( 狐諸 友月心)Tomogashi Kitsumoro 

Nationality: Japanese

Birthday: October 10

Protagonist Debut: Speed Legend: The Main Story (スピードの伝説)

Age:       17  (Mugen: Akiyama Chronicles)

              18  (Mugen: Akiyama Chronicles - Epilogue)

              19  (Main Story / R-series)

              21  (Supido no Densetsu S series)

              22  (Viaggio Grande)

              23/24  (Supido no Densetsu V series)

 

             Tomogashi Kitsumoro, in the beginning, is a mere highschool student who aspires either to become a professional racer or one who owns his dream car - A Nissan Skyline R34. He's a very emotional guy who has the uncanny string of luck for most of his life - able to live the dream yet see its true colors which had demoralized him from time to time - on both the profressional and the street worlds of racing. The story mainly revolves around his life - from the day he graduates highschool to the day he graduates from his childhood dream. He mains a Nissan Silvia K's (CS14) inherited from Kogure then moved on to the Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 V-spec II, a gift from a friend which he soon used as his main for the rest of the series.

 

 

Story:

 

 

Life in Japan                                                                                                                        _

 

                Tomo lives in the urban area at Gunma Prefecture who recently moved in with his cousin, Kogure Seishiro after his parents decide to leave him be in Kogure’s care. Tomo was keeping hidden resentments which he expressed to Kogure which he has been longing. Kogure gave him the assurance that it is his time for him to explore what he needs to explore – his dream of being in the auto racing environment. Tomo was being envied in his class, despite him keeping a small group of friends and distancing himself from his classmates for good measure – he was soon nearly pummeled and drowned to death at lake Akina over the ruse of a Mathematics homework he decides to extort his classmates over as a form for being manipulated by them. At his assumed death bed while his body sinks down the lake, he accepted his fate thinking he’s the fire that lights everyone’s oils – he hated himself for being too good, too proud, too… everything. He wanted to die at that point; at most he lost consciousness. He was rescued by a certain girl who then made the arrangements to get Tomo into the ward. He woke up with selective amnesia where his affected memory was of Kogure’s. Unbeknownst to Tomo, Kogure took care of the people responsible while he recovers. By the time he is fully recovered, Tomo recalls Kogure but he no longer sees him around. His only memory of Kogure is the white Nissan CS14 Silvia and the paperwork for the basic class of the Akiyama Racing school.

 

                Following those events, Tomo moved on with his highschool life with his best friends Hiei & Ryuusen despite the missing memory which did not faze him. Later, he rescued Kasumi Nadeshiko, who was soon to be assaulted by thugs from another school, by scaring them away. His life was again put on the line when he tried to plow his way through the thugs, ending up with Kasumi saving him instead after the leader was knocked out by her. Later on, he became more engaged in the street racing community after he crossed lanes with Kyosuke Katsumaru, who turns out to be his schoolmate. Kyosuke even gave him a new car to start with, given his ties with his work for a hand-me-down Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R base model. Kasumi and Tomo have been seeing each other more regularly right after the moment she realized that she was a regular around the street racing community, after being brought around Mt. Myogi by Natsumi Tanoshiku, another of Tomo’s schoolmates whom he is emotionally attached to as well.

 

                Tomo eventually became active in the racing world, garnering the attention of street racers in the Northern Kantou area hoping to challenge him – a young prodigy winning races in a near-stock Nissan Skyline R34 with little experience. He got the attention of the White charisma of Gunma – Takeshi Musashiro, Irohazaka’s Underground legend – Genjuro Densetsu, and even the newest famed female street racer of Gunma, Natsumi Tanoshiku. Tomo overcame them all and continued to improve – he was even given an offer by Takeshi for some pre-professional training to improve on his racing skills which he willingly accepted. To him, it is his steppingstone to his dream career.

