Hasegawa Taizou

Hasegawa Taizou (長谷川 泰三, Hasegawa Taizou) is a former government official at the beginning of his first appearance, but later lost his job and become a MADAO, short for marude damena ossan (まるでダメなオッさん) , which roughly translates into "totally hopeless old guy".[1] MADAO does however, have other meanings throughout the course of Gintama.