Classroom of the Elite Main Character Index
Characters (Class D)

The character page for every known (former) Class D in Classroom of the Elite.

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D-Class Students

Introduced in Year 1

Kiyotaka Ayanokōji

Voiced by: Shoya Chiba (Japanese), Justin Briner (English)^{Foreign VAs}

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An inconspicuous student who is very poor at communicating with other people even if he wants to, thus he tends to isolate himself. His emotions are hard to read. He received "perfectly intermediate" scores on his entrance examination, since academic and athletic-wise, he is average.

Adaptational Badass: The end result of his Curb-Stomp Battle against Ryuen's gang is the same in both light novel and anime but in the light novels, he admits through the narrative that he felt some pain from Albert and Ryuen's blows. Most of this is omitted in the anime where Ayanokouji's expression remains the same throughout the entire fight and shows little to no indication that any of their hits even remotely stagger him. The only piece of light novel dialogue that makes it to his thoughts in the anime is that he acknowledges Ryuen is largely self-taught with his own fighting style.
Adaptational Comic Relief: In the manga adaptation, where his inner thoughts and emotions are more transparent, Kiyotaka shows plenty of external and colorful facial expressions in his interactions. This portrayal not only makes him "normal", but it also gives him a more whimsical feel.
Adaptational Seriousness: In the anime, Kiyotaka's stoic tendencies are exaggerated to the point where he's practically robotic, outwardly and inward. Since he rarely changes his Frozen Face, along with some of his inner thoughts being obscured, Kiyotaka lacks any of the comedic moments he had from the light novels and manga, and at the same time, makes the events where he does things in anger, such as his No-Holds-Barred Beatdown on Ryuen, more chilling.
Affectionate Nickname: He's called Kiyopon and Ayanon by Haruka.
Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work: He undoubtedly does morally ambiguous deeds most of his friends wouldn't do, but people can, and do, benefit from his actions. Sure, his only goal is personal gain and maintaining his sense of freedom, but he still subconsciously helps other people more often than not. Many of his inner monologues highlight this contradictory nature.
Berserk Button: Quite subtle considering his stoic nature, but he does not like it when people probe into his Dark and Troubled Past, such as with Suzune, when she asks who he really is, as he tells her he will help her get to Class A but never ask him about his past with a darkened shadow over his eyes.
The Bet: He accepts a bet from Karuizawa: if Horikita rejects Sudou's confession, Kiyotaka will have to buy her an expensive gift. If Suzune actually reciprocates his feelings, Kei will do anything her boyfriend asks of her.
Break Them by Talking: He breaks Hirata by making him feel responsible for failing to come up with and carry out a plan to prevent the first expulsion in their class, unlike Class B. All so that he would start taking responsibility for his failures and grow out of his Heroic BSoD.
Brilliant, but Lazy: Despite his insistence that he's just an average guy, he seems to be quite skilled and competent not just in academics, but also in martial arts and especially exploiting people. The lazy part gradually falls apart as circumstances slowly force him to be more proactive in class events.
Broken Ace: Later parts of the light novels suggest he is more of this trope than legitimately suffering from mental disorders. The light novels make it clear he's not so much emotionless as much as he is naive and awkward when it comes to what 'normal' social interactions are all about. Couple this with his upbringing in the White Room and his utter lack of any real affection growing up, and you'd be hard-pressed to not act like a blank slate.
Brooding Boy, Gentle Girl: He's the Brooding Boy to Kei's Gentle Girl.
Calling Parents by Their Name: He never refers to Atsuomi Ayanokouji as his father, instead only referring to him as "that man".
Celibate Hero: He can notice when other girls are interested in him, but he doesn't return their feelings because they don't have any idea about what kind of person he actually is. Later on, he personally turns down Maya's confession because he genuinely doesn't understand romantic love at the time. It's finally subverted when he confesses to Kei Karuizawa just before their 2nd year unrolls.
Character Exaggeration: In the light novels, he is socially awkward and can actually become emotional at times (though he himself does not think so) while mostly keeping a stoic-looking face. The later adaptations characterize him in two extremes, one where he acts exactly what he thinks he's capable of and the other of how everyone else sees him as.
- In the manga, Kiyotaka's more colorful personality is transparent, making him openly emotional in his interactions with others.
- In the anime, Kiyotaka's stoic behavior is exaggerated to the point where he's near-emotionless, both inside and out.
Characterization Marches On: In the first three volumes, Kiyotaka's personality is notably colorful and it makes the reader think he's making the appropriate expressions to correspond, but later volumes make him more melancholic.
Charles Atlas Superpower: Of the Badass Normal variant. It's clear from his encounter with Manabu early on that Kiyotaka is a lot more physically adept than he lets on. His upbringing under the White Room includes intensive physical training as much as education, which gives him the peak-human level of fitness.
- Just before the sports festival in volume 5 (season 2 episode 4), Kiyotaka asks Sudo what the average grip strength is for boys in their class, unaware the physically adept Sudo has no idea what the average number is. Kiyotaka casually adjusts his strength to around what Sudo told him, and he ends up being second highest just below Sudo himself. Then near the end of the sports festival, Kiyotaka challenges Manabu, who is a great example of this trope himself, into a one-on-one running competition. He nearly outruns him and only loses due to a student from an adjacent line falling down and getting in Kiyotaka's way.
- Volume 7 perhaps establishes just how adept Kiyotaka really is in terms of physique. Kiyotaka handily beats down Albert (who has a bigger build than him), Ibuki, Ishizaki, and Ryuen one after another without suffering any visible injuries, despite taking a few hits on purpose.
- In volume 9, the new acting director Tsukishiro, who is actually one of his father's subordinates, implies Kiyotaka's physical abilities are comparable to trained adults.
Chick Magnet: Double Subverted. Kiyotaka is considered a reasonably good-looking boy, but he is so passive and unassuming to the point most tend to overlook him. Early on, the only girl who wants his affection is Sakura Airi. But as more of his capabilities are gradually revealed, such as almost outrunning the student council president Manabu during the school festival in Volume 5, many girls in the class begin to harbor crushes on him, including Maya Satou and Haruka Hasebe. On a more personal level, Kei Karuizawa gradually develops feelings for him as their relationship goes on, and much later, Honami Ichinose also begins to crush on him after he personally goes out of his way to help her.
Clark Kent Outfit: His school uniform hides the fact that he has a noticeably muscular body, especially in comparison to his male classmates.
Conditioned to Accept Horror: Due to his upbringing in the White Room, nothing fazes him, barely reacting to things that would normally horrify and traumatize regular people. He doesn't even bat an eye when hearing about the suicides of his butler Matsuo as well as Matsuo's only son.
Conveniently Seated: He is seated in the back row right next to the window and also sits next to Suzune.
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: When Kiyotaka stops Manabu from hitting Suzune, the president attempts to attack him instead. He manages to skillfully evade his attacks in a way that only someone who's spent time learning martial arts could have done. When he's asked if he took martial arts lessons, he simply claims that his only extracurriculars were piano lessons and calligraphy.
Curb-Stomp Battle: Dishes this once against Ryuen, Albert, Ibuki and Ishizaki at the end of volume 7. Then again toward Ibuki alone in volume 7.5.
Declaration of Protection: Gives a rather epic one to Kei Karuizawa after saving her from Ryuen and company in LN volume 7:
"I'm the one who hurt you. I won't ask you to forgive me. But please just remember this one thing. If something like what happened today happens to you again, I will definitely save you."
Defrosting Ice King: Despite his insistence otherwise, a lot of Kiyotaka's arc revolves around him legitimately starting to view his classmates as friends.
- Hints of this show up as early as the first volume of the light novels. For example, his inner monologue over why he wanted to help Suzune after the encounter with her brother.
"I was starting to sound worked up, or perhaps I was actually feeling worked up. Maybe because I’d started to, rather selfishly, consider her a friend. I didn’t want Horikita to come to regret her decision."
- That having been said, his need to secure his freedom from potential threats such as his teacher Chabashira who tries to blackmail him to work toward Class A, his father's underlings in the school who work to get him expelled, all contribute to stunting his defrosting, to the point he basically refrosts at times. Time will tell whether this trope will ultimately be played straight or subverted.
Deliberate Under-Performance: He comes off as a very average person, but is hiding multiple talents on top of having rigged his scores in his entrance exams. The light novels go into more detail: Chabashira revealed that he not only solved a difficult problem - only solved by 3% of all students this year - he also included a complex formula and used it flawlessly while getting the wrong score on a question with a correct answer rate of 76%. This is notably the reason why Chabashira and Manabu notice him in the first place.
Do Well, But Not Perfect: The modus operandi of his Deliberate Under-Performance described above. His strategy is to not stand out and paint himself as a Ridiculously Average Guy without coming off as The Load either, thus usually aiming for scores somewhere in the middle.
Dreary Half-Lidded Eyes: He's frequently drawn with half-lidded eyes, showing how detached he is from other people.
Engineered Heroics: When Ryuen subjects Kei to Cold-Blooded Torture, Kiyotaka waits for her to be tortured for nearly an hour and then appears as though he arrived just in the nick of them to save her in order to keep her dependent on him.
Fall Guy: Kazuomi Housen tried to expel Kiyotaka by stabbing himself with a knife and framing him for the assault.
Gag Penis: In volume 8, it's revealed that he has a huge asset during a boy's bath when they compare to each other.
Hard Work Hardly Works: Subverted or averted depending on how one would look at it. By Kiyotaka's own admission, he has no distinctive characteristics, hobbies, or interests and makes no effort to stand out. While the 'not wanting to stand out' bit is true, the rest are lies given his immense physical, combative, intellectual, and mental prowess throughout the story. However, these "gifts" are said to have been earned during his Dark and Troubled Past in the White Room. While one could say that Kiyotaka has the "talent" to be able to rise above and beyond the hellish curriculum, the narrative implies that what he's capable of isn't something unique to him and that anyone could be an "artificial genuis" with the correct guidance of the White Room.
The Heart: Oddly enough, he becomes this for his own group of friends, the Ayanokouji Group, formed after his big show in the sports festival in volume 6 (season 2 episode 6).
Hidden Depths: Chabashira warns Suzune that of all the "oddball" students in class D, Kiyotaka is the strangest one of them all, and suggests she learn more about him before she can transfer to Class A. It takes talent to intentionally rig his grades to exactly 50% across the board.
It Amused Me: Not exactly his main motivation, but this is Kiyotaka’s reason for challenging Manabu into a one-on-one running competition near the end of sports festival in volume 5. He even notes to himself it’s very different and much more entertaining compared to his experience running indifferently in White Room’s facilities.
It's Not You, It's My Enemies: Subverted. He briefly cuts contact with Kei under the pretense of protecting her from being targeted by Class C. Actually, he knew Ryuen would kidnap her anyway and deliberately waited until Kei was on verge of breaking from Ryuen's torture to rescue her at the last minute, all to make sure she would become completely dependent on him emotionally.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Played With. At first, he's essentially a selfish person who plays with others' feelings through manipulative acts of kindness. However, it gradually becomes clear that while Ayanokouji uses people for his own benefit, he also subconsciously helps them simply because he wants to.
Like Father, Like Son: Just like his father, he treats people like tools to get to their own goals. And their hair is a bit spiky too.
Living Emotional Crutch: Invoked. After making Kei into his pawn, Kiyotaka deliberately exploits her traumatic past with bullying and desire to be protected from harm to make her attach herself to him and completely depend on him to feel safe. After he pretends to cut ties with her and intentionally lets her be tortured by Ryuen, he comes to her rescue to convince her he'll always save her when she's in trouble.
The Man Behind the Man: Kiyotaka's modus operandi. He prefers to influence and lead his classmates from the sidelines rather than draws attention to himself. Due to this, he often has a habit of passing off his schemes as plans others thought of.
Manipulative Bastard: He masterfully manipulates people around him to make them do his bidding and advance his own plans. For example, he manipulates Manabe and her friends in order to subject Kei to a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown in order to break her spirit and make her dependent on him.
Mistaken for Romance: Many of his classmates mistakenly think that he's Suzune's boyfriend, because he is the only guy and the person in general with whom she communicates. He does, in his own broken and awkward way, actually consider her a friend of sorts.
The Mole: Played for Laughs in the Pool Episode. He snitches Ike, Yamauchi, Yukimura, and Sudo's plan of planting a camera in the girls' locker room to Suzune, ensuring that she deletes the footage without their knowledge.
Mr. Fanservice: He gets to show off his well-built physique in the Pool Episode as well as in the sauna scene of Mixed Training Camp.
Nice Guy: Played with. Kiyotaka is tolerant, and willing to help friends; on the other hand, his life philosophy differs from most forms of All-Loving Hero in the direction of moderate cynicism with heavy notes of Social Darwinist.
Nominal Hero: He's actually anything but heroic and cares only for his own personal freedom, helping others in a calculated move to earn their trust and then using them for his own ends. This changes as the series goes on as he makes more meaningful personal relationships, but very, very slowly, not helped by the fact that circumstances such as the new acting director of the school conspiring to expel him unfairly with a number of invisible enforcers, which then force him to act more proactively and extremely to maintain his goal.
No Social Skills: This goes back and forth as he is fairly good at reading the mood of others, but it absolutely terrible at expressing his own emotions.
Obfuscating Stupidity: His attempts to pass himself off as a Ridiculously Average Guy don't always work. In fact, it's implied he actually purposefully left holes in his facade for truly perceptive people to find.
Odd Friendship: With the student council president Manabu, Suzune's older brother. 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, Kiyotaka goes out of his way to speak with him one last time to share thoughts and experiences in a true Senpai-Kohai fashion, noting to himself he will remember his advice for all his life in this school.
Only Friend:
- Kiyotaka is the one person with whom Suzune communicates, although she still won't call him a friend. It's invoked, as Suzune deliberately isolates herself from other people.
- Later on, he hangs out with Hiyori Shiina at the library since she doesn't have anyone else to discuss the books she likes with.
Perpetual Frowner: In the anime, he's always wearing a constant frown with Dreary Half-Lidded Eyes (compared to the light novels and manga, where he does occasionally have emotional outbursts), making it practically impossible for the other characters to guess what he's thinking.
Photographic Memory: Kiyotaka remembers everything he has done in his life since age 0, a fact that stuns the White Room researchers.
Pretty Boy: He's a more manly variant, but definitely good-looking. Kushida notes he is ranked 5th in their class in this department.
Raised in a Lab: He was raised from birth in the White Room, a specific facility designed to educate with Training from Hell.
Relationship Upgrade: After months of considering the matter, and out of his desire to learn about love, Kiyotaka privately confesses his intent to go out with Kei at the end of volume 11.5 or episode 13 of season 3, which she accepts. They plan to keep it a secret from others, though.
Ridiculously Average Guy: By his own admission, Kiyotaka has no distinctive characteristics, hobbies, or interests and makes no effort to stand out. Too bad it's all a lie, minus the 'not wanting to stand out' bit. Kiyotaka actually likes reading, as evidenced throughout his monologues and his ability to quote famous authors in light novels.
Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: Kiyotaka's the Savvy Guy to Karuizawa's Energetic Girl.
Secretly Selfish: Despite his seemingly uncharacteristic altruistic actions, in actuality the only thing he actually cares about is securing his own freedom. He has no qualms about using his classmates as pawns in his schemes to do so.
Secret Relationship: After eventually asking Kei to be his girlfriend at the end of Year 1, they keep their relationship a secret for a while.
Smart People Play Chess: Being good at chess to the point of being superior to Arisu Sakayanagi for whom chess is an Iconic Item; is only one of many ways the series demonstrates Kiyotaka Ayanokoji's abilities.
Social Darwinist: He is ready to help the weak or those who are in trouble, though only for personal gain, but he also believes that equality does not exist and is impossible in principle.
Sociopathic Hero: It's revealed later on the face he puts on in front of everybody in the cast is pretty much a mask; truthfully, he cares little for any of his friends and sees them as tools to use to further his own goals. Or at least, that's what he tells himself in the light novels, as his inner monologues suggest it's not that simple. There's a lot of internal zig-zagging even in his head.
Sole Survivor: In the White Room, Kiyotaka came from the facility's 4th generation, which was so extreme that he's hailed by White Room staff as the 'sole graduate of the bloody 4th generation'.
Soulless Bedroom: Kiyotaka's bedroom only contains possessions supplied by the academy, hinting at his borderline emotionless and sociopathic nature. His classmates comment on how clean and empty his room is when they invite themselves over.
Stock Light-Novel Everyman: Revealed to be a deconstruction in the final episode of Season 1 (epilogue of volume 3). He has multiple hidden talents because he was trained in childhood to be the best at everything, to the point he only cares about winning. He gains the attraction of women through mostly calculated moves to earn their trust and make them easier for him to manipulate. He goes out of his way to help many people in trouble, but he only wants to protect himself and will only help people if it advances said goal.
The Stoic: He hardly reacts to anything in the anime. Downplayed in the light novels and manga, where he can and does react to things... albeit not as much, or as normally, as most people would.
The Strategist: Being the prime chessmaster of the cast, Ayanokoji comes up with strategies for all kinds of situations, be it special exams, making deals with other students or helping them grow as a person.
Unscrupulous Hero: Kiyotaka intentionally tries to maintain amicable terms with his classmates and is capable of reading social cues. Despite this, his true motive is only to maintain his current lifestyle and not be sent back to the facility where he was raised. Deep down, he only views most of his classmates as tools, and the few people he is close to can be best classified as either 'people whom he does not want to make tools out of' or 'people who are too useful to let go'.
Walking Spoiler: It's hard to talk about him without mentioning that he's way more than just a Ridiculously Average Guy he first appears as. Or that he's been Raised in a Lab for that matter.
We Used to Be Friends: Although he makes amends with Akito and Haruka by talking them out of dropping out to spite their class for expelling Airi, he still parts ways with Ayanokouji's Group at the end of the cultural festival, claiming in his mind that they no longer need him.
What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?: His monologue in volume 7.5 is this when he was preparing for his Christmas date with Maya Satou. He ends up thinking about Kei when trying to figure it out.
When He Smiles: Due to his ever-lasting poker face, the incredibly rare moments when he actually smiles are all the more endearing. He himself realizes he's only ever smiled around Suzune.
Worthy Opponent: Notable in that he actually wants to have one because he wants to defeat his father by having the man's greatest creation, himself, be defeated. But so far, the only individuals whose abilities are sufficient for Kiyotaka to acknowledge are scarce; as of volume 11, Arisu is currently the only one whom he actually considers this.

