Torajiro Asuka (飛鳥 虎次郎 Asuka Torajirō?), also known as Astora (アストラ Asutora?, "Asutora"), is a main character in Digimon Universe App Monsters. His Buddy Appmon is Musimon.
Appearance
Torajiro is a preteen boy with fair skin, wavy blonde hair long enough to tie back in a small ponytail, and green-cyan eyes. He has two small markings on each cheek reminiscent of a cat's whiskers, and a wide, cat-like mouth. He wears a black cap with a bright green bill and metal plating on the crown, a brown vest over a black shirt with yellow highlights, green wristbands, yellow shorts, and green-and-white sneakers with dark green soles. He also wears red headphones around his neck and has large, colorful buttons on his clothing, a green one on the bottom of his vest and blue and red buttons on his shorts.
During winter, Torajiro wears his shorts and shoes with a cream coloured sweatshirt, a black and red jacket and black long johns.
Description
Torajiro is a free-spirited boy who likes to go with the flow and believes in the importance of freedom and expressing one's emotions. Online, he is a famous AppTuber known by the nickname "Astora". The catchphrase he usually uses during his videos is "Do I feel it? Don't I? I totally do!" (ノレる? ノレない? 超ノレる！ Noreru? Nore nai? Chou noreru!?).
Torajiro's family are Grand Masters of a tea ceremony school, and are very strict and traditional.
His Apptter username is @Asutoramu. The Fifth Applidriver!
Development
At some point, Astora's name, Torajiro, was intended to be written as "寅次郎", which uses a different kanji for "tiger" (寅 tora?).[2]
Etymologies
- Torajiro Asuka (飛鳥 虎次郎)
Name used in and official romanization given by Digimon Universe App Monsters. His given name is also romanized as Torajirou in recaps and the DVD-Box 1 booklet.
- Ja: Asuka (飛鳥?). Japanese surname that means "flying bird". Possibly after the Asuka period of Japan, and a likely reference to his family being very traditional.
- Ja: Torajiro (虎次郎 Torajirō?). A Japanese male name composed of the kanji for "tiger" (虎 tora?) and "next son" (次郎 jirō?). Possibly a reference to his cat-like face and the colors of his clothes.
- Asutora (アストラ)
Nickname used in and official romanization given by Digimon Universe App Monsters. Miraculous Final Evolution! The God Appmon Descend!
- Ja: A combination of the first two kana letters of his surname and name, "Asu" (あす?) and "Tora" (とら?), as well as a likely reference to Astra (アストラ Asutora?), a software used for video broadcasting.
- Astora
Nickname used in Crunchyroll's English subtitles for Digimon Universe App Monsters.
- Anglicization of "Asutora".
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Notes and references
| Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters (3DS) | |
|---|---|
| Main characters: | Protagonist | Naoto | Mio | Makoto | Wakaba | Kayo | Yukari | Ouji | Ryouji | Kagefumi |
| Appmon: | Onmon | Offmon | Tutomon | Yadomon | Gashamon | Copipemon | Aidmon | Oujamon | Kosomon | Craftmon |
| Allies: | MCmon | Mihama Gang |
| Antagonists: | Rebootmon | Jammingmon |
| Other characters: |
Protagonist's mother | Haru Shinkai and Gatchmon | Eri Karan and Dokamon | Torajiro "Astora" Asuka and Musimon | Rei Katsura and Hackmon | Ai Kashiki | Other characters |
| See also: | Appmon | Net Ocean | AR-Field | Chaos AR-Field | Cyber Arena | App Drive | Appmon Band | Appmon Chip | Teito Security |