Tanaka, Souichirou

田中総市郎

Among the three original upperclassmen, Tanaka's personality is more neutral than the others. He is generally less inclined to rant than Madarame, yet feels more at ease with himself than Kugayama. As a dedicated cosplayer and costume designer, Tanaka manages to realize costumes that should be impractical or even impossible. Tanaka is also a skilled plamo (plastic model) builder and does not hesitate to teach anyone willing to learn. Although well-versed in many aspects of model and figure culture, Tanaka lacks personal experience with figure-modeling, but tries to learn by sculpting a model of Shinobu from Kujibiki Unbalance.
Tanaka finds his dream girl in Oono, who becomes not only the ideal model for his costumes but also his girlfriend. He also creates costumes for Saki and Ogiue, though this stems from his passion for costume design rather than any romantic feelings toward either of them. Tanaka believes that models and cosplay are two distinct worlds, and he treats them somewhat differently. "Figures are figures. Cosplay is cosplay."