Azumamaro Matsui

Azumamaro Chiyosuke Matsui is an Animetopian of Wapanese descent, most well known for his marriage to DJ Hood. He is the middle child of 12 brothers and sisters, and grew up in Cleveland, Animetopia. He left home at the age of 13 when Vampiric Clan burned down his village, and upon meeting Skudamachoowte Gintou, he subsequently ended up travelling with him and being inducted into the Clan. After the events of The Main Story, Azumamaro settles in Mangaka, Animetopia as a prosecution attorney and ends up raising Yuchihiro no Kitsune Matsui as his adopted daughter.

Appearance
Azumamaro is 13 when he starts his adventure. He grew up in a farming town and it was expected in his family to help out or get out, and as such he grows to be a strapping young man, if not a bit on the thin side from lack of nutrition, as his family often times barely scraped by. He has the typical black hair, almond eyes, and navy irises of his family, and is shown to have taken after his mother, Renko, in terms of appearance, but having taken his father's eye color. When he was younger, he wore straight cut bangs, but hadn't yet grown out his hair.

When Azumamaro is first introduced to The Main Story, he is 18 years of age. He has been travelling the entire time with Gintou in Vampiric Clan, and as such his body has matured and changed to suit his needs. He remained lithe, but gained muscle from his swordsmanship training, and grew out his hair to his recognizable ponytail, no longer wearing straight bangs.

When Azumamaro graduates from college at age 27, he seen to have kept his long hair, but wears a much shorter ponytail now, barely touching his neck, and his bangs are better kept than his youth. He is no longer as well conditioned as he was in his youth, and the onslaught of regular meals has put him in a more regular body type.

Azumamaro has always been of average height, and never grew taller than 5' 9".

Life in Cleveland
Azumamaro was born about a year after his older brother, Ikeru, and less than a year before his younger sister, Azumako. His family were farmers by trade, his father having inherited the land from his father and intending to pass the land to his heir, Azumamaro's oldst brother, Reimi. Life in Cleveland was very quiet growing up, reminiscent of 50s America, as the town was out in the middle of nowhere and a bit behind on the times. Azumamaro was a bit of a lonely child, as he always felt overlooked in his sea of siblings, and grew very bitter because of this and got into plenty of mischief hoping to attract attention.

When he was 13, he had the opportunity to join Vampiric Clan when Tracer and Gintou arrived in Cleveland hunting a dangerous werewolf. When the two engaged their prey in combat, the werewolf started a large fire that eventually spread to the entire village. Azumamaro was able to escape the fire, and ended up hiding in the woods by his family's home. He had the perfect vantage point to see his childhood home burn to the ground, and he was traumatized right as a large rainstorm broke out, thankfully putting out the fire, but also giving Azumamaro acute brontophobia and ombrophobia, fear of thunderstorms. Gintou found him later, as he and Tracer were leaving, and took pity on him, thinking he had lost everything in the fire. Azumamaro began travelling with him as his apprentice (much to Kerensha's chagrin), and later was allowed to be inducted into the Clan.

However, unbeknownst to Azumamaro, his entire family thought HE was the one who died in the fire, the only casualty in the entire village.

Travels with the Clan
When Gintou took Azumamaro under his wing, he became responsible for him and as such the two were never apart. Every mission or assignment Gintou was given, Azumamaro had to go with him. As such, Azumamaro was able to travel quite extensively, as Vampiric Clan was quite small in those days with Tracer, Gintou and Theresa Heale the only active members. Azumamaro has visited Enjoora, Robotica, Coste, and Matyrophilliosis.

The most important of his travels would be his adventures in Animetopia and later Matyrophilliosis, the times he and Gintou were travelling with DJ Hood. Azumamaro met DJ in Animetopia, in the rural forests outside Okami, where he and Gin had been tracking a target. DJ ended up compromising their ambush, and alerting their target of their positions. The two were captured, but DJ escaped, and later came back to rescue them because "she felt guilty about leaving behind such a pretty face." Neither of them trusted her until she revealed herself to be an Author, and it became clear that she wouldn't be leaving them alone until she felt like it. She joined them as they left Animetopia to go to Matyrophilliosis, where they were meeting with Tracer who had been on an assignment there. While en route to their rendevous with Tracer, the three met Dena, Noah and Kat, when DJ was arrested after being mistaken for Dena. After DJ was rescued, the two groups went their seperate ways, but soon Noah returned to their group asking DJ for help. His reappearance caused tension between the three, and DJ eventually decided to go along with Noah to save Dena and Kat, and Azumamaro ended up siding with her over Gintou, despite the fact that Gintou has rescued him and given him a new life, breaking his heart and cutting his ties with the Clan.

Personality
In his youth, Azumamaro had a very spit fire and unruly personality, which translated to rebelliousness as a teenager, which Gintou tried to curb, but ultimately ended up failing. After meeting and falling in love with DJ and trying to dominate her, he was thoroughly reprimanded and put into his place, and since then has had a bit calmer outlook and a more subservient demeanor.

Skills
Azumamaro has basic math and science skills, and is an excellent reader and loves literature. He has fairly good outdoor suvival skills and is skilled in swordsmanship and fencing, as well as basic hand to hand fighting.

Trivia

 * DJ nicknamed him "The wolfie actor from Cleveland" for reasons unknown
 * He's a bisexual and lost his virginity to Gintou
 * He has a pet name he uses for those he's very close to, such as his wife and siblings (though he only uses it with his younger siblings). "Tenshiko" for girls, and "Yukihiko" for boys.
 * His lifelong dream has always been to live by the ocean.