Yutaro Tanaka

Yutaro exists in the realms of Recyclets and Home. He is the deuteragonist of Recyclets.

## Background

Yutaro is the son of Karen Tanaka and Akito Tanaka. He lives with his parents in the town of Presa. He was born in Japan and lived there with his family. Eventually, they moved to the Philippines where he began elementary school. He comes from an affluent family but grew up humble and considerate because of his parents' upbringing. He is a Grade 7 student in Presa National High School.

## Appearance

Yutaro has a tall and lean build, brown skin, short black hair and brown upturned eyes. He sports a pair of rectangular glasses. In school, he wears his school uniform consisting of a white short-sleeve dress shirt, black pleated pants, white socks and black penny loafers and he carries a yellow backpack. His regular clothes consist of a white short-sleeve dress shirt, a yellow sweater vest, black chino shorts, white socks with red and blue stripes and black slip-on shoes.

## Personality

Yutaro is aloof and cynical. He often keeps to himself but makes comments accompanied by witty and biting sarcasm. He has a vulgar vocabulary which often leaves other people taken aback. Truthfully, he is insecure and hides his vulnerabilities with sardonicism. He acts lighthearted and flamboyant in situations he is comfortable in. He is intelligent with vast knowledge on scientific topics. He likes to play video games which inspired him to learn coding.

## Relationships

### Bow Sheep

Bow and Nathan enjoy each other’s company wherein Nathan finds Bow endearing for her childlike innocence and Bow is relaxed by his presence, letting her innate cheerfulness to take over. Nathan is caring and protective towards Bow because of her naïve and timid nature while Bow keeps him motivated with her enthusiasm and optimism. In this sense, they have a relationship similar to parent and child.

### Nathan Vargas

Yutaro and Nathan have a relationship built out of passive-aggressiveness. Yutaro teases Nathan with sarcastic flirting and lighthearted insults. Nathan reacts to this with mild annoyance and stern disapproval, much to the amusement Yutaro. Their unfiltered interactions reflect how close they are with each other. They admire each other's abilities wherein Nathan's friendly nature helps Yutaro through social situations and Yutaro's knowledge and skills are appreciated and admired by Nathan.

### Karen Tanaka

Yutaro has a strained relationship with his mother because she dedicates herself to her work. This made it difficult for Yutaro to open up and express sincerity towards others. Although Karen is serious and diligent, she isn't strict with Yutaro and supported his interests while he was growing up. Regardless, Yutaro holds his mother in high respect and he is critical of himself and his abilities in this regard.

### Akito Tanaka

Yutaro has a close relationship with his father, having looked after him while his mother is often away for work. Also, his father's timid nature puts Yutaro at ease when it comes to talking to him. However, Yutaro doesn’t hold any less respect for his father and although Akito is lenient towards Yutaro, he is responsible and capable as a father.

## Gallery

Concept art of Yutaro made with Pastel Friends.
## Trivia

* He is manifested by Author’s memories of Homestuck. He is inspired by Sollux Captor.
* His favorite color is yellow.
* His favorite animal is bees.
* His favorite food is ramen.
* He wants to be a game developer when he grows up.