Torako Koshi, a second-year student at Prefectural Hino Minami High. She's the president of the council and class representative of 2-B. She's attractive, great at school, and prolific in sports. She's revered as a perfect girl not only at school but also in her neighborhood. But, Torako Koshi, whose high school life seems to be going so well, has a secret she can't tell anyone - She's actually a former delinquent.
The narrator, about Koshi
Torako Koshi (虎視 虎子, Koshi Torako), or simply Koshitan (こしたん), is the president of the student council and the Deer Club, and the former class representative of 2-B at Hino Minami High School.
She is the classmate, best friend, and clubmate of Noko Shikanoko, and the older sister, schoolmate, and clubmate of Koshi Anko.
She is one of the main protagonists of the Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan series who made her debut in Chapter 1 of the manga and "Girl Meets Deer" of the anime.
Appearance[]
Torako has long blonde hair that fades into a light pink gradient at the bottom, with two horn-like tufts at the side, as well as an ahoge at the top of her head. She has purple-pink gradient eyes and fair skin.
She wears a traditional sailor-like school uniform, accompanied by a light blue scarf and knee-length navy blue skirt. She wears long, grayish-black stockings and brown penny loafers.
Personality[]
Wanting to change for the better as a former delinquent, Koshi has vowed to renew her ways and, within the span of a year, has become the complete opposite - an honor student who's athletic, kind, helpful, and adored by all.
She is introduced as a composed person who is always in control, although this becomes challenged after meeting Shikanoko Noko, wherein the latter's antics makes some of her delinquent-like traits slip out more often than she would like to admit. Her delinquent mannerisms can include more threatening language, sharp glares, and a deeper voice.
She dislikes being the only one self-aware about the consequences of Noko's nature and antics, especially when her own reputation is put on the line. She also dislikes whenever she is the only one putting in any effort in doing things that is expected of a group. She dislikes when her past as a delinquent or other secrets are brought to light, often by Shikanoko Noko.
She is very easily embarrassed, often heavily blushing from romantic gestures like love letters, or inquiries about her love life. Torako also tends to get embarrassed from situations she puts herself in - such as being observed when singing to a deer. This embarrassment often causes Torako to freak out. She is also easily swept by her own emotions - such as when she easily believed Noko will leave the club permanently on grounds of Bashame's diagnosis without even asking for a second opinion.
On top of being an honors student, she is also very passionate about her likes and hobbies - having a collection of stuffed toys she kisses before going to bed, calling out to several shonen manga characters for help when met with difficult situations, and displaying her knack for interior design after being left in charge with managing the warehouse for the Deer Club. Furthermore, she does not dislike being an idol, as indicated by her route during the Game of Deer Life.
Abilities[]
- Charisma - She is friendly, kind, and caring to the people around her. Something she worked hard to become after promising to quit her days as a former delinquent.
- Wide intellect - She is a top student in her class and school overall, always passing with flying colors.
Skillset[]
- Construction - She and Noko were the ones to fix and renovate the warehouse, turning it into the meeting place of the Deer Club members.
- Interior designing - She was primarily responsible for decorating the Deer Club's warehouse and turning it into a cozy hang out space
- Leadership skills - Due to her leadership skills, she is simultaneously the class representative, student council president, and president of the deer club.
- Athleticism - According to the narrator in the first episode, Torako is also very athletic and adept at sports.
- Gardening/Botany - Like her stuffed toys, Koshi has a tendency to collect and take care of potted plants. She is shown to do so with the Deer Club's decor of house plants.
- Poetry and song-writing - Though not outright shown, Koshi does have a "secret notebook" which consists of her self-written poetry as well as original songs.
- Musical talent - She is shown to sample snippets of her own original song from her aforementioned notebook to a wild deer in "Bashame Enrolls".
- Sewing - In Chapter 6, she is shown to be able to sew Noko's tattered jacket.
- Contest-judging - Alongside Nekoyamada in Chapter 26, she was also one of the judges for the sports festival.
Trivia[]
- Her nickname Tiger of Hino is actually just her name 虎子 (Tiger) of Hino, following the animal-naming convention of the rest of the Deer Club members, as well as those of the student council members.
- Despite the official English name of the series being My Deer Friend Nokotan, the transliteration of the original title is just a combination of Noko's full name, Shikanoko Noko, and Koshi's nickname, Koshitan.
- Putting the transliteration of the two names into account, Noko's full name may roughly mean "Deer Girl who is unbothered", while the nickname Koshitan also works as an idiom, meaning "to watch intently (like a tiger)" - making the literal meaning of the original title as "Deer Girl is unbothered by the tiger watching her intently".
