Honda Kon'ichi

*This article is about **Shintarou's home tutor**, debuted in* The Leading Edge*. For **Shintarou's robot** see **Honda.***

## Personal Information

### Name

Honda Konichi
本田總一 (Kanji)
ほんだこんいち (Hiragana)
Honda Kon'ichi (Rōmaji)

## First Appearance

### Debut

Prince Series 10: Technology:The Leading Edge

## Relations

### Affiliations

Enemies: The Hibino family, Gion and Livio( As stated in K42: A Jigsaw of Memories)

### Family

N/A

Honda Konichi (Japanese: 本田總一, Hiragana: ほんだこんいち, Rōmaji: Honda Kon'ichi) was a tutor to Shintarou and minor antagonist introduced in Prince Series 10: The Leading Edge: Technology.

## Biography

### Early life

Honda was brought in by the Hibino family as a tutor due to Shintarou not feeling comfortable in Italy and missing Japan. He accepted the deal but he had prominent ulterior motives. Due to his crippling debt he and a partner planned to rob the Hibino household. However, to not get suspected by the family he decided to gain their trusts beforehand.

He grew reminiscingly close to Shintarou and developed a surrogate father relationship with the boy. As the boy was unsociable and lacked parental support, Honda took on those roles. He picked him up from school and scared Shintarou's bullies off. The most remarkable action of his were the advices he gave to Shintarou. Ones that helped him be more comfortable as himself. Whether all of this was an act of manipulation or an actual attachment on Honda's side is unknown.

One day after picking Shintarou up from his school the boy struck a promise with him. He asked wheter Honda was free on the weekends and if he'd join his family on a camping trip to the beach's shores. Honda saw an opportunity as the house which he'd had planned on robbing from the start was finally empty. He said his goodbyes and made a call to his partner.

There, he revealed his real plans as he thought he was alone. In the middle of his conversation he heard the sound of a stick breaking and saw Shintarou eavesdropping on his conversation. Noticing his mistake he put up a calm demeanor as he knows that the boy was a liability. He knocked Shintarou out most likely by blunt force trauma.

He went to a forest not too far away and buried the boy in a coffin. Sickeningly, he left a single straw connecting the coffin and the ground as a way to convince Shintarou that he wouldn't die. It unclear as to why he did this. It could be theorized that he was going to kidnap the boy later on and buried him so noone would find him.

### Last Moments

He left and waited for the day the Hibino's wouldve left. He should've known that they hadn't left as their son was missing but its probably due to his utter desperation as the debt collector was catching up with him. Due to them being home, the proper authorities were called and Honda's life came to a bitter end after supposedly getting shot by the police.

### Last Words

(Since his death wasn't shown clearly, his last canonical words were)

"*I would never leave you!" - Honda, to Shintarou*

## Appearance

Honda was a man with dark blue hair and ashy grey eyes. He wore a pair of glasses and stood at a tall height. He was usually seen in a blue sweater, a yellow cardigan and a white undershirt.

Iseya(AKA Honda) is a man with long ashy grey eyes with a scar on his forehead, standing on a tall height. He is usually hiding in the vents of Momos Academy for boys. However, he is seen wearing a black sweater with black jeans. (As seen in K42: A Jigsaw of Memories.)

## Personality

Seeing that he was a known enough tutor to be hired by a royal family, its clear that he is incredibly intelligent. Honda could also be described as a manipulative person, being able to convince the Hibino family despite of his ulterior motives. He even went to the extent of gaining their trust so he wouldn't be suspected and waited for the perfect time to strike. This shows how calculative and patient he really is. To say that he was dangerous would be an understatement, this can be seen when his plans got accidentally revealed to Shintarou he didn't break a sweat nor lost his cool. He's a cruel and greedy man devaluing human life in exchange for money.

## Etymology

* In the Chinese comics, it is implied that his name is written in 本田总一, however, the kanji "總一" is read as Souichi, or Sōichi.
* The kanji "總" means "collect, overall, altogether"; while 一 means "one, one radical".
* Last Name in Japanese Kanji(Hiragana) :Iseya伊勢谷 (いせや) Meaning : 伊 meaning Italy, that one./ 勢 meaning forces, energy, military strength./ 谷 meaning valley.