Hokusai Azuma

Hokusai Azuma is a male anime and manga character who features in Tokyo ESP.

Biography

Hokusai Azuma (Japanese: 東 北斎, Hepburn: Azuma Hokusai) was a Japanese male who came to operate in the modern age where he came to operate as a scientist. At some point, he was noted to have had married Seira Azuma where they had a daughter together named Minami Azuma. Along with his wife, he joined an archaeological expedition where they travelled to a country where they uncovered a mysterious relic known as the Ark. A General from the military examined the artefact broke one of the tablets linked to the relic resulting in the emergence of mysterious floating glowing fish to emerge from it. Contact with the fish resulted in Hokusai, Seira and Kyoka Hiragi acquiring psychic based superpowers. Upon noticing its powers, the General attempted to claim the relic for his own country and forced the research expedition to remain in order for them to impart on him abilities. Hokusai then contacted the Japanese diplomat Washibana to intervene but he instead allied with the General to betray the professor. Whilst trapped in the country, Kyoka and Jutaro introduced their son Kyotaro Hiragi to the professor. The next day, the scientists were called to a meeting with the diplomat who betrayed them where he called in mercenaries from the ARES Corporation to assassinate all those that made the discovery. Hokusai's colleagues were all killed but he survived the betrayal though was badly disfigured in the process.

Upon returning to Japan, he went home to inform his daughter of her mothers death whilst he fell into depression and lost all meaning to live. Hokusai hen began a search for the organisation responsible for the massacre of his compatriots but found no trace of them. He then decided to track down the diplomat who betrayed them and upon finding the man he saw Washibana rip out his own throat to maintain the secrecy of his employers. Thus, Hokusai fell into his depression again after all his leads into the perpetrators had been lost once again. He thus resolved to recover the relic that gave him his powers and returned to the country to take the Ark. During this time, he killed the General of the country whereupon he brought the artefact back with him to Japan. During this time, he encountered a young Kyotaro Hiragi who was being attacked by a gunman and decided to save him and take him back to Japan with him. Once there, he adopted Kyotaro into his family and introduced the boy to his daughter as he was formally welcomed to their home. Meanwhile, secretly, he adopted the guise of a criminal mastermind who came to be known as the Professor who operated as a terrorist with Hokusai created chaos as he sought to lure the organisation that killed his friends out from hiding. He also sought to bring about the emergence of ESPers as he felt that they were the next evolution of the human race.

Overview

Personality and attributes

In appearance, Hokusai Azuma was a Japanese male who had a large burn scar on the left side of his face that he kept hidden behind illusions. Typically, he was shown to wear a formal suit and tie where on occasion he brought an ōdachi long sword. Upon becoming a crime lord, he came to be referred to as the Professor (教授, Kyōju).

In his younger days, he was shown as being a calm and kind person.

The death of his wife and colleagues at the hands of Ares changed his view of the world which he saw as a rotting place with him desiring to change it.

He was noted to had married Seira Azuma (東 西羅, Azuma Seira) who became his wife. She came to be the mother of his child with this being a daughter named Minami Azuma (東 美奈実, Azuma Minami).

Azuma came to be the adoptive father of Kyotaro Azuma (東 京太郎, Azuma Kyōtarō) after his parents deaths.

Powers and abilities

His ESP powers allowed him to create all types of illusions wit him being able to project illusion straight into another's mind. This ability resulted in a person feeling, smelling and tasting everything related to the illusion as if they were real.

He was the head of the ESP Liberation Front (超能力解放戦線, Chō Nōryoku Kaihō Sensen, lit. "Liberation Front of Espers") that were a terror group which looked to claim Tokyo as esper's territory.

Notes

• Hokusai Azuma was created by Hajime Segawa where he featured in the setting of Tokyo ESP.

In other media

Television

• In Tokyo ESP, Hokusai Azuma appeared in the setting of the anime television series where he was voiced by Japanese actor Yoshihisa Kawahara and was voiced by English actor Jeffrey Schmidt.

Appearances

• Tokyo ESP:

External Links

• Tokyo ESP Wiki Entry

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