Hokusei Tategoto

Hokusei Tategoto is the single father of Limbo Adkins, living in Detroit, Michigan with her and their dog, Kumori. He is not a Stand User, but unlike most non-Stand Users, is well-versed in the concept.

## Tategoto

### Alias

とうさん [(*Tōsan*), meaning "dad"] (Limbo)
[Limbo's] Padre (various Italians)
Pilot-in-Command/Captain, Captain Hokusei (As a pilot)

### Namesake

竪琴 *Tategoto* (Japanese meaning "Harp")
北星 *Hokusei* (Japanese meaning "North Star")

## Profile

### Occupation

Pilot (former)
Air Traffic Controller

## Favourites

### Movie

子連れ狼 *(Kodzure Ōkami)* series
 esp. 子連れ狼：親の心子の心 *(Kodzure Ōkami: Oya no Kokoro Ko no Kokoro)*

### Musician

Hirasawa Susumu
Kichō Nijūichi

### Hobbies

music, watching television, meditating, spending time with his daughter

## Appearance, Biology and Identity

### Scars

One over his right eye, surgery scars on his collarbone and right shoulder.

### Tattoos

Has a cloud-shaped tattoo around his arm by the elbow to match the one Limbo got. Occasionally, when he wears T-shirts, a sleeve tattoo can be seen on his other arm.

### Health

Rather average. Can be susceptible to illness, but only as much as an average person.

## Psychology

### Likes

Samurai movies, Japanese Maples, dogs, loyal and trustworthy people, his daughter being happy

### Dislikes

Dirtbag men, homophobia, Limbo's (ex) boyfriends, The Divorce, big snakes and alligators.

### Phobias

Losing his daughter, plane crashes, Limbo getting trapped in an abusive relationship

## Relationships

### Family

Has a fairly well-sized family, but most still live in Japan.

### Children

Limbo (daughter)
Josh (son)

### Siblings

北星 大和琴 *Hokusei Yamatogoto* (Sister)
 北星 大正琴 *Hokusei Taishōgoto* (Brother)

## Skills and Powers

### Fighting Style

Moderately versed in Judo but likely to use street tactics if pushed into a fight.

### Language

Native Japanese, Fluent English, Mostly-Fluent Chinese, conversational in various other languages (e.g. Italian, French, Spanish)

## Equipment and Tech

### Weapons

He has a katana. He doesn't *carry* it, but he has one. It's an heirloom of some sort.

## Affiliations

### Religion

Shinto (Definitively NOT Christian; we all make mistakes-)

### Enemies

Tom Thompson and his family, people who try to hurt his daughter

## Appearance

Tategoto is a relatively unremarkable man. He has a muscular build but a rather "pretty" face. He has long, dark-brown or black hair which becomes curly towards the front, but is straight in the back. He keeps it pulled back in a ponytail cuff in a style that Limbo likens to Camui Gackpo. He has various scars, and appears to be missing one of his fingers. He tends to wear long sleeves to hide his tattoos, but when in a T-shirt or tank top, his sleeve tattoos, and the tattoo he has matching with Limbo, can be seen. He wears an engagement and wedding ring on his right hand.

## Personality

Tategoto is a determined, hardworking man and a deeply devoted father to his daughter, Limbo. He does everything in his power to assure her safety and tries to make her happy, and is incredibly disheartened when he's powerless to help. He is incredibly polite and formal, and tends to treat most people with utmost respect. He can and will hold grudges against people, especially those who do wrong and face no consequences for it. He's very openminded, but very protective of Limbo and is often wary of her friends until they prove themselves to be good or honourable. He has a strong respect for fidelity, loyalty, politeness and dependability. When it comes to Limbo, he also tends to be suspicious of teenage males that associate with her, and is worried about her having or getting a boyfriend. At times, he can be very melancholy and longs for the past and that which he has lost.

## History

Tategoto was born in Atami, Japan, in 1972. He lived a relatively normal life in Japan, but he was a soft-spoken and rather meek kid. Surprisingly, he never had much trouble with school or even much trouble with bullying, and the risk of danger often was kept at a distance from him by some strange power it seemed he had. Even when he got into delinquency as a teen, he was still pretty quiet, and never made much fuss.

He got into shady activity, seriously dangerous business for a few years as a teenager. He'd dyed his hair blonde, fully committed to punk aesthetic. He would get in trouble for fights, petty crime, but he couldn't help having a strong moral code, and would typically use his rough behaviour in defence of those who he felt needed it.

During this era in his life, when he was around 17, his sister participated in a foreign exchange program, travelling out to London for around a year, while the Hokusei household would host the 16-year-old British exchange student. Tategoto found himself fond of the girl, admiring her passion and bravery, but actually somewhat intimidated by her intensity. He took it upon himself to protect her during her time in Japan, but it ultimately ended up with her saving him at least once- using a strange power he was shocked to see. Over the course of the year they bonded, despite his demeanour, and particularly were able to find a shared interest in music. Though Tategoto wasn't a sinless man, he tried to be righteous, and perhaps that's what she liked enough to associate with him.

But eventually the year ended and Tategoto had to part ways with the exchange student, being surprised by a cheek kiss she gave to him before she left, and a promise to return someday. Then, his sister finally returned home.

Things started to shift for Tategoto as he broke away from delinquency (suffering a slight casualty in the process), trying to clean up his act and pursue a dream he'd had since childhood. While working towards qualification, he suddenly fell victim to a strange incident one day, coming-to in the hospital after a memory gap of around two days, having only a foggy incomprehensible recollection of what might have happened. Whatever special blessing he'd had as a kid had failed to protect him, and it came to a point where he barely remembered having it at all.

