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Kiyotaka Ayanokouji

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The name of this article's subject can also be written as "Ayanokoji".

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji is the main protagonist of the light novel series Classroom of the Elite (also known as You-Zitsu or Youjitsu for short), written by Shougo Kinugasa and illustrated by Tomoseshunsaku.

The series takes place on Advanced Nurturing High School, a prestigious institution reputed to have 100% of its graduates go into college or become employed. The school demands high standards from its students; failure on an exam may risk immediate expulsion. Each student is given a monthly allowance of virtual "Private Points" that is used in place of real money. All classes are ranked by "Class Points", which are gained or lost depending on their performances in the school's various activities, thereby enabling a class to replace another's position in rank if they perform well / bad enough. Because of this system, the school encourages competition and even allows unsavory tactics, including but not limited to deception, sabotage, and blackmail.

Kiyotaka appears as an ordinary high school student who was enrolled into Class 1-D, which is largely composed of problem students. He prefers to keep a low profile for as much as possible. While the light novel regularly shows his inner thoughts, the anime depicts him with emotionless expressions and a monotonous personality. The story quickly reveals that Kiyotaka is not as ordinary as he seems; for example, an early scene shows him unexpectedly defend his seatmate Suzune from being attacked by the student council president and effortlessly dodges his blows. He also scored exactly 50 out of 100 points in every entrance exam subject, which he brushes off as just "coincidence".

Following the events in the anime's season 1, Ayanokouji garnered a reputation in the fandom as an ultra-smart, manipulative puppetmaster. His fans tout him as one of the most intelligent light novel / anime characters of all time, sometimes even comparing him to renowned masterminds from other shows such as Lelouch and Light Yagami.



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Inherently insignificant or dangerously devilish?

In a school secluded from society where grades and conduct are key to survival, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka simply did not care about any of that. He is more than content with going with the flow of society and becoming a shadow that lingers about in the academy. When questionable activity occurs inside and outside the school’s meritocratic regime, Kiyotaka starts to question the true motive behind creating such an obscure academic system as this one.

As calculating as he is observant, it seems as though there are others who see his shadow as an imposing threat to the greater cause. Should someone who manages to obtain a perfect score of 50 throughout all of his exams belong in the worst class of his grade? Why would he solve the many issues and mysterious surrounding the schools exams and unconventional tests, but shift all the glory over to someone else? What else does he know that he is not supposed to know in a society that is having a difficult time manipulating his shadow to do its bidding?

Kiyotaka has his own reason for hiding in the shadows of his peers, and until his own goals are met, he will use every tactic in the book to get to his target. And so, Kiyotaka’s “normal” life continues…

History[]

Kiyotaka is commonly grouped together with light novel protagonists Hachiman Hikigaya, Houtarou Oreki, and Sakuta Azusagawa as the "Four Campus Bullies"[note 1] - as popularized by multiple videos uploaded to Bilibili[1][2][3][4][5] - due to sharing similar traits that give off an "edgy stoic loner, but secretly intelligent and handsome" impression. Coincidentally, this kind of character is also highly successful in the light novel-dominated International Saimoe League, so it's not a surprise that Kiyotaka also performs well here too. The light novel is currently one of the most popular series, especially in East Asian countries, and he emerged as a top-ranked male character in the famous Japanese Konorano rankings, holding the #1 spot for three consecutive editions since 2020.

Kiyotaka is often the sole flag-bearer of the Youjitsu series. For most of his career he is classified as a "Tier 1" contestant: good enough to make the playoffs, but not enough to actually contend for the championship. In his first two years (2018 and 2019), he received the highest nomination votes among all males, but finished 13th in both editions after being eliminated in the round of 16 by Shirou Emiya and Archer respectively. Ayanokouji's playoff woes continued in 2020 when he lost in the round of 16 for the third straight time against Konosuba's Kazuma Satou, but improved his final position to 9th. Kiyotaka made his fourth consecutive last-16 in 2021 where was eliminated by Subaru Natsuki. Later that playoff, he unintentionally benefited from Ai Haibara fan group's successful appeal in the semi-finals as the increase in votes changed the result of his consolation match, causing him to replace Shidou Itsuka as the final guy who will contest the 5th-12th place matches instead of 13th-20th. He eventually landed at 10th place.

