Wataru Matoba (的場 航海 Matoba Wataru) is a first-year university student taking up Literature. He is the bassist and lyricist for the band Argonavis, and is the younger brother of Kenta Satozuka.
Personality
In stark contrast to the hot-blooded, idealistic, and optimistic Yuto, he is more cautious, realistic and pessimistic, often finding the negatives to Yuto's attempts to be positive. And yet, it's because he wants the band to be a success. He has an inferiority complex towards his older brother Kenta, and wants to surpass him.
History
His father was a mariner, and his mother was often absent due to working as a nurse, so he spent much of his childhood together with his older brother, Kenta. Seeing his older brother in a band inspired him to pick up bass. However, he formed an inferiority complex towards him, growing to resent him.
Etymology
Wataru (航海) means "sailing" or "voyage". It can be split into two parts: 航 which could mean "aviation" and 海 means "sea". Both 航[1] and 海[2] can be read as Wataru.
Matoba (的場) can be split into two parts: Mato (的) means "target" while Ba (場) means "location" or "place".
Trivia
- He is in the same Faculty of Literature with Yuto Goryo, Reon Misono, Futa Kaminoshima, Yamato Tsubaki, and Aoi Wakakusa after transferring to Kamogawa Music College.[3]
- He loves reading.
- In addition to being Argonavis' lyricist, he was also the one who thought of the band's name.
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