Takashi Mitsuya
Tokyo Revengers has some of the best-written characters. Not only main characters, but side characters too have great development and depth to them. Takashi Mitsuya is one of the main supporting characters and the 2nd Division Captain of Toman. He also played an important role in its establishment.
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Appearance
Tokyo Revengers has some unique character designs. Takashi Mitsuya is no exception. Takashi has several appearances in the manga. First, when he met Hakkai Shiba at the playground. At that time, he had not too long purple-colored hair. After meeting Draken he changed his hairstyle and got a braid (Chapter 122).
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He, at that moment, also got a tattoo mirroring those of Draken on the side of his head. As he got older, he grew his hair and the tattoo was no longer visible. Mitsuya has the typical appearance of a delinquent with piercings and such things. He also has quite attractive blue-colored eyes (Chapter 122).
Takashi Mitsuya is also seen wearing the Tokyo Manji Gang standard uniform which includes a black jacket and pants with gold engravings. As a Division Captain, Mitsuya also wore a white sash every time he went to a fight. When he isn’t wearing the Toman uniform, Mitsuya wears a white bomber jacket and other casual clothing (Chapter 122).
Mitsuya also appeared on the cover of volume 10 of the Tokyo Revengers Manga. He is seen wearing an indigo hooded tracksuit with wide orange and white lines throughout the outfit. He also has his usual haircut and piercing which is a long circular earring with a cross as a design (Manga Cover Vol. 10).
Mitsuya also has a couple of appearances as an adult. The first one is when Takemichi went back to the future after Toman disbanded. Mitsuya has a short messy hairstyle with black highlights. He wears glasses and a collared shirt (Chapter 194). Next is when they were in High School. Mitsuya has long hair which is styled in a wolf cut and wore a black sweater over an oversized shirt (Chapter 209).
Takashi Mitsuya
Character Info
Alive
Alias: Taka-Chan (Hakkai)
Birth: June 12, 1990
Age: 15 (Past)
27-28 (Present)
Affiliations:
– 2nd Division Captain
More Information
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Light Lilac
Eye Color: Lavender
Blood Type: A
Height: 170cm
Weight: 57kg
Relations
Family: Luna Mitsuya (Younger Sister)
Mana Mitsuya (Younger Sister)
Unnamed Mother
Appearances in ANIME/Manga
Manga Debut: Chapter 10
Anime Debut: Episode 5
Voice Actors
Japanese: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
English: George Grant
Personality
Author Ken Wakui has done an amazing job developing characters. Each character has his charm and distinctive personality. Takashi Mitsuya also has a very unique and interesting persona.
Takashi Mitsuya has a very amiable nature. He is a wellspring of energy in Toman. Unlike his commander, he is a cool and calm character that looks into the situation first. If possible, he avoids getting into fights, but he is never afraid to when necessary. He has a strong willed-heart and never complains about his situation.
Mitsuya is an exemplary brother too. Subsequently, he is quite prudent and is aware of his surroundings and other people’s hassles and problems. He always tries to respect their feelings and sympathizes with them.
Mitsuya doesn’t only act as a brother to his siblings but is even Hakkai and Yuzuha Shiba’s brotherly figure. They look up to him because of how he handled situations and gave them important life lessons. Mitsuya became the opposite of Taiju Shiba who is Hakkai and Yuzuha’s older brother (Chapter 78).
Mitsuya, like Draken, respects his commander, Mikey and always has been loyal to him despite any situation.
Strengths and Skills
Influence
As the 2nd Division Captain of the Tokyo Manji Gang and also one of its founding members, Takashi Mitsuya has a lot of influence in the gang’s decisions. Mitsuya has as much authority as Baji used to have.
Through his influence, he was able to convince Mikey and the other Captains to let him strike a deal with Taiju and not punish Hakkai (Chapter 83).
Even though Hakkai didn’t reveal his past with the Black Dragons to Mitsuya which caused a lot of suspicion of him being a spy, Mitsuya calmed the situation down and even managed to get the offer through Taiju (Chapter 84).
Fighting Prowess
Even though Mitsuya is not interested in fighting and mostly tries to avoid it, like most members of Toman, he is good at fighting and has shown his fighting skills in several critical situations.
His most remarkable fighting event was during the dispute with Black Dragons when he fought the leader of Black Dragons, Taiju Shiba. Taiju was overwhelmingly stronger than Mitsuya, despite that, Mitsuya showed great fighting tactics and Taiju had to resort to backhanded tricks to defeat him (Chapter 97).