Just several weeks after the 2021 tournament, more CotE anime adaptations were unexpectedly announced, with season 2 due to be broadcast in July 2022. Since that season will likely include Volume 7 - considered by many fans as one of the best - it will provide an opportunity for the MC to finally overcome his last-16 curse and possibly win the tournament, considering the other 3 of "Four Campus Bullies" have won the Scepter before.

The Class D student is also a regular pendant contender since his debut, but he frequently finishes at the middle of the pack. The 2019 edition saw the highest number of new pendant winners since 2015 with six, and he was one of those new winners, having won the Sapphire pendant. In 2020 he initially appeared to have won his second straight pendant in Sapphire, but the results were re-counted after the organizers miscounted the votes and several appeals were sent, which resulted in the pendant going to Fate's Gilgamesh instead.


Main Tournament[]

Overview (as of ISML 2021)

ISML Main Tournament Record
Regular season, playoffs, and consolation 1v1 matches only.
Preliminaries, gems, exhibitions, and approval / range voting rounds are NOT included.
Edition Eliminated in Final pos. W L RS Record
ISML 2018 Round of 16 13th Conso 28 10 27 - 8
ISML 2019 Round of 16 13th Conso 18 6 17 - 4
ISML 2020 Round of 16 9th Conso 32 8 29 - 6
ISML 2021 Round of 16 10th Conso 28 8 28 - 7
ISML 2022 TBD TBD ? ? ?
Total: 106-32 (76.81%) PO Record: 5-7 (41.67%) RS Record: 101-25 (80.16%)
Total opponents played: 80 unique characters


