Tokushirou Tsurumi

"I'm your Shinigami. Your life is a candle, and I can blow it out anytime I choose."

Tokushirou Tsurumi is one of the Antagonists in Golden Kamuy. He's the 1st Lieutenant of the 7th Division.

In the Original Dub, he is voiced by who is also the voice of Jiraiya from Naruto. In the English Dub, he is voiced by.

Appearance
Tsurumi is a man whose most distinguishable physical trait is a metal plate that covers his forehead, with brain ooze leaking out sometimes. He has his hair slicked on the back of his head and has a handlebar moustache and goatee. He is of average height and has a lean build.

Tsurumi usually wears his officer uniform with a coat to protect himself from the cold.

As Kouichi Hasegawa, Tsurumi sported a buzzcut hairstyle and wore round fake glasses. He would wear a fur suit, a pair of boots, and carry some of his photography tools in a handbag and a briefcase. While at home, Tsurumi also wore a dark vest over a light long-sleeved button up shirt as well as straw shoes.

Personality
Tsurumi has an unpredictable, mildly histrionic and erratic behaviour. However, in the past, Tsurumi was normal and even a brave Japanese officer who fought at the front during the Russo-Japanese war.

Receiving a shrapnel in the head and the general bitterness at the poor treatment his division has received after the war has made Tsurumi psychotic and violent, though some of his manipulative tendencies may have been present even before the injury. He is prone to threatening people and personally inflicting physical injury on his enemies but hides his brutal tendencies under a veneer of sophistication and sympathy. He also genuinely admires the macabre work of Edogai and develops a friendship with him. Tsurumi never becomes angry, but coldly manifests his rage with a brutal gesture, perhaps due to his brain damage.

Tsurumi aims to take over Hokkaido and is very ruthless in his methods. He kills anyone in his way or threatens his plan. He seems to still hold the men under his command in high regard but hates traitors. He has shown a level of care for his subordinates as seen when he tries to get Nikaidou to eat his food and provide prosthetic limbs for him.

Tsurumi is also a very charismatic and manipulative man that can sway the minds of other people with a powerful and explosive speech. As a result, he is not above lying to other people if it is to get what he desires, such as loyal and strong followers.

Under the identity of Kouichi Hasegawa, Tsurumi was a humble and compassionate man who loved his family and was also kind towards strangers who had come to him for help. He was also a very observant man as he easily noticed how other people would behave and any other unique traits that they displayed. Though they were part of his guise while on a spy mission, Tsurumi truly seemed to care about his family as he spent time with them in their final moment and became disillusioned with the Japanese government as a result of their deaths.

Tsurumi likes sweets and is regularly seen chewing on dangos.