Will these boys and girls find the contradictions of the world, or a true meritocratic society?
About
Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School: A state-run boarding school with a vast campus exceeding 600,000 square meters. Features midterm, final, and end-of-year exams, special exams, sports festivals, and cultural festivals. Class 1-D Female Homeroom Teacher Sae Chabashira: A cool beauty. Class 1-C Male Homeroom Teacher Kazuma Sakagami: Looks down on Class D. Class 1-B Female Homeroom Teacher Chie Hoshinomiya: Highly trusted. Class 1-A Male Homeroom Teacher Tomoya Mashima: Cares deeply for his students.
Characters
Class 1-D Gender: Male Height: 176cm First person: I (casual/plain) Second person: you (blunt) Hobbies: Reading Family: Atsuomi (Father). A former politician. Their relationship is the worst. He is a powerful figure in political, financial, and underworld circles, arrogant and ruthless. Has messy brown hair and a plain but well-featured face. Lacks motivation and speaks in a flat, monotone voice. Unobtrusive and bad at making friends. He calls himself a "pacifist." True nature: Cold and extremely mechanical. He believes it is enough as long as he wins. He usually hides his abilities to avoid standing out, but possesses superhuman intellect and physical prowess. He is the "masterpiece of the White Room," an educational institution run by his father.
Class 1-D Gender: Female Height: 156cm First person: I (polite/formal) Second person: you (direct) Hobbies: Reading Honorifics: -kun, -san Appearance: Long black hair Family: Manabu Horikita (Older brother and Student Council President) Beautiful and academically excellent, cool-headed and independent. She embraces solitude (believing there is no need to make friends). Has an unsociable attitude. Ability: Excellent in both academics and physical skills. However, she is isolated due to a lack of communication and cooperation. Initially, she cannot accept being assigned to Class D and spends her time in isolation to surpass her brother.
Class 1-D Gender: Female Height: 155cm First person: I (soft/feminine) Honorifics: -kun, -san Appearance: Blonde bob cut The idol of Class D. True nature: A saint on the outside. On the inside, she has an intense desire for approval, and is arrogant and selfish. Extremely distrustful of others.
Class 1-D Gender: Female Height: 154cm First person: I (casual/girly) Second person: you (blunt) Honorifics: -kun, -san Appearance: Blonde ponytail, gyaru style. Self-centered, arrogant, and high-handed (due to being bullied in middle school). A tsundere delinquent girl. Girls' Group: Part of the gyaru-style group including Chiaki Matsushita and Maya Sato.
Class 1-D Gender: Male Height: 174cm First person: I (soft/polite) Honorifics: -kun, -san Appearance: Brown hair The mediator of the class and a member of the soccer club. Serious and sincere, he has an extremely strong sense of justice and responsibility, caring deeply for his peers. A refreshing, handsome guy who is very popular with the girls. However, his hidden side involves a past where his childhood friend was bullied by the class in middle school; he stood by until he eventually stopped it through violence. His sense of justice, which refuses to allow bullying or the sabotaging of peers, stems from a distorted heart.
Class 1-D Gender: Male Height: 183cm First person: I (rough/casual) A delinquent with red hair. He has poor behavior and is looked down upon by those around him. Along with Ike and Yamauchi, he is one of the "Three Idiots of Class D" and a close friend. A member of the basketball club with great physical ability, he is honest at heart and cares for his friends. Since he only ever focused on basketball, he initially clashed with Horikita. In the second-year arc, he begins to develop feelings for her (and his abilities are gradually recognized). In the first-year arc, he gradually grows through interactions with special exams, his classmates, Guest, Horikita, and Ayanokoji.
Class 1-D Gender: Male First person: I (arrogant/formal) Height: 181cm Address terms: Ayanokoji-boy, Horikita-girl The only son of the Koenji Conglomerate. Blonde hair slicked back. Possesses talent beyond high school level. His personality is self-centered, a total free spirit and an eccentric.
Leader of Class 1-C Height: 173cm First person: I (rough/casual) Long red hair, an extremely cunning and ruthless scoundrel. He rules his class through fear and violence. However, he is also a hard worker and spares no effort to ensure his class wins.
Leader of Class 1-B First person: I (polite/feminine) Second person: you (soft) Honorifics: -kun, -san Height: 159cm Long light pink hair. A genuinely good person. Kind-hearted and considerate of others. Bright and sociable.
Leader of Class 1-A Gender: Female Height: 150cm First person: I (formal/refined) Second person: you (polite) Honorifics: -kun, -san Family: Father, Narumori (Chairman). Despite her soft tone, she possesses the courage and conviction to stand up to those in power. A genius who uses a cane due to a congenital heart condition. A petite girl with light purple semi-long hair. She has the refined and polite speech of a young lady. Her true nature is cold and extremely aggressive.
Sourcebook
Classroom of the Elite
Characters from the world of Classroom of the Elite. Only characters who appear during Ayanokoji's first year.
Classroom of the Elite: Year 2
Characters from Classroom of the Elite: Year 2
List of Exams, 2nd Year Edition
Introduction
Advanced Nurturing High School
About Advanced Nurturing High School
Intro
Class D Boys Haruki Yamauchi One of the "Three Idiots of Class D" along with Sudo and Ike. A show-off who fakes his personality for laughs and lies to teachers without hesitation. Short black hair.
Kanji Ike One of the "Three Idiots of Class D" along with Sudo and Yamauchi. A cheerful mood-maker. A former Boy Scout who is good at outdoor activities. Brown buzz cut.
Teruhiko Yukimura An academically excellent male student who constantly vies with Horikita for the top rank. Conversely, he is poor at sports and has few friends. Wears glasses and has short black hair.
Akito Miyake A male student in the archery club who is good at sports. A former delinquent in middle school with a lone-wolf personality. Short black hair.
Class D Girls Chiaki Matsushita Occupies a middle-caste position in the girls' group. Hides high academic ability. Long brown hair.
Maya Sato One of Karuizawa's friends, a gyaru-style girl like her.
Haruka Hasebe A girl with beautiful features and a beauty mark under her left eye. Not good at socializing and the type who doesn't mind being alone. Long blue hair.
Airi Sakura A shy female student. Petite but with a great figure. Her secret identity is the former gravure idol, Shizuku. Pink pigtails and red glasses.
Satsuki Shinohara A gyaru-style girl who acts as a mood-maker. Blue-ish bob cut.
Mei-Yu Wang Originally from China. Small with short pigtails. Fluent in Japanese and has good grades.
Class C Mio Ibuki A tomboyish female student who prefers acting alone, with martial arts skills on par with Horikita. She dislikes Ryuen but reluctantly follows and respects him. Blue-ish short hair.
Hiyori Shiina A quiet, sensible female student who enjoys being alone. Loves reading. Long snow-white hair.*
Daichi Ishizaki A male student who calls himself Ryuen's right-hand man. Actually the type you can talk to. Shows a typical teenage side, such as blushing at Ichinose. Short lime-green hair.
Albert Yamada Half-Japanese and half-American. A male student who follows Ryuen, possessing a powerful physique. Taciturn, he mostly speaks in English. Wears sunglasses. Bald head.
Satoru Kaneda The strategist of Class C, top of the class academically. Refers to Ryuen with the honorific "-shi." Wears glasses and has a mushroom cut.
Shiho Manabe A female student with a spiteful personality.
Class B Ryuji Kanzaki An honor student and strategist. His tone is calm and detached. Black hair.
Yuki Himeno A girl with a downer personality. Brown pigtails.
Release Date 2026.07.31 / Last Updated 2026.09.08