Ichiro Ietani

**Ichiro Ietani** (家谷 一郎 *Ietani Ichirō*) is the husband of Shizuka Ietani and the father of Kotaro Ietani and Haruka Ietani.

This middle-aged man has not gotten a high school education and always wanted to go high school. Now his wish has been granted, he passed a high school entrance exam and quit his job. During his first year he was enrolled at Metropolitan Happee High School's Class 1-3. He was the Class 1-3 Supervising Manager.

He is currently enrolled at Metropolitan Happee High School's Class 2-3 and the Happee High School Boys Volleyball Club.

## Appearance

Ichiro has combed over, black hair and brown eyes. He wears his schools uniform which is a grey coat with the school's logo, a white buttoned shirt with a white-striped red tie, and grey pants with a black belt. He also wears black shoes.

## Personality

Ichiro is usually a serious and passionate person, he knows his limits but it does not prevent him from continuing to improve, besides being a sentimental person, he is sometimes kind and an inspiring person for many. He loves his family and his classmates and teammates.

## History

Ichiro would study at Municipal Cozee Middle School where he would join the volleyball team and become one of the best players, thanks to the volleyball team he would meet Tsuyoshi who would become his junior and teammate.

In one of his matches he would meet his rival Shin with whom they would have a rivalry relationship until Ichiro graduated from middle school.

When he finished middle school he decided not to study high school due to economic problems that his family had, so he dedicated himself to work.

He would get a job at Tovota where he would be in charge of the marketing area, where due to the recurring use of presentations he learned to use both excel and powerpoint and became an expert in the area, earning the affection of his co-workers and his boss.

Years later he would meet Shizuka whom he would marry and have two children Kotaro and Haruka as well as a pet.

Some time later Ichiro would quit his job to resume his dream of studying in high school, so he decided to take the entrance exam at Happe High School where he would be accepted for what he is currently studying in high school.

## Relationships

**Family:**

* Shizuka Ietani: Ichiro and Shizuka met and fell in love, they both love and support each other.
* Kotaro Ietani: Although at first they had a normal relationship, in the course of their time as classmates they became closer, Ichiro always supports him with the Tennis team and Kotaro with the Volleyball team.
* Haruka Ietani: Unlike Kotaro, Haruka has a very good relationship with his father from the beginning, Ichiro always talks to Haruka and supports her while Haruka often helps him study for his exams.
* Gomez: As his pet, Ichiro always tends to take care of him.
* Hachiro Ietani: Ichiro usually gets along with his father since he goes to visit him whenever he can at the hospital, their relationship is not very well known but Ichiro loves his father.
* Ben: As Gomez's pet, he usually cares for and feeds it.

**Classmates:**

* Susumu Nishi: Although at first it was awkward for both of them, during their stage they both made friends being considered a great friend for Susumu.
* Masashi Hudson: They met for the first time on Masashi's trip, he and his family were the reason why Masashi wanted to move to Japan, despite not talking much they have a good relationship.
* Tohru Suzaki: Ichiro met Tohru when he wanted to join the Volleryball team, during their meeting Ichiro impressed Tohru with his skills which made him curious, when Ichiro officially joined the team Tohru was excited to be able to play with him, despite being Teammates are also considered rivals and friends helping each other during exams, Ichiro considers Tohru one of his most trusted friends.

**Volleyball Team:**

* Tsuyoshi Kawato: During his youth Ichiro was Tsuyoshi's superior in the volleyball team for which he has respect for him, currently Tsuyoshi is the coach of the volleyball team, when he recognized Ichiro he was excited to see him play again. They both have a good relationship.
* Kotone Akai: When Ichiro was appointed as the errand boy he was assigned to Kotone, although at first she treated him badly because of his age through Ichiro's effort and his volleyball skills she earned his respect, currently both are friends and respect each other.
* Seitaro Naruse: When Ichiro wanted to join the Volleyball team, Seitaro was the one who wanted to accept him as the errand boy, when Junpei Okuno told him about Ichiro's abilities and his prowess he began to take him seriously and train him to become a starter, thanks to that Ichiro He respects him and will always consider him his superior.
* Toya Nagai: Like Seitaro, Ichiro respects and cares for Toya for choosing him for the tournament.
* Rui Shibuya: Ichiro met Shibuya when he went to team training, during their first meeting they decided to have a match in which Ichiro won due to this Shibuya started to be nice to Ichiro and they started training together, since then both have become friends.

**Others:**

* Tatsuya Aoyama: They were co-workers, when Ichiro quit his job to go back to school, Aoyama felt sad, currently Aoyama tries to make Ichiro return to the company, even kidnapping him, despite these events Ichiro considers him his friend.
* Ren Umezawa: During the training match between Happee High School and Sorre High School they both met, initially thinking that Ichiro was the team's coach, during their confrontation Ren was able to see the 15 year old Ichiro admiring his skills, from that moment on Ichiro and Ren they are considered rivals.
* Shin Umezawa: Ichiro and Shin were rivals in middle school, during a match Shin promised Ichiro that he would beat him without knowing that it would be their last match. Currently, being Ren's father, he observed the match of both, both have a good relationship despite not having seen each other in a long time.
* Takumi Chinen: Being his teacher in the first year, Ichiro has respect for helping him.
* Kiko Watanabe: Ichiro doesn't usually talk to her much though he treats her with respect.
* Junpei Okuno: Having met during Ichiro's cleanup, Junpei saw Ichiro's skills and has since respected him by calling him the ace of the volleyball team.

## Etymology

* The name **Ichiro** means "one" (一) (**ichi**) and "son" (郎) (**ro**).
* Ichiro's surname **Ietani** means "house/home, family, residence/residency, building, dwelling, habitation" (家) (**ie**) and "valley" (谷) (**tani**).

## Trivia

* Ichiro's birthday is one day after Gomez's birthday and one day before Kotaro Ietani's birthday.
	+ All the Ietani have their birthday the same week, which is why this celebration has been called the **Ietani Family birthday week**.

## References

1. ↑ High School Family Chapter 66 Page 3
2. ↑ High School Family Chapter 53 Page 8