History Characters / FoodWars92ndGeneration

* JerkassHasAPoint: Aggressive and confrontational as he is to the judges in the Autumn Election semifinals (in particular the submissive Sonoka), he’s right. It’s their duty to make the decision for a match and failure to do so makes their position worthless. Gin steps in with a solution that puts the problem off by declaring a tie between him and Akira, but the same thing happens in the finals.

* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: At one point, she offers a poor shopping district an amazing deal on A5 beef. It’s still far, far out of their realistic price range, but when Soma politely declines she gets puzzled at him apparently holding back out of politeness.

* MultiEthnicName: "Takumi" is Japanese, while "Aldini" is Italian, from his mother's side.

* MultiEthnicName: Her name is Western, while her family name is Japanese.

* MultiEthnicName: "Isami" is Japanese, while "Aldini" is Italian, from his mother's side.

Assistant and adopted son of Jun, Akira is a young foreigner she met overseas as a kid, warning her of adultered spices. He specializes in curry dishes, with a wide knowledge in various spices and aroma.

* {{Bishonen}}: His good looks have earned him a fan club.

* {{Bishonen}}: He's slim, long-haired and good on the eyes.

* {{Bishonen}}: When he loses weight during the summer, he looks much more attractive.

* {{Expy}}: To [[Literature/TheRing Sadako Yamamura]] in terms of [[PeekABangs appearance]], as well as to [[Manga/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular Tomoko Kuroki]] by way of her [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer creepy obsession with Erina (and later Hisako)]].

* PeekABangs: Her long hair covers half of her face, and adds to her creepiness.

* {{Leitmotif}}: In the anime, Akira always has a Hindi-style music when presenting his dishes.

* NeverGivenAName: The reason Akira Hayama has a Japanese name despite being from an unknown South Asian nation is that he was a nameless orphan before being adopted by Jun in late childhood.

* TheNoseKnows: His nose is very sharp when it comes to spices. He can identify ingredients and grade of cooking by the first smell. This ability equals that of the God Tongue possessed by Erina. [[spoiler:In the Promotion Exams Arc, he made his own spices for bear meat without using any of the state-of-the-art electronic nose technology and best authorities on molecular gastronomy provided by Azami to crush Soma in ''minutes''.]]
* NotSoStoic: Even though he keeps relatively calm and cool most of the time, one passing student could note his TranquilFury aura, and also after he was declared winner of the Autumn Election the audience were quick to note that his spontaneous hug to Jun came out of nowhere.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: He managed to beat several 3rd year Central members in a battle royale to claim one of the empty Council of Ten seats.

* OutOfFocus: He's been mysteriously absent ever since [[spoiler: Azami Nakiri took over as the new director.]] Which is jarring considering [[spoiler: one of Azami's reforms made it so that all seminar groups, including Jun's, would be shut down]] which is an event you'd expect him to have a prominent role in. [[spoiler:But with his turn to Central revealed, that might explain his lack of participation in the Survivor's Hunt.]]
* RankUp: He becomes the 9th Seat of the Council of Ten Masters after being blackmailed by Azami into joining Central. His position is revoked after he lost to Soma and is subsequently expelled. [[spoiler: After the Regiment De Cuisune however, he rejoins, this time as the 4th Seat.]]

* TheRival: During the Autumn Election arc, he has been built up as one of Soma's major rivals, even surpassing Soma and Ryou in the preliminaries. Come the finals, he's developed an even more fierce rivalry towards Ryou.

* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: He's much more down-to-earth than the childishly excitable Jun. He falls in this role again after being paired with the energetic Alice (with Ryou remaining neutral).

* SignificantWhiteHairDarkSkin: His white hair and dark skintone clearly define his non-Japanese (presumably Indian) heritage. He's also a prodigy chef with a nearly superhuman sense of smell.
* StraightMan: To Jun, since he is more focused and down to earth compared to her. During the Full Moon Banquet he also has to curb Alice's capriciousness, especially after she ended up plunging their booth into debt.
* StreetSmart: He knows from early age how the spice market works and how the store owners scam tourists with low-grade spices.
* TalentedButTrained: Hayama used his marvellous sense of smell to do nothing more than piss off spice vendors in his youth, and only came into his own as a culinary powerhouse after receiving extensive training and education at Totsuki. Even knowing that his talent and training place him a cut above nearly every cook in the world, he nonetheless refuses to stop developing his skills.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Has dark skin and his chef uniform is black. Also add his mysterious aura and fierce competitive streak. When referring to him, a lady at the fish market described him as "The dark skinned ''handsome'' guy".
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: He wasn't thrilled when Alice and Ryou took over his stall at the Full Moon Banquet and kept bickering with her on who was really in charge.
* TookALevelInBadass: He was already amazing but [[spoiler: during the Central Eliminations, he curb-stomped ''third-years'' with seemingly ease, and Dojima talks about him as if he was a whole new man. Then after the Regiment de Cuisune, he earns the ''4th'' seat of the Council of Ten, which is five whole ranks up from when he was with Central.]]
* TookALevelInKindness: After his defeat against Soma and his HeelRealization, Akira realizes that he didn't value Soma and the others as real friends and also that he took Jun for granted at some point. By the time he reunites again with the rebels, he still feels bad for betraying them. Post timeskip, he can be seen hanging out with Ryou and Alice and has a way of looking rather dorky.

* WackyParentSeriousChild: Even though Jun is his adoptive mother, she is aware that Akira is taking care of her instead and feels like she's not giving him enough. Akira disagrees and, while he scolds her for only focusing on her studies and her occasionally childish behaviour, he appreciates that she changed his life.

** He gets this from Soma [[spoiler:when the latter called him out for not considering fighting for Jun and instead opted to jump into Central's wagon. Given that Akira had currently the best ranking between all of them, and both Soma and Ryou defeated Central in their own fields, Soma's anger at him is understandable.]]

* WrongGenreSavvy: He [[spoiler: acted like any reasonable person would in real life when Azami blackmails him to join Central under threat of Shiomi Seminar closing down. He didn't realize he was in a Shonen series where fighting for your goals will ''always'' work eventually, which proves to be his undoing when Soma defeats him and chastises him for being a 'coward' and Jun agrees with Soma regarding his assessment. His HeelFaceTurn is also motivated by the realization.]]

** While Megumi focuses on heart and hospitality to soothe her guests, Ryou uses an overwhelming style based on sheer impact to incite craving for more. He scoffs at her weak style, saying she'll never reach true mastery like that. The difference lies in their upbringing: Megumi was raised in a warm, supportive environment surrounded by people who wanted what was best for her while Ryou grew up in a harsh seaside town among sailors with cooks who would have loved nothing more than to drive him out into the streets.