This article is about the character more commonly referred to as Professor Petorofu. For the Digimon World Re:Digitize: Encode chapter of same name, see Professor Petorofu (chapter). |
Yakov Borisovich Petorofu (ヤーコフ・ボリソヴィッチ・ペトロフ Yākofu Borisovicchi Petorofu?)[1] is Niko's father, and an employee of GIGO Company.
Appearance
Petorofu is a man with lightly tanned skin, cream-colored hair, brownish gray eyes, and a short mustache. He wears a white shirt, a blueish green tie, a white lab coat with a green button in the top, black pants, and brown shoes.
Description
Etymologies
- Yakov Borisovich Petorofu (ヤーコフ・ボリソヴィッチ・ペトロフ)
Full name listed in some gaming sites.[2] Name and surname used in the Digimon World Re:Digitize manga. Surname officially romanized as "Petorofu" in Digimon World Re:Digitize: Decode trailers.[3]
- Ru: Yakov (Яков?). Masculine Russian name that means "to be behind".
- Ru: Borisovich (Борисович?). Patronymic of "Boris", a masculine East Slavic name that is theorized to mean "wolf", possibly a reference to Sashenka.
- Yakov Borisovich. Possibly a reference to Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, a Soviet physicist.
- Ru: Petrov (Петров?). Russian surname that means "rock", possibly a reference to the Memorial Stela. May also be a reference to Aleksei Zinovyevich Petrov, a Russian mathematician.
Fiction
Digimon World Re:Digitize (manga)
He led the "Project Vitium", which started a global catastrophe years before Taiga and his friends were sent to the Digital World. At some point, he mysteriously disappeared. Our Routine, Evolving!!
Digimon World Re:Digitize
Digimon World Re:Digitize: Encode
Foment Photo Professor Petorofu
Notes and references
- ↑ Dr. Petorofu's patronymic is only mentioned in Famitsu: Digimon World Re:Digitize reveals the corporate giant GIGO Company and a mysterious lifeform.
- ↑ Famitsu: Digimon World Re:Digitize reveals the corporate giant GIGO Company and a mysterious lifeform.
- ↑ YouTube: "Digimon World Re:Digitize: Decode" Special Movie 1
Digimon World Re:Digitize / Decode | |
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Main characters: | Taiga | Nicolai "Nico" Yakovich Petrov | Akiho Rindou | Yuuya Kuga | Mirei Mikagura | Rina Shinomiya |
Digimon: | Agumon | Sashenka | Digitorin | Black | Angewomon and LadyDevimon | Veevee |
Legendary Tamers: | Taichi "Tai" Kamiya and Agumon | Yamato "Matt" Ishida and Gabumon | Sora Takenouchi and Biyomon | Takato Matsuki and Guilmon |
Other characters: |
Yakov Borisovich Petrov | Emilie "Lili" de Rochefort and Catherine | Sebastian | Seven Great Demon Lords | Other characters |
Other media: | Manga | Digimon World Re:Digitize: Encode |
See also: | Digimon | Digital World | GIGO Company | DigiCards | Memorial Stela | Blackening Phenomenon | Vitium | Digi-Egg | Tamer | Items | Accessories | Skills | Decode | List of chapters (Encode) |