Match history

ISML 2018
Nominations: 520 votes (1st)
Rd Opponent Score W-L?
Aqua 2 Sebastian Michaelis 4047 - 1726 W
Aqua 4 Tsukasa Mizugaki 4062 - 1564 W
Aqua 7 Keima Katsuragi 4424 - 2432 W
Aqua 9 Ryuunosuke Akasaka 4574 - 2238 W
Aqua 12 Syaoran Li 4605 - 3354 W
Tpz 1 Kojou Akatsuki 5918 - 2057 W
Tpz 3 Mikoto Suoh 6316 - 3764 W
Tpz 5 Ash Ketchum Ash Ketchum 3459 - 2105 W
Tpz 7 Shidou Itsuka 3287 - 2672 W
Tpz 9 Willem Kmetsch 6270 - 3431 W
Amet 1 Shizuo Heiwajima 2636 - 2385 W
Amet 3 Masamune Izumi 2737 - 1662 W
Amet 4 Izuku Midoriya 2936 - 2776 W
Amet 6 Sorata Kanda 4405 - 3668 W
Amet 5 Yato 3982 - 4188 L
Sapp 2 Monkey D. Luffy 3263 - 2146 W
Sapp 3 Sasuke Uchiha 2913 - 2176 W
Sapp 5 Kazuma Satou 4638 - 4025 W
Sapp 6 Ryuuji Takasu 5968 - 4675 W
Sapp 7 Takashi Natsume 6097 - 5086 W
Eme 1 Izaya Orihara 8039 - 9784 L
Eme 2 Eren Yeager 10,351 - 9947 W
Eme 3 Gintoki Sakata 12,024 - 10,519 W
Eme 4 Yuzuru Otonashi 9921 - 9413 W
Eme 5 Rintarou Okabe 7473 - 14,125 L
Ruby 1 Touma Kamijou 9306 - 9254 W
Ruby 2 Shouya Ishida 9450 - 9878 L
Ruby 3 Ken Kaneki 13,204 - 13,119 W
Ruby 4 Shouto Todoroki 16,844 - 16,904 L
Ruby 5 Hachiman Hikigaya 14,697 - 15,374 L
Dia 1 Riku Dola 12,192 - 12,658 L
Dia 2 Subaru Natsuki 14,136 - 11,628 W
Dia 3 Karma Akabane 12,880 - 12,173 W
Dia 4 Nagisa Shiota 12,835 - 13,713 L
Dia 5 Saitama 14,569 - 12,745 W
Playoffs: seed 8
Ro16 (9) Shirou Emiya 16,613 - 16,982 L
PO 5 Astolfo (Fate) consolation 12,942 - 13,550 L
PO 6 Kusuo Saiki consolation 20,905 - 19,950 W
Final position: 13th
ISML 2019
Nominations: 436 votes (1st)
Rd Opponent Score W-L?
Aqua 1 Izaya Orihara 6042 - 3029 W
Aqua 2 U-1146 5452 - 4538 W
Aqua 3 Yuuta Togashi 5817 - 5086 W
Tpz 1 Hiro (DitF) 6252 - 4025 W
Tpz 2 Karma Akabane 5997 - 4965 W
Tpz 3 Nagisa Shiota 6981 - 6348 W
Amet 1 All Might 5758 - 3763 W
Amet 2 Kaito Kuroba 5826 - 3615 W
Amet 3 Osamu Dazai (BSD) 4401 - 4707 L
Sapp 1 Kyon 7366 - 5307 W
Sapp 2 Kiritsugu Emiya 6357 - 5746 W
Sapp 3 Katsuki Bakugo 7366 - 5755 W
Eme 1 Koyomi Araragi 6003 - 4543 W
Eme 2 Gilgamesh 5979 - 4819 W
Eme 3 Subaru Natsuki 6574 - 5152 W
Ruby 1 Edward Elric 6100 - 4720 W
Ruby 2 Tomoya Okazaki 5510 - 5841 L
Ruby 3 Eugeo 5617 - 5576 W
Dia 1 Kazuma Satou 8322 - 8956 L
Dia 2 Yuzuru Otonashi 8798 - 7684 W
Dia 3 Archer 9478 - 9788 L
Playoffs: seed 13

Dia: 1W, CVP: 22.2037

Ro16 (4) Archer x2 8865 - 9936 L
PO 3 Shirou Emiya consolation 9965 - 10,120 L
PO 4 Kyon x2, consolation 8667 - 8312 W
PO 5 6 players (Approval, 11-16) 6051 (3rd) N/A
Final position: 13th
ISML 2020
Directly Qualified (2019 sapphire pendant)
Seedings Rd 1 (Range): 22,520.9 (seed 9)
Stage Rd Opponent Score W-L?
Split 1
Group I
1st

5W 0L

Aqua 1 Fuutarou Uesugi 2288 - 1125 W
Aqua 2 Sasuke Uchiha 2823 - 1675 W
Aqua 3 Gintoki Sakata 3132 - 1775 W
Aqua 4 Joseph Joestar 2833 - 1775 W
Aqua 5 Sorata Kanda 2935 - 2643 W
Split 2
Group A
2nd

14W 1L

Tpz 1 Joseph Joestar x2 2104 - 1270 W
Tpz 2 Ainz Ooal Gown 2143 - 1118 W
Tpz 3 Naruto Uzumaki 2453 - 1981 W
Tpz 4 Merlin (Fate) 2332 - 1593 W
Tpz 5 Subaru Natsuki 2991 - 2354 W
Amet 1 Yato 2510 - 1406 W
Amet 2 Yuzuru Otonashi 2043 - 1277 W
Amet 3 Shidou Itsuka 3101 - 1884 W
Amet 4 Shirou Emiya 2618 - 1923 W
Amet 5 Tanjiro Kamado 3604 - 2265 W
Sapp 1 Zenitsu Agatsuma 3384 - 2779 W
Sapp 2 Kusuo Saiki 3601 - 2220 W
Sapp 3 Giyu Tomioka 4028 - 2355 W
Sapp 4 Kiritsugu Emiya 3859 - 2767 W
Sapp 5 Miyuki Shirogane 2186 - 3238 L
Split 3
Group B
4th

