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Tadano is a tech entrepreneur and the CEO at Freeride, Inc.,. He is a supporting character introduced in Season 2 and 3 of the Netflix Original series Aggretsuko. Tadano is introduced to Retsuko when he meets her at a driving course and over time the two develop a romantic relationship, but they later break up owing to their different perspectives on marriage. He is a donkey. He is voiced by Chiharu Sasa in the japanese dub and by Griffin Burns, the same person who voiced ENI-O in the english dub, too.
Appearance
Tadano has the appearance of a donkey. Tadano is tall and slim with a rounded head and a long-ish rounded snout. Tadano has pale lilac fur with light lavender fur on the tips of his ears, curly periwinkle hair, long ears, and blue, tired-looking eyes with often large pupils and a skewed mouth. He has a long, thin tail that is the color of his fur and ends with a tuft the same color as his hair. Tadano is often shown to sport a long-sleeved black hoodie with a white hood and collar or a long-sleeved light gray hoodie with a periwinkle hood and collar. He is only seen wearing a proper suit once in the show when he visits Chararyman Trading to try and show off his new A.I. program. He wears a full black suit with a white shirt and a blue tie. He is also seen to be left-handed when autographing for Haida.
Personality
Tadano comes across in the earlier episodes as someone who never really grew up. Despite supposedly being Retsuko's age, Tadano comes across as very teenage-like from his overly relaxed and slouched posture, using much more casual slang (affectionately calling Retsuko by the nickname "Retsy"), calm voice, and tired yet amused looking eyes and expression. He even decides to give up trying to get his driver's license. It is later revealed near the end of the seventh episode that he is not exactly who Retsuko and we think he is. He turns out to be an up-and-coming Tech mogul that is well versed in technology and is much more intelligent than he first seemed. It is also revealed he seeks to push beyond modern capitalism and wishes to restructure society to allow people to pursue their own interests without working a menial job. He's simply an overall chill dude who doesn't have the intention of settling down, and even though he had unintentionally hurt Retsuko's feelings in his brief romance with her, he is still respectful of Retsuko's choice on breaking up with him.
Relationships
Love Interests
Tadano and Retsuko developed a romantic relationship stemming from their meeting while attending their driver's license classes. Nonetheless, he unintentionally caused the insecure Retsuko to become separated from her family, friends, and workplace. Eventually, they broke up at the end of the season as Tadano does not share Retsuko's desire to get married.
Friends
Haida and Tadano have formed a bond since they both had a crush on Retsuko.
Tadano helped Gori with her app's code, and the two seem to have bonded over working on it together.
Trivia
- His name is similar to the Japanese word for "free ride" (ただ乗り, tadanori).
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Retsuko | Fenneko | Haida | Gori | Washimi | Puko | Ton | Komiya | Tsunoda | Kabae | Ookami | Yoga Instructor | Manumaru | Tadano | Hyoudou | Manaka | Hidarin | Miggy | Inui | Shikabane | ||