Suzune Horikita

Voiced by: Akari Kitou (Japanese), Felecia Angelle (English)^{Foreign VAs}

A beautiful girl who sits next to Ayanokouji. She is the opposite of Ayanokouji when it comes to friendship; she disregards it and thinks of making friends unnecessary, thus she does not communicate much with her classmates. She is not convinced that she was placed in the D class, therefore she aims to get promoted to the A class.

Academic Alpha Bitch: Suzune is an exceptional student and she knows it, but her brother indicates that she's been assigned to Class D because she can't work with others. She does try an intervention with the three dumbest students, but they walk out after tiring of her constant insults towards them, and she immediately decides to let them fail out of the school and stop dragging on Class D as a whole.
Action Girl: She held her own against Mio Ibuki despite having a fever for a week.
Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: She's a beautiful dark-haired girl with an aloof personality.
Arch-Enemy: Played for Laughs with her hatred of Kushida, which she demonstrates by ignoring her at every opportunity. Later events in the novel play this trope seriously during their confrontation.
Ascended Extra: The anime, due to being a Compressed Adaptation, promotes Suzune to the "female lead" of Season 1. However, Season 2 amends this by putting the spotlight more on Kei Karuizawa, bringing the story closer to the LNs' approach where the female lead actually changes from arc to arc.
The Bet:
- In order to get Kiyotaka Ayanokouji to use his full potential, she makes a bet with him about who'll score better in tests in their second year. He accepts, adding that she may even reveal the subject of her choosing right before the tests begin.
- She accepts a bet from Koenji to let him have his freedom if he places well in Uninhabited Island Exam, rising the stakes to him specifically placing first in order to be granted this.
- After some reconsideration and lowering the stakes to one million private points, she also accepts a bet from Ryuuen about which of their classes will have a more profitable maid cafe during the cultural festival.
Be Yourself: A major life lesson that she learns over the course of her first year is that she needs to stop pretending to be like her idealized image of her older brother and instead be her own true self.
Broken Ace: She's beautiful, clever, graceful, skilled in self-defense, and virtually perfect academically, but that means nothing in a setting where classes are judged via group excellence and not individual skill. Manabu all but states that Suzune wouldn't have been stuck in Class D if she were willing to socialize with her peers.
Character Development: She grows from an Academic Alpha Bitch to a Defrosting Ice Queen. She also eventually learns to stop trying to live as a copy of her perceived image of her older brother to please him and instead be herself.
Composite Character: The first season of the anime had Suzune take on roles that initially went to other characters in the light novels. For example, in the light novel, Kei is the one to help Kiyotaka sabotage their male classmates' attempt at peeping on the girls' changing room, as well as the one to give the Rousing Speech to the school about how Class D will eventually promote to Class A, but both scenes were given to Suzune in the anime.
Deconstructed Character Archetype: Of the Tsundere stereotype. Her arrogance and contempt of ordinary people led to her having no friends since early childhood. Moreover, Kiyotaka practically becomes her main contact with the outside world, because, without his help, she is not even able to talk with classmates without starting a conflict.
Defrosting Ice Queen: She starts opening up to some of her classmates later on, albeit at a very slow pace.
Enemy Mine: In spite of their rivalry, she sometimes works together with Ibuki against their common enemy, usually Ichika Amasawa or Kikyo Kushida.
Expository Hairstyle Change: She grew her hair long because her brother lied to her about liking long hair. Near the end of the Year 1, she cuts her hair short, symbolizing her deciding to live as her own person instead of trying to be someone who only seeks her brother's approval.
Friendless Background: Suzune hasn't had any friends since kindergarten.
Good Is Not Nice: She may be a good person and have good intentions, but Suzune definitely isn't kind in her demeanor.
I'm Not Here to Make Friends: She rejects any and all attempts from her classmates to befriend her, only caring about getting into Class A.
Ineffectual Loner: At the start, she believes she doesn't need anyone to get into Class A and prefers to isolate herself from her classmates. She's still forced to interact and cooperate with others to make sure Class D doesn't fail, as it would get her expelled along with everyone else. Also, most of her feats were only made possible by Kiyotaka helping her and/or letting her take the credit for getting the class out of trouble.
Inferiority Superiority Complex: She acts like everyone is beneath her to compensate for her inferiority complex towards her older brother. Despite her haughty and egotistic behavior, she's desperate to make her brother acknowledge her.
It's All About Me: She initially claims to only care about herself. Her brother berates her for that attitude and mentions it's one reason why she ended up in Class D.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Pretty much everyone would see her as a tough, aloof, cold, and hostile person who doesn't want friends and is only out for herself. In truth, she actually has a good heart and genuinely cares for others.
Love Martyr: Suzune is intent on proving her worth to her brother, and she doesn't pay any heed to his humiliation and abuse of her.
Meido: She's one of the maids of Class D's cosplay Maid Cafe during culture festival in their second year, although she works more in the backstage due to her serious personality.
Mistaken for Romance: Many of her classmates mistakenly think that she is dating, or at least close to Kiyotaka, since he is the only person in general who regularly talks to her. Kushida teases her about this in episode 7.
Ms. Fanservice: She has a few Shower Scenes, including one where she wears underwear on an island, and was shown in a bikini in a Pool Episode. In said episode, she was seen changing along with the other girls. She's also shown naked, barely covered with steam, on the illustration for the "In the Changing Room" short story◊ for Volume 8 of Year 2.
No Social Skills: Her main flaw. She has been so focused on trying to excel academically to make her brother acknowledge her that she never worked on her social skills. Her bad attitude makes it difficult for her to interact with others without insulting them and driving them away. For a long while, Kiyotaka is the only person she can hold a decent conversation with. She slowly improves slightly, but she still struggles to form positive interactions with her classmates.
"Not So Different" Remark: During the sports festival, she tells Sudo that he's similar to her because both of them became tough to prove themselves to others, but ended up pushing others away because of their bad personalities. However, it's precisely because they're similar that Suzune believes they can become the better version of themselves by working with their classmates.
Overshadowed by Awesome: In spite of being a brilliant girl and an excellent pupil, her differences with her brother are so great that she isolates herself from other people.
Perpetual Frowner: Her default expression is a disdainful glare.
Properly Paranoid: She's a naturally distrusting person, which is why she believes Kushida keeps trying to approach her to sabotage her. Turns out she's right since Kushida is secretly a Bitch in Sheep's Clothing who is determined to get her expelled for her own petty reasons.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: During Uninhabited Island Exam, Horikita tells Ibuki that she's weak because of her refusal to cooperate with others.
Running Gag: Once an Episode in the light novels, Ayanokji will take a peek at what book she's reading at the moment and will make a comment on it.
Ship Tease: With Kiyotaka, particularly in the anime. In the light novels, their relationship is more or less the same.
The Strategist: In her class, she's second in this regard only to Ayanokoji, thinking of ways for their class to win every special test and reach Class A.
Student Council President: She becomes one after Nagumo during the third semester of the second year.
Successful Sibling Syndrome: For her entire life, Suzune has lived under her more talented brother's shadow.
Took a Level in Kindness: She starts toning down her arrogant and demeaning attitude as she realizes she has to get along with her classmates and get their cooperation so they can move up the class ranking. She still isn't social enough to be friendly, but she does try to encourage and support her classmates in her own way.
Tsundere: Harsh type. She coldly rebuffs any attempts from other people to make friends with her, yet she cares about her classmates more than she lets on.
Tsurime Eyes: She's an arrogant and strong-willed Tsundere whose eyes slant upwards.
"Well Done, Daughter!" Girl: Sister version. She devoted her whole life to education to earn her older brother's respect, to no avail. She even grew her long hair because he told her he likes it that way.
When She Smiles: Since she's serious most of the time, the rare moments when she actually smiles are all the more endearing. Kiyotaka notices how rarely she smiles.

