Hajiro Zenin

Hajiro Zenin (禪院派治郎 Zen'in Hajirō) is one of the four main protagonists of Gold Heart, Iron Will. He is the illegitimate child of Toga Ozuran and Toji Zenin, now Toga Zenin and Toji Fushiguro respectively.

Background
Hajiro is an illegitimate child born into the Zenin Family, and hated by his step-father Naoya Zenin since birth. Hajiro was never allowed to see his mother despite being told his mother loves him very much. He has been friends with his cousin, Mai Zenin, especially after Maki Zenin left the family. He communicated with Toga for the first time when he was 7, when she caught Mai sneaking to Hajiro's room to play and asked Mai to take a letter to her son. He was upset but not surprised when he learned it was his father that kept them from meeting. He met her for the first time when he was 12 and was hit with grief when she died when he was 13.

Personality
Hajiro is blank, calm, collected and feels for the most part unloved. He feels his mother loves him, but is bitter toward his step-father, and frequently wonders what his blood father was like and if he would have been kinder than Naoya.