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Characters (Class D)

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In General

Adapted Out: In the light novels, Class D is made up of 40 students, with all of their names revealed in the first volume. The manga and anime adaptations only show 25 of the focused characters.
Didn't Think This Through: Most of the D-class students spend their entire monthly allowance on frivolous things like video games or makeup and when next month begins, their allowance is not replenished. When Professor Chabashira explains the point system works on the class's grades and behaviour in class, she berates them for thinking that they could get enormous amounts of money without considering that there might be a catch.
Dwindling Party: A non-lethal example. With there being multiple expulsions across the years, many classes end up losing some students. Class A of Kiyotaka's grade is a notable example, losing a total of three classmates, with both Yahiko Totsuka and Masumi Kamuro being expelled and Kohei Katsuragi being transferred to the former Class C.
Dysfunction Junction: Class-D is sorted with every student with a certain flaw that they must overcome to succeed in the academy.
Enemy Mine: Despite the four classes all competing with each other, occational alliances can be formed. the most long term one being between Horikita and Ichinose which lasted during their entire first year. Shorter term alliances can also be formed for more specific purposes, with the strangest arguably being Ryuen's followers allying themselves with Ichinose, to save Ryuen from expulsion, in exchange for helping Class B avoid having to expel anyone at all during an exam.
Four-Philosophy Ensemble: The four class presidents: A-class Katsuragi is the Realist, B-class Ichinose is the Optimist, C-class Ryuuen is the Apathetic and D-class Suzune is the Cynic.
Four-Temperament Ensemble:
- Of the most recurring D-class members, Ayanokouji is Phlegmatic (calm, quiet, and passive), Suzune is Melancholic (aloof, cynical, and proud), Sudo is Choleric (brash, loud, and short-tempered), Karuizawa is Sanguine (at least apparently cheerful and outgoing), and Kushida is the Eclectic (with no particular alignment, or rather fitting the one it takes to win, given her two-faced nature).
- Again, the four class presidents are a good fit as with the four philosophies: A-class Katsuragi is Phlegmatic (calm, serious, and The Quiet One), B-class Ichinose is Sanguine (cheerful, helpful, and sweet Nice Girl), C-class Ryuuen is Choleric (aggressive, vicious and sadistic), and D-class Suzune is the Melancholic Ice Queen once again.
A House Divided: Some classes are divided into separate factions based on who they prefer as their leader. Class A is initially split between Katsuragi's and Sakayanagi's factions before the latter grows in power following their class coming in third place and being stuck in an undesirable deal courtesy of Kohei's strategy in Deserted Island Special Test. Class C is ruled under Ryuen's tyrannical thumb, but Hiroya Tokitou eventually leads a faction against him. Even Class B full of True Companions is eventually divided between those who support Ichinose thanks to her role as The Heart of their class and those led by Kanzaki who believe she doesn't have the cutthroat personality needed to win and therefore try to change the class's attitude as a whole, to make Ichinose change as well.
Locked Out of the Loop: Most characters aren't aware that Kiyotaka Ayanokouji is more than just a Ridiculously Average Guy. While more and more find out over the course of the series, there are still only a select few who know about his connenction to the White Room.
Nice, Mean, and In-Between: Barring Ryuuen who is pretty much The Sociopath, Ichinose is Nice (total sweetheart and constantly helpful), Suzune is Mean (aloof and abrasive Ice Queen) and Katsuragi is In-Between (a kind guy but somewhat aloof and very serious).
True Companions: The students of Class B are the most united, being the only class in which all the students strongly oppose to letting anyone get expelled.
- This even extends to how their inner class conflict unfolds so far. Kanzaki's faction is critical of Ichinose's attitude, but have no desire to replace her, and she seems aware that they are plotting behind her back, but doesn't seem to take offense or try to stop them.

D-Class Students

Class D^note(Unmarked Year 1 Spoilers)

A-Class Students

Introduced in Year 1

Kohei Katsuragi

Kōhei Katsuragi

Voiced by: Satoshi Hino (Japanese), Jarrod Greene (English)^{Foreign VAs}

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An intelligent student who worked very hard to reach Class 1-A and became one of its representatives.

Adaptational Curves: Like all most muscular guys from the light novel, he's even bulkier in the anime adaptation.
Alliterative Name: Kōhei Katsuragi.
Enemy Mine: Although they're not friends, he accepts transferring to Kakeru Ryuen's class so that the two could work together against Arisu Sakayanagi, their common rival.
Face of a Thug: He is described as looking very intimidating, but is actually incredibly intelligent, well-spoken, and polite.
Graceful Loser: He intended to be this in the Expulsion Test, recognizing Class A's failures with him in charge made him the most likely target, even smiling in resignation when the polls were going to be announced. However, to his surprise and horror, the one with the most negative votes instead ends up being his Number Two, with Sakayanagi making it so he'd stay in acknowledgment of his talent, while deriding his friend for lacking it.
Nice Guy: He's very serious and comes across as somewhat aloof, but he's a kind and polite guy.
Noble Demon: Not that he's evil by any means, but belonging to Class A, he technically has an antagonistic role; despite this, he strikes up a genuine friendship with Ayanokji and ends up proving himself to be a reliable friend. For all his proud, serious, and somewhat haughty attitude, he is also shown to honorable and kind.
Prematurely Bald: He's already bald at an age of a high school student.
Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: As revealed when he's all by himself during the school trip to Hokkaido and when a Class A student named Matoba blocks Kiyotaka's way as he tries to approach him, he experiences a forced Karmic Shunning for transferring to the former Class C. Ryuuen concludes that that's what he gets for being a traitor.
The Rival:
- He sees Arisu as his primary rival due to clashing with her over authority in Class A.
- He sees Ryuen as a formidable foe, although he's willing to work together with him against Sakayanagi.
Sixth Ranger: During the second year, he's transferred to the former Class C, becoming their new classmate.
The Strategist: He comes up with a strategy to win both the Deserted Island and the Cruise Ship Special Test.
Wins by Doing Absolutely Nothing: He tries to invoke this with his strategy of remaining silent throughout Cruise Ship Special Test meetings so that there would be no traitor, which would be especially profitable for his class, given that the class hierarchy wouldn't change as a result.
Younger Than They Look: He's a first-year, but looks much older.

Arisu Sakayanagi

Voiced by: Rina Hidaka (Japanese), Trina Nishimura (English)^{Foreign VAs}

The main leader of Class-A. She is shown to be highly intelligent, as she seems to have very high knowledge of the school rules and the S-system. There is an intense rivalry between her and Ryuen alongside their respective classes as she thinks his challenges against Class A are interesting but ultimately futile.

Anti-Villain: Her fixation on Ayanakoji, as well as a lot of the dubious actions she makes in her efforts to get closer to and defeat him, are due to sharing her father's concerns about places like the White Room becoming a widely practiced education facility, and so wants to defeat him to invalidate their use and prevent them becoming widespread.
The Chessmaster: Unlike Ryuen who uses a direct approach, she prefers more subtle ways. She's even seen playing chess against herself.
Chess Motifs: In the anime adaptation, the game of chess becomes her Iconic Item even more so than in the light novel: not only is it her fateful first one-on-one battle against Kiyotaka Ayanokoji and she describes the school as her own chessboard with her own pawns, she's also shown playing chess all the way back in Season 1 while the opening of the third season, which focuses on her and Ayanokoji, uses a heavy chess theme.
Classy Cane: She walks around with a cane that makes her look classy.
Connected All Along: A bit of an odd case due to the encounter being entirely one-sided, with her seeing Ayanokouji when her father brought her to the White Room 8 years prior. But the meeting seems to have stuck with her, considering she can recall the amount of time she last saw him, down to the number of days.
Evil Is Petty: Granted, the person she went after was hardly underserving of it, but the entire reason she used Yamauchi as a pawn in her scheme to ensure Ayanakoji wasn't expelled before promptly backstabbing him was because he accidentally but unapologetically knocked her over and derided her as clumsy for it.
Formal Characters Use Keigo: She's a polite and refined girl who uses keigo in her speech with everyone.
Friendly Enemy: Is very friendly and explicitly states that she holds no ill will towards Ayanokouji despite her goal of "burying" him. This is because she knows that is exactly what he wants.
Genius Cripple: She's physically crippled due to her heart condition, causing her to walk with a crane. She's also one of the smartest characters in the entire franchise.
Graceful Loser: After she wins a match against Kiyotaka, she finds out she only won because of Tsukishiro's meddling. In the aftermath, she challenges Kitoyaka to a rematch and he defeats her fair and square, a result which she gracefully accepts.
Height Angst: Apparently using her small stature to insult her really grinds her gears.
Hime Cut: She has blunt bangs, cheek-length sidelocks, and shoulder-length straight hair. Her hairstyle fits her refined behavior as well as her status as the chairman's daughter.
Iconic Item: Both her Classy Cane, which she needs to walk, and the game of chess in general, which is often used to point out that her intelligence.
It's Personal: With Yamauchi of all people! This was because he tripped her when he didn't notice her and was half-assed in his apology, but not before talking loudly enough for Arisu to hear that she is cute but clumsy. This leads to her orchestrating his expulsion.
The Rival: She has quite a number of rivals:
- She seems to have a rivalry with Ryuen for supremacy.
- She clashes with Katsuragi over the role of an authority figure in Class A.
- She's more directly in a rivalry with Ayanokouji, though an odd example because it is only because he wants her to be one and defeat him.
Shorter Means Smarter: She's one of the smallest students of her grade and one of the top students.
Signature Headgear: She wears a black beret on her head, which she's rarely seen without.
Smart People Play Chess: She's among the most intelligent characters in the series and she's often seen playing chess.
Smug Smiler: She almost never takes her arrogant smile off her face.
The Strategist: Being The Chessmaster, she comes up with strategies for her class to keep Class A status.
Villainous Crush: She seems to have an attraction for Ayanokouji, who is her enemy.
Worthy Opponent: She considers Ayanokouji as an opponent she would like to bring down with everything she has.
Yandere: Shows shades of this in a short story from her perspective. She apparently always dreams about Ayanokouji, thinks about him all the time, and expresses a desire to make him hers (whether that's romantically, or literally is a bit ambiguous). She also internally mentions how she doesn't care about Class A's position at all, only caring about how she can directly defeat Ayanokouji to fulfill his wish.

Masumi Kamuro

Voiced by: Ayane Sakura (Japanese), Jeannie Tirado (English)^{Foreign VAs}

A student who acts as the right-hand woman for Arisu.

Curtains Match the Window: She has both purple hair and eyes.
Graceful Loser: She takes being chosen for expulsion by Arisu surprisingly well and rather than convince her to let her stay, Kamuro tells her to find a good replacement for her.
History Repeats: Her expulsion marks the second time that the most loyal Number Two of one of Class A's authority figures has been expelled, after Yahiko Totsuka who acted as the right-hand man for Kohei Katsuragi.
Honor Among Thieves: She asks Kitoyaka to defend Honami from Arisu's attempts to defame her. Her reason is that Honami also has a past as a shoplifter like her and she doesn't want to see her ruined when Honami is a truly good person.
Male Gaze: During her first one-on-one conversation with Kiyotaka Ayanokoji while in his room, the anime adaptation features several shots focusing on her butt, thighs, and legs.
Number Two: She's this to Arisu Sakayanagi, even more so than Hasimoto. It's to the point that Arisu herself recognizes her as her best friend.
Only Friend: Sakayanagi recognizes her as her first and only friend.
Perpetual Frowner: She's always depicted sporting a surly frown.
Put on a Bus: She's expelled during her second year.
Reformed Criminal: Sort of. She used to be a habitual shoplifter until Arisu caught her red-handed. Instead of ratting her out, Arisu forced her to become her assistant, giving her so much work to do that she doesn't have time for shoplifting anymore.
Satellite Character: She's usually seen together with Arisu and follows her orders.
Stalker without a Crush: She stalks students from other classes to gain information for Arisu.
Sticky Fingers: She has a bad habit of shoplifting.

Masayoshi Hashimoto

Voiced by: Yohei Azakami (Japanese), Austin Tindle (English)^{Foreign VAs}

A student who has connections with other classes.

Casanova Wannabe: While trying to deduce the relationship between Kiyotaka Ayanokoji and Kei Karuizawa, he pretends to be interested in her to make it understandable why he'd be prying so much, hitting on her, with her turning him down. He also flirts with Masumi Kamuro, but she's not interested.
The Leader: Although he's not the official leader of his group during Mixed Training Camp, Kiyotaka points out in his thoughts that he has incredible leadership skills. He's able to defuse an argument between his teammates with just the right words and making them feel more unified in obtaining their goal.
The Mole: He's the one who sold the identity of Class A's captain in Deserted Island Special Test to Class C so that Arisu's faction would grow in power, among other examples.
Number Two: To Arisu Sakayanagi, alongside Kamuro. At least before he betrayed Class A.
Stalker without a Crush: He stalks students from other classes to gain information for Arisu.
The Strategist: While he usually works under Sakayanagi, he also often comes up with his own strategies that would either benefit him or his class as a whole.
Wild Card: He has no real loyalty to anyone other than himself. He always sides with and places his bets on the winning team, in order to always stay on top.

Hayato Kitō

Voiced by: Yukihiro Nozuyama (Japanese)

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An athletic student who acts as one of Sakayanagi's henchmen.

Adaptation Dye-Job: He has black hair in the light novel. In the anime adaptation, his hair is green instead.
Iconic Item: His gloves, with the gesture of putting them on in a threatening manner as he's about to fight his opponents being equally as iconic part of his character.
Number Two: He acts as this for Arisu, albeit he's seen in this role less often than Kamuro and Hashimoto.
Real Men Wear Pink: He's rather ominous-looking and is both a skilled athlete and a fighter. However, as he reveals during Hokkaido school trip, he intends to study fashion design, similarly to Maya Satou.
Satellite Character: Much like Kamuro, he's characterized mostly by his devotion to Arisu Sakayanagi and spends majority of his screentime working for her.
Undying Loyalty: On a promotional Akihabara poster, he proclaims that his wish going into his second year is to protect his class with his life.
Younger Than He Looks: He's a high-school student but looks much older.

