Haruchiyo Sanzu

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* 2008
* 2018
* 2006
* 2003
* Unknown
* Child
* Original Timeline

**Haruchiyo Akashi** (明司 (アカシ)  春 (ハル) 千夜 (チヨ) , *Akashi Haruchiyo*?), also known as **Haruchiyo Sanzu** (三 (サン) 途 (ズ)  春 (ハル) 千夜 (チヨ) , *Sanzu Haruchiyo*?), is the Vice-Leader of the Kanto Manji Gang. Two years before Kanto Manji's foundation, Haruchiyo was the Fifth Division Vice-Captain of the Tokyo Manji Gang and later followed Yasuhiro Muto into Tenjiku. In an alternate present timeline, he is Bonten's Number 2. As of the final time leap, he became one of the founding members of Toman and the Captain of the Fifth Division.

## Appearance

Haruchiyo is of average height with long rosy pink hair in the manga (bleach blond in the anime) and downturned eyes with prominent eyelashes. He wears piercings on his right ear and has permanent scarring on the corners of his lips. Haruchiyo notably shares the same appearance with his younger sister, Senju Kawaragi. He is usually seen wearing the Kanto Manji Gang uniform.

When he was affiliated with the Tokyo Manji Gang, Haruchiyo wore its standard gang uniform with a black mask to cover his scars. When he was much younger, he kept his short hair swept to one side and gelled back on the other. He never wore a mask until meeting Yasuhiro Muto.

As an adult, Haruchiyo's pink hair is styled in a mullet that reaches down to his shoulders. He has a Bonten tattoo on his right forearm and four piercings on each ear. He frequently wears formal attire.

Haruchiyo's eye color changes often. It is mainly blue, but has seen to be green, yellow, and pink eyes in the manga. In an alternate timeline, Haruchiyo had a scar on his left eye instead of his mouth.

After Takemichi and Mikey successfully averts tragedies through time-leaping together, Haruchiyo no longer has scars.

Haruchiyo's manga appearance in 2006Haruchiyo's manga appearance in 2008Haruchiyo's anime appearance in 2006
## Personality

As a teenager, Haruchiyo has a calm demeanor and rarely talks. He was extremely loyal and much nicer to those he follows and worships. However, it is later revealed that he is also quite manipulative and is exceptionally good at deceiving other people.

As an adult, Haruchiyo seems to be more extroverted, blunt, and loud. Similarly, he resembles Joker. He is ruthless and displays psychopathic tendencies. It’s implied this is caused by the drugs he takes, which provokes his rather manic personality. He takes sadistic delight and notorious euphoria when executing traitors, while voicefully stating he is enacting Mikey's will. When encountering Takemichi, Haruchiyo ordered him to be silent for the "king" would speak, and threatened to shoot Takemichi for his casual approach, believing it a disrespect.

In his younger days, before meeting Yasuhiro Muto, he was described as a wild horse who couldn’t keep himself out of trouble. This made it quite difficult for other divisions in the gang to manage him. It is said later on that he is often banned from meetings due to his ‘bad character’.

Haruchiyo’s most notorious trait is his fanatical idolatry towards Manjiro Sano, believing Mikey to be his "king" (akin to the Chess King), and thus deserving of the utmost respect, loyalty and devotion. He is so inclined towards protecting Mikey or the image of him, that he assaulted a gang by himself when they were badmouthing Toman. He also approached Mucho when released from detention, purely to kill him for treason for betraying his king, going as far as brutalize him to his bones for his remnants to be left to be found afterwards.

Prior to Shinichiro's time leap, where Mikey is tragically stuck in a vegetative state, Haruchiyo did not fall into madness for four years. Although being a crazed katana-wielding individual in every timeline, he was not as prevalent in the original timeline, only doing so out of grief of Mikey's previous condition.

Following Takemichi and Mikey's successful time-leaping on averting tragedies together, Haruchiyo is no longer a fanatic psychopath, manipulative, nor a katana-crazed individual.

