But whereas the anime world’s Hifumi Takimoto is a 20-something woman, real life’s Hifumi Kato is a 76-year-old man.
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But Shiro Shiratori, author of the series of novels on which anime No-Rin is based, pointed out that the two Hifumins have extremely similar body language with surprising frequency.
Hifumin is also what fans call Hifumi Kato, a professional player of the traditional board game shogi (often described as “Japanese chess”).