Yahiko Totsuka

Voiced by: Daisuke Motohashi (Japanese), Orion Pitts (English)^{Foreign VAs}

A student who acts as the right-hand man for Katsuragi.

Decoy Leader: Has role of his class's captain during the first island exam. Rather than due to leadership skills, the role was chosen mostly to mislead the other classes and make guessing Class A's leader harder, since most would expect Katsuragi.
Number Two: He acts as this to Kohei Katsuragi, being his most loyal follower, even when Arisu's faction is gaining popularity.
Only Friend: He's the only Class A student shown with a closer bond with Kohei Katsuragi.
Put on a Bus: He's expelled during the Class Poll special exam as Sakayanagi would rather keep Katsuragi around for his usefulness.
Satellite Character: He's characterized as being Kohei Katsuragi's Number Two.
Undying Loyalty: He remains as Katsuragi's Number Two even after Class A comes third in the first island exam and Arisu's faction grows stronger as a result.

Kōji Machida

Voiced by: Yoshiki Nakajima (Japanese), Chris Guerrero (English)^{Foreign VAs}

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A student from Class A who suggests remaining silent during meetings of the Cruise Ship Special Test and briefly acts as Kei Karuizawa's bodyguard.

Romantic False Lead: Kei Karuizawa flirts with him during the Cruise Ship Special Test so that he'd protect her from her bullies. However, she ends up never pursuing him afterwards and instead developing feelings for Kiyotaka Ayanokouji.
Undying Loyalty: Although not to the extent of Yahiko Totsuka, he remains on Kohei Katsuragi's side even after Class A comes third in the first island exam and Arisu's faction grows stronger as a result, as shown when he suggests using a strategy which Katsuragi came up with for the Cruise Ship Special Test.
Wins by Doing Absolutely Nothing: He tries to invoke this by suggesting Kohei's idea of remaining silent throughout Cruise Ship Special Test meetings so that there would be no traitor, which would be especially profitable for his class, given that the class hierarchy wouldn't change as a result.

Senior Years

Manabu Horikita

Voiced by: Yuichiro Umehara (Japanese), David Matranga (English)^{Foreign VAs}

Suzune's older brother and the school's student council president. He resents Suzune for being in the lowest class, claiming that her presence threatens his reputation in the student council.

Academic Athlete: He's one of the best pupils of the school, and also an excellent sportsman.
The Ace: The number of students who can compete with him, be it in brains or brawn, is abysmal.
Aloof Big Brother: Manabu is very distant from his sister, as seen by his unamused reaction when Suzune tells him she is in this school to gain his approval. Subverted as it turns out he does care for Suzune's growth and well-being, and he helps her when possible. The reason he is so harsh with her is because Suzune stunts her own growth by trying too hard to emulate him. When Suzune finally gets over that in volume 11.5,this trope fades and he gives her a genuine smile along with a So Proud of You speech.
Always Someone Better: To many students, but especially Suzune (who wants to emulate him) and Nagumo (a 2nd-year student set to become his successor). Even after dealing considerable damage to Manabu's class in volume 8, Nagumo remains unable to expel him and anyone in his class before they graduate, something which Nagumo playfully laments in volume 11.5.
Benevolent Boss: Although stern and stoic, Manabu treats his subordinates in student council (even his personal resenter Nagumo) and his fellow Class 3-A students well, and he never shows anything less than respect for other students unless they are on the verge of breaking rules. He even lets his class take a significant loss in their private and class points to prevent the expulsion of Tachibana in volume 8, because he says his people are united.
Big Brother Bully: When Ayanokouji first sees Suzune talking to him privately, all he sees and hears is her brother berating her and calling her a fool for choosing the same high school as him. He then holds one of her hands up and seems ready to hit her before Ayanokouji steps in. However, her behavior before the intervention suggests he's beaten her in the past.
Fatal Flaw: He has an admitted one to himself that bothers him throughout his school years: his lack of a true confidant with whom he can share his deepest and personal thoughts. After he graduates in volume 11.5, he tells Kiyotaka not to commit the same mistake.
Genius Bruiser: He's the initial Student Council President, and a fighter who can safely jump off the second floor and stand in the way of two factions of students.
Hunk: He has excellent musculature as shown in episode 7 of the anime and in the manga, which only adds to the pluses of his handsome appearance.
Jerkass Has a Point: For all his insulting of Suzune, she was truly mistaken in thinking isolating herself from her peers proves her independence since her loner act landed her in Class D and she eventually acknowledges that she has to be united with her classmates to go up in class ranks.
Lonely at the Top: To a degree. His monologue in volume 8 gives an impression of this.
Oblivious to Love: He doesn't seem to be aware of his secretary Tachibana's feelings for him.
Odd Friendship: With Kiyotaka. Despite their first encounter involving violence, Manabu is intrigued by Kiyotaka’s hidden talents and treats him with considerably more respect than anyone else, especially compared to his treatment of Suzune. Notably, Manabu offers Kiyotaka a position in the student council, an offer which he rarely ever extends even to 2nd and 3rd-year students. On Kiyotaka’s part, he respects Manabu as a legitimate senior and later on expresses willingness to form a give-and-take relationship with him after he steps down from the student council. When Manabu graduates in volume 11.5, Manabu asks Kiyotaka to see him off, and shares several pieces of advice including the importance of a confidant as well as making memories of oneself within the hearts of others, in a true Senpai-Kohai fashion.
Rules Lawyer: Fittingly as a student council president of an academy that lives by this trope, he is perfectly willing to use violence despite the school forbidding it, knowing it cannot be proven conclusively. However, he does respect the rules that the school puts in place to some degree, and disagrees with his successor Nagumo’s intent to warp the rules into his own ideal school.
Put on a Bus: He graduates at the end of Kiyotaka's first year.
Smart People Wear Glasses: Manabu wears glasses and he's one of the best academically (and physically) performing students in the series.
The Stoic: Manabu shows composure in almost all situations, as long as it does not concern his sister.
Stop Worshipping Me: The reason why he's so aloof to his sister is to not want her to emulate him as much. It's justified as not only does it prove detrimental to Suzune's growth, but Manabu clearly has his own issues that would result in his current behavior.
Student Council President: He's the student council president, making him highly respected by the upper echelons of the school student society. He gets replaced by Miyabi Nagumo in the second half of the first-year saga.
Tall, Dark, and Handsome: He is fairly tall, has dark hair much like his sister, and is undeniably good-looking. He also definitely fits the aloof image his appearance suggests.
Worthy Opponent: Sees Kiyotaka as a promising freshman, and genuinely enjoys the rare times when they actually get to compete; Manabu even laughs in contentment when Kiyotaka tells him to give it his all just before their one-on-one running competition.
Would Hit a Girl: Had Kiyotaka not intervened, Manabu would've physically beaten Suzune. Judging by Suzune's reaction, he had done so in the past whenever she tried to emulate him.

Akane Tachibana

Voiced by: Konomi Kohara (Japanese), Apphia Yu (English)^{Foreign VAs}

The Student Council Secretary, who is seen with the school's Student Council President Manabu and almost all the time has feelings for him.

Cannot Spit It Out: She's kept her feelings for Manabu a secret throughout their three years at school.
Curtains Match the Windows: She has purple hair and eyes.
He Is Not My Boyfriend: She outright denies being Manabu's girlfriend while being too flustered by the question.
Number Two: She acts as this for Manabu Horikita.
Put on a Bus: While she manages to avoid actually being expelled thanks to Manabu asking their classmates to use their points to save her, she still leaves the story regardless due to graduating at the end of Kiyotaka's first year.
Satellite Character: She's rarely seen away from Manabu's side and her characterization revolves around her devotion to him.
The Scapegoat: She's blamed for her group failing to pass the Mixed Training Camp and therefore chosen for expulsion, all as a part of Nagumo's plan to screw over Manabu.
Subordinate Excuse: She has an obvious crush on Manabu, which is the main reason she loyally serves him as his main underling.
Targeted to Hurt the Hero: Miyabi Nagumo engineers a plan to get Akane expelled during the Mixed Training Camp, just to hurt Manabu by making him lose his closest ally. Manabu has to sacrifice most of his class' points to save her from expulsion, which also works in Nagumo's favor.

Miyabi Nagumo

Voiced by: Soma Saito (Japanese), Nazeeh Tarsha (English)^{Foreign VAs}

A 2nd year Class A student who succeeds Manabu Horikita as the Student Council President.

The Bet: He makes a bet with Kiyotaka about who's going to be the Student Council President after him, with him waging 20 million private points on Honami Ichinose while Ayanokouji, due to not having that many private points, wages his expulsion on Suzune Horikita.
Evil Is Petty: His method for trying to get Kiyotaka's attention is to have the third years stop and stare at him whenever he's around. While it is certainly an uncomfortable position to be in for most people, Kiyotaka is at worst annoyed by it.
Hate Sink: He's a major antagonist, rules the school as a tyrant, and his strategies involve Sadistic Choice and/or outright expulsions.
Mr. Fanservice: He has a well-built physique, which he gets to show off on an illustration◊ from Volume 3 of Year 2.
An Offer You Can't Refuse: Nagumo tries to make a deal with Honami to provide her with 4,043,019 private points. In exchange, Honami would have to date Nagumo. It was done to make sure Honami had enough points (20,000,000) so that she would not have to sacrifice a person to be expelled in the Class Poll special exam.
Sadistic Choice: His goal in the mountain training exam was to force one on Manabu. He intentionally has his underling, who served as leader of a group, underperform and designate Akane, Manabu's close confidant, as the group's weak link so that both of them would be expelled. This forces Manabu to choose between losing Akane or using up most of his class' points to prevent the expulsion and affect their standing. Manabu chooses the latter, declaring that he and his class will climb back up.
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: Ayanakoji speculates that he was able to talk his underling into a Taking You with Me gambit by offering to pool he and his associates points to prevent her from actually being expelled.
The Strategist: He often comes up with strategies on how to rule the school or one up his rivals, usually involving rather harsh methods and spending large sums of private points to achieve his goals.
Student Council President: He takes the torch after Manabu Horikita.
Targeted to Hurt the Hero: This is what he does to try and challenge Manabu and later, Kiyotaka. Nagumo is willing to threaten to expel his "rival's" closest allies in order to draw them out.
Tyrant Takes the Helm: Whereas Manabu was more of a Reasonable Authority Figure, Nagumo rules the student council through an iron fist and expels anyone who tries to oppose him.
Unknown Rival: Nagumo constantly tries to force Manabu into a showdown with him, but Manabu sees him as a nuisance rather than the Worthy Opponent Nagumo wants to be seen as. After Manabu graduates, this behavior extends to Kiyotaka.
Villain with Good Publicity: He leads the school with an iron fist but has his entire grade united as his monolith. Downplayed in that there are still select few known exceptions and students outside of his grade don't tend to view him in high regard. It may also be assumed that some students are only on his side because he had promised to hold a lottery to graduate from Class A, randomly selecting students who paid for the chance with their private points.

Nazuna Asahina

Voiced by: Sora Amamiya (Japanese), Trisha Mellon (English)^{Foreign VAs}Vanessa Olea (Latin American Spanish)

A female student from 2nd year Class A. She is close to Miyabi Nagumo, but unlike her fellow second years, she does not idolize him despite being in the same class.

Flowers of Femininity: She's a Girly Girl wearing a sunflower hairpin on the right side of her hair.
Iconic Item: Her amulet, which she lost during Mixed Training Camp, allowing her to meet Ayanokoji.
Ms. Fanservice: She's shown in a bikini on one of the illustrations◊ in Volume 3 of Year 2, exposing her well-developed figure.
Sexy Sweater Girl: She wears a form-fitting pink sweater over her school uniform, accentuating her breasts.
Spanner in the Works: She's the one who informs Kiyotaka Ayanokoji that Honami Ichinose intends to let Miyabi Nagumo date her in exchange for enough private points to buy an expelled student back, which allows Kiyotaka to prepare an alternative for her by making a deal with Ryuen's supporters instead, allowing to prevent the expulsions of both Ryuuen and Kanzaki. Downplayed in that he suspected that was her course of action to begin with.

Introduced in Year 2

Ichika Amasawa

A freshman in Class 1-A with great level of admiration for Kiyotaka Ayanokouji.

Action Girl: During the Uninhabited Island Exam, she's able to hold her own in a fight with both Mio Ibuki and Suzune Horikita, all the while heavily injured.
The Chessmaster: She purposefully buys a specific knife, which she gives to Kiyotaka to use while cooking for her, so that he could recognize it and figure out that Kazuomi Housen would try to expel him by framing him after stabbing himself with it, thus successfully preventing Housen's scheme before he could do so.
Cute Bruiser: She looks like a mere cute girl, but she's also a skilled fighter.
Fiery Redhead: She has dark reddish hair and an energetic personality.
Girlish Pigtails: She's a teenage girl whose hair is tied into twin tails, fitting her mischievous and boisterous personality.
Hero-Worshipper: Her respect for Ayanokoji and his skills reaches worship level.
Raised in a Lab: She's a student from the fifth generation of White Room, the facility meant to rigorously teach children so that they become geniuses.
The Tease: She often teases and flirts with Ayanokoji. A noteworthy example is when she purposefully bends over while searching his room in a pose that would reveal her panties to him.
Walking Spoiler: It's hard to talk about her without mentioning she's the other student from White Room.

Kyō Ishigami

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A freshman in Class 1-A who gave Kiyotaka a mysterious call.

