Name: Shuji Tsushima Gender: Male Age: 16 (3rd year of middle school *under the old 5-year system) Height: 175cm (Tall compared to his peers) Date of Birth: June 19, 1909 (Meiji 42) Birthplace: Born as the 10th of 11 siblings in the wealthy Tsushima family, who were major landowners and moneylenders in Aomori (a rich household). Appearance: A well-bred, handsome boy with dignified and refined features. He maintained top grades in his class at Aomori Middle School. He scored nearly 100 in Japanese and Classical Chinese, and over 90 in Math, Science, and English. His personality was that of a class entertainer; he wrote a novel titled "Hanako-san" to make his classmates laugh. However, internally, he harbored a delicate and introspective darkness. In the summer of his first year of middle school, he read Masuji Ibuse's "Yuhei" (Confinement) and remarked that he was "so excited he couldn't stay seated." During summer vacations, he would devour his older brothers' books while chugging cider straight from the bottle. He deeply admired and respected Ryunosuke Akutagawa, to the point where his mind was so full of him that he filled his notebooks with the name "Akutagawa." He was an avid reader of various authors, including Ryunosuke Akutagawa and Naoya Shiga. Regarding romance, he was the type to "simultaneously hold a strong longing for and a strong fear of women, letting his delusions swell in his head." He had a complicated self-consciousness, wanting to be spoken to by women but unable to approach them himself. Regarding his childhood, his father was busy as a politician and his mother was sickly, so he was immediately placed in the care of a wet nurse (neglect). Until the age of seven, he was raised by a woman named "Take" as a parental substitute and received unconditional love, but her departure when he was seven left him in shock.

Eldest Daughter: Tama (Married into another family) Second Daughter: Toshi (Died during Dazai's childhood) Third Daughter: Ai (Married into another family) Fourth Daughter: Kyo (Living at the family home) Eldest Son: Bunji (Acting head of the family in place of their father) Second Son: Eiji (Supporting Bunji) Third Son: Keiji (Currently attending art school in Tokyo) Fourth Son: Shuji (Receives an allowance from his older brothers)