- Despite the official English name of the series being My Deer Friend Nokotan, the transliteration of the original title is just a combination of Noko's full name, Shikanoko Noko, and Koshi's nickname, Koshitan.
- Her design is reminiscent to that of Erina Nakiri from the anime, Shokugeki no Soma.
- Incidentally, both are high school students that are well-respected, frequently gets embarrassed by the main characters' teasing and antics, and are important characters to their respective anime. Both characters also end up dropping their facade at one point in their respective anime.
- Torako, being conscious about her self-image of being the perfect girl, tries her best to hide her past as a delinquent.
- Additionally, Torako thanks her becoming a delinquent to the influence of several shonen manga, and Tokyo Revengers in particular.
- Because of this, she also has the tendency to call for help from various shonen anime characters whenever she is met with a difficult situation.
- One of the many traits of a delinquent in Japan is dyed blonde hair, which Torako has. Though, whether or not Torako's hair color is dyed or natural remains unknown.
- Additionally, Torako thanks her becoming a delinquent to the influence of several shonen manga, and Tokyo Revengers in particular.
- Her Japanese voice actor, Saki Fujita, is best known for the voice of Hatsune Miku.
- Excluding the narrator, Torako is the one of only two characters (aside from Noko herself) to break the fourth wall as part of her character. In her case, she often talks to the audience and is self-aware that she is in an anime.
- It is revealed in "Deer Meets Dark Girl", that Torako has a stuffed teddy bear she names Kumagoro.
- In addition to this, it is revealed that she has a whole collection of stuffed animals she sleeps with and kisses goodnight.
- Anko reveals how Torako has no experience in romance whatsoever, as the latter believes the perfect person would appear before her akin to those in shoujo manga, with one of her favorites being Bessatsu Friends.
- According to Anko, Torako's "guilty pleasure" is anime aimed at children.
- According to Noko, Torako kept wetting the bed until she turned ten years old.
- Torako's favorite food is TKG (tamago kake gohan), also known as rice with scrambled eggs.
- "Girl Meets Deer" and "Deer Meets Dark Girl" are the only episodes wherein Koshi is absent from one of the eyecatches.
- It is revealed in "Bashame Enrolls", that Torako not only takes care and names her stuffed animals, but also does the same for the deer club's potted plants.
- Her care of potted plants is reinforced when she freaks out over Tsunoda eating the potted plants.
- In the same episode, the scene during wherein Torako insists on singing samples of her own original songs to the deer is used as part of the advertising campaign for the anime, wherein the scene is edited to make it look like she is dancing to the chorus of the series' opening song, Shika-iro Days.
- As of the same episode, she and Noko are now third-year students.
- In Chapter 3/"Grab Her Weakness!", because of Koshi being instructed by Noko to use the explosive antler as self-defense, this resulted in the former accidentally blowing up a part of the school when she threw it away thinking it was a regular antler, which had the news made it to the headlines the following day.
- Megumi Han and Saki Fujita, Koshi and Noko's voice actresses, respectively, posted a picture on Twitter reenacting the scene in which Noko attaches antlers to Koshi in the episode "DeerColle, Streaming, Hospitality, etc.".[4]
- Chapter 10 is the first time wherein Koshi misses a day of school (and on her own accord), after becoming a reformed delinquent.
- The episode that adapts this chapter, however, omits this scene, making it only canon in the manga.
- At the end of Chapter 16, Koshi has also contracted hay fever.
- Anko reveals in Chapter 22/"The Deer Club in the Crosshairs" that Torako likes to sing in the shower.
- In the author's notes doodle at the end of Chapter 25/"Summer Deer Festival", Anko reveals that she took Torako's first-year uniform instead of buying her own.
- Anko reveals in Chapter 28 that Torako is a terrible cook, so the former prepares her bento for her.
- The segment adapting said chapter in "Blame It On Spring..." is the first wherein neither Koshi nor Noko appear.
- One of the posts promoting "Get The Sports Festival Done!" on the show's official Twitter is an exclusive picture of the Koshi sisters doing a pose.[5]
- Apparently, as of the same episode, Torako has acquired ulcer because of the several mess ups in the schedule.
- This episode also marks the first time Torako's true self is exposed to the whole school. Despite this, her nature of a former delinquent is seemingly accepted by everyone. However, this sends her into a dilemma as it makes her wonder if her efforts of trying to cover it all up for over a year has been for naught.
References[]
- ↑ Anko, her younger sister, indirectly reveals in "Bashame Enrolls" that she is fifteen; making Torako slightly older.
- ↑ Chapter 13
- ↑ Chapter 16/"Blame It On Spring…"
- ↑ Megumi Han's status
- ↑ The Koshi sisters posing