Arata Hinohara

Arata Hinohara (日ノ原 革, Hinohara Arata)

Main character of story, an ordinary troubled teenager pulled through another dimension to the world of Amawakuni where he is pit into a contest to become the world's emperor. Both main characters are named Arata but modern Arata goes by Hinohara to avoid confusion when both boys converse.

Appearance
Arata has blonde hair and greyish colored eyes. Wears a school uniform consisting of tan dress pants a brown tailor jacket with a white dress shirt underneath. (The uniform is an reminiscience of Yuu Watase's first hit Fushigi Yugi heroine Miaka's school uniform). Sometimes he wears athletic clothes consisting of jogging pants and windbreaker.

Personality
Arata begins as a shy, tortured soul who is continuously bullied throughout his early teenage years by his ex-best friend Kadowaki. Arata is easily liked because of his easy-going attitude and good sense of justice. During the time of his bullying, he isolates himself from his family to not draw attention to the issues circling around him. Finally, the bullying intensifies to the point of him taking a year off from school. When he begins high school, its a new start and he begins to quickly make new friends until things take a turn for the worst when Kadowaki arrives. The bullying restarts and when Arata wishes he had never been born he is pulled into Amawakuni. He is frightened of his new surroundings, and horrified that he is blamed for Himeou's death which he angrily protests against. Arata's time in the new world helps him grow as a person as he begins to find himself and put trust in others. He grows stronger and after years of being bullied, strongly refuses to let the twelve shinshou treat ordnairy citizens in a similar manner. His character change can be credited partly to Kotoha who teaches Arata that he should love himself and how his life does have meaning-protecting those who can't protect themselves. Arata has a sense of humor that is shown throughout fragments of the story.

Abilities
Tsukuyo (ツクヨ, Tsukuyo)

Relationships

 * Kotoha: Arata's love interest. Kotoha's kind nature helps bring introverted, bullied Arata out of his shell and begin to trust in others. Although Kotoha sees Arata Hinohara as the blue-haired Arata she is quick to note the differences. She begins to fall in love with Hinohara over time. Kotoha is often kidnapped since she Is Hinohara's biggest weakness.
 * Kadowaki: Arata's ex-best friend. Kadowaki had a bad home life and through these circumstances hated for others to look down upon him due to his pride. Both boys ran track together in middle school where they became friends. Arata was the better runner and the one time he let Kadowaki win infuriates Kadowaki; who believed Arata was looking down on him. Kadowaki begins bullying Arata maliciously, but it is hinted out of jealously not hatred. His anger grows so intense, the six shou sense it from their world and drag him over where he becomes Arata's main rival for emperor.
 * Arata: Despite having the same name, the two are complete opposites. Arata has never had family outside his grandmother and Kotoha so he was able to live freely without being tied down. While Hinohara is very close to his family and all his actions reflect this. Hinohara takes matters more serious and looks into situations closely; while Arata is overly curious and doesn't take caution.