Kaoru Yoshida

Kaoru Yoshida (吉田薫) is an Otherworlder who had a renowned cafe that sells various otherworld pastries in the Kingdom of Ingrassia. He has since moved to the Jura Tempest Federation.

Appearance
He has a mustache and a big beef body. He's often seen wearing his baking uniform.

Personality
Yoshida has a soft heart and great at handling kids. He's very passionate about cooking and baking and is not the type to be moved by money.

Background
Yoshida is a Stray who was suddenly transported to another world without being summoned by anyone. Despite being in another world, he still continues to pursue his passion of baking cakes and other confectioneries to the best of his ability, although the lack of materials and ingredients made him unable to produce many things which he desires to create. He managed to open up a shop in the capital of Ingrassia.

His talent for baking was so good, that the Empress of Sarion tried to invite him as the appointed patissier of Sorcerer's Dynasty Sarion. Despite being offered a lot of money, he turned the offer down. Instead, he simply received financial support in exchange for some food offerings.

His shop was often frequented by the Grandmaster of the Free Guild and Hinata the Saint which also boosted its popularity.

Story
Yoshida often received visits from Rimuru while he worked as a teacher of class during his visit in Ingrassia and was later invited to work in Tempest in exchange for new ingredients that help him create new recipes.

Abilities
Yoshida claims to have no special ability whatsoever.

Relationships

 * Rimuru Tempest: To Be Added.
 * Shuna: Yoshida met Shuna after Rimuru had attempted to convince Yoshida to move to Tempest. Only after losing to Shuna in a cooking match did he agree to move to Tempest. The result of losing to Shuna led to Yoshida being mesmerized or falling in love with her.

Etymology

 * The name Kaoru means "fragrance, fragrant" (薫).
 * Kaoru's surname Yoshida means "lucky, good" (吉) (yoshi) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (ta/da).