Athletically Challenged: His physical evaluation is at D- (25), exactly the same as Airi Sakura and Arisu Sakayanagi.
Connected All Along: He got to know Arisu Sakayanagi and Atsuomi Ayanokouji at social gatherings of the rich.
Early-Bird Cameo: He makes his debut in Kiyotaka's second year, but he's the one who gave him a mysterious call all the way back in his first year.
Hero-Worshipper: After meeting him on social gatherings, he developed admiration for Atsuomi Ayanokoji, Kiyotaka's father.
Perpetual Frowner: His only illustrations so far show him frowning.
The Smart Guy: His academic evaluation is at A (95), which is the highest known evaluation in his grade and surpasses even Takuya Yagami, The Ace from the White Room.
Spear Counterpart: He shares many similarities with Arisu Sakayanagi, with both being an authority figure in their grade's Class A, both having a case of Connected All Along, and both being incredibly skilled academically but having the worst known physical evalutation.
The Stoic: He's only shown serious and not emoting much.
Wild Card: While giving him advice, he describes himself as neither Kiyotaka's foe nor friend.

Miki Yamamura

A girl in Arisu Sakayanagi's Class A who doesn't express herself much. She ends up in Kiyotaka's group during the school trip to Hokkaido as well as during Exchange Meeting training camp.

Adaptational Early Appearance: In the light novel, she debuts during Volume 4.5 of Year 2. However, in the anime adaptation, she has an Early-Bird Cameo in Episode 8 of Season 3 in the scene of Class A's Class Poll result, which is back in the first year.
Stalker without a Crush: Arisu Sakayanagi orders her to follow and keep an eye on Ichika Amasawa's actions in Volume 4.5 of Year 2.
The Stoic: She doesn't express herself much.

Ai Morishita

A sleepy girl in Arisu Sakayanagi's Class A who has a crush on Masayoshi Hashimoto. She ends up in Kiyotaka's group during Exchange Meeting training camp.

Excellent Judge of Character: While interrogating him, she's able to tell that Kiyotaka Ayanokouji holds more power in his class than he admits, that his OAA exaluation isn't accurate because he hides his skills, and that he's a serious threat.
Sleepyhead: Kiyotaka wonders how a girl like her is able to sleep peacefully on a bench.

Kōsei Sanada

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A boy with glasses in Arisu Sakayanagi's Class A who asked her to help him buy a Christmas gift for his girlfriend.

Smart People Wear Glasses: He wears glasses and, as implied by him being a Class A student, he's good academically.

B-Class Students

Honami Ichinose

Voiced by: Nao Tōyama (Japanese), Kristi Rothrock (English)^{Foreign VAs}

The Class Representative of Class-B, and a very kind, helpful, and selfless individual. She is one of the top students in her class and is very much admired and respected.

Adaptation Dye-Job: Her hair is pink in the light novel's colored art, but the anime makes her a peach blonde instead.
All-Loving Hero: She doesn't have a mean bone in her body, is very selfless and helpful, and just wants to maintain peace between higher and lower-ranked classes.
Being Good Sucks: An unfortunate consequence of her good nature in the later volumes is that Ichinose can't make hard choices or use underhanded tricks to get ahead of the other classes. As the gap between Class B, Class C, and Class D closes Kanzaki begins to criticize her for it.
Belated Love Epiphany: By the time she realizes her deep feelings for Kiyotaka by the 2nd year Island Arc, he is already dating Kei. Despite trying to give up on him at first, she eventually just accepts that she still loves him, and declares her intent to win him over.
Buxom Beauty Standard: Her large breasts attract a lot of attention from guys and envy from girls, namely Suzune.
Cathartic Crying: Turns out the reason why she could stand up to Arisu's accusations and confess her past shoplifting crime to her classmates was because Kiyotaka had already confronted her about her past guilt beforehand, causing her to break down in tears and let out everything she had been holding back since the rumours of her being a criminal started.
Class Princess: She's the top student of her class and is admired and respected by everyone, while also being genuinely kind and helpful to others.
Dude Magnet: She's noted to be popular, which incurs Suzune's jealousy.
Even the Girls Want Her: One of her classmates even says she loves her.
Extreme Doormat: She wants to avoid conflict with other classes as much as possible. Even when Arisu starts spreading vile rumors about her and forces her to face terrible harassment, Honami refuses to do anything to defend her innocence and tries to endure the slander to not drag her class into a conflict. Later on, when Ryuen beats her class in an exam by using methods that range from reckless to illegal, she refuses to complain about it to the school, preferring to view the defeat as her own fault for failing to predict and adapt to his tactics. Ryuen later admits that he took Honami being too much of "a goody two-shoes" into account when coming up with the strategy.
Foil:
- To Ayanokouji. She has an immensely good heart, is genuinely altruistic and people-oriented, and loves helping others, while Ayanokouji is purely task-oriented: he does help others, but only for personal gain, and has no qualms using them as tools.
- To Kushida, who really is a Bitch in Sheep's Clothing, as her nature isn't actually kind-hearted, but actually pretty selfish and manipulative.
- To Ryuen, who is her exact opposite, being a selfish, power-hungry, petty, violent and vicious Jerkass. Honami is humble, selfless, a pacifist and a total sweetheart.
Genki Girl: She's a ray of sunshine with a cheerful, optimistic, and energetic personality.
Good Is Not Dumb: Definitely not. Her kind heart should not be mistaken for her being a pushover or The Ditz, and her personality isn't weak by any means.
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: She has peach blonde hair in the anime, and is likely the most kind-hearted and selfless character in the series.
The Heart: She keeps her class united, being very intended in making sure they all graduate together, and they all trust her with their points.
Hikikomori: In her last year of middle school, she stopped going to school and shut herself in her bedroom for six months out of shame of having betrayed her mother's trust when she stole a hairclip for her younger sister. She came out of her reclusion when her mother asked her to go to high school and start over.
Humble Hero: Despite her skills, she's not boastful and arrogant at all.
Idealist vs. Pragmatist: The Idealist to Kanzaki's Pragmatist. Honami refuses to use dirty tricks or to allow her classmates to be expelled, even if it means having to constantly fight an uphill battle.
Knight in Sour Armor: She eventually has to concede that her idealistic methods simply aren't getting results, and adopts a somewhat more pragmatic attitude, while still holding on to her refusal to let anyone in her class be expelled.
Leave Me Alone!: Despite being someone who would do anything she can to help anyone else, Honami is utterly terrible at receiving help herself. Regardless to how much she's suffering, she'll never ask for help, and will even reject offers of help from others. Unusually, she's not motivated by pride, but out of a desire to avoid being a bother to others. Kiyotaka becomes her main source of emotional support, largely by refusing her attempts at pushing him away.
Ms. Fanservice: She's possibly the most well-developed girl in her grade and was shown wearing a bikini, as well as just her panties while getting a massage. She's also shown sunbathing with her top untied on a Blu-ray/DVD Season 2 Kadokawa store bonus◊ and outright naked, just barely covered with steam, on the illustration for the "In the Changing Room" short story◊ for Volume 8 of Year 2..
My Greatest Failure: When she was in middle school, her mother was hospitalized due to overworking herself trying to save money for her younger sister's birthday gift. Honami then decided to try and get the present herself, but her sister had asked for a pricey limited edition hairclip that she couldn't possibly buy. Out of desperation, Honami stole the hairclip and gave it to her sister, but her mother realized what she had done and made her go back to the store to return it. While the shop owners forgave Honami and didn't press charges against her, she still felt guilty and ashamed for betraying her mother's and sister's trust in her. To start over and hopefully earn back her family's trust, she came to the Advanced Nurturing High School and tried to be a good leader for Class B. She begins to get over her feelings of guilt when she confesses her crime to her classmates, and they don't blame her and even sympathize with her.
Nice Girl: She's always helpful to others and has the best intentions at heart.
The Power of Friendship: She makes sure to unite her class so that they'd be True Companions able to achieve their goals through Team Spirit.
Rose-Haired Sweetie: She's pink-haired in the light novels (and a peach blonde in the anime). She's the sweetest girl in the cast, being the only one who's outright kind without a mean streak.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: She voluntarily quits the student council, being demotivated by recently learning that her crush, Ayanokouji, is taken as well as due to believing she doesn't deserve the spot for being a Class D student at the time with a past incident of shoplifting, the latter feeling only further fueled by hearing about an attempt to frame Kiryuuin for a similar incident.
Signature Scent: After falling in love with Kiyotaka, she begins wearing a citrus scented perfume, which gets mentioned repeatedly.
Smarter Than You Look: Proves herself to be much more clever than she appears at first glance, and is also a good student.
Team Spirit: She's firmly believes her class will reach Class A through teamwork, although she does eventually grow uncertain if this alone is enough.
The Tease: She likes to flirt with Kiyotaka.
Token Good Teammate: Out of the main characters in the series, Honami is definitely the kindest, and doesn't have antiheroic qualities.
Unknowingly in Love: She starts developing romantic feelings for Kitoyaka as of volume 9. Later at volume 10, these feelings become more evident, but she's still oblivious about it.
Wide-Eyed Idealist: Honami wants to create a peaceful and friendly environment in her class, and she's determined to make sure they all graduate together without letting anyone get expelled. Unfortunately, her ideals are frequently challenged by the school's harsh system that encourages students who underperform or are a hindrance to their classmates to be expelled, and force the class to sacrifice a high number of points to protect their classmates from expulsion.

Ryūji Kanzaki

Voiced by: Akihisa Wakayama (Japanese), Ricco Fajardo (English)^{Foreign VAs}

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One of the class representatives of Class 1-B.

The Ace: He's essentially this to Class B, possessing the highest intellect and reflexes in his class.
Connected All Along: Thanks to his father's connections, Ryuuji met Atsuomi Ayanokouji as a child, and later Arisu Sakayanagi.
Demoted to Extra: The anime adaptation has cut out several of his moments, only giving him a few scenes of being Ichinose's Number Two before stepping up his game.
Idealist vs. Pragmatist: The Pragmatist to Honami's Idealist. Following repeated failures, and with some encouragement from Kiyotaka, Kanzaki eventually creates an opposition faction to Ichinose, trying to change the class's mindset to be more competitive.
Irony: Kanzaki was saved from expulsion by Ichinose's idealistic strategy of keeping her entire class together. He's also the student who grows to believe her strategy isn't cutthroat enough to compete with the other classes in their grade.
The Lancer: He's the main person in his class to oppose Honami's belief of The Power of Friendship.
Let's Get Dangerous!: After being mocked for spending the entire first year as Ichinose's Number Two, he promises Ryuen that he'll take his own approach to fight an enemy like him.
Number Two: Appears to be Ichinose's closest ally.
The Strategist: Believing Honami isn't cutthroat enough for the role, he is the primary strategist of his class, such as by getting involved with Hashimoto and Ryuuen in secret or trying to change his class's leader and the mentality of the whole class.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: Kanzaki is loyal to his class and wants them to succeed in reaching class A, even if it means expelling someone out to get class points.

Chihiro Shiranami

Voiced by: Nao Shiraki (Japanese), Kristin Sutton (English)^{Foreign VAs}

A student from Class B who has a crush on Honami Ichinose.

Flowers of Femininity: She's a Girly Girl wearing a flower hairpin on the right side of her hair.
Hopeless Suitor: She has a crush on her class's representative, Honami Ichinose, but ends up rejected by her. A short story during the deserted island exam suggests that she hasn't given up.
Incompatible Orientation: Honami doesn't return her romantic attraction because she likes guys, as seen in her crush on Kiyotaka.
Ms. Fanservice: She wears a bikini in the Pool Episode, showing her well-developed figure.
No Sense of Direction: She gets lost during Uninhabited Island Exam and requires Kiyotaka's help to come back to her group.
Satellite Character: Due to her smaller role, she's characterized by her one-sided attraction to Ichinose.
Small Role, Big Impact: She's only relevant to the plot when Honami has to reject her. However, her crush on Ichinose made way for Kiyotaka Ayanokoji to interact with her class representative more, with Ichinose asking him on how to gently turn her down and thus feeling in debt towards him, allowing for the formation of The Alliance between Class B and D, as well as setting a path for Ichinose and Ayanokoji deepening their bond.
Token Minority: She's the only girl known to be romantically interested in girls.

Mako Amikura

Voiced by: Yū Ayase (Japanese), Amber Lee Connors (English)^{Foreign VAs}

A student from Class B, and Ichinose's best friend. Later known as Mako Asakura.

Demoted to Extra: She plays a larger role in the Light Novels but she's only ever been used as a Living Prop to fill in Class B's scenes and show how united they've become in the anime adaptation so far.
Ms. Fanservice: She's shown wearing a bikini in the Pool Episode, revealing her well-developed figure.
Satellite Character: Due to her smaller role, including a case of Demoted to Extra, she's characterized by being one of Honami Ichinose's greatest supporters.
Shipper on Deck: She wants Kiyotaka to reciprocate Honami's feelings.
Sudden Name Change: Her surname is changed to Asakura from Volume 9 onwards.
Undying Loyalty: She strongly protests when Arisu tries to paint Class B's representative in a bad light and agrees with Ichinose that she wants to graduate with her. she also stands up for her when Kanzaki starts questioning Ichinose's will.

Tetsuya Hamaguchi

Voiced by: Haruki Ishiya (Japanese), Derick Snow (English)^{Foreign VAs}

A boy in Class 1-B who was in Kiyotaka's group during Cruise Ship Special Test and supports the idea of Honami Ichinose and Ayanokouji being together.

Abled in the Adaptation: Unlike in the light novel and the anime, he doesn't wear glasses in the manga adaptation.
Athletically Challenged: His character description mentions he struggles with sports.
Book Smart: His character description mentions he excels academically.
Chick Magnet: his character bio mentions he's popular among the girls.
Composite Character: He's essentialy a fusion between Yousuke Hirata and Teruhiko "Keisei" Yukimura from Ayanokouji's class. He gets Hirata's popularity among girls and inherits being good at academics but struggling with sports from Yukimura. He also gets acting as one of The Strategists of his class from both of them.
Shipper on Deck: He asks Kiyotaka Ayanokouji about his relationship with Honami Ichinose and insists that the two should be a couple.
Smart People Wear Glasses: He performs well in academics and wears glasses.
The Strategist: His character introduction illustration in the light novel describes him as one of chief strategists of his class.

