Hadashi is curious and studious. He is determined to make his robes change gold, and is well on the way to accomplishing that. In addition, he is determined to show the entire school that the type of wand does not determine your talents.
While he is a bit obsessed with making sure he gets the highest grade one can get in very assignment, he always makes room for leisure time in order to unwind.
Hadashi also has a tendency to "forget" to bring his shoes to certain classes, seemingly at random. This ends up in Hadashi being barefooted in that class. It always happens once a day at least, just like Gym class when he was in muggle school. He is meticulous in his studying and cleanliness, traits taught to him by his parents. While usually has a cool, calm, and calculating personality, Hadashi is easily excited by new things, especially new subjects or new sights.
He rather likes anime and will read manga in his downtime. Hadashi is also a bit of a foodie, and loves trying new types of ramen or sushi. He desperately wants to try foods from other countries and see what other wizarding schools are like.

Born to two muggle-borns, Hadashi lived in both magic and non-magic worlds. Going to muggle school in Kyoto, but always being regaled at night by stories from his parents about the magic world. At an early age, he was a firm believer in yokai, despite the school trying to teach them otherwise.

When he was 5, Hadashi received his first instance of magic. During a cherry blossom festival, he wanted to hold a blossom himself, but couldnt reach. Frustration began to mount. And all of a sudden, a downward gust of wind blew a perfect blossom right into his hands. And more petals all over him.
The gust died as soon as it had come, however.

To his delight and excitement, Hadashi was told that that was magic. And that when he was 7, he would be able to go to Mahoutokoro's day program. And sure enough, one week after he turned 7, Dan found a potted Sakura tree in their living room, and an invitation.

On the day before his 11th birthday, Hadashi was taken by his parents to retrieve supplies. The first was his wand. And his parents took him to the best wandmaker in all of Kyoto.
This... was a bit of a discouraging time for Hadashi. They stayed in the shop for an hour and a half, trying wand after wand, core after core, wood after wood. Nothing would work for him. At the end of it, Hadashi was on the verge of tears, believing that there was a mistake, or that he was defective.
But then, the master wandmaker had a thought. He went into the back for a moment, as Hadashi's parents tried to console him.
The wandmaker returned with a very ornate and intricately designed box. Upon opening it, a Lovely red wand was inside.

Hadashi was not expecting this one to work either, but when he tried it, sure enough, the wand chose him as its user.
And boy did this one make a spectacle of it.

The moment he found out that his robes would change color depending on his magical knowledge and grades, and that his parents would be able to see it reflected in the sakura tree in their house, Hadashi decided immediately that he would make his robes turn gold. Failure was unthinkable.
This drive to succeed was evidently sensed by people of his year, and he was elected as a class representative.

As soon as he was able, Hadashi joined the Dueling Club, and became a key player very quickly.
He consistently gets top marks on his assignments, due to his curiosity, and drive to have golden robes. After his first year, the electives he chose were Meditation and Painting.

Hadashi was not the scaredy type. At honestly any point. He always enjoyed the fine aspects of horror, particularly in manga and anime. In addition, old stories of the horrors of yokai fascinated him. Sure, most stories about them like Azuki-baba were probably made up imitating Azuki-arai to scare children into behaving, but Hadashi never cared. There was just something he liked about horror. Sure, he liked action manga better, like Naruto, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure or One Piece where they are clever in how they defeat opponents, or the Dragon Ball series when he just wanted half-mindless action. He also enjoyed the occasional Death Note, or even Sailor Moon when he was in the mood.
(What? Its a good story.)
Sometimes however, things like Tokyo Ghoul or Tomodachi x Monster just called to him to come and look at their gore and horror.

"Come and look at us, Hadashi! Read us! Watch us! We're freaky and gory and will give children nightmares!"
Something like that.
However, his most recent discovery had given him everything he wanted. Jujutsu Kaisen. Action, horror, gore, everything.
His parents were... well, they weren't concerned, but they did make sure to rein it in before it would get into a love of macabre.

That said, Hadashi also enjoyed American horror. Though he saw a lot of things about it as ridiculous -Jason being unkillable, constantly doing ridiculous things to bring Freddy Krueger back for yet another movie, the entirety of the Chucky franchise- But he still enjoyed the creativity that WAS present.
And yes, of course, the scare factor.

