Ryunosuke Chiba

Ryūnosuke Chiba is a student in Korosensei's Class 3-E of Kunugigaoka Junior High School.

Appearance
Ryūnosuke has black hair with long bangs that cover his eyes. It was revealed that his bangs mark off part of his vision like a gun sight and is the reason he shoots as well as he does. In the anime he has reddish-brown eyes.

Personality
Chiba is a serious and stoic boy. He's very calm and business like and doesn't talk a lot. Like Hayami, he has been compared to a working adult and though the two are very similar, Chiba is shown to be less stoic than Hayami.

Synopsis
Chiba debuted in Chapter 1, but didn't get an official introduction until the Assassination Island arc where he and Hayami were tasked with shooting Korosensei when he was trapped. The two missed him by 0.5 seconds and lost faith in their ability to shoot. When the time for the class to face Gastro came, Korosensei trusted them with the M60 revolvers they took from some guards when continue to the top floor. This put them in a conflicted state due to their previously failed shooting attempt. When they first went against Gastro, Hayami was the first to shoot and missed. Due to her shooting, Gastro was able to identify where she was and shot in between the seats which she narrowly dodged. By this point, Chiba hadn't shot yet so Gastro hadn't identified his position. Even when Korosensei shuffled the class and the shooter thought he knew his whereabouts, he remained hidden amongst his classmates. Before delivering the final blows, Korosensei offers advice to Chiba and Hayami who are scared of messing up again by telling them that they don't need to bear the responsibilities by themselves and it's okay if they fail because the class will back them up. This gives them the courage to successfully carry out their shooting and defeat Gastro.

Chiba made another notable appearance in Chapter 76 where he and Rinka were banned from the shooting range after getting carried away and winning all the prizes.

During the Civil War arc, Chiba sided with the red (kill) team. At the start of the battle, under Karma's direction, Chiba immediately eliminated Kataoka to deny the opposing team of any tactical options. Despite being paired with Okajima acting as his rear guard, the pair were outflanked by Kanzaki and eliminated from the battle.

Abilities
Marksmanship: Chiba is the best marksman among the boys (and all of Class 3-E). He excels in spatial calculation and as such is unmatched in long distance shooting. His abilities have even earned him the praises of Lovro, a hitman dealer and a retired assassin.

Rinka Hayami
Chiba and Hayami are shown to have a steady friendship due to their similar personalities and roles as the best gunmen for their side of the class. During Korosensei's Assassination Test of Courage, they were paired together. According the official character book, he and Hayami have gone on dates and are presumably dating. It was also stated that he talks more when with her.

Trivia

 * His favorite food is hard-boiled eggs.
 * His favorite subject is Math while his least favorite is Biology.
 * His hobby/special skill is Triangulation.
 * Before falling in Class E he was in the Light Music Club.
 * He likes Japanese Hardcore Punk.
 * He is apparently good at Shogi and taught to Ritsu how to play, but he was defeated by her on their third game. Since then, he never won against her.
 * His future goal is to become an architect.
 * He was called "Adult Game Protagonist" during training using code names due to his hairstyle resembling the main character of one. This codename was given by Takebayashi.
 * In the popularity poll of Volume 12, he was ranked 10th.
 * It was revealed in Roster Time that Chiba has an intense gaze that would make others uncomfortable so he grew his bangs out to cover his eyes.
 * During the Civil War, he and his rear guard, Okajima, were both eliminated after Kanzaki busted their camping spot and shot them. Similarly, in Cops and Robbers, he and Okajima (along with Hayami and Fuwa) was eliminated first by Karasuma.
 * Despite being a victim of Korosenseo's seven-third cut, his eyes were still covered when shown.
 * In the tankobon extras, his statistics were listed as:
 * Physical strength: 3.5
 * Mobility: 3
 * Close-range assassination: 3
 * Long-range assassination: 5
 * Academic ability: 4
 * Characteristic skill: 5 (super long distance sniping)