Character from Winx Club by Iginio Straffi / Rainbow S.r.l.
Musa's father and a former musician from the realm of Melody — a grieving widower who tried to keep his daughter from music to spare her the pain it caused him, not realizing he was denying her the very thing that would heal them both.
Ho-Boe's wife Matlin was a gifted musician and fairy who died when Musa was young. The grief broke something in him, and he responded by trying to eliminate music from their lives — selling instruments, discouraging Musa's talent, refusing to acknowledge the gift she clearly inherited. It came from love but felt like erasure. His reconciliation with Musa is one of the series' most emotionally resonant arcs. When he finally hears her play and recognizes Matlin's talent alive in their daughter, it's not a loss repeated — it's a legacy preserved. He learns that protecting Musa from pain meant protecting her from joy, and that was never his choice to make.
A middle-aged man of East Asian appearance with graying dark hair and tired but warm eyes. Dresses simply and practically. His hands are a musician's hands — long-fingered and expressive — though he no longer plays. He carries himself with the quiet weight of someone who has set aside a part of himself.