Kiichi Momozaki

""N-n-now is the time to stand up! Saga! Let’s get Saga back!""

Kiichi Momozaki (百崎 喜一 Momozaki Kiichi) A man from the Meiji era who met and fell in love with Yugiri. He dreams of restoring Saga to a suitable prefecture after it was forcibly merged with neighboring Nagasaki after the Saga Rebellion of 1874. He is a supporting character introduced in "Episode 20".

Appearance
Kiichi's physical appearance is that of a young man of around 17 years old and he has orange hair and eyes of the same color, apparently he does not seem to have physical abilities.

He wears a long red Yukarta and wooden shoes, plus a white shirt underneath.

Personality
Kiichi is a young man with enough energy and a noble heart who wants to regain Saga's glory after the war of 8 years ago, his father died during the war so he was taken in by Xu as his grandson constantly takes care of him. In fact, it is thanks to Xu that Kiichi decides to go out into the streets of Saga to distribute pamphlets to recover Saga's former glory, whether he is pushed in the streets or his friends take advantage of him, nothing seems to go well for him. When he meets Yugiri, he instantly falls in love and treats her like a lady, to the point of giving her a comb that she would later use when she was revived, according to Ito's words they would both form a good couple because they seem to be made for each other.

He is a rather idealistic and childish young man who is willing to fulfill his dreams but is unfortunately ignored by people and everyone around him seems indifferent or opposes his efforts to restore Saga, to the point of getting into trouble with the forces of order, when he finally gets support for his cause to bring Saga back, he is left aside by his companions who want to go to war to recover Saga but they are killed by Ito who was there to stop any rebellion. Because of this, Kiichi feels like useless because real people died because of him and his childhood dream, but Yugiri manages to console him and tells him that these people will not die in vain and that his dream must be fulfilled no matter how childish it may be, which motivates Kiichi to escape Saga and guide his future new Saga.

Natural Abilities

 * TBA

Skillset

 * TBA - TBA

Etymology

 * The name Kiichi means "joy" (喜) (ki) and "one" (一) (ichi).
 * Kiichi's surname Momozaki means "hundred" (百) (momo) and "cape, peninsula" (崎) (saki/zaki).

Trivia

 * Kiichi shares the same voice actor as Kotaro Tatsumi in the original dub with the two being voiced by Mamoru Miyano.
 * Kiichi also shares a similar goal as Kotaro's. The former's goal is to revive Saga Prefecture, while the latter's goal is to revive Saga's idol industry.
 * Kiichi's debut episode as well as the episode that follows are the first two, and so far, only episode to not feature an entry from Kotaro’s diary as the synopsis, but they are instead taken from Kiichi’s memorandum from when he first met Yugiri and after witnessing Ito’s deception.
 * It is also revealed in the same episode that he was the one who gifted Yugiri the small red comb with the floral pattern she can be seen using throughout the series.
 * The group picture of him, Ito and Yugiri can be seen resting in one of the shelves in the Jofuku Bar, as shown ear the end of the twenty-first episode.

Kiichi Momozaki