Eita Tanaka (田中栄太 Tanaka Eita) is Yūji Sakai's classmate and the best friend of Keisaku Satō.
Appearance[]
Tanaka has a large but slim physique, giving him excellent athletic abilities.[1] He has a charming face,[2] though he rarely opens his eyes. He has a fair complexion and short dark hair. He is 15 years of age and is 175cm tall.[1]
Personality[]
Tanaka has an awkward and innocent personality.[1] He is extremely dense to romantic matters, not noticing Ogata's feelings for him.[3]
Background[]
Tanaka hung out with Satō during middle school,[2] where they were close friends and got up to mischief together.[1]
Plot[]
When Margery Daw came to Misaki City, she randomly chose the two to be her guides to the city. When he and Keisaku found the Crystal Altar, a miniature projection of the city that Friagne had been using until his defeat, the two often acted as support. He, as well as Keisaku, shows respect, admiration and affection towards Margery as an "ane-san" (respectable elder sister), but his feelings are more apparent than Keisaku's. However, he has shown some obvious affection towards Matake Ogata. Like Keisaku, he is friends with Yuji and Ike from the start in the novel. After an incident at school festival when Margery berserk and he saw Matake got shot by Margery by accident in the Fuzetsu, Eita decided to keep his distance from the events concerning the Guze and part ways with Satou and Margery.
Other Appearances[]
Anime Appearances[]
Shakugan no Shana-tan[]
Dengeki Bunko 2007 Move Festival Special[]
Eita makes a cameo in this special, seated with Ike, Ogata, Keisaku and Margery in the theater.[4]
Relationships[]
Keisaku Satō[]
Matake Ogata[]
Tanaka and Ogata were close friends and had a liking for one another. After seeing Ogata fatally wounded inside a Fūzetsu at the Seishū Festival, Tanaka realizes how important she is to him. He approached her and they became a couple.[5] Tanaka was still traumatized by what he saw and left the world of the Flame Haze and Crimson Denizens to live a normal life with Ogata.
Margery Daw[]
Tanaka has an admiration for Margery and became her follower to support her in battles against Crimson Denizens.[1]
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Trivia[]
- Like other human characters in the series, Eita's name is a homage to Japanese politicians; he is named after Kakuei Tanaka, the former Prime Minister of Japan.
