Otoko-Man

Otoko-Man
おとこマン Otoko-Man

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General information

Birthplace

Masurao Kingdom

Birthdate

June 5th

Gender

Male

Race

Human

Eye Color

Hidden

Hair Color

Hidden

Hobby

Collecting fashionable T-shirts, Veranda gardening

Relative(s)

Freshman (disguise)

Likes

Repeated dieting

Dislikes

Artificial sweeteners

Appearances

Designer(s)

shio

Icons and Banners

Icon(s)

Otoko-Man, who also goes by his professional name, Freshman Lee, is one of the characters from Pop'n Music 6.

Personality

ナゾのマスクマン、それはおとこマン。コミカルな見た目とは裏腹に、
熱いますらおソウルで愛を歌う硬派な漢なのだ。
みんなも一緒に１・２・３・男フィーバー！！
The mysterious masked man, that's Otoko-Man.
Despite his comical appearance, he is a serious singing man with a hot soul.
Everyone together, 1-2-3, Otoko Fever!!^[1]

Otoko-Man is a masked Japanese idol, actor, singer and comedian, who got his start as being a cast member in a Super Sentai show, after that Otoko-Man was apart of a Japanese boy band, to which he transitioned from acting to music. Otoko-Man wears a trademark mask which he only takes off in the presence of close family and friends.

Otoko-Man is presumed to be in long term relationship with another Japanese idol, Momoko-san

Character Information

See Otoko-Man/Character Information.

Appearance

Melo Core

Otoko-Man's trademark is a mask with purple and yellow colors, red highlights, and a star on the forehead. He wears a magenta shirt, decorated as a man's abs and yellow stars that act like nipples and blue stockings.

キン肉マン

Otoko-Man's appearance does not change, but adds a red cape, and replaces the abs with yellow stars accompanied by a yellow "niku" kanji.

Tawasy Pop

Otoko-Man's appearance in pop'n 16 is actually a recolor from his debut appearance. His mask is colored pink, his shirt cyan, and his stockings remodeled blue with fishnet.

Character Comments

pop'n music 16 PARTY♪:^[2]
オトコは常に気合だ！愛車も全力で洗うのだ！
たとえ傷つき倒れても。それは男の勲章と言い張るから！！
Men always have spirit! Their favorite cars fight will full power!
Even if the injured collapsed, that insists of a man's medal!!

pop'n music 20 fantasia:^[3] フレッシュ★フレッシュ☆フレ～～ッシュ！毎朝生まれ変わる気持ちで起床！
さすれば毎日がはじめまして！うれしいネ！
Fresh★Fresh☆Fresh~! I get out of bed every morning with a loving feeling in here!
If I start everyday! I'm so happy!

Cameos

Otoko Man cameos in Reiko Hinomoto's FEVER! animation.

Otoko Man also makes a cameo in Momoko-san's Miss and Lose animations in pop'n music 16 PARTY.

NET Self

Attack	Man, Man! (男・男！, Otoko Otoko!^?)
Damage	Ugh! (きゅーっ！, Kyuu!^?)
GOOD Play	Ossha (おっしゃー, Osshaa-^?)
BAD Play	Hee! (ひー！, Hii!^?)
WIN	Masurao! (ますらお！, Masurao!^?)
LOSE	(chattering) (ガタガタ, Gata gata^?)

Etymology

Otoko is Japanese for "man", making OTOKO-MAN's name literally translate to Man-Man.

Trivia

Otoko-Man's birthday appears as ♂月♂日 in the pop'n music official websites.
Otoko-Man also has a character named after his legal name called Freshman. Freshman has on business suit and tie attire, yet the iconic mask still stays.
Otoko-Man's Tawasy Pop palette is almost identical to Pop'n Music 8's Momoko-san's original palette.
- Interestingly, Otoko-Man and Momoko-san's relationship alludes to BEMANI artists Hideo Suwa and Sanae Shintani's interactions in Pop'n Taisen Puzzle Dama, as well as their vocal covers in each of their songs (Melo Core to @n H@ppy Choice; 会社はワタシで廻ってる!? to 愛車はタワシで洗ってる!?)