Kiyoshi Date / Dante
伊達 聖士 Date Kiyoshi
Nickname	Dante (ダンテ)
Birthday	May 30
Gender	Male
Blood Type	O
Height	173 cm.
Weight	54 kg.
Eyes	Red
Hair	Purple & Black
School	Kaimei High School
Class	2-E (chapters 1-209) 3-C (chapters 210-present)
Likes	Dream of Lie, Naruto
Dislikes	Death metal
Affiliation	JardiN (vocalist)
Manga Debut	Chapter 36
Anime Debut	Episode 15
Seiyū	Takashi Kondō (drama CD) GACKT (anime)

Kiyoshi Date (伊達 聖士, Date Kiyoshi), more commonly known as Dante (ダンテ) is a Kaimei student who is a huge fan of the visual kei subculture. He is the vocalist for the visual kei band JardiN.

Contents 1 Appearance 2 Personality 3 Major Story Points 3.1 Confounded Angels 3.2 Confounded Angels (Take 2) 3.3 The Archangel's Ballad 3.4 Enka vs. Visual Kei 4 Relationships 5 Trivia

AppearanceEdit

Dante has purple and black hair worn in a somewhat spiked style, which falls over one of his eyes. He uses both lipstick and nail polish and can often be seen wearing scarves, jewelry and belt accouterments. He is a relatively an average height and average built person, similar to Bossun's body structure.

PersonalityEdit

Despite his strong onstage presence, Dante is very shy and gets embarrassed easily. He has trouble adequately expressing himself and is frequently misunderstood as a result. This is primarily due to the fact that he tends to speak in short, abstract phrases which must be interpreted by the listener. Additionally, though he has a gothic image, he enjoys shōnen manga - Naruto in particular.

Major Story PointsEdit

Confounded AngelsEdit

Confounded Angels (Take 2)Edit

The Archangel's BalladEdit

Dante develops a crush on Koma, who reciprocates his feelings (unbeknownst to him). However, as both have difficulty expressing themselves, they each ask the Sket Dan to assist. Ultimately, their inexpressive personalities cause problems and misunderstandings, and they end up deciding that they aren't meant for each other.

Enka vs. Visual KeiEdit

After falling asleep listening to a televised Enka concert, Dante becomes wholly enamored with the music style and changes his image and way of speaking. His friend and bandmate Rodan asks the Sket Dan for help, and they attempt to remind Dante of his love of visual kei by emulating his usual style and speech. When this proves unsuccessful, they opt to knock him unconscious and have him listen to visual kei music. Surprisingly, this returns him to normal... until he turns up a few days later wearing a full Reality Maji costume as a result of having fallen asleep listening to anime songs.

RelationshipsEdit

TriviaEdit

• He ranked 10th in the first character popularity contest and 17th in the second.
• GACKT was the inspiration for Dante's character.
• Dante's full name isn't revealed until chapter 175. Until then, only his surname Date was known.