Akira Tendou

Akira Tendou (天道 輝) is the main character of Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead. He is a former employee of a black company and the original author of the Bucket List.

Appearance
Akira has short scruffy black hair and matching color eyes. He wears a green jacket over a white long-sleeved shirt, black pants, and multi-colored shoes.

Personality
Initially, Akira was very optimistic, with dreams and bright world views. After years of working in the black company, he has become highly stressed and tired, nearly suicidal. When the zombie apocalypse started, he experienced a great sense of freedom and tried to experience everything life had to offer with childlike optimism.

Kenichirou Ryuuzaki
Akira and Kenchou were friends from high school when they joined the same club.

Shizuka Mikazuki
Akira first met Shizuka when he ran to gather supplies in a nearby minimarket. The stoic lady chastised him because he prioritized getting beers instead of more essential supplies.

He considers her "the woman of his dreams".

Teruo Tendou
Teruo is Akira's father.

Akiko Tendou
Akiko is Akira's mother.

Etymology

 * The name Akira means "brightness, radiance, shine, sparkle, gleam, twinkle" (輝).
 * Akira's surname Tendou means "sun, heaven/way of heaven, providence, destiny, divine justice/divine guidance/divine intervention, fate, fortune, chance, predetermination, lot" (天道).