Senior Years

Ikuto Kiriyama

Voiced by: Seiichirō Yamashita (Japanese), Kamen Casey (English)^{Foreign VAs}

A student of Class 2-B (3-B in Kiyotaka's second year) who joined the Student Council as the new vice-president after Miyabi Nagumo succeeded Manabu Horikita as Student Council President.

Became Their Own Antithesis: As he even discussed with Kiyotaka Ayanokouji, he goes from pretending to work under Miyabi Nagumo while cooperating with Manabu Horikita to dethrone him in the first year arc to genuinely working with him in the second year arc, albeit only in the hopes of being chosen to graduate from Class A in a lottery which Miyabi had promised.
The Mole: He pretends to work under Nagumo in the Student Council, but he's actually cooperating with Manabu to dethrone Nagumo, who both see as a tyrant.
Spanner in the Works:
- By taking part in spreading the rumors about Class D (C at the time) students, he provides one of the first hints of Kei and Kiyotaka's relationship, allows for Ayanokoji and Kushida's deal to happen, contributes yet another reason for Yamauichi's classmates to see him as Insufferable Imbecile, and lets Ike and Shinohara's relationship make some progress.
- He asked Yamanaka to attempt to frame Kiryuuin for stealing, expecting her to come to the student council office irritated to demand an explanation and thus motivate Ichinose to leave the student council by bringing up an incident similar to one from her past, all so that Nagumo's bet with Ayanokouji about who's going to be the next Student Council President wouldn't take place and thus the former president wouldn't waste private points he's earned from other students.

Introduced in Year 2

Takuya Yagami

A freshman in Class 1-B.

The Ace: Coming from the White Room, he's naturally skilled in plenty areas.
Always Someone Better: Part of the reason why he views Ayanokoji as his The Rival is because the latter was always presented to his generation of White Room students as someone whose achievements will never be obtainable.
Birds of a Feather: He quickly gets involved with Kikyo Kushida, who also uses a False Friend facade, much like him.
False Friend: Much like Kushida, he likes to hide behind a friendly facade.
I'll Kill You!: During his Villainous Breakdown, he swears to kill both Kiyotaka Ayanokouji and Ichika Amasawa.
The Mole: He's the student from White Room sent to the school in order to expel Kiyotaka Ayanokoji.
Put on a Bus: He ends up being expelled.
Raised in a Lab: He's a student from the fifth generation of White Room, the facility meant to rigorously teach children so that they become geniuses.
The Rival: He views Kiyotaka Ayanokoji as his prime rival.
The Strategist: He comes up with strategies for the Uninhabited Island Exam, as well as his own strategies to expel Ayanokouji.
Villainous Breakdown: Once he learns that his expulsion for an act of violence against Komiya and Kinoshita is unavoidable and thus not only will he never personally fight with Kiyotaka but he also remained inferior to him, he drops his Nice Guy persona, speaks more vulgarly, and beats anyone who tries to get in his way as he tries to leave the student council room to kill him.
Walking Spoiler: It's hard to talk about him without mentioning that he's The Mole sent from White Room to expel Ayanokoji.

Fūka Kiryūin

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An athletic student of Class 3-B (2-B back in Kiyotaka's first year) who helps Kiyotaka Ayanokoji in a fight.

Academic Athlete: She's skilled both academically and athletically.
Action Girl: She's skilled athletically and manages to stand on her own in her and Kiyotaka's fight with two athletic adult men.
The Aloner: Much like Koenji, she's her own team during Uninhabited Island Exam.
Bullying a Dragon: While sarcastically praising him, she tells Miyabi Nagumo that his leadership skills are the only good part about him and that she's better than him in every other category.
Distaff Counterpart: She appears to be a female version of Rokusuke Kouenji in several ways. Both are an Academic Athlete who are very confident in their abilities, both are The Aloner by working solo during Uninhabited Island Exam, both aren't afraid to be themselves, and both had a case of Bullying a Dragon.
Excellent Judge of Character: She's able to sense that Kiyotaka Ayanokouji has a unique aura.
Frame-Up: Kiriyama asks another student to attempt to frame her for stealing and claim it was per Nagumo's orders.
Genius Bruiser: She's one of the best-performing students, both academically and athletically.
Hidden Buxom: Her illustration in a bikini reveals she's actually well-endowed, which is usually hidden on illustrations where she's in her school uniform.
The Leader: With the third-year students taking the role of leaders of their respective groups during Exchange Meeting training camp, she'd the leader of Kiyotaka's group.
Ms. Fanservice: One of the illustrations she appears in depicts her in a rather revealing bikini.

Sayo Andō

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An athletic girl with short hair from Honami Ichinose's former Class B.

Adaptational Early Appearance: She debuts in Volume 3 of Year 2 arc in the light novel. In the anime adaptation, she makes appearances throughout Season 3, which covers the last semester of the first year.
Boyish Short Hair: She has the second-shortest hair in the cast, only longer than Onodera's. Her hairstyle is comparable to that of a typical shounen male protagonist.
Mirror Character: Being the athletic girl with Boyish Short Hair, she's Ichinose's class's counterpart of Kayano Onodera from Ayanokouji's class.
Passionate Sports Girl: She's energetic athlete of her class and is quite confident in her physical strength.
Tomboy: She's interested in sports and has Boyish Short Hair.

Kozue Minamikata

An athletic girl from Honami Ichinose's former Class B who struggles academically and is honest with everyone.

Adaptational Early Appearance: She debuts in Volume 3 of Year 2 arc in the light novel. In the anime adaptation, she has an Early-Bird Cameo in Episode 8 of Season 3, which is back during The Class Poll in the first year.
Dumb Jock: Her character introduction illustration in the light novel mentions she's not particularly studious, but is an exceptional athlete.

Yuki Himeno

A loner in Honami Ichinose's former Class B who only sticks with others to keep the image of everyone being friends.

The Aloner: She prefers to keep to herself and only acts friendly with her classmates to keep the image of her class being True Companions. She leaves the girls' party on the cruise ship under the excuse of not feeling well to have some alone time.
Curtains Match the Window: She has violet hair and eyes.
One-Steve Limit: Averted. She shares her first name with Kiyotaka's colleague from White Room.

Norihito Watanabe

A boy in Honami Ichinose's class who's among the classmates who want to change her for the better. He has a crush on Mako Amikura.

Hopeless Suitor: He has a crush on Mako Amikura, who's been in love with a boy from outside their school for the past five years.

C-Class Students

Kakeru Ryūen

Voiced by: Masaaki Mizunaka (Japanese), Eric Vale (English)^{Foreign VAs}

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A student who has a reputation for being a feared delinquent, where he rules the class like a mafia boss and has a group of henchmen who do his dirty work.

Adaptational Curves: He's even more muscular in the anime adaptation.
Adaptational Hairstyle Change: Downplayed in the anime adaptation, where Ryuen started with longer shoulder-length hair than in the light novel and manga.
Adaptational Heroism: Downplayed. The anime adaptation doesn't paint him as outright heroic by any means. However, it cuts the fact that he poisoned Class B students to have an advantage in the Event Selection Exam. While several students discuss in the final episode of the third season that he resorted to underhanded methods, an anime-only viewer would assume they're just referring to choosing Albert Yamada for a judo competition.
Always Someone Better: Ryuen's inflated ego stems from his assumption that he's smarter and stronger than everyone else in school and that there's nothing he fears. Then he meets Kiyotaka Ayanokoji, who proves to him beyond a shadow of a doubt that he's dead wrong on all three counts.
Ambition Is Evil: He wishes to ascend in the class ranks, and unlike Suzune, he intends to do it by crushing all other classes while being as ridiculously sadistic and inhumane as he thinks he can get away with, committing the most heinous crimes just short of rape and murder.
The Bet:
- He makes a bet with Suzune about which of their classes will have a more profitable maid cafe at the cultural festival.
- He also won an off-screen bet against Ibuki, causing her to dress as one of the maids for his class.
Break the Haughty: Volume 7 has him completely beaten, with his right-hand students taken out by Kiyotaka and Ryuen himself getting the daylights punched out of him. But what really breaks him isn't this humiliating defeat, it's the fact that Kiyotaka can do this without even batting an eye and hold no emotions towards him at all. With this, Kiyotaka basically tells Ryuen in brutal, no-uncertain terms that the former sees the latter as nothing but a puny gnat far beneath his level.
The Bully: He makes it a personal hobby of his to bully and degrade the students of Class D.
Bullying a Dragon: He tries to pick a fight with Ayanokoji when the latter reveals he was the true mastermind who plotted his downfall, only to learn the hard way that there's a large gap between them not just in intellect, but physical strength too.
Defeat Means Respect: Not quite "friendship", but after being humbled and broken by Kiyotaka, Ryuen allows himself to be used as one of Kiyotaka's pawns in a symbolic gesture of deference.
Determinator: This was how he was able to make Albert submit to him. While Albert was stronger and beat up Ryuen in their first fight, Ryuen refused to give up and continued jumping Albert and going after him relentlessly until Albert finally gave up and submitted to Ryuen.
Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat: For better or for worse he is Class C's leader and vowed to take them all to Class A. Considering his intelligence he might have been able to put up a good fight, but his obsession with going out of his way to humiliate his opponents eventually starts to fall apart around him as more people start calling him out on his bullshit.
Enemy Mine: Although they're not friends, he buys Kohei Katsuragi's transfer to his class so that he could help his class against Arisu Sakayanagi, their common rival.
Establishing Character Moment: First introduced provoking Sudo into attacking him while he had backup.
Fatal Flaw: Sadism. He doesn't want to just beat his opponents; he wants to utterly crush them in body and spirit. When his opponent is someone apathetic such as Koenji, Sakayanagi, or Ayanokoji, he loses his cool at not being able to control the situation.
First-Name Basis: Although he doesn't call everyone by their given name, he tends to refer to girls and Albert by their first name. It's particularly noticeable in Suzune's case, whom he seductively calls by her first name almost every time they meet.
Freudian Excuse: From what little can be seen of his past shows that he never really had a good upbringing, and it influences his arrogant and violent behavior in the present time.
Friendly Enemy: Following his defeat at the hands of Kiyotaka, while the their rivalry continues, Ryuuen has become more cooperative in his plans. Ayanokouji himself finds their competition enjoyable and doesn't mind the idea of losing to him.
Graceful Loser: Surprisingly enough, he accepts his crushing defeat at Ayanokoji's hands without fuss, and has no qualms about acknowledging the man as his superior.
Hate Sink: Everything this scumbag does from the moment he first steps onscreen is to be as needlessly cruel and unlikable as humanly possible, doing everything he can to make the other students' lives miserable and without even a speck of remorse. This portrayal lasts up until Chapter 7 where Ryuen ends up so thoroughly defeated that afterward, he starts to show bits of redeemable qualities as he reflects on his past actions, subverting the trope.
Hunk: Handsome and manly with a muscular body. His looks are about the only good thing about this otherwise repugnant excuse of a human being.
Jerkass: He's utterly unpleasant and dismissive with everyone he interacts with.
Laser-Guided Karma: Kakeru Ryuen loves nothing more than to harass, humiliate, and torment people just to fuel his sadistic ego. Then he comes face to face with a guy who vastly outclasses him, and the prick finally learns firsthand how it feels to be subjected to such physical and psychological brutality. By the time Ayanokoji's done thrashing him to kingdom come, Ryuen is left a broken, pathetic wretch, even worse off than all his past victims.
Mean Boss: Everyone in Class C is afraid of him to some degree, and he treats them all as his minions at best or slaves at worst. When he exposes Manabe as a traitor, he hits her face against her desk and forces her to confess.
Oh, Crap!: When Ayanokoji has him beaten and at his mercy, Ryuen tries to keep up his bravado at first, but the moment he takes a long, hard look at his enemy's cold and uncaring expression, it finally sinks into him that he's hopelessly no match for this monster, and he's reduced to a whimpering, terrified mess as Kiyotaka pummels him to within an inch of his life.
The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: At the end of their first year, he proclaims to Kiyotaka Ayanokoji that if anyone's going to expel him, it's him.
Pet the Dog: Twice in regards to Miki Yamamura. He tells Kiyotaka to give her his gloves after he figures out that she didn't wear them on their school trip in Hokkaido and her hands were freezing as a result. He and Hayato Kitou also fight students harrassing her (and Takeko Nishino) for bumping into them, making them apologize in fear.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: After he claims that he lost merely because Ryuuen had his sidekicks to help him, Kakeru calls out Kazuomi Housen for being stupid to always fight his battles with tough opponents alone.
The Rival:
- Seems to have a rivalry with Sakayanagi for the supremacy of the school.
- He also sees Ayanokouji as his rival after getting to witness his abilities first-hand and being motivated out of dropping out, although their rivalry has elements of Friendly Rivalry here and there.
Ship Tease:
- He constantly flirts with Suzune Horikita almost every single time they meet. He also compares Mio Ibuki to her, claiming she'll never be able to beat her.
- He pins Ibuki to a pole and claims he's fond of her belligerent attitude.
Smarter Than They Look: He looks like a stereotypical The Bully and Mean Boss at first, but he's actually among the most cunning and strategic characters. Suzune, among other people, falls for this at first, believing he's just recklessly spending points during Deserted Island Special Test.
Smug Snake: For all his arrogance and delusions of grandeur as a self-styled "master manipulator", Ryuen proves to be nothing but a lowly insect when put up against Kiyotaka Ayanokoji, a man who is leagues above him in every way.
The Sociopath: A textbook example. Ryuen is cunning and intelligent but lacks empathy. His only form of pleasure is to inflict physical and mental pain upon others, seeing people's lives as nothing but toys for him to manipulate, break, and trample as he wishes. That said, following his brutal, soul-crushing loss to Kiyotaka, he begins to slowly grow out of the trope as he rethinks his way of life.
The Strategist: Contrary to his first impressions, he's the prime strategist of his class and always comes up with creative strategies for his class to reach Class A.
Took a Level in Kindness: Afte Kiyotaka defeats him, Ryuen loses a lot of his arrogance and sadism. He becomes much calmer and humble, and treats other people better compared to before.
You Have Failed Me: A non-fatal version, but he still makes his hired muscle beat up the three students that he hired to frame Sudo for being tricked into withdrawing the complaint.

