Yukari Kokubun

Tsunayoshi Sawada (沢田 綱吉), commonly nicknamed "Tsuna" (ツナ), is a fictional character and the protagonist of the manga and anime series Reborn! created by Akira Amano.

Tsuna is one of the descendants of the Vongola family, a mafia in Italy, and is to be the next and tenth leader of the Vongola.

To get him to this position, hitman Reborn becomes his tutor to train him to be a suitable boss.

With Reborn's help, Tsuna confronts his fears and befriends several people, some of which become his guardians within the Vongola Family.

However, due to Tsuna's high position in the mafia, various other families conspire to kill him, forcing him and his friends to confront them.

Besides the manga and the anime, Tsuna has also been featured in video games and light novels based on the series, as well as a CD soundtrack.

Tsuna's character has been very popular with readers; he appeared several times in the top 5 of the popularity polls developed for the series and has taken first place a few times.

He has also been featured in merchandise from the series, such as figurines and plushes.

Publications for manga, anime and other media have commented on Tsuna's character, adding both praise and criticism.

Although Tsuna's story was initially considered simple, writers from various websites have liked his traits and growth throughout the manga.

Tsuna is a junior-high student who becomes the Vongola Family's mafia boss-in-training.

He was recruited because the other candidates died and because of his father, Sawada Iemitsu, the external advisor of Vongola, as only those of the Vongola bloodline can become boss.

Others call him "No Good Tsuna" (ダメツナ) for his poor grades, bad luck, and lack of athleticism.

He is normally insecure, considering himself a loser, and has a crush on Kyoko Sasagawa, seeing her as the only reason to go to school.

When Reborn shoots him with the Vongola Family's Dying Will Bullet, he returns as a powerful berserker who aims to act on his regrets to make it right.

However, if he does not regret anything when shot, he will die.

Ironically, Tsuna's friends are amazed by his actions in this mode, causing several people to be interested in his skills.

He also manages to befriend Kyoko, which makes him happy.

Over time, he finds himself thrust into the life of the mafia and meets new friends while facing the challenges his new life holds.

Although Tsuna is to be the tenth generation Vongola boss, he is unwilling to be involved in the mafia and those associated with it, and denies that he is a future mafia boss.

In the Vongola Test, he states that he would rather destroy the Vongola family than accept its history of violence and cruelty.

Later, even though he still wants nothing to do with the mafia, he is grateful for the friends he has made since meeting Reborn.

He cares for his new 'family' and would put himself in danger to protect them, as seen in the Inheritance Arc.

Because Tsuna is part of the Vongola bloodline, he has the ability of "Hyper Intuition", granting him greater insight than most.

When Tsuna is shot with either the Dying Will Bullet (死ぬ気弾,) or the Rebuke Shot (小言弾,), or he eats a pill composed with the same material, his body limits are removed.

This increases his power and causing dying will flames to emit from his body.

The Dying Will Bullet increases his powers to make a task that he regrets to do before he is shot.

However, if he does not regret anything when shot, he will die.

He can also use variations of the Dying Will Bullet to create any object or to force strength into any part of his body.

When shot by the Rebuke Bullet or eating a pill, Tsuna's body limiters are removed, allowing him to take control of his body with the Dying Will Bullet effect.

This is known as "Hyper Dying Will Mode".

In Hyper Dying Will Mode, he also uses the X-Gloves (イクスグローブ), which were created by Reborn's pet Leon.

It is made out of the same material as the Dying Will Bullets and can ignite Dying Will Flames, allowing Tsuna to use them as thrusters to fly.

After passing the Vongola test, the gloves are changed to X-Gloves Version Vongola Ring, which can produce a new type of explosive flame.

As Tsuna is unable to control this power, he creates a new attack called "X Burner (イクス バーナー)" to manipulate it, which utilizes the two different flames created by his V.R. X-Gloves.

However, he struggles to control it until Spanner gives him special contact lens to calculate the amount of fire.

During the fight between the Vongola and the Varia, Tsuna learns the Zero Point Breakthrough (零地点突破), a technique originally used by the 1st Vongola Boss.

With this technique, Tsuna can extinguish and freeze objects and others' flames.

Tsuna also creates his own version of the Breakthrough called "Zero Point Breakthrough Custom" (零地点突破改), which allows him to capture Dying Will Flame attacks and convert their energy to his own.

In his fight against the Millefiore, Tsuna learns a new move called "Burning Axel" and obtains the Vongola Sky Box, which contains the Box Animal, Sky Lion Version Vongola, a miniature lion nicknamed "Natsu" (ナツ).