Kikyō Kushida

Voiced by: Yurika Kubo (Japanese), Sarah Wiedenheft (English)^{Foreign VAs}

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A popular girl with a seemingly nice and cheerful personality. She aims to be friends with everyone not just in D class.

Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: In the light novels, she claims to hate Kiyotaka at first sight and the latter is fully weary of her, and their relationship doesn't get better as the series goes on. In the anime, however, they have plenty of Ship Tease moments with Kushida even asking Kiyotaka if he would either choose to be with her or Suzune.
Alliterative Name: Kikyo Kushida.
Ascended Extra: Due to the first season of the anime being a Compressed Adaptation, Kushida has been promoted to being the Tritagonist of the series, with Suzune being the female lead. In the light novels and the second season of the anime, the female lead changes from arc to arc.
Attention Whore: Growing up, Kushida was lavished with praise by those around her for every little achievement, and she found that she enjoyed the spotlight and attention. As she got older, the praise began to diminish as she became surrounded by equally talented people, and she resorted to being the class' gopher for positive attention, the stress of which prompted her to make a blog to vent her frustrations which ultimately led to the incident in middle school. In the present, she maintains a pleasant façade to keep her classmates' attention on her by making herself seem the most likable student.
Birds of a Feather: During the second year, she quickly gets involved with Takuya Yagami, a freshman who also uses a False Friend facade, much like her.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: She acts nice and friendly, yet when things don't go her way she completely becomes a different person, or rather her dark side is shown. She turns out to be two-faced, selfish, self-righteous, possessive, manipulative and can have insane reactions.
Blackmail: She forces Kiyotaka to keep her darker personality a secret, lest she accuses him of trying to rape her.
Buxom Beauty Standard: She has the biggest breasts in Class D, and this is one of the reasons why she's so popular among her male classmates.
Cheaters Never Prosper: Suzune offers Kikyo a bet where they agree that Suzune and Kiyotaka will drop out from school if Kikyo scores higher than Suzune in a math test. To make sure she gets a perfect score, Kikyo conspires with Ryuen to get the test's answers. However, Suzune had predicted Kikyo would try to cheat and took precautions to make sure the actual test was different from the answers Kikyo got from Ryuen, causing Kikyo to fail the test and lose the bet against Suzune.
Class Princess: Her good looks and friendly personality make her popular with her classmates to the point that she ranks third in positive votes of the Class Poll Exam. It's later revealed that she's actually a subversion; she's only pretending to be nice to get positive attention from her classmates, and in reality, she's very selfish and manipulative.
Cute Is Evil: In the light novel, despite seeing Kushida's true nature, Kiyotaka still can't help but comment that she's incredibly cute.
Dark Secret: She has a big secret that she doesn't want anyone to know and she wants to get Suzune expelled because she thinks Suzune might know about it since they went to the same middle school. It's later revealed to be Kikyo causing all her classmates from middle school to hate and attack each other by revealing all their dark secrets. She knows everyone in Class D will lose their trust in her if they find out, which would be detrimental to her goal of being the most popular girl.
Disproportionate Retribution: Her reasons for hating Suzune are merely because she suspects that she knows about her true personality since they went to middle school together where Kushida was involved in a major incident. To make matters worse, Suzune didn't even see the incident herself, only heard a rumor about it. Kushida is willing to utterly destroy Suzune on the off chance that she paid attention to a rumor that she hardly cares about.
Dude Magnet: She quickly earns popularity from the guys.
Evil Is Petty:
- While rather than outright evil she's insane, manipulative, and selfish, she is ok bringing down her entire class if it means she can humiliate Suzune.
- During middle school, when she was confronted by her class for her blog that held her unpleasant venting on her peers, she retaliated by exposing every single secret that was shared with her, including the badmouthing and infidelity that she had learned, sowing mass discord across the class.
Evil Sounds Deep: Although rather insane and toxic than evil, her true persona has a deeper, mature, and seductive sounding voice compared to her cutesy one.
Face–Heel Turn: She becomes a whistleblower for Class D, leaking information to Ryuen starting in Volume 4 (season 2 of the anime).
The Fake Cutie: Her sweet and cute personality is faked. She's really a very mean-spirited, spiteful, and manipulative Bitch in Sheep's Clothing.
False Friend: To everyone. Kikyo only pretends to be friends with her classmates because she wants to be liked and stand out, but she's ready to backstab everyone if they discover her true nature.
False Rape Accusation: After Kiyotaka discovers her real personality, she threatens to falsely accuse him of raping her if he doesn't keep his mouth shut, even placing his hand on her breast so she can have "evidence".
Feeling Oppressed by Their Existence: It's revealed that Suzune and Kushida went to a previous school together where Kushida caused a huge scandal. While Suzune merely heard rumors about the event, Kushida sees her as the biggest threat to her "goody two shoes" reputation and tries desperately to get her expelled.
Genki Girl: Normally tries to act like one, but Kiyotaka finds out she Zigzags this when he sees her at the end of episode three when she's ranting about how much she hates Suzune's stuck-up attitude and her refusal of Kushida's repeated attempts to befriend her.
Good Eyes, Evil Eyes: She usually has cute-looking Tareme Eyes when she's in her Nice Girl persona. The evil eyes come out when she displays her darker personality.
Hate at First Sight: In the novel only, she claims this was the case with Ayanokouji.
Hates Being Alone: She tells Ayanokouji that she hates being suddenly left alone, and it's left as a possible reason for her insistence on being friends with everyone.
He Knows Too Much: Back in middle school, Kikyo caused an incident that drove all her classmates to hate and fight each other until graduation. Suzune happened to go to the same middle school and although she didn't know the details of what happened, Kikyo is trying everything in her power to get Suzune expelled to not take any chances of people finding out about her past. She even extends this threat against Kiyotaka who discovers the truth as well.
Hidden Disdain Reveal: In her initial interactions with Suzune, Kikyo appears to be a Nice Girl who is just trying to befriend the class loner. That's until Kiyotaka happens to find Kikyo angrily kicking a railing as she screams about how much she hates Suzune. The reasons for her hatred are explained much later as they're related to Suzune hearing about an incident that Kikyo caused in their middle school.
Improperly Paranoid: She puts all her energy into trying to get Suzune expelled because she's paranoid about Suzune knowing all about a scandalous incident from her middle school. Actually, Suzune only heard second-hand rumors about the incident and she was rather disinterested in it because of her aloof personality. Suzune didn't even recognize Kikyo nor knew why she hated her until she learned Kikyo was even willing to conspire with Ryuen to sabotage her. Had Kikyo just left Suzune alone, neither Suzune nor Kiyotaka would have learned the full truth of her dark past.
Insidious Rumor Mill: Back in middle school, to vent the stress of being the class gopher in her bid for attention, she started a blog where she would badmouth all her classmates. Eventually, the blog was discovered and her class quickly deduced that it was hers, turning against her. Feeling ganged up on, she then proceeded to spill all the information about them that she didn't post, such as acts of infidelity and badmouthing others had done, which led to her classmates turning against each other instead.
Irony: At the start of the series, Kikyo repeatedly tries to befriend Suzune, who just ignores her because she thinks she doesn't need friends. By the time Suzune realizes she has to get along with her classmates to get into Class A, Kikyo has dropped all pretenses of wanting to be friends with Suzune and is now determined to sabotage her. Suzune still doesn't want to give up on making peace with Kikyo, seeing her as a valuable asset to the class.
Male Gaze: Her breasts get the camera's attention a lot.
Meido: She's one of the maids of Class D's cosplay Maid Cafe during culture festival in their second year. Her doing a successful job at attracting customers is what convinces Suzune that saving her from expulsion was a good call.
Mistaken for Romance: When someone asks Kushida if she and Ayanokouji are dating, she gives a casual "Nope" and Ayanokouji concludes she's being sincere about not liking him.
Ms. Fanservice: She has several scenes in a bikini, a school swimsuit, underwear, and a Modesty Towel, usually paired with jiggle physics. She's also barely covered with a towel on the illustration for the "In the Changing Room" short story◊ for Volume 8 of Year 2.
The Mole: During the Special Test and the sports festival, Kikyo betrays her classmates and conspires with Ryuen to sabotage her own class, all to get a chance to get Suzune expelled.
Never My Fault: When she was in middle school, she was desperate to stand out. Instead of finding something she was really good at and liked to do, she opted to become an Extreme Doormat to her classmates, only to eventually crack from the stress. She then wrote a blog to vent her frustrations, but it backfired when her classmates found out. Realizing she had fallen from grace, she spilled out all of her classmates' darkest secrets to ruin their social lives, all while blaming them for sharing their secrets with her and then expecting her to keep quiet when they stopped praising her.
Painful Persona: Her Nice Girl act began in middle school, where she acted like an Extreme Doormat in order to make up for her lack of talent and gain everyone's attention. This ended up causing her a great deal of stress, and whether or not her darker personality was from before this event, it certainly didn't help.
Psychological Projection: She hates Suzune and wants her gone because she believes Suzune will try to ruin her by spilling out her dark secrets to her classmates. Suzune repeatedly tries to convince her that she has no intention of being her enemy, much less ruining her reputation, but Kikyo insists she can't take any chances with Suzune. As it turns out Kikyo is projecting her own petty and malicious nature on Suzune since in the past, she spilled out her classmates' darkest secret to turn them against each other and now is convinced Suzune will do the same to her at some point.
Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: She turns into a traitor by selling out her class to Ryuen during the sports festival, just because she thought Ryuen would help her get Suzune expelled. After that fails because of Kiyotaka's interference, she tries to once again make a deal with Ryuen by giving him Class D's test questions in exchange for him giving her the answers of the math test to win her bet against Suzune and force her to resign from the academy. Then it turns out Suzune had made sure Kikyo wouldn't get the real questions of Class D's test and Ryuen left her to her fate, causing her to lose her last chance at getting Suzune to leave the academy.
Secret-Keeper:
- She does this with Ayanokouji, such as claiming that she was the one who obtained the old exams which helped their class tremendously during their midterm exams.
- The friendly facade that she maintained during middle school allowed her to earn the trust of many around her, and she'd eventually be trusted with some dark secrets. She later spilled out all the secrets shared with her out of spite for her classmates criticizing her blog.
Ship Tease: Occasionally with Ayanokouji in the anime.
- In episode 8, she interrupts Sakura's botched Love Confession to Ayanokouji, and, when he tries to excuse himself from her presence, she slips back into her darker side briefly and tells him that she doesn't like being alone. She adds that she "hoped that he would..." and then she trails off, leaving everyone to guess what she is about to confess to him.
- In episode 12, she asks Ayanokouji who he would pick if it came down to a choice between herself and Suzune.
Slave to PR: Deconstructed. Kikyo cares for nothing but her own reputation and will do anything to look good in front of others. Back in middle school, taking on the persona of an Extreme Doormat to impress her classmates only brought her stress and frustration, but she felt she couldn't quit to not damage her public image. She tried to vent by writing on an anonymous blog, but her classmates discovered what she was doing anyway and she brought them down with her by revealing all their darkest secrets. Now in high school, she obsesses about getting rid of Suzune over the small chance that Suzune might leak information about her past that would ruin her reputation again, even though neither Suzune nor Kiyotaka had any interest in doing anything against her until she kept trying to get them expelled.
Smug Snake: Despite her villainous true nature, she fails to be an actual threat because she's so arrogant and short-sighted that she completely relies on her Bitch in Sheep's Clothing act for her schemes against Kiyotaka and Suzune, both of whom can read her like a book and easily predict her actions to take countermeasures against her. After failing to get Suzune expelled over and over again, she tries to make Kiyotaka her new main target, unaware that picking a fight with Kiyotaka would have worse consequences for her than anything Suzune would do to her.
Somebody Doesn't Love Raymond: Subverted. At first, it looks like Kikyo is trying so hard to get close to Suzune because she wants to be friends with everyone in her class and Suzune is the only one who rebuffs her attempts at befriending her. In reality, Kikyo hates Suzune and wants to sabotage her because she's paranoid about Suzune leaking information about an incident that happened in their middle school even though Suzune doesn't care and doesn't have any intentions to do so.
The Strategist: Although her schemes usually backfire on her, she tends to come up with various strategies to screw over her enemies.
Stupid Evil:
- In the light novel, she willingly works with Ryuen in order to humiliate and expel Suzune, and the stupid part comes into play when Suzune points out that she is purposefully bringing down class D in order to do so.
- Even more so when she says she will get rid of Ryuen as well since he had seen her hidden side... to his face.
Villain with Good Publicity: Since she hides behind a kind Genki Girl persona, she's beloved by her classmates and even students from other classes. In the Class Poll, she ranked third place in getting positive votes. Subverted later on once her true nature is revealed to the class.
Walking Spoiler: It's hard to talk about her without mentioning that she's The Fake Cutie.

