Soushi Toyoshima

> *"I don't wanna read! I want to look at pictures!" -Soushi, during math tutoring*
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## Other Information

### First Appearance

Episode 3

**Soushi** **Toyoshima** (豊島 宗志, *Toyoshima Sōshi*) is a supporting character in *I Love Yoo*. He is Yeong-Gi and Dieter's close friend. He is also friends with Shin-Ae, Rika and Maya.

He happens to be the most comical member of his group, as he constantly jokes around. He also has trouble in Mathematics, so he took tutoring with Dieter from Shin-Ae, even though he could hardly understand the material.

## Appearance

Soushi is a teenage boy who has orange eyes and brown hair that is sometimes put in a small ponytail. He has dark tan skin with a small scar on his left cheek. Soushi is also slightly bulkier than his friend, Dieter, and he has quite masculine features like his other close friend, Yeong-Gi, even though Yeong-Gi has thicker and bolder eyebrows than Soushi.

## Personality

Soushi is known to be a very outgoing person and is quite intimidating to some because of his delinquent-like appearance but in reality, Soushi is quite friendly and approachable. He is misunderstood by a lot of other people who think that he is a delinquent when he's not. Soushi has an interest in video games and is generally a humorous person.

He is good friends with Yeong-Gi, Dieter, and Shin-Ae, who he sometimes looks at as a rival when it comes to playing games.

## Relationships

### Yeong-Gi

Soushi and Yeong-Gi are close friends and they both share a similar sense of humor even though Soushi's tends to be slightly more mischievous. Soushi seems to be one of the only few people who Yeong-Gi truly values as a friend and enjoys his time with. Soushi knows Yeong-Gi extremely well and that also leads him to know about Yeong-gi's family members, such as Kousuke. Soushi has admitted to giving Yeong-Gi advice about girls, including the suggestion to call Alyssa 'babe'. Soushi also told Dieter that Yeong-Gi has a lot of his plate with family issues, so it would be best not to invite him to tutoring.

### Dieter Becker-Wulff

   Soushi and Dieter are a close pair of friends and they often support each other on different things, like Soushi supported Dieter about Dieter's former crush on Shin-Ae and Dieter supported Soushi when they were playing arcade games. Dieter is more polite and quiet while Soushi is the more exuberant and comical friend. Soushi recommended to Dieter to not invite Yeong-Gi so that way Dieter could have more time with Shin-Ae.

### Shin-Ae Yoo

Both Shin-Ae and Soushi view each other as rivals whenever it comes to playing games. They both have similar personality traits and have interests in some of the same things. Despite the fact that they hated each other at the start, they are both good friends and get along with Yeong-Gi and Dieter.

### Kousuke Hirahara

While Kousuke doesn't exactly appreciate Soushi's straight-forward attitude and humor, it was shown that the two know each other to a substantial extent. Both of them hardly meet unless it includes the presence of Yeong-Gi. Kousuke has often called Soushi when looking for Nol. He also asked Soushi to attend Min-Hyuk's party.

## Etymology

* The name **Soushi** means "religion, sect, denomination, main point, origin, essence" (宗) (**sou**) and "will, purpose" (志) (**shi**).
* Soushi's surname **Toyoshima** means "abundant, lush" (豊) (**toyo**) and "island" (島) (**shima**).

## Trivia

* Soushi is very bad at math.

* Soushi's name might be a play on the word "Sushi". That's a Japanese dish. There's also a small picture of Soushi wrapped in seaweed, fish, and vegetables at the bottom of Episode 12.
* Soushi has a mole on his butt (confirmed by quimchee in her twitter)
* In Episode 85, it was revealed that Soushi is afraid of cats.
* On CuriousCat, Quimchee revealed the following:
	+ Soushi is half Japanese and half Australian
	+ Soushi's surname is Toyoshima
	+ Soushi speaks with an Australian accent.
	+ In the original version of I Love Yoo, Soushi and Dieter were a combined character named Seiji; who was Kousuke and Nol's cousin
	+ Soushi has been confirmed to have dimples
	+ Soushi sneezes very loud, like a canon
	+ For breakfast he eats " Bacon, Eggs, Ham, and toast with a glass of orange juice! Toast and Vegemite when he's in a hurry "
	+ He wears boxers and orders them from Wamazon
	+ If Soushi were a member of the LGBTQ+ Community, he would identify as a bottom
	+ His favorite ice cream flavor is rocky road and favorite cake is Pavlova
	+ Soushi would either be in Griffindor or Hufflepuff
	+ His favorite holiday is Halloween
	+ He is one of the most likely to scratch his butt in public
	+ He has a motorcycle or a driver's license