Mio Ibuki

Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu (Japanese), Jamie Marchi (English)^{Foreign VAs}

A student who not only possesses excellent academic qualities, but her physical ability is also not to be underestimated. She is skilled in combat, having the knowledge of several martial skills that can rival those of many martial artists.

Anti-Villain: She works alongside Ryuen and is generally very underhanded, but she reveals that she wants to reach class A just as all the other students do, along with that she knows that she has an attitude problem and wishes she wouldn't be as nervous around people. Most importantly she hates Ryuen and only works with him because he's such a strong leader.
The Bet: She loses an off-screen bet with Kakeru Ryuen, earning her the role of one of the maids of their class's maid cafe.
Defeat Means Respect: Just like Ryuen, she doesn't develop an outright friendship with Ayanokoji, but she grows more respectful of him following being beaten up by him, now being willing to ask him for help when necessary.
Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Does this when Airi, Kiyotaka, and Haruki find her sitting next to a tree on the island, with some obvious signs she's hurt. Despite claiming to be their enemy for this trip, they take her back to their camp, along with offering her some fruits they found.
Enemy Mine: In spite of seeing Suzune as The Rival, Ibuki would sometimes team up with her against their common enemy, such as Ichika Amasawa or Kikyo Kushida.
Everyone Has Standards: She seems to be furious at Ryuen's methods, being especially disgusted with his Cold-Blooded Torture of Kei.
Hidden Depths: She is actually really into fortune-telling and is surprisingly self-aware about her faults.
Kick Chick: Her fighting style resembles capoeira, which mainly involves kicks.
Meido: After losing an off-screen bet with Ryuuen, she gets the role of one of the maids for her class's traditional Maid Cafe during the culture festival in their second year.
The Mole: During the survival test at the island, Ryuen sends Ibuki to infiltrate Class D and steal their card from Suzune.
The Rival: She sees Suzune Horikita as her rival and often competes with her.
Ship Tease: With Kakeru Ryuuen. She's among his most loyal subordinates, she's visibly disappointed when he's thinking of dropping out following his defeat at the hands of Kiyotaka Ayanokoji to the point of acting like a disappointed girlfriend, and she gets flustered when Ryuen pins her to a pole after blocking her attacks and claims he's fond of her attitude.
Undying Loyalty: To Ryuen. She's one of his classmates who is loyal to him even after he's defeated by Kiyotaka, even asking Kiyotaka to save him from expulsion during the class poll.
Wounded Gazelle Gambit: Ryuen beats her and separates her from the rest of Class C during the survival test, leading to Class D letting her stay at their camp out of sympathy. In reality, it was a setup from Ryuen and Ibuki is a spy sent to steal their card.

Albert Yamada

Voiced by: Ricky (Japanese), Jeremy Woods (English)

An Afro-Japanese student and one of Ryūen's henchmen. He doesn't speak Japanese, as he only uses English in the series.

* Adaptational Curves: He was already the most muscular student to begin with, but he's even bulkier in the anime adaptation.
The Big Guy: He's much bigger and taller than Ryuen and serves as his enforcer.
But Not Too Foreign: He's Afro-Japanese.
Cool Shades: He's usually wearing sunglasses.
Everyone Hates Mathematics: According to his student database, he has considerable room to improve in mathematics.
Gratuitous English: He only speaks English words in the original Japanese dub of the anime.
Manly Facial Hair: In the anime, Albert has mustache stubble and is incredibly built.
Muscles Are Meaningful: He's larger and more muscular than Ryuen and is incredibly strong physically. In the light novel, Kiyotaka acknowledges Albert's incredible strength when engaging the latter and notes that it would be unwise to take his punches head-on.
My Master, Right or Wrong: Albert is not evil; he just blindly follows Ryuen's orders as he practically is his slave.
Noodle Incident: According to his student database, he had some trouble with senior students in the past.
The Quiet One: He rarely says a word.
Satellite Character: Albert stands out as the only one out of Ryuen's main supporters to be characterized by his devotion to him, unlike both Ibuki and Ishizaki who get to have more depth and engage in plans and strategies of their own, even if some still related to Ryuen.
Scary Black Man: He's a very tall and intimidating black student.
The Stoic: His facial expression never changes.
Token Minority: He's the only black man in the cast.
Unskilled, but Strong: Compared to most characters, Albert's fighting style is notably akin to a brawler. But he possesses immense physical strength to the point where Kiyotaka notes that it would be unwise to take his punches head-on.
Younger Than He Looks: He's a high-school student but looks like an adult grown man.

Daichi Ishizaki

Voiced by: Yūichi Hose (Japanese), Aaron Roberts (English)^{Foreign VAs}

A student with a short temper and a rough personality. Ryuen uses him as an errand boy, but he respects Ryuen and always follows his orders. He's better at using his body than studying.

Adaptational Villainy: While still something of a jerk in the novels, the anime shows him grabbing and threatening to hit Suzune, when she confronts him about framing Sudo. In the original scene in the Light Novel, Suzune is replaced by Ichinose Honami, and he never tries to lay a finger on her.
Bully and Wimp Pairing: He forms this with Yukimura while in the same group during Mixed Training Camp exam, being the Bully to his Wimp.
Bully Turned Buddy:
- While not an outright "buddy", he becomes friendlier and more respectful towards Kiyotaka after being beaten up by him.
- While he's never bullied him personally, the resident bully Ishizaki grows closer to Yukimura during Mixed Training Camp exam, even comforting him while the latter expresses his insecurities.
Defeat Means Respect: Not an outright friendship, but much like Ryuen, he grows respect for Ayanokoji after being beaten up by him (and conquering his Trauma Button of him). He's not above asking him for help when necessary.
Dumb Jock: He's a jock and it doesn't occur to him to check whether his incident with Sudo was recorded by any of the nearby cameras. He also has trouble following the strategy meeting between him, Ibuki, Ayanokoji, and Ichinose.
Hopeless Suitor: He's attracted to Honami Ichinose, who develops feelings for Kiyotaka Ayanokoji over the course of the series.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He seems like a bad-tempered thug at first glance, but he's a decent guy underneath his rough exterior.
One-Steve Limit: Averted. He shares his last name with one of the students from Class D who were Adapted Out in the anime, although it's unknown if Ishizaki was also that student's surname or first name.
Perpetual Frowner: He's typically scowling on default.
Playing the Victim Card: He's one of three students who provoke Sudo to hit them and pretend to be innocent victims of the incident solely so that the latter can get in trouble.
Trauma Button: He's shown to fear Ayanakoji for a while after being beaten up by him.
Tsundere: He acts tough and grumpy, but he does have a softer side. He's loyal to Ryuen and can be genuinely nice to other students who gain his sympathy, like Yukimura.
Undying Loyalty: Like Ibuki, Daichi's loyalty to Ryuen is unwavering even after Kiyotaka defeats him and asks Kiyataka to save him from expulsion during the class poll.
Would Hit a Girl: In the anime adaptation, he attempts to hit Suzune when she takes his phone as he was about to call Ryuen to ask him whether or not to call off pursuing the incident with Sudo.
Wounded Gazelle Gambit: He's one of three students who, per Ryuen's instructions, provoked Ken Sudo to hit them and were then beaten up further by Albert to make their victim act more convincing in order to get Sudo in trouble.

Kyōgo Komiya

Voiced by: Yoshiaki Hasegawa (Japanese), Kyle Igneczi (English)^{Foreign VAs}

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A basketball player who provokes Sudo to hit him to get him in trouble.

Adaptational Hairstyle Change: He has longer hair and wears a headband in the light novel, which he doesn't wear in both the anime and manga adaptation where he also has much shorter hair.
Alliterative Name: Kyōgo Komiya.
Dumb Jock: He's a jock and it doesn't occur to him to check whether his incident with Sudo was recorded by any of the nearby cameras.
Graceful Loser: Upon hearing from Kanji Ike that he's dating Satsuki Shinohara, Komiya only gives him a light thump to the chest and tells him to treat her right, stating that it was obvious that she liked him. Granted, his weak condition could've been why this didn't escalate further.
Hopeless Suitor: He's said to be romantically interested in Shinohara, who ends up having Relationship Upgrade with Ike.
One-Steve Limit: Averted. He shares his last name with one of the students from Class D who were Adapted Out in the anime, although it's unknown if Komiya is also that student's surname or first name.
Playing the Victim Card: He's one of three students who provoke Sudo to hit them and pretend to be innocent victims of the incident solely so that the latter can get in trouble.
Romantic Runner-Up: Shinohara eventually chooses Ike over him.
Wounded Gazelle Gambit: He's one of three students who, per Ryuen's instructions, provoked Ken Sudo to hit them and were then beaten up further by Albert to make their victim act more convincing in order to get Sudo in trouble.

Reo Kondō

Voiced by: Akihiko Murasugi (Japanese), Howard Wang (English)^{Foreign VAs}

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A student who provokes Sudo to hit him to get him in trouble.

Adaptational Hairstyle Change: He has shorter and brighter hair in the manga adaptation.
Adaptational Ugliness: While he's not exactly ugly, he's less pleasant to look at in the manga adaptation when compared to his quite handsome design from the anime.
Dumb Jock: He's a jock and it doesn't occur to him to check whether his incident with Sudo was recorded by any of the nearby cameras.
Fiery Redhead: He has red hair and is hot-tempered.
One-Steve Limit: Averted. He shares his last name with one of the students from Class D who were Adapted Out in the anime, although it's unknown if Kondō is also that student's surname or first name.
Playing the Victim Card: He's one of three students who provoke Sudo to hit them and pretend to be innocent victims of the incident solely so that the latter can get in trouble.
Wounded Gazelle Gambit: He's one of three students who, per Ryuen's instructions, provoked Ken Sudo to hit them and were then beaten up further by Albert to make their victim act more convincing in order to get Sudo in trouble.

Shiho Manabe

Voiced by: Miyu Tomita (Japanese), Molly Searcy (English)^{Foreign VAs}

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A student who got put in the Rabbit group in the Cruise Ship Special Test.

Adaptational Hairstyle Change: In the light novels, her physical appearance was never shown. In the manga, she has shoulder-length curly hair that is tied into low pigtails. In the anime, she has a bob haircut.
Alpha Bitch: She's the leader of the female bullies of Class C.
Blackmail: In Volume 5, Shiho is secretly blackmailed by Kiyotaka, forcing her to betray Class C and record Ryuen's plan on winning the festival. This saves Suzune from being sabotaged by Ryuen and Kikyo.
The Bully: She and her gang make Kei into their bullying target.
Disproportionate Retribution: Kei was rude for pushing Rika and then refusing to apologize for not noticing. However, Manabe and her posse take it too far when they keep bullying Kei over such a trivial incident, even delivering a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown after luring her into an isolated location.
Jerkass: She's a cruel person who gets off on bullying people weaker than herself.
Karma Houdini Warranty: She harasses Kei mercilessly, even physically assaulting her after setting her up. She also betrays Class C after Kiyotaka blackmails her with the video he took of her and her posses assaulting Kei. She gets away with no immediate consequences in both cases, but in the Class Poll arc, Kiyotaka saves Ryuen from expulsion and arranges for Manabe to receive the highest amount of negative votes, getting her expelled.
Moral Myopia: Manabe and her posse berate Kei for refusing to apologize for accidentally shoving their classmate Rika. However, they then take sadistic pleasure in seeing Kei tremble because her bullying triggers her Trauma Button, culminating in them beating her senseless for no real reason, yet they don't seem to acknowledge the way they abuse Kei is way worse than what Kei did when she pushed Rika unintentionally.
Pride Before a Fall: She's very smug when it looks like Ryuen's going to be expelled, even taunting Ibuki that she'll be throwing a negative vote her way in absolute confidence. She ends up being completely blindsided when, through Ayanokoji brokering an alliance between Class B and Ryuen's remaining followers, she ends up being the one getting expelled, leaving her a broken mess.
Sadist: She and her posse mercilessly bully Kei, getting a kick out of seeing Kei in tears when she starts breaking down.
Secretly Selfish: While she initially starts off with reasonable intentions to help her friend Rika, the moment she has Kei cornered, Shiho wastes no time showing her sadism by bullying and assaulting Kei in retaliation to the point that the latter gains a panic attack.
Skewed Priorities: She chooses to start bullying Kei in the middle of a test that could either benefit or hinder her class.
Terrible Trio: She forms one with Nanami Yabu and Saki Yamashita. The trio as a whole are just side antagonists who pale in comparison to Kakeru Ryuuen.
Toxic Friend Influence: She clearly isn't a positive influence on her friend group, and only encourages their worse traits as seen in their bullying of Kei.
Villainous Breakdown: Due to Kiyotaka's interference in the class poll, Manabe gets expelled instead of Ryuen. She's last seen screaming and crying in frustration and despair in the anime.

Nanami Yabu and Saki Yamashita

Nanami Yabu is voiced by: Minami Tanaka (Japanese), Lynsey Hale (English)^{Foreign VAs}
Saki Yamashita is voiced by: Sayumi Suzushiro (Japanese), Marisa Duran (English)^{Foreign VAs}

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Nanami Yabu (left) and Saki Yamashita (right)

Two friends of Shiho Manabe who bully Kei Karuizawa alongside her.

