Toki Osugi

Toki Osugi
Personal Information
Full Name	Toki Osugi
Age	Late twenties/Early thirties
Gender	Male
Hair Color	Bald
Eye Color	Amber
Additional Information
Known Relatives	Takao Osugi (great grandfather) ✝ Tamayo Osugi (great grandmother) ✝ Suzuno Osugi (grandmother) ✝ Unnamed parents Oikawa (adoptive great grandfather) ✝ Seiji Horie, Kenichi and Hidero (adoptive great great uncles)
Occupation	Taxi Driver
Status	Alive
Real World
Voiced by	Katsuya Shiga (Japanese) Jeff Nimoy (English)
Other Information
Appeared in	Fushigi Yuugi- Episode 43

Toki Osugi is the grandson of Suzuno Osugi, the Priestess of Byakko. He appears in the anime adaptation of Fushigi Yuugi: The Mysterious Play and OVA 1. He lives in his family home with Suzuno and works as a taxi driver in Morioka.

Character

Toki is a bald young man with dark eyebrows and amber eyes. He appears to be in his mid-to-late twenties or early thirties. He is quiet, cooperative, and eager to help, especially when his grandmother is involved.

Toki holds a deep sense of filial piety and has taken care of his grandmother, Suzuno, in her twilight years. He has heard her tales about a mysterious book called the Universe of the Four Gods and her lover, Tatara, from another world all his life, but he is reluctant to believe her. Toki is shown to be a practical man who is not influenced by notions of the supernatural or intangible things. He believes her tales are little more than "an old woman's fantasies."

Although Toki has accepted that Suzuno could pass away of old age any day, he notices she still "clings" to her experiences inside the book. Her hope seems to have prolonged her life despite her deteriorating health, which both baffles and worries him. Still, Toki remains devoted to making her as comfortable as possible in her final days.

Story

Fushigi Yuugi: The Mysterious Play

Toki meets Keisuke Yuki and Kajiwara Tetsuya in Morioka and soon discovers they know about The Universe of the Four Gods. They debrief him on Miaka's journey inside the book and Toki discloses that his grandmother has talked of similar experiences. He drives them to Suzuno's house and explains that she believes she was the Priestess of Byakko. However, he admits that he does not know if he should believe her, even after hearing a similar tale.

Soon after arriving, the group witnesses Suzuno's death while Keisuke reads her Tatara's final moments in the book. Just outside their home, they witness Tatara and Suzuno's spirits reunite in their younger forms. Toki finally believes all the stories his grandmother told him.

OVA 1

Toki does not appear again until OVA 1, where he leads Kajiwara, Keisuke, Miaka, and Tamahome, along with Yui to the graves of the priestesses of Byakko and Genbu, including his grandmother.

Trivia

• Toki means "time" in Japanese.