Takumi Ichinose

Appearance Takumi is a tall, young man with an attractive physique, so he never lacked for women even in high school. His black hair reaches his shoulders, he has gray eyes, and several piercings in his ears: he usually wears a small silver hoop earring. He often wears aviator sunglasses when he goes out. He smokes Gitanes cigarettes.

He is 1.83m tall

Personality Takumi is a narcissistic, egocentric man with a superiority complex. On the other hand, Takumi is a rational, down-to-earth, and very ambitious man. He's obsessed with work, and it's his priority above all else. He complements Hachi in that she is very dreamy and optimistic, while Takumi is more rational and realistic. However, he is sometimes too direct and tactless. He doesn't hold back his opinions about what's right, regardless of whether it might hurt others.

He has a remarkable ability to manipulate those around him, both professionally (when he sells an exclusive to the press instead of publishing photos of Ren and Leila) and those in his inner circle. He's also short-tempered and easily angered, but when he cools off, he doesn't hold grudges or even remember arguments (this often happens with Hachi).

He's not a prejudiced person, but accepts others as they are, both their positive and negative aspects. Also, when he meets Leila, unlike the rest of the neighborhood, who despise her for being half foreign, he finds her fascinating and different.

However, he actually despises himself as well, which is why he would be unable to see Leila as anything more and "corrupt" her with his lust.[1]

He grew up in a difficult environment: his sick mother was bedridden and his father became a bitter and aggressive alcoholic. His older sister Megumi was also out of control and rebellious and did not take care of Takumi, until she decided to drop out of school to work, since with his sick mother and useless father they had almost no money to eat or pay the hospital bills. Takumi hates his father and even feels like killing him, although he never goes through with it. When his mother dies, Takumi takes full responsibility for her funeral, displaying his maturity and cold temperament, since his father, drunk, did not even attend the ceremony.

Due to his troubled environment, he had behavioral problems at school: he broke windows with a baseball bat, fought with his classmates... But music and Leila were his solace. He formed a pop music club in high school and later continued his musical career by forming the band Trapnest, whose members included singer Leila, drummer Naoki, and other members who would leave after disagreeing with Takumi's ways and control.

When the band moved to Tokyo, Takumi spoke with Black Stones drummer Yasu, who convinced Ren to join Trapnest as a guitarist. Trapnest was an instant hit in Tokyo, and their album sold over a million copies.

When he was in high school, he had several girlfriends and was always a womanizer. He got one of them pregnant and had to ask Yasu for money to pay for the abortion.

Takumi met Leila when they were in third and second grade, respectively. Leila had just arrived from the United States after her father's death, and she felt alone and scared in Japan, even though she didn't even have a good command of the language. Takumi protected her from the school bullies, and they became friends, learning each other's languages.

When they were 11 and 10, Leila kissed Takumi, who thought it was normal, and he told her that in Japan "only boyfriends do that." But when Leila saw that it made her uncomfortable, he allowed it as long as she didn't do it in front of other people. Later, when they were in high school, he told her that it was over and that she should find a boyfriend; he couldn't be her boyfriend.

The reason Takumi forms the Trapnest is to compose songs for Leila. Since he doesn't have money for instruments, he decides to form a light music club at school.

Leila was always in love with Takumi, although this feeling was not reciprocated, as Takumi considered her like his little sister and something pure and sacred that should not be corrupted. Later, after Shin was arrested, on Valentine's Day, Leila openly confesses her feelings to Takumi for the first time. They kiss but are interrupted by Leila's assistant, Mari, who almost walks in on them. Later, Takumi talks to Leila and asks her to decide if it is worth it to lower herself to be his lover or if she would rather return to Shin. After thinking about it for two weeks, Leila decides that despite her feelings for Takumi, she cannot forget Shin and wants to see him again.