Voiced by: Yuji Ueda (Japanese), Jonathan Love (English)

Nick name: Chief, skipper, Ban.

Bantaro is the leader of the Ruffians (unrefined) gang of three at Hontsuru Jr. High and heir to the 300 year running Sanbonmatsu sake brewery in Hontsuru city, but he isn't a bright character, in fact he is probrably the least intelligent of the three. Since the first day that he saw Jiyu riding her bike, he fell in love and being in love means that he would do anything to protect her.

Bantaro's role in The Secret of the Lovely Eyepatch is little, in fact, he protests that he became more unusable in every episodes. In The Counter Attack of Siberian Yagyu, together with Shiro, they formed a group known as The trio idiots + Shiro and open a campaign to protect Jiyu.

Trivia: The label on Bantaro's shirt and hat often shows his emotions and actions writing in Kanji.

Source: Wikipedia