Hisashi Ivanov (久志・イワノフ) is one of Mayor Harada's personal hitmen.
Characteristics[]
Appearance[]
Ivanov is a huge, muscular man whose face bears several scars. He stands at over two meters tall and wears his light-brown hair in a crew cut. He has trained his body to be hard and impervious to weapons, and as such, knives do not work on him. Due to his suspicious and obvious appearance, he cannot stand bodyguard for his employer, who is nearly always in the public eye.
Personality[]
Ivanov's intimidating appearance contrasts with his kind and meek nature. He generally speaks in a soft murmur and jokes lightly with his companions, preferring silence over confrontation. Despite his kind personality, his size and strength allow him to excel as a killer. He is the most proficient at close combat in his group of hitmen. His specialty is strangulation, and his eagerness to take on work that will protect the mayor suggests loyalty, a desire to contribute to the team, and a penchant for killing. He shows hesitation when asked to kill outside of the parameters of his work, however, notably when the tasks of disposing of the body of one of Yusuke's victims and killing Yusuke's friends makes him uncomfortable.
Background[]
Ivanov was born and raised in Saitama, Japan. At some point he was hired by Murder, Inc. as a killer, and he later left the organization and found employment under Mayor Harada.
Synopsis[]
Mayor Harada Scandal Arc[]
Ivanov is introduced at dinner with his companions Munakata, Shinohara, and Reiko. He offers to split the bill with Munakata and volunteers to strangle the detective looking into the mayor's connection to Fukuoka's rising crime syndicate, the Kakyuu Association. Ivanov calls Munakata when the murder is complete and is content that the police are treating it as a suicide by hanging.
After Reiko discovers that the mayor's son, Yusuke Harada, and three of his friends beat a man to death, they are forced to eliminate Yusuke's friends to keep Yusuke out of trouble. Ivanov is uncomfortable with killing outside of his job, but he obediently spreads gasoline around the car that the students are in before it explodes.
When Munakata meets with the Kakyuu Group, Zhang hires Ivanov to kill Xianming Lin, who is giving the organization trouble. Zhang calls Ivanov to arrive at the office at the same time as Lin, but when Ivanov enters, the front room is splattered with the blood of the five subordinates Lin had killed. He enters the office and grabs Lin from behind while Zhang departs. As Ivanov strangles him, pointing out the futility of Lin's attempts to stab him, Lin turns the knife toward his face and fires his gun, hitting him with a bullet in the middle of his forehead. Ivanov has enough time to wonder at Lin's weapon before dying.
Trivia[]
- According to the first light novel, Ivanov can lip-read.
- His hobby is bodybuilding.
- He is half Russian and half Japanese.