Masaomi Kida



Masaomi Kida (紀田 正臣, Kida Masaomi) is a resident of Ikebukuro and Mikado Ryuugamine's best friend from childhood. He encouraged Mikado to come to Ikebukuro. He is enthusiastic about picking up girls but more than often fails at it. Masaomi has commented on not letting Mikado "go to the dark side" and that he has already gone through it. Masaomi was often depressed until Mikado arrived. Masaomi's jokes often fail which is how Mikado really knew that he was indeed Masaomi Kida. Masaomi comments that he, Mikado, and Anri are in a love triangle. He was also former leader of the Yellow Scarves prior to the battle against the Blue Squares. He left his gang after his girlfriend, Saki Mikajima, got hurt due to the battle between Yellow Scarves and Blue Squares. He regain his position as the leader of Yellow Scarves to catch The Slasher and disband it after it clashed with Dollars. He reform it later to save Mikado if Blue Square ever do something to harm his best friend.

Anime
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Episode 20: Kida learns from Izaya that Mikado is the boss of Dollars.

Manga
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Light Novel
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Trivia

 * His most favorite subject is English while his least favorite subject is History.
 * His favorite quote is "Love is a Leveler".