This even extended to games. Silent Hill and (some) Resident Evil. Nothing creeped him out like Silent Hill, he LOVED that game. In fact, horror games can actually still scare him. Both Japanese horror and american horror games could get to him.
All this led to Hadashi being rather used to creepy things, almost desensitized to it. But he still enjoyed the feeling of a chill running up his spine in a legitimately creepy moment. But, unnerving things rarely fazed him anymore, and Hadashi was exceptionally hard to intimidate. These were traits that his parents think will be very helpful to him later down the line. Hadashi sees the helpfulness in the shorter term better; No duelist in Mahoutokoro can intimidate or mind game him. He isnt scared of being flown on a storm bird at break neck velocity every day, and the pressure to have high marks on assignments rarely gets to him.

While just a recent addition to his personality, Hadashi was meticulous in his studies. Whereas before, in Muggle school, he honestly didn't quite care THAT much. Sure he got passing grades, but nothing astonishing. Slightly above average across the board.
However, as soon as he entered into Mahoutokoro, that attitude changed immediately. He was going to make his robes turn gold, at any cost. His views on school switched almost overnight, due to him wanting to know everything about the magical world, and to make his robes gold.
Yes, he made sure to balance his time, as over-working oneself can lead to a sharp decline in productivity and quality, not to mention being burned out and done with the whole thing. Hadashi,under NO circumstances wanted that. That would lead to an inevitable drop in his grades and performance. So, he made sure to make time for gaming, anime, manga, and trying out new foods. But, his studies always came first.
He went over his homework twice to make sure everything was right. He double measured all his potion ingredients to ensure that he got the highest marks. And, of course, he made absolutely sure he used the proper incantations, pronunciations, and wand movements for any spell. Yeah, people might get annoyed at his near obsession with getting everything right. But, this only really applied to two things. School, and Dueling. He's even recently taken to streamlining his study routine to make it even more efficient. You COULD interpret that as him doing this to make more room for leisure, but that depends on who you ask. If you ask Hadashi, well... That would honestly depend on whether or not you were a teacher. But the truthful answer is yes, that was absolutely the reason. And, it worked quite well. His grades did not drop in the slightest, but he had more leisure time and more time to unwind. He wasn't as tense. And he was able to find new anime and manga he loved. He was quite proud of himself for both his grades, and this new streamlined studying technique.

Hadashi was now able to get his studying and homework done in but two thirds of the time before. Sure it wasn't HALF the time, but reduced time is reduced time. And that alone is an achievement to be praised. With his Perfectionist approach to homework and school, this technique, and his drive and motivation, his robes would be gold in no time!

Hadashi has always been calm under pressure. This was something his parents were proud of, and led to his success as a duelist, and his stellar grades. No matter what the opposition; tests, stern teachers, more experienced duelists, multi-hundred page books, impossibly complicated Japanese city streets, Hadashi was (usually) completely calm and collected, which more often than not led to his success and victory.

Interestingly, he found out soon that his teammates were doing better with him around. this intruiged Hadashi greatly. So, he decided to interview his teammates about this odd phenomenon.

They said that they sinply feel at ease with him around. They couldn't really explain it, but his Presence was Calming. As if they had nothing to be intimidated by. Nothing could scare them, or intimidate them, or make them anything less than assured of victory. Which Hadashi found particularly curious, since victory was rarely a complete assurance. Was his calm demeanor contagious? He was not aware of such a thing...

Upon researching in his spare time, he found that some people indeed had such a calming aura that others were affected.
At which point he felt extremely foolish, because of course this was a thing. It happened all the time. So why was he acting like he had no idea? UGH he felt so silly.

He decided then to have a look himself at the next duel. He wanted to see this in action. Upon entering the Dueling Club in Mahoutokoro, he saw that his teammate was very nervous. Eyes flitting around, and thought he was shaking. He then took his place beside him, and noticed immediately that he stopped shaking. His eyes focused, and reflected that he too was now focused. Hadashi kept his eye on his teammate on occasion, but this was a duel. And, though he was calm, Hadashi did not like losing.

Throughout the duel, his teammate never once gave in to nervousness, nor did the opposing team's attempt to intimidate have any effect. Naturally, they won the duel. And easily at that.When Hadashi asked him about his sudden mood shift, he said that it happened as soon as he saw Hadashi there. It was like there was nothing to be afraid of anymore.
Hadashi was utterly delighted. If he had some ability to calm everyone around him, this would make duels and more much easier. Perhaps it would also help him help come classmates who are overly stressed. Would this be a good idea to use on nervous kouhais who are just coming to Mahoutokoro? The possibilities of this ability were multiplying faster than Hadashi could keep track of.