Kei Karuizawa

Voiced by: Ayana Taketatsu (Japanese), Bryn Apprill (English)^{Foreign VAs}

A girl with a bad attitude who is located at the top of the D class hierarchy. She fights with Kushida for their class' top 2 places.

Affair Hair: In volume 12, Kei finds a long red hair, belonging to Amasawa from the new Class 1-A, in Kiyotaka's room. She demands him to explain how and why another girl entered his room to leave that.
All Girls Want Bad Boys: She develops a crush on Kiyotaka, who by that point had her go through a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown, Cold-Blooded Torture, and blackmail in order to further his schemes. Even she lampshades this by remembering what Kiyotaka put her through and still accepting the fact that she has fallen for him.
Alliterative Name: Kei Karuizawa.
Attention Whore: Her biography says she likes being the center of attention.
The Bait: One used both ways. Ryuen kidnaps and tortures Kei to lure the real mastermind, Kiyotaka, out of hiding. Actually, Kiyotaka had predicted what Ryuen would do and deliberately let him use Kei as bait so he could come to rescue her and show Ryuen the difference in power between them.
Becoming the Mask: Despite the rocky start, Kei's role as Kiyotaka's forced assistant gradually becomes less and less true as she begins to feel comfortable working for him. To the point that, in volume 7, Kiyotaka telling her he will cut off their ties hurts her more than she is willing to admit. After Kiyotaka rescues her from Ryuen and re-establishes their relationship, their partnership becomes a legitimate one at the end of volume 7.5.
Beneath the Mask: At first glance, she comes off as a stuck-up and self-centered popular girl who relishes getting attention. However, it is revealed that her outwards personality is a façade, as she uses her stuck-up popular persona as means to escape being bullied like she was in the past.
The Bet: She makes a bet with Ayanokouji: if Horikita rejects Sudou's confession, Kiyotaka will have to buy her an expensive gift. If Suzune actually reciprocates his feelings, Kei will do anything her boyfriend asks of her.
Birds of a Feather: Her backstory has some similarities with Kiyotaka's, which is why both become attracted to each other and ultimately become lovers. Both were ostracized by their peers (Kiyotaka for the talent he displayed in the White Room, while Kei was a Bully Magnet to the mean girls who disliked her), both have personas that they use as a means of protection (Kiyotaka's White Room persona and Kei's Alpha Bitch persona).
Blackmail: In volume 4, Kiyotaka blackmails Kei into effectively becoming his assistant in his various plans, since he doesn't like drawing attention to himself. It lasts up to volume 7, at which point Kiyotaka attempts to cut their connection off.
Break the Haughty: At first, she puts on a pompous and headstrong mask because she doesn't want to let others know she's weak. After she attracts the attention of some bullies from Class C, Kiyotaka deliberately lets the bullying of Kei escalate and sets her up to be mercilessly beaten, until she's completely broken and desperate enough to do whatever Kiyotaka asks her to get his protection.
Brooding Boy, Gentle Girl: She's the Gentle Girl to Kiyotaka's Brooding Boy.
Bully Magnet: In middle school, Kei was subjected to traumatic bullying by other girls due to her headstrong and competitive nature. She was humiliated, forced to confess to people she didn't like, and was given animal corpses, and other nasty things just to make her upset. She tried to change her entire personality to make herself less subjectable to bullying, but some girls of Class C ended up targeting her for harassment and abuse anyway. This leaves her no choice but to become Kiyotaka's pawn in exchange for him using his machinations to protect her, which is exactly what he wants.
Butt-Monkey: Kei is one of the most abused characters in the series. She was a victim of horrific bullying in her past. Her panties get stolen by Ibuki to seed distrust in Class D during the survival test. Manabe's group harasses her over a trivial mistake she made when she accidentally pushed their classmate. Seeing her potential as a pawn, Kiyotaka sets her up to be brutally beaten by Manabe's group. Kiyotaka repeatedly uses her for his schemes while sharing minimum information with her and continues to manipulate her to assure her total emotional dependency on him. Ryuen kidnaps her and subjects her to Water Torture in a cold room to try to get information about Kiyotaka out of her.
The Confidant: After she's blackmailed, she essentially works as one to Kiyotaka, since she is the only person who has seen his true personality thus far. Her role as his assistant also means she has the most insight into his plans, even if she doesn't really understand them.
Cry into Chest: After being tortured by Ryuen, Kei breaks down crying on Kiyotaka's chest as he comforts her to make her more emotionally dependent on him.
Damsel in Distress:
- The first one happens in volume 4 (season 2 episode 3), when Manabe and a few other girls in Class C manage to corner her on the cruise ship. Just as Kiyotaka plans it, he swoops into 'rescuing' her and then takes advantage of her crippling fear of being bullied to blackmail her to do his bidding.
- The second one happens in volume 7 (season 2 episodes 11-12), when Ryuen and his gang manage to identify Karuizawa as the assistant of X, the true mastermind of Class D. After a series of Humiliation Conga which culminates with Ryuen telling Karuizawa she was actually manipulated by X (Kiyotaka) from the very start, she remains defiant on not telling him who X actually is, which prompts Kiyotaka to come in and rescue her.
Demoted to Extra: In season 1 of the anime, she has fewer scenes than she does in the light novel since some of her moments were given to Suzune instead. It's subverted from Season 2 onwards, as she gets the appropriate spotlight for the relevant arcs.
Fake Relationship: She initially appears to be dating Hirata, but it's later revealed she only asked him to pretend to be her boyfriend to attach herself to the most popular guy in class and protect herself from potential bullying. She stops relying on Hirata when he refuses to defend her from Manabe's group, but keeps on the charade of them being a couple in front of their classmates, even after Hirata notices she's actually crushing on Kiyotaka.
The Fashionista: She's known to be the most fashionable and modish student in her class.
First-Name Basis: She calls Hirata by his first name to make the charade of them being a couple more believable, but they aren't as close as they pretend to be. Later on, she starts calling Kiyotaka by his first name after she becomes his main accomplice.
Foil:
- To Kushida. Both have another secret side to their personality which is found out by Kiyotaka, but Kushida's relationship with him is entirely antagonistic, and she grows to be so wary of him to the point she wants nothing more than to see him expelled to ensure her secret is safe. Karuizawa, on the other hand, gradually develops a genuine bond with him and later even forms a romantic relationship with him. Their time in middle school is also quite different despite both of them standing out. Kushida was Loved by All due to her willingness to be the class gofer before eventually losing her good standing by writing whatever secret her classmates told her of them on her blog to vent out stress and then spilling more secrets when being angrily confronted by them. Kei was viciously bullied by the other girls during middle school due to her headstrong and competitive nature, which psychologically damages her to the point of being willing to do anything as a way to Never Be Hurt Again.
- To her friend, Maya Satou. Both are popular girls in the same friend circle and both are interested in fashion, along with both developing a crush on Kiyotaka Ayanokoji. However, while he's not interested in using Satou for his plans, rejects her, and judges her unworthy to smile for in his inner monologue; he sees Karuizawa as a useful pawn thanks to her influence among the girls and her dependant personality and eventually chooses her to be his girlfriend.
Gyaru Girl: She has blonde hair, and is very interested in boys, fashion, and accessories.
Inferiority Superiority Complex: She puts on a bravado by making herself act prideful, vain, and outspoken, but in reality, she's very vulnerable and fearful of being bullied because of her traumatic experiences in middle school.
Love Epiphany: She realizes that she has fallen for Kiyotaka after he rescues her from Ryuen.
Love Martyr: Kiyotaka intentionally exposes her to Class C's bullying to blackmail and manipulate her by offering to protect her from all potential threats, to make her more loyal. Even after finding out the truth, Kei finds herself unable to betray Kiyotaka, and instead pledges Undying Loyalty to him.
A Match Made in Stockholm: Kei's relationship with Kiyotaka kickstarts when he sets her up to be mercilessly beaten by Manabe and her posse, all to make her hit rock bottom and leave her no choice but to accept his protection for the rest of high school in exchange of her absolute obedience. From then on, Kiyotaka uses Kei as a tool constantly and exposes her to danger so he can rescue her and keep her dependent on him. It's very messed up and Kei knows it, but later on, she develops a crush on Kiyotaka and ends up becoming his girlfriend after he confesses to her.
Matchmaker Crush: In volume 7.5, she attempts to play the matchmaker between Kiyotaka and Maya Satou. Not only it does not work, but Kei also ends up realizing she has basically fallen in love with Kiyotaka by the end of the volume.
Minion Manipulated into Villainy: An anti-heroic example. Kiyotaka sets in motion the bullying of Kei from Manabe and her posse, all to break her spirit and turn her into his lackey for his manipulative schemes in exchange for him protecting her from further bullying.
Money Dumb: She's among the students who have recklessly spent their private points in the first month, causing her to ask her friends for buying things for her in the second month.
Ms. Fanservice: She has a Shower Scene in the anime and is shown in her underwear while changing.
Never My Fault: One of her character faults is her refusal to accept her own mistakes to not let others see her as weak.
Relationship Upgrade: After months of wrestling with her feelings for Kiyotaka, she finally receives a Love Confession from him just before their 2nd year. She accepts, though they plan to keep it a secret from others... which lasts until 2nd Year Volume 5, where she loudly announces the relationship to the entire class while keeping the Ayanokouji Group from having lunch with him.
Samaritan Relationship Starter: In the light novel and manga, Kei starts getting a more positive impression of Kiyotaka's manipulative true self when he asks her help in sabotaging their male classmates' attempt at peeping on the girls' changing room, which leads her to believe his ruthless schemes ultimately have the best interests of Class D in mind.
Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: Kei's the Energetic Girl to Ayanokoji's Savvy Guy.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: She storms off after Kiyotaka rejects her offer to hang out because he has plans with Honami Ichinose and refuses to explain why he's helping her class.
Secret Relationship: After Kiyotaka eventually asks her to be his girlfriend at the end of Year 1, they keep their relationship a secret for a while.
Scars Are Forever: She has a large scar below her left breast as a result of the severe bullying she suffered in middle school.
Shower of Angst: At the end of episode 1 of season 2, Kei is shown crying in the shower after some mean girls from Class C ganged up on her for accidentally pushing one of their classmates.
Smarter Than You Look: Despite originally being depicted as a very silly and frivolous girl, she is a lot smarter and socially adept than she lets on. This is why Kiyotaka considers her a good pawn to control the class.
Stalker with a Crush: She ends up following Kiyotaka and Maya around a couple times due to her jealousy.
Trauma Button: If Kei were to be intimidated or abused to a certain extent, it would trigger the PTSD she has from the severe bullying she suffered in elementary and middle school.
Tsundere: Interestingly enough, she is a Harsh type for Kiyotaka after she realizes her feelings for him in volume 7.5. In the subsequent volumes, she tries hard to make it seem like she doesn't really care for him, but side stories focusing on her reveal she is basically helplessly infatuated with him.
The Unapologetic: She gets into trouble with Manabe and her posse when they demand her to apologize for accidentally knocking over one of their classmates, and Kei stubbornly refuses to apologize, which doesn't do her any favors since her attitude only motivates the girls to keep harassing her.
Undying Loyalty: She initially obeys Kiyotaka only because he promises to protect her from bullying, but she eventually becomes genuinely loyal to him. Even when she's bullied terribly by Ryuen and his lackeys, she never reveals Kiyotaka's name as X, surprising both him and Ryuen's lackeys. Kiyotaka then rescues her.

Yōsuke Hirata

Voiced by: Ryōta Ōsaka (Japanese), Dallas Reid (English)^{Foreign VAs}

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A leader in summarizing the D class. He is a perfect male student and it is a mystery why it was assigned to the falling class D class.