 

                As graduation is around the corner, Tomo became active with Reminiscent White, then soon traversed over to Noyzee Tribe, a new teamed made by the combined forces of Tomo – the Group A specialist, Kyosuke the lightweight specialist and his C and B class machines, and the Rotary Brothers of Saitama – Kitami and Shinosuke Kitamaru. He starts to become aware of his feelings with his friends and he is in fear of losing them the moment he takes a huge step up in his career. Before graduation, he aimed to be a known street racing group alongside them to get the attention of the professionals.  He got the attention of Daiki Akiyama, the racing prince of Japan; the youngest racing specialist of the country who soon challenged him to a three-way duel to teach him the elements of racing in each battle. He was given the opportunity to join the professional league, living out his dream, right after graduation. Discontent for his feelings with Rikona Shimmitsu, his long term crush, he asks her out on a date (Tomo’s very first) to put some proper closure and for Tomo’s guarantee that she, knowing Tomo’s feelings, won’t waver. Unfortunately for Tomo, it didn’t last to her but he wasn’t disappointed as his love for Kasumi (and Sakura Johina, his childhood friend and Tomo’s significant racing other) continues to grow while in the pro league.

 

 

 

The World League                                                                                                                 _

 

Tomo soon expanded his horizons and grew up under the hands of Daiki Akiyama and the rest of team Japan. They soon went to their first location outside Japan – Italy. Tomo got to meet Kitana Tioseco, Daiki’s apprentice back in the day, who was rumoured to be the European Matador of Italy with her Lamborghini Diablo. Tomo, who is in a romantic state of confusion, mistook her for Rikona Shimmitsu and got beat up for it. Tomo went through some romantic relapses when he received a letter from Rikona who decided to let go of her feelings for her as time passed – throwing away all his feelings for her. Tomo talked to Kazuhiko Aizawa, a visiting accomplice of Daiki’s who counseled Tomo about his feelings, blinded by his “undying” affection for someone who pushed her aside, neglecting the feelings of the girl who is caring for her – Kasumi. A momentary rift came in between Tomo and Kasumi but it was mended back after guaranteeing each other’s feelings, prior to Tomo’s battle against Kitana: a 300 kilometer sprint from Cote D Azur all the way to Kitana’s private circuit southeast of Italy.  The race ended in a double blow, but Tomo’s R34 lived; which brought about a mystery to everyone. As compensation for the efforts they went through for Kitana, Tomo repaired her Lamborghini, giving it the GT2 treatment before leaving Italy.

 

They went to the United States, starting at San Francisco, California, to continue on at Infineon Raceway – the next venue of the International GT League (IGTL). Tomo got involved with American street Racing, dubbed the “underground” and got the attention of the most wanted street racer with the greatest ranked infractions: Lucas Scott. Outside racing, Tomo exercised his learning in the culinary field at restaurants around California, got intimately closer to Kasumi, and even met Lucas Scott himself outside racing; not to mention got mistakenly arrested by the local police due to his vehicle misinformation. Tomo confronted Lucas Scott under the instruction of the detective, tasked to handle the Lucas Scott case, to take him down. Tomo was successful in beating Lucas’s Chevrolet Corvette Z06 down to a classic canyon battle which ended up with Lucas being arrested. He chased after Sakura’s debut at Infineon right after to show his support to her. In the end, Tomo and Lucas had a heart to heart talk about pride that got Tomo to think about what he’s getting into. Lamenting over Lucas’ words, he got ambushed by a Dodge Viper and was ultimately defeated.

Going to the next place at Vancouver Canada, Tomo becomes passive around the members of Team Japan but continues to act fine, in order not to worry Kasumi nor Sakura. Comically, Tomo was confronted by Canadian young gun model Nathan Archibald Jr., who kissed Kasumi in public. Tomo recalls the same Dodge Viper he raced back at California, and turns out to be Nathan’s. He was soon provoked to race to get back at what he did to Kasumi but he received humble apologies by the time he meets his father – Nathan Archibald Sr. Nathe offered to provide them their mansion to stay in as they prepare for the next round. Tomo was confronted by Nathan Sr. when he found out that he is daily a culinarian and a professional racer at the same time – he was tested to prove his priorities. Nathan Sr. rebuked Tomo off his rights to his car and forced him to go full time as a chef in his place. Tomo broke down in the end and opened up to Kasumi that he is like a pendulum – he cannot live with just one and needs the other half in his life [he was pertaining to his careers]. To escape his depression, he asked Sakura’s help in getting him to race again, where Tomo met Kyosuke again, who self evicted himself from the team back at Italy. Tomo was given the chance to defend himself from Nathan Sr.’s taunts which one was important to him. Tomo bluntly said that he needed both in his life – an answer that is unconventional. Nathan wanted Tomo to prove it by suddenly requesting Tomo to a point to point race, similar to that of his battle with Kitana from Cypress Bowl Road to the mountain peaks totaling a round trip of 200 miles. Tomo faced off against Nathan Sr.’s Ford GT Heritage and Nathe’s SRT Hennessey Venom viper. He placed second next to Nathan Sr., disappointed with a loss but was able to prove to Nathan Sr. how equally important racing also is to Tomo, the same way his current career is too. He left at good terms with the Archibald’s where Dorothy, Nathan’s wife thanked him for awakening Nathan Sr.’s youthful self, a lingering wish Nathan wanted to fulfill before his life ends, something that Tomo was able to provide him.

