Hirofumi Yoshida

"Do you think Chainsaw Man would eat it for us? The Death Devil."

Hirofumi Yoshida (ヒロフミ) is a Public Safety Devil Hunter and formerly a Private Devil Hunter. Together with Kusakabe and Tamaoki, he is considered by Makima as a high-class bodyguard specialist. He is a member of an organization that tasked him with keeping Denji safe.

He has a minor supporting role in the Public Safety Saga, but becomes a deuteragonist of the Academy Saga due to his larger role.

Appearance
Yoshida has mid-length smooth black hair, dark eyes, and a slim face. There is a beauty mark under his lips. He has eight piercings on his left ear, though usually only six are visible below his hair. His piercings are likely a reference to his contract with the Octopus Devil. 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 is revealed to be still attending high school.

Yoshida also seems to take his job seriously; he told Denji that if he attempts to reveal his identity as the Chainsaw Man he will interfere and take action to stop him, and eventually does it by grabbing him with the power of the Octopus Devil right before Yoru could attack him in his back, demonstrating he is also someone who keeps his word.

He also seems to have a disdain for death, asking if it's possible for Denji as Chainsaw Man to consume the Death Devil for the good of the people. Whether this is a personal desire or the intentions of the organisation he's a member of, however, is currently unknown.

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.

Justice 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.

Yoshida later finds Denji watching a news reporter and attempts to convince him not to publicly reveal his identity as Chainsaw Man, saying that he is following Denji on a mission from his organization. At school, Yoshida finds students paying Denji to sit on him, and gives Denji his student ID card back after Denji purposefully left it at the scene of his fight with the Cockroach Devil. To appease Denji's wish for a girlfriend, Yoshida introduces him to Asa.

Later, Yoshida recovered Denji with the Octopus Devil after he defeated Yuko.

Devil Contracts

 * 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, although he loses the battle.

Etymology

 * Hirofumi's surname Yoshida means "lucky, good" and "field, rice paddy". It is also the 11th most common Japanese surname.

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.
 * In Chapter 114 he is referred to as a Public Safety Devil hunter making it unknown if he is truly private or not.

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