Break Them by Talking: He's on the receiving end when Kiyotaka tries to motivate him out of his Heroic BSoD after Ayanokoji motivates him by making him take responsibility for his failures.
Broken Ace: Hirata has been highly implied to be one for a while; he is one of the smarter Class D students, fairly athletic, a social butterfly, and is effectively the "leader" of the class. Despite this, the series has been vague about what his actual character flaw is that landed him in Class D. Even Ayanokouji and Suzune, who are both good at reading character's hidden motives, have a hard time sizing Hirata up. Eventually, Kiyotaka learns his Dark and Troubled Past.
Character Development: Thanks to a rather harsh motivation from Kiyotaka, he learns to move on from his past trauma, take responsibility for his actions, and accepts that it's alright to show his vulnerable side around his friends and ask them for help when needed rather than shoulder everything by himself.
The Charmer: Kiyotaka notes on the first day of class that Hirata is such a people-person that the rest of the class immediately gravitates towards him.
Chick Magnet: He has plenty of girls attracted to him, both inside and outside of his class. He receives the most chocolates on Valentine's Day out of all the boys in the former Class D.
Dark and Troubled Past: He was traumatized over his old friend attempting to commit suicide and ending up comatose in middle school.
Decoy Leader: In a sense. Hirata is treated and viewed as the leader of Class D by his peers, but Kiyotaka is normally the one who actually works as the problem solver behind the scenes.
Extreme Doormat: His defect is that he's a people-pleaser to a fault. This trait comes to effect when the class has to decide who to expel with him trying to save everybody. In the end, he couldn't stop Yamauchi from being expelled.
Fake Relationship: He initially appears to be dating Karuizawa, but it's later revealed she only asked him to pretend to be her boyfriend to attach herself to the most popular guy in class and protect herself from potential bullying. She stops relying on Hirata when he refuses to defend her from Manabe's group, but keeps on the charade of them being a couple in front of their classmates, even after he notices she's actually crushing on Kiyotaka.
Heroic BSoD: He experiences one after failing to prevent the first expulsion in his class due to ganging up on the target reminding him of his friend being bullied and Driven to Suicide in the past.
Nice Guy: His most distinguishing feature is his niceness.
The Strategist: Although not to the likes of Kiyotaka and Suzune, he's usually involved in strategic planning for special exams, being one of class representatives and a sort of Decoy Leader of their class.
Trauma Button: His extreme reaction to Yamauchi's expulsion and resulting Heroic BSoD is because it cropped up memories of when his Best Friend in middle school was bullied.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: Back in Middle School, his friend attempted to commit suicide and ended up in a coma after suffering severe bullying in their class, and instead of reflecting on the outcome of their actions, the class not only found a new person among them to torment, but those who previously just didn't get involved ended up taking part in the bullying. An enraged Hirata then decided to take over the class and rule it through fear, using violence on both sides of any conflict that cropped up, which stopped the bullying, but also sucked out any joy his old class felt, causing them to operate more like robots than students.

Rokusuke Kōenji

Voiced by: Toshiki Iwasawa (Japanese), Christopher Wehkamp (English)^{Foreign VAs}

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A student who comes from a well-known family of scholars. He ended up in Class-D for his egotistical behavior.

Academic Athlete: He's a very smart student and an outstanding athlete.
Adaptational Curves: He's much bulkier in the anime adaptation.
The Bet: He proposes a bet to Suzune so that he can be left alone and not be forced to cooperate in future special exams if he were to place well in Uninhabited Island Exam. Horikita rises the stakes by agreeing to grant him freedom only if he scored the first place, which he manages to do.
Blatant Lies: When the students must survive on a deserted island for a week, Rokusuke claims that he's not feeling well, despite having just swung around through the trees like a monkey hours earlier and being able to swim back to the ship, just so he can quit the test on the first day.
Brilliant, but Lazy: His superb academic and athletic skills would make him a valuable member of the class, if only he bothered to put in the effort. He repeatedly skips out on school activities that he finds too boring or bothersome, like surviving on a deserted island for a week or participating in a sports festival, which comes to the detriment of his class. He only does put effort when it comes to events that involve expulsion.
Bullying a Dragon: Although Kouenji remains mostly passive-aggressive at worst, likely not wanting to stoop to petty levels and not wanting Ryuuen to have a potential recording to use against him, he mockingly calls Kakeru Ryuen Dragon Boy during their encounter, ironically for this trope. He also states that he'd call suspecting him for lack of evidence that he controls Class D a stupid behavior.
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: He's actually intelligent and academically gifted, but he is in Class D because of his narcissistic attitude and lack of social contribution, and therefore he just comes across as an egotistical and dimwitted beefcake.
Charles Atlas Superpower: His strength and stamina are nearly superhuman. During the Mixed Training Camp, he performs a safe landing after jumping from a high cliff and single-handedly kills a wild boar.
Cloudcuckoolander: It can't be denied that his attitude is definitely odd - such as when he walks around wet, after a shower, stating that a wet guy is more handsome, and when he jumps around in the vines like Tarzan.
Dumb Blonde: Subverted as he's a lot smarter than he looks, despite coming across as just a dimwitted egomaniac.
Establishing Character Moment: During his introduction, he refuses to give up his bus seat to an elderly woman. It's a very rude and selfish act, especially in Japanese culture, yet he argues it isn't fundamentally "wrong" when pointing out that it's not illegal for him to refuse to give up his seat just because of someone's age.
Foil: To Kiyotaka Ayanakoji of all people. Both are way more skilled than they appear, in all kinds of areas. However, while Ayanakoji prefers to work in the shadows and only lets his true colors show to a select few when his plan calls for it and it benefits him in the long run, Koenji simply comes off as a Bunny-Ears Lawyer due to his eccentric behavior and rather than hide his talents, he just opts to rarely use them, valuing his freedom and his own choice to participate above all else.
The Friend Nobody Likes: Nobody in Class D likes him because he's so annoyingly self-centered that he doesn't care if his selfish actions cost points to the class. This is lampshaded by Yamauchi who points out everyone in the class dislikes Kouenji. However, he does have a high academic performance and is therefore valuable to the class.
Gag Penis: He, alongside Kiyotaka, has the largest assets amongst the male cast as revealed in volume 8.
Hate Sink: Between his revolting narcissism and selfish attitude, there's basically nothing likable about this guy.
Hunk: He has a well-built and muscular body, and is definitely one of the most handsome and manly-looking guys.
Insufferable Genius: He's one of the smartest students in his class, despite his utterly self-absorbed and obnoxious personality.
It's All About Me: He only cares about himself and getting what he wants, even if it comes at the hindrance of those around him.
Jerkass: He's an arrogant and obnoxious egomaniac whose selfish behavior is a nuisance to everyone around him.
Jerkass Has a Point: As seen in his Establishing Character Moment, he isn't technically in the wrong when refusing to give his priority seat to the elderly woman, despite his action being a very, very rude thing to do in Japanese culture, since it's not "legally" required of him to do so. Even Kiyotaka lampshades his narration that Rokusuke has a point there when one takes away the emotional aspect of the action.
Mr. Fanservice: He's shown wearing just a speedo as his swimsuit, showing off his well-built body, which is also apparent during the "T-rex scene" of the Mixed Training Camp in the light novel.
Narcissist: He stares at himself in the mirror quite a lot.
The Nicknamer: He usually calls other students by adding -boy or -girl to their names. Of particular note, he was the one to call Ryuen "Dragon Boy".
No Social Skills: Given his sheltered upbringing, egotistical nature, and lack of willingness to cooperate, his social skills are quite abysmal.
Proud Beauty: He knows he's handsome, with this being the main reason he's so narcissistic.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Kouenji mouths off at Yamauchi for being an irredeemable defect that deserves to be kicked out of the school.
Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!: He's from a wealthy family and they apparently pay for his points if he needs them (even though it's not allowed due to the school's strict policy).
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: He usually ditches special tests to enjoy his free time instead. Examples include leaving the Deserted Island Special Test under the excuse of feeling sick or correctly outing the VIP of his group early on during Cruise Ship Special Test in order to not attend any more meetings.
Secret-Keeper: He figures out Kiyotaka was the one who beat up Ryuen and his gang but doesn't have any interest in spilling his secret. Although, Kiyotaka knows he can't really do anything to stop Rokusuke from revealing the truth if he ever feels like it.
Slasher Smile: His usual smug smile changes into this when he prepares to beat Yamauchi for attacking him, although their teacher stops them before the fight escalates.
Smarter Than You Look: He's definitely intelligent despite his narcissistic and frivolous attitude which makes him come across as an idiot.
Smug Smiler: He's always seen wearing a smug grin.
Spoiled Brat: He comes from a wealthy family of scholars and grew up thinking the world revolves around him, resulting in his belief that he's entitled to do whatever he pleases even if it makes him an inconvenience to other people.
Super Swimming Skills: He's the fastest swimmer in his class, with a speed of 2.153 meters/second, which is considered to be on the tier of the world's best swimmers.
Upper-Class Twit: Played with. He is intelligent, but his narcissism and privileged upbringing leave his social skills something to desire.
Wild Card: He does whatever he wants and has no loyalty to anyone, nor lets anyone tell him what to do. Depending on his mood, he can be helpful to the class or ditch them for his own comfort. Even Kiyotaka knows he can't make Rokusuke do what he wants him to.

Ken Sudō

Voiced by: Eiji Takeuchi (Japanese), Brandon McInnis (English)^{Foreign VAs}

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One of the "3 Idiots of Class-D" and a basketball team player for the club.

Adaptational Jerkass: In the light novels, he's a lot more of the Straight Man to Ike and Yamaguchi's antics and showed a bit more remorse in attempting to spy on the girls changing room, in the anime he has no such qualms.
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: He might come across as a petty thug, but he is an exceptionally good athlete. Aside from basketball he also had the fastest swim time in his class and was able to crush Class B in a volleyball tournament almost singlehandedly.
Character Development: He acts as an Insufferable Imbecile at first, alongside the rest of "3 idiots of Class D". However, he ends up learning to control his Hair-Trigger Temper, acting more mature over the course of the series, and starting to put more effort in his studies.
Dumb Jock: Although he has the best athletic ability compared to his classmates, he has very poor intelligence.
Fall Guy: Three Class C students attempt to frame him for an assault. Though Sudo does attack them, he claims it was in self-defense. Their story also has some holes in it, as Suzune wonders how he managed to hurt three guys around his size without taking a hit at all. In a normal fight, Sudo would've been at a huge disadvantage since it'd be a three-on-one fight. Suzune and Kiyotaka later clear his name using their own deception, and the three Class C students end up getting punished by the mastermind behind this incident.
Fiery Redhead: He has red hair and is pretty aggressive when angered.
First Friend:
- In the light novels, he is the first person that Ayanokoji has a positive interaction with, and is usually the one that will invite him out.
- By the end of Volume 5 he also fills out this role for Suzune.
Foil: To Haruki Yamauchi, one of his friend among the "3 idiots of Class D". Unlike him, Ken eventually puts more effort in his performance and is shown displaying mature behavior at times. He also actually has a girl genuinely attracted to him, unlike Yamauchi who was just being manipulated.
Hair-Trigger Temper: He has a short temper and a thin-skinned personality, making him easily angered and provoked.
Hopeless Suitor: He has a crush on Suzune, but she only sees him as a valuable classmate at best.
Hunk: He's muscular, tall, handsome, and manly.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He may be rude and angry, but by no means a bad guy.
Lightning Bruiser: He's the most athletic guy in class D along with Koenji, he is so good in fact that he can place 1st in all of the solo competitions during the sports festival before he drops out.
The Millstone: At least from Suzune's perspective. Sudo is academically one of the weakest students in class and shows no interest in improving his brash personality means that he is a magnet for false accusations of misbehavior. Basically, at the early stages of their school year, Class D will have to carry him across the line if they expect to have him graduate.
Mirror Character: To Kanji Ike, one of his closest friends of "3 idiots of Class D" trio. Both act as a Foil to their remaining "friend", Haruki Yamauchi, as unlike him, both Ken and Kanji end up eventually putting more effort in their studies, acting more mature, and getting a girl attracted to them.
Mr. Fanservice: He has a well-built physique thanks to being an athlete, which he gets to show off during the Pool Episode.
Oblivious to Love: He's unaware of Onodera's feelings for him until Kiyotaka points it out to him.

Kanji Ike

Voiced by: Daiki Abe (Japanese), Aaron Dismuke (English)^{Foreign VAs}

One of the "3 Idiots of Class-D", who has poor intelligence, though his communication skills and experiences in camping are excellent. He is also shown to have a crush on Kushida.

