Takeo Kushihara

Johnny Yong Bosch (English)

Pattarawut Samutnawee (Thai)

**Takeo Kushihara** is the protagonist of part 1 and the first TaTe of the TaTe's Bizarre Adventure series.

The son of Yasuo Kushihara, Takeo is an honest, kind and positive man whose life is fraught with tragedy after meeting his adopted older brother, Ikazuchi Kyosho. In his battle against Ikazuchi, Takeo becomes a Thunder Breathing user under the tutelage of the master Hikaru Nagamasa and Tsumuri Yamanae.

## Appearance

Takeo is a muscular young man with rather fair skin and an athletic physique. He had black to dark green hair that opened his forehead, dark teal eyes with white pupils that appear lighter around the lower section of his irises.

Like all other members of the Kushihara family, Takeo has a small Green Windmill-shaped birthmark on the rear of his left shoulder.

Takeo wears the black standard Demon Slayer uniform, consisting of a gakuran jacket and tattsuke-hakama pants. and He wears a black and dark green gradient haori.

## Personality

During his childhood, Takeo was proud and mischievous, yet gentle. Despite already aspiring to be a "true gentleman", Takeo lacked manners and mostly behaved like a normal child. His mother having died before he could remember her, and his fellow boys ostracizing him because of his status left Takeo somewhat lonely. While at first, Takeo didn't have his future strength of will, Ikazuchi unwittingly became the catalyst of his growth by pushing him to the edge.

First and foremost, Takeo strives to become his definition of a "true gentleman" as he carries his Kushihara name with pride, never betraying the code of conduct he has set for himself and will treat any fellow human with respect unless they prove evil.

Takeo also possesses a fierce inner strength and the drive to face and overcome conflict, which Kazehara calls an "explosive power". That drive, fueled by his affection to his friends and loved ones, enabled him to overcome the direst situations, notably managing to save his wife Mitsume when their boat was overcome with demons and he was fatally hit in the throat. Takeo fights for what he believes in, and once he is committed to something, he won't back down until the deed is done. During his journey to find a cure for his father's illness, he was ambushed by a band of misfit hoodlums. He did not so much as flinch as he grasped an assailant's knife within his hand, saying he had much more riding on the fight than merely four fingers.

## Abilities

**Overall Abilities**: Takeo is a very powerful and skilled combatant. He has displayed his extraordinary abilities and proficiency in combat on multiple occasions. When sparring with Hikaru Nagamasa, Takeo was able to fight on equal grounds with the Breathing Style User. In the final battle of part 1, Takeo was shown to be capable of annihilating dozens of demons comparable to demons in strength and later could hold his own against Kazehara Kyosho.

**Immense Speed & Reflexes**: Takeo possesses tremendous speed and reflexes. Takeo moved using a burst of speed so fast it made it seem like he teleported according to some observers. Later, Takeo displayed a level of speed comparable to, if not surpassing, Hikaru.

**Immense Strength**: Due to years of harsh training, Takeo possesses incredible physical strength. break a wooden sword because he swung it with too much force. He was also able to briefly contend with Kazehara, one of the physically strongest demons in existence in a swordfight.

**Indomitable Will**: Takeo possesses an undaunted will and spirit, being able to fight and engage in battle against enemies stronger than him with his sheer will alone to kill Demons and protect other peoples even when he sustained severe injuries and wounds. The death of his family also played a big role in his insurmountable willpower, his visions of his family members urging him on during times of crisis, allowing him to pull through any hardship.

**Wind Breathing**: A Breathing Style Takeo learned from a cultivator and his teacher, Hikaru Nagamasa, Takeo considered to be the most skilled Wind Breathing user of his generation.