List of Kodomo no Jikan characters
; The bespectacled, good-natured homeroom teacher of 4-1 (originally 3-1) at Futatsubashi Elementary School and protagonist of the series. By his own accounts the product of a normal, uneventful childhood, Daisuke Aoki was an above average student and athlete in his youth and served as a substitute for members of the track and field club in university. While there, he fell in love with an unnamed female peer of his, but she married one of her seniors before he got a chance to confess his feelings to her. Aoki never harbored any resentment or negative emotions over this development, however, and was glad that she had found happiness with someone he believed to be a better man than himself.After landing a position as a mid-trimester replacement for class 3-1 at Futatsubashi Elementary School, the freshly graduated, twenty-three-year-old Aoki quickly found several of the preconceived, idealistic notions he held about being an elementary school instructor put to the test by his first teaching job, literally from day one: his complete lack of previous experience as an educator left him poorly prepared for controlling or maintaining the interest of a classroom filled with unruly, disobedient students, inheriting a legacy of mistrust from the former teacher, Nakamura. Most significantly, he has to deal with the shameless flirtations of an eight-year-old determined to win his affections. His enthusiasm, positive-thinking, hands-on attitude, and emotional attachment to his students have made it difficult for him to maintain professional objectivity on occasion, often resulting in his butting heads with strict fellow teacher, Sae Shirai, whose distant, traditional teaching style is the polar opposite of his own. In his struggle to come to terms with the demands of his job and become a better educator, he has found an ally in his attractive coworker and direct senior, Kyōko Hōin, who has been an endless source of practical advice, teaching suggestions, and moral support.
Daisuke's lack of life experience has been his biggest obstacle as a teacher. While this fact has never discouraged his desire to help his students, it nevertheless complicates his efforts to grasp the hardships faced by some of them. His lack of experience with women has also rendered him far more vulnerable to Rin Kokonoe's sexual innuendo and Kuro's barbed remarks about his virginity than he otherwise might have been. His tendency to overthink and overanalyze things, obliviousness to female romantic interest, and his inability to read a person's mood have not proven beneficial, either, as evidenced by his ongoing attempts to start conversations or engage in discussions with Shirai in spite of her dislike for him.
From the moment they first met, Aoki's relationship with Rin Kokonoe has been a complex one. Though initially troubled by her actions and unrestrained affection for him, his attitude softened after learning that she was an orphan, and he has done his best to understand the reasons behind her unusual and outrageous behavior. Though they had developed a kind of affectionate working relationship — with Rin subtly using her influence over the other students to help him maintain classroom discipline, among other things — in a dramatic confrontation with her towards the end of his first school year, he was forced to acknowledge the existence of a strong attraction to her. While the initially undefinable nature of these feelings troubled him greatly, even after his reunion with Rin several months later, a chance comment by Mimi Usa led him to realize that he had developed a father's love for the girl (although he tends to have doubts whether this is what he really feels about her). This realization has increased his protectiveness of Rin and led him to become increasingly suspicious of the motives of her legal guardian, Reiji Kokonoe. When Rin and Reiji start to fall out, he decides to move in with them to keep them in check. However, he later moves out on the request of Shirai who saw him leave the house one night. In the end, Aoki comes to terms with his feelings and admits to himself that he does indeed have a romantic attraction to Rin. Though he has come to this resolution, he chooses to stick to his principles and decides that it is for the best to not confess to her and is fine with maintaining Rin's happiness until she is able to grow up and follow her own path, though it may lead to her eventually forgetting or moving on from their relationship and finding someone else. However, once Rin turns 16, she reunites with him and they finally start dating. Provided by Wikipedia
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21by Iori Kisu, Yu Liu, Gaowen Chen, Min Jong Song, Cherry Yin-Yi Chang, Tan Hak Koon, Kouji Banno, Daisuke AokiGet full text