Beta Bitch: To Manabe's Alpha Bitch. They follow her lead, but are just as cruel and sadistic as her when they bully Kei.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: They look nice and harmless at first glance, but they're mean-spirited and take sadistic pleasure in bullying Kei.
The Bully: They bully Kei alongside Manabe.
The Dividual: They're always seen together and share the same role in the narrative, with both acting as Beta Bitches to Manabe.
Girl Posse: Together, they form a posse for Shiho Manabe, acting as her Satellite Characters, following her around, and bullying Kei along with her.
Karma Houdini: While Manabe herself ends up hit by Ryuen and expelled during Class Poll special exam, Nanami and Saki are never shown to face consequences for partaking in bullying Karuizawa.
Sadist: They, along with Shiho Manabe, take pleasure from mercilessly bullying Kei Karuizawa to the point of tears.
Satellite Character: They're both only characterized by being Beta Bitches to Manabe.
Terrible Trio: They form one with Shiho Manabe. The trio as a whole are just side antagonists who pale in comparison to Kakeru Ryuuen.

Rika Morofuji

Voiced by: Yukina Shuto (Japanese), Sarah Roach (English)

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A friend of Shiho Manabe. She claims that Kei Karuizawa assaulted her when she shoved her to the side and knocked her down, but it was actually an accident.

Adaptational Hairstyle Change: Aside from her hair described to be tied in a bun like a dango, Rika's physical appearance was never shown in the light novels. In the manga, her hair is tied into two long braids. In the anime, her hairstyle is accurate to the light novel but with shoulder-length sidebangs.
Disabled in the Adaptation: She wears glasses in the anime, but isn't shown wearing them in the manga.
Laughing Mad: As Manabe pressures her to punish Kei, Rika starts to become hysterical in her physical assault of the latter while giving off cathartic laughs.
Peer-Pressured Bully: Manabe pushes Rika to join her and her posse in their physical assault of Kei, using retribution for Kei pushing Rika as an excuse. While initially reluctant, Rika quickly relishes in sadistic pleasure over beating a defenseless Kei.
Shrinking Violet: Similar to Airi, Rika has a meek demeanor.
Slasher Smile: As Rika slowly gets into slapping Kei from Manabe's peer pressuring, she flashes a sadistic-looking grin in the anime.

Hiyori Shiina

Voiced by: Rie Takahashi (Japanese), Veronica Laux (English)^{Foreign VAs}

A bookworm who becomes reading buddies with Kiyotaka.

Actual Pacifist: Unlike most of her known classmates, she prefers to solve conflicts amicably. She has to talk several of her classmates out of getting into a fight with Class A when they suspect A-Class students of spreading rumors about them.
Adaptational Early Appearance: In the anime adaptation, she has Early-Bird Cameo at the table when Class C is partying on the beach in Episode 10 of Season 1 before her proper debut in Episode 7 of Season 2, which covers the time of her first appearance in the light novel.
Book Smart: Thanks to being a Bookworm, she has the knowledge on many historical figures.
Cannot Spit It Out: She gets too flustered to explain what she meant by making progress with Kiyotaka Ayanokouji.
Cute Bookworm: She spends most of her time reading books in the school's library and is really kind and soft-spoken.
Excellent Judge of Character:
- Ryuen has asked her to take a look at both Yukimura and Ayanokoji because she's known for being good at reading people from their appearances alone.
- She's able to piece together that Kiyotaka Ayanokoji was the one who tamed down Ryuen.
Formal Characters Use Keigo: She's the most polite student in Class C, which is reflected in her formal speech patterns.
Light Is Good: She has long silver hair and her casual outfit includes a white sweater. She's also the Token Good Teammate among Class C.
Meido: She's one of the maids for her class's traditional Maid Cafe during the culture festival in their second year.
Token Good Teammate: She's the only known student in Class C who is a nice and well-mannered person before Katsuragi joins the class.
Token Wholesome: She's a pure person in general and can be seen wearing a jacket on top of her bikini in her cameo at Class C's beach party, which contrasts the rest of her known classmates.

Satoru Kaneda

Voiced by: Homare Horikawa (Japanese), Stephen Fu (English)^{Foreign VAs}

A student from Class C who won the protection point in Class Poll special exam and was initially the captain for the Event Selection Exam as a result, before Ryuen took over his role.

Adaptational Attractiveness: He's more attractive in the anime adaptation than on his light novel illustrations, mostly thanks to not having as pronounced of a big nose.
Decoy Leader: He initially has the role of his class's captain for the Event Selection Exam thanks to having won a protection point during Class Poll special exam. However, on the day of the final exam, Ryuen replaces him, merely stating his absence as reason.
The Mole: Much like Ibuki, he was sent by Ryuen under the guise of having a fallout with his class to spy on Class B in order to find out their leader during the Deserted Island Special Test.
Smug Smiler: His only ever light novel illustration depicts him with a quite villainous smug smile.

Hiroya Tokitō

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A student from Class C who's the leader of the faction opposing Ryūen.

The Lancer: He's the leader of the faction against Kakeru Ryuuen, the class representative of Class C.

Takeko Nishino

Voiced by: Aino Shimada (Japanese)

A loner in Class C unafraid to speak her mind.

The Aloner: She is the type of a lone wolf.
Brutally Honest: Kiyotaka Ayanokouji's first impression of her is that she speaks her mind without hesitation.

Introduced in Year 2

Sakurako Tsubaki

A freshman in Class 1-C.

Decoy Leader: During the Uninhabited Island Exam, after Utomiya drops his radio in his fight with Kitou, she yells out to him through it, urging him not to fight, making Hayato believe she was the commander of the first years, which a report from Riku to the actual leader revealed to have been just a bait for the second years.
Hidden Buxom: She's well-endowed, which is usually somewhat hidden when she wears her orange sweater, but is even more noticeable on her illustration in a bikini.
Ms. Fanservice: She's seen in a bikini, which shows off how well-developed she is, in a November 2020 issue of Comic Alive◊.
Platonic Life-Partners: She's usually seen with Riku Utomiya.
Red Herring: Due to being one of the main freshmen introduced in Year 2 arc as well as because of asking to partner up with Kiyotaka for the Partner Exam with no strings attatched seemingly just because she hasn't found a partner yet, she's this for the role of the White Room student sent to expel Ayanokoji.
Revenge: She purposefully claimed her offer for Satou to expel Karuizawa was Yagami's idea so that, after Maya reached out to Ayanokouji for help, their paths would cross and Kiyotaka would expel Takuya; all to avenge a classmate of hers whom Yagami had expelled.
Sexy Sweater Girl: She wears a form-fitting sweater over her school uniform, accentuating her breasts.

Riku Utomiya

A freshman in Class 1-C.

Perpetual Frowner: There is not a single illustration so far where he doesn't frown.
Platonic Life-Partners: He's usually seen with Sakurako Tsubaki.
Red Herring: Due to being one of the main freshmen introduced in Year 2 arc, he's this for the role of the White Room student sent to expel Ayanokoji.

Teaching Staff

Sae Chabashira

Voiced by: Rina Sato (Japanese), Jennifer Alyx (English)^{Foreign VAs}

A Japanese history teacher and the assigned homeroom teacher of Class D.

Adaptational Skimpiness: Downplayed. Compared to the light novels and manga, the neckline of her shirt is much lower in the anime, showing off her impressive cleavage.
"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word: Chabashira effectively says this to Ayanokouji, after revealing that she received a letter from the facility where Ayanokouji was raised, demanding that he be expelled. Chabashira makes an unveiled threat that she won't follow through with it but in exchange, Ayanokouji has to stop half-assing his performance in class.
- Volume 7 ends up subverting it as it's revealed that Ayanokouji was never in danger of being expelled. The teacher was using Blatant Lies to gain Ayanokouji's compliance.
Didn't Think This Through: Sae plans to blackmail Ayanokouji into helping her reach Class-A. However, Ayanokouji's father's presence at the school was more than enough evidence for Ayanokouji to know that Sae doesn't have any leverage against him.
Freudian Excuse: A failure during her high school days left her as the apathetic uncaring woman she is at the start of the series, but it also explains why she is so determined to get to Class A once she realizes the potential of her students, especially Ayanokoji. Read My Greatest Failure below for more details.
Hazy-Feel Turn: The series starts with intentionally screwing her class over out of a petty grudge she holds for them, after blackmailing Ayanakoji she begins to take some interest in her class but this is only because she may be able to use him to get to class A. She still does help after they've broken the deal but it's still because she hopes to be able to rise to Class A.
Hot Teacher: Despite her stern personality, she's definitely attractive.
Meido: Kiyotaka pays for her to be one of the maids of his class's cosplay Maid Cafe during the culture festival of their second year.
Ms. Fanservice: She's a Hot Teacher who exposes her cleavage on regular basis.
My Greatest Failure: During her third year in high school at the Advanced Nurturing Academy, she was a part of Class B, and she and her class were extremely close to Class A. During a particular special exam, the class must unanimously vote for a student to expel, but because the student was her Love Interest at the time, she refused to come to expel him and wound up costing her class 300 Class points. The issue has haunted her for 11 years.
Reluctant Fanservice Girl: Ayanokouji pays for her to act as a maid for his class's maid cafe specifically because her embarrassement in doing so would attract more customers.
Secret-Keeper: She guards Kiyotaka's secrets concerning his background.
Sink or Swim Mentor: Taken to an absurd degree in the sense that she never reprimands or even warns her students of the consequences of their misbehavior. Chabashira and the school's mentality is that the students should be judged on their merit, so no warning on her part was needed since it should have been common sense.
Smug Snake: When stripped of all her bravado, Sae is pretty weak and pathetic. Ayanokouji realizes that she has nothing to blackmail him against and decides to just ignore her threats much to Sae's dismay.
Stern Teacher: Despite her initial disdain towards Class D and their behavior, she praises them appropriately for performing well on a test, and is willing to take up on Kiyotaka's offer to raise Ken's failing mark in exchange for points.

Chie Hoshinomiya

Voiced by: Hisako Kanemoto (Japanese), Sara Ragsdale (English)^{Foreign VAs}

The homeroom teacher in Class B, with a reputation for being a klutz and a drunkard.

The Alcoholic: First introduced nursing a hangover in front of her class.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: While Hoshinomiya is an easygoing teacher who gets along well with her class, she has a bit of a nasty streak. She blatantly asks Chabashira if she believes her students can actually get up to class A in an attempt to put her down. In volume 11 she passively threatens Ayanokoji when she realizes some of his potential.
Everyone Went to School Together: She and her co-worker, Chabashira, attended the Advanced Nurturing High School in their youth and are still friends in the present time.
Hot Teacher: Much like Chabashira, she's an attractive teacher. However, her appeal comes mostly from her cutesy appearance in her case.
Male Gaze: Her debut appearance in the anime adaptation features a shot focusing on her breasts as she lies on the desk recovering from a hangover.
Ms. Fanservice: She only has her butt covered by a blanket while getting a massage in the anime.
Sensei-chan: In contrast with Chabashira, she seems far more easygoing.
Ship Tease: She is a flirty kinda teacher, she teases and flirts with Kiyotaka in the original light novels.
Smarter Than They Look: At first glance, Hoshinomiya looks and acts like a cute, ditzy teacher. Beneath that cutesy exterior is a woman who is quite insightful of the students of her own class and the students taught by her co-workers.

Kazuma Sakagami

Voiced by: Kanehira Yamamoto (Japanese), Bruce Carey (English)^{Foreign VAs}

A stern homeroom teacher of Class C who helps his students try to expel Ken Sudou.

Amoral Attorney: He cunningly argues against any argument of defence in favor of Ken Sudo, helping his students to frame and expel him. Granted, it's ambiguous how much in the know he was about his students' scheme.
An Offer You Can't Refuse: After there's a legitimate doubt of his students' innocence in their encounter with Sudo but no irrefutable proof of any side attacking first, he offers a compromise to Class D: a two-week suspension for Ken and a one-week suspension for his students. They don't take that offer.
Smart People Wear Glasses: He wears glasses and he's quite intelligent, as shown by him being able to refute any argument Class D students had in defense of Sudou.
Stern Teacher: He's very condescending in both his appearance and behavior during the trial against Ken Sudo.

Tomonari Mashima

Voiced by: Ryō Sugisaki (Japanese), Kent Williams (English)^{Foreign VAs}

A responsible homeroom teacher of Class A who genuinely cares about students.

Adults Are Useless: Averted. He's the one who added a protection point element to The Class Poll to protect students from unnecessary expulsions. His and Chabashira's arrival at the scene of Ayanokouji and Kiryuuin's fight against Tsukishiro and Shiba prevented things from escalating further.
Badass Teacher: Mashima is a teacher who truly cares about his students, to the point of going against Tokinari Tsukishiro if necessary. Even before Kiyotaka informed him of the acting director's tampering with the results of his and Arisu's chess match, he opposed Tsukishiro by being the one who introduced a protection point to The Class Poll.
Reasonable Authority Figure: He's the homeroom teacher of Class A who genuinely cares about all students and has enough authority to introduce protection points to save them from an expulsion in the future. He also opposes Tsukishiro's unjust and tyrannical methods.

Chairman

Chairman Sakayanagi

Voiced by: Mitsuru Miyamoto (Japanese)

The current chairman of the Advanced Nurturing High School. He is Arisu Sakayanagi's father.

Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": He's only known as "Chairman".
Good Parents: From what little can be seen in his interactions with Arisu, he shows to be a good father to her in sharp contrast to Professor Ayanokouji's treatment and view of Kiyotaka.
Reasonable Authority Figure: When Kiyotaka's father tries to force him to resign from the school, the Chairman tells Professor Ayanokouji that according to the rules of the school, Kiyotaka can't leave unless it is his own wish or that he is expelled. He also reveals that Kiyotaka was given admission to the school under his approval.
Unnamed Parent: Since he's Arisu's father, that makes Sakayanagi his surname. His given name is unknown.

