Toya Shiroyanagi

Toya Shiroyanagi (白柳 燈夜, Shiroyanagi Tōya) is a character in Battle in 5 Seconds After Meeting series. He is the father of Akira Shiroyanagi and member of the First Observer's team.

Personality
He is a cunning and smart man like his son. Despite Akira's hatred for him, we still see an attempt at trying to rebuild his relationship with him. For example, in Chapter 83 he revealed the secret of his right hand as soon as Akira had questioned it. He affirms that his desire to get along with him are genuine and that he gave orders to his teammates not to attack him. He also indirectly reveals to Akira that his ability requires touch in order to activate. He later reveals that he knows now that he did love his wife, Akira with all of his heart, but he sees that his son (Akira) was of no use to him.

Plot
Due to family issues, presumably leaving Akira's mother, Toya became hated by his own son and and the two grew apart, spending whole days in which they even saw each other.

Akira has an encounter with his father during the Fourth Program where he tries to ask for his help given his connections. Touya is friendly at first, until Akira sees through his act and reveals that Touya is also part of the program. Touya offers to help his friends in trouble if Akira leaves the program, but Akira is only interested in the information he has on Iori Omoto. The two are interrupted by the Fourth Observer's team attacking. In the end, Touya lets the sole survivor go after using his ability to make her go with the rest of her teammates and kill them all with one of Amana's creatures. Discussing with his teammates his finding that Iori is likely an impostor, Touya states that if Akira doesn't quit the program, he will kill him when the time comes.

Missionary
[宣教師 (せんきょうし), lit. Senkyōshi]
 * Description:The ability to give someone a single mission.
 * Triggered by touching the target, Touya has the ability to give someone a mission that must be carried out. The target fulfills the mission in a conscious way, being unable to even question the motive.