Jiro Yoshihara

Jiro Yoshihara (吉原 治良) is a member of the Gutai Group, he was the founder of the group and also the de-facto leader of the group.

He has the Talent named White Line on Black.

Appearance
Jiro is a tall man with a well-built physique and short brown hair, he parts his bangs to the left covering a bit of his left eye. He wears glasses at times, though he only uses it for 'fashion reasons' as he would put it himself.

His attire consists of a black t-shirt, and a purple and white jacket which he custom made. He often stores his pen, markers and his notepad under his coat.

Personality
The unofficial leader of the Gutai Group, Jiro Yoshihara is the most responsible and diligent from among the members of the group. He often shows himself as a calm and collected person, the complete opposite to his friend Saburo Murakami, which has often lead the two of them to clash. Jiro's calm and responsible nature made him the natural pick for the group's leader position. His kind and warm personality makes him an extremely sociable person and often being the thing that keeps the group together.

He is an artist at heart, taking advantage of his photographic memory and his Talent to create minimalist abstract art which he and the members of the Gutai Group do in their day to day lives. He often finds it difficult to express his emotions through words which leads him to often express himself using his art.

Even though he has a photographic memory, he also keeps a notebook to track his progress on things or things that he wants to say and it is often labeled by Ōi Katsushika as Jiro's "Book of Secrets".

He has a personal philosophy that "Art is the truest form of one emotions." which is why while someone like Saburo annoys him to no end, he still sees Saburo as a great person at heart.

Talent

 * Main Page: White Line on Black

White Line on Black is a talent that allows Jiro to draw on any surface and even on air, the talent is bound to any pencil, pen, marker or paintbrush that Jiro is holding.

Background
Jiro met the other members of the Gutai Group during their school years with the four of them being members of the school's art club. Jiro eventually founded the group when he was 16 to continue their activities outside the school. Jiro eventually befriended Ōi Katsushika and her father, Hokusai Katsushika.

Jiro eventually discovered that the members of the Gutai Group and himself have Talents. Sometime later they began training with Hokusai and using their Talents while creating their art. Thanks to Jiro's connections the group is able to sell their artwork and begin living independently.

Beginning
Kazuo Shiraga discovered a murder scene at the Gutai Group's headquarters in the early hours of the morning and immediately called Jiro, Saburo and Yuko to immediately come and help him out. After arriving Jiro immediately called for Ōi Katsushika's help while Kazuo was being interrogated. Kazuo was then released, Jiro suggested that the group go visit Hokusai Katsushika's place. Hokusai then suggested asking for Rembrandt van Rijn's help. The group then visited the Gutai Group's Headquarters but the crime scene was near spotless which lead to Rembrandt using his Talent to replay the events, revealing the figure of Kyōsai Kawanabe.

The group then confronted Kyōsai ending with a small fight. Jiro arrived at the scene after Saburo shouted that Rembrandt had fainted. Later on, the group had successfully restrained Kyōsai letting them interrogate him. Rembrandt woke up and decided to interrogate him, which unfortunately lead Kyōsai to commit suicide but not before revealing the person who ordered him for the murder, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi.

Trivia

 * His kind personality and views are based on his real-life counterpart's Gutai Manifesto and his artwork Please Draw Freely.