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Gaju Akagi (赤城 賀寿 Akagi Gaju?) is one of the main characters in the Ballroom e Youkoso series. He is a first-year high school student (age 16) when introduced. He has been dancing with his sister Mako for 10 years. His main competition in juniors were Hyoudou Kiyoharu and his partner is Shizuku Hanaoka. He is Chinatsu Hiyama and Fujita Tatara's senior in high school. Gaju lives with his uncle in Tokyo so that he can attend high school and train in the local dance studios. His sister Mako still lives at home in Gunma.


Appearance[]

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Gaju's full body and facial view

Gaju has bright orange hair and brown eyes. He has a strong upper body with very round shoulders, strong arms and a slim waist with developed abs. He has a big butt and thighs with thin lower legs.

Personality[]

When first introduced, Gaju is a brash and impassioned dancer who’s fiery personality results in him coming off as loud-mouthed and aggressive. His short-tempered nature results in him speaking his mind and acting impulsively, resulting in him being somewhat reckless. Gaju is also very confrontational, and often uses his imposing physique to intimidate his rivals, particularly Tatara Fujita.

Gaju is extremely attracted to Shizuku Hanaoka and he is very upfront about his interest in “stealing” her from Kiyoharu Hyoudou. Due to his boisterous attitude sharply contrasting with his much more meek and passive sister, Gaju feels held back by her and seeks a partner who can keep up his spirited dance style. He was initially antagonist towards Fujita, openly stating how he hated weak and wimpy athletes like him. Nonetheless, Gaju eventually becomes something of a friend to Fujita after defending him from a group of bullies.

Etymology[]

  • The name Gaju means "congratulations, joy" (賀) (ka/ga) and "longevity, congratulations, one's natural life" (寿) (ju).
  • Gaju's surname Akagi means "red" (赤) (aka) and "castle" (城) (gi).

Trivia[]

  • Gaju was born in Kanra, Gunma prefecture.
  • Gaju weighs 68 kg and began dancing at 6.
  • Gaju's favorite foods are Sukiyaki and Gyoza.
  • Gaju speaks with a Joshu dialect (a dialect from Gunma Prefecture).
    • Kentaro Tomita (Gaju's voice actor) is dedicated to speaking regional dialects properly. To prepare for the role he visited Gunma to hear native speakers using the Joshu dialect and had a Gunma resident to check his accent in the studio during recording.
    • Both Shimba Tsuchiya (Tatara Fujita) and Tomita are learning to dance for their roles of Ballroom e Youkoso in the anime’s special video program ‘Ballroom Dance Lesson'.

References[]

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