History Characters / GoldenKamuySugimotosGroup

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: A lifetime spent diving has increased his lung capacity to the point where he can hold his breath for 30 minutes, due to his mastery of lung packing. He's also an exceptionally good swimmer, with his webbed hands and large feet assisting him in the task, and is shown to be both strong and durable in spite of his lanky build. [[spoiler:He gets the best out of Sugimoto in both of their fights, and only a hail of bullets while he's already heavily wounded from the 7th Division takes him out for good.]]

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* ArcherArchetype: She uses her bow with great accuracy to hunt bears and other animals, and is just as proficient with her arrows when it comes to fighting. She's also usually calm and serious person, with her stoic attitude being born out of the tragedies she experienced early in her life with both her father's murder, and Retar's departure.

** [[spoiler: Ogata becomes an enemy to all parties involved in the gold hunt after he goes rouge, knowing how dangerous he is and his lack of allegiance to anyone other than himself.]]

* InnocentBlueEyes: Asirpa has dark blue eyes. [[spoiler:It becomes plot-relevant when it's revealed her father came from Russia and her eyes confirm her link to Noppera-Bou, a Russian-born partisan.]]

* CoolGuns: An Arisaka type 30 rifle that he kept from his days in the army. He's not very accurate with it, whether he's fighting or hunting.

* [[TheChiefsDaughter The Chiefs Granddaughter]]: Her late maternal grandfather was the most important man in her village, and her maternal grandmother (Huci) is still revered as a vital authority figure. [[spoiler: Her father Wilk was also seen as the would be leader of the united Ainu peoples in their push for independence, at least until it all fell apart due to Tsurumi's machinations.

* [[TheChiefsDaughter The Chiefs Granddaughter]]: Her late maternal grandfather was the most important man in her village, and her maternal grandmother (Huci) is still revered as a vital authority figure. [[spoiler: Her father Wilk was also seen as the would be leader of the united Ainu peoples in their push for independence, at least until it all fell apart due to Tsurumi's machinations. It's little wonder why she was {{Race Lift}}ed to Native American in the in-universe movie based on the series.]]

* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler:With Asirpa after the timeskip in the epilogue, which shows they've been cohabiting for years, with Sugimoto having long moved on from his first love, and Asirpa, now older, still in love with him.]]

* ObliviousToLove: The fact that Umeko did love him back flew right over his head, even after she tearfully begged him to take her with him so they could run away together. [[spoiler:He's no better when it comes to Asirpa's feelings for him, and neither Boutarou's incessant pressing of the issue, nor her roundabout ways of expressing her affection ever clues Sugimoto in. Not even Asirpa telling Sugimoto [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove he's the most imporant person in the world to her]] before the final battle makes him realise it.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: After going through an indescribable amount of pain, loss and tragedy, Asirpa ends up [[spoiler:getting everything she wanted out of the gold hunt. She manages to find out the kind of person her father truly was and what happened to him, finally making peace with the fact that he's gone. She's able to keep her culture alive and improve the future of her people for generations to come thanks to the land deed, securing deals with the Japanese government for the rest of her life, and the gold doesn't cause further any carnage. Asirpa ends her story going back home to live with Sugimoto, the man she loves, who's now fully moved on from his old flame and has finally found a place where he can be happy, being by her side]].

* InsistentTerminology: Sugimoto is her '''partner,''' (aibō) and they refer to each other that way and no other for the entire story. However, her relationship chart in the fanbook has Sugimoto listed as her "Partner?", questioning if she [[PrecociousCrush "secretly harbors some feelings deeper than that"]]. [[spoiler:As it turns out, she does, being in love with him.]]

* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler:With Sugimoto after the timeskip in the epilogue, which shows they've been cohabiting for years, with Sugimoto having long moved on from his first love, and Asirpa, now older, still in love with him.]]

* [[TheChiefsDaughter The Chiefs Granddaughter]]: Her late maternal grandfather was the most important man in her village, and her maternal grandmother (Huci) is still revered as a vital authority figure. [[spoiler: Her father Wilk was also seen as the would be leader of the united Ainu peoples in their push for independence, at least until it all fell apart due to Tsurumi's machinations.]]

One of the Abashiri escapees, a convicted burglar and serial jailbreaker. As his nickname suggests, his unique talent is to be able to escape from any kind of prison or restraint without fail. Impressed by Sugimoto and Asirpa's determination, he decides to gamble on their success and supports them whenever he can. Unfortunately, he's proves useless whenever "escape" is not part of the plan.

** Subverted later in Karafuto. Kiroranke and Ogata say tell him he doesn't need to accompany them anymore as their next travels will be very dangerous, and Shiraishi has tried and failed to convince Asirpa to escape with him. The group parts ways, but immediately after the fact, Shiraishi recalls the many times Sugimoto entrusted Asirpa's safety to him should anything bad happen, and Shiraishi can't bring himself to leave her alone in Ogata and Kiroranke's company, knowing how dangerous they are. He rejoins the group immediately.

