Ryuuji Takasu

Ryuuji Takasu is the male protagonist and titular "Dragon" of the Toradora! light novel series. He is a high school student with the face of a delinquent and intimidating eyes, but is actually good-natured at heart and likes to do household chores. He holds a crush on the athletic classmate Minori Kushieda. Ryuji lives in a fatherless home with his mother Yasuko, who works as a hostess, and his pet parakeet Inko-chan, who can't speak its own name.

After Ryuji encounters the notoriously violent "Palmtop Tiger" Taiga Aisaka, he finds out that she's his next-door (or rather, next-window) neighbour. He visits her apartment, which turns out to be dirty and neglected, so naturally he volunteers to clean her residence. When Taiga visits Ryuji's house, she accidentally leaves a love letter behind, causing him to discover a secret - she likes his friend, the student council vice president Yusaku Kitamura. Taiga later finds out about his feelings for Minori, who also happens to be her best friend, so the two decide to work together in order to confess their feelings to their respective crushes. But since this is a romantic comedy about a tiger and a dragon, one would expect Taiga and Ryuji to fall for each other instead.

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ISML
Ryuji maintains a consistently strong presence in the long-running International Saimoe League thanks to Taiga's fairly successful history in the contest. He first appeared in the 2012 male exhibitions, and has never missed all subsequent editions (except in 2014 where he was ineligible). Ryuji reached the playoffs in ISML 2015 and 2016, reaching the quarter-finals in the latter year which is his best result yet. The eponymous dragon has also appeared in several pendant rounds, but more recently he mainly appears in the exhibition gem rounds, which are contested between a period's best-performing characters who have won fewer (or zero) ISML awards.

Exhibitions
ISML 2012 Male Exhibitions


 * TBD

ISML 2013 Male Exhibitions


 * TBD

ISML 2021 Couples / Ships III (w/ Taiga Aisaka) - seed


 * TBD

Exhibition Gem record
 * Appearances: 10 (as of 2021 Ruby)
 * 2020 (Ring): Topaz (5th), Emerald (4th), Ruby (2nd), Diamond (3rd)
 * 2021 (Ring): Aquamarine (5th), Topaz (4th), Amethyst (5th), Sapphire (4th), Emerald (7th), Ruby (3rd)

Main Tournament
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Pendant record
 * Appearances: 4 (as of 2021 Ruby)
 * 2015: Topaz (6th)
 * 2016: Topaz (6th), Ruby (7th), Diamond (6th)