Hajime Umemiya

Biological Information

Gender Male Height 188 cm [ 1 ] Weight 80 kg [ 1 ] Blood type The [ 1 ] Birthday February 1 [ 1 ]

Professional Information

Occupation Student Affiliation Bofurin Position Leader Bofurin

Appearance

Umemiya is a tall teenager with slicked-back white hair, downturned gray eyes, and white eyebrows with a slit on his left eyebrow. He is most often seen wearing a Furin High School uniform featuring an extended-length dark green tailcoat left unbuttoned over a white t-shirt, paired with dark green pants and a black pair of men's driving shoes. When he's not in his Furin High School uniform, he prefers more casual styles and doesn't think much about fashion for his everyday clothes. He has a lot of patterned t-shirts and carries a thin, long wallet. He prefers casual shoes and likes to wear driving shoes in particular. He has been told that his casual way of dressing makes him seem unworthy of his position as the Leader and Representative of Bofurin, so he has recently started to care a little more about his fashion choices. As a child, Umemiya had short black hair with bangs and black eyebrows. When he was nine years old, a month after moving to Furinen Orphanage, he had white hair growing from his roots with black hair still at the tips. His eyebrows also began to change from black to white around this time. He wore a simple, loose-fitting sweatshirt, jeans, and light-colored sneakers with a strap over the laces. At the age of 14, his hair and eyebrows completely changed from black to white. He wore a standard elementary school uniform and left his jacket unbuttoned with a white T-shirt underneath. In cold weather, he wore a plain white sweatshirt underneath his unbuttoned school uniform jacket, along with a scarf. During this time, he wore light-colored lace-up sneakers.

Personality

Umemiya is a quiet and friendly person. His personality is warm and he is seen by his peers and subordinates as a confident and charismatic leader, though at times his informal nature can seem a bit unbecoming of someone of his status. He is often shown to be very proud and encouraging of his staff. His attentiveness and care is demonstrated by his knowledge of personal details, including the names and backgrounds of even the lowest-ranking members of Bofurin. Aside from his team, Umemiya is also deeply invested in the well-being of the general community in Makochi, this being a key goal for him in the original plan for the renovation of Furin High and the establishment of Bofurin itself. He is well-known and loved throughout the town, and is often adored and praised by the townspeople. When engaged in a fight, much of the levity in his mannerisms disappears and he appears incredibly intimidating and serious. This change in energy is sometimes so drastic and noticeable that it can be shocking and frightening to see even from his allies. Despite this, his compassionate and empathetic nature is also still present in his approach to fighting. He believes that fighting is simply another way of having a conversation, and uses it to connect with his opponents in a way that can more successfully facilitate mutual understanding than using verbal communication alone.

History

Umemiya was the first child born to loving parents, who taught him things from an early age that remain his core values ​​in his youth as the leader of Bofurin. Around the time he was nine years old, his father and pregnant mother were in a car accident. It was during this time that he entered the foster care system, where he was bounced around to several different facilities before arriving at the Furinen Orphanage, located in Makochi City and within the territory of the pre-Bofurin Furin High School gang. Upon arriving at Furinen, he struggled with feelings of guilt so severe that he refused to eat and claimed that even if he tried, he would not be able to taste food. Although he was born with naturally black hair, by this point the color had begun to change to white. In a conversation among the orphanage staff, caretaker Yuki Shitara suggests that this change in hair color was likely caused by the extreme stress Umemiya had experienced. Shortly after his arrival and still refusing to eat, Umemiya sought a way to punish himself for his parents' guilt, which he believed was his fault, even going so far as to label himself as theirs. At the time, Makochi City was constantly being subjected to gang violence involving the Furin Pre-Bofurin High School gang, and Umemiya chose to break up one of these fights in an attempt to be in the process. When a third-year student from Furin High School intervened to save him from being beaten to death, Umemiya blamed the third-year for ruining his attempt to kill himself to atone for his belief that he was to blame for his family's deaths. The Furin third-year student scolded Umemiya for trying to dirty someone else's hands in his attempted murder, then took Umemiya to a bridge to give him the opportunity to die without involving anyone else in his murder. Umemiya realized halfway through

History (continued)

off the bridge that his parents' last moments were happy because they managed to save him from the accident. He screamed "no" as he began to fall and was pulled back to safety by the third-year Furin student. The third-year then took Umemiya back to the city, where they met the Furinen Orphanage's social worker, Yuki Shitara, who was looking for Umemiya. Shitara-sensei carried Umemiya back to the orphanage as Umemiya talked about his parents saving him and his happiness that they did so, even at the cost of their lives. After Shitara-sensei affirmed to Umemiya about his parents' love for him, Umemiya was then able to allow himself to emotionally process the trauma of his family's deaths. They returned to the orphanage, and Umemiya ate for the first time since his arrival. One of the younger children at the orphanage referred to him as his "big brother," which affected him deeply as he mourned the loss of not only his parents, but also his unborn younger brother. During his high school years, Umemiya cultivated friendships with the townspeople in Makochi while searching for people to aid him in his mission to unite Furin under one leader and protect the town. He recruits those who would later become the Four Heavenly Kings of Bofurin—Toma Hiragi, Tasuku Tsubakino, Saku Mizuki, and Takumi Momose. When he reached the age to enter Furin High School as a student, he and his Four Kings fought their way to the top and he claimed the place as leader and officially established Bofurin.

Skills

Planting Cooking fight

Curiosities

He wears reading glasses. He grew plants from sprouts last year, so he's going to try growing some vegetables from seeds this year. Apparently, he always has sweets and caramels in his pockets. It uses a clear box with photos and photo booth stickers all over it. He uses a thin, long wallet. It seems he was told that a white t-shirt would match his school uniform, so for now that's what he decided to wear.