Belligerent Sexual Tension: While not really shown in the anime adaptation, Ike and Shinohara would often butt heads before getting a Relationship Upgrade in their second year.
Book Dumb: He's known as one of the "Three Idiots of D-Class".
Character Development: He acts as an Insufferable Imbecile at first, alongside the rest of "3 idiots of Class D". However, he ends up acting mature when neeeded, such as when he apologized to the girls for not considering their feelings during Deserted Island Special Test, standing up for Shinohara when Yamauichi taunts her for the rumor of her being a prostitute in middle school, and helping her in Uninhabited Island Exam. He also ends up displaying his wilderness knowledge and eventually puts more effort in his performance at school.
Declaration of Protection: He declares that he'll protect Shinohara when she's the only member of her group left during Uninhabited Island Exam.
Everyone Has Standards: He dislikes Satsuki for looking down on him and the other boys, but he still tries to punch Yamauchi when the latter insults and mocks Satsuki by taking advantage of the nasty rumors spread about the first-year students, one which claimed that Satsuki is a teenage prostitute.
Foil: To Haruki Yamauchi, his best friend among the "3 idiots of Class D". Unlike him, Kanji eventually puts more effort in his performance and is shown displaying mature behavior at times. He also actually gets the girl after his Second Love returns his affection.
Heroic BSoD: He's left depressed when his Second Love, Satsuki Shinohara, chooses to be in the same group for the Uninhabited Island Exam as Kyougo Komiya, who also has a crush on her. Tsubasa Nanase eventually talks him out of this, motivating him to confess his feelings and focus on the exam first, as his potential expulsion would mean he'd likely never see her again.
Hidden Depths: He's usually seen as one of the "three idiots" of Class D. However, he's actually a quite skilled survivalist.
Lazy Bum: One of the less-than-stellar students of Class-D.
Mirror Character: To Ken Sudo, one of his closest friends of "3 idiots of Class D" trio. Both act as a Foil to their remaining "friend", Haruki Yamauchi, as unlike him, both Ike and Sudo end up eventually putting more effort in their studies, acting more mature, and getting a girl attracted to them.
Money Dumb: He's among the students who have spent all of their points in the first month, forcing him to live on free stuff for his second month.
Nature Lover: Proves to be one of the best people during the deserted island excursion. His previous camping skills come in very handy as he's able to identify a river, manages to start a campfire, and easily identifies various fruits some of the girls bring back. He also catches fish for his group in Uninhabited Island Exam of the second year.
Relationship Upgrade: With Satsuki, surprisingly. They eventually start dating in the 2nd year arc.
Samaritan Relationship Starter: Shinohara seems to warm up to Ike after he stands up for her when she's confronted about the false rumor of her being a prostitute and even tries to punch Yamauchi for using the rumor to insult her. Afterwards, they start getting along so well that their classmates think they're dating.
Second Love: His first crush on Kikyo Kushida goes nowhere. He then develops feelings for Satsuki Shinohara, with whom he actually gets a Relationship Upgrade in their second year.
Those Two Guys: With Yamauchi, so much that Suzune has trouble remembering which is who.

Haruki Yamauchi

Voiced by: Mutsuki Iwanaka (Japanese), Travis Mullenix (English)^{Foreign VAs}

One of the "3 Idiots of Class-D", who has lying tendencies. He also has a crush on Kushida but has feelings for Sakura as well.

Book Dumb: He's known as one of the "Three Idiots of D-Class".
Bullying a Dragon: He tries to attack Kouenji with a chair when the latter makes fun of him for being irredeemably useless to the end. Kouenji easily catches the chair and states he will return the favor back to Yamauchi for attacking him. Luckily, Sae steps in to stop them.
Compulsive Liar: According to the interviewer who assessed him during the entrance examination, Haruki tends to lie, which really bites him in the ass upon his exposure as a traitor during Volume 10.
Defiant to the End: Subverted as it's framed as him rejecting the reality of his consequences rather than being brave. When Haruki ends up getting exposed as a traitor by Suzune and faced expulsion, Haruki continues to selfishly deny any wrongdoing, attempts to say that he was "framed", insults his now former classmates while boasting that Arisu and Class 1-A would save him. Then, when that didn't work since he and Arisu never made a "written contract" to protect him, which means that he has no physical proof besides his own word to go by, Haruki undergoes a complete Villainous Breakdown, leading to him attempting to assault Rokusuke with a chair when the latter insults him.
Foil: To the remaining two members of the "3 idiots of Class D", Sudo and Ike. Both of them mature over the course of the series, eventually starting to put more effort in their studies and displaying more responsible behavior. Both also end up having girls attracted to them. Meanwhile, Yamauichi never changes at all, continuing acting as an Insufferable Imbecile, even displaying more and more unsympathetic traits over time. He's also generally disliked by just about everyone outside of his group and the one girl who seemingly was interested in him ended up just manipulating him to screw him over.
Hate Sink: He was already one in the light novel, but the anime adaptation takes it up a notch by making him even more unsympathetic, making sure neither his classmates nor the audience will miss him once he's the first one expelled from his class.
Humiliation Conga: By the end of The Class Poll, after a Tempting Fate boast about being safe, he learns that Arisu Sakayanagi was merely using him as opposed to being genuinely in love with him and betrayed him, not giving her class's positive points to him, unlike she promised. Her scheme to have Yamauchi orchestrate Ayanokoji's expulsion with Kushida's help turns out to be a ruse that was used against him. Finally, he finds out that he's been given the most negative votes, being expelled as a result, and his charge at Koenji fails miserably. He leaves the class in tears and screams of agony as all of his classmates watch his pathetic conclusion.
Insufferable Imbecile: He's one of the biggest idiots of Class-D, but even compared to Sudo and Ike, he's obnoxious, rude, and will do anything for a date, even betraying his own class.
Laser-Guided Karma: In Volume 10, he ends up expelled after he willingly betrays his class in order to get a date with Sakayanagi.
Lazy Bum: One of the less-than-stellar students of Class-D. This trait, along with his other flaws and Sakayanagi's manipulations, ends up leading him into being expelled by Volume 10.
Lust Makes You Dumb: His perverted tendencies bite him in the back, which leads him into being easily manipulated by Sakayanagi into being a traitor to Class-D on the "promise" of her being his girlfriend.
The Mole: He ends up betraying Class-D by trying vote against Kiyotaka during the special exams on Arisu's orders.
Money Dumb: He's among the students who have spent all of their points in the first month, forcing him to live on free stuff for his second month.
Oh, Crap!: He immediately freaks out upon hearing that his expulsion has been guaranteed. When he tries to deny it by telling Sae and everyone in Class 1-D that he has Arisu's and Class 1-A's protection, he further loses his composure when he has no "physical proof" of it aside from his own words. Then, when he hits his Rage Breaking Point after being insulted by Rokusuke, Yamauchi tries to assault him with a chair, only for his attack to be stopped dead by Rokusuke's immense physical strength and quickly realizes what a bad idea it was.
Pet the Dog: His only redeeming quality is that he can act somewhat maturely, although rarely, as shown after being rejected by Airi in Volume 4.5.
Put on a Bus: He's the first classmate of Ayanakoji's to be expelled, which highly limits his chance for future appearances.
Rage Breaking Point: After undergoing a Freak Out from being expelled, Haruki completely loses his temper upon hearing Rokusuke insulting him, taking a chair with the murderous intention of assaulting him.
Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: Arisu asks him to set all negative votes to Kiyotaka in the class poll. Yamauchi agrees because he thinks it'll get him a date with Arisu, but it was all a set up since the class ends up exposing him as a traitor and most of the negative votes end up going to him. Yamauchi still thought he would be safe because Arisu promised him her class's positive points, but that was a lie and she deliberately lets him take the fall and get expelled.
Small Name, Big Ego: After he believes Arisu is romantically interested in him, Haruki views himself as his class's "lethal weapon". Not only is he completely unaware of her rather obvious manipulation of him, he didn't really have any influence thanks to this "alliance" either, with the ploy to cast negative votes on Kiyotaka Ayanokoji only initially succeeding thanks to Kikyo Kushida's influence (who had to be blackmailed by Sakayanagi into cooperating) and being easily turned against him. And that's not even mentioning that he has the poorest performance in the class.
Tempting Fate: He boasts to his classmates how he can't be expelled because Arisu had promised him her class's positive points...only to soon learn she had lied and he's indeed getting expelled.
Those Two Guys: With Ike, so much that Suzune has trouble remembering which is who.
Unwitting Pawn: Yamauchi wants to get a girlfriend so badly that it leads him into being easily duped by Arisu's promise to date him if he betrays Class-D.
With Friends Like These...: He's a part of the "3 idiots of Class D" trio with Ike and Sudo. However, when Suzune suggests him for expulsion, stating his poor contribution to the class as her first reason, he immediately throws his two supposed best friends under the bus, claiming they're just as bad as him. He then does it again when she states him plotting against Ayanokouji as her second reason, claiming that Kanji was the one who told him to cast his negative vote for Kiyotaka.

Airi Sakura

Voiced by: Mao Ichimichi (Japanese), Leah Clark (English)^{Foreign VAs}

A female photographer who joined Class-D, due to her fear and nervousness, causing her to have difficulties communicating and interacting with others. She dislikes standing out and likes to take modeling pictures.

Attempted Rape: Episode 6 of season 1 reveals she has a stalker who sends her disturbing emails and pictures he's secretly taken of her. It later turns out to be the electronics store employee who took her camera in for repair. Fortunately, he only gets as far as unbuttoning her jacket before Kiyotaka shows up with Honami, along with two police officers who promptly arrest Airi's assailant.
Bespectacled Cutie: She's a kind and adorable Shrinking Violet wearing glasses.
Book Dumb: Her test scores are among the lowest in the class.
Cannot Spit It Out: It is pretty obvious that she has feelings for Kiyotaka, especially after he saves her from a rapist. But due partly to the other girls around him and her own shyness, she never manages to tell him she likes him.
Cathartic Crying: When the day is through after her expulsion, she goes up to Kiyotaka and shows him her real face one last time before exiting the building, with the biggest smile she could muster. It's not until she's alone in the hallway that she wails and releases all that pent-up frustration and grief.
Demoted to Extra: After the first season, the anime adaptation cut many of her already rare moments, effectively turning her into more of a side character in the second season and an outright background character by the time of the third season.
Excellent Judge of Character: She has a fairly good intuition about people, as she instinctively can't trust or be comfortable around Kikyo despite not having seen the nastier side of her personality.
Foil: To her best female friend, Haruka Hasebe. While Haruka is more of a Cool Big Sister to her and is generally easy-going, Airi is mostly a Shrinking Violet, only able to upload her revealing pictures under her secret gravure idol persona. Hasebe is the one who insists their friend group refers to each other by their given names, Sakura struggles to be on First-Name Basis with Ayanokouji. Finally, while Haruka is temporarily be on bad terms with Kiyotaka after he causes Airi's expulsion, Sakura herself has Undying Loyalty to him and doesn't harbor hard feelings for that outcome.
Formal Characters Use Keigo: She's overly polite and formal, using keigo while speaking with everyone, including her classmates.
Girlish Pigtails: She's a feminine and demure girl with hair styled in low twin pigtails.
The Glasses Gotta Go: She takes off her fake glasses when she takes pictures of herself under the identity of the gravure idol Shizuku.
Hidden Buxom: While she looks average in her uniform, her street clothes make it obvious she's as big as Kikyo.
Hopeless Suitor: Every other girl attracted to Kiyotaka seems to have a chance with him, but Airi not so much because she gets the least amount of interaction with him and he sees no use in getting closer to her since her shy personality doesn't make her very useful for his plans. She definitely loses any chance she had with him after she's expelled.
Morality Pet: An interesting variation of one for Kiyotaka who intentionally orchestrates most of his Pet the Dog moments to manipulate people. Sakura interestingly enough is the one person to whom he is genuinely kind without an ulterior motive. This doesn't stop him from putting her up for expulsion in Year 2.
Ms. Fanservice: She has a well-developed figure, which she shows off in her pictures in a bikini as a gravure idol. She's also shown in a bikini that Kiyotaka describes as daring on an illustration◊ from Volume 4.5 of Year 2.
Nice Girl: She's one of the most benevolent people in the series.
Out of Focus: For a character who's set up as one of the main potential love interests for Ayanokoji, she's got much less focus than the other main heroines. Then there's the fact that getting expelled doesn't help her case at all.
Purely Aesthetic Glasses: Her glasses aren't real prescription ones; she only wears them to draw less attention to herself. She takes them off for her job as a gravure idol.
Put on a Bus: To save the class on a test in 2nd Year Volume 5, Kiyotaka decides to offer her up for expulsion. Airi agrees to it, and she's officially expelled from school after a majority vote against her. It's later shown she is actually doing fine, as she went back on her gravure model job.
Reluctant Fanservice Girl: Not so reluctant when she posts her pictures as a gravure idol. However, she's much more conscious about been seen in daring clothes in person. In order to change herself and grow as a person, she purposefully chooses bold bikinis for Haruka and herself for Ayanokoji Group's meeting at a private pool, even though she's still too flustered by it.
Rescue Romance: She develops a crush on Kiyotaka after he saves her from being sexually assaulted by her stalker.
Rose-Haired Sweetie: She's a very gentle and pure-hearted girl with pink hair.
Sacrificial Lion: A non-fatal example. Her expulsion in Year 2 Volume 5 hammers in for the readers that not even the people who Kiyotaka values, and who are not a threat to his plans, are safe from his manipulations or be used as a scapegoat if they're no longer useful.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Much like Miyake and Yukimura, she quickly goes swimming after getting too flustered upon being seen in a daring bikini by her male friends.
She Cleans Up Nicely: She looks much more attractive when she unties her pigtails, removes her glasses, and puts on cute outfits for her modeling pictures.
Ship Tease: She has a crush on Kiyotaka and is also one of the girls who are closest to him.
Shrinking Violet: She's a shy and nervous person who hates when people stare at her.
So Beautiful, It's a Curse: She's one of the prettiest girls in Class D when she dolls herself up, even being a popular gravure idol. Unfortunately, her looks nearly make her a victim of sexual assault from a creepy stalker, only being saved by Kiyotaka's arrival.
Stage Name: She's a gravure idol with the stage name Shizuku.
Stalker with a Crush: She follows Kiyotaka around a couple times while having a crush on him. Doing so is what makes her learn of Ayanokoji Group's existence and decide to join it.
Surprise Witness: She inadvertently becomes one during Sudo's trial against three Class C students who claim he beat them up after she reveals a picture that she took while the incident with Sudo and the others took place behind her. Though this doesn't clear Sudo's name, it does at least buy his classmates a few more days to try to come up with an alternate solution to his frame-up.
Token Wholesome: In the Pool Episode, she wears a rash guard instead of a revealing swimsuit like the other girls.
Two Girls to a Team: She and Hasebe are the only girls of Ayanokoji's friend circle in Class D before she ends up expelled.
Undying Loyalty: She's very loyal to Ayanokoji after developing a Rescue Romance crush on him. In fact, she still thinks positively of him even after being expelled by him.
When She Smiles: She looks prettier when she smiles.