10W 5L

Eme 1 Willem Kmetsch 4020 - 3258 W
Eme 2 Lancer (F/SN) 2487 - 2540 L
Eme 3 Tomoya Okazaki 3288 - 2931 W
Eme 4 Gilgamesh 3073 - 2931 W
Eme 5 Sakuta Azusagawa 2710 - 3675 L
Ruby 1 Masamune Izumi 3483 - 2577 W
Ruby 2 Eugeo 3090 - 2299 W
Ruby 3 Tanjiro Kamado x2 3191 - 2974 W
Ruby 4 Saika Totsuka 3184 - 3193 L
Ruby 5 Yuu Ishigami 3072 - 3763 L
Dia 1 Yuzuru Otonashi x2 3317 - 3267 W
Dia 2 Ryuuji Takasu 3494 - 3112 W
Dia 3 Archer 3085 - 2872 W
Dia 4 Yuuta Togashi 3839 - 3587 W
Dia 5 Taki Tachibana 3492 - 3534 L
Playoffs
Seed B4
Ro16 (A5) Kazuma Satou 4453 - 4857 L
PO 5 Lelouch vi Britannia consolation 4923 - 4165 W
PO 6 Levi Ackerman consolation 4561 - 5488 L
PO 7 Tomoya Okazaki x2, consolation 6524 - 5392 W
PO 8 Subaru Natsuki x2, consolation 7704 - 7677 W
Final position: 9th
ISML 2021
Directly Qualified (2020 playoffs; 9th)
Preliminary R1 (Approval): 1859 votes (2nd)
Preliminary R2 (Limited to 3 votes): 1889 votes (1st)
Results: 4th / 72nd (ARP: 6, Invited, CVP: 2.820)
Stage Rd Opponent Score W-L?
Split 1
Group D
1st (5W 0L)
 Aqua 1 Rintarou Okabe 1683 - 993 W
Aqua 2 Masamune Izumi 1937 - 1109 W
Aqua 3 Goro (DitF) 3211 - 1450 W
Aqua 4 Haruka Kasugano 2841 - 1629 W
Aqua 5 Shinnosuke Nohara 2573 - 1520 W
Split 2
Group C
3rd (13W 2L)
 Tpz 1 Joseph Joestar 1690 - 952 W
Tpz 2 Karma Akabane 1406 - 754 W
Tpz 3 Rintarou Okabe x2 1083 - 741 W
Tpz 4 Shirou Emiya 1623 - 1119 W
Tpz 5 Riku Dola 1345 - 1428 L
Amet 1 Eugeo 1430 - 765 W
Amet 2 Edward Elric 1179 - 710 W
Amet 3 Rudeus Greyrat 1577 - 788 W
Amet 4 Sorata Kanda 1810 - 1386 W
Amet 5 Yuu Otosaka 2010 - 1541 W
Sapp 1 Fuutarou Uesugi 1650 - 922 W
Sapp 2 Gilgamesh 1911 - 1527 W
Sapp 3 Kiritsugu Emiya 1644 - 1177 W
Sapp 4 Kousei Arima 1887 - 1294 W
Sapp 5 Touma Kamijou 1784 - 2046 L
Split 3
Group B
6th (10W 5L)
Lost tiebreak for 5th
SCVPD: 0.408
Eme 1 Archer 770 - 866 L
Eme 2 Ryuuji Takasu 1058 - 857 W
Eme 3 Yuuta Togashi 764 - 1082 L
Eme 4 Taki Tachibana 875 - 1071 L
Eme 5 Jotaro Kujo 1053 - 1004 W
Ruby 1 Ryunosuke Akasaka 1185 - 1032 W
Ruby 2 Sorata Kanda x2 981 - 822 W
Ruby 3 Yuu Otosaka x2 1046 - 863 W
Ruby 4 Yuu Ishigami 1009 - 1221 L
Ruby 5 Kousei Arima x2 1221 - 937 W
Dia 1 Kyojuro Rengoku 1119 - 844 W
Dia 2 Nasa Yuzaki 1065 - 1012 W
Dia 3 Kazuma Satou 1109 - 1097 W
Dia 4 Riku Dola x2 1085 - 1277 L
Dia 5 Lelouch vi Britannia 1494 - 1286 W
Playoffs
Seed 10
RS W: 28
RS CVP: 38.448
Ro16 (7) Subaru Natsuki 2042 - 2198 L
PO 4 12 players (approval) 2429 (4th) Adv.
PO 5 8 players (range, 5th-12th) 58,537.3 -
Final position: 10th (after consolations)


