Takuya Yagami

Appearance
Takuya has brown hair and green eyes. along with a gentle appearance.

He wears the standard male school uniform.

Personality
On the exterior, Takuya is a person who is very soft-spoken and gentle towards the people he meets. He is also courageous as he was able to directly speak with Kazuomi Housen and guide the conversation peacefully despite Housen's violent nature. He also seems to hold a certain level of attention towards his senpai Kikyō Kushida. His true self however is someone who harbours a darker personality. He doesn’t like resorting to physical violence but isn’t above using it to get what he wants. He was revealed to be formerly from the Whiteroom which allows him to know about those with similar origins to him like Kiyotaka Ayanokōji and Ichika Amasawa. This coincides with his goal to force Kiyotaka to return to the Whiteroom by any means necessary making him one of the most dangerous individual in the school.

Plot
Takuya is introduced in Second Year Volume 1 watching the fight between Kazuomi Hōsen and the other 2nd years before Hōsen calls him out. Takuya counters saying that it was better to stay out of trouble and soon after, a teacher arrived to stop the fight. Takuya then apologized for Hōsen's actions to the 2nd years and immediately noticed Kikyō Kushida, who had been his senpai in his former school. Excited, he went to greet her before asking if they could become partners for the Special Exam. Kushida decided to hold off on her decision which led Takuya to offer to wait for her until she decided. Later on, when Class 2-D tried to get cooperation from 1-B, Takuya agreed to it on the condition that he and Kushida must be partners for the exam.

In Volume 3 of the Second Year Arc, he partnered up with Kikyō to expel Kiyotaka Ayanokōji by suggesting her to record the fight between Ayanokōji and Tsubasa Nanase.

Abilities
Among the 6 new freshmen introduced in the Second Year Arc, Takuya has the highest overall score in OAA by a slim margin from the second highest score which belongs to Tsubasa Nanase. He is also well known for having an A in Academic Ability and is acknowledged by Riku Utomiya as someone to be wary for.

Name Etymology

 * The name Takuya means "expand, open, support" (拓) (taku) and "to be, also" (也) (ya).
 * Takuya's surname Yagami means "eight" (八) (ya) and "god" (神) (kami/gami).

Trivia

 * Takuya proclaims to be from the same middle school as Kikyō Kushida.
 * For the 2nd Year arc, When asked about his aspirations for the next year, he answered  'To analyze this school's system and conquer it. That will become the foundation for an order in the first years.'