Toshinori Oda
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Toshinori Oda (織田敏憲 Oda Toshinori) is a character in the novel Battle Royale, and the film and manga of the same name. In the English-language manga he is nicknamed Froggy.
In the film he was played by Shigehiro Yamaguchi.
Toshinori has O-type blood.
[edit] Pre-Program
Toshinori Oda is one of the class of third-year students at the fictional Shiroiwa Junior High School. He is an unpleasant boy, said to resemble a frog. Toshinori knew he was ugly, and as a result was resentful towards the boys in his class who were attractive. He also hates the boys who are tall, as he is quite short himself (162 centimeters). He has a particular hatred for Shuya Nanahara, who is tall and attractive, and possesses the sporting prowess that Toshinori lacks. He also has a disdain for women, and views them as merely tools for producing children. As well as his dislike for most other people, Toshinori has an aversion to dirt, and in particular, dirty houses.
Toshinori comes from an extremely wealthy family. His father owns a large food company, which was due to be passed to Toshinori's brother, Tadanori, upon his death or retirement. Toshinori views the rest of his classmates, and even his brother, as being vulgar, and he views himself as being far more important than any of them. He excels at playing the violin, but his classmates are unimpressed with his classical music when compared to Shuya's rock music, which makes Toshinori hate Shuya even more. His ambition is to become the conductor of the government's Symphony Orchestra. His skills at the violin are surpassed only by those of Kazuo Kiriyama, who is uninterested in the instrument despite his skill with it. His other hobby is collecting model guns, though he has never used a real gun.
[edit] During The Program
Toshinori received a defensive item as his designated weapon - a kevlar vest. He hid near a house in the residential area.
In the manga and novel, he was disturbed by Hirono Shimizu, who was looking for water in a nearby well. He snuck up on Hirono and attempted to strangle her with his belt, only to be shot in the stomach by her. Unaware that he was wearing the kevlar, Hirono turned away from Toshinori, giving him the chance to attack her again. This time, he managed to strangle her. He took Hirono's gun and continued hiding. In the manga version, Toshinori kills Hirono by pushing her down the well.
Later, he had a chance meeting with Hiroki Sugimura, who was reluctant to fight. An argument ensues, and Hiroki shoots Toshinori's ring finger off (In the manga he simply breaks it with a kick), ruining any chance he had of pursuing a career as a violinist. While Toshinori is distracted by this injury, Kazuo Kiriyama appears and shoots him in the chest, giving Hiroki an opportunity to run away. Toshinori's vest saves him again, but he plays dead, planning to kill Kazuo when he comes near. His plan backfires; in the Novel he becomes nervous as Kazuo approaches, and moves his eyes. Kazuo then shoots Toshinori in the face with his machine gun, and takes the vest for himself. In the manga he sits up and takes aim with the gun that he took from Hirono but he leaves his legs open (a weak spot which his Kevlar does not protect), Kiriyama moves too quickly for Oda to react and Kiriyama shoots Oda between his legs with his MAC-10 until his intestines spill out.
In the film, Toshinori is not as highly characterized as in the book or manga. He is focused on in a scene where he is being chased by Kazuo, and he still uses his kevlar trick to fool him. However, as he stops playing dead, Kazuo jumps down from a roof while wielding a wakizashi. Kazuo decapitates Toshinori, stuffs a grenade in his mouth, and uses his head as a bomb. In the film Oda does not kill Hirono; Mitsuko Souma kills Hirono in the film.
