Yuuya Daigo (醍醐 雄矢 | Daigo Yūya) is the captain of the Magami Academy Wrestling Club, but he is also an aspiring chef. Yuuya happens to have a crush on Komaki Sakurai that he is constantly seen cooking big meals for her; at one point, however, Komaki gets angry at him and says that he does not truly understand how she feels, throwing his meal on the ground. Kyouko Tohno gives him a book of Komaki's favorite foods, which are mostly candy and regular convenience store foods. Komaki then she accepts his next meal, along with his apology for not being considerate. At the end of the 2nd season, it seems Daigo and Komaki's relationship deepens, as they are seen together in the end.
Daigo wasn't always such a considerate, humble guy. In his middle school days, he resented his father so much he created a gang of thugs with Renji Magatsu (Yuuya's best friend) as his lieutenant where they stole and brawled throughout the Shinjuku back streets, even clashing with Kyouichi Houraiji. It wasn't until Renji was arrested for murdering his own father that Daigo decided to clean up his act.
However, when Tatsuma Hiyuu first transferred to the high school, Yuuya challenged him to a fight, but it was disrupted by Aoi Misato and Komaki (but ultimately gathering them during the disruption in the Dragon Stream). He sometimes fights with his chain belt wrapped around his arm. And later it is revealed he is the Vessel of the White Tiger or Byakko; Daigo is the first to metamorphose into the Deity in Dai ni Maku, protecting Komaki against Renji.
Personality[]
Yuuya is a good, humble and modest boy who likes to help Komaki Sakurai and others to defeat the enemies. He has a crush on Komaki, he tries to impress her by making a lunches or protect her from getting hurt.
Powers[]
Daigo is physically one of the strongest amongst his friends whose powers enhance his brute strength, agility, endurance and durability where his powers support his natural hand-to-hand combat skills gleaned from his wrestling abilities and street brawls. In the anime, Daigo uses his chained belt as a weapon for battling, which magically extends to a whip-chain (chain whip weapon used heavily in some wushu forms) length; however, his main strength is powerful kicks and devastating blows.
Vessel of the White Tiger, Byakko: As time goes on Daigo uncovers his power as the Vessel of the White Tiger, Byakko. He transforms into the White Tiger 3/4 times, awakening this power during his battle against his childhood friend, Renji Magatsu. During his transformation he channels one of the 4 deities powers. While his power as a vessel grants a significant boost in strength at first he is unable to control his power and loses all sense of self when transformed into his Byakko form. This is seemingly dealt with by his 3rd/4th transformation in the final battle against Munetaka Yagyuu where he appears to have a degree of control over activating his transformation and staying in control while channeling the power of Byakko. However this could be attributed to him losing control of himself due to Sakurai being injured once again. It is also shown that his power does damage him causing his body to twitch uncontrollably after use, using Byakko's power also results in a scar developing on the side his face and body which grows the more Daigo uses his power. This a problem seen with other vessels who gained permanent injuries after using their powers, Daigo seemingly being one of the luckier vessels in contrast to Marie Claire.