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* GoodIsDumb: Kou is one of the nicest characters in the series, and also probably the dumbest.



The leader of the Ajin resistance.

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The leader of the Ajin resistance.resistance and the primary antagonist of the series. A psychopathic adrenaline junkie, Sato seeks a fun challenge above all else, regardless of how many lives are lost in the process.



* ShipTease: [[spoiler:With Izumi in the last chapter.]]

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* ShipTease: [[spoiler:With Izumi in the last chapter.chapter where he takes her up on an offer to move into her apartment.]]
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* NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: Discussed. Sato is an '''extremely''' competent fighter who's seemingly impossible to take down in a direct fight. However, he still ''is'' a human being at the end of the day and, like any human, he can be beaten. [[spoiler:Although Sato is able to outgambit every single trick the heroes throw at him, Kei finally manages to get the better of him by way of a simple bout of bad luck when Sato is knocked unconscious by falling into a river head-first.]]

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A special unit of the SDF trained to fight ajin.
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* BadassNormal: They're all regular humans, but are more than capable of holding their own against ajin.
* TheCavalry: [[spoiler:They're finally deployed in the final battle agaisnt Sato.]]
* ChekhovsGun: They're routinely brought up throughout the series, but don't make an appearance until the end.
* FantasticRacism: Averted. [[spoiler:After Sato is finally captured, they just thank Kei and the others for their help despite them being ajin.]]
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* BrokenPedastal: [[spoiler:Gradually loses all of his faith in Sato as he slowly pieces together that he doesn't care about ajin and is only in it for thrills. Sato ghosting negotiations with the health minister is the final straw that causes him to defect.]]

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* BrokenPedastal: BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:Gradually loses all of his faith in Sato as he slowly pieces together that he doesn't care about ajin and is only in it for thrills. Sato ghosting negotiations with the health minister is the final straw that causes him to defect.]]



* EvenEvilHasStandards: He has more morals than Satou since he does not have as great of a fondness for killing. [[spoiler:Ultimatly this is fairly minor. When he learns Sato doesn't really care about Ajin rights and only wants the joy of conflict, Tanaka is clearly unhappy but stays with him anyways]].
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Joins Kei’s side after being betrayed by Satou.]]

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: He has more morals than Satou since he does not have as great of a fondness for killing. [[spoiler:Ultimatly [[spoiler:The exact extent of this is fairly minor. When varies between the manga and the anime. [[AdaptationalVillainy In the anime]], when he learns Sato doesn't really care about Ajin rights and only wants the joy of conflict, Tanaka is clearly unhappy but stays with him anyways]].
anyways. In the manga, Tanaka pulls a full HeelFaceTurn]].
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Joins Kei’s side [[spoiler:He turns against Sato after being betrayed the rest of the Resistance shows their true nature by Satou.passing up on their one chance to settle thing peacefully with the Japanese government so they can go commit acts of terror at a JSDF base.]]

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* {{Expy}}: Strictly in terms of appearance, he becomes a dead-ringer for Shotaro Kaneda from ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' due to the ''Ajin'''s ArtShift.



* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:He turns out to be a ''far'' better person than he initially comes across. While he was complicit in the immoral treatment of ajin, he was only doing it to save up the money to pay for his fiance's surgery and secretly planned to reveal everything to the press. Furthermore, unlike his superior he's shown to be someone who genuinely cares about doing the right thing, deciding to continue putting his life on the line even after the Japanese government decides to concede to Sato's demands.]]



* PetTheDog: Has a couple moments here and there that show he's really not as bad as he first seems, though by far the biggest one is when he [[spoiler:leaks all of the Ajin Management Committee's unethical actions to the press and arranges new identities for Kei, Kou, Izumi, and Tanaka so that they can put everything behind them.]]



* ShipTease: [[spoiler:With Tanaka in the last chapter.]]

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* ShipTease: [[spoiler:With Tanaka in the last chapter.chapter where the two of them move in together.]]