Tokinari Tsukishiro

Voiced by: Ryota Takeuchi (Japanese)

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The acting director of the Advanced Nurturing High School after Chairman Sakayanagi's temporary suspension.

Adaptational Badass: Somewhat. In the light novel, he intentionally trips Sakayanagi to gain an opening to corner Kiyotaka against the wall in a chokehold. In the anime, he manages to prevent Kiyotaka from catching Sakayanagi.
Adaptational Late Appearance: In the manga, he appeared in the first chapter of the 2nd Year arc.
Alliterative Name: Tokinari Tsukishiro.
The Bet: He promises to back out if Kiyotaka manages to figure out the identity of a freshman student sent from the White Room by the end of April. In other words, within a month from said student arriving at school.
Eyes Always Shut: He's always depicted with his eyes closed.
Faux Affably Evil: He puts on a friendly smile and speaks politely, but he's a loyal agent of the White Room who's not afraid to attack his students and cheat to get his way, even intercepting a command Ayanokoji sent Suzune in the chess test so she'd misplay and lose him his protection point.
Last Episode, New Character: He made his first appearance in the third-to-last volume of the Year 1 series and plays a bigger role in Year 2.
Last-Name Basis: He's only ever referred to by his surname until Volume 0, which is Tokinari.
The Mole: For Professor Ayanokōji, as he was sent to be an acting director in ANHS to expel Kiyotaka and return him to the White Room.
Pick on Someone Your Own Size: As a man working for Professor Ayanokōji, he serves as a major antagonist for Kiyotaka in Year 2 to overcome to avoid getting expelled and returning to the White Room.
Stronger Than They Look: He may look like a middle-aged man, but he's blazingly strong to the point that Kiyotaka, in the light novel, acknowledges his "superhuman strength" despite his physical appearance when getting pinned to the wall upon their first meeting.
Would Hit a Girl: His Establishing Character Moment involves tripping Sakayanagi by kicking her cane out of nowhere. In the anime, he goes further by successfully preventing Kiyotaka from catching her, thus causing Sakayangai to fall on the floor at full force.
Would Hurt a Child: His very first appearance involves deliberately tripping Sakayanagi by kicking her cane, elbowing Kiyotaka with a hard blow, and putting the latter in a chokehold against the wall.

Employees

Yukitsu Kusuda

Voiced by: Norihisa Mori (Japanese), Derick Snow (English)

A clerk working at SIVCAMERA.

Abhorrent Admirer: Airi is disgusted out of her mind by Kusuda and his predatory behavior towards her.
Adaptational Karma: In both the light novels and manga, he was warned by Kiyotaka to never approach Airi again due to having evidence of his Attempted Rape. In the anime, he gets incarcerated instead.
Adaptational Ugliness: While his looks were never described in the light novel, he's rather plain-looking at best for a 30-40-something-year-old man in the anime.
Entitled to Have You: He deluded himself into thinking that the internet idol he was a fan of had enrolled at the school near the place he worked just for him, to the point he tries to rape her when his patience reaches a zenith.
Ephebophile: He's an older man with an obsessive crush on the teenage Airi. He also seems to show interest in Kushida when meeting her for the first time.
Gonk: He's not exactly good-looking in the anime, which only highlights his disgusting stalkerish crush on Airi.
Mythology Gag: His first name in the anime seems to be a nod to the store's name he works in from the manga; KusDA
Named by the Adaptation: In the anime, his name is Yukitsu Kusuda.
No Name Given: In both the light novels and the manga adaptation, he goes unnamed.
Stalker with a Crush: For Airi. He tries to use her buying a camera as an excuse to get her address, but he was fortunately stopped by Kiyotaka. He then starts stalking her around the campus and attempts to rape her after cornering her in an alley.

Other Characters

Atsuomi Ayanokōji

Professor Atsuomi Ayanokōji

Voiced by: Yasunori Masutani (Japanese), Christopher Sabat (English)

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Kiyotaka's father.

Abusive Parents: The abusive parent part kicks in when we learn not only did he place Kiyotaka in the White Room, but the man was also responsible for the facility's founding in the first place. It's made clear from Kiyotaka's interaction with his father in volume 7, that the man sees his son as only a tool, unable to make any choice apart from the ones he has decided. Even the first time he saw his baby son, he did not show any paternal feelings towards him. Even if he did view Kiyotaka as family, Atsuomi thinks he would have just ignored him to focus on his ambitions. As he later reveals, he'll do anything to get Kiyotaka back into the White Room, even if it means murdering him in the process.
Alliterative Name: Atsuomi Ayanokouji.
Ambition Is Evil: His unrelenting ambition is described to be his greatest asset, and unfortunately, that includes treating his own son as a tool to further his own goals and using his political connections to severely punish those who go against him. Volume Zero also reveals that he's willing to committing various shady and morally ambiguous acts (i.e. pandering to underage girls, bribery, espionage activities for hostile organizations, gaining connections with the Yakuza and lesser gangs, resorting to violent means, etc.) in order to get where he is.
Amicable Exes: He and Mika used to date for a good while before the events of Volume 0, but broke things off amicably.
Book Dumb: Atsuomi's academic history is described to be below average and is mentioned that he never graduated from a high-ranking university. Volume Zero reveals that if it weren't for Naoe-sensei's support and acknowledgement of Atsuomi's ambition, the latter's low academic history wouldn't have allowed him to get far in politics.
Dark and Troubled Past: Volume Zero reveals that Atsuomi's past wasn't an idyllic one. He grew up extremely poor in the countryside where his home consisted of a shack maintained by the neighbors, was abandoned by his father to be Raised by Grandparents, has a low academic history, average physical strength, a subpar working effort, and the obvious implication that nobody around him believes he would amount to anything in life. This ends up playing a role in his extreme ambition to climb the social ladder and later establish the White Room.
A Day in the Limelight: Volume Zero has Atsuomi being the main viewpoint character for a good chunk of the narration and his origins revealed.
Determinator: His ambition coupled with an unrelenting indomitable fighting spirit to achieve his goals is what allowed him to become the man he is today and someone that Kiyotaka feared the most.
Disappeared Dad: On the giving and receiving ends. Volume Zero reveals that his own father left him in the custody of his paternal grandparents and Atsuomi himself has no love towards Kiyotaka other than to use the latter as a tool to further his own ambitions to climb the political world.
Driven by Envy: While his ambition is often stated to be his only noteworthy trait, Volume 0 reveals that his envy for those who lived high in society compared to his own extremely poor background is another driving force that strengthens it.
Evil Virtues: Despite the more unscrupulous sides of it, Atsuomi's ambition and determination to rise above his former low status does ring positive to many people of poor and challenging backgrounds (both In-Universe and out), never mind the proof of his worth to those of higher social status. For all of Kiyotaka's fear of his father, there's a deep underlying respect for the man's capabilities and Chairman Sakayanagi even compliments Atsuomi's ambition by describing his ability to move the entire country of Japan at one point.
From Nobody to Nightmare: As narrated by Atsuomi in Volume Zero, he was born extremely poor in the countryside, abandoned by his father and left in the custody of his grandparents, had a poor academic history and wasted most of his youth doing menial things. It was only when his relentless ambition caught the attention of a well-known politician that Atsuomi rose the political ladder, created the White Room, and someone that Kiyotaka is immensely wary of. Chairman Sakayanagi even describes to his daughter that despite Atsuomi's subpar qualities, he, at one point, was able to move the entire country of Japan with his relentless ambition.
Heart Is an Awesome Power: It's often mentioned and confirmed in Volume 0 that he's a Ridiculously Average Guy, with his only worthy trait is his unrelenting ambition and determination. As the series shows, along with Kiyotaka's fear of him despite his own academic and athletic abilities surpassing him, it took him very far in life.
Last-Name Basis: His first name wasn't revealed until Volume 0.
Ridiculously Average Guy: During a flashback in Volume 11, Chairman Sakayanagi describes Atsuomi to be a commoner, who has never graduated from a top university or even possessed outstanding athleticism. His wife is also the same, and none of their relatives show any signs of remarkable abilities and talents.
The Unfettered: According to both Kiyotaka and Atsuomi's own narration in Volume 0, there's nothing he's unwilling to do to seize power and achieve his own ambitions.
Villain Protagonist: Of Volume Zero, where shows Atsuomi's origins and the circumstances that led to him developing the White Room.

Matsuo

Kiyotaka's butler.

Cool Old Guy: Downplayed. He's mentioned to be nearly 60 before the start of the series and is described to be a Nice Guy and devoted single father to his son.
Doting Parent: He's a very doting father to his only child, Eiichirō, and made many sacrifices to make sure he had a good life.
Driven to Suicide: He burnt himself to death in order prevent his son, Eiichirō, from being further socially punished by Atsuomi for his choice of helping Kiyotaka escape the White Room.
Friend to All Children: According to Kiyotaka, Matsuo was exceptionally good at taking care of people, and any child would've liked him. It's implied that Matsuo's parental instincts are what led to him being willing to send Kiyotaka away from Atsuomi despite knowing the consequences.
The Ghost: He never made a physical appearance in the series and is only mentioned by Kiyotaka, Atsuomi, and Tsubasa.
Glamorous Single Mother: Gender-Inverted. He started off as a single parent who managed to secure a comfortable living condition for himself and his son as a butler for the Ayanokouji family. However, this becomes inverted after Matsuo allowed and helped Kiyotaka to apply to the ANHS to escape his father's control, Matsuo was severely punished by getting fired and having his reputation ruined to bar him from ever finding work to sustain his family.
Good Parents: He was a loving and devoted father to his son Eiichirō.
Happily Married: To his late wife, who died giving birth to Eiichirō.
Hired Help as Family: He acted as a father figure toward Kiyotaka while operating as his butler.
Law of Inverse Fertility: According to Kiyotaka, Matsuo married young, but couldn't conceive a child until he was over 40.
No Full Name Given: His given name is never revealed.
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: His act of helping Kiyotaka escape the White Room causes Atsuomi to bring his wrath down on him and his family by using his political influence to not only irreparably ruin Matsuo's reputation after firing him and leaving him unable to find a job, but he also did the same to his son, Eiichirō, by chasing out of a prestige private high school the latter just got into and barred any other attempts to apply elsewhere. While it's implied that Matsuo was "aware" of the consequences, he may not foresee just how severe the punishment was given to him by Atsuomi.
Parental Substitute: Implied to serve as this for Kiyotaka as a butler, in contrast to Atsuomi's own views and treatment towards him.
Posthumous Character: He's first mentioned in the main story when Atsuomi informs Kiyotaka of his suicide.
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: While he knew that things wouldn't bore well for himself and his son if he were to go against Atsuomi, Matsuo still helped Kiyotaka to achieve freedom by applying for the Advanced Nurturing High School simply out of kindness and sympathy for the latter's well being. Also, it's likely that Matsuo really didn't think just how bad of a punishment Atsuomi would inflict on him.
Senseless Sacrifice: To prevent Atsuomi from further social harm to his son in retribution for helping Kiyotaka escape the White Room, Matsuo begged Atsuomi to leave his son alone by burning himself alive in exchange. While Atsuomi, at least, honors Matsuo's last wish, the latter's sacrifice becomes All for Nothing as Year 2, Volume 3 reveals that Eiichirō also took his own life not long after.
- What makes this worse, is that Volume 0's ending reveals that Atsuomi planned for Matsuo to help his son get away from him. This makes Matsuo and his son's tragic fate set in stone in retrospect.
Small Role, Big Impact: He was the one who allowed Kiyotaka to escape the White Room and enter the Advanced Nurturing High School to escape Atsuomi's influence.
Unwitting Pawn: It's later revealed at the end of Volume 0 that Matsuo's successful attempt to help Kiyotaka was pre-planned by Atsuomi to manipulate Kiyotaka's growth.

Eiichirō Matsuo

Matsuo's son.

Ambiguous Situation: Since we only hear second-hand accounts from Atsuomi and Tsubasa, it's unknown if Eiichirō ever blamed Kiyotaka for the tragedy that befell his father and himself.
Childhood Friends: He was friends with Tsubasa when they were kids.
Daddy's Girl: Gender-inverted. He's very close to his father and is regarded as Matsuo's pride and joy.
Despair Event Horizon: Sadly, losing his father to a terrible suicide after having his future ruined by Atsuomi became too much for him to continue living.
Detrimental Determination: Despite having his entry to the first prestigious private high school he applied to rejected by Atsuomi's political strings, he tries to bounce back by applying elsewhere. Unfortunately, Eiichirō's attempts are met with repeated failure due to the uphill battle against a man with a great amount of political power, denying him access to any success in life.
Driven to Suicide: According to Tsubasa, he took his own life shortly after losing his father.
The Dutiful Son: He's a dutiful son to his father by recognizing the sacrifices he made while growing up, leading to him studying diligently to achieve great things and repay his father's sacrifices.
The Ghost: Like his father, Eiichirō is only mentioned.
Platonic Life-Partners: With his Childhood Friend Tsubasa. They share a very close bond without any romance between them.
Posthumous Character: Like his father, he's already dead when he's first mentioned in the main story.
Small Role, Big Impact: His suicide greatly affected Tsubasa to the point that she attended the Advanced Nurturing Academy in Year 2 to exact revenge on Kiyotaka by getting him expelled.
Stepford Smiler: Although he assures Tsubasa that things are still fine during Matsuo's funeral, it's clear that his father's suicide and his broken future Eiichirō greatly shattered whatever hope he has and killed himself not long after.
Too Good for This Sinful Earth: From what little can be heard of him, Eiichirō was a Nice Guy whose very loyal and caring to his widower father and childhood friend. But due to his father being a political pawn to test Kiyotaka's growth, Eiichirō gets his future irrecoverably ruined as his father is forever brand to be incapable of finding work to financially sustain them, and any chance he gets at attending a prestigious high school is forever barred. Worse, losing his father in a horrific suicide by burning to death has broken whatever drive Eiichirō had left to continue living.

