Hiroyuki Watanabe

### Personality

Tense, insensitive, obnoxious, spoiled, whiny, weak, cowardly, clumsy, selfish, narcissistic, childish, stubborn, nervous, melancholic, mocking, envious,

### Appearance

Slender, fair skin, black hair, gray eyes, white shirt, blue jeans, red shoes with white soles

### Occupation

Shinji Aramaki High School student (formerly due to death)

### Alignment

Neutral
Bad (when cursed)

### Home

Ishikawa Mansion, Mysteria
Watanabe Rice Shop, Mysteria (formerly)

### Relatives

Shigeru Watanabe (father)
Sachi Watanabe (mother)
Hiromi Watanabe (older brother)
Shiina Watanabe (older sister-in-law)
Goku Watanabe (nephew, deceased)
Ichika Watanabe (niece)

### Allies

Satoshi and Takumi Yamaguchi (sometimes), Hideyoshi, Chuya, and Takatoshi Matou, Goro Yasumori,

### Enemies

Satoshi Yamaguchi, Masayo Miyazaki, Akari,

### Likes

Girls, himself, being the center of attention, the Matou siblings,

### Dislikes

Satoshi, Satoshi being dramatic, not getting any attention, his sister in-law, his niece and nephew, being proven wrong, vomiting, being weak, Kumiko or other girls rejecting him, Kumiko’s attitude towards him, Hiro making him uncomfortable, heights

### Status

Dead

**Hiroyuki “Yuki” Watanabe** is a secondary antagonist and also a character in the anime series *Devil Beats!*.

## Personality

As a villager, he's friends with the Matou siblings (especially Takatoshi) and dislikes Satoshi all because he is sensitive. Hiroyuki is a tense, obnoxious, clumsy, easily nervous, cowardly, weak, and insensitive guy, mostly due to his lack of skill in his kind. He is spoiled and whiny and usually puts the blame on other people for his own problems. Other than that, he has a childish demand for everyone's attention: his sister in law notes that he dislikes his nephew Goku, because before his birth Hiroyuki was always the one spoiled by his family. Consequentially, he has become an overly selfish and narcissistic citizen who sees himself as the centre of the universe, and when things go wrong for him, he always sees himself as victim of others. Suddenly deprived of the family’s attention by the arrival of Goku, Hiroyuki hates him longer being the center of the family and has become incredibly jealous of him.

His extreme selfishness and lack of self-awareness also gets in the way of his self-expression and ability to interact with others, as he often says or does terribly inappropriate things at the worst possible moment, a key example of this being Takatoshi’s funeral. Taking his anger and grief at his friend’s death out on Satoshi, Hiroyuki attempts to provoke him without realizing his horribly inappropriate he he was being. Eventually, Chuya tells him off to get out, and he doesn’t understand why. It is implied that Hiroyuki’s unlikes or personality is partially the result of his upbringing, as his family initially pampered and spoiled him and then suddenly transferred all of that to Goku. They even noticed Hiroyuki slowly dying from regularly being drained of blood because they are so focused on Goku too and they feel terribly sorry for them.

When he rose as an akuma after being bitten by resurrected librarian Takayama Eguchi and died alone in his room, Hiroyuki at first pretends to be sick so he will follow orders on what he (Takayama) said before killing his nephew Goku. When he was brought into the house by his sister in law, Hiroyuki told his older brother Hiromi he was hungry, and he (Hiromi) tried to make food for him, but unfortunately, Hiroyuki's stomach appeared to have a weakness, he would get nauseous to the point that he would just throw it up.

In New Life, the second Akuma’s power brings his corpse back to life as a more powerful akuma he develops a rivalry with Masayo who encounters him after he left the strange house with Akari. He mocks his new rival by knowing his name and

## Appearance

Hiroyuki is seventeen years old, he has fair skin, black hair, and gray eyes. He wears a white shirt, blue jeans, and red shoes with white soles.

When he was ill, he was barefoot and wore a plum purple shirt and white pants.

After his resurrection, he wears a red and white checkered shirt, black pants, and dark gray shoes with white soles. His skin is pale and his eyes are red as a result of his possession.

When he was younger, he had a different hairstyle and he wore a green and grayish jacket with a white shirt underneath, dark gray pants, and teal shoes with white soles.

In Episodes 11 and 20, he wore a red plaid shirt, blue jeans, and dark gray shoes with white soles.

In later episodes, he wears a green lined jacket with a white shirt underneath, black shorts, and red and white sneakers.

In Episode 12, he was barefoot and wore a grayish green raglan shirt with green sleeves and black pants.

In Episode 16, he wore a green jacket with a black shirt underneath, light brown pants, and shoes.

In New Life, his skin is paler, his eyes are violet, and his hair is purple. He wears a black shirt, fuchsia pants, and black sandals. In later episodes, he wears a black jumpsuit and matching boots, he can also be seen wielding a samurai sword.

In Seventh Training, he wore black and purple samurai armor with dark gray and gold details and heeled purple boots.

## Role in the series

### Devil Beats!

Hiroyuki made his first appearance in Third Resurrection. He is first seen among the Yamaguchi brothers, having witnessed Kumiko’s resurrection by Hiro. He

### New Life

Hiroyuki made his first appearance in the sequel in Seventh Training. He is first seen as a corpse Masayo and Akari come across after the two leave the strange house Amati was hiding under. As

## Death

Hiroyuki was killed when the war between humans and the risen broke out. He returns to his old home, looking for a place of safety. Despite still loving his brother in law, Shiina lets him in and eventually stakes his head, leaving him deadly unconscious.

## Trivia

* He has a married older brother named Hiromi, who has a wife named Shiina and two playful children he hates named Goku and Ichika.
* He is the third to be cursed in Third Resurrection.