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An ajin who works as a firefighter.
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* EleventhHourRanger: [[spoiler:Helps the others to take down Sato during the final battle.]]
* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:Comes back into the story after Kou rescues him from the steel drum he was trapped in.]]
* CassandraTruth: He tells Tanaka that he's being manipulated by Sato and that all they're going to do by commiting mass murder is to cause the rest of society to hate ajin. [[spoiler:Tanaka himself admits that Akiyama was right.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: He comes to the initial Resistance meeting, but ducts out after finding out Sato plans to commit mass murder.
* NiceGuy: He's shown to be a pretty altruistic guy, given that he immediately tries to dissuade Ko from getting involved in a potentially dangerous group.
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* DumbassHasAPoint: Kou... isn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed. However there are a couple moments where he makes some genuinely good points, such as when [[spoiler:pointing out that since telephone poles are hallow, they can trick Sato into regenerating in there. It ''almost'' works]].



* BrokenPedastal: [[spoiler:Gradually loses all of his faith in Sato as he slowly pieces together that he doesn't care about ajin and is only in it for thrills. Sato ghosting negotiations with the health minister is the final straw that causes him to defect.]]



* IWillFightNoMoreForever: [[spoiler: his attitude after being betrayed by Satou]]

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* IWillFightNoMoreForever: [[spoiler: his attitude [[spoiler:He decides there's been enough bloodshed after being betrayed by Satou]]the assault on Forge Security and decides to peacefully negotiate with the Japanese government. Unfortunately, [[AxCrazy Sato]] doesn't quite see eye-to-eye.]]


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* TookALevelInKindness: Becomes noticeably more altruistic as the series goes on, particularly after [[spoiler:sparing one of his targets at Forge Security when she shows genuine remorse for partaking in his torture.]]


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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:He's shot through the neck by Sato. However, this causes Kei to trigger a flood which narrowly manages to save Kaito's life.]]


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* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:He rams into Sato with a motorcycle in the final battle.]]
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* OneManArmy: Don't let Sato's age fool you; he's borderline unbeatable in a direct fight. [[spoiler:As if to drive the point home, he clears out an ''entire JSDF base on his own''.]]

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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler:Even after being given a clear ticket to safety, Kei ultimately refuses to let Sato have his way and takes him on despite not having any plan whatsoever.]]



* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:PlayedForLaughs in the last chapter, as she's apparently only 3 years younger than Tanaka.]]



* ShipTease: [[spoiler:With Tanaka in the last chapter.]]




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* WorldsStrongestMan: Sato is an absolute beast in combat. In 1976, he killed a hundred North Vietnamese soldiers on his own even after losing a leg in the process. Later on, he joined up with a triad to train their men, and even then he effortlessly managed to fend off several enemy gangsters in a surprise attack. And that was ''before'' he found out he was immortal.


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* ShipTease: [[spoiler:With Izumi in the last chapter.]]
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* DeathbedConfession: [[spoiler:He confesses the truth to the public about the government performing unethical experiments on ajin before bleeding to death. Though it's zigzagged in that he was already in the process of leaking the truth before he got stabbed by Sokabe.]]

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* DeathbedConfession: [[spoiler:He confesses the truth to the public about the government performing unethical experiments on ajin before bleeding to death. Though it's zigzagged in that he was already in the process of leaking the truth and was fully ready to face the consequences before he got stabbed by Sokabe.]]

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* BenevolentBoss: You wouldn't think it at first, but Tosaki turns out to be a pretty decent guy to his subordinates. [[spoiler:While he's seemingly blackmailing Izumi into working for him, it's later revealed to be a whole bunch of hot air and he actually destroyed all of the records that she was an ajin and even resorts to murder to keep her secret under wraps. Later on, he gives Kei and Ko the chance to walk away from everything after their first attempt to take down Sato fails.]]

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* BenevolentBoss: You wouldn't think it at first, but Tosaki turns out to be a pretty decent guy to his subordinates. [[spoiler:While he's seemingly blackmailing Izumi into working for him, it's later revealed to be a whole bunch of hot air and he actually destroyed all of the records that she was an ajin and ajin. He even resorts to murder to keep defends her secret under wraps.honor when Sokabe refers to her by her birth name. Later on, he gives Kei and Ko the chance to walk away from everything after their first attempt to take down Sato fails.]]


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* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:He holds a press conference revealing the truth about the Japanese government performing unethical experiments on ajin while bleeding to death.]]


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* FantasticRacism: Tosaki seems to genuinely resent ajin as a whole, getting angry when Kei's IBM looks at him and threatening to leak Izumi's secret to the higher-ups. [[spoiler:Though it turns out to be a more downplayed example, as he does treat Kei and Ko with a surprising amount of decency after the failed attempt to capture Sato and turns out to be a far nicer boss to Izumi than he comes off as.]]


