Hatsuka Suzushiro

Hatsuka Suzushiro (ハツカ) is a side character in Call of the Night.

Appearance
Hatsuka is small and has a very feminine physique, shoulder-length black hair and a narrow face. Hatsuka prefers to dress like a woman, which he does so successfully that you can't tell he's actually a man just by looking at him. According to his own statement, he only does this because it suits him. The clothes he wears primarily are dresses and coats.

Personality
Hatsuka, unlike his vampire comrades, has little to no interest in creating new underlings. As a result, he is the only one who doesn't try to put Kou under his spell initially, although he later offered to make him his underling when Kou was at risk of getting killed by the other vampires and was fond of the idea of being with Kou, saying that they would get along well as fellow men.

Compared to the other vampires, Hatsuka seems friendlier and more helpful. He is also usually not as straight forward as the others, but rather more distant. He doesn't hesitate to call others out if he finds them annoying. Like his friends, he is fond of alcohol. He is not ashamed of his appearance, nor is he averse to the male gender and considers himself a man, although he purposefully dresses like a woman.

However, he also has a more dark side. He describes himself as less gentle when it comes to his underlings and can be very authoritative towards them, scolding them for talking without his permission. He compares them to children whom he punishes if they don't follow his orders and says that he is gentle to those who do obey him. In order to turn Kou into a vampire, Hatsuka told him that he was planning to brainwash Kou into a state where he wouldn't be able to live without him, believing that love is just another form of brainwashing.

He can get very excited in certain situations, like when Nazuna tried to wear a more modest outfit, where he told her that she looked so cute that he wanted to french-kiss her and that the boy inside him was trembling.

Abilities
Like other vampires, Hatsuka is able to fly and demonstrated the ability to phase through objects.

Etymology

 * Hatsuka's surname Suzushiro means "radish" (蘿蔔).