Masato Tachibana

Masato Tachibana is Hinata and Naoto Tachibana's father.

Appearance
Masato is a middle-aged man notably resembling his son Naoto Tachibana. He has his hair gelled to the left and commonly wears a formal business attire with a pair of glasses.

Personality
Masato is a polite and refined man. He has excellent manners and often presents himself professionally. He is also studious and work-oriented, which caused him to spend less time with his children. However, despite being rather stern in some aspects, Masato appears to deeply care and love them. He wishes to protect his children from harm at all costs.

Valhalla Arc
Masato is seen at his daughter Hinata Tachibana's funeral.

Black Dragon Arc
Masato meets Takemichi Hanagaki and invites him over at a cafè to speak with him. He thanks Takmeichi for encouraging his son Naoto to become a police officer and pleads with him to break up with Hina. He reasons that he wants to exclude her from harm as Takemichi is a delinquent.

Kanto Manji Arc
During Takemichi and Hinata's wedding ceremony, Masato is in one of the chairs near the altar, watching the wedding with his wife.

Appearances
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Valhalla Arc

 * Chapter 34 - Darkest Hour

Black Dragon Arc

 * Chapter 90 - Christmas Eve
 * Chapter 108 - The light of my life (flashback)
 * Chapter 109 - Not apt to give any way

Kanto Manji Arc
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 * Chapter 278 - Revengers

Valhalla Arc

 * Episode 13 - Odds and Ends

Black Dragon Arc
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 * Episode 29 - Christmas Eve

Relationships

 * Hinata Tachibana — Masato has been shown to be a little strict with Hina as he had wished for her to end her relationship with Takemichi in exchange for her safety. However, he allowed her to get back with him soon afterward, as he wished to see her be happy.
 * Naoto Tachibana — Masato yearned for Naoto to follow his footsteps in working for the police department as he wanted nothing but the best for his future.
 * Takemichi Hanagaki — Although he respects Takemichi for being a good influence on Naoto, Masato considers that he is not good for Hina due to his delinquent status, enticing him to ask Takemichi to break up with his daughter for her sake.

Etymology

 * Masato's given name comprises of the kanji for "correct, positive, permanent" (正) (masa) and "person" (人) (to).
 * His surname Tachibana means "orange, tangerine" (橘).