Gentaro Yumeno

"What do you want meaning for? Life is desire, not meaning."

Gentaro Yumeno, a.k.a. Phantom, is a novelist and the second member of Fling Posse.

Profile
A writer who dresses like an intellectual from a bygone era. He enjoys making up stories about the lives of the strangers he passes on the street.

He is an extremely persuasive liar and often times those lies would go unnoticed were it not for his habit of teasing the gullible by telling them, “That was just a lie”.

Appearance
Gentaro has shaggy brown hair and green/purple eyes.

Gentaro is seen as having ‘outdated fashion’. He wears a white kosode and black undershirt, and grey hakama with a black obi and yellow cord. Over this he wears a black cape with a patterned purple underside, fastened with the Fling Posse gold star pin and chain. He wears black lace-up boots.

Gentaro’s Hypnosis Mic looks like a candlestick telephone. His speakers take the form of red pedestal lanterns with omikuji flying around.

Rap Ability

 * Imitation: Copies an opponent's ability

Solo

 * Scenario Liar
 * Calyx

Group

 * Shibuya Marble Texture -PCCS-
 * Shibuya Marble Texture -PCCS- (Candy Dazed remix)
 * Stella
 * SHIBUYA GHOST NIGHT
 * JACKPOT!
 * Black Journey

All Stars

 * Division Rap Battle
 * Division Rap Battle+
 * Division Battle Anthem
 * Division Battle Anthem+
 * Hoodstar
 * Hoodstar +
 * Alternative Rap Battle
 * Survival of the Illest
 * Survival of the Illest +
 * SUMMIT OF DIVISIONS
 * Rhyme Anima
 * Bonds
 * Rhyme Anima's Mixtape
 * Fight 4 Your Pride
 * Glory or Dust
 * Hang out!

Rap Battle

 * BATTLE BATTLE BATTLE
 * D.R.B Rhyme Anima -2nd Battle- Fling Posse VS Matenro
 * Rule the Stage -2nd Battle- Fling Posse VS Matenro
 * Rule the Stage -Final Battle- Buster Bros!!! VS Fling Posse
 * Reason to FIGHT
 * SHOWDOWN

Stage

 * Don't Pass The Mic
 * Trap of Fling
 * Fight 4 Your Pride
 * Champions in da House
 * Battle of Pride

Others

 * ''Once Upon a Time in Shibuya
 * Murder at the House of Magic

Etymology

 * Gentaro means "phantom/ghost/illusion", (幻) (gen), "thick, big" (太) (ta) and "son" (郎) (ro).
 * "Taro" is a typical boy's name which alternatively can be found in multiple other male names.
 * Yumeno means "dream" (夢) (yume) and "field, wilderness" (野) (no).
 * Yumeno is most likely a reference to author Yumeno Kyusaku, who mainly focused on writing novels based in surrealism and romanticism.
 * It could also be considered a pun as it can be read as "Gentaro of dreams" with the Japanese name order (yume no Gentaro), fitting in with his habit to "dream up" stories.

Trivia

 * Gentaro's quote is originally from Charlie Chaplin's 1952 film "Limelight".
 * He is ambidextrous.
 * He likes people watching, cafes, and fantastical stories, while he dislikes having his clothes made fun of, and self-help books.
 * Gentaro's favorite food is watermelons, while his least favorite food is melons.
 * Gentaro's birthday is April Fools' Day, a clear reference to his tendency to fool people.
 * Gentaro mainly uses the old-fashioned pronoun "shousei" (小生) to refer to himself. Due to his tendency to change his voice's pitch or sound to make characters, such as a princess or an old man, he sometimes uses pronouns as "watashi", "ore", "boku", "maro" or "warawa".
 * In the music video for Hoodstar, a sign behind Fling Posse reads “No Longer Human” and it is most likely a reference to the popular Japanese author named Dazai Osamu's best-selling novel called "No Longer Human". The plot of the novel follows a boy who is isolated from his peers and finds himself surrounded by misfortune due to his lack of understanding of human beings.