Tetsuya (Kyralih)

Tetsuya is a fictional character appearing in "Unexpected Awakening" and "Unexpected Development".

Appearance and Personality
As his name indicates, Tetsuya is Japanese. He looks similar to Kiernan in that they both have black hair and blue eyes. Additionally, Tetsuya is stoical and a bit aloof, as well as being more interested in designing software for the niven.

Name
There are several possible ways of writing his name in Japanese.
 * 哲也, "philosophy, to be"
 * 鉄也, "iron, to be"
 * 哲哉, "philosophy, alas"
 * 徹也, "devotion, to be"
 * 徹矢, "penetrate, arrow"
 * 鉄弥, "iron, increasingly"

Trivia

 * Tetsuya shares his name with Tetsuya Chikushi, a late Japanese journalist and news anchor. Interestingly, Chikushi shares his surname with 6237 Chikushi, an asteroid.
 * Tetsuya is the presumably the oldest of the students