Taro Sasagae

Taro Sasagae is a character in BlazBlue: Remix Heart. He was Jin Kisaragi's roommate back when he was still a student at the Military Academy. He also works as part of the student body council.

Information
Not much is known about Taro, but he first appears with Akane when meeting Jin's friend, Tsubaki. During clean up duty, he compliments Mai on her maid outfit. Later at the Torifune Festival, he, Akane, and Jin are at the monitor wishing the competitors good luck. When Torifune's climate control breaks, he runs into Jin and makes him trip, causing them and Team Remix Heart to slide and fly into an unknown beach, where they have fun until they are rescued.

Five days later, when a flustered Mai runs from her friends and accidentally stumbles onto and kisses him, Taro asks her if she likes him, but she declines it in an embarrassing way. After Mai leaves, Taro encounters Kagura. Taro and Kagura have a comical discussion, after which Kagura says he entrusts Jin to Taro, who accepts. Later, Taro is seen with Akane and Jin, who have passed out from his cooking. After tasting his own cooking, Taro loses consciousness. He is later seen recovering in bed with Akane and Jin. Taro encounters Shiori; he is aware that she is an assassin and he must protect Jin at any cost as he tastes Shiori's porridge just to make sure it's not poison. After Taro and others ate, they got some rest, until Jin suddenly becomes possessed by Yukianesa's influence and attacks Mai thinking she is Ragna, Taro puts on his magic gloves and tries to stop him, failing to do so until Noel distracts Jin with a shot from Bolverk. Taro then binds Jin with his Ars, and an alchemist, Seifer Albar, manages to calm Jin down and knock him unconscious.

Personality
Taro seems to be a friendly and sociable guy. He gets along with Akane and Jin very well, calling the latter "JinJin" instead of using his actual name. Taro can be serious at times, but he is easily distracted. He likes to mess with Jin sometimes, to the latter's annoyance. He has a tendency to give people nicknames.

Appearance
Taro is a young man with black hair, slightly dark eyes, and a dark complexion. He wears a white T-shirt, which has kanji written onto it, and his military uniform hangs over his shoulders. The only time he wore his uniform properly was when the climate control was broken.

Powers and Abilities
Not much is known about Taro's abilities, but he seems to possess the ability to manipulate lightning. He is also capable of using strings as his primary weapon through his magic gloves.

Trivia

 * He has a habit of nicknaming people he knows in a similar fashion to Taokaka, examples include:
 * Jin: JinJin
 * Mai: MaiMai
 * Kagura: Big Bro
 * According to Shiori, countless assassins outside of the Kirihito family had been sent after Jin, but they failed because Taro stood in their way.
 * Taro is briefly mentioned by name in BlazBlue Chronophantasma; Noel and Makoto comment that Kagura calling Jin "JinJin" brings a feeling of nostalgia, reminding them of Taro. Taro also has a very brief entry in the "Library" glossary mode.