Ichiro Kuga

* Anime
* Manga

**Ichiro Kuga** (久我 一郎, **Kuga Ichirō**?) is the main male protagonist of Otonari ni Ginga series. He became a mangaka for providing financial support to his younger twin siblings, Machi Kuga and Fumio Kuga.

## Appearance

Ichiro is an average looking man with messy black hair and black eyes.

Casually, he wears a brown shirt and blue pants.

## Personality

After his father passed away, Ichiro had been determined to support his siblings. Ichiro is always shown to be a hard-working person who puts full effort into his work. Since he is a mangaka, he can work overnight for finishing the deadline. Though a full-time worker, he is as lively as his siblings being a funny dramatic person. If he were to be called by his pen name, he can be embarrassed. He also very considerate on his actions and consequences.
According to Machi Kuga, he's terrible at relying on people which makes him do the work by himself.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Machi Kuga

Machi is Ichiro's younger sister who always supports her brother's work. She says she's proud of her brother and sometimes helps in character coloring.

#### Fumio Kuga

Fumio is Ichiro's younger brother.

Like Machi Kuga, Fumio likes his brother's work.

#### Chihiro Ibusuki

Chihiro is Ichiro's cousin who admires his determination toward his work. It was hinted that she had a crush on him as she was shocked when she finds out that Ichiro and Shiori Goshiki are dating.

### Romance

#### Shiori Goshiki

Ichiro met Shiori when she was hired to be his assistant. He was very surprised at her fast skills in making outlines which makes him feel grateful to her. Being terrible at asking for help, Ichiro first hesitate to ask but in the end, he asked for it when a page was missing. After finishing the work, they are asleep. The next day, Ichiro notices something sharp stuck on Shiori's back. He thought it was a G-Pen and decided to remove it. Unknowingly to him, it was a thorn which was explained by Shiori later that they're bound together by marriage. She further explains that they cannot be separated for a long time, and if they did, according to the contract, Ichiro would receive punishment in any way. Ichiro thought it was too true to believe but when he caught a high fever and then Shiori came to him, he became somewhat relieved which makes him believe her words.

As Ichiro states all of a sudden being soulmates is strange, Shiori suggests that they should start being friends. When Ichiro's fever got down, Shiori is shown heavily blushing while seeing Ichiro's sleeping face.

Ichiro gets cold shivers when Shiori shows jealously as Ichiro states how much Momoka Morikuni helps him. Shiori herself realized that her jealousy is out of love and surprisingly even to herself, she confesses to Ichiro.

In Chapter 5, Ichiro says he's in love with Shiori, to begin with. Shiori accepts his feelings and they are currently dating.

### Others

#### Momoka Morikuni

Momoka is an important person to Ichiro who was his reason to start his own mangaka debut. Affectionately, he calls her "Moka-nee".

## Etymology

* The name **Ichiro** means "one" (一) (**ichi**) and "son" (郎) (**ro**).
* Ichiro's surname **Kuga** means "long time" (久) (**ku**) and "I, me, my, self/oneself, ego" (我) (**ga**).

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 1
2. ↑ Chapter 2
3. ↑ Chapter 4