.
** Youji also likes to say "Hobby first, work after".
* According to himself, Youji sucks at geography.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Yōji Itami at Gate - Thus the JSDF Fought There! Wiki
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