
Trained as an oil painter at an art college, he first experimented with conveying three-dimensionality through 2D means by doing shadow puppets as an extracurricular. One of the leading figures of Gainax in the 00s. Puyo Puyo Box Teleport: The top three Puyo of each of the player's columns are sent to the opponent.Tadashi Hiramatsu (平松 禎史) was born in 1963. Pocket Puyo Puyo~n 19-Slowdown: For a short while, the opponent cannot manually drop their Puyo. On Nintendo 64, it also increases chaining power by 1.25 times as much.


In Rally mode, his brown haired design uses OPP rules, and his blonde design uses Yon rules. He is initially just an NPC, though if he is fought once the option becomes available, he will award Arle with a piece of armor. Panotty can be found at the second village in Quest mode. He is fought fourth, and is fought in the Volcano area. He intends to start a concert, and is infuriated enough to combat Arle when she decides to skip it in pursuit of Carbuncle. In other versions, he successfully manages to force Arle to dance, much to her chagrin. Panotty yells that people who don't appreciate artistic genius "suck" while angrily blowing into his flute. As Panotty plays his flute, Arle asks about the "noise", eventually comparing it to buzzing flies. The exchange is similar, though Johnny's temper is set off when Silvana suggests that he practice his song. In the English version, he is known as Johnny. He plays his flute for Arle, but when he notices that she isn't dancing, he throws a tantrum and accuses her of having a rotten ear.

Panotty is the sixth opponent in Scenario.

In some games, he is an enemy to fight, while in others he takes on the role of a friendly NPC. Panotty debuted as a random enemy in Madou Monogatari 3.
