Haruchiyo Sanzu
From Tokyo Revengers
Haruchiyo Sanzu is an executive of Mikey's Kanto Manji Gang in Tokyo Revengers, a fanatically loyal swordsman-pilled delinquent with long hair and diamond scars at the corners of his mouth. Born Haruchiyo Akashi, he is Senju and Takeomi's brother. He is voiced by Nobuhiko Okamoto in Japanese.
About Haruchiyo Sanzu
Haruchiyo Sanzu is an executive of Mikey's Kanto Manji Gang, instantly recognisable by his long hair and the scars at the corners of his mouth. Fanatically loyal to Mikey, his king, he was once Toman's Fifth Division Vice-Captain before betrayal and obsession rewrote him. Born Haruchiyo Akashi, he is Senju and Takeomi's brother, which makes the Three Titans war, for him, a family matter fought with absolute devotion to the wrong side.
Appearance
Sanzu is a lean, striking young man with long light-pink hair, heavy-lidded eyes and two diamond-shaped scars carved at the corners of his mouth, the detail everyone remembers first. He wears the Kanto Manji Gang's white uniform with a languid elegance, and often a pill between his fingers. Everything about him looks loose and dreamy until the violence starts, when the dreaminess turns out to be devotion.
Personality
Sanzu is utterly, theatrically devoted to Mikey, his 'king', and contemptuous of everyone and everything else, including his own siblings. He was once Toman's Fifth Division Vice-Captain, but betrayal and obsession rewrote him into a fanatic who measures the whole world by its distance from Mikey. He is cruel with a smile, loyal without limits, and the most dangerous kind of follower: one who believes his king can do no wrong, ever.
Background & Story
Haruchiyo Akashi grew up the middle child of the Akashi family, between Takeomi and Senju, in the shadow of the Sano household their family served. He joined the Tokyo Manji Gang and became vice-captain of its Fifth Division, but the fractures of his childhood, and an incident involving Mikey that scarred his face and his mind, bent his loyalty into obsession. By the Three Titans era he stands as an executive of Mikey's Kanto Manji Gang, which puts him at war with his own brother and sister in Brahman: a family matter, fought with absolute devotion to the wrong side.
Key Relationships
- Manjiro Sano: His 'king', Sanzu's devotion to Mikey is total and fanatical, the centre of his entire world.
- Senju Kawaragi: His younger sister, now leading the enemy Brahman, a bond the war has turned into a battlefield.
- Takeomi Akashi: His older brother and Brahman's No. 2; the Akashi family's fracture runs straight through the two of them.
Quick Answers
Why does Sanzu have scars on his mouth?
Sanzu's diamond-shaped mouth scars come from an incident in his childhood involving Mikey, an event bound up with the Akashi and Sano families' shared past, and with the obsession that defines him.
Who voices Haruchiyo Sanzu?
Sanzu is voiced by Nobuhiko Okamoto in Japanese. No English dub performance is confirmed for his Kanto Manji Gang arc yet.
Which gang is Sanzu in?
Sanzu is an executive of Mikey's Kanto Manji Gang in the Three Titans era. Before that he was the Tokyo Manji Gang's Fifth Division Vice-Captain.
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