* TohokuRegionalAccent: He’s from a Matagi village in Ani, Akita, and during flashbacks to his time in the village he speaks in a mild Tōhoku dialect. However, in the main events of the story he mostly speaks standard Japanese, with only occasional Tōhoku mannerisms.

* SurprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage: She speaks standard Japanese fluently and without any noticeable accent or stumbles, unlike most of the Ainu-Japanese speakers in the series. [[spoiler: This is because she was taught the language by her father Wilk, who in turn had learnt Japanese while in Russia from a man called Hasegawa, in reality Lieutenuant Tsurumi, who was working as a spy, and had diguised his native Niigata accent the entire time, speaking without any traces of it.]]

* InnocentCohabitation: [[spoiler: With Sugimoto in the last chapter, as he lives with her in her home once the gold hunt is over.]]

* InnocentCohabitation: [[spoiler: With Asirpa in the last chapter, as he lives with her in her home once the gold hunt is over.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: He survives all the battles and perils of the gold hunt in spite of suffering horrendous injuries, delivers a respectful amount of the gold to Umeko in order to fulfill his honour debt towards her and Toraji, and is now finally free of guilt and regret over his past and actions. Sugimoto then tells Asirpa that he's finally found a place where he can be happy, choosing to return to Hokkaido with her. He goes on to spend his days living with Asirpa in peace and tranquility at her home.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: After going through an indescribable amount of pain, loss and tragedy, Asirpa ends up getting everything she wanted out of the gold hunt. She manages to find out the kind of person her father truly was and what happened to him, finally making peace with the fact that he's gone. She's able to keep her culture alive and improve the future of her people for generations to come thanks to the land deed, securing deals with the Japanese government for the rest of her life, and the gold doesn't cause further any carnage. Asirpa ends her story going back home to live with Sugimoto, the man she loves, who's now fully moved on from his old flame and has finally found a place where he can be happy, being by her side.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: After suffering humiliating misfortune after humiliating misfortune throughout Sugimoto and Asirpa’s adventure, it’s Shiraishi that manages to get away with the Ainu gold, eventually becoming the king of an island somewhere off the coast of Burma, fulfilling the late Boutarou's lifelong dream.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After being thrown around by all parties involved and put in mortal danger multiple times because of a treasure hunt he doesn't really care about, Tanigaki is able to leave Hokkaido alive, returning to Ani with his wife Inkarmat and their infant daughter. They go on to build a large, happy family, having 15 children together.]]

* WeaponOfChoice: An Arisaka Type 30 rifle, plus it's bayonet.

* WeaponOfChoice: A wooden bow with a string that she made of a whale's dorsal muscle, and [[PoisonedWeapon equipped with deadly poisoned arrows]].

* NiceHat: Sugimoto always sports the same military cap. no matter the circumstance. [[spoiler:Chapter 279 reveals that he had that cap long before he joined the military, receiving it as a symbol of gratitude from Kikuta for helping him out with the Kaneko incident. The cap originally belonged to Kikuta's late younger brother Toujirou, who died of disease during the Sino-Japanese War.]]

The co-protagonist of the series, a young Ainu huntress who meets Sugimoto at the start of the story. She quickly befriends him and agrees to help the war veteran look for the treasure, in exchange for getting revenge on the man who killed her father. Asirpa is unique among Ainu women in that she is a skilled survivalist and hunter; being vital to the party in and out of combat, even though she refuses to kill anyone. Asirpa the one that ensures that her group can survive while trekking through the harsh wilderness of Hokkaido.

* RapunzelHair: His hair goes down to his lower back. When he's in a fight, he'll often swing his hair at his opponent to throw them off guard.

A Russian border guard who was wounded and had his unit was wiped out by Ogata and Kiroranke. After this event he decided to desert from the Russian army and join Sugimoto's party to have his revenge on Ogata.

* HandicappedBadass: Is left unable to speak properly due to Ogata shooting him in the jaw, only communicating through gestures, drawings and mumbles, but is easily up there with Ogata as the best marksman in the series.

* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler:After watching a cinematograph (early film), that has footage of both of her parents living happily and peacefully in her village decades before the gold hunt, Asripa finally understands the significance that finding the gold and putting it to good use would have for her people and the survival of their culture, resolving to find it and easing her doubts on the matter.]]

* ScarilyCompetentTracker: Per Matagi tradition, he's an excellent tracker, and is able to easily discern tracks of any kind, be they animal or human, as Asripa found out during their first meeting.

* LastRequest: [[spoiler: Uses his last breath of life to leave his grandiose dream of buiding his own kingdom in the South East Asia using the Ainu gold to his good friend Shiraishi, asking him to make sure that he'll never be forgotten. The last chapter proves Shiraishi fulfilled his request, against all odds. Doubles as a humorous moment when Shirashi immediately mispronounces Boutarou's name.]]

* ButNotTooForeign: [[spoiler: She's legally Japanese, but is ethnically three quarters Ainu and one quarter Polish.]]

