Rei Izumi

Rei Izumi (, Izumi Rei) is one of the main characters of Slow Damage.

He currently works both as a bartender at Roost and he mostly spends his nights in the bar with his good friends. He is also a part-timer at Murase Clinic.

Aside from those jobs, he also participates in Deathmatches, and has made a name as a strong contestant in them. He is in a team with Arata, Junko, and Honami.

He has mixed ancestry, due to being born to an English mother, and a Japanese father.

Hobbies
Rei's other main hobby is performing body modification and body art on other people. Even though it's just a hobby, he is a a serious student of body art in general. He has performed a variety of procedures, from tattoos to implants.

His skills has been so well received that the body art consultation event held at Roost was quite the success, and it was really popular with the customers. Some people even became customers of the bar because of the event. Eventually, the Roost Manager wanted to make it a regular thing. Rei himself readily agreed as he stated that he has learned a lot from the event after hearing things from various people.

Appearance
A woman at the Soup Charity Event calls him a "good looking male" (イケメン) and stated that thus he is "a real feast for the eyes". However, Rei himself personally prefers to be called a "beautiful person" (美人) instead.

Towa stated that he has a chiseled and well-shaped face due to his ancestry, and this might be the reason why he is popular with female patients.

Rei has long reddish pink hair that is shaved into a buzz at the back. He ties his hair into a ponytail at the back and his fringe falls down to the right side of his face. He has reddish eyes and a wears a few earrings in the few piercings on his ears.

He doesn't look like a person who spends his days fighting. It is only on rare occasions does he have bruises and scars on his face.

He is usually seen wearing a yellowish long sleeved shirt and torn long black pants. He wears a couple of necklaces around his neck and also wears a ring on his right little finger.

Personality
He is a mood-maker and a caring sort of person.

He likes nagging at Towa, which can be compared to being like a mother.

He is usually very tolerant. Even when he nags at Towa; his Aura doesn't visibly show any changes, which means he is not truly upset. However one thing that can visibly upset him is Towa smoking when he is eating.

Trivia

 * He likes cooking and usually brings his homemade food to Towa and Taku.
 * He has a sweet tooth. He told Taku Murase to treat him to sweets instead as thanks, and the former suggested a parfait.
 * He has both a motorbike and car driving licenses. He usually rides his motorbike to work. However, he walks instead if the weather is bad.
 * Rei's Ambidextrous (When Writing: Right Hand, When eating: Left)
 * His favorite foods are Meat, Pudding Tomato
 * His dislikes are Shellfish, Shiitake Mushrooms, Green Onion
 * His hobbies are Cooking, “Sweets Tour”/trying out different type of sweets, Body Art