Kiyotaka Ayanokōji

Kiyotaka Ayanokōji (綾小路 清隆) is the main protagonist of the Yōkoso series. He is a first-year student of Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School. Following the entrance exam in which he scored exactly 50 points in every subject, he was placed in D-Class. He is seated at the rear left corner of the class and next to Suzune Horikita.

Appearance
Kiyokata is a young man with brown hair, brown eyes and a fair complexion. He also has a well-built body.

At the swimming pool, Suzune noted the musculature structure of his arms, especially his forearms.

Most of the time, he is shown to express a carefree and idle look, which suggests an unconcerned attitude.

Personality
Kiyotaka is an inconspicuous student, as while his grades are average, he possesses great insight for someone of his class and when he gets old test questions from a D-Class upperclassman by giving him 15,000 points. In fact, it is hinted by Manabu Horikita that Kiyotaka could have easily gotten into the upper classes but chooses to hide his intelligence from others.

He is somewhat socially awkward as he is very poor at communicating with other people and fails at properly associating with them. As a result, he speaks in a monotonous way and tends to isolate himself from his peers not getting involved with social activities. These traits tend to leave the impression on others that he is uncaring and carefree. However, this is far from true as he doesn't mind friendship as shown in his interactions with Kikyō Kushida and his classmates. Kiyotaka also had no problem referring to himself as a friend to Honami Ichinose of Class B when she came to for help about a problem she had. He shows this caring side again after sacrificing 10,000 points so Ken Sudō wouldn't be expelled after he was a few points away from passing a test. He was also quick to intervene when Suzune was about to be attacked by her brother though he had no intention of getting involved.

History
So far, nothing is known about Kiyokata's mysterious past, other than his claim to have practiced piano, calligraphy and tea ceremony.

During the face-off between him and Manabu, Suzune's brother as well as the student council, he managed to dodge all of the latter's attack and create some distance between them. He also showed to possess martial knowledge, particularly a grappling-based martial art.