Genichirō Tazaki, landlord of Chikuseisou and symbolic coach of the Kansei University Track Club, sports thick eyebrows, a neatly trimmed chin beard, and an ever-present red hat. Though holding the title of coach, he entrusts daily team management and training oversight to Haiji Kiyose, leveraging the younger man’s drive to steer the club’s ambitions. His legacy as a former athletics luminary endures through his moniker, the “treasure of the Japan Association of Athletics,” a testament to his storied past. The kanji in his given name—源 (source), 一 (one), and 郎 (son)—reflect a lineage of primacy, while his surname Tazaki (田崎) evokes the imagery of a “field” meeting a “cape,” grounding his identity in both tradition and terrain.