Tomohito Sugino

Tomohito Sugino is a student in Korosensei's Class 3-E of Kunugigaoka Junior High School and one of Nagisa's best friends.

Appearance
Sugino has the generic short, spiked black hair for male shōnen characters and dark blue eyes.

Personality
Sugino is an energetic boy with a love for baseball. He's a very happy and friendly person and gets along with his classmates well.

History
Before he was transferred to Class-E, Sugino was a member of the school's baseball club. However, due to his relatively slow pitches frequently getting batted, he was removed from the regular line up of his club. Because he was moved down, he had no motivation to study and thus got moved to Class-E.

Introduction: Baseball Time
Sugino is one of the first characters to get an official introduction. He was formally introduced in the second chapter (Episode 2 of the anime) when he tried to assassinate Korosensei with a baseball embedded with Anti-Sensei BB Pellets, but failed. He told Korosensei about his slow pitches and how because of it he'd gotten removed from the regular lineup. Korosensei then proceeds to compare his muscle configuration to pro-pitcher Arita, who of which he checked for the same thing the previous causing a ruckus during the game. He told Sugino that compared to Arita, the muscle configuration in his shoulders were terrible, but the malleability in his elbow and wrist were much more outstanding than the pro's. This gave Sugino more confidence in himself and decided to develop pitches that changes the ball's speed.

School Trip Time
Sugino gets a minor spotlight during the Kyoto school trip arc. He is instrumental in getting Yukiko Kanzaki to join him alongside Nagisa, Kayano, Karma and Okuda. Although the trip is meant to be used to kill Korosensei, Sugino hopes to have the chance to talk to Kanzaki, having a crush on her. However students from another high school have managed to kidnap Kanzaki and Kayano, and temporarily knock the boys out. Using the extensive guidebook lent to the group by Korosensei, the boys and Okuda find the missing girls and assisted their teacher in knocking them out. The incident ruined the group's chance to set Korosensei up to be killed, and Sugino's chance to talk to Kanzaki.

Time for a Ball Game
Sugino returns to the spotlight during the baseball game arc. When Class E is scheduled to play against the school's baseball team captained by Sugino's former teammate Kazutaka Shindo, Sugino makes known his desire to win against his former club. Korosensei coaches the boys to counter Shindo's fast pitches, and Class E manages to score three early runs. Sugino's pitches as well as the killing intent of Class E's batting quickly demoralises the club. However the intervention of Chairman Asano brings back the club's fighting spirit and eventually is one run behind. In the final pitch, Class E resorts to using the same tactics the club previously used against them, and wins the game. Afterwards, Sugino walks up to the defeated Shindo and admits that he did not feel like he won the game based on strength. Rather he wanted to show his former teammates the friends he made with Class E. At that, the two shook hands and parted on good terms.

Later appearances
Since the ball game Sugino has been seen but not getting the major spotlight as before. At the time of the finals, he received a call from Shindo and lets the class listen in to the latter's briefing of the top students in Class A. During the Assassination Island arc, Sugino participated in the class's ambitious assassination attempt on Korosensei but were ultimately unsuccessful. Soon afterwards, he was one of the ten students that were seemingly poisoned by an unknown third party and thus unable to participate in the infiltration of the hotel. After recovering from the illness, he was partnered with Kanzaki during Korosensei's Test of Courage. Although supposed to be a scary attraction, the pair instead came across a romantic setting. He was ultimately too shy and embarrassed to talk with Kanzaki, who still remained oblivious to Sugino's crush on her.

Abilities
Knifework: Sugino is the third best for knifework on the boys' side (and Class 3-E as a whole).

Baseball: Sugino admitted that he has a slow pitch and compared to professional baseball pitcher Arita, his muscle configuration isn't so good. However, he has a very malleable wrist and elbow which allows him to change a ball's speed with various pitches.

Nagisa Shiota
Nagisa is one of Sugino's closest friends are often seen hanging out together.

Yukiko Kanzaki
Tomohito has a crush on Yukiko and was paired with her during Korosensei's "Nuru-nuru Assassination Test of Courage."

Karma Akabane
Karma and Sugino get along well and are often seen hanging out with Nagisa. Sugino has expressed weariness over Karma from time to time in terms of the redhead's antics.

Quotes

 * (To Kazutaka Shindō) "Nagisa always helped me practice my breaking ball pitch, and Karma and Isogai's reflexes, as the way everyone's bunting improved, were all amazing. But if we didn't get results, i wouldn't be able to convey all of that. Well in short, i kinda wanted to brag to my old comrades a little about my current ones in class E."

Trivia

 * His favorite subject is P.E. while his least favorite is Social Studies.
 * His specialty is pitching slider balls, curve balls, and change-ups.
 * His future goal is to play at Kōshien.
 * He was called "Baseball Freak" during class 3-E training using code names.
 * In the art rankings of Volume 5, he was placed 3rd among the male students.
 * In his profile, it's mentioned that he has earned praise for his drawing skills.
 * During the Civil War, he was eliminated by an ambush from Hazama.