Ryuuji Takasu

Ryuuji Takasu is the main male protagonist from the Tora Dora anime and light novels.

Ryuuji is a seventeen-year-old high school student in his second year, in class 2-C. Due to biological inheritance, his sanpaku eyes make him look like an intimidating delinquent and cause many misunderstandings. He lives in a fatherless family with just his mother and, due to this, Ryuuji has learned to be self-sufficient. He is good at cooking and keeps everything in his house clean (to the point of obsession), and also excels at sewing.

Appearance
Ryuuji is a young man of average height with short, blue hair, and due to heredity, his sanpaku eyes make him look like an intimidating delinquent and causes many misunderstandings because people find him scary. He is usually seen wearing the school uniform.

Personality
Ryuuji often helps Taiga Aisaka with domestic chores which she is otherwise unable to perform. At school, he is known as "the only person able to stop the palmtop tiger", referring to Taiga's nickname. Due to the misunderstandings due to his looks, as well as how he grew up, he tends to look down on himself. Despite this, Ryuuji is rather calm in most situations and is responsible, smart and has great grades, even when compared to Yusaku Kitamura, his best friend.

In the light novels, he sees a tender side of Taiga Aisaka that she hides from everyone. In the anime, he is dense when it comes to girls' feelings, especially about things between him, Taiga, Minori Kushieda and Ami Kawashima.

While initially seen as intimidating by most others, he makes more friends. His feelings and relationship to Taiga begin to change as he spends more time with her throughout the series. Eventually, he and Taiga become a couple, and married each other so in that way they can both be adults.

Trivia

 * His dad, who was apparently a delinquent, abandoned the two of them, leaving Ryuuji's mother, Yasuko Takasu, to raise him by herself.
 * According to Yasuko, Ryuuji inherited his dad's physical features (especially his eyes and expressions). Because of that, he was misunderstood very often. People started labeling him as a delinquent.