Kotaro Takebayashi

Kōtarō Takebayashi is a student in class 3-E of Kunugigaoka Junior High School, taught by Korosensei.

Appearance
Takebayashi has black hair combed over along the sides of his head and wears round eyeglasses. His uniform consists of a suit jacket worn over a dress shirt and a black tie, as well as dress pants and dress shoes.

Personality
Takebayashi is mostly a quiet person. However, he seems somewhat eccentric in his behavior and stands out as the oddball in the class. He also seems to be clumsy at physical activity, having ping pong balls hit his glasses while playing with others and nearly losing balance in one of Tadaomi Karasuma's lessons.

Abilities
During the Class-E’s baseball practice, Takebayashi has been assigned to gather data on the team’s performance. He has shown to have quite good observational skills like Shiota, but, unlike the latter, Takebayashi is inclined to statistical data and analysis.

After moving back to class 3-E, he found a place for him in the class, as an explosive management.

Quotes

 * (First line in the manga, Chapter 22) "2D is just fine...real women don't need more dimensions than that."
 * (In response to Bitch-sensei: "Then what am I to all of you?" Chapter 42) "Our bitch."

Trivia

 * He's the only student who's decided in leaving class 3-E because of personal reason. He was nearly deceived by Asano and the chairman upon leaving the class but he's became motivated in killing after realized his old classmates and Korosensei still look after him. Finally he canceled his decision and moved back to his original class.


 * He's an otaku.
 * In the art rankings of Volume 5, he was placed 4th among the male students.