Kaz Harada is the deuteragonist of Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi. He is the cheapskate manager to the girls and is sometimes very comedic.
He is voiced by Keone Young also voices Luong Lao Shi, Jeong Jeong & Super Quasar. In the Japanese dub from the series, he is voiced by Akihiko Ishizumi.
Description[]
He wears a large pair of round glasses, a black shirt, jeans and black and white sneakers. He is almost bald with only a bit of grey hair on the sides of his head. It is assumed he doesn't shave. For formal wear, he wears a brown tuxedo and wears a brown top hat on his head.
Personality[]
He is very greedy and will do almost anything for money. In episode Brat Attack he even sold Ami and Yumi for ten million dollars to give them to a kid, named Timmy, for his birthday. He would always rush to a show just to get money. He is also revealed as a cheapskate of the group as well, trying to cut corners of usual costs like soaps and foods at times. He tends to be leniant to spend for himself too. Even so, he is well-mannered enough to keep the band motivated and let Ami and Yumi treat him as the best lifetime friend despite of his every single shortcomings.
He despises Jang Keng and Tekirai, because Kaz is a constant victim of their mischief. However, He adores his pet dog Domo a lot.
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Trivia[]
- His name is based on Puffy AmiYumi's real-life manager, Kaz Harada.
- His appearence loosely resembles Happosai from Ranma ½.
- He shares tons of similarities with Eugene H. Krabs but is more heroic than the latter.
- Most times when Kaz tries to get rid of something or wants something to be done, he uses the contract to make Ami and Yumi do this.
- In the episode Visiting Hours we find out that Ami and Yumi don't know his last name although they would in real life.
- While his actual age in unknown like Ami and Yumi, he refers himself indirectly that he is more than 30 years old in the episode Stupid Cupids. As real-life counterpart, Kaz Harada was 50 years old(born in 1954) when the show was launched in late 2004.
- In the episode Song Sung Bad, it was revealed that Kaz has no talent in singing.