 

 

Viaggio Grande                                                                                                                     _

 

                After the events of Canada, they went straight to Argentina for the next round at Buenos Aires Raceway – Autodromo Oscar Y Galvez. There, Tomo even felt more distant from Daiki and the rest. He feels he is unimportant to the group and he’s just wasted space. Things slightly changed when he met Adrianna Eizaguirre, the Argentine Queen of motorsports. Adrianna was asked by Daiki to race Tomo to a full lap at Oscar Galvez raceway. Tomo obliged and was ultimately defeated – giving him the impression Daiki wanted this to happen – to demoralize him. After the race, Adrianna left the racetrack and Tomo felt obligated to thank her for the race. All of a sudden, Adrianna felt a sudden connection with Tomo and started hallucinating and going crazy, according to Tomo, whom Adrianna branded as her deceased brother, Marcelo. Tomo kept trying to correct Adrianna’s thinking scripturally contesting to Adrianna that the dead are dead and do not haunt the living. As her sickness grew worse, Tomo felt responsible for her relapses. She started visiting Adrianna, accepting her woes of her deceased brother but little by little correcting her about it. They soon became close, through Kasumi, Sakura, and Ein’s activities. The 4 of them understand Adrianna really well.

 

                They went towards Hawaii next for the following round of the IGTL where things escalate for Tomo from bad to worse with his relationship with Daiki. Unknown to the truth that this mysterious awakening was the cause of it all, Tomo went to the extremes and puts himself on the line to prove and protect what racing means to him. In the end, Tomo snapped and insulted Daiki sarcastically, involving everyone else and got slapped by Kasumi. He stayed at the Eizaguirre residence hoping to patch things up with Adrianna. With their relationship mended, due to a misunderstanding, Tomo was moved by Adrianna to patch things up with Kasumi after what happened. They were able to get back together despite their quarrel (Kasumi felt she was being replaced after seeing one act of gratefulness by Adrianna) and they moved forward to take charge of the next task of saving Adrianna from her own Disorder. While staying there thinking of what to do, Tomo felt regretful of his actions against Daiki whereas Kasumi gave light to the matter to not pin the blame on anyone for what Tomo has done as his true intention is to stay in a gray line in the world that is black and white. Tomo was soon asked by Kasumi to help Sakura out, who just came from a defeat she cannot accept. Tomo consoled Sakura, even with lingering feelings for her despite him taking his relationship with Kasumi seriously, and gave her an intimate farewell from the racing world. Ein soon confronted Tomo about racing against Adrianna but Tomo gave stern assurance to Ein that they had to go through it for her sake and nothing bad will happen. Tomo soon faced Adrianna in the Grand Adventure to guarantee Adrianna’s liberation. He felt no fear but knows he will take responsibility for what happens to Adrianna. Kasumi placed much faith in Tomo and Adrianna that they will succeed.

 

 

Return to Japan                                                                                                                     _

 

                Returning back to Japan, Tomo felt lost being back in his home land, he was scrutinized and judged for self evicting himself from team Japan and was called to be not prideful of his nationality. Tomo was in a full state of confusion as he contends with both changing views of the public about him, and this Awakening that he will soon experience. He soon became more active in the Wangan after selling off Kogure’s place and getting a new place in Tokyo. He continues to face off against a haunting past – Kogure Seishiro, returning as Keisuke Mamoru – the person he once forgot by accident.

