Minato Yamamoto

Minato (湊), also known as Minato Yamamoto(山本湊), is one of the main characters in "KiriKiri JingJing!" And a student of Fukuoka Prefectural Fukuoka High School's Class 86-A With His Younger Brother, Kenji Yamamoto.

## Appearance

Minato is a high school boy with Pale skin and Long Navy Hair. He has heterochromia, where one iris has a different coloration from the other. His left eye is ocean blue while his right fire orange. Minato wears the standard Fukuoka Prefectural Fukuoka High School uniform with a grey tie with brown loafers.

## Creation and Development

Minato's design was heavily inspired by Quetzalcoatl from the anime series Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid As MU5HR00M had been inspired to create original characters similar to her favorite characters in other media. When the anime had only just begun MU5HR00M believed this was somewhat easy to notice due to the lack of development, stating Minato's Calm personality as one of the similarities.

MU5HR00M has also stated that Minato is the antag and favorite from the series, yet attempted to be as unbiased as possible with his involvement. During Episode 4 and 5 specifically, MU5HR00M began to write the dialogue for his character during the later part of the series and eventually reached a point where she didn't think much about what he was saying, as Minato "doesn't think about what he's saying" from her perspective. She's also worry that many people wouldn't like him.

## Personality

Minato appears to have a flirtatious nature, shown when he is disappointed when Kenzo refuses to sit with him in class, regularly takes baths with him and thrusts his chest in his face, much to the boy's discomfort. He has no issue with showing off his sensual body, opting to wear high shorts that barely covered his leg at all to the beach, and caused him to be detained and forced by a lifeguard to wear something less revealing. A similar incident occurred when he showed up at an anime convention boasting a high navy blue shorts. Minato commonly wears skin-tight or revealing clothing, showing off his arousing body. His sexual nature often has him being compared to a Pervert by Kenzo and his other classmates, such as Ruruka.

Minato takes great pride in his work as a student at Fukuoka Prefectural Fukuoka High School and hates that people see it as seedy or debauchery. Overall, he projects the image of a competent, personable young woman with a wide range of practical skills.

In the past, Minato used to view a lot of things negatively and was very introverted due to a social phobia.  After the events with the upperclassmen, he started to believe that he's unable to rely on anyone, and that they'll end up leaving him.

## History

### Early Life

Minato is the Oldest son of the Yamamoto Family. During his years at middle school, Minato was extremely introverted due to a social phobia he had at the time. This tended to resort to bullying, him life being faced with this every day up until one point. On this day in specific, Minato was dragged to the back of the school, where he was beat up and robbed believing he was going to die on that day. Upperclasswoman Akane Hoshizora would discover him way around the area at that time however, and was able to scare the bullies away. It was revealed to Minato that Akane in particular decided to help him out, as he too was bullied in the past and couldn't stand there and watch the event go down. After school, they talked to each other, Akane showed Minato where she had studied: a student at Fukuoka Prefectural Fukuoka High School. After this event, Minato looked up to Akane and wanted to become closer to him by becoming a student as well. This all ended when Minato begun to gain more popularity however, which would end up with Akane leaving her school, slapping Minato and leaving after a confrontation.

## Trivia

* Yamamoto (山本) means “base of the mountain” while Minato (湊) means “Iundermined , weakened , compromised”.
* Minato Wears A Purple Crop Top With Navy Blue Sleeves In Neighborhood Arc.
* Minato has heterochromia, where one iris has a different coloration from the other. His left eye is ocean blue while his right fire orange.

### Kenji Yamamoto

Minato cares deeply for his brother Kenji Yamamoto. Both Minato and Kenji were apart of Class 87th. They were along and close since childhood, which is confirmed by their school profiles. Minato is the type of person who doesn't like to speak or interact with others, with Kenji being the exception. According to the relationship chart, they have a mutual trust and reliance on each other. He says that he cares about his brother more than he cares about himself. When the Incident occurs in Fukuoka Prefectural Fukuoka High School, Minato is seen carrying Kenji in his arms in multiple scenes; as he wants to protect him, takes care about him, and helps him.

**Childhood:**

### Fuyuko Munakata

Fuyuko was an acquaintance of Minato's and fellow member of Class 87th. The two were on good terms, as both were close friends of Kenji since childhood. However, Fuyuko unintentionally got involved in a school bombing thanks to Ruruka and was expelled because of this. Minato believes Fuyuko to be responsible for the incident and now distrusts her, and is determined to protect Kenji from her

**Crush:**

### Kenzo Kurai

Minato lives with Kenzo but does not work for him stay. The two of them have a complicated relationship as Kenzo sees Minato as a succubus or demon rather than a human. Minato will often try to get Kenzo's attention, but due to his flat chest he often ends up flustering and embarrassing him instead.

It is revealed that Kenzo means a lot to Minato the moment he did a summon and heard him call, "Please come to me". He explains how happy he became hearing those words because before meeting Kenzo, he was lonely. He sees Kenzo as an amazing wizard and likes how he always tries his best. He doesn't wish to lose his place with him and will try to find ways to please him although he often rejects them.

When Kenzo accepts and wins a duel against a mage on behalf of Minato for insulting him, he becomes smitten by his actions. He even went as far as calling him master. Even though Minato hates conflict, when Ruruka provokes her by threatening to kiss Kenzo, Minato willingly creates a barrier and fights her.