Hokusai Masaki

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Hokusai Masaki
Name	Hokusai Masaki
Japanese	征木 北斎 (Masaki Hokusai)
MC Name	Fuurai BOY (風来 BOY) (Translated: Hobo BOY)
Birthday	March 3
Color	#9ECD1E #9ECA31 (Old)
Character Info
Age	24
Height	193 cm (~6'4")
Blood Type	AB
Profession	Part-time High School Student
Hobby	Playing with cats
Weakness	Being Alone
Trauma	"Many of the Suiseki gang members, who are like my family, were killed. I was forced into a lonely childhood because of my father's sins."
Voice Actor	Shunichi Toki (土岐 隼一, Toki Shunichi)
Twitter	@AKyoshiyoshiYR
Favorite Food	Kо̄rizatou (rock sugar)
Least Favorite Food	None
Drinks?	No
Smokes?	No
Special Skill	Graffiti

“

I will not forgive... those who bully my friends.

”

Profile

A young man with a mysterious atmosphere. He had to experience a lonely childhood because his father was in prison. When he was living on the street, cats started piling up around him, so he became fond of cats. After a certain turmoil, he was picked up by Iori and joined AKYR. Hokusai is often misunderstood, but he has a very gentle and kind-hearted personality.

Appearance

Hokusai is a pale-skinned slender male with light green messy hair and eyes of the same color. He wears a black turtleneck top and a white hooded jacket with neon green stripes on top. The jacket is cuffed at his upper arms and shows his tattooed left arm. He also wears a pair of black pants with red stripes and a black and neon green sneakers.

Hokusai wears fingerless gloves with a gold tiger and several rings. He also wears a gold diamond triple finger ring on his right hand. To complete his accessories, he wears two chain necklaces and one large gold necklace.

In his Exhibition Show outfit, Hokusai wears light green coveralls with deep orange accents. The top half is unzipped and goes off his left shoulder, revealing his tattoo and a black sleeveless turtleneck. There is a belt at his waist with a safety buckle that connects to a yellow strap with black and orange squares that goes over his right shoulder. He has black and green sneakers. A pair of black and green over-ear headphones rests around his neck.

Personality

Hokusai is a quiet yet compassionate individual. He cares for the people around him, often praising them or expressing concern for them when they are troubled. He also has a great fondness for animals, especially cats. This fondness stems from his past, where he was previously shunned for being the son of a criminal, and animals were the only ones that showed kindness to him.

Nobody's Listening

For the 6rd Anniversary, a short story of the character's thoughts and trauma. Translated by Luna

This is a "fragment of memory" deep within their hearts

This view, it was a 'gift' from my father.

- 「The kid of a criminal!」, 「Get lost!」

I've become completely used to see those kind of things inscripted on my school desk.

I've also come to realize that the warning those teachers said to stop people from pulling those kind of 'pranks' were nothing but shallow words.

No matter what I do, it will never be able to undo the thing that my father did.

My heart feels heavy, to the point that I want to let go of my ability to feel anything at all.

Eventually, the thing I see has become nothing but the ground beneath me.

Timeline

This timeline is from the Official Fan Books.

• Age 3: His father is imprisoned for murder
• Age 13: Is severely bullied because of his father's criminal record
• Age 14: Put in a children's home after his mother's suicide
• Age 15: Can't make friends and starts loving animals
• Age 18: Is taken in by Iori when he was homeless
• Age 22: Annihilation of the Suiseki group
• Age 24: Now

Schedule

Start Time	End Time	Activity
12AM	1AM	Homework
1AM	2AM	Bath
2AM	1PM	Sleep
1PM	2PM	Eat with all members of AKYR
2PM	4PM	Play with animals and Ryu
4PM	5PM	Go to school
5PM	10PM	Class
10PM	12AM	Hanging out, playing video games

Relationships

• Ryu Natsume: Hokusai and Ryu are good friends and walking companions.
• Satsuki Ito: According to the relationship chart, Hokusai sees Satsuki as cute.
• Reo Maruyama: According to the relationship chart, Hokusai sees Reo as cute.