Teruhiko "Keisei" Yukimura

Voiced by: Tsubasa Gōden (Japanese), Josh Grelle (English)^{Foreign VAs}

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A boy with great intelligence, but poor athletic skills.

Abandonment-Induced Animosity: He resents his mother for abandoning him and his father.
Affectionate Nickname: He's called Yukimū by Haruka.
Athletically Challenged: He has always been bad at sports and concentrated on studying instead. Despite his academic ability, his poor athletic ability landed him in Class-D.
Book Smart: He's among the best academically performing students of his class.
Bully and Wimp Pairing: He forms this with Ishizaki while in the same group during Mixed Training Camp exam, being the Wimp to his Bully.
Character Development: In the light novel, Kiyotaka himself points out that throughout his first year Yukimura went from a person who believed academics is everything and looked down on those who struggle to study to someone who values the power of teamwork and intends to help his class in ways not just related to studying.
Do Not Call Me "Paul": He doesn't like being called by his first name Teruhiko, given to him by his mother who abandoned him. He prefers the name given to him by his father, Keisei.
Hates Their Parent: Since his mother left the family, he hates her so much that he refuses to use the first name that she gave him.
The Leader: He's the leader of his group during Mixed Training Camp, which he's insecure about.
No Social Skills: His lack of social skills is one of the reasons why he's in the D-Class.
Red Herring:
- He's used as a decoy for the VIP by Kiyotaka during the Cruise Ship Special Test.
- He's this In-Universe for the role of the secret mastermind of Class D after Ryuen learns that he and Ayanokoji were the only witnesses of Manabe and her group bullying Kei.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Much like Akito Miyake, he quickly goes swimming after being too flustered upon seeing Haruka Hasebe in a daring bikini.
Smart People Wear Glasses: He's one of the most studious students in Class D and he needs to wear glasses.
The Strategist: While not to the extent of Kiyotaka or even Suzune, he has his fair share of strategic planning. He's the one who suggests Ayanokoji's Group should spread their positive votes between each other for The Class Poll supplementary exam. He's also the one who suggests making a deal with Kohei Katsuragi to get info on Class A's chosen subjects for the Event Selection Exam.
We Used to Be Friends: Although Keisei forgives Akito and Haruka for their absence and consideration of dropping out while they in turn forgive him for voting to expel Airi and he was only briefly mad at Kiyotaka when he found out how good at math he was, Ayanokouji parts ways with his former study group at the end of the cultural festival, stating in his inner monologue that they no longer need him.

Haruka Hasebe

Voiced by: Yuiko Tatsumi (Japanese), Alex Moore (English)^{Foreign VAs}

A girl who tends to prefer keeping to herself. She only becomes sociable around people that she is comfortable with, such as those in the Ayanokouji Group.

Alliterative Name: Haruka Hasebe.
Big Sister Instinct: She's fully aware that Airi is helpless. Thus, Haruka feels like she can't leave her alone and needs to protect her as a best friend and a sort of big sister figure. This can be seen when she motivates Sakura to come out of her shell, even wearing a daring bikini along with her despite her own D-Cup Distress.
Birds of a Feather: After being paired with Miyake for an exam, she connects with him due to both being loners.
D-Cup Distress: She's uncomfortable about boys staring at her large chest.
First-Name Basis: She's the one who insists that the members of Ayanokoji's Group should refer to each other by their first names.
Foil: To her best female friend, Airi Sakura. While Airi is mostly a Shrinking Violet, only able to upload her revealing pictures under her secret gravure idol persona, Haruka is more of Cool Big Sister to her and is generally easy-going. Sakura struggles to be on First-Name Basis with Ayanokouji whereas Hasebe is the one who insists their friend group refers to each other by their given names. Finally, Airi has Undying Loyalty to Kiyotaka even after being expelled, whereas her expulsion causes Haruka to temporarily be on bad terms with him.
Lascivious Beauty Mark: She spots a beauty mark on her left cheek, which is only meant to add to her appeal as a Reluctant Fanservice Girl who had developed a D-Cup Distress over being stared at.
Loner-Turned-Friend: She prefers to keep to herself, which is why she was a loner before forming Ayanokoji's Group.
Meido: After making amends with Ayanokoji, she agrees to be one of the maids of Class D's cosplay Maid Cafe during culture festival in their second year.
Ms. Fanservice: She has a well-developed figure, which she shows off while wearing a bikini that Kiyotaka describes as daring on an illustration◊ from Volume 4.5 of Year 2.
The Nicknamer: She has a habit of nicknaming her friends, such as giving Kiyotaka the nickname "Kiyopon" or "Ayanon".
One of the Boys: With the only exception of Airi Sakura (who winds up being taken away from her due to being expelled), Haruka is mostly seen hanging out with just her male classmates.
Reluctant Fanservice Girl: She agreed to wear a bold type of bikini in spite of her D-Cup Distress to help Airi have more courage.
Revenge: During the cultural festival of her second year, she intends to drop out of the school alongside Miyake to cost their class 600 class points as a way to get back at their classmates for expelling Sakura, before Ayanokoji and Kushida talk them out of this.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Following Sakura's expulsion, she briefly considered dropping out of the school with Miyake to spite their class before being talked out of this by Ayanokouji and Kushida with a message and a maid outfit delivered from Airi.
The Smurfette Principle: She's the only female member of Ayanokoji's Group before Airi Sakura joins as well as after she's expelled.
Take Me Instead: When Airi is suggested for expulsion during Unanimous Vote Special Exam, Hasebe volunteers as a tribute in her place. She ends up saved by the three votes opposing her expulsion by Ayanokouji, Sakura, and Miyake.
Two Girls to a Team: She and Sakura are the only girls in Ayanokoji's friend circle in Class D before the latter is expelled.
We Used to Be Friends: Haruka is one of the forming members of Ayanokouji's Group, being one of his main study buddies. However, she ends up on bad terms with him for a while after he suggests Airi for expulsion, succeeding in doing so. This ends up eventually subverted after they make amends, but also double subverted after he parts ways with the former study group after the end of the cultural festival, stating in his inner monologue that his presence is no longer necessary for them.

Akito Miyake

Voiced by: Ryōta Suzuki (Japanese), Jordan Dash Cruz (English)^{Foreign VAs}

A boy who tends to prefer keeping to himself. He only becomes sociable around people that he is comfortable with, such as those in the Ayanokouji Group.

Affectionate Nickname: He's called Miyatchi by Haruka.
Ambiguous Situation: He admits to Ayanokoji in Volume 4.5 of Year 2 that he fell for one of the girls of the Ayanokouji Group. However, Kiyotaka isn't certain which one of the two it could be. The fact that the two have been talking about Airi beforehand suggests her, yet his general closer bond with Haruka implies it could have been her instead.
Birds of a Feather: After being paired with Hasebe for an exam, he connects with her due to both being loners.
Curtains Match the Windows: He has dark magenta hair and eyes.
Loner-Turned-Friend: Much like Haruka Hasebe, he prefers to keep to himself, which is why he was a loner before forming Ayanokoji's Group.
Master Archer: He's a skilled member of the Archery Club. When he represents his class against Class A in the archery competition of Event Selection Exam, he ends up scoring a point for his class.
Revenge: During the cultural festival of his second year, he's convinced by Hasebe to drop out of the school to cost their class 600 class points as a way to get back at their classmates for expelling Sakura, before Ayanokoji and Kushida talk them out of this.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here:
- He gets too flustered upon seeing Airi and Haruka in daring bikinis at a private pool and immediately goes swimming.
- Following Sakura's expulsion, he briefly considered dropping out of the school with Hasebe to spite their class before being talked out of this by Ayanokouji with a message and a maid outfit delivered from Airi.
The Stoic: He's usually serious and rarely shows emotions.
We Used to Be Friends: Although they make up once Kiyotaka and Kikyo talk him and Haruka out of dropping out with a message from Airi, Ayanokouji parts ways with his former study group at the end of the cultural festival, claiming in his inner monologue that they no longer need him.

Maya Satō

Voiced by: Lynn (Japanese), Michelle Rojas (English)^{Foreign VAs}

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A girl who often hangs out with Kei Karuizawa, with whom she is especially close. After seeing Kiyotaka's performance at the sports festival, she develops a crush on him.

Book Dumb: Her test scores are among the lowest in the class and she admits to Kiyotaka that she doesn't like studying.
The Fashionista: She's interested in fashion.
Foil: To her friend, Kei Karuizawa. Both are popular girls in the same friend circle and both are interested in fashion, along with both developing a crush on Kiyotaka Ayanokoji. However, whereas he sees Karuizawa as a useful pawn thanks to her influence among the girls and her dependant personality and eventually chooses her to be his girlfriend, he's not interested in using Satou for his plans, rejects her, and judges her unworthy to smile for in his inner monologue.
The Friends Who Never Hang: After a rumor about Maya hating Onodera is spread, Sōshi Miyamoto points out that the two girls have never been hanging out with just the two of them.
Hopeless Suitor: She develops a crush on Kiyotaka, who doesn't reciprocate and turns down her confession.
Meido: She's one of the maids of Class D's cosplay Maid Cafe during culture festival in their second year.
Romantic Runner-Up: Although she only falls for him because of his physical prowess, Sato treats Kiyotaka kindly and prepares their date. However, he ends up rejecting her, eventually choosing Kei over her and judging her as "unworthy to smile for" in his inner monologue.
Unknown Rival: When rumors are spread about some of Class D (C at the time) students, one of the rumors is that Maya Satou hates Kayano Onodera.
Women Prefer Strong Men: She ignored Kiyotaka when she thought he was a scrawny Ridiculously Average Guy. When she sees his athletic prowess at a track race, she immediately falls for him.

Chiaki Matsushita

Voiced by: Masumi Tazawa (Japanese), Brittney Karbowski (English)^{Foreign VAs}

A girl who often hangs out with Kei and Maya. She's decent at studying but doesn't really stand out in class.

Brilliant, but Lazy: She could easily score in the top 10% of her class if she truly tried to, but believes it's to be pointless because she's in the lowest of the classes.
Excellent Judge of Character: Although she falls for his Ridiculously Average Guy act at first like most others, Chiaki realizes there must be more to Kiyotaka after he correctly answers the hardest question of the mental math competition of the Event Selection Evam in her place.
Fauxshadow: Near the end of their first year, she pieces together that Kiyotaka Ayanokouji is more than just a Ridiculously Average Guy based on a few hints and following him around and approaches him about the matter. This seems to hint that she's become a major character, who could potentially be promoted to the main heroine of an incoming arc. However, she ends up retaining a relatively minor role throughout the second year, rarely getting the spotlight.
Foil: To Kiyotaka Ayanokoji. Both are more gifted than they let on. However, while Ayanakoji is a prodigy Raised in a Lab and capable of outright inhuman feats, Matsushita is skilled on more realistic level, being more on par with the likes of Suzune and Yukimura.
Meido: She's one of the maids of Class D's cosplay Maid Cafe during culture festival in their second year.
Mirror Character: To Rokusuke Kouenji. Both come from at least moderately wealthy background and both have a case of Brilliant, but Lazy, being gifted enough to carry their class, but choosing not to for various reasons, be it freedom in Koenji's case or feeling like it's pointless to work so hard while stuck in Class D in Matsushita's case. The only difference is that Rokusuke is much more capable than her.
Nice Girl: She's generally kind to everyone around her. This can be seen when she stands up for Satou after there's a rumor spread about her hating Onodera.
Spoiled Sweet: According to her, she was born and raised in a moderately wealthy family where she was brought up in a kind and free environment. She would achieve outstanding results in school and, in return, her parents would get her whatever she desired.
Stalker without a Crush: After the first event selection exam, she started to pay close attention to Kiyotaka by following him around from afar.

