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 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. This can be interpreted as indifference or a relatively passive demeanor.

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, while more negatively connotating indifference, passiveness, or otherwise a lack of interest in anything aside from matters that directly concern him. However, this appears to not truly be the case; he is shown to be capable of holding conversations, albeit in a very dull and toneless manner, as shown in his interactions with Kikyō Kushida and his other classmates. Kiyotaka also has no problem referring to himself as a friend to Honami Ichinose of B-Class when she reached out to him for help, though whether this was a ploy on his part to ease her or a genuine display of consideration for her is unknown. He appears to show this "caring" side again after sacrificing 10,000 points so Ken Sudō wouldn't be expelled after the latter was on the verge of being expelled from school due to his failure on the recent exams. He was also quick to intervene when Suzune was about to be attacked by her brother though he had no intention of getting involved. Whether he is simply going with the flow or genuinely looking out for Suzune is unknown, as both patterns are definitely plausible.

History
Kiyotaka's past is shrouded in mystery; other than his claims of participating in after-school activities such as piano, calligraphy, and the tea ceremony, no known information regarding his history as an individual prior to the Entrance Exam for Kodo Ikusei currently exists.

It is presumed that there is more to Kiyotaka than he lets on as his encounter with Manabu, Suzune Horikita's older brother and the President of the Student Council of Kodo Ikusei, indicates; he displays the ability to evenly maneuver during a skirmish and evade strikes directed at him with an air of relative indifference. He displays some form of proficiency in some form or other of martial arts, a trait that the Student Council President detects; some level of dexterity on par with Manabu and a display of a grappling-based martial art hints at Kiyotaka's level of proficiency.