Kouta Hasegawa

Kouta Hasegawa (長谷川 康太, Kouta Hasegawa?) is the main protagonist of Sanrio Boys. He is a fan of the popular Sanrio mascot, Pompompurin that he was given a plush toy from his grandmother as a child.

He is embarrassed to openly admit he likes Pompompurin until he meets Yuu Mizuno and Shunsuke Yoshino.

Appearance
Kouta has neatly combed chestnut brown hair that is styled into a helmet cut with messy bangs covering his forehead, his irises are golden yellow with small dark pupils and his overall stature is average in size.

Kouta is usually seen in his school uniform, consisting mainly of a brown blazer with yellow buttons and his school’s logo emblazoned on it, a white collared shirt, navy blue necktie, checkered grey slacks and chocolate brown dress shoes. On his left wrist he wears a yellow-trimmed brown wristband.

Personality
Kouta was initially shown to be somewhat an introvert who usually kept to himself. However, this changes after his meeting with Yuu Mizuno and Shunsuke Yoshino, after which he became friendlier and more open, as well as less shy about his interests.

Kouta is still shy about his interests, even after openly admitting it to his friends, he still feels a rush of embarrassment when it is brought up in conversation.

As a child, he was more open about his interests, but this resulted to him getting bullied for liking ‘girly’ things. Ever since then, he kept to himself most of the time.

History
As a child, Kouta was open about his interests that his grandmother had given him a Pompompurin Stuffed Toy for his birthday, which he loved. However, his love for Pompompurin is what caused other children to start teasing him. Due to this, Kouta blamed his grandmother for everything that had happened to him. He wanted to apologize for a long time, but his grandmother passed before he got the chance.

Etymology

 * The name Kouta means "peace" (康) (kou) and "thick, big, great" (太) (ta).
 * Kouta's surname Hasegawa means "long, chief, boss" (長) (ha), "valley" (谷) (se) and "river, stream" (川) (kawa/gawa).