Sugihara Makoto was a student at Suzuran and a sophomore by the time Harumichi Bouya came into town. He is a member of the Ebizuka Trio with Hiromi Kirishima and Toshiaki Honjou.
His trademark accessory is his trusty pair of shades, along with a hat given to him by his girlfriend in the second half of the series [1].
Personality
Mako used to be a man of few words, until he became friends with Bouya. Because of this, Mako's inner chatterbox came out and the two became fast friends, even if they ended up fighting all the time.
Mako has even accompanied Bouya more than once when the latter had to confront a whole gang of enemies by himself. This even led to a one-on-one versus Housen's Hideyuki Bitou, which was a fight that Mako won.
Regardless of Hiromi's leadership, Mako is considered the strongest of the Ebi Trio,this makes him the Harumichi Family's second strongest fighter after only Bouya himself.
It was stated by Pon that Mako likes spicy foods [2].
He claimed that he enjoys sitting alone quietly at the very back of his class, enjoying the sunlight and falling asleep while thinking about love [3].
History
Ebizuka Mid
Freshman
Kirishima attended Ebizuka middle school along with Pon and Mako and would become friends. Kirishima considers them as his brothers and the only time he would smile the way a middle schooler is supposed to was with those two. When Kirishima started middle school, Izaki Shun was the strongest at Ebizuka and was looked up to by Kirishima. Despite being quite mellow and chilled out when he is a senior at Suzuran, Kirishima was considered a dangerous person in middle school and even shaved off his eyebrows so that none of his upper classman dare to go near him.
Sophomore
Kirishima, along with Pon and Mako, would become well know around the district as the Ebizuka Trio and were the strongest at Ebizuka. Many of the middle schoolers wanted to join the Ebizuka Trio but they did not take any followers.
Senior
Kirishima, along with Pon and Mako, would fight other middle schoolers from outside Ebizuka. They took out Sahara and his guys from Seta Mid and Odajima and his guys from 3rd Mid. Unknown to the Ebizuka Trio, no one fights with Odajima since he has an older brother from Suzuran that backs him. When find out about Odajima, Kirishima stated that it didn't matter what happens from now on. At this time, Kirishima considered not going to high school.
When Kirishima, Pon and Gunji arrived to help, Kirishima tells Odajima's brother that Suzuran can kiss his ass and that they aren't anything special because they are two or three years older than them. Before engaging them into a fight, Kirishima's speech caught the attention of Genjirou Katsuragi who was walking by. When Odajima's brother and the Suzuran students saw him walking by, they began to panic in fear. Katsuragi stopped and askws whats going on and lookws at Kirishima, Pon, Mako and Gunji. After looking at them, Katsuragi turns to Odajima's brother and says to him ''Odajima, what the fuck do you think you are doing fighting middle schoolers?!'' Odajima and the rest of the Suzuran students apologize and run in fear. It was the first time they met Suzuran's infamous Genjirou Katsuragi and after talking to him, he saw the appeal of Suzuran. Kirishima decides to join Pon and Mako and go to Suzuran together.
Suzuran
Freshman
He alongside with Hiromi and Pon, won the Freshmen War. They were then invited by Izaki Shun to join GPS which they declined. Mako also once challenged Genji to fight but lost.[4]
Kirishima, Pon and Mako would try and take on the man Katsuragi said was stronger than himself, who they call Rindaman. They were beaten with ease by Rindaman [5]. At the end of their first year, Kirishima, Pon and Mako encounter Bandou Hideto.
Sophomore
Mako, together with Pon, confronted Bouya for attacking Hiromi. Mako won the coin toss to fight Bouya [6], but ended up losing to him [7]. After this, the Trio realized that they needed Bouya's strength if they wanted to challenge Hideto Bandou, who at the time was trying to gain control of Suzuran. The four men teamed-up and continued to hang out with each other even after Bandou's defeat.
The Ebizuka Trio helped form the Harumichi Family to fight against T.F.O.A., and later they were surrounded by Anzai Mitsuhiko and several underling but the three of them managed to defeated them all [8]. During this era, he was claimed to be the top 5 strongest person in Suzuran excluding Bouya.
During the war against Housen, Mako was cornered by Bitou Hideyuki, Matsuda and several underlings and was beaten [9]. After recovering he fought one-on-one against Hideyuki again and easily won [10].
Mako is also the only member of the Harumichi Family with a girlfriend, which draws ire from the other members of the Family.
Senior
Mako started working as a carpenter at his girlfriend's father's company and didn't graduated [11]. Bouya ranked Mako as the fifth strongest fighter he faced.
Apocrypha
In Crows Explode, his name appeared in the list of top ten strongest in Suzuran. He was ranked number 9 below Ogisu Kenichi [12].
Fights
- Mako vs. Genji - Lost [13]
- Mako vs. Bouya - Lost [14]
- Mako vs. Senda Naoki, several underlings - Lost [15]
- Mako, Hiromi, Pon vs. Rindaman - Loss [16]
- Mako vs. Ryuushin - Lost [17]
- Mako, Hiromi, Pon vs. several Anzai Mitsuhiko's underlings - Won [18]
- Mako vs. Anzai Mitsuhiko - Won [19]
- Mako vs. Hideyuki Bitou, Matsuda, several underlings - Lost [9]
- Mako vs. Hideyuki Bitou - Won [10]
References
- ↑ Crows; Chapter 50, page 5
- ↑ Crows; Chapter 32, page 25
- ↑ Crows; Chapter 56, page 7
- ↑ Crows Zero
- ↑ Crows; Chapter 7, page 21
- ↑ Crows; Chapter 2, page 14
- ↑ Crows; Chapter 2, page 36
- ↑ Crows; Chapter 17, page 29
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Crows; Chapter 42, page 53
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Crows; Chapter 48, page 34
- ↑ Crows; Chapter 79, page 12
- ↑ Crows Explode
- ↑ Crows Zero II: Suzuran x Housen; Chapter 12.5, page 29
- ↑ Crows; Chapter 2, page 36
- ↑ Crows; Chapter 3, page 29
- ↑ Crows; Chapter 7, page 21
- ↑ Crows; Chapter 14, page 57
- ↑ Crows; Chapter 17, page 29
- ↑ Crows; Chapter 18, page 27