

Judging from the flashback in episode 23, where Shiomi Jun meets a young
Hayama in a spice market somewhere, I get the sense that Hayama was probably
not born in Japan.

And given that Hayama is

  1. Brown
  2. A master of curries
  3. Apparently a fan of tulsi

I have a sneaking suspicion that he's supposed to be some kind of South Asian.

Am I right? What's his ethnicity supposed to be?


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What is Hayama Akira's ethnicity supposed to be?


He cooks quite a few south Indian dishes, specifically dishes native to the
states of Tamil Nadu (kozhi varutha curry) and Kerala, and I haven't noticed
any of these dishes being very popular or even well known outside of India,
so..... I'd say he's Indian, probably from South Indian.


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As someone who is from Tamil Nadu, I'd say it's very evident that he really is
from South India. Was extremely surprised to see Kozhi Varutha Curry as one of
his dishes because it's a purely Tamil-based dish. Even in one of the pages in
the manga where they show him living in the slums, I could see a board at the
edge of the panel that had Tamil writing, I think it's enough proof.


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Looking at the ethic side of things, I do agree that he must be of a South
Asian origin. Doing thorough research into the main spices and dishes he
specialises in are from Sri Lanka. So another option for his Ethnicity is Sri
Lankan (Sinhalese). Judging by the amount of detail I gathered up about the
character clearly states that Yūto Tsukuda did his research. His skin tone is
faily light brown which suggests that Sri Lanka may be more of a valid option
than Tamils (Indian). Some of his dishes are Indian based however being one of
the highest ranks in the school, it is likely he is fluent in a multitude of
dishes world wide. So my bet is on Sri Lankan.


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But during the autumn election where they were fighting using their types of
food, they called his sword an "Arabian Sword" and he was dressed like an
Arabian prince. He also made common Arabic street food such as the Turkish
Kabob and the Arabic Kebab Sandwich. They also never specified where the slums
he is from is and Arabic are known for many types of spices, even many of the
ones he uses.


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I feel as though he may be Arabic. The music that always plays when he cooks
is influenced from Arabic music and the Middle East where many Arabic people
reside was also quite famous for spices. Just speculation though. There are
other anime that have similarly designed characters which are speculated to be
Arabic as well such as Sphintus Carmen from Magi.


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Obviously from SOUTH INDIA he was in south Indian slum since I have seen women
in salwar kameez in background additionally akira is master of spices and
India is known as the land of spices and his background music was influenced
by Bollywood music which is an Indian film industry additionally cooked many
south Indian dishes, have tulsi patta in his hand always now some may say then
y he is mastered in kebab it's because in India also kebab is extremely common
since it was exported to India during Mogul empire who had some Persian,
Turkish influence additionally Arabian prince dress is similar to medieval
Indian prince dress...therefore from all the above proves it's extremely clear
that he is from INDIA, SOUTH INDIA MAY BE PARTICULARLY FROM TAMIL NADU...


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