as her, and expresses her intent to join their club, in which he accepts her application and introduces her to the club. She later becomes the vice-president of the Koto club after witnessing the burden that Kurata has to bear as president. Kudo's friend from before the series started. He is good at studying, cooking and at fighting too. He is the one who understands Kudo the most. He also explained Kudo's situation to Takezo when he wanted to join the Koto club. Kudo hangs out at his place, even when he is feeling off, making him feed him. He also ends up being Kudo and his other friends' cram teacher when exams are due. A former delinquent. A former delinquent. A former delinquent. A math teacher at Tokise High and the Koto Club's advisor. Initially he feigned ignorance of his musical background, though it is later revealed that his parents are world renowned musicians. As a child, he had no interest in playing music whatsoever other than listening to it. When he was seven, his father discovered his talent for writing musical scores and quickly took upon him to brand his son as a child prodigy. Because of this, Suzuka began to disdain music but his interest is rekindled after becoming the advisor for the Koto club. He often writes pieces for the club as well as gives practice advice, while leaving the actual koto-teaching to Akira. (Japanese); Lydia Mackay (English) (Japanese); Dani Chambers (English) (Japanese); Stephen Fu (English) The apparent heir to the Tsubaki School. She became the heir after the death of her parents, causing her older brother to drop out of college and attempt to find a job in order to support her and their grandmother. In her childhood, her brother was a renowned koto player and inspired Akira to pick it up. After her brother had also quit the koto, Akira was forced to become better at playing the koto and became the face of their group. For malicious reasons, she became Tokise High's koto instructor, but later officially took up the position after realizing the club's genuine intent to play the koto. Media Manga Series is written and illustrated by Amyu and began publication in Shueisha's Jump Square magazine in August 2012. As of February 2023 It has been compiled into twenty-eight tankōbon volumes. Volume List Anime An anime television series adaptation aired in