Taichi Hiranaka

Taichi Hiranaka
Role	Student (1980s Mode)
Class	2-2
Club	Delinquent
Persona	Violent
Reputation	-67 (overall) Liked: -80 Respected: -100 Feared: +70
Crush	None
Strength	Armed
Appears	Week 1 (1980s Mode)
Games	Yandere Simulator
Voice	Alejandro Saab

Taichi Hiranaka (a.k.a Josuke Pompadour) is one of the male students who attended Akademi in 1980s Mode.

Before he was reintroduced in 1980s Mode, he was a delinquent and one of the students who attended Akademi in 202X Mode.

Appearance

Taichi wears the default 1980s uniform, except that his blazer is unbuttoned, revealing a black shirt, and he carries a weapons bag, containing a bokken.

Taichi has black hair done into a large, Josuke-styled pompadour. He has brown eyes.

Personality

“	Fascinated by delinquent culture and aesthetics. Sees Akademi as a place where he can 'roleplay' as a delinquent without consequence. When outside of Akademi, his demeanor is completely different.	”
	— Description in Ryoba's notebook.

Among the personas that are currently implemented, Taichi is Violent. If Ryoba Aishi gets too close to him, he will push her away. If she initiates a fight with him, he will fight until either one of them is injured. If he loses, he will drop his weapon.

If he sees Ryoba carrying a corpse or murdering someone, he will run up to her and begin a combat mini-game and will not stop attacking her until the player fails a button prompt, or until Ryoba kills him.

If he sees Ryoba bloody or insane, he will only mock her and not lower her reputation.

Topics

The topics towards Taichi are as follows:

It is impossible to learn the following information in game. It was taken from the game files directly.
Positive	Negative
Drama Cosplay Cats Violence Reading	Cooking Gardening Socializing School Nature

Routine

Current

At 7:05 AM, Taichi enters the school grounds. He walks to his locker at 7:10 AM and changes from his outdoor shoes to his indoor shoes. At 7:20 AM, he walks to the incinerator, and talks with Shichiro, Togo, Saburo, and Seishiro.

At 8:30 AM, Taichi walks into Classroom 2-2 and sits at his desk. He starts his morning classes at 8:40 AM, and leaves to go to the incinerator at 1:00 PM.

Taichi walks back to class again at 1:40 PM and goes to the incinerator between 3:30 PM and 4:00 PM.

Previous

Taichi spawned by the left side of the disposal area at 7:15 AM. He disappeared at 8:30 AM and returned at 1:15 PM. He disappeared again at 1:30 PM, this time for the rest of the day.

Illustrations

An illustration of Taichi from the third anniversary blogpost.

Gallery

Taichi's 1st portrait. October 10th, 2021.

Taichi's 2nd portrait. December 12th, 2021.

Taichi Hiranaka's 2nd Profile. December 12th, 2021.

Taichi before getting removed in the August 26th, 2018 Build.

2nd Model of Taichi Hiranaka in 1980s Mode.

Trivia

• He was implemented in the March 2nd, 2016 Build, removed in the April 26th, 2018 Build, and re-implemented in the October 10th, 2021 Build (a.k.a 1980s Mode).
• If his name is separated as Ta-ichi, the ta part can be written as "thick" (太), "luxury" (汰), or "many, multiple" (多); the ichi part (一) is a common suffix in Japanese masculine names that means "number one".
  • If his name is separated as Tai-chi, the tai part can be written as "thick" (太), "large" (大), or "peaceful" (泰); the chi part can be written as "earth, ground" (地) or "young" (稚).
    • The hira part of his surname, Hiranaka, means "flat, peace" (平), while the naka part can be written as "center" (中) or "relationships" (仲).