Kei Kantarou

**Kantarō Kei** (ケイ・カンタロウ, *Kei Kantarō*) is the latest member of the Vampire Countermeasure Division of the Kanagawa Police Branch. He used to be a regular police officer until the fateful day of encountering Tsujigiri Nagiri.

He is determined to bring justice, and search for Tsujigiri Nagiri while not being aware that the man he is looking for is his co-investigator under the name "Tsujita".

## Appearance

Kantarō has a short brown hair, and brown eyes. He has two distinct scars, one runs horizontally under his right eye and and one diagonally from his jaw up to his left cheek; these were injuries sustained during his training as a vampire hunter.

Initially seen wearing a generic police uniform, Kantarō currently wears the standard male uniform for the Vampire Countermeasure Division.

## Personality

Kantarō is a loud man who is often associated to the intensity of a hurricane. He is often categorized along side Handa Tou, his senior, for being chaotic and nuisances on their free time. It doesn't help that they strongly get along. He is one of the sources of Sagyou's stress.

However, prior to being attacked by Tsujigiri, he as a police officer was extremely calm, quiet and ordinary, never shouting out of the blue. His old self also described himself as soft and wimpish. It's likely that his drastic change in personality is his response of having PTSD.

## Plot

First appearing in chapter 16, Kei Kantarō was a regular police officer who was seriously injured after Tsujigiri Nagiri slashed and sucked his blood. After his recovery, he decided to quit his job as a police officer and train all over Japan to become a vampire hunter, gain reputation as one, and as well as to master every possible martial arts. He also chose a powerful anti-vampire weapon that is a pile bunker during this time.

As he finished his training, he rejoins the police force as a part of Vampire Countermeasure Division and start his hunt for Tsujigiri Nagiri.

He reappeared in chapter 104, in front of Nagiri. However due to his vague memory of the attacker and misconceptions about the Tsujigiri, he mistook Nagiri as a good citizen and took him around to investigate after the other confirms the existence of Tsujigiri Nagiri. Since then, he's been pulling along "Tsujita", Nagiri's alias, along the investigations and kept including him in exhausting adventures every time.

Like everyone else, Kantarō didn't know that Nagiri has been drastically weakened and still thinks that the Tsujigiri is a 100m tall being who has blades all over their body and can breathe fire.

## Abilities

* **Physical strength:** infinite; he can effortlessly carry a large-heavy pile bunker with ease anywhere he goes and as well as able to pull Tsujita (86kg) off his feet with no problem.
* **Loud voice:** He's really loud and what he's best known for aside from his obsession with investigating the Tsujigiri Nagiri case.

## Trivia

* **Blood Type:** AB
* **Hobby:** Looking for Tsujigiri Nagiri
* **Talents:** Drawing (self-proclaimed; he drew the tsujigiri posters by himself)
* Despite being the newest known member of Vampire Countermeasure Division after Sagyō, Kantarō's the 3rd oldest member after Moegi and Hiyoshi.
* His eyes lack the shine spots other characters such as Hinaichi and Ronaldo have in their eyes. It's likely that it's a sign he has been suffering from PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) after Tsujugiri assaulted him.
	+ He also couldn't drawn a proper line despite aspiring to be a mangaka after the assault, which is likely the hyperarousal symptom from PTSD.
* He is an only child, and his father is a local government official.
* His grandmother lived int he country, and he would visit her during summer vacations.
* When he tried to quit the police force, he compromised and dealt with the situation by taking a "leave of absence" when his superiors stopped from from resigning.