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"User of the Yo-kai Watch Animas. He wields magic and knows a lot about Yo-kai. He's always happy and is the detective agency's mood maker."
"You know Cole, when I first met Summer, I was really happy that there's someone other than Grandma and me who could see Yo-kai."
—Bruno, Yo-kai Watch Shadowside episode 47

Bruno (Japanese: 有星 アキノリ Arihoshi Akinori) is one of the main characters in the Yo-kai Watch series, who first appeared in Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: The Return of the Oni King and Yo-kai Watch Shadowside, and as a playable character in Yo-kai Watch 4.

He is shown to use magic by tracing stars in midair, a skill that he learned from his grandmother. Later on, he is given the Yo-kai Watch Animas by Suzaku which allows him to summon extremely powerful Celestial Yo-kai.

Appearances[]

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Physical Traits[]

Apperance[]

Bruno is a fair-skinned chubby boy with brown spiky hair and brown eyes. He wears a white kosode, a blackberry colored hakama, zori sandals and a necklace of green Buddhist prayer beads.

Bruno takes his job as a member of the Yo-Kai Watch Detective Agency very seriously and tends to get annoyed whenever Summer and the others disrespect that. He is shown to have a very humorous side. He seems to have high self-esteem in himself and does things with a lot of pride. He also prides himself in being the de-facto leader of the Yo-kai Detective Agency.

Bruno can create stars in the air with his hands and use them as combat towards spiritual creatures such as Yo-kai. With the usage of the Yo-kai Watch Animus, he can summon Celestial by using one of the triangular-shaped discs of each type.

Relationships[]

Summer Adams[]

The two are shown to be on good terms with one another and call each other good friends. However, Summer tends to disrespect him a lot. In the game, Bruno was surprised that Summer's father was a "Legendary Yo-kai Watch User".

Nathan Adams[]

At first, he is normal towards Summer's father despite the least interactions. However, he became surprised and respectful when he, Cole, and Summer finds out he is the "Legendary Yo-Kai Watch User", as he displays more interactions towards him as he asks him about his ability to befriend Yo-Kai and their similarity when it comes to love with Katie and Isabelle. He even lets Nate sleep in his room when he is in the future.

Cole[]

The two are shown to be good friends, however, Bruno's loud and overly optimistic personality seems to disturb Cole, to the point where he usually has to ask Bruno to calm down.

Tate Adams[]

The two are on simple terms within one another. It's implied they're just friends, not good friends, not acquaintances, just friends.

Isabelle[]

Bruno has a very passionate crush on Isabelle. At first, he thought Tate and Summer were over-exaggerating about her cuteness, but once Tate showed him a picture of her, he immediately fell in love with her. He even went as far as to drag Cole with him to observe her personality and actions outside of school.

Once Isabelle joined the Detective Agency, Bruno kept pampering her and always tried to impress her with his knowledge about Yo-kai. He felt extremely happy when he got to spend personal time with her at the beach. In SS017, he got extremely depressed when he found out she was unable to assist in solving a case.

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Akinori
Stats Calculation
HP
 
893
YP
 
201
STR
 
481
SPR
 
421
PDEF
 
487
TDEF
 
472
SPD Slow
Role Unknown
This shows Bruno's stat on level: 120.
Attribute: Wind icon Weak Attribute: Ice icon


In the anime[]

M04[]

Bruno is one of the protagonists in Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: The Return of the Oni King.

He is the Eldest son of the Arihoshi family, who for generations have used Yo-kai energy for divination. Bruno has the ability to utilize Yo-kai energy, the very same energy Yo-kai use for their powers, to perform small feats of sorcery.

He notices the impending danger, although he doesn't know it's true nature until his grandmother explains the Onimaro to him. From his studies, he knows a Yo-kai Watch would have the power needed to stop the catastrophe.

He ends up aiding Summer, the one chosen by the Yo-kai Watch Arcane, in fighting the Oniou Rasen, using both his knowledge and his sorcery to help.

Yo-kai Watch Shadowside[]

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Bruno takes the role of the leader of the Yo-kai Detective Agency, constantly trying to get Summer and Cole to concentrate on the case at hand.

In SS013, Bruno obtains the Yo-kai Watch Animus, which allows him to summon Celestial Yo-kai.

In SS030, Bruno finally gets enough courage to be able to ask Isabelle out on a date.

In SS049, it was revealed that both he and Cole are reincarnations of Juno's knights, Boreas and Eurus respectively.

Spoilers end here.

In the manga[]

Yo-kai Watch Shadowside the Movie: The Return of the Oni King[]

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Bruno plays a similar role in MM04 as he does in the anime. Mitsue tells him of the incoming threat of the Onimaro and he goes off with the Yo-kai radar and finds Summer, giving him the keystones of Hungramps and Blizzaria. He uses his magic against the Onimaro possessed humans but isn't strong enough to fight them alone and teams up with Summer and later Cole.

Gallery[]

See Bruno/Gallery.

Quotes[]

  • Descend! Genjuu Suzaku! (Japanese: 降臨! 幻獣 朱雀! Korin! Genjuu Suzaku!)

Etymology[]

His family name "Arihoshi" (Japanese: 有星) literally translates to "occurring star" which may be a reference how Bruno draws a star when casting his magic.

His given name is likely taken from "aki" (Japanese: fall), being one of the four seasons, which Cole, Summer, and Theo are also named after.

"Bruno" comes from the word "Brown," which may refer to brown autumn leaves.

Trivia[]

  • He is the first character who does not own the Yo-kai Watch Arcane to receive a Keystone from a Yo-kai.
  • He, alongside Cole, Summer and Theo are named after the four seasons.
  • He, alongside Cole, Isabelle and Bruno, is one of the members of the Yo-kai Detective Agency to be a reincarnation of an important ancient Yo-kai/a descendant of someone who was once affiliated with an important Yo-kai.
    • In his case, he is the reincarnation of one of Juno's knights, Eurus.
  • His relation with Tae Arihoshi is shown in the fifth movie as Tae is seen using the same magic spell he and his grandmother perform throughout the Shadowside series. This is further supported by the fact that Tae herself mentions how she comes from a long line of people who had magical abilities.
    • Additionally, Tae owns the same Yo-kai Detection Radar he currently possesses.

In other languages[]

Language Name Meaning
Flag of Japan  Japanese 有星 アキノリ Arihoshi Akinori
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Flag of Hong Kong  Chinese (Cantonese)* 秋紀 Qiūjì [citation needed]
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Flag of the People's Republic of China
  Chinese (Mandarin)*
秋纪 Qiūjì[1]
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