## Skills and Abilities

### Authority

The positions held by Haruchiyo have varied depending on different futures and pasts. He is Bonten's number 2, the Toman Fifth Division Vice-Captain, and the Vice-Leader of the Kanto Manji Gang, meaning, he has the highest authority in the gang aside from Mikey.

### Manipulation

Haruchiyo may appear to be a calm and trustworthy person, but is actually very manipulative. He was able to manipulate Mucho for a very long time and dismembered him after he betrayed Mikey. This manipulative trait has ceased, following Mikey and Takemichi's successful time travel to undo tragedies together.

### Fighting Prowess

Haruchiyo has been shown to be a capable fighter. He is always seen fighting with a weapon. Haruchiyo was shown to be capable enough to fight both Ran and Rindo Haitani who together are an extremely powerful combination. He also effortlessly managed to defeat his little sister, Senju Kawaragi who at one point was considered one of the Three Deities, although he did mention it was partially because it was him who raised her. While using a katana he was seen fighting Tenjiku's former strongest Kakucho, with himself having the advantage in the situation.

## Etymology

* The surname **Akashi** means "bright" (明) (**aka**) and "preside over" (司) (**shi**).
* His other surname **Sanzu** means "three" (三) (**san**) and "ways, crossings" (途) (**zu**).
* His given name **Haruchiyo** means "spring" (春) (**haru**) and "thousand generations/worlds" (千夜) (**chiyo**).

## Trivia

* According to the official character book:
	+ Sanzu's image color is magenta .
	+ He likes the cheesecakes from Cozy Corner.
	+ He dislikes spicy food, as it makes him sweat.
	+ The person he respects or admires is Mikey.
	+ The people he dislikes or fears are smothering people.
	+ His dream is to be Mikey's right-hand man.
	+ His failure story: On Mucho's birthday, Sanzu tracked people who didn't like him and beat them, shaved their hair, wrapped it all up, and gave it to Mucho as a gift. However, he got angry. Sanzu thinks Mucho is really hard to understand sometimes.
	+ When Baji left Toman for Valhalla, Sanzu asked him what products he used on his hair. Baji replied that it was just soap. When Sanzu tried it, his hair turned into a mess. He vowed to kill Baji the next time he'd see him.
* Haruchiyo ranked fifth in the Character Popularity Poll with a total number of 3210 votes.
* Sanzu seems to be a clean freak. In the official drawings, Sanzu’s room was shown to be the cleanest. In the game, he asks Mikey to at least switch out the brushes with new clean ones. He also calls out Takemichi for having bad odor, and dislikes foods that make him sweat.
* Haruchiyo ranked first in the Most Needy Significant Other Poll

## References

*Tokyo Revengers* Manga: Chapter 196 (p. 5).
*Tokyo Revengers Character Book 3: Tenjiku Hen*
 "Official manga Twitter". *Twitter*. — A wallpaper featuring Haruchiyo from the *Tokyo Revengers Exhibition* shows that he has green eyes. Retrieved on June 22, 2022.
*Tokyo Revengers* Manga: Chapter 201 (pp. 1 & 2). — The colored chapter cover featuring Bonten colors Haruchiyo's eyes blue.
*Tokyo Revengers* Manga: Chapter 251 (pp. 1 & 2). — The colored chapter cover featuring the Kanto Manji Gang colors Haruchiyo's eyes yellow.
*Tokyo Revengers* Manga: Chapter 274 (pp. 1 & 2). — The colored chapter cover featuring different characters colors Haruchiyo's eyes pink.
*Tokyo Revengers* Manga: Chapter 270 (p. 3).
*Tokyo Revengers* Manga: Chapter 277 (p. 9).
*Tokyo Revengers* Manga: Chapter 277 (p. 15).
*Tokyo Revengers* Manga: Chapter 206 (pp. 16 - 20).
 "応募総数53589票！ 『東京卍リベンジャーズ』キャラクター人気投票結果発表!!". *Magazine Pocket (in Japanese)*. Retrieved on March 30, 2023.