Shunsuke Yoshino

Shunsuke Yoshino (吉野 俊介, Shunsuke Yoshino?) is the main tritagonist of the Sanrio Boys series. He is the best friend of Yuu Mizuno and a member of the school’s soccer team who has an obsession with Sanrio mascot Hello Kitty.

Appearance
Shunsuke is a tall, handsome young man with a muscular build. His skin has a slight brownish hue to it and his eyes are sharp and pointed and have golden irises. His hair is styled into several tiny spikes and is a pale blonde color.

Shunsuke wears his school’s uniform, except without the blazer most of the time, and a modified version of the school’s tie with a diagonal red stripe at the bottom. He wears a white collared shirt, grey dress pants and red and black laced sneakers.

Personality
Shunsuke is a very blunt, straightforward and serious guy with a serious and stoic personality who appears to speak in a low, grumpy tone as compared to his peers and is the type of person who rarely smiles. Despite this, he is shown to care deeply for his friends and is very loyal, especially to Yuu Mizuno, despite them often getting into fights or arguments.

He is serious about his sports and carries a Hello Kitty Omamori around with him in his pocket that a girl had given him in the past, using it as his source of luck while playing. He calls her ‘Kitty-san’ and even blames her for his loss at one point.

On some rare occasions, Shunsuke does smile, but it is usually only just a slight grin. His bluntness is possibly an outcome caused by some events that had happened to him in the past.

History
In the past, Shunsuke had feelings for a girl in his class who had given him a Hello Kitty Omamori a day before the school’s football tournament, which is how his obsession with the character first started. He had promised to the girl that he would win the game. However, after winning the game, he excitedly went to look for the girl while holding the Omamori in his hand, only to discover that she had moved away.

Etymology

 * The name Shunsuke means "talented, handsome" (俊) (shun) and "forerunner, herald" (介) (suke).
 * Shunsuke's surname Yoshino means "lucky, good" (吉) (yoshi) and "field, wilderness" (野) (no).