Pendant record

  • Wins: 1 - Sapphire 2019 sapphire
  • Appearances: 18
    • 2018: Aquamarine (6th), Topaz (5th), Sapphire (7th), Diamond (3rd)
    • 2019: Aquamarine (6th), Topaz (6th), Sapphire (Winner!)
    • 2020: Aquamarine (6th), Topaz (3rd), Amethyst (6th), Sapphire (2nd), Emerald (5th), Ruby (4th), Diamond (5th)
    • 2021: Aquamarine (6th), Amethyst (8th), Ruby (7th), Diamond (4th)


Other tournaments[]

Kiyotaka reached the last 32 in the final edition of China's Bilibili Moe event, but had an unfortunate meeting with Fate/stay night's Archer.

Although Youjitsu has gained a decent online presence outside East Asia, the novel did not gain much traction in the /r/anime subreddit in terms of upvotes, as expected of many light novel series. For this reason, Kiyotaka just sits like a bum in the subreddit's character tournaments, and is yet to win a single match in Best Guy and Best Character. It should be noted that the anime became notorious for its alleged online backlash caused by several mis-adapted scenes (in particular, a late-afternoon pool scene where instead of Kei, it showed Suzune instead)[citation needed]. Only time will tell if the long-awaited seasons 2 and 3 would finally enable him to get over that hump.


Honours[]

Poster gallery[]


Contest Wins (2)


Non-contest honours

Navigation[]

Notes

  1. ↑ Chinese: 校园四霸, Xiàoyuán sì bà


References

  1. ↑ (AMV) (BGM: Kenshi Yonezu - Loser) "If I’m a loser, than I might as well do what I want to do" - Bilibili, uploaded by 幻MIE (2019-08-25)
  2. ↑ (AMV) (BGM: Kenshi Yonezu - Loser) "No matter where it is, I just want to go to a distant place." - Bilibili - uploaded by 秦风桑 (2019-02-08)
  3. ↑ (AMV) (BGM: Sana - Hush by a Little Girl) "Four Campus Bullies, sweet to the core!!" - Bilibili, uploaded by 马达加斯加腌鱼 (2019-09-06)
  4. ↑ "How to become a 'Campus Four Bully' ?" - Bilibili, uploaded by 嘿-那小孩 (2019-11-30)
  5. ↑ "A list of each campus bully's defining moment" - Bilibili, uploaded by 半截の手 (2019-06-07)


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ISML Pendant Winners
First year of pendant win only. Crowns from 2015 are included.
2015 8man • Otonashi • Archer • Koyomi • Sora • Accelerator • Lelouch
2016 Koro-sensei • Kiritsugu
2017 Nagisa S. • Levi • Souma • Touma
2018 Okabe • Taki • Willem
2019 Slime • Riku • Sakuta • Kiyotaka • Tomoya • Yuuta
2020 Shirogane • Ishigami • Gilgamesh
2021 Sorata • Kirito
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