__Height:__ 173 cm

19 year old student who's just found out he's failed his exam for the second time to get into college. He's currently lives in Tokyo with no close friends and he's down in the dumps, until he bumps into Musubi. Musubi changes his life when she decides that he is her ashikabi (patner) and becomes a winged sekirei. Not only that but he finds out that Musubi is a sekirei who must battle other sekireis within Tokyo. Now Minato must keep this a secret while he tries to handle a new life with Musubi.   __History__ Not much is known about Minato's past, except that Matsu states that he originally is a native from Wakayama and was raised by a typical family. He had top scores from elementary to high school. We also get to know from Yukari, that Minato would always help her out in the past when she would get lost in dark places like a forest, even though he as child feared those places himself. He would often carry her out.    __Personality__ Minato is highly intelligent, capable of devising ways on how to make better use of Sekirei abilities and is able to execute strategies in order to beat the opponent in Sekirei battles. Despite his capabilities, Minato is an insecure individual in the beginning who has a passive personality and often lacks the confidence to go against his own Sekirei when they decide on something.  (Source: Wikipedia, Sekirei Wikia)

Minato Sahashi is extremely intelligent, yet due to his inability to cope under pressure has failed the college entrance exam twice. As a result he has been branded an idiot and loser by many. One day after talking to his yet again disappointed mother he comes into contact with a girl named Musubi who was under attack. The girl runs but takes him with her and soon finds that Minato, while unknown to him, is an Ashikabi, one of the mysterious set of masters that have the genetic trait that can become partners with some of the 108 cute girls, buxom women, and bishounen called "Sekirei". The reason for the partnership allows the Sekirei to use all their power to win in the competition held by the mysterious MBI corporation.
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

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A Japanese voice actor, singer, and narrator. He is also the head of the voice acting agency [BLACK SHIP](https://www.blackship.jp/), which he created together with [Jun Fukuyama](https://anilist.co/staff/95086) after leaving their old agency Axl-One at the same time. As a part of his singing career, he is one of the two members of [Elekiter Round 0](http://www.marine-e.net/sp/er0/).

Married voice actress [Ao Takahashi](https://anilist.co/staff/95713) on January 1, 2017.

__Non-anime roles:__

- Argenti - Honkai: Star Rail (VG)
- Jusis Albarea - The Legend of Heroes Series (VG)
- Rafayel - Love and Deepspace (VG)

**Birth Place:** Berlin
**Height:** 1.68m

"Kusano's first errand" - A ten minute OVA that came along with the 6th vol. limited edition of Sekirei. Kusano finally tires of nobody admitting her as Sahashi's potential wife, so she insists on joining Musubi and Tsukiumi on their shopping race to show her abilities. An iffy day ensues.

The battle to find the supreme Sekirei continues. Still some of the fighters and their masters refuse to participate in the battle since losing it means to lose the Sekirei forever, and many of them actually care about their partners, while others just use them as tools. A storm is rising on the horizon, a bigger threat approaches the city and it's about to bring pain and suffering to those who love and care for their Sekireis.
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

The son of [Hans-Georg Panczak](https://anilist.co/staff/168771/HansGeorg-Panczak). His nickname is 'Jani'.

__Non-Anime Roles:__ 
~! - Kyle Broflovski - South Park (Animated TV Series)
- Luke Skywalker - The Mandalorian (TV Series)
- Pim Pimling - Smiling Friends (Animated TV series) !~


Episode 0 "Kanwanidai (two subepisodes: Sekirei Shindan &amp; Sekirei Yoka)" of Sekirei ~Pure Engagement~ released on the first DVD and BD volume.

Minato Sahashi is a loser who's failed his college placement exams two years running. But just as he's contemplating giving up and moving back in with his mom, a chance encounter changes his life forever! Enter Musubi, a girl who literally falls into Minato's life! Musubi is a Sekirei, a mysterious being caught up in a game in which only one of her kind can be left standing. But in order to be victorious in this contest, she needs to find her fated partner...and guess who fits the bill??
 
Caught up in a battle he barely understands, can Minato survive the "Sekirei Project" and emerge victorious? Either way, with his buxom new cohort by his side, his life will certainly never be the same! 
Together forever. I'll be by your side!
 
(Source: Yen Press)

The spin-off of Sekirei. Takes place 365 days before the return of Musubi. The tagline is "One year with his girlfriend gone. One year until she returns."
 
Note: The manga was published as the 19th volume of the Sekirei collection.