Takahashi, Hideki

Tier: major

Last updated: author home assignment; GM3 satellite cross-ref.

Author-assigned home: AWLL. Full biography belongs here, not in Good Medicine. Sibling: Kimiko Mei Takahashi — GM character; Takahashi_Kimiko.md.

Names

• Given: Hideki
• Surname: Takahashi (Japanese order: Takahashi Hideki)
• Honorifics: «Shihan» / Hideki-san (as dōjō heir and master)

Role (AWLL)

Black belt at Hisakawa Hiro's traditional Shōtōkan school in Oguni, Yamagata Prefecture; heir-apparent and later master of the dōjō. Marries Sakurako (Steve's «Cherry Blossom»). Central to Steve's Japan arcs and Chicago dōjō succession under Hideki's authority.

Narrative introduction: AWLL2 book 7 (Sakurako) — on-page from chapter 60 onward (Oguni training circle). Major development continues AWLL2 book 8 (NIKA, Japan trip) and later AWLL volumes.

Cross-series (GM — satellite only)

Mentioned only through Kimiko; no on-page appearance or dialogue in Good Medicine.

• GM3 ch 21 · Aug 30, 1983 — Kimiko: brother Hideki, age 11, 2nd Kyu, trains daily in Oguni with uncle while family is in Delaware.
• GM3 ch 28 · Sept 1983 — Mike's karate focus improves after talk with Kimiko's father (Oguni school tradition echoed).
• GM3 ch 30 · Sept 1983 — Kimiko describes Hideki's daily training.
• GM3 ch 47 · 1983 — Mike links retired officer at Kimiko's brother's school to traditional dojo discipline.

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