Yaguchi Yatora

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Yatora Yaguchi (矢や口ぐち八や虎とら Yaguchi Yatora?) is the protagonist of the manga series Blue Period. He is a second-year high school student with remarkably high grades despite his delinquent lifestyle. Yatora feels like his life is dull and predictable until he comes across his senpai, Maru Mori, painting in the school's art club. He discovers his passion for painting and dedicates his remaining school years to it, aiming to pass the Tokyo University of the Arts entrance exam.

Yaguchi Yatora (矢口八虎), affectionately called "Yakkun" by his friends, is a fascinating and deeply layered character from the world of art in his high school years. Born on July 5th, Yatora is a young man whose striking appearance includes bleached platinum blonde hair and golden eyes, reflecting his determination. Standing at 173 cm (approximately 5'8"), he is between the ages of 16 and 18.

As a high school student and a member of the Art Club, Yatora discovers his true passion for art, particularly oil painting. He is not just any student but one who strives to overcome various challenges to pursue his dream of enrolling in the prestigious Tokyo Art Institute.

His personal life is shaped by complex relationships within his family, including his supportive mother, Marie Yaguchi, and an unnamed father, whose role in his life remains understated. These relationships, along with his friendships, deeply influence how Yatora perceives and approaches art.

Yatora’s exceptional talent lies in his ability to express thoughts and emotions through his art. His dedication to oil painting sets him apart from his peers and makes him an inspiration to those who follow his journey.

Yatora is a young man of medium height and build. His hair has a messy cut and, though it is naturally dark, he bleaches it platinum blonde. Yatora has yellow eyes and long eyelashes. He wears contact lenses but on a few occasions switches to glasses.

Yatora wears a black jacket with a white crumpled shirt and a loose black tie. In cold weather, Yatora uses a plain, dark overcoat and, when not in his uniform, he's often seen wearing plain sweats and hoodies. For hot weather, he owns a letterman jacket and wears plain t-shirts and Bermudas. He wears a matching pair of golden ring piercings on each ear helix and a red round piercing on his left ear tragus.

When painting, Yatora prefers to wear coveralls with the sleeves tied around his waist.

Although Yatora is very hardworking and looks composed, there is an underlying insecure part of him that is further exposed when he starts making art. He has an extroverted nature and can easily understand what others are looking for in a relationship, further adapting himself in order to please everyone around him. For that reason, he tends to oppress his own feelings and wishes. Yatora relies a lot on his studied social skills whenever he is under a stressful or unfamiliar situation, but when he is caught by surprise or can't keep up his composed act he has an emotional outburst, often resulting in him crying and speaking more honestly. Yatora is especially hard on himself, putting high standards on himself while constantly undervaluing his own work and comparing himself to others, which ends up overwhelming him. Whilst comparing himself with others, he has great respect and admires the art that others around him create. His selfless and worried nature is better shown when he goes on a trip with Ayukawa, despite it being in the middle of exam season and him breaking out in rashes due to extreme stress.

Relationships Koigakubo, Utashima, and Sumida Koigakubo, Utashima, and Sumida are Yatora's close friends in high school. They often go out to watch football games, smoke, and drink until early morning. Though they are close, due to Yatora's attitude in the beginning of the story, their relationship feels shallow, as he cannot bring himself to express how he really feels.

When Yatora is facing difficulties and feeling insecure, he tends to go out with the group for drinks. Despite Yatora hiding his real intentions, the group can see through him, fully supporting him and feeling inspired by his choice to study art.

Koigakubo understands Yatora especially well among the group and always confronts him, giving him advice when Yatora eventually opens up.

Ryuji Ayukawa Yuka and Yatora meet on the first year of high school[5]. Yatora thinks that Yuka is weird at first, but the two begin to bond after Yatora joins the art club, and much of it is developed when Yuka invites him to go on a vacation with them to the seaside. They currently are good friends, and have mutual respect for one another.

Maru Mori Mori is the upperclassman who inspires Yatora to do art. Yatora begin to grow interests on art when he sees Mori's angel painting in the art room unintentionally. Mori is a huge influence on Yatora and one of the people who he looks up to.

Marie Yaguchi Yatora's mother. The two share a healthy and close relationship. Mrs. Yaguchi was unsupportive of her son's art career at first, but quickly switched sides after seeing what art meant to him. She is very supportive of Yatora.

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Masako Saeki Masako Saeki was Yatora's high school art teacher, as well as his former employer during the "Saeki's Drawing Class Mini Arc". She is the first person to encourage Yatora to do at, as well as the person who taught him the basic techniques before Yatora started attending prep school.

During the prep school arc, when Yatora was having trouble with his assignment based on "composition", she suggested that he do an A4 painting in order to loosen up. Although Yatora declined at first, he later accepted the offer and she helped him set up the canvas.

Yotasuke Takahashi Takahashi and Yatora see each other as friendly rivals. Yatora describes Takahashi as a genius. It is also known later in the story that Yatora, along with Haruka Hashida, is the only contact in Takahashi's phone other than his family members.

When running into his school friends during the culture festival, he was about to introduce Yotasuke as his closest friend, but got embarrassed and cut himself off, saying Yotasuke was the person he was closest to at the school.

In chapter 42, Yatora has been able to understand how he loved art after spending a whole night with Takahashi in Shibuya. Takahashi really seems to be important to Yatora, for exemple simply getting a compliment from him really makes Yatora happy and it’s also said "Seeing Yotasuke-kun’s eyes dyed in blue is enough to make me happy" after discovering again the wonderful blue of Shibuya’s early morning light.

Haruka Hashida Haruka is Yatora's friend from cram school. Although sometimes Yatora sees him as a weird person because of his art fetish, Yatora learns a lot of things from him; especially how to observe things. Judging from their interactions, Yatora and Haruka can be seen as close friends.

Maki Kuwana Maki is Yatora's friend from cram school. Yatora adores Maki's skill.

Kinemi Miki Yatora Yaguchi and Kinemi Miki meet for the first time during the initial exam at the Tokyo University of the Arts, where Miki's exceptional skills impress and challenge Yatora. Despite their competition, mutual respect develops as they work together on projects like the Geidai Festival and overcome personal challenges. During the preparation for the Geidai Festival, they must collaborate closely, further deepening their relationship. Miki begins to appreciate Yatora's commitment and growth in art, while Yatora admires her technical abilities. Their bond strengthens as they support each other through their fears and insecurities. Ultimately, their initial rivalry blossoms into a friendship marked by mutual recognition and a shared passion for art.

Yakumo Murai Yatora admires Yakumo's confidence and extensive knowledge about art and tis history. Although not much is known about their relationship, it can be determined that they are close enough friends as Yakumo invited Yatora, along with Takahashi, to come stay with him during the Art of Japan Competition Mini-Arc.

Etymology The name Yatora means "eight" (八) (ya) and "tiger" (虎) (tora). Yatora's surname Yaguchi means "arrow" (矢) (ya) and "mouth, entrance" (口) (kuchi/guchi).

Trivia: Yatora gets drunk from drinking coffee . Yatora enjoys exercising, but he dislikes track and field . Yatora dislikes mint flavored things, so he uses toothpaste for kids.