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* {{Irony}}: At the start of Chapter 53, he calls Tosaki out on wearing gloves during his work, saying that Tosaki is still clinging to the past. That same chapter [[spoiler:Tosaki kills Sokabe ''without'' gloves on after the latter threatens Izumi and tries to stop Tosaki from leaking the DHCC's secrets to the public.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: In contrast to Tosaki, Sokabe doesn't give a damn about anything besides climbing up the government hierarchy.

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* BenevolentBoss: You wouldn't think it at first, but Tosaki turns out to be a pretty decent guy to his subordinates. [[spoiler:While he's seemingly blackmailing Izumi into working for him, it's later revealed to be a whole bunch of hot air and in truth he destroyed all of the records that she was an ajin and even resorts to murder to keep her secret under wraps. Later on, he gives Kei and Ko the chance to walk away from everything after their first attempt to take down Sato fails.]]

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* BenevolentBoss: You wouldn't think it at first, but Tosaki turns out to be a pretty decent guy to his subordinates. [[spoiler:While he's seemingly blackmailing Izumi into working for him, it's later revealed to be a whole bunch of hot air and in truth he actually destroyed all of the records that she was an ajin and even resorts to murder to keep her secret under wraps. Later on, he gives Kei and Ko the chance to walk away from everything after their first attempt to take down Sato fails.]]



* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Even though he didn't stand much of a chance, he still goes down swinging against Sato.]]



* AdaptationalHeroism: In the anime, he's a genuine believer in the Resistance's supposed cause. In the manga, he's just going along with Sato because he was intimidated. It's somewhat zigzagged in that he notes that he's still kind of glad he did it.

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* AdaptationalHeroism: In the anime, he's a genuine believer in the Resistance's supposed cause. In the manga, he's just going along with Sato because he was intimidated. It's somewhat zigzagged in that intimidated, though he later notes that he's still kind of glad he did it.it since it beats the monotony of his normal life.




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* TheMole: He's an actual employee at [[spoiler:Forge security, and as such manages to be the one who gets the others in.]]



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* AxCrazy: During the assault on [[spoiler:Forge security]], Takashi shoots some innocent bystanders and laughs about it. The guy ''was'' high on drugs at the time, but still.

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* BenevolentBoss: You wouldn't think it at first, but Tosaki turns out to be a pretty decent guy to his subordinates. [[spoiler:While he's seemingly blackmailing Izumi into working for him, it's later revealed to be a whole bunch of hot air and in truth he destroyed all of the records that she was an ajin and even resorts to murder to keep her secret under wraps. Later on, he gives Kei and Ko the chance to walk away from everything after their first attempt to take down Sato fails.]]



* OnlySaneMan: He's the only one who had a legitimate reason for joining the resistance.




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* VillainousWidowsPeak: Has a widow's peak and is one of the antagonists. Though it's downplayed in that he's by far the most sympathetic member of the resistance.

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* TerroristsWithoutACause: Ultimately, Tanaka is the ''only'' one who actually cares about securing ajin rights. The rest of them are just so bored with modern life that they turned to Sato as a way to get their thrills.



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* AdaptationalHeroism: In the anime, he's a genuine believer in the Resistance's supposed cause. In the manga, he's just going along with Sato because he was intimidated. Though it should be noted that he later notes that he genuinely had fun with it.

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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: While he's an unrepentant terrorist, [[spoiler:Takashi does genuinely love his brother Gen as he completely loses it when he's killed by the Anti-Demi forces.]]


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* BornLucky: Considering that [[spoiler:he isn't an ajin, it's kind of crazy that he lasted as long as he did.]]

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* AdaptationalHeroism: Big time. In the anime, [[spoiler:all of them other than Tanaka defect once they realize Sato's true motives.]] In the manga, [[spoiler:all of them are [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist just as bloodthirsty as Sato]], with the sole exception of Tanaka.]]



* AdaptationalHeroism: In the anime, he's a genuine believer in the Resistance's supposed cause. In the manga, he's just going along with Sato because he was intimidated. Though it should be noted that he later notes that he genuinely had fun with it.
* TheAloner: It's implied that his ghost is the closest thing he has to a friend. [[spoiler:After Ko gets the drop on him, Okuyama decides that he may as well defect at this point. While destroying all of the evidence connecting him to Sato, he comments that these past 5 weeks were the most exciting his life will ever be before lamenting to his ghost that the two of them are on their own again]].