Satsuki Shinohara

Voiced by: Saori Koda (Japanese), Luci Christian (English)^{Foreign VAs}

A female student who often associates with the girls in the class. She's quite sociable, but her academic and physical abilities are both low.

Alliterative Name: Satsuki Shinohara.
Belligerent Sexual Tension: While not really shown in the anime adaptation, Shinohara and Ike would often butt heads before getting a Relationship Upgrade in their second year. Satsuki also denies dating him while growing closer to him.
Cry into Chest: She cries into Ike's chest after coming out of her hiding spot during Uninhabited Island Exam, afraid after her group had been attacked.
He Is Not My Boyfriend: When her friends ask her about her recent dates with Kanji Ike, she denies that their relationship is like that.
Informed Flaw: Justified. She's mentioned to have an "ugly" personality by Ike, but considering their poor relationship, he's the only one who thinks of this.
Meido: Per Kanji's suggestion, she gets one of the last two maid outfits to act as one of the maids of Class D's cosplay Maid Cafe during culture festival in their second year, even though she's not considered to have a cutesy personality to fit for the role.
Mistaken for Prostitute: She gets mocked by Yamauchi after rumors of her being a teenage prostitute spread across the school.
Relationship Upgrade: She becomes Ike's girlfriend in the 2nd year arc.
Samaritan Relationship Starter: She seems to warm up to Ike after he stands up for her when she's confronted about the false rumor of her being a prostitute and even tries to punch Yamauchi for using the rumor to insult her. Afterwards, they start getting along so well that their classmates think they're dating.
Second Love: She's the second Love Interest for Kanji Ike, after his first crush on Kikyo Kushida. Unlike his former crush, they actually get to have a Relationship Upgrade.
Sole Survivor: A non-lethal example. She's the last remaining member of her group in Uninhabited Island Exam after Komiya and Kinoshida had to be medically evacuated following being pushed over the edge.

Mei-Yu Wang

Voiced by: Amisa Sakuragi (Japanese), Dawn M. Bennett (English)^{Foreign VAs}

An international student from China.

Affectionate Nickname: She's nicknamed Mii-chan by the girls she's close to.
All-Loving Heroine: She's so nice and kind that she remains loyal to Hirata even after he mistreats her so that he wouldn't feel alone, and becomes the only person to form a closer bond with Koenji.
Athletically Challenged: She runs behind the other 1st year girls while jogging.
Girlish Pigtails: Her hair is tied up in twin-tails, emphasizing her status as the Token Mini-Moe.
Love Martyr: She continues to check up on Hirata, even though he mistreats her as she does so, just so that he'd know there's someone by his side.
Meido: She's one of the maids of Class D's cosplay Maid Cafe during culture festival in their second year.
Nice Girl: Mei-Yu doesn't have a mean bone in her body.
Token Mini-Moe: She's by far the shortest girl and classmate of Class D in general, which coupled with her Nice Girl personality adds to her endearing attributes. Koenji in fact becomes protective of her.
Token Minority: She's the only student in Class 1-D to be non-Japanese, originally hailing from China during elementary school.

Hideo Satamura

Voiced by: Shunsuke Kawabe (Japanese), Matt Shipman (English)^{Foreign VAs}

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An otaku who helps the operation of spying on girls.

Honorary True Companion: While he's not officially considered a part of the "3 idiots of Class D", he usually hangs out with them.
Nerd Glasses: He's an Otaku who wears glasses.
Nerds Are Pervs: He's a perverted Otaku. In the Pool Episode, he supervises the operation of spying on girls in changing room. He's also made a list of his female classmates' bust sizes.
Otaku: Among his interests are bishōjo games, manga, and anime.
Underdogs Always Win: Despite being among the least impressive students of his class, he scores a point for his class in the typying competition of Event Selection Special Exam.

Kayano Onodera

Voiced by: Makoto Koichi (Japanese), Kelsey Maher (English)

An athletic girl in Class D who has a crush on Ken Sudo.

Birds of a Feather: She has a crush on Sudo, a fellow athlete in her class.
Boyish Short Hair: She has short hair, which is meant to add to her Tomboy traits.
Demoted to Extra: While she's not a major character by any means, the anime adaptation reduces her role to a Living Prop due to not adapting her more noticeable moments.
The Friends Who Never Hang: After a rumor about Maya hating Onodera is spread, Sōshi Miyamoto points out that the two girls have never been hanging out with just the two of them.
Hopeless Suitor: She has a crush on Ken Sudo, who has a crush on Suzune Horikita.
Male Gaze: When the girls are enjoying themselves at a pool in the premiere episode of the anime's second season, there are two close-up shots on Onodera wearing a rather skimpy bikini.
Passionate Sports Girl: She's good at sports.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: She flees in embarrassement after Sudou gives a closer look at her legs following her claim that her legs were too well-built for her to act as a maid for their class's maid cafe.
Tomboy with a Girly Streak: She's interested in sports and has the shortest hairstyle of all the girls in her class, if not all female characters in general. Although most of her traits are typically tomboyish, she's shown enjoying shopping and hanging out with other girls.
Unknown Rival: When rumors are spread about some of Class D (C at the time) students, one of the rumors is that Maya Satou hates Kayano Onodera.

Ryōtarō Hondō

Voiced by: Kouseki Kogure (Japanese)^{Foreign VAs}Wallace Soares (Portuguese)

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A student in Class D who likes fat girls.

Fetishes Are Weird: When rumors are spread about some of the students of his class, his rumor is that he's only into fat girls.
Honorary True Companion: While he's not officially considered a part of the "3 idiots of Class D", he usually hangs out with them.
Living Prop: He's been given very little characterization and importance, mostly being used to just fill in the scenes of his class. Episode 4 of Season 3 of the anime gives him the most focus thus far and even that's still a minor role.
Money Dumb: He's among the students who have spent all of their points in the first month, forcing him to live on free stuff for his second month.

Kokoro Inogashira

Voiced by: Shino Shimoji (Japanese), Amanda Gish (English)^{Foreign VAs}

A timid girl in Class D.

Living Prop: She's only ever been used to fill in the scenes of Class D.
Shrinking Violet: In the light novel, she introduces herself to the class after Yosuke Hirata. Courtesy of her shy personality, she ends up stuttering and rushing her introduction, feeling embarrassed as a result. Kikyo Kushida cheers her up, saying that she's going to be fine as long as she takes time in building up her words.
Textile Work Is Feminine: She's a girly and demure girl whose hobby is sewing.

Kyōsuke Okitani

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A boy in Class D with bad grades.

Book Dumb: Even in Class D, he has particularly bad grades.
Living Prop: He's only ever been used to fill in the scenes of Class D.
Spear Counterpart: Appearance-wise, he looks like a male version of Kayano Onodera.

Nene Mori

Voiced by: Rina Honnizumi (Japanese), Marianne Bray (English)^{Foreign VAs} Mayara Stefane (Portuguese)

A girl in Class D who joined the study group with Ayanokoji, Kushida, Karuizawa, Hirata, Matsushita, and the "3 Idiots of Class D".

Living Prop: She's only ever been used to fill in the scenes of Class D.

Sōshi Miyamoto

Voiced by: Kazuki Miyagi (Japanese), Eric Wheeldon (English)

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A boy in Class D who looks similar to Kiyotaka Ayanokoji and Ryoutarou Hondou. He points out that Maya Satou and Kayano Onodera never hang out together when a rumor of Maya hating Kayano is spread.

Living Prop: He's only ever been used to fill in the scenes of Class D.
The Stoic: He has a similar resting poker face to Kiyotaka Ayanokouji.

Wataru Ijūin

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A chubby student in Class D with glasses.

Living Prop: He's only ever been used to fill in the scenes of Class D.

Introduced in Year 2

Tsubasa Nanase

A freshman in Class 1-D with a mysterious interest in Kiyotaka.

Academic Athlete: In spite of being placed in Class D, she's actually quite skilled both academically and athletically. She's able to place well in competitions during Uninhabited Island Exam, such as by ranking third against third-year students in swimming contest. Kiyotaka also mentions her good grades as a reason why she deserves a spot in the student council.
Childhood Friends: She was close friends with Eiichirō from an early age.
Connected All Along: It turns out that she was Childhood Friends with Eiichirō, the son of a butler who helped Kiyotaka escape the White Room, and his suicide is what drives her Revenge against Ayanokoji.
Formal Characters Use Keigo: She's a very polite girl who speaks in respectful keigo to whoever she is speaking to, including her classmates.
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: She has blonde hair and other than her initial dislike of Kiyotaka, she is a polite, honest, and responsible girl.
Heel–Face Turn: While she is hardly a villain in the first place, she still is antagonistic to Kiyotaka when she first meets him. After he defeats her without harming her, she realizes that he's a decent guy, apologizes for her actions, and treats him as a friend afterward.
Jerkass to One: Tsubasa is a very polite and goodhearted girl, but she's antagonistic towards Kiyotaka, to the point of wanting to get him expelled, because she blames him for the suicide of her friend Eiichirō.
Misplaced Retribution: She blames Kiyotaka for Eiichirō's suicide, despite the fact that Kiyotaka couldn't have possibly known that him escaping the White Room would result in such a horrible event.
Morality Pet: Compared to all the people who have tried messing with Kiyotaka, he doesn't try to hurt Tsubasa when they fight and is always polite to her. It helps that she's actually decent and polite, and Kiyotaka realizes that Tsukishiro is manipulating her.
Platonic Life-Partners:
- With her Childhood Friend Eiichirō. They share a very close bond without any romance between them.
- She's usually seen with Kazuomi Housen, but they're not a couple.
Red Herring: Due to being one of the main freshmen introduced in Year 2 arc as well as her Revenge against Kiyotaka, she's this for the role of the White Room student sent to expel Ayanokoji.
Revenge: Eiichirō's 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.
Sheathe Your Sword: This is the approach Kiyotaka takes when fighting her in Year 2 Volume 3, as he opts to simply dodge all her attacks and let her tire herself out despite being fully capable of delivering a Curb-Stomp Battle.
Unwitting Pawn: She is trying to get Kiyotaka expelled, but does so because she is being manipulated by Tsukishiro.

Kazuomi Hōsen

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A freshman in Class 1-D who much like Ryuen prefers to conquer his opponents with violence.

Foil: Everything from the way he wears his school uniform to his violent tendencies may easily remind one of Ryuen. However, unlike Kakeru, Kazuomi prefers to work alone, whereas Ryuuen relies on working with his subordinates, especially against tougher opponents. Both mock each other for this difference between them.
I Work Alone: He's known for preferring to work alone, usually through a one-on-one combat with his opponent. While he's not above reluctantly teaming up with someone to achieve his goal, he usually demands a high amount of private points for his cooperation and his involvement still includes a 1v1 fight with an enemy. He gets called out for being stupid to fight others all by himself by Ryuuen.
Jerkass: He rivals Ryuen's initial behavior in the asshole department.
Platonic Life-Partners: He's usually seen with Tsubasa Nanase, but they're not in romantic relationship.
Playing the Victim Card: He tried to expel Kiyotaka Ayanokouji by stabbing himself with a knife and framing him for the assault.
Red Herring: Due to being one of the main freshmen introduced in Year 2 arc and being one of the students actively trying to expel Kiyotaka, he's this for the role of the White Room student sent to expel Ayanokoji.
Sadist: He has Lack of Empathy and enjoys mercilessly beating up his opponents.
Smarter Than They Look: Much like Kakeru Ryuuen, he seems like a stereotypical The Bully. While he's not among the brightest characters of the series, he's able to come up with his own cunning plans, such as trying to expel Kiyotaka by framing him for stabbing him in an attempt at impaling his own hand with Ayanokoji's knife.
Violence is the Only Option: His strategies involve violence.

Characters / Classroom Of The Elite Class D

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D-Class Students

Introduced in Year 1

Kiyotaka Ayanokōji

Voiced by: Shoya Chiba (Japanese), Justin Briner (English) Foreign VAsArturo Castañeda (Latin American Spanish), Yoann Sover (French), Bastian Sierich (German), Lucas Almeida (Portuguese)

Suzune Horikita

Voiced by: Akari Kitou (Japanese), Felecia Angelle (English) Foreign VAsJessica Ángeles (Latin American Spanish), Adeline Chetail (French), Patrizia Carlucci (German), Bruna Nogueira (Portuguese)

Kikyō Kushida

Voiced by: Yurika Kubo (Japanese), Sarah Wiedenheft (English) Foreign VAsNycolle González (Latin American Spanish), Anna Lauzeray-Gishi [first voice], Alice Orsat [second voice] (French), Franziska Trunte (German)

Kei Karuizawa

Voiced by: Ayana Taketatsu (Japanese), Bryn Apprill (English) Foreign VAsWendy Malvárez (Latin American Spanish), Geneviève Doang (French), Ness Gerung (German), Stephany Custodi (Portuguese)