Tatsuki Hirawa

**Tatsuki Hirawa**
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**Tatsuki Hirawa** (平和 辰生, Hirawa Tatsuki) is a third-year student of Tōtsuki Academy as well as a resident of Polar Star Dormitory. He is the current 2nd seat of the Elite Ten Council.

## Appearance

Tatsuki is a tall young man with a notably muscular physique. He has sharp grey eyes, light skin and messy dyed white hair. He is usually seen with an arrogant grin plastered across his face.

While at Tōtsuki, Tatsuki wears the traditional school uniform which consists of a navy blue blazer that has white borders on its pockets and lapels, along with a white-collared shirt, red tie and navy blue pants. When cooking, he wears a black apron over his waist

## Personality

Tatsuki is a confident and stoic individual, only speaking when feeling the need to do so, and often maintaining the same arrogant expression on his face thus giving him an intimidating appearance. One of Tatsuki's most notable characteristics is his tendency to bluntly, but honestly, say what is on his mind, causing him to come off as tactless or rude. Despite this, Tatsuki is incredibly sarcastic and teasing, choosing to give his friends and fellow chefs playful nicknames.

When it comes to cooking, Tatsuki is immensely confident in his abilities and does not ever doubt that he will lose a shokugeki. Tatsuki believes that cultivating one's talent is the most important thing for a chef, as shown when he openly criticises his classmates for failing to improve upon their talents, claiming they belong to "infertile soil". Because of this mindset, he hates those with baseless and unfounded confidence. Despite his blunt and somewhat condescending behaviour, he greatly admires chefs who are dedicated to mastering their craft and talented cooks.

## Cooking Style

Tatsuki's cooking style is rooted in traditional Japanese cuisine. However, Tatsuki does not adhere strictly to Japanese cuisine norms. He has shown a wide breadth of knowledge from all sorts of cuisine styles and frequently blends these into his Japanese cuisine dishes. He is hailed as the 2nd strongest chef of the 99th Generation, only behind Alexandre Durand. His incredible talent earned him the 2nd seat of the Elite Ten Council.

His food forte is centred around the usage of seafood and sushi. He has exceptional skill with preparing all items from the sea, most notably crustaceans and tunas. He possesses great skill with a knife, able to crush lobster shells and easily remove the meat, in addition to his fine preparation of sashimi from tuna. Tatsuki often utilises his excellency in traditional Japanese cuisine to prepare Asian Fusion dishes, most notably by incorporating ingredients from Korean, Indian and Thai cuisine. Tatsuki's style of cooking is most notable for his ability to concentrate asian flavours for maximum impact, to the point where it transcends logic.

### Cooking Skills

* **Sushi** - Tatsuki is a sushi master, learning the craft from his grandfather, he is known for his genius-level skill in the art, earning him the 2nd seat of the Elite Ten Council. Tatsuki's mastery of sushi gives him an extensive and powerful ability to highlight his star ingredients through flavour enhancers such as butter, garlic, orange juice, and lemon juice.
* **Expert Butcher** - Tatsuki is a master butcher being able to precisely and effortlessly fillet a large tuna into sashimi.
* **Instinct** - Tatsuki has a natural affinity for understanding the ingredient quality of seafoods.
* **Spice Mastery** - Tatsuki has a great affinity with spices, displaying a wide variety and vast wealth of knowledge of their properties.

## Trivia

* His favourite food is his mom's spicy chicken fried rice
* **Nomenclature:**
	+ Tatsuki (辰生) - Living Dragon
	+ Hirawa (平和) – Plain of Harmony, Peace