* OnlyFriend: It's heavily implied that Okuyama's ghost is the closest thing he has to a friend.



* AdaptationalHeroism: In the anime, he's a genuine believe in the Resistance's supposed cause. In the manga, however, he's every bit as bloodthirsty as Sato and simply enjoys causing chaos for its own sake.



* ThoseTwoGuys: With Gen.

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* PsychoPartyMember: Arguably even moreso than Sato. Takashi really doesn't give two shits about the Resistance's cause and simply finds modern life so boring that he's willing to join up with Sato. Though the fact that he gets himself high before each mission probably has something to do with it.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Gen. [[spoiler:his brother]] Gen.



* AdaptationalHeroism: In the anime, he's a genuine believe in the Resistance's supposed cause. In the manga, however, he's every bit as bloodthirsty as Sato and simply enjoys causing chaos for its own sake.



* TheGenericGuy: He gets the least characterization out of all the members of the Ajin Resistance.



* ScarsAreForever: He has a scar across the bridge of his nose. As an ajin this wouldn't be true, but he hasn't died since he got it.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Takahashi.

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* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:He's actually a human who joined the resistance because he and his brother Takashi wanted to mess stuff up.]]
* ScarsAreForever: He has a scar across the bridge of his nose. As an ajin this wouldn't be true, but he hasn't died since he got it.
it. [[spoiler:It's actually because he ''isn't'' an ajin.]]
* ThoseTwoGuys: With [[spoiler:his brother]] Takahashi.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Big time. In the anime, [[spoiler:all of them other than Tanaka defect once they realize Sato's true motives.]] In the manga, however, all of them are [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist just as bloodthirsty as Sato]], with the sole exception of Tanaka.

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* AdaptationalHeroism: Big time. In the anime, [[spoiler:all of them other than Tanaka defect once they realize Sato's true motives.]] In the manga, however, all [[spoiler:all of them are [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist just as bloodthirsty as Sato]], with the sole exception of Tanaka. Tanaka.]]
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* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: With the exception of [[TokenGoodTeammate Tanaka]], none of them have any illusions that they're fighting for the rights of demi-humans.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: In the manga, Tanaka is the only member of the Ajin resistance who genuinely believes in the cause.

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* AdaptationalNationality: He has the Welsh surname "Owen" in the manga, but the anime changes it to the Irish surname "O'Brian."


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!Sato (Real name: Samuel T. Owen/O'Brian)

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* NotInThisForYourRevolution: While he's the leader of the Ajin Resistance, Sato doesn't care even the tiniest bit about the cause he's supposedly fighting for. He's really just an adrenaline junkie doing it for thrills.
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* HateSink: Actually subverted. The start of the series sets him up as a rather hateable individual, but he displays some sympathetic HiddenDepths as time goes on.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: At the end of Volume 2, there's a one-off chapter dedicated to elaborating on just what happened in the Nakamura Shinya Incident.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: He's quite the eccentric, but his knowledge on Ajin is second to none.

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* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler: Kills her boss.]]

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* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler: Kills her boss.]]



* KickTheSonOfABitch: Many of his targets are not up to anything good either, oppressing and experimenting on Ajins and violating their rights. In spite of this, he is still the greater evil out of the two.
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* AdaptationalWimp: She fares poorly in her first fight against Tanaka's IBM in Eriko's hospital room in the live action movie adaptation, where Tanaka had her on the ropes the entire time. In both the manga and anime, she easily turns the tide of the fight in her favor shortly after reviving and quickly recovering from Tanaka's [[ImpaledWithExtrememPrejudice surprise attack]], forcing him to retreat after accomplishing his objective of obtaining Eriko.

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* AdaptationalWimp: She fares poorly in her first fight against Tanaka's IBM in Eriko's hospital room in the live action movie adaptation, where Tanaka had her on the ropes the entire time. In both the manga and anime, she easily turns the tide of the fight in her favor shortly after reviving and quickly recovering from Tanaka's [[ImpaledWithExtrememPrejudice [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice surprise attack]], forcing him to retreat after accomplishing his objective of obtaining Eriko.
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* GrumpyBear: He's never shown cracking a smile and constantly derides others as idiots for standing up for people.

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* GrumpyBear: TheKilljoy: He's never shown cracking a smile and constantly derides others as idiots for standing up for people.

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