 

He suddenly is being overwhelmed by the thought of losing everything he held dear, he started thinking deeply about his future in co-relation to his Awakening. Tomo never wanted to let go of his friends and his love interest, Kasumi. Confronting Keisuke, he hoped that he’d be able to mend the years he was apart from him but in the end he was left alone again after his duty as the “joker” ended. Tomo’s love to Kasumi was tested once again when Ryuusen became too realistic to Kasumi during Tomo’s race at Osaka. Tomo, himself felt the same thing and seeks answers through driving. After being consoled by his best friend Ryuusen Kennichi, who owed a favor to Tomo and Hiei for saving him from a possible case of suicide, Tomo ran back to Kasumi to prove his true feelings to Kasumi and guarantee they will never separate, even with the mysterious awakening they are both expecting and fearing.

 

 

 

Personality:

 

                Tomo is an imbalanced optimist who loves to help people out. He’s kind to those around him, more so to those who deserve his kindness. Due to his good nature, he’s the heat in everyone’s eye that they want to take out. As much as possible, Tomo tries to be different, unique, to the point of being labeled as awkward, weird, and the like. Tomo though has tendencies of going to extremes, and is stubborn with his decisions but at the same time indecisive. He gives equal importance to things that mean a lot to him, especially that of his friends. Oftentimes, he is seen to be hyperactive, especially when around his close friends Hiei and Ryuusen.

 

Tomo was proven to be a dedicated lover to his love interest, and gives less regard to their circumstances thinking that caring for his significant other is his great importance; this was very evident whenever he is around Kasumi. He even went through extremes such as taking hits for Kasumi when they were surrounded by thugs back when they first met. Despite this, he does tend to be emotionally attached to girls that he is close to – such as Sakura, Natsumi, and Rikona as to name a few, which causes some complications with his relationship with Kasumi. Even so, this did not deter his love for her as Kasumi’s also friends and open to her relationship with him.  Tomo sometimes tend to carry some imbalanced switch that often snaps and pushes him over the edge. His one fear is to lose hold of those people dear to him and regards high value to his promises, no matter how miniscule they are. He does not seem to care about his own death, given he has seen death before when he was young.

 

Tomo is also passionate and dedicated about what he does. Like Sakura, and depending on the activity, he tends to be a perfectionist who sometimes thinks things too seriously. His driving motivation was always his friends and his love interest. He’s also spiritually adept with Christianity and carries some Bible verses as part of his life. He’s also known to be very emotional and tends to be quite philosophical as that of Keisuke Mamoru. People tend to say that he is being directed by his feelings; some call him a sensationalist of the good and bad kind. To Tomo, what keeps him going, in actuality, is his drive to be with Kasumi and maintain her support to him, the one person he’s intimately attached to.

 

Tomo hates being compared to anyone or anything and does not like compromising conversations that contradict his principles. He knows he is his own self and being compared to is a mockery of his identity; but this is a half-truth. Tomo does not like it when his friends or anyone he knows deeply is being insulted. More often than not, even if it wasn’t him who was insulted and it was someone else he knows; if that person is important to him or is of value-worth to Tomo, he gets angry on their behalf. To this, he tends to get ahead of himself emotionally and acts as a double edged sword to him. Tomo’s emotionally frail and vulnerable and believes that words hit him harder than physical assaults on him, which the latter he welcomes – a few words that would give him the sense of guilt and loss of hope, especially with regards to a relationship with someone close to him is enough to throw him into a state of depression which could last for half a day or more.

 

Despite all these flaws of his, he never hated a person for who they are but he does bear a grudge to those who hurt him and those around him, regardless of race, upbringing, position, or relation. He never judges anyone for what their circumstances are and regardless of the labels other people mark them of as he makes focus primarily on their good traits; Tomo freely accepts their faults and considers them unique. Although branded the same way, he never looked at himself as abnormal with this kind of mindset; despite his positivity about people, he’s one who doesn’t let anyone easily push him around. In the past, he used to be like that but he learned to exploit them back if they tend to go too far with their exploiting of his concern for other people.