Yoichi Saotome

**Yoichi Saotome** is one of the main male tritagonists of the *Seraph of the End* series. He is a member of the Japanese Imperial Demon Army as well as Shinoa Hiragi's squad in the Moon Demon Company.

## Statistics

* **Name**: Yoichi Saotome
* **Origin**: Seraph of the End
* **Gender**: Male
* **Age**: 16
* **Birthday**: November 23, 2004
* **Classification**: Human
* **Blood Type**: B
* **Height**: 165 cm (5'6")
* **Weight**: 50 kg (110 lbs)
* **Skin Color**: Light
* **Eye Color**: Peridot
* **Hair Color**: Brown
* **Relatives**: Tomoe Saotome (Older sister, deceased)
* **Alignment**: Good
* **Status**: Active
* **Class**: **B-Class**
* **Powers and Abilities**:
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* **Voice Actor**: Nobuhiko Okamoto, Miyuki Kobori (child) (Japanese); Johnny Yong Bosch, Eden Riegel (child) (English)

### Power Stats

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## Appearance

Yoichi is an average-height boy with medium length, brown hair and large, dark green eyes. He wears the standard JIDA uniform which consists of a long-sleeved black coat with light green details including the shoulder epaulettes which has a brown Sam Browne belt passing diagonally over his right shoulder and two rows of gold buttons on the front. Along with that, he wears a pair of white gloves and a white web belt with a gold waist-plate. He also wears the uniform trousers and black boots which go over the trouser's leggings.

## Personality

Yoichi has an equilibrium of kindness and altruism, giving him an optimistic and sweet personality. Yoichi was initially a ruthless and mean-spirited bully who always picked on Yuichiro Hyakuya along with Shiho. One of Yoichi's most notable personality traits is his wit. Because his super-speed literally allows him all the time he needs, Yoichi is very laid-back. He likes to wise-crack and make snappy quips, and seems to be quick with making decisions as well. In the episode "Humanity After the Fall" (破滅後のニンゲン *Hametsu-go no Ningen*) Yoichi had seemingly sustained some sort of brain damage after doing a flip and hitting his head against a wall. After this episode, he is shown to be dim-witted and somewhat childish in his behavior. He has a short attention span and has difficulty concentrating on even simple tasks. He is often oblivious to situations around him regardless of their importance or severity. Yoichi often plainly speaks about what is on his mind, giving him the impression of an honest individual. This gives him a strong mental balance against his demon, who takes the form of his sister. He lacked passion to kill vampires and fight and avenge his sister originally, but as he got to know his new "family", he began to see the reason that he was there. Yoichi does dislike conflict amongst friends, but conflict on the battle field doesn't bother him anymore. As time passed, Yoichi is shown to be much more confident with his skills, sniping down three Horsemen at ease by himself.

Yoichi is usually the peace maker around Shinoa's Squad. Yuichiro and Kimizuki are usually fighting, and Yoichi often ends up in the middle of it. He has developed a love for his "family" that impacted his personality greatly. He used to get very nervous and stutter a lot, but the closer he got to the Squad, the more confident he got. He doesn't question his self-worth as much as before, and instead focuses more on protecting his new "family".

However recently, while speaking to his demon Gekkōin it is revealed that Yoichi actually has a darker, twisted side to his personality. He never shows this side to his friends, keeping it only to himself and his demon. He tells Gekkouin about his desire to make Lacus suffer before killing him, as a retribution to Lacus killing his older sister, Tomoe. Due to the fact that Yoichi doesn't want his friends to become wary of his true desires, he hides it away and never reveals it to anyone.