But then a thought hit. Would this still work if he himself was actually not calm or, gods forbid, afraid?
This.... would be much harder to test. Hadashi went back and forth on it. On one hand, he would have to actually be afraid, which was not easy to accomplish. But on the other hand, if there was an actual dangerous situation, and he was afraid, and it turns out that that nullifies it, they could be in serious trouble.

Hadashi eventually decided that this was a bridge better crossed if it came up. For now, he resolved to use this ability to help people.

Hadashi was a duelist. And he was a pretty damn good one at that. Rarely was Hadashi faced with defeat in the Dueling Club. His spell casting was compared to artistry, like poetry in motion.
And still, it was not good enough for Hadashi.
To be clear, it isn't that Hadashi was unsatisfied with his spell casting, or that he had a low opinion of himself. But he knew that there was always room to better oneself. So he continued to practice his spells, attempting to hone his prowess.

Yet, no matter how he practiced, what methods he used, all it did was make it even less likely for him to fail spell casts or miss his targets. That was not what Hadashi was looking for. He wanted something that would give him a real edge over his opposition, not just making it less likely to fail a spell. He hadn't failed a spell in ages anyway, so this was just adding a coat of polish to an already polished Toyota. Almost entirely pointless.

Hadashi looked and looked, studied and studied. But even with piles of books, he could not find anything to help his craving for improvement. To his dismay and annoyance.
When he asked his parents, they responded that he was honestly incredible as he was. there was little need to study this hard, just keep up his regular routine.
But when he worked up enough to write back about his disappointment, they seemed to give in. They gave him a book recommendation, and the very next day he went to the library, and took it out.

Upon studying the book, he learned of a technique that allowed him, when he wished, to cast a spell that hits multiple people.
Hadashi's eyes widened. This was exactly what he needed! A strategic option to further enhance his dueling assets! Already he was picturing how this would help him and his teammate. Afflicting status... well, status afflictions on both opponents at once? Damage both simultaneously? These thoughts filled him with anticipation.

But, like any skill worth learning, this did not come easy. He practiced this Spell Spread no Jutsu daily, as often as possible. So long as it didn't cut into his leisure time too heavily. He was adamant about maintaining proper time to unwind and relax, lest he become a stressed out wreck.
With time however, he came to get the hang of it, and began striking multiple targets at once. The first time this went off correctly, Hadashi was over the moon. FINALLY, he had done it. Though, he knew better than to stop practicing it. He would continue to hone this new technique until he had it fully mastered. But when he tried this out in a real duel... He could hardly wait to see the look on his opponents' faces. And his teammate's, for that matter. Both, he was sure, would be priceless.

Here he was. Hadashi Hitoshi, Gold Robed student of Mahoutokoro. At long last, his goal had been achieved. He could go home as a Gold Robe. The bonsai tree proudly sitting in his kitchen would reflect it, him being at the top. Best duelist. Best grades. Best in his school, even. True, all he needed was to get top marks in his YEAR, but Hadashi wanted this moment. He wanted the moment his robes turned gold to be when he was at the top of EVERYONE. Now all he had to do was maintain his top spot in his year. Not a difficult task for him.

The only question was, now what? He was at the top of his school in grades, not really anywhere to go up from there. After a bit of debating, he decided to put more effort into his Dueling career. He was the Duelist Team Captain, after all. He had to stay on top of that as well. The trouble was, he was already a highly proficient duelist. And he had learned all the spells he was allowed to. And he certainly wasn't going to use restricted spells.
This one... Took Hadashi a while. He went over all his duelist books, his Charms books, his Defense against the dark arts books, all of them. All to make sure that he hadn't missed any spells or any way to optimize his spell casting further.
He had not.

But then, he found it. Hadashi had found something to help. While he was incredible at crippling his opponents and dealing damage, he found that his healing skills, while potent enough, could certainly be better. So, going to Mahoutokoro's library, he checked out numerous books on healing spells. How to cast them better, how to heal more damage, how to be a better healer. And through hours of studying, and practice with a willing participant, he came to get better and better. The progress was a bit slower than he would have liked it to be, but he knew better than to rush a new skill. Through more practice, he found that he was healing more and more and more. Right up until eventually, he deemed this to be acceptable levels of healing ability.
Mahoutokoro duelists beware. Hadashi Hitoshi now has the ability to dish out high damage, and also heal high damage. Hadashi was now a force to be reckoned with in the Dueling Club.