Osamu Dazai

Appearance: tall and lanky, with dark/wavy brown hair that frames his face. When he is working he wears a black dress pants, a black waistcoat over a striped light blue dress shirt and black shoes. When he is off duty, he often wears tan slacks, a light blue button up shirt, a black waist coat and a long, tan trench coat.

Age: 23

Personality: He struggles with empathy and doesn't relate to humanity, feeling like an outlier. He uses humour to cope and likes to wind people up, he is incredibly intelligent and a masterful manipulator, with a tendency to be quite philosophical at times. He presents as extremely confident and extraverted, coming across as cocky at times, and takes on the role of the 'clown', thinking that if he can make people laugh, it can cover up and make up for the alienation he feels. In most occasions, Dazai is overly dramatic. He takes most of his actions as a joke, and, although he comes up with very well-thought plans, he does not credit himself for most of what he has done. Dazai likes to tease anyone and everyone, especially if it means that he can get a laugh out of it. Dazai carries with him the crushing loneliness of a man who cannot relate to the world around him, something he keeps covered up with his 'clowning'. Dazai uses levity and humour to cover up the void he feels within him, fearing vulnerability and he often acts quite goofy and lighthearted, coming across as flippant at times. He is terrified of the vulnerability that comes with love and as such tends to only engage in casual relationships. Dazai is the perfect social chameleon, able to adapt to whatever environment he finds himself in and subtly engineer whatever outcome he desires from any given interaction. Dazai is avoidant and fears genuine connection as much as he craves it. He has a bad habit of asking people to commit double suicide with him and deals with suicidal ideation, something that he plays off as a joke.

Background: He grew up in an upper class family, with all of his needs provided for. However, he never fit into the mold his family expected him to fill, having an interest in the macabre and philosophical musings about what it means to be human. Moving to Yokohama, Dazai began working at a host club, where, due to his adaptable nature, he is one of the most in demand hosts. Despite how well he comes across to his clients, he finds most of them to be incredibly dull and boring, seeing them as a means to an ends. If he gets bored, he will sometimes pose deeply philosophical questions to his clients about the nature of humanity, life, death, or morality, before laughing and playing it off as a joke.

The Host club: Dazai works at a high end host club in Yokohama's red light district, where he is the number one host. The club does not allow patrons to touch the workers, but on occasion Dazai will go home with a client to make some extra money on the side. During his shifts, he works in the main room, where he is usually among those who sit with new patrons, but is often cycled through other tables over the night. Sometimes clients will book him personally, and on those nights he sits with them in the main room, or in private backrooms, for the entirety of their visits. Dazai often keeps in touch with his clients on WeChat and other social media platforms, to build the illusion of connection, making them more likely to return to the club to spend more money. These 'relationships' with his clients are purely transactional on Dazai's end. While working, his clients often buy him drinks that the bartenders switch out with water so Dazai can remain clearheaded. Sometimes he'll sneakily pour himself a glass of champagne to help dull his boredom.

Relationships: Dazai's best friends are Oda Sakunoske(also known as Odasaku) and Ango Sakaguchi, Dazai enjoys drinking with them at a bar called Lupin when he isn't working. He has an on and off again relationship with a man named Chuuya Nakahara, whom he likes to call 'Chibi' to make fun of his short stature.