But it hardly mattered. Once he was back on his feet, he continued to pursue his dream with strange vigour, and surprisingly was able to achieve a pilot license at the age of only 19. He spent a couple years in training as a pilot before finally, at age 20, he was able to be a copilot on commercial flights. It was here, after a year or two being employed in the airline industry, where he met a familiar face working as a stewardess.

It had taken her a moment to recognise him, as he'd come far from the delinquent teen he'd been when they'd met, but Tategoto recognised her within an instant, and reconnecting was easy. The two became close friends over the course of the next year or so, and then became romantically involved - conveniently, around the time Tategoto became an official pilot and Aurélie resigned from her job as a stewardess as her music career had gained traction. Though Tategoto's pilot job kept him pretty busy, Aurélie kept in close contact, and the two retained a steady relationship, able to improve upon the situation once Aurélie started becoming more famous and could travel more frequently. when Aurélie was 24 and Tategoto was 26, the two got engaged despite their rather young age. A year after their engagement, they had their son, Joshi, while living in Japan together, prompting Tategoto to try and balance his work life and personal life more, spending more time on the ground than in the air. They got married the following year, and raised their son as best they could. Tategoto was quick to beg Aurélie to keep their new son, like him, out of the public eye, and she reluctantly obliged, recognising that being known as a celebrity's son would be alienating to Josh. It wasn't too long after Josh began learning to walk that his Stand Ability manifested, a potential passed down to him from Aurélie himself. She of course took it upon herself to mentor him when it came to Stands. Tategoto kept out of it as best he could. Trouble started when Aurélie herself began travelling around quite a bit for shows and concerts, a sort of hustle and bustle Tategoto was not fond of, but he kept his reservations to himself as it wasn't hurting their son much when she was absent a couple of days. But eventually, the travel reached the whole family, and Tategoto and Josh were dragged along.

In 2002, Aurélie and Tategoto had their second child while temporarily living in California in America, a girl named Limbo. After Limbo's birth, Tategoto and Aurélie's marriage became rocky, as the family would continue to move around a lot while Limbo was growing up, and because of her personality and disability, it was impairing her ability to make friends and attachments to people, and hindering her social skills. Tategoto would voice his concerns only once or twice.

5 years after Limbo was born, the family was on their way to Japan for a visit; Aurélie and the children as passengers and Tategoto as pilot, intended to trade off to another pilot upon arrival. Unfortunately, completely unexpectedly, the plane crashed. The cause was labelled as some kind of engine failure - no fault of the pilot - but Aurélie and Josh had been sure that it'd been the result of a Stand attack - not that the news or police would understand that. It was assumed that the only reason Limbo and Tategoto were able to survive the incident was because Aurélie and Josh themselves were Stand Users - while Aurélie stayed to protect her daughter, Josh ran up to the cockpit to protect his father. After being pulled from the crash in the water, they were brought to Japan. There were numerous fatalities, and many of those who had survived had suffered casualties. Limbo and Tategoto were unfortunately no exception, while they survived in no critical condition, Tategoto was left with a wounded shoulder, arm and collarbone, and Limbo was left with scars and lost the use of both legs for a time. Recovery was a struggle, but miraculously, Limbo and Tategoto both regained full physical faculties over the course of a few months, by which point, they moved back to America.

Though they'd stopped moving for some time, there was a heavy strain on the marriage, and after countless arguments, Aurélie and Tategoto ultimately settled on a peaceful divorce, a slight apology to each other, and a fair division of assets. When it came time to decide custody, Aurélie insisted to take Josh along with her, and to leave Limbo with Tategoto. When pressed as to why, she pointed out that Limbo and Tategoto were both non-Stand-Users, if Limbo and Josh both went with Aurélie, it would only put Limbo in danger, whereas if Josh was left with Tategoto and Limbo, it'd put both of them in danger. Agreeing this was the best course of action, Aurélie took her son and moved out, and Tategoto kept their daughter and tried his best to console her.

The unfortunate irony of the situation is that, once the divorce and custody had been finalised, Limbo suddenly developed a Stand Ability of her own. Tategoto did his best to support her, but being a non-Stand-User himself, could only do so much, and eventually found himself becoming distanced from his daughter as she tried harder and harder to not concern him and keep him away from "Stand stuff".

Urged by loneliness, he adopted a Shiba Inu puppy, Kumori.

## Skills

### Stats

#### **Physical Strength**

Tategoto is fairly physically strong. Nothing supernatural, but stronger than your everyman.

#### **Mental Strength**

Tategoto is incredibly resolute and mentally secure... mostly.

#### **Reflexes**

Tategoto has average reflexes. His reactions on his damaged-shoulder-arm are slower than on the other arm.

#### **Endurance**

Tategoto has good endurance, likely in part thanks to being a thug growing up.

#### **Technique**

Tategoto isn't much of a strategist, but is good at quick thinking.

#### **Self-Control**

Tategoto has excellent self-control. Maybe a bit too excellent.

#### **Intelligence**

Tategoto is quite intelligent, but no prodigy.

### Skillset

* **Multilingualism:** Though he speaks Japanese natively, he's fluent in English, can speak Chinese, and is conversational in Spanish, French and Italian.
* **Fighting Experience:** From being a delinquent as a kid.
* **Pilot License: He can fly a plane.**

## Trivia

* Upon meeting Limbo's Italian friends, he designated Fugo as an "honourable young man", Mista as a "dependable young man" and Giorno as a "polite young man".
* sad kiryu