Kenjirou Tateyama | |
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Name | |
Kanji | 楯山 研次朗 ケンジロウ |
Rōmaji | Tateyama Kenjirō Kenjirō |
Information | |
Hair color | Brown |
Eye color | Black |
Gender | Male |
Species | Human |
Height | 179 cm (5'10")[1] |
Weight | 69 kg (152 lbs)[1] |
Blood type | AB[1] |
Birthday | September 11[1] |
Occupation | Teacher |
Ability | Clearing Eyes[2] (Music Route, Novel Route, Mekakucity Actors) |
Status | Deceased / Inside the Kagerou Daze (Music Route[3], Manga Route[4], Novel Route[5], Mekakucity Actors[6]) |
Relatives | Ayaka Tateyama (Wife) † Hiyori Asahina (Sister-in-law) Ayano Tateyama (Daughter) Shuuya Kano (Foster Son) Tsubomi Kido (Foster Daughter) Kousuke Seto (Foster Son) |
Voice Actors | |
Japanese | Keiji Fujiwara |
First Appearance | |
Music | Dead and Seek (Active role) |
Manga | 03. Kisaragi Attention |
Novel | Kagerou Daze -in a daze- (Kisaragi Attention) |
Anime | Act 02: Kisaragi Attention |
“ | That's no good. Was I asleep? No matter how much I sleep, the exhaustion doesn't go away... | ” |
Kenjirou Tateyama (楯山 研次朗 Tateyama Kenjirō) / Kenjirou[7] (ケンジロウ) is the homeroom teacher of Momo, father of Ayano, and husband of Ayaka. He formerly taught Haruka and Takane in a class for physically ill students.
Appearance[]
- Kenjirou has brown hair, black eyes and a stubble below his chin.
- He is always seen wearing black glasses, a white lab coat over his red striped shirt, dark jeans, and dark brown shoes. He also wears a pair of red clips on his shirt.
Personality[]
Kenjirou cares deeply for his family, including his adopted children Tsubomi Kido, Shuuya Kano and Kousuke Seto. Despite losing his wife and eldest daughter and now living alone, he still continues to do his best in educating students. He is Momo Kisaragi's summer school teacher and gives her both stern and kind guidance, as he understands that she is often busy with her new idol career.
Kenjirou seems to care deeply about his own reputation - especially with the principal of the school that he works at - so much so that he will go as far as sleeping only two hours a night to prepare for a cultural festival in less than a week and do whatever Takane asks of him in order to stay in the principal's good books.
Kenjirou's snake, however, is evil and malicious. Because Kenjirou is its "master", it intends to obey his desire, which is to meet Ayaka Tateyama again. It possesses him at night to do this and can go through drastic extents to reach its goal, such as killing Kenjirou's precious students Takane and Haruka Kokonose. His eyes turn red when possessed and he has no memories of what it does when possessing him. The nightly possessions also take a toll on his body, making him tired during the daytime.
Eye Ability[]
- Clearing Eyes (目が冴える Me ga Saeru): Kenjirou's eye ability allows the Snake of Clearing Eyes to take possession of his body once the sun starts to set so that it can work towards his wish to see his wife again. However, he is unaware of the snake's motives or what it does when possessing him. It is eventually revealed that the snake's true plan is to force Marry Kozakura to rewind the world without granting his wish.
Songs[]
Main:
Cameo:
Trivia[]
- Kenjirou's favorite stand is "HIE—PHANT GREEN".[1]
- The clips on this shirt are keepsakes of Ayaka Tateyama.[citation needed]
- Kenjirou has an obvious talent in programming, as he made a 3D multiplayer shooting game for the school festival in one week.[8]
- Kenjirou has no eye ability in Manga Route 2.
Etymology[]
- The name Kenjirou means "lab, polish, study of, sharpen" (研) (ken), "next" (次) (ji) and "melodious, clear, bright, serene, cheerful" (朗) (rou).
- Kenjirou's surname Tateyama means "shield, buckler, pretext" (楯) (tate) and "mountain, hill" (山) (yama).
Quotes[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Children Record Booklet
- ↑ 18. Kagerou Daze I
- ↑ Outer Science; See Routes
- ↑ Volume 9
- ↑ Kagerou Daze VIII -summer time reload-
- ↑ Mekakucity Actors - Episode 12
- ↑ Kenziro is how his name is written in English in the Kagerou Project Perfect Guide.
- ↑ 12. Yuukei Yesterday III