- Voice Actor (CV)
- Asuna Tomari
- Role
- Protagonist
- Identity
- The central protagonist of the series, balancing life as a competitive esports player, heir to a takoyaki restaurant legacy, and key member of the Hanakusa team
Personality
Fiercely passionate
Intensely competitive
Victory-obsessed
Straightforward and single-minded
Taiga Akashi once dreamed of running the world's greatest takoyaki stand—until a fateful encounter with his partner Dragon set him on an entirely different path: the world of professional esports. Burning with passion and refusing to accept defeat, Taiga switches into his signature 'serious mode' by tying on his headband whenever the battle grows fierce. Armed with extraordinary reflexes and an unyielding hunger for victory, he relentlessly pursues the very pinnacle of competitive gaming.