Hirofumi Yoshida

Хирофуми Ёсида

Hirofumi Yoshida (ヒロフミ) is a Private Devil Hunter. Together with Kusakabe and Tamaoki he's considered by Makima as a high-class bodyguard specialist.

Appearance
Yoshida has mid-length smooth black hair, dark eyes and slim face. There's a beauty mark under his lips. He has 6 piercings on his left ear. As a civilian devil hunter Yoshida wears a casual outfit which consists of an unbuttoned light jacket and dark pants.

Personality
Not much is known about Yoshida's personality currently, but he is quite playful and mischievous, he loves to have small talk with his opponents during battle. Although Yoshida always has a smile on his face, he is also ruthless. This side of him is demonstrated when he mercilessly kills the middle brother of the three Immortal Brothers in the back alley after showing up behind the surviving brother.

From his interactions with Kishibe, he's revealed to be still attending high school.

International Assassins arc
Finding out that Denji's existence has been revealed in the media, Makima orders her subordinates to get several Public Safety Devil Hunters, and to also hire Yoshida for one month to protect Denji from the onslaught of other country assassins trying to take his heart.

War Devil arc
As Asa Mitaka attends school under order of the War Devil, she meets Yoshida, who asks if she needs to be brought to the nurse's office. After she joins the Devil Hunter club, he becomes one of the members of her group.

Devil Contract
Octopus Devil Contract: Yoshida has a contract with the Octopus Devil for an unknown price.
 * Tentacle Summoning: By crossing his middle and index fingers, he can summon the Octopus Devil's tentacles which protrude from ink clouds. He can summon multiple of these to attack small groups or bind them. Yoshida can summon them to wrap himself for protection, or use them to catch him from falling to his death.
 * Ink: By saying "Ink" the tentacle will produce a large black smokescreen. Yoshida uses this to blind his opponents and attack.

Skillset
Hand-to-Hand Combatant: During his brief fight with Quanxi he has shown quite a remarkable level of abilities in hand-to-hand combat. Yoshida is capable of a few-minute fight on equal terms with Quanxi who is well-known for her unnatural physical strength and fighting prowess.

Etymology

 * Hirofumi's surname Yoshida means "lucky, good" (吉) (yoshi) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (ta/da).

Trivia

 * Hirofumi's ranking in the Popularity Polls are as follows;
 * Hirofumi ranked 10th in the First Popularity Poll, with 8,593 votes.
 * Hirofumi ranked 6th in the Second Popularity Poll, with 32,161 votes.