Mika Ayanokōji

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Kiyotaka's mother.

Ambition Is Evil: Similar to Atsuomi, Mika is also willing to commit unscrupulous acts to achieve her goals. At some point before her introduction in Volume 0, she calls in favor of Atsuomi to get rid of one of her co-workers to attain the #1 ranking girl in the cabaret business.
Amicable Exes: She and Atsuomi used to date for a good while before the events of Volume 0, but broke things off amicably.
Book Dumb: Similar to Atsuomi, she also never graduated from a high-ranking university, and Volume Zero revealed that she stopped her education after middle school and started working in the cabaret business.
Chekhov's Gunman: She's only mentioned by Chairman Sakayanagi in a flashback during Volume 11. It wasn't until Volume 0 that Mika made her first, and possibly only, physical appearance.
Chosen Conception Partner: In Volume Zero, it's revealed that Mika only married Atsuomi because of money, at the latter's offering, and the fact that he needed to sire a child for the White Room.
The Faceless: The only illustration of her in the light novel doesn't show her face.
Femme Fatale: As part of her job in her cabaret business, Mika would often date and sleep with many men of high-ranking political and/or financial positions. The other part of her job also involves performing assassinations on political enemies.
Hates Being Touched: Despite her job in the cabaret business and willingness to date and sleep with certain men, she (understandably) really hates "pricks" who touch her without consent.
Informed Attractiveness: She's described to be a beautiful woman, enough to be considered the 2nd ranking girl in the cabaret business until she called in favor of Atsuomi to get rid of her co-worker. It's also justified since her face is never shown in the illustrations.
Missing Mom: She remains seen throughout the series and her son doesn't seem to even know her. Turns out that soon after Kiyotaka's birth, Mika and Atsuomi divorced and she left to fulfill a mission. At the very least, Atsuomi allowed her to name their child Kiyotaka after one of the guys she's dated.
No Full Name Given: She only goes by her given name, and later took up Atsuomi's surname in their temporary marriage.
Only in It for the Money: She only gave birth to Kiyotaka to get the money for doing so.
Ridiculously Average Guy: Gender-inverted. Like Atsuomi, she's also described to be a commoner, who has never graduated from a top university or even possessed outstanding athleticism, and none of their relatives show any signs of remarkable abilities and talents.
Walking Spoiler: It's hard to talk about Mika in any capacity without spoiling much of Kiyotaka's origins.

Yuki

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A member of the White Room alongside Kiyotaka, and she serves as one of his Childhood Friends.

Broken Bird: Her time in the White Room had left her mentally traumatized to the point that years after leaving the facility, her father states that she would only be able to listen to Kiyotaka.
Does Not Like Spam: What led to her first conversation with Kiyotaka and Shiro in the White Room was expressing her dislike of carrots during lunch period.
Early-Bird Cameo: She makes a very early appearance in the anime during Kiyotaka's flashback way before her official debut in Volume 0.
First Period Panic: She doesn't notice it due to panicking about having to leave the White Room, but the stress from the curriculum causes Yuki to have her first period prematurely.
No Full Name Given: Justified. Part of the White Room's curriculum involves the students only going by their given name.
One-Steve Limit: Averted. She shares her first name with Yuki Himeno from Ichinose's class.
Please, Don't Leave Me: She tearfully begs Kiyotaka to not leave her side when he coldly rejects any attempt to reconnect upon reuniting with her again.

Shiro

A member of the White Room alongside Kiyotaka, and he serves as one of his Childhood Friends.

Always Second Best: Played with. He's the second-best student behind Kiyotaka in the Fourth Generation of the White Room, but Shiro chooses to not go further in the curriculum due to his secret desire to be free.
But Now I Must Go: Unlike the other students of the White Room, Shiro was the first one to leave the facility by his own choice due to his desire to see the outside world. After the 4th Generation is down to just him and Kiyotaka, they have their last spar before Shiro tells his friend of his secret desire to leave the facility. Afterward, Kiyotaka narrates that that was the last time he ever saw Shiro.
Does Not Like Spam: Similar to Yuki, Shiro also dislike carrots.
I Just Want to Be Free: In their last spar, Shiro expresses his true desire to leave the White Room and see the outside world.
No Full Name Given: Justified. Part of the White Room's curriculum involves the students only going by their given name.
The Stoic: Similar to Kiyotaka, Shiro doesn't emote much thanks to the White Room's brutal curriculum. Though compared to Kiyotaka, Shiro was able to hold on to some semblance of his humanity to the point he chooses to leave the White Room on his own accord rather than being expelled.
Walking the Earth: It's implied he went abroad from Japan after leaving the White Room.

Characters / Classroom of the Elite

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D-Class Students

A-Class Students

Introduced in Year 1

Kōhei Katsuragi

Voiced by: Satoshi Hino (Japanese), Jarrod Greene (English) Foreign VAsHéctor Estrada (Latin American Spanish), Philippe Roullier (French), Georgios Tzitzikos (German), Glauco Marques (Portuguese)

Arisu Sakayanagi

Voiced by: Rina Hidaka (Japanese), Trina Nishimura (English) Foreign VAsMontserrat Aguilar (Latin American Spanish), Anna Lauzeray-Gishi (French), Leonie Dubuc (German), Isabella Guarnieri (Portuguese)

Masumi Kamuro

Voiced by: Ayane Sakura (Japanese), Jeannie Tirado (English) Foreign VAsMaría García (Latin American Spanish), Justine Berger (French)

Masayoshi Hashimoto

Voiced by: Yohei Azakami (Japanese), Austin Tindle (English) Foreign VAsPablo Mejia (Latin American Spanish), Stevie Tomi (French)

Hayato Kitō

Voiced by: Yukihiro Nozuyama (Japanese)

Yahiko Totsuka

Voiced by: Daisuke Motohashi (Japanese), Orion Pitts (English) Foreign VAsJuan Carlos Revelo (Latin American Spanish), Sydney Taieb (French), Gabriel Ruivo (Portugese)

Kōji Machida

Voiced by: Yoshiki Nakajima (Japanese), Chris Guerrero (English) Foreign VAsBastien Bourlé (French), Bernardo Berro (Portugese)

Senior Years

Manabu Horikita

Voiced by: Yuichiro Umehara (Japanese), David Matranga (English) Foreign VAsDavid Allende (Latin American Spanish, Seasons 1-2), Daniel Paredes (Latin American Spanish, Season 3), Nicolas Dussaut (French), Lucas Wecker (German), André Sauer (Portuguese)

Akane Tachibana

Voiced by: Konomi Kohara (Japanese), Apphia Yu (English) Foreign VAsLion Ollivier (Latin American Spanish), Clotilde Verry (French), Mari Haruno (Portuguese)

Miyabi Nagumo

Voiced by: Soma Saito (Japanese), Nazeeh Tarsha (English) Foreign VAsEduardo Martinez (Latin American Spanish), Sébastien Baulain (French), Tom Sielemann (German)

Nazuna Asahina

Voiced by: Sora Amamiya (Japanese), Trisha Mellon (English) Foreign VAsVanessa Olea (Latin American Spanish)

Introduced in Year 2

Ichika Amasawa

Kyō Ishigami

Miki Yamamura

Ai Morishita

Kōsei Sanada

B-Class Students

Honami Ichinose

Voiced by: Nao Tōyama (Japanese), Kristi Rothrock (English) Foreign VAsYetzary Olcort (Latin American Spanish), Karl-Line Heller (French), Özge Kayalar (German), Amanda Tavares (Portuguese)

Ryūji Kanzaki

Voiced by: Akihisa Wakayama (Japanese), Ricco Fajardo (English) Foreign VAsAlberto Bernal (Latin American Spanish), Jessy Dubuis (French), Sebastian Borucki (German), Fernando Mendonça (Portuguese)

Chihiro Shiranami

Voiced by: Nao Shiraki (Japanese), Kristin Sutton (English) Foreign VAs Ginette Zavala (Latin American Spanish), Clotilde Verry/Khaoula Aaba (French), Carolina Iecker (Portuguese)

Mako Amikura

Voiced by: Yū Ayase (Japanese), Amber Lee Connors (English) Foreign VAs Samantha Tabla (Latin American Spanish), Geneviève Doang (French), Julia Bautz (German), Mayara Stefane (Portuguese)

Tetsuya Hamaguchi

Voiced by: Haruki Ishiya (Japanese), Derick Snow (English) Foreign VAsArnaud Laurent (French), Samuel Fernandes (Portuguese)

Senior Years

Ikuto Kiriyama

Voiced by: Seiichirō Yamashita (Japanese), Kamen Casey (English) Foreign VAsAlan Fernando Velázquez (Latin American Spanish), Benoît Fort (French)

Introduced in Year 2

Takuya Yagami

Fūka Kiryūin

Sayo Andō

Kozue Minamikata

Yuki Himeno

Norihito Watanabe

C-Class Students

Kakeru Ryūen

Voiced by: Masaaki Mizunaka (Japanese), Eric Vale (English) Foreign VAsJaime Collepardo (Latin American Spanish), Bruno Meyere (French), Fabian Oscar Wien (German), Bruno Sangregório (Portuguese)

Mio Ibuki

Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu (Japanese), Jamie Marchi (English) Foreign VAsMiriam Aceves (Latin American Spanish), Karl-Line Heller (French), Daniela Kälin (German), Mari Guedes (Portuguese)

Albert Yamada

Voiced by: Ricky (Japanese), Jeremy Woods (English)

Daichi Ishizaki

Voiced by: Yūichi Hose (Japanese), Aaron Roberts (English) Foreign VAsCarlos Domínguez (Latin American Spanish), Morgan Sarpaux (French), Sebastian Borucki (German), Reginaldo Nunes (Portuguese)

Kyōgo Komiya

Voiced by: Yoshiaki Hasegawa (Japanese), Kyle Igneczi (English) Foreign VAsSidi Degnieau/Stevie Tomi (French), Gabriel Neves (Portuguese)

Reo Kondō

Voiced by: Akihiko Murasugi (Japanese), Howard Wang (English) Foreign VAsDiego Becerril (Latin American Spanish), Jessy Dubuis (French), Immanuel Aldag (German), Rodrygo Gomes (Portuguese)

Shiho Manabe

Voiced by: Miyu Tomita (Japanese), Molly Searcy (English) Foreign VAsIrene Ponce (Latin American Spanish), Camille Ravel (French), Julia Vieregge (German)

Nanami Yabu and Saki Yamashita

Rika Morofuji

Voiced by: Yukina Shuto (Japanese), Sarah Roach (English)

Hiyori Shiina

Voiced by: Rie Takahashi (Japanese), Veronica Laux (English) Foreign VAsMónica Moreno (Latin American Spanish), Lou Viguier (French), Johanna Thoring (German)

Satoru Kaneda

Voiced by: Homare Horikawa (Japanese), Stephen Fu (English) Foreign VAsRémi Gutton/Sydney Taieb (French), Teco Cheganças (Portugese)

Hiroya Tokitō

Takeko Nishino

Voiced by: Satoshi Hino (Japanese), Jarrod Greene (English)^{Foreign VAs}

Voiced by: Rina Hidaka (Japanese), Trina Nishimura (English)^{Foreign VAs}

Voiced by: Ayane Sakura (Japanese), Jeannie Tirado (English)^{Foreign VAs}

Voiced by: Yohei Azakami (Japanese), Austin Tindle (English)^{Foreign VAs}

Voiced by: Daisuke Motohashi (Japanese), Orion Pitts (English)^{Foreign VAs}

Voiced by: Yoshiki Nakajima (Japanese), Chris Guerrero (English)^{Foreign VAs}

Voiced by: Yuichiro Umehara (Japanese), David Matranga (English)^{Foreign VAs}

Voiced by: Konomi Kohara (Japanese), Apphia Yu (English)^{Foreign VAs}

Voiced by: Soma Saito (Japanese), Nazeeh Tarsha (English)^{Foreign VAs}

Voiced by: Sora Amamiya (Japanese), Trisha Mellon (English)^{Foreign VAs}Vanessa Olea (Latin American Spanish)

Voiced by: Nao Tōyama (Japanese), Kristi Rothrock (English)^{Foreign VAs}

Voiced by: Akihisa Wakayama (Japanese), Ricco Fajardo (English)^{Foreign VAs}

Voiced by: Nao Shiraki (Japanese), Kristin Sutton (English)^{Foreign VAs}

Voiced by: Yū Ayase (Japanese), Amber Lee Connors (English)^{Foreign VAs}

Voiced by: Haruki Ishiya (Japanese), Derick Snow (English)^{Foreign VAs}

Voiced by: Seiichirō Yamashita (Japanese), Kamen Casey (English)^{Foreign VAs}

Voiced by: Masaaki Mizunaka (Japanese), Eric Vale (English)^{Foreign VAs}

Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu (Japanese), Jamie Marchi (English)^{Foreign VAs}

Voiced by: Yūichi Hose (Japanese), Aaron Roberts (English)^{Foreign VAs}

Voiced by: Yoshiaki Hasegawa (Japanese), Kyle Igneczi (English)^{Foreign VAs}

Voiced by: Akihiko Murasugi (Japanese), Howard Wang (English)^{Foreign VAs}

Voiced by: Miyu Tomita (Japanese), Molly Searcy (English)^{Foreign VAs}

Voiced by: Rie Takahashi (Japanese), Veronica Laux (English)^{Foreign VAs}

Voiced by: Homare Horikawa (Japanese), Stephen Fu (English)^{Foreign VAs}

Voiced by: Rina Sato (Japanese), Jennifer Alyx (English)^{Foreign VAs}

Voiced by: Hisako Kanemoto (Japanese), Sara Ragsdale (English)^{Foreign VAs}

Voiced by: Kanehira Yamamoto (Japanese), Bruce Carey (English)^{Foreign VAs}

Voiced by: Ryō Sugisaki (Japanese), Kent Williams (English)^{Foreign VAs}