Takeshi Brant

Takeshi Brant is a supporting character appearing in the pilot episodes of Leaf City and serves as a prototype version of Jasper Chase, a major character in the main series.

He appears with Sonny Andersen, and is usually a friend of Luke but often antagonizes him. Although the pilot episodes are non-canon, he is known to exist in the main series, as he is mentioned in Season 4.

Pilots
Takeshi, along with Sonny, are mentioned in the first pilot "Power Mad", talking to Luke before the citywide power outage.

In the second pilot, "Club Gary", he and Sonny become bored and decide to raid Luke's room. Entering in an open window, Takeshi looks in his closet. After hearing police sirens approaching Luke and Gary's house, Takeshi suggests that they leave and put on ski masks, but are caught by the police when they struggle to get out the window.

In the third pilot, Takeshi and Sonny are seen waving goodbye to Luke and Gary as they enter their house, and Takeshi is mentioned once.

Season 4
Takeshi and Sonny are mentioned by Luke in "The Forgotten" to not be that kind to him sometimes but overall are best friends.

Appearance
Takeshi has black hair and tan skin, and is known to be slightly chubby. He wears a red football jersey with the number "7" on the back, with khaki shorts and black shoes.

Personality
Takeshi overall means well and is a good-hearted person most of the time, but is sometimes overconfident and vain, sometimes downright mean. Possessing an enormous ego, similar to Luke, he can threaten anyone who comments about his weight when in a bad mood and is mentioned to always have an excuse to beat up Sonny, his best friend.

He also has a very sarcastic and blunt nature, mentioned by Sonny and Luke, and is notorious for the number of detentions he has received because of his rudeness. He's quick to diffuse all sorts of quips towards others, which are usually fairly harmless but range between that and rude when it comes to harassing his friends, but he says that it is just for fun and doesn't mean truly mean what he says.

Although Takeshi is usually not afraid of anything, he is deathly terrified of his mother and the principal. Takeshi is physically the strongest and probably the most athletically talented among the kids in the neighborhoods. However, he claims to not be very bright and despite his mediocre academic performance, he can be non-surprisingly brilliant when it comes to formulating all sorts of mischievous schemes.