Yamakatsu Katsuya

Yamakatsu Katsuya was Ganta Igarashi's and Mimi's friend. He was killed during the Nagano school massacre by the Red Man.

Background
Yamakatsu had been friends with Ganta and Mimi for a long time. In chapter 4, they are seen getting ice cream at an ice cream stand called "Hayashinaga Ice Cream" after school. Yamakatsu and Ganta were broke and had to ask Mimi for cash for the ice cream. In 2023, a year before the start of the series, Yamakatsu and his classmates went to a waterpark for a school trip.

Personality
Yamakatsu was a fairly kind boy who wasn't above teasing his friends. He appeared to have in interest in soccer. According to Ganta, Yamakatsu had a porn stash.

Appearance
Yamakatsu had dark skin, short, spiky brown hair and brown eyes. He was seen wearing his school's uniform which consisted of a plain white shirt with the school's logo stitched onto the breast pocket and black pants.

Prison Arc
Yamakatsu is first seen in a classroom at Nagano Middle School teasing his friend Ganta Igarashi. Whilst discussing their upcoming school trip to Deadman Wonderland, Ganta's past and the Great Tokyo Earthquake, the students see a crimson man floating outside their classroom window. The crimson man smashes through the walls of the classroom and slaughters every student inside excluding Ganta.

Trivia

 * Yamakatsu's lastname, Katsuya, is only ever mentioned by Mimi's father in the anime.
 * His parents have never been seen or mentioned, but they will surely have been devastated by their son's death.