Yato

"Even if things are painful and tough, people should appreciate what it means to be alive at all."

- Yato, stating his opinion on suicide

Yato is the main male protagonist of the anime/manga series Noragami, being the 'stray god' of the title. He is a minor god who desires one day to be worshipped by the masses. To achieve this, he works as a delivery god, taking whatever job people give him for 5 yen. Despite coming across as lazy, selfish, greedy and an outright pervert most of the time, he is a true hero who gladly rescues people in torment, especially when it involves preventing them from committing suicide. Additionally, deep down inside his soul lies a highly tormented figure trying to leave behind a very dark past. As a god of war born from a wish, he killed many people in his past(including a Regalia) and eventually became sick of it.

He is voiced by Hiroshi Kamiya in the Japanese version of the anime and Jason Liebrecht in the English version, the latter of whom also voices Syaoran and Lavi.

Trivia
Yato shares many similarities with Inuyasha:
 * Both are the male leads and title characters of their respective franchises
 * Both are outcasts in their respective worlds(Yato is looked down upon by other gods and Regalias alike for not having a shrine, while Inuyasha is feared by humans and hated by demons for being a half-demon)
 * Both have a desire to be accepted (though Inuyasha is too stubborn to admit this)
 * Both wield sentient swords (Yukine and the Tessaiga, respectively)
 * Both fall in love with a human girl(Hiyori Iki and Kagome Higurashi, respectively)
 * In an interesting state of reversal, however, while Inuyasha is able to recognize Kagome by her scent, Hiyori is able to recognize Yato by his, albeit only in her half-phantom form. In both cases, they often say they really like it.