Kumatsuka Satoru

Satoru Kumatsuka is a freelance photographer and is the father of Kirin and husband to Yayoi Kumatsuka, a drama teacher at Morinomiya Academy.

Appearance
Satoru is a tall slim man with short and light, orange-red colored hair and slanted eyes with dark irises, a trait his daughter Kirin inherits. His face takes on a flushed appearance whenever he dotes on Kirin or is around his wife Yayoi. He normally dresses in suits.

Personality
Satoru is a very flirtatious man, often commenting and complimenting on a woman's appearance. This behavior seems to stem from his work as a photographer, as he often works with supermodels, though he acts this way around all females. He's directed compliments to Yayoi's married coworkers, students, and even Midori. Despite his compulsive flattery, Satoru is also a big family man and very affectionate towards his wife and daughter. He is very protective of his daughter, absolutely forbidding Kirin from kissing or getting close to any of the boys at the daycare, calling them "filthy little beasts". However, he appears to gradually accept the Kashima brothers as the more acceptable males.

Satoru also becomes extremely jealous whenever Yayoi speaks to someone of the opposite sex. He is a very bubbly person whenever his daughter is around and is always seen with a camera in hand to snap a shot, however he becomes easily discouraged whenever his daughter says that she hates him or that she prefers Yayoi over him and is seen visibly distraught.

History
Satoru is a freelance photographer who often travels a lot to Hakata for work, which often makes him feel guilty for leaving Yayoi and Kirin alone.

Satoru first met his wife Yayoi when she was playing the lead role in a play while attending Morinomiya University. At that time, Satoru was pursuing a career in photography and described himself as being in a very "agitated" state of mind during that time which caused Satoru to be very cruel to Yayoi when he went backstage to look for a photography entry model. Though he claimed to have thought Yayoi's acting was passionless and boring, for the next three days that the cast was performing, Satoru was always in attendance. When he finally clapped for her at the end of her performance on the last day, Yayoi was so overcome with happiness that she smiled involuntarily, shocking Satoru and making him bashful in her presence. Shortly after, he married Yayoi and had their daughter Kirin.

Kumatsuka Yayoi
While Satoru got off on the wrong foot with the woman who would become his wife, he insists it's because he was flustered after falling in love with her at first sight. To this day, he is bashful whenever Yayoi makes the first move.

Yayoi isn't all that bothered by her husband's tendency to flirt with other women, as it's part of his job and it shows he knows how to treat women with respect. However, when Satoru goes overboard in his hostility towards boys, Yayoi will step in and force him to calm down (with a smack, if necessary).

Kumatsuka Kirin
Satoru has adored Kirin since the day she was born. She loves him too, though her mother remains her favorite parent. Though Satoru is often left affection-starved, he can't say he doesn't understand Yayoi's appeal. Moreover, Kirin gets upset when he's not nice towards her friends, and it can take time for her to forgive his more temperamental outbursts.

For all his quirks, Satoru is a competent father when the situation calls for it. When Kirin's failed attempt to invoke the blessing of the goddess from the Honest Woodcutter left her plagued with guilt over losing Yayoi's ring, Satoru helped her feel better by telling another version of the story. It involved him and Yayoi in the roles of the woodcutter and river goddess, respectively, and it ended with Kirin being bestowed upon the couple as a gift from the heavens. He then assured Kirin that she could always count on her parents being by her side.