History Characters / Crows

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Shun Oguri

The main protagonist of ''Crows'' and by far one of the most important figureheads of Suzuran, characterized by his blonde hair and carefree attitude. While initially against delinquent culture, as the reason why he enrolls at Suzuran in the first place was to make friends, he began to embrace it as he endured many trials within the school, fighting rival gangs, and as mentioned, making friends along the way. He's the leader of Harumichi Family and one of the founding members of Parko and The Dangerers, or P.A.D.; an alliance formed to combat the looming threat of The Snake Heads gang. It consists of Haruyama "Parko" Koichi, Harumichi himself, and rivals Bitou Tetsuya of Housen Academy and Kunou Ryuushin of The Front of Armament.

* SomethingPerson: The suffix "-Man" in his nickname actually refers to his incredible fighting prowess and undefeated streak
* ShoutOut: Crossing over with Main/InkSuitActor. He was modeled after the Creator/AdamBaldwin character Ricky Linderman, from the 1980's film ''Film/MyBodyguard''.

[[caption-width-right:372:''"There's nothing wrong with being a Crow. When you compare them to the poor caged birds that have forgotten how to fly, Crows are much better. I love being a crow!"'']]

!!Hanaki Guriko
Hanaki Guriko is, to put it simply, the one on top of Suzuran. A man hail from Kyushu, not much is known about him, aside from his monstrous strenght and love for women.

[[folder:Harumichi Bouya]]

The middle child of the three Bitou Brothers, he and his younger brother Hideyuki leads Housen during Harumichi's sophomore year in Suzuran. He despises the school after his older brother Makio died of a stab wound inflicted by one of the students during a brawl that occured in the past. In his senior year, he set aside his differences with them, and joins Harumichi, Kunou Ryuushin of The Front of Armament, and Haruyama Koichi (better known as Parko) to form Parko and The Dangerers, with the goal of taking down the notorious gang the Snake Heads.

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* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: When they first opened, Housen isn't much different from their rival Suzuran; a school full of tough students with no ruler to keep them in-line. Then Terakado Butta arrived, beats up everyone, and became the school's first leader, reshaped the way things ran and turn the school into the Housen Academy of today.

* TournamentArc: A tradition unique to Suzuran is "Freshman War", an annual event held at the school's gymnasium where the freshmen are pitted against each other to see who is the strongest among them. In the eyes of some cliques, it also functions a testing ground to search potential new recruits.

* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: When they first opened, Housen isn't much different from their rival Suzuran; a school full of tough students with no ruler to keep them in-line. Then Terakado Butta arrived and became the school's first leader, reshaped the way things ran and turn the school into the Housen Academy of today.

** Suzuran's school building is less like a school and more of a street gang's turf, filled with graffiti and is always in pretty bad shape. Housen's building is well-kept and clean like any normal school.

A motorcycle gang and one of the Big Four of Toarushi. Despite their small numbers in comparison to the school delinquents, T.F.O.A. is a force to be reckoned, thanks to their strong brotherhood combined with awesome fighting prowess.

* {{Foil}}: One of the defining feature of Housen is how different they are compared to Suzuran:

This is the index for the characters of Hiroshi Takahashi's ''{{Manga/Crows}}'' and its sister series ''Worst''. For characters introduced in ''Crows Zero'' and its sequel, go [[Characters/CrowsCharactersFromCrowsZero here.]]

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* FloralThemeNaming: Their name translates to "balsam", a flower native to India and Myanmar.

Suzuran All-Boys High School, also known as "The Crows School", a delinquent school in Toarushi feared and recognized as one of its "Big Four". This is the home for the protagonist of the story. The school is notorious for its history of in-fighting, with the strongest students establishing their own splinter groups vying for control of the establishment. Thus, the school has no true leader. On the rare occasions where the students ''do'' band together, it's usually when any of their rivals within the Big Four is making a mess in their territory.

* NewTransferStudent: Suzuran students considers them "outsiders" within the larger student body. Among these outsiders (usually the protagonist) even gained legendary status by shaking up the status quo in the most drastic of ways. These men are known under the collective "Suzuran's Outsider Legend."

One of the Big Four of Toarushi and one of the strongest delinquent school in the region, right next to Suzuran. Housen Academy presents itself as an unbreakable empire with a strong sense of unity, and having a leader who ruled the school with an iron grip.

!! Suzuran's Outsider Legend
These men are [[Main/NewTransferStudent "outsiders"]] within Suzuran All-Boys High School who gained their legendary status for shaking up the status quo in the most drastic of ways. Three among them; Harumichi Bouya, Hana Tsukishima, and Genji Takiya are main protagonist of ''Crows'', ''Worst'', and ''Crows Zero'' duology respectively.

[[folder:Hanaki Guriko]]

Hanaki Guriko is, to put it simply, the one on top of Suzuran. A man hail from Kyushu, not much is known about him, aside from his monstrous strenght and love for women.