Takeru Minakata

**Takeru Minakata** (南 (みな) 方 (かた)  健 (たける) , *, *Minakata Takeru**?) is a supporting character in Zombie 100. He is an old college friend of Akira Tendou and Kenichirou Ryuuzaki, who also joins Akira and the others' group.

## Appearance

Takemina is a tall man with a black Afro, he wears round sunglasses and an almost hippy outfit

## Personality

Takamine is a guy who loves freedom, and has a "you only live once" attitude.

## Story

Takeru is an old college buddy of Akira and Kenchou, he appeared to them when he saved them from Zombies with his Slingshot, He was overjoyed to see his friends again so he gave Kenchou and Akira a Bro hug, he then introduced himself to Shizuka and Beatrix, he then explained that they need currency here which was canned food and if they get enough they can meet the shogun, Akira decides to run a Bar and he used Takamine to help with his smarts, sadly they didn't earn anything day one so they ponder what to do, Takamine then jumped into Icy water along with his buds as he had an apophony, they then reopened the bar and started to offer more than drinks they screened movies Kenchou did stand up, sadly Akira got blinded by greed and stole all their hard earned money and entered the royalty. Takamine told Kenchou not to blame Akira and that he had a plan, Takamine then showed up with a huge amount of Cans and said that he would wager it all on Zombie chance, his plan was to guilt trip Akira into revealing which door was the right one, this worked as Takamine was abouts to jump into the Zombie pit, Akira called out to him and he turned at the last second and won, he then decided to go Double or nothing bust sadly for the nobles there were so many cans that they were overflowing and Takamine could see which door was which so he won, he then went double or nothing again and again until the Nobles begged him to stop. Takamine then met Akira who apologized and Takamine said that they were Bros til the end and they hugged. They then met the Shogun who was a Zombie who the group killed, a few days had past and Akira was bored with the shogun life so they left the tower in the care of Takamine, Whilst driving away Takamine rolled up beside them and told them that he meant what he said that they a Bros til the end meaning that he was going to join them and Akira accepted

## Relationships

### Akira Tendou

Takemina is an old college friend of Akira, he met him again years later in Ogawa, he saved them from Ogawa Zombies as that kind have a lot more Gusto, He later helped them Run a Bar, he then risked his life to save a Greed Blinded Akira who took all the money they earned for himself by playing the death gamble and continued to win until the rich people of the castle had no money left, Takemina then joined Akira on his travels.

### Kenichirou Ryuuzaki

Takemina is an old college buddy of Kenchou, they have a solid bond and get along well.

### Shizuka Mikazuki

Takemina seems to be on good terms with her. and was brought to tears when he saw that she had been bitten, he also supports her love for his best friend Akira

## Abilities

Takemina uses a slingshot as his main weapon and is very good at using it.

**Marksmanship:** Takemina has great aim using his slingshot, he managed to shoot from a great distance at some plates to knock them down so that they hit the zombies. As said by his colleagues, he seems to have no idea what he is doing and would also not be shooting at hit. However, they were surprised to see that Takemina managed to hit the plates to kill the zombies.

## Etymology

* The name **Takeru** means "strong, robust, healthy" (健).
* Takeru's last name **Minakata** means "south, southern area" (南方).