* ButNotTooForeign: [[spoiler: He's a Russian born Ainu-Tartar man.]]

* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Once he manages to separate Asirpa from Sugimoto, Kiroranke wastes no time in manipulating her into sympathizing for the plight of the indigenous populations of Karafuto, in order to turn her against the Japanese and Russian governments. It works, but not in the way Kiroranke expected, as Asirpa's resolve to help her people strengthens now that her worldview has broadened, but she still doesn't show any interest in starting the violent revolution Kiroranke had hoped for.]]
* RapidHairGrowth: He shaves it off to disguise himself as a jockey in chapter 61. It grows back into a stubble minutes after the race ends.

* HeelFaceTurn: He quickly deserts from the 7th Division, refusing to kill innocent people.[[spoiler: Justified as he never intended to become a soldier in the first place.]] He's unique in being the only member of Sugimoto's party who has absolutely zero interest in the gold, unlike Asirpa who is conflicted over it during most of the tale.

* IOweYouMyLife: Asirpa and later Huci saved his life early in the story when he was poisoned. Out of gratitude, Tanigaki promises to Huci that he'll make sure Asirpa returns safe and sound to her village.[[spoiler:The ending proves that, although he wasn't the one to bring her back, Tanigaki fulfilled his oath as Asirpa safely returns to the village.]]

* MrFanservice: Tanigaki is practically the manga's idol. His muscled physique is the most regularly exposed out of all the characters (even a formal photo session turns into a gag when the photographer asks Tanigaki to pose in his fundoshi). Moreover, the marketing also puts him at the forefront, with one notable panel during [[https://twitter.com/young_jump/status/941586535790428165 Jump Festa 2018]].

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Despite his beard and rugged appearance, he is no older than Sugimoto who is in his early twenties.

* AmbiguouslyBi: His eagerness to get close to Shiraishi aside, both of his flashbacks leave little doubt about his orientation, with one showing him naked in bed with [[{{Gayngster}} Wakayama the Yakuza]] looking over him, and the other one shows him getting his driving lessons in Eddie Dun's car, once again alongside Wakayama, with the American pantless, the yakuza boss only wearing a choker, and Boutarou naked. Still expresses that his dream involves having as many children as he can with as many women as he's able to.

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: A lifetime spent diving has increased his lung capacity to the point where he can hold his breath for 30 minutes, due to his mastery of lung packing. He's also an exceptionally good swimmer, with his large hands and webbed feet assisting him in the task, and is shown to be both strong and durable in spite of his lanky build. [[spoiler:He gets the best out of Sugimoto in both of their fights, and only a hail of bullets while he's already heavily wounded from the 7th Division takes him out for good.]]

* GeniusBruiser: He's certainly strong and can more than hold his own in a fight, as Sugimoto soons finds out.[[spoiler: The genius part comes from having more or less figured the key parts to solve the code by his own initiative, getting his information about the gold by going to Ainu villages, and by having already seeked out the convicts on his own. His eagerness to make Asirpa give up on the hunt stems from this, as he soon figures out she's the key to the gold and is too risky to have her be killed in combat.]]

* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: He simply has no concept of it, be it physically, as shown by both of his flashbacks and him constantly getting to minimal distance with Shiraishi and Sugimoto, or when it comes to people's private lives and relationships, a topic Boutarou is simply fascinated by and cannot let go of, [[TheyreCalledPersonalIssuesForAReason much to Sugimoto and Asirpa's annoyance.]]

* ShipperOnDeck: The biggest one in the series by far, for Sugimoto and Asirpa. Neither of them are willing to entretain his questions for long, but Boutarou quickly figures out that Sugimoto [[SelectiveObliviousness cares way more about Asirpa than he realizes]], and that Asirpa [[CannotSpitItOut is in love with Sugimoto, but isn't ready to tell him yet]]. To Asirpa's [[LuminescentBlush embarrassment]], Boutarou simply refuses to drop the issue for the entire arc, often bringing it up within earshot of Sugimoto. [[spoiler: It's a deliberate ploy by Boutarou, who's counting on Asirpa giving up on finding the gold to go back to her village to live with Sugimoto.]]

* VisionaryVillain: His goal is to get the Ainu gold to found a kingdom in a Southeast Asian island, and to have lots of children so that his exploits will live in eternity. [[spoiler:His motivation for this is surprisingly sympathetic, as his entire family died of smallpox when he was young, so Boutarou will build a new family that's so big that, no matter what happens, he won't ever be lonely again. His death at the hands of the 7th Division prevents him from fulilling his dream, but the very last page of the manga reveals that Shiraishi honoured his last wish and used the remaining half of the Ainu gold to make Boutarou's dream a reality.]]
* WouldntHurtAChild: His missed anchor strike on Asirpa was entirely due to not being aware of her being in the ship. [[spoiler:In fact, while he takes Asirpa from Sugimoto when both are suffering from smoke inhalation, he ends up saving her life by taking her away from the burning building.]]