| Koujirou Sasahara | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Japanese Name: | 笹原 幸治郎 |
| Romanized Name: | Sasahara Kōjirō |
| English Name: | Koujirou Sasahara |
| First Appearance: | "Nichijou Episode 1" |
| Affiliated: | Misato Tachibana (admirer) Mio Naganohara (admirer) Hirose (butler) Kojirou (pet) |
| Alignment: | Good |
| Japanese VA: | Yoshihisa Kawahara |
| English VA: | Seth Magill |
Koujirou Sasahara (笹原 幸治郎, Sasahara Kōjirō) is a flamboyant high school boy who usually behaves like a fancy aristocrat. He comes from a farmers' family and likes to ride his goat to school, and often seen with his butler which tends to his requests. Misato Tachibana has a crush on him but shoots him with various heavy weapons to hide it when she feels embarrassed about it.
Etymology[]
- The name Koujirou means "happiness, good luck" (幸) (kou), "cure" (治) (chi/ji) and "son" (郎) (rou).
- Koujirou's surname Sasahara means "bamboo grass" (笹) (sasa) and "field, plain" (原) (hara).
Appearance[]
Koujirou's alternate outfits.
Koujirou wears glasses and is often seen wearing a male high school uniform with a jabot (actually made of tissues). He doesn't actually need to wear glasses and only wears them for show.
Personality[]
Koujirou behaves much like an aristocrat. He is almost always calm and collected, and very rarely, if ever, gets visibly angry. He can be rude to others at times, but he can also be kind and gentlemanly, such as when he handed a piece of his collar to Misato Tachibana to wrap around her hand when she accidentally smashed his glasses. Adding to his aristocratic air is his insistence that he ought to ride a goat to school, to avoid walking.
He always refers to Misato by her full name. He doesn't seem to care that Misato often shoots him with various weapons, and always appears unfazed no matter how many times he is shot. He is seemingly oblivious to her crush on him as well.
Relationships[]
Mio[]
Mio has a crush on Koujirou, though he doesn't seem to be aware of her due to her shyness around him.
Misato[]
Misato also has a crush on Koujirou but has a very tsundere attitude towards him. This causes her to frequently injure him through fake firearms, though he never pays any mind to these instances. It's said that they are childhood friends and attended Kendo classes together; Misato gets frustrated that he doesn't work hard enough at Kendo, and does not tolerate his aristocratic nature or gestures.
See Misato and Sasahara appearances.
Hirose[]
Hirose is Koujirou's butler. He always goes with Koujirou wherever he goes, though why he does so when Koujirou is not actually an aristocrat goes unexplained.
Yoshino Naganohara[]
Yoshino had previously practiced kendo with Koujirou.
Kenzaburou Daiku[]
A classmate. In the Volume X chapter "Time is waiting for you", Hirose is revealed to be Daiku's butler who he lent to Koujirou.
Character songs[]
Trivia[]
- In Episode 2, it is revealed that Koujirou is the president of the Drama Club.
- Mio Naganohara typically uses Koujirou as the subject of her self-published yaoi manga.
- Like Mai Minakami, Koujirou is often seen engaging in non-sequitur behavior, such as randomly playing a Game Boy or reading a novel mid-conversation. Unlike Mai, this appears to be less about teasing others and more about his natural behavior.
- The japanese voice actor, Yoshihisa Kawahara, is married with Annaka's voice actress, Kaori Sadowara. He is also one of three returning voice actors for the CITY adaptation, with his role as Tsurubishi Makabe.
- His character is a contrast to Daiku, who unlike Sasahara, is actually incredibly rich and comes from old money, but acts like his lavish life and power is not worth mentioning.