Takeshi (たけし Takeshi) is a character in Ao Oni.
Appearance
Takeshi has short blonde hair, pale skin and a rather large nose. He is cowardly and frequently hides from the monsters. He is unable to speak due to the immense fear he experiences (e.g. shivering, teeth chattering). In many versions, he will blame himself for bringing his three friends to the mansion in the first place, implying that it was he who initially suggested it.In the movie,instead of blonde, he has darker black hair in a different style. In the novel, he has rather a small and short height(a fan made guess of 4'1). He wears a white vest and black shirt(he wears green sweatshirt over it in the 2nd novel.). His pants are green cameos and he wears white shoes with black and yellow linings. His nose is smaller.
Roles
Ao Oni (Games)
Takeshi in Version 1
In Version 1, Takeshi meets up with Hiroshi and Kazuya along with Takuro, Megumi and Ryota. When they all got separated, Hiroshi finds Takeshi in a closet shaking. After Hiroshi finds Ryota's body, Takeshi disappears and is never to be seen again; meaning he escaped or was killed by the oni.
Takeshi with a birthday cake
In Version 3, Takeshi is found in a closet at the start. He runs off shortly after, leaving the library key in the closet. Takeshi can be seen later in Hiroshi's dream with a cake stating that he planned the whole event. After the dream, Takeshi is seen with Takuro and Mika in the basement section of the mansion. He and everyone else flees after the oni enters the room and bites Takuro's head off. Takeshi and Mika lock themselves in a jail cell, while Hiroshi finds an exit. They agree to come with Hiroshi to the rope ladder exit. When they reach there, they see the oni consuming the ladder and flee, but Takeshi trips over and is killed by the oni, his head is left near the ladder.
In Version 5, Hiroshi finds Takeshi hiding in the upstairs closet very early in the game. He can be found later in a cave-like basement blaming himself for bringing everyone to the mansion and then runs off crying. He can be found in a random closet at the end of game. After Hiroshi saves everyone and witness the "good ending," Takeshi has a nightmare. He is inside the mansion, being chased by the oni. He hides in a closet only to be found by an even more terrifying oni. He wakes up in bed soon after, panting and realizing it was merely a bad dream.
In Version 6 , Hiroshi finds him hiding in a closet upstairs very early in the game. In his next appearance, Takeshi is found in a darkened room, and blames himself for bringing everyone to the mansion. He hangs himself, appearing later as an oni. It is not clear whether or not the monster possessed Takeshi and caused him to hang himself, using him to bait Hiroshi; or whether the monster attacked him after he had already hanged himself.
Ao Oni (Novel)
Takeshi is Takuro's lackey who has a big mouth and talks tough, but he's really as timid as a mouse. He's particularly cowardly when it comes to aliens and ghosts. Once he starts trembling, no force in the world can get Takeshi back to his senses. His parents run an eatery.[[File:Bg06.jpg|thumb|146px|Takeshi as he appears in the novel
Takeshi's appearance in the book.
Ao Oni Movie
Takeshi will be portrayed by Riku Ozeki.
Trivia
- Takeshi's icon from version 3.0 - 5.2 is a running gag through out the entire ao oni series. This is probably because of his big nose in which the illistrator of the novel would put his famous icon face as bonus art. Many fans have portrayed him in art this way. This is also used for other arts on other characters.
- In the fangame Heta-oni, Germany has Takeshi's big nose icon(until in the newer version his icon was fixed). Many mistaked Takeshi for Germany, for Germany is a character from a sketchy anime/manga series called Axis Powers Hetalia/Hetalia Beautiful World.