Shokichi Oka

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**Shokichi Oka** (岡 (おか)  正 (しょう) 吉 (きち) , *Oka Shōkichi*?) is the manager of the skateboarding shop DOPE SKETCH where Reki Kyan and Langa Hasegawa work.

## Appearance

Oka is an adult of average height with messy brown hair that is longer in the front than in the sides and back, olive colored eyes and his eyebrows are a bit thicker than usual.

At Dope Sketch, his uniform is a pink t-shirt underneath blue coveralls, black fingerless gloves and a pair of red and white sneakers.

## Personality

Although he is the manager at Dope Sketch, Oka still appears to genuinely care about the wellbeing of his employees, especially Reki Kyan. He can be serious, as shown when he brings up Reki's injuries after a beef with Shadow and when he forbids Reki to take on a job while injured, instead asking Langa Hasegawa to go. At the same time, he demonstrates that he isn't afraid to be dramatic and tell jokes, such as when he led Reki and Langa to believe that the reason he couldn't deliver a package was due to needing to work to pay off Dope Sketch's debt. In reality, the reason he couldn't go was most likely because he had a date, but he was amused the Reki had been gullible enough to buy his lie.

## Background

Oka is first seen in Episode 1 where he drives Reki Kyan to participate in his beef against Shadow. Although he didn't skate, he watched from the sidelines as moral support, although when Reki lost the beef he seemed exasperated. Oka is part of the reason Langa Hasegawa is introduced to "S" as Oka asks Langa to deliver a package to someone there.

In Episode 2, Reki and Langa approach him about hiring Langa who is looking for a job with good pay. Oka tells the two of them that he can reach out to the owner, but it doesn't guarantee that Langa is hired. After presumably getting the green light from the shop's owner, he hires Langa on as an employee. Oka is briefly seen again when Reki brags about how quickly Langa mastered the ollie in 2 weeks. He appears to know Miya Chinen by his appearance as he surprised to see him in his shop.

During Episode 3, Oka is seen with Langa and Reki as the three of them admire how skillful Miya is at skateboarding at such a young age.

After Adam challenges Langa to a race, Reki begs Oka to talk to Langa in order to discourage Langa from participating in something so dangerous. When Reki explains that he doesn't want Langa to get hurt because of him, Oka agrees to talk to Langa about racing Adam. Oka waits until Langa is alone to talk to him, and provides him some protective skating gear including a helmet and pads to protect Langa from injury. When Langa declines the offer because the protective gear would slow him down, Oka is surprised to hear Langa talk as though he intended to win against Adam.

Oka has experienced hardships and became a figure for Reki to confide in. He was the one to fight Reki in the alleyway after being beat up and was worried. In which Oka explains he understands Reki feels about not being as talented as others and that Reki wanted to feel hurt and it was because "You know, that's because you hate yourself right now." We understands the complexity of the situation when Reki was loosing himself. Oka relates to Reki and helps him recuperate.

## Trivia

* Shokichi's name contains the kanji for "ridge, hill" (岡, *oka*?) and "right, proper" (正, *sho*?), "lucky, good/good luck" (吉, *kichi*?).
* Oka's full name is never revealed and he's only referred to as "**Oka**".