Takeo Go

Takeo Go (豪 剛雄, Gō Takeo) is a supporting character in the series, starting from his debut episode "Episode 8" onwards. He is the ex-manager and widowed father of Lily Hoshikawa.

Appearance
Takeo is a huge, burly man with a scar on his left eye, the kanji for his name literally translates to 'War Man Grand', worthy of a huge and cartoonish man. and that follows the theme of Lily Hoshikawa's birth name.

Currently, he has a noticeable scar on his left eye. After Lily's death, during a moment of anger and sadness just before he wrecked the television in their house, you can actually see him scratching his own face and creating that desperate scar from the loss of Lily.

He is so big and heavy that he causes shaking every time he walks, a flashback shows that Lily's mother was much more attractive than him. It's pretty obvious who Lily got her cute looks from.

Personality
Despite his gigantic size and intimidating appearance, Takeo is genuinely a friendly guy to others and generally a reserved and reserved man. He makes this noticeable at the Franchouchou concert in Episode 8; he remembers the time with Lily Hoshikawa and finally manages to put it behind him.

He seems to deeply regret how his last words to Lily were dismissive about the fact that Lily was distressed by the growth of body hair, due to being trans and did not want to go through puberty, He cries hard after Lily's death, clearly blaming himself for overworking her.

Etymology

 * The name Takeo means "sturdy, strength, robust, tough" (剛) (take) and "hero, manly" (雄) (o).
 * Takeo's surname Go means "overpowering, great, powerful, excelling, Australia, fine feathers, writing brush, little" (豪).

Trivia

 * When Takeo is asked about how the crew came up with his character design, they responded how they "wanted to draw ugly men for a change" which would make others question if Takeo himself is whether or not a human being.
 * As revealed by Lily Hoshikawa in Takeo’s debut episode, he wears Size 5XL clothes.
 * Takeo shares the same name as one of the cities located within the Saga Prefecture.
 * He received a head kick from 105lb Saki that somehow had enough power to knock him over and instantly knock him out.
 * According to Lily, he sang the song "Life" because his wife loved it.