Character Hashtags

Translated hashtags from the character profiles on the official website.

Regular Hashtags

# Gentle Giant

# Unconscious Petting Machine

# Hidden Handsome Boy

Trauma Hashtags

(Translated by @nikkitranslates) Click Expand to see

# Son Of Sinners

# Being Looked At With Prejudice Every Day

# The Death Of The Family That Filled Up My Empty Loneliness

Phantometal

Hokusai’s phantometal accessory is the Tiger-san Glove (虎さんグローブ). It is a black glove with studded buckles, a zipper, and a golden tiger head. The glove on Hokusai’s right hand (depicted below) has a textured, golden bar ring that spans across multiple fingers, while the glove on his left hand does not. He activates it by kissing the tiger head.

Tiger-san Glove

Appears In

Voice Dramas

This section is a work-in-progress.

• Opening Show - Part "Akanyatsura"
• "JUSTICE"
• "FAMILY"
• "Exhibition" - Part2
• "Exhibition" - Part4
• "VIBES"
• "LIVE" - Part3
• "LIVE" - Part4
• Shuffle Team Show vol. 1 - "Opening"

Appellations

Character	What they call Hokusai	What Hokusai calls them
Self	Ore (俺)
Iori	Hokusai (北斎)	Big Bro (兄貴, Aniki)
Zen	Hokusai-kun (北斎君) Hokusai	Zen Zen-nii
Satsuki	Hokusai (北斎)	Satsuki (紗月)
Reo	Hokusai	Reo (玲央)
Anne		Anne
Ryu	Fuu-chan (ふーちゃん)	Ryu (リュウ)
Shiki	Hokusai-kun	Ando-kun ("JUSTICE" Drama Part 1) Shiki (from "JUSTICE" Drama Part 2 on)
Kanata		Kanata
Nayuta		Nayuta
Shion		Shion

Voice Trailer

Hokusai Voice Trailer

TRAP Hokusai Voice Trailer

TRAP Voice Trailer (TL by @nikkitranslates on Twitter)
"I have to protect my precious family."
"Only animals won't look at me through their colored lenses. They'll forever be with me."
T/N: To look through colored lenses means to judge someone or something according to one's biases and beliefs

Etymology

• The name Hokusai means "north" (北) (hoku) and "religious purification/purification, Buddhist food, room, worship, avoid, alike" (斎) (sai).
• Hokusai's surname Masaki means "conquest" (征) (masa) and "tree, wood" (木) (ki).

Trivia

• According to Hokusai's 2023 birthday merchandise, the white cat he is often depicted with is named Luna (ルナ).
  • Luna has been mentioned by name before in Hokusai's 2022 day routine as well as a tweet from February 2021. However, there had previously been confusion in the (English-speaking) fandom over whether the cat's name was Luna or Buchi/Bucchi (ブチ), another cat that has been mentioned in another of Hokusai's tweets.
• Hokusai is the main trackmaker for AKYR - the last character from the 2019/"first generation" teams to be identified as the same.
  • He has credited hip-hop for being his "foundation as a musician". He also joined the other trackmakers in posting about their experience producing their teams' new songs for Paradox Live's third album, ANTHEM.
  • Hokusai's role in production can be traced to the first time he, Reo, and Satsuki teamed up to perform as MCs, representing the Suiseki group at a summer festival.
  • Zen's tweet teasing This is How We Roll, Hokusai's own tweet teasing License to Kill, and AKYR's "Making" illustration commemorating the Blu-ray release of the anime further hint at his role in the team.
• Hokusai's Twitter account is following everyone, except for Kenta, Yuto, and Ryoga.
• Items Hokusai carries around are his wallet, cat food, plastic bags (for cats), and game.
• According to Animate Bonus leaflets, Hokusai's profile reveals his;
  • Favorite Place: Cat gathering spot
  • How to spend days off: Playing with animals
  • Charm point: Big hands
  • Person I think is cool: Big Bro
  • Person I want to play with: Cat
  • Ideal type: Don’t know
  • Future dream: To always be with AKYR members
• When choosing books to read, Hokusai prefers reading books about how to understand and help cats.