Kazuaki Hirata

Kazuaki Hirata (平田 和明, Hirata Kazuaki) is a character in the Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai (Twittering Birds Never Fly) series. He is the boss of the Shinseikai yakuza.

Appearance
Kazuaki has short dark hair.

Kazuaki wears a green suit with the jacket worn unbuttoned over his purple collared shirt.

Background
After Takahito Misumi left, Kazuaki led the group where they became known as Doushinkai.

Story
Kazuaki begins to enter the room before coming across Yashiro crouched down. Announcing that he has been too busy money making to come into the building and pay his respects, Kazuaki then turns his attention on Takahito Misumi's activities.

Takahito Misumi
The previous leader of the Matsubara who handed the title to him. Masumi describes them as lovers in the beginning but are now more like brothers.

Yashiro
Not exactly on friendly terms, Kazuaki is of the view that only Yashiro's financial management and sexual appetite are strong.

Etymology

 * The name Kazuaki means "harmony, peace" (和) (kazu) and "bright" (明) (aki).
 * Kazuaki's surname Hirata means "flat, broad, level, even, peaceful" (平) (hira) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (ta).