Sewing
It might sound a bit weird, but despite his looks, Mitsuya loves stitching and is the head of his school club. His skills and expertise in stitching are respected by everyone. He is never afraid to show off his skills despite his recognition.
Mitsuya was the one who designed Toman’s uniform. As a symbol of gratitude, Mitsuya also sewed a uniform for Takemichi (Chapter 68).
Facts
- Hakkai Shiba’s wallpaperis Mitsuya (Chapter 78).
- Hakkai calls him Taka-chan.
- Mitsuya died in several alternate futures Takemichi went back to.
- Mitsuya’s dream is to become a fashion designer.
Past/History
Mitsuya’s upbringing was quite harsh: being the eldest sibling, he had the duty to take care of his younger siblings and at the same time do house chores. They had no father and their mother was always out consistently striving for money (Chapter 84).
One day, while playing with his sisters in the playground, he saw a young boy beating somebody. That boy was Hakkai Shiba. He halted him and repudiated his actions. He taught him the real purpose of strength and how and when to use it. At that point, Mitsuya and his Vice-captain, Hakkai Shiba formally met. From that point forward, Hakkai admired Mitsuya as a perfect brother (Chapter 84).
One day, on an unusual event, Mitsuya fled from his home, leaving his sisters alone. That time, when he was alone, he saw an unusual pattern on a wall without realizing that somebody was closely observing him. It was Ken Ryuguji aka Draken. At that moment, he met Draken (Chapter 122).
Mitsuya was quite hungry as he ran away from home without eating anything, realizing that Draken offered him food. As Mitsuya was hungry, he accepted Draken’s offer and ate to his fill. In return for food, Draken told Mitsuya that he will be taking his Dragon painting. Draken, at that point, carried Mitsuya to the place he called home (Chapter 122).
Mitsuya then played games with some girls and Draken at the brothel. All this enjoyment made Mitsuya jealous. He told them that they are quite lucky to have such an enjoyable and free life, and he also wants to live with them (Chapter 122).
At that moment, the girls shouted at him, telling him to return home. Draken disclosed to him that this place is not a home for the girls; this is just a building where they have to stay. After some time, they run into one another again just to discover that they possess identical tattoos on their heads (Chapter 122).
Subsequently, both of them came to be known as the “Twin Dragons”. Mitsuya ultimately turned out to be close to the other established individuals from the Tokyo Manji Gang before its establishment.
He was there when Toman was first founded to fight against the Black Dragons (Chapter 63). Lastly, Mitsuya also appeared when the Shonen Mermaids made fun of Mikey and the rest of Toman during their early days (Chapter 43).
Affiliations
Relationships
Family
Luna and Mana Mitsuya
Mitsuya has two sisters named Luna and Mana Mitsuya. He is an ideal brother and takes care of his sisters as their mother and father. Both Luna and Mana are really rowdy and loud.
Even when Hakkai visited the Mitsuya house, they never became shy (Chapter 84). During New Year’s Eve, they even played a lot with Hina which left Takemichi spending the night without his date (Chapter 110).
Unnamed Mother
Mitsuya has a mother who mostly remains out for her job trying to earn money. Her name is not mentioned anywhere.
Tokyo manji Gang
Hakkai Shiba
Hakkai Shiba is the Vice-Captain of the 2nd division of Toman. Takashi met Hakkai at a playground when he was young. He stopped Hakkai from beating up a kid and told him to use the power only to protect (Chapter 84). Hakkai from then on, respects Tatsuya and considers him an ideal brother.
Ken Ryuguji
Ken Ryuguji aka Draken is one of the founding members of Toman alongside Manjiro Sano and Mitsuya. Mitsuya met him when they were young long before the formation of Toman. Draken and Mitsuya have matching Dragon tattoos and are known as the Twin Dragons.
Takemichi Hanagaki
Takemichi is the main protagonist and the leader of the 1st division of the Tokyo Manji gang. He is good friends with Mitsuya and respects him a lot. Mitsuya also sewed Takemichi a uniform as a sign of gratitude (Chapter 68).
Takashi Mitsuya also has great respect for other gang members like Pah-chin and Pehyan and is ready to fight for them whenever needed.
Manjiro Sano
Sano Manjiro aka Mikey is the commander of the Tokyo Manji Gang and a close friend of both Takashi Mitsuya and Ryuguji Ken. Takashi respects Mikey a lot and will never betray him.
