Tomaru Sawagoe

Rio Inou (Daughter/granddaughter/great-granddaughter via Hajime/mother of child)
Risa Inou (Daughter/granddaughter/great-granddaughter/great^2-granddaughter via Rio/mother of child)
Rika Inou (Daughter/granddaughter/great-granddaughter/great^2-granddaughter/great^3-granddaughter via Risa/mother of child)
Wataru (Grandson via Kagura)
Wakaba Nijou (Daughter via Ms. Nijou)
Hanon Nijou (Double granddaughter via Shun and Wakaba)
Kazuha Nijou (Double granddaughter via Shun and Wakaba)
Futaba Nijou (Double granddaughter via Shun and Wakaba)
Yukari Nagawa (Daughter/paternal half-niece via Asagi)
Tomomasa Sawagoe (Son/maternal cousin via Tomoe)
Touri Sawagoe (Daughter via Mrs. Toda/mother of child)
Youji Shiba (Son via Ms. Shiba)
Shinichi Shiba (Son via Ms. Shiba)
Sekai Saionji (Double granddaughter via Shun and Youko via Youko)
Rideru Takatsukasa (Daughter via Arisu/mother of child)
Miki Sawanaga (Granddaughter via Ayumu)
Taisuke Sawanaga (Grandson via Ayumu)
Setsuna Kiyoura (Double granddaughter via Shun and Mai/great-granddaughter via Mai)
Roka Kitsuregawa (Granddaughter via Shun)
Inori Ashikaga (Granddaughter via Shun)
Kei Ogata (Son via Mrs. Ogata)
Rin Sekihata (Granddaughter via Moeka)
Korin Sekihata (Granddaughter via Kei/great-granddaughter via Rin Sekihata)

### Partner(s)

Tomoe Sawagoe (Wife)
Moegi Inou (Former lover)
Asagi Inou (Former lover)
Kagura Inou (Mother of children)
Hatsuka Hazama (Mother of children)
Arisu Takatsukasa (Former lover)
Mrs. Toda (Mother of child)
Mrs. Ogata (Mother of child)
Ms. Nijou (Mother of child)
Moeka Sekihata (Mother of child)Moeko Itou (Ex-wife)

### Children

Shun Hazama (Son via Hatsuka)
Toki Hazama (Daughter via Hatsuka)
Kuu Hazama (Son via Hatsuka)
Makoto Itou (Son via Moeko)
Itaru Itou (Daughter via Moeko)

## Voice Actors

### English

Keith Silverstein

**Tomaru Sawagoe** (沢越 止, *Sawagoe Tomaru*) is an antagonist who is Makoto Itou's birth father.

## Description

### Appearance

Tomaru has auburn-colored hair, brown eyes and fair skin.

### Personality

Tomaru is a cruel, depraved, and malicious individual who does anything and everything to satisfy his own desires, regardless of how his behavior affects others, completely a lot like his son Makoto. This is best shown through his relationships and sexual behavior:

* He completely lies to Kagura, making a promise he has no intention of keeping, and even marries Tomoe despite said promise simply because Tomoe was the Sawagoe heiress.
* Despite his claim that his half-sister Moegi was his "favorite", he still used her love towards him and forced her--along with Kagura, Arisu, Hatsuka, and Ms. Nijou--into prostitution.
* Even though Tomoe is his legal wife, it's implied that he doesn't treat her like one (even having her gang-raped on their honeymoon) and squanders the Sawagoe family fortune.
* He has no qualms against sexually abusing underage girls, as shown with his part-time job as a cram teacher at Moteharashou.

Tomaru's failures as a father are no less significant:

* Three of his children, Shun, Makoto, and Itaru, are known to resent him. According to at least one route of *Shiny Days*, however, Tomaru taught Makoto how to fish, and as a child, Makoto looked up to his father because of his position as head of the hospital.
* He abused another son, Kei, to the point that the boy suffered post-traumatic stress disorder.
* He also has no qualms against impregnating his own daughters, as best seen with Kagura and her line.

However, it is said that Tomaru was fond of Ayumu, the only son he is known to have acknowledged as such, and who in turn was fond of him, being especially devastated whenever Tomaru left.

Although a successful doctor and businessman, Tomaru also has been involved with several shady businesses such as prostitution, which have resulted in massive debts that were sent to Snow Radish. He also appears to be a spendthrift, as in Shiny Days, Makoto can mention that Tomaru has a large cruiser and that he doesn't seem to care about saving money.

## Etymology

* His given name **Tomaru** (止) means "to stop".
* His surname **Sawagoe** (沢越) consists of "swamp" (沢) and "crossing" (越).

## Trivia

* His behavior likens him to the following characters:
	+ Him being a successful businessman who impregnates daughters (and gets away with it) likens him to Noah Cross from *Chinatown*.
	+ His penchant for impregnating successive generations of daughters makes him comparable to Craster from *Game of Thrones*.