Character profile
Sukeroku Yuurakutei
有楽亭助六Hatsutaro / Shin
Biography
Sukeroku Yuurakutei, originally known as Shin, is the Eighth Generation Yakumo's lifelong friend and Konatsu's father. Apprenticed alongside Bon, he rejects the name Hatsutarou and performs instead as Sukeroku. His passionate, distinctive rakugo brings him recognition but also clashes with traditionalists in the rakugo association.
Story spoilers
Shin was trained in childhood by a street performer named Sukeroku, making him the Second Generation Sukeroku. Later, after leaving the Yuurakutei household, he elopes with Miyokichi and fathers Konatsu. Sukeroku and Miyokichi ultimately die in a lovers' suicide.
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