Plot
Mitsuya first became relevant to the story when he met Takemichi at Toman’s meeting at the Musashi Shrine. Two members of Toman unaware of Takemichi were trying to drive him away; Mitsuya sees this and realizes that it must be Takemichi because he too had not seen him before (Chapter 10).
He scolds the members and takes Takemichi to Mikey. As the convention begins, Pehyan and Pah-Chin try to pick on Takemichi. Mitsuya and Ken Ryuguji put an end to their bullying (Chapter 10).
After stopping them, Draken and Mitsuya clarify that Pah-chin is quite traumatized as one of his close friends got into a fight with the leader of Moebius (One of Tokyo’s Top Gangs), Nobutaka Osanai.
Mitsuya also fought against Moebius and was the first Toman Captain to help Draken after he was cornered by members of Moebius (Chapter 21). After Takemichi successfully helped Draken make it to the hospital, Mitsuya told Pehyan how Draken felt about Pah-Chin going to jail. This makes Pehyan rejoin Toman and apologize for betraying everyone’s trust (Chapter 28).
During Bloody Halloween, Mitsuya backed up Takemichi as he was getting beaten by two members of Valhalla (Chapter 52). Valhalla was cornering Toman even if Mitsuya and the other Captains were able to hold their own. Most of Toman’s members were down but all of them got their fighting morale back after they saw Takemichi doing his best, even if he wasn’t prepared (Chapter 53).
At the end of Bloody Halloween, Mitsuya’s spirit was down and tears crept down his cheeks as Baji, his long-time friend and fellow founder loses his life (Chapter 63). After the incident, Mitsuya helped Hakkai get out of his situation with Taiju. He struck a deal with Taiju Shiba where Hakkai will join the Black Dragons but he won’t abuse him or Yuzuha ever again (Chapter 84).
The deal didn’t do any good as Mitsuya, Hakkai, Takemichi, and Chifuyu would face off against Taiju during Christmas Eve. Mitsuya grabbed Yuzuha’s knife by the blade and told Taiju that he’ll show him what it means to be an older brother (Chapter 96). Mitsuya and Taiju went head-to-head, and he was able to keep up against the giant, until Inui came out of nowhere and smashed his head with a metal rod, knocking him out (Chapter 97).
Mitsuya stood back up and fought against the Black Dragons until they won when Mikey and Draken backed them up (Chapter 107). However, his injuries didn’t stop there. During the Kanto Incident, he couldn’t fight against Tenjiku because he was hit with a brick in the back of the head by Ran Haitani (Chapter 128).
As Toman disbanded, Mitsuya cried but held his head high accepting that his journey in the gang has ended (Chapter 189). As an adult, Mitsuya followed his dream and opened up his own design studio (Chapter 194).
Mitsuya and the other Toman members, open their time capsules and read Mikey’s letter. There, he finds the first plushy he made for his sisters because his family couldn’t afford to buy them toys (Chapter 198). Mitsuya achieved his dream and is living the best future possible, for now.
Voice Actor
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Takashi Mitsuya is voice acted by famous voice actor Yoshitsugu Matsuoka who is well known for his voice acting for famous characters such as Kirito from Sword art online, Sora from No Game No Life, Soma Yukihira from Food Wars.
He is also the current official Guinness World Record holder for the most unique sound bites provided by a voice actor at an exceeded 10,000 words in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
Grant George
As of now, Takashi Mitsuya’s official English voice actor is Grant George. Grant George is known for his roles in other gigantic anime series. His roles include Kento Sugiyama in Code Geass, Lancer in Fate Zero, and Izuru Kira in Bleach.
Japanese –Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
English –Grant George
Final Verdict
Even if Takashi Mitsuya is just a supporting character, it’s no doubt that he has a big involvement in the Tokyo Revengers series. He influenced the actions of several characters including Takemichi. Mitsuya teaches us to not hate our situation at home and continue to walk through life, even if we have to work hard to get what we want.
References
- Tokyo Revengers Anime: Episode 5
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Manga Cover Vol. 10
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 10
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 11
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 21
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 28
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 43
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 52
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 53
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 63
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 68
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 78
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 83
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 84
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 96
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 97
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 107
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 110
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 122
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 128
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 189
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 194
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 198
- Tokyo Revengers Manga: Chapter 209
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