Atsushi Hokari

"Is it the dawn of a new era for Snipers?"

- Atsushi Hokari about Chika Amatori

Atsushi Hokari is a B-rank Sniper and a member of Arafune Squad.

Appearance
Hokari is a light-skinned, tall young man with a lean physique, slanted eyes, and jet black hair cropped in a messy mohawk. His squad's uniform consists of a jet black jacket with turquoise stripes around the raised collar, along the zipper, around the hem and the wrists, and white ones around and inside the raised collar and on the outer side of the sleeves. There are also four white lines, arranged in two columns of two, to each side of the zipper. Above the topmost left white line is the B-rank logo with the squad's position emblazoned on it. The attire is completed by jet black pants and boots.

Personality
Hokari is calm and collected person who does not show much emotion, not even when he expresses amazement. He has a tendency to use anastrophes when he speaks, but not when he writes e-mails, texts and the like, even though on those occasions he becomes more talkative. In rank battles he does not shy away from using psychological warfare on his friends and turn their insecurities against them, although he was later supposed to apologize.

Quotes

 * (To his teammates) "Is it the dawn of a new era for Snipers?"
 * (To Sasamori ) "You punk. I'm busy right now."
 * (To Sasamori ) "Shouldn't you be backing up Suwa? Or did they remove you from the action? You're no match for Arafune, after all."
 * "I'm already dead."

Trivia

 * Hokari likes chicken meat, fresh vegetables, muscle training and matsuri (Japanese festivals). When he goes to the latter he enjoys participating as well as simply watching.
 * He is considering getting a motorbike license.
 * Hokari's nickname "Pokari" (ポカリ) was created by Kazuaki Ōji before becoming popular among other agents.
 * Daisuke Ashihara planned for him to apologize to Sasamori by text for trying to upset him during the rank battle, but the idea was scrapped due to the lack of pages. The text would have read: "Sorry I egged you on★ I feel like you're growing to where you don't need me anymore [T∀T]"
 * Sasamori's reply would have been: "Thanks for the point [^-^]"
 * When asked if the character's frequent use of anastrophe is a habit from when he was a child, the author replied that Hokari ran away from home for a night in the summer of his 3rd year of primary school; the next day he was found and since cheerfully recounting his alleged encounter with aliens, he has been speaking with frequent anastrophes.
 * In Chapter 163 Hokari's name is incorrectly written as "Atsuji".