Kohta Hirano

Kohta Hirano (平野 コータ, Hirano Kōta?) is one of the main characters in Highschool of the Dead. Kohta is an excellent marksman with many different types of guns, but he usually uses a AR-10 Rifle which has been remodelled in the style of a Knight's SR-25 Sniper Rifle.

About

 * Kohta_large.jpg 16 year old high school junior who was often bullied at school, Kohta is a gun otaku (enthusiast) and knows the ins and outs of the firearms and any military-related equipment that the group may comes across. His skills as a marksman have proven to be an invaluable asset to keeping everyone alive. He usually doesn't play a major role in the group's decisions and stays out of discussions, but in combat situations, he becomes much more involved with the others and takes on the role of the group's backbone. He is a vital part of the group's fighting abilities, so much so that Takashi once noted that if Kohta died, the group would all be dead in a single day.

Appearance

 * Hirano is a teenaged boy, slightly short, and a bit overweight for his age, with a shoulder-length mullet-like hairstyle that has bangs reaching down from the side of his temples stretching outwards and obscuring the sides of his face. Like Komuro, he is normally seen wearing the standard male student uniform of his school and is generally seen carrying an assortment of gun-based weaponry. His character may have been based on the mangaka of the same name as the two look similar. In addition to his school uniform Kohta wears a tactical vest with multiple pockets along with an additional ammo belt.




 * (Anime) * After they arrive at Saya's house Kohta appears in green coveralls, a white t-shirt, white gloves, and brown sandals.

History

 * Before the start of the series Kohta went on a month-long trip to America where he was trained by the US military contractor Blackwater USA which furthered his obsession over weapons. When Kohta attended school he was constantly bullied by classmates in Shido's classes where instead of helping Kohta out, Shidou encouraged the bullying. This led to Kohta holding in feelings of frustration and anger towards Shidou

Personality

 * Before the outbreak, Hirano's demeanor is one that is timid, carefree, and sanguine. Yet at the same time, in constant suppression of his frustations due to the frequent bullying that he suffers from school, all for the sake of having a "normal" life. As a result, when the zombies started to emerge, Kohta was one of the few people who readily accepted to the change needed to ensure his and his comrades' survival, finally being able to unleash all the frustations that he has accumulated so far. And while normally capable of maintaining a cool and level-headed demeanor (more so than Takagi), Hirano has exhibited a sadistic and almost maniacal side of himself, to the point where he actually displays a slasher-style smile that shows whenever he kills Them in cold blood. Saya once mentioned that Kohta and Takashi are the most likely to snap if things keep going the way they are. He's grown very attached to Alice and will often be found playing with her==Kohta's_Slashing_Smile.png==

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Summary

 * At the beginning of the story he helped Saya Takagi escape danger, though he only did so by following her orders. His crush on Saya is one-sided as he on occasion tries to ask her out only to be rejected, but she has shown to care about him. His crush has ended since then and he has now developed deep feelings for police officer Asami Nakaoka in the most recent arc. With both parties holding mutual feelings, both expressed their love for the other, and Kohta managed to convince Asami to join the group in their escape. Before leaving the Takagi family mansion, Saya's father entrusted her safety to him and Takashi.

Trivia

 * Hirano is well-versed at the handling of gun-related arms, and is a very talented marksman, capable of taking down individual members of Them with only one shot each via headshot.


 * He generally serves as the long-range combat specialist of the protagonists.
 * He knows how to sing a gun parody version of "row row row your boat"