Yoshio Akamatsu (Manga)

Yoshio Akamatsu
赤松 義生
Performance
Position	39th
Kills	1; Mayumi Tendo
Killed By	Kazushi Niida
Cause of Death	Shot in the side of the head with an arrow
Chapter Death	Chapter 7: Trust
Assigned Weapon	Crossbow
Interactions
Enemies	Ryuhei Sasagawa Mitsuru Numai Hiroshi Kuronaga Mitsuko Souma Hirono Shimizu Yoshimi Yahagi
Other
First Appearance	Chapter 1: The Worst Game in History
Last Appearance	Chapter 119: Hope

For the novel, please go to Yoshio Akamatsu (Novel). For the film, please go to Yoshio Akamatsu (Film).

Yoshio Akamatsu (赤松 義生, Akamatsu Yoshio) is a minor character in Battle Royale.

Backstory

Yoshio was a big fan of video games however the noise of the games often bugged Ryuhei Sasagawa who would beat up Yoshio. He was beaten up over bringing the wrong type of food by Hiroshi Kuronaga. Whenever Shuya Nanahara witnessed this, he would try to make Yoshio feel better with talk of video games, and several other classmates would also join in.

Friends & Enemies

Yoshio seemed to be close to Yuichiro Takiguchi. He was on good terms with Shuya Nanahara and his friends. Although he also had his enemies which were Ryuhei Sasagawa, Mitsuru Numai, Hiroshi Kuronaga, Mitsuko Souma, Hirono Shimizu, and Yoshimi Yahagi. His relationship with the rest of the class is unknown.

In the Program

When Yoshio hears his name called, he starts to cry and as he leaves, he debates the situation. In fear of dying he returns to the school, just in time to murder Mayumi Tendo with his crossbow. As Shuya comes out, he is almost persuaded to join Shuya and to stop playing but he suddenly goes mad again as he thinks of the reactions of the others after they discover he killed Mayumi. At this moment, Noriko Nakagawa walks out and Yoshio aims at her. In retaliation Shuya knocks Yoshio off the school's entrance roof by hurling an arrow into his shoulder.

As Yoshio begins to regain consciousness, he realizes that he lost his crossbow. He looks around for it and doesn't realize that Kazushi Niida is behind him. Kazushi shoots an arrow at him which penetrates the side of his head.

Etymology

• The name Yoshio means "righteous" (義) (yoshi), and "hero, manly" (生) (o)
• Yoshio's surname Akamatsu means "red" (赤) (aka), and "pine tree, fir tree" (松) (matsu)

Trivia

• Yoshio was the fourth student to be murdered overall, but he is the second student to be murdered during the actual game. Yoshio was also the first student to murder a fellow classmate.
• Yoshio is one of twelve students to have killed someone during the game, the others were Kazushi Niida, Mitsuko Souma, Kazuo Kiriyama, Shuya Nanahara, Shogo Kawada, Takako Chigusa, Toshinori Oda, Shinji Mimura, Yuko Sakaki, Satomi Noda, and Haruka Tanizawa.
• Yoshio is one of four males (the other three being Shogo, Kazuo, and Toshinori) to have killed a female in the program.