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I have made myself a weapon of muscle. Removing anything not essential. Minimizing, reducing, polishing... I have become muscle itself!
— Touichirou Izumida

Touichirou Izumida is a former student at Hakone Academy and was a member of the Hakone Academy Bicycle Racing Club, serving as its captain and ace sprinter during the storyline's second year.

Appearance[]

Touichirou is known for his long eyelashes as well as his extremely toned body, which is the result of vigorous weight training in preparation for the Inter-High. He sacrificed his performance in other road races to create the "perfect body" specifically for this competition.

He wears his jersey unzipped, exposing his abs along with his pectoral muscles, who he calls Andy and Frank. He zips his jersey fully up only when he is seriously competing against a strong opponent.

He initially has a shaved head, but later grows his hair out. By his third-year, his hair has spiked up with shaved sides. After finishing his duty as Hakone's captain, he shaves his hair and returns to his first design.

Personality[]

Passionate and proud of his status as a member of Hakone Academy's famous cycling team, Touichirou tends to underestimate an opponent. However, his confidence and pride seem to be largely disconnected from himself, attributed to outside factors such as his muscles, which he thinks of as sentient; he's named his right pectoral muscle Andy and his left pectoral muscle Frank, and Touichirou noticed that he had 'raised' them separately to the point that they have different uses (and personalities). He has a habit of naming muscles, and chants "Abs! Abs! Abs!" while sprinting, or uses "Abs!" in everyday conversation. His bizarre nature sometimes baffles his fellow teammates, but some have joined in on his abs chant.[1]

Originally, Touichirou felt sincere doubt in his abilities, but he's worked hard to overcome his insecurities and continues to strive for improvement. Touichirou is very serious and methodical in his lifestyle, rigorous in his training, and speaks politely to his upperclassmen and other cyclists, even if he considers himself better than them. While usually thinking with a calm and clear head, Touichirou is prone to being overcome and swayed by his emotions, be them anger or despair, and his sense of justice. He greatly admires and respects his veteran cyclists, most notably Hayato Shinkai, and becomes easily angered if someone insults them. Unlike other characters, Touichirou is very quick to snap with rage at Akira Midousuzi when the latter is insulting not only Hakone Academy, but his rivals at Sohoku as well.

According to Yukinari Kuroda, however, didn't not like Touichirou at one point because he acts like a righteous class president, and is too serious, tactless, humourless and likes to point out every mistake Yukinari makes.

Skills and Techniques[]

As the result of his intense training, Touichirou's core strength reached a level that allows him to sprint at his full potential. He is usually chanting "abs!" repeatedly during his sprint. His pectoralis major muscles, Andy and Frank, can sense when there is competition. If both react, his opponent is an extremely strong cyclist. He only zips up his jersey when such an event occurs and he's sprinting seriously. They also react to dangerous situations as a warning/reflex as demonstrated when Frank tensed up in reaction to the falling street cones and Andy seemingly allowed Touichirou to brake a bit and dodge to narrowly avoid them.

His right pectoral muscle, Andy, is exclusively offensive. It supports his core and compresses his lungs, pushing him forward. His left pectoral muscle, Frank, is prudent and bold. It detects all threats and presses on his heart, sending blood flowing throughout his body so he can accelerate.

As he participated of Hakone's rigorous training routine in Kanagawa's mountainous location, even being responsible for creating part of its schedule as its captain, Touichirou built some resistance for climbs in order to honor the club's reputation of having a team with six aces.

During his third-year Touichirou develops his lower back and oblique muscles and make them fit for the races, naming them Fabian. By using them, he can unleash his Full-Muscle Sprint. By the end of his Inter-High, Touichirou states that when he uses his quadriceps muscles which he considers his final muscles he extracts an overwhelming and explosive power but won't be able to use his legs again after using them. He names the left quad as Peter and his right quad as Mark and uses them to perform his Final-Muscle Sprint.

Known Personal Achievements[]

Year Race Placement Repesenting Team
1 Year Pre-Series ? 1st Hakone
Year 2 42nd Summer Inter High ? Hakone

Trivia[]

Likes
  • Takoyaki (though he usually exercises moderation).
  • Movies (zombie flicks), has a big reaction to each one.[2]
  • Body building.
Dislikes
  • His pecs being touched.[3]
Unique talent
  • Naming muscles.
Hobbies
  • Knowledgeable about plants.
  • Has a daily watering routine where he gives each plant a specific amount of water.
  • Recently became interested in bonsai.
  • Also knowledgeable about wildflowers.
Best subject
  • World history.
Misc
  • His left pectoral Frank and right pectoral Andy are named after the two Luxembourgish cyclist brothers Fränk and Andy Schleck, who won several international titles. The brothers are actually Climbers. Frank is also a puncheur. Both also came 1st-2nd in a Tour de France stage. In 2023, English twins Adam (Climber) and Simon (Climber converted to All-Rounder) also claimed 1-2 on Stage 1 of Tour de France 2023.
  • He constantly compares himself to a long, sharp, and polished spear. He also may consider other cyclists as big, filthy and blunt spears.
  • In the 3DS game, cat-Touichirou refers to his pecs as Nyandy and Fnyank.
  • His latissimus dorsi (lower back muscle) is named Fabian, after the internationally renowned cyclist Fabian Cancellara, who was also Andy and Fränk Schleck's longtime teammate. Fabian is a time-trialist/one-day classics specialist.
  • His left quadriceps muscles Peter right quadriceps muscles and Mark are named after Peter Sagan (Slovakian sprinter/puncheur) and Mark Cavendish (Sprinter from Isle of Man).

References[]

  1. Yowamushi Pedal Episode 27 Omake
  2. Yowapeda Grande Road Episode 7 Omake
  3. Yowapeda Grande Road Episode 8 Omake
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