Tojiko Asuka

Tojiko Asuka
Japanese	飛鳥とじ子
Romaji	Asuka Tojiko
Nationality	日本語 Japan
Gender	Female
Voiced by	日本語 Miyu Tomita en-US Hannah Alyea português do Brasil Mariana Evangelista
First Appearance
Manga Debut	Chapter 31
Anime Debut	Episode 13
Status	Alive
Relatives	Unnamed grandmother
Affiliations	Akita Publishing
Occupations	Reporter

“	Be somebody's hero... I had forgotten that... But if she said I can be somebody's hero again...then I'll do it, even if it's embarrassing...!	”
— Tojiko Asuka's monologue in "Interview With a Hero"

Tojiko Asuka (飛鳥 (あすか) とじ子 (こ) Asuka Tojiko^?) is a reporter for Akita Publishing.

Appearance

Tojiko is a young woman with dark hair stylized in a messy ponytail. When she interviewed Shy, she wore a shirt beneath a jacket, an ID card over her neck and pants.

Personality

Tojiko is lively and enthusiastic, but sometimes may face low self-esteem due to her line of work.

History

When she was just a child, Tojiko wrote an article for the "Children's Newspaper" and her grandmother really liked it. She would encourage Tojiko to be a reporter and she followed that advice. At some point, she began working at Akita Publishing.

Synopsis

Volume 4

As Tojiko's articles were constantly being refused by her superior, Tojiko struggles to find a good scoop. However, she witnesses Shy saving a child from a falling debris and takes it as an opportunity of a good story. After brigging her to a cafeteria, Tojiko begins asking her some simple questions about her personal life and interests, and is surprised by how similar she herself is to the Japanese Hero.

Shy notices her old notebook, which makes Tojiko remembers her grandmother, but she doesn't think of herself as a good reporter. Shy tells her that she should do more interviews like that one, that way she would be someone else's hero, too. This encourages Tojiko, and she goes back to her working place motivated.

Volume 7

As Tokyo's downtown is covered by Utsuro Karakururi's Amarariruku, Tojiko is seen watching the news.

Volume 9

Tojiko is among the press after Tokyo's incident and asks for a few words of encouragement from operation leader Shy. As she receives it, Tojiko says she has her full support.

Manga Appearances

Appearances
Volume 4 25. Lonely Ice and the Small Flame Absent 26. It's Not Cold Absent 27. Dear Mama Absent 28. What Is Conveyed and That Which Remains Absent 29. Power for the Next Fight Absent 30. When I Cough, I Am Not Alone Absent 31. Interview With a Hero Debut 32. A Wind from the West Absent
Volume 9 69. Like the Moon Away from the Clouds Absent 70. The Moon and the Sun Absent 71. Amaterasu Absent 72. Mission Complete Absent 73. Peace in Enlightment Absent 74. Fare Thee Well Appears 75. Space in the Spaceship Absent 76. My Little Mother Absent 77. Made in Heart Absent

Anime Appearances

Appearances
Season 2 13. Hero's High Debut 14. Wind Coming from the West Absent 15. Heartblade Absent 16. Cloud in the Dark Absent 17. Storming In Absent 18. Nothing Is Permanent Absent 19. Because of Love Appears 20. A Nice Guy Absent 21. Vague Absent 22. Hand Reached Out Absent 23. With the Moon... ... Appears 24. Fare Thee Well Absent

Quotes

• "Be somebody's hero... I had forgotten that... But if she said I can be somebody's hero again...then I'll do it, even if it's embarrassing...!"

Trivia

• Her surname means "flying bird" (飛鳥 "flying bird"^?). Toji may mean anything as it is written in hiragana, but Ko (子 Ko^?) is a common suffix for female names and means "child".