Ayato Tokouryo

Character's Info
Ayato Tokouryo (Kanji:とこうりょ 郁斗, Hepburn: Tokouryo Ayatou) is one of the main characters of the Project Zero-X anime/manga series.

Appearance
Ayato's a 6'0" (182cm), brown eyes with auburn hairs, pale-ish skins and a blocky-muscular build.

Pre-teen
He was born to Mie Tokouryo and her husband, Kijimoto Sagawa, in a countryside of Doramaki, Kantouben. He met Uchino in elementary school, and became bestfriends since, along with Akagi Kichiro.

Despite living a wealthy life, his father trained him to became a marksman. His life turned upside down when Chinese Mafia The Triad took his family life and burned the evidence. He then lives with Uchino until highschool graduation.

Along with Uchino and Akagi, they all graduated from Doramaki Academy, and attended Japanese Self-Defense Ground Forces, and later moves to Air Force X (which then became SONARTac), callsign Alpha 0-3, then called "Division 5" or "Unit 5"

Pre Zero-X
One of his crewmates, Hinata Tsukimori, crushed Ayato, and later both fell into a relationship. It was unknown when did Ayato married her, although his resume did mentions "Jan 2026", 10 years before Zero-X.

During a joint operation with Russian's FSB in 2032, 4 years before Zero-X, codenamed "Sneg Volk" (Snow Wolf), both of them got ambushed by a unit of Outer Triangle, and Hinata was severely wounded by an APC. Without an option, Ayato called for an airstrike (supplied by British SIS [MI5]). The tank was destroyed, but the shockwave injured them even more.

The unit was saved by then Lieutenant Madison Taylor of British SAS 22nd Regiment, but Hinata was shocked and fell dead shortly after.

Zero-X
2 years after her wife's death, followed by the disbandment of "Division 5", he lives a normal civillian life. During that, he works with Tokyo Police Department, and Akagi was his sidekick, before the 2 got recalled by "The Boss".

Quotes
See also: ''Ayato Tokouryo/Quotes

Skills
-CQC (Close-Quarter Combat) -Mixed Martial Arts combatant. -Firearms Manipulation. -Russian/English Language Proficiency Skills. -Special Operator

Trivia

 * Unlike the rest of the character's lineup, Ayato's surname (Tokouryo) does not have a Kanji, and doesn't have any meaning to it.
 * His name, Ayato (in the form of 郁斗), have meaning attached to each kanji.
 * The first kanji (郁) means "cultural progress" written in Jinmeiyou.
 * The second kanji (斗) means "Big Dipper" in Joyou.
 * Ayato rarely smokes, but he only does when he don't want to be in a conversation, or when he's mad.
 * There were 3 occasions when he's smokes.
 * The 1st time, late 2nd-half scene in episode 3 shows Ayato was talking with Yamada Kyoko, while lighting a smoke then shut it when he heard "The Boss" is coming.
 * The 2nd time, where he smokes a Cuban cigar on the top of mountain during the data collecting mission in "Operation Subzero", then throws it off the cliff before signaling Anna to follow him is a reference to the start of the mission "Cliffhanger" in Call of Duty 6 (Modern Warfare 2), where Cpt. John "Soap" McTavish smokes a cigar before threw it then signaling Sgt. Roach to follows him.
 * The 3rd time, when he met up with Madison Taylor to talks about how he felt both grateful and regretted about the decision of calling the strike, that led to his wife's death. Before the conversation, Madison mentions that she hates smokers, shortly before Ayato pulls the pack out.
 * Ayato is an expert driver, during his day off (only once every year-quarter, due to his agreement with the contract), he took his cars to the driving fields to keep his instinct sharp.
 * Despite only serves in JGSDF 6 years, he was the first to graduated to Special Ops section, and was put into services for all those 6 years.
 * Ayato is ambidextrous. Most of the times he wrote with right-hand, but in rare occasions he will write with left-hand instead.
 * Ayato uses left hand for Romaji/Latin letters, and right-hand for Japanese Writings.
 * Although his writing is the same on both hands, the differences between them is a distinctive "looped uppercase G" that Uchino likes to call it "るうびいじ" (Ruubii Ji), as it's shapes like a ruby gem.
 * He uses right hand for everyday occasions and normal letter-writings, and his left hand for formal letters, paperworks, etc.
 * There are only 2 times Ayato uses left hand to writes, the first time to wrote the love-letter for Hinata, and the 2nd time to signs the contracts.
 * Throughout the entire series, Ayato holds the gun with right-hand.
 * One of his car was designed based on Mazda MX-5NA Miata, as its features a popping headlights.
 * Another one being "The Tofu Deliver", based on Toyota Corolla Levin Trueno AE86, which extremely smooth wheels design for drifting.