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23by Keiko Saotome, Wataru Yamagami, Hiroko Machida, Yasuhiko Ebina, Yoichi Kobayashi, Tsutomu Tabata, Masanori Kaneuchi, Satoru Nagase, Takayuki Enomoto, Daisuke Aoki, Mikio MikamiGet full text
Published 2021-01-01
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24by Yuya Nogami, Yusuke Kobayashi, Kosuke Tsuji, Megumi Yokota, Hiroshi Nishio, Masaru Nakamura, Wataru Yamagami, Tohru Morisada, Eiichiro Tominaga, Kouji Banno, Daisuke AokiGet full text
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26by Kenta Masuda, Tatsuyuki Chiyoda, Naoyuki Sugiyama, Aldo Segura-Cabrera, Yasuaki Kabe, Arisa Ueki, Koji Banno, Makoto Suematsu, Daisuke Aoki, Yasushi Ishihama, Hideyuki Saya, Shinji KuninakaGet full text
Published 2015-01-01
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27by Kenta Masuda, Tatsuyuki Chiyoda, Naoyuki Sugiyama, Aldo Segura-Cabrera, Yasuaki Kabe, Arisa Ueki, Kouji Banno, Makoto Suematsu, Daisuke Aoki, Yasushi Ishihama, Hideyuki Saya, Shinji KuninakaGet full text
Published 2015-01-01
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28by Kouji Banno, Megumi Yanokura, Miho Iida, Masataka Adachi, Kanako Nakamura, Yuya Nogami, Kiyoko Umene, Kenta Masuda, Iori Kisu, Hiroyuki Nomura, Fumio Kataoka, Eiichiro Tominaga, Daisuke AokiGet full text
Published 2014-01-01
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29by Iori Kisu, Kouji Banno, Makoto Mihara, Li-Yu Lin, Kosuke Tsuji, Megumi Yanokura, Hisako Hara, Jun Araki, Takuya Iida, Takayuki Abe, Keisuke Kouyama, Nobuhiko Suganuma, Daisuke AokiGet full text
Published 2012-01-01
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30by Ai Dozen, Masaaki Komatsu, Akira Sakai, Reina Komatsu, Kanto Shozu, Hidenori Machino, Suguru Yasutomi, Tatsuya Arakaki, Ken Asada, Syuzo Kaneko, Ryu Matsuoka, Daisuke Aoki, Akihiko Sekizawa, Ryuji HamamotoGet full text
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31by Arisa Ueki, Takatsune Shimizu, Kenta Masuda, Sayaka I Yamaguchi, Tomoki Ishikawa, Eiji Sugihara, Nobuyuki Onishi, Shinji Kuninaka, Keita Miyoshi, Akihiro Muto, Yoshiaki Toyama, Kouji Banno, Daisuke Aoki, Hideyuki SayaGet full text
Published 2012-01-01
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32by Megumi Yokota, Akira Hirasawa, Kazuya Makita, Tomoko Akahane, Kensuke Sakai, Takeshi Makabe, Yuko Horiba, Wataru Yamagami, Mariko Ogawa, Takashi Iwata, Shigehisa Yanamoto, Ryota Deshimaru, Kouji Banno, Nobuyuki Susumu, Daisuke AokiGet full text
Published 2015-09-01
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33by Shigenori Hayashi, Takashi Iwata, Ryotaro Imagawa, Masaki Sugawara, Guanliang Chen, Satoko Tanimoto, Yo Sugawara, Ikumo Tanaka, Tomoya Matsui, Hiroshi Nishio, Masaru Nakamura, Yuki Katoh, Seiichiro Mori, Iwao Kukimoto, Daisuke AokiGet full text
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34by Yusuke Matoba, Hiroshi Nishio, Koji Sekiguchi, Shunsuke Uno, Kenta Masuda, Makiko Hiramatsu, Mio Takahashi, Maki Oishi, Yoshifumi Uwamino, Sho Uchida, Yugaku Daté, Tohru Morisada, Kouji Banno, Jin Nakahara, Daisuke AokiGet full text
Published 2021-08-01
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35by Keiko Saotome, Tatsuyuki Chiyoda, Eriko Aimono, Kohei Nakamura, Shigeki Tanishima, Sachio Nohara, Chihiro Okada, Hideyuki Hayashi, Yuka Kuroda, Hiroyuki Nomura, Nobuyuki Susumu, Takashi Iwata, Wataru Yamagami, Fumio Kataoka, Hiroshi Nishihara, Daisuke AokiGet full text
Published 2020-10-01
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36by Takashi Takeda, Kouji Banno, Megumi Yanokura, Masataka Adachi, Moito Iijima, Haruko Kunitomi, Kanako Nakamura, Miho Iida, Yuya Nogami, Kiyoko Umene, Kenta Masuda, Yusuke Kobayashi, Wataru Yamagami, Akira Hirasawa, Eiichiro Tominaga, Nobuyuki Susumu, Daisuke AokiGet full text
Published 2016-10-01
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37by Iori Kisu, Hirohito Ishigaki, Katsura Emoto, Yojiro Kato, Yohei Yamada, Kentaro Matsubara, Hideaki Obara, Yohei Masugi, Yusuke Matoba, Masataka Adachi, Kouji Banno, Yoko Saiki, Iori Itagaki, Ikuo Kawamoto, Chizuru Iwatani, Takahiro Nakagawa, Hideaki Tsuchiya, Takako Sasamura, Hiroyuki Urano, Masatsugu Ema, Kazumasa Ogasawara, Daisuke Aoki, Kenshi Nakagawa, Takashi ShiinaGet full text
Published 2019-10-01
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38by Iori Kisu, Yojiro Kato, Yohei Masugi, Hirohito Ishigaki, Yohei Yamada, Kentaro Matsubara, Hideaki Obara, Katsura Emoto, Yusuke Matoba, Masataka Adachi, Kouji Banno, Yoko Saiki, Takako Sasamura, Iori Itagaki, Ikuo Kawamoto, Chizuru Iwatani, Takahiro Nakagawa, Mitsuru Murase, Hideaki Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki Urano, Masatsugu Ema, Kazumasa Ogasawara, Daisuke Aoki, Kenshi Nakagawa, Takashi ShiinaGet full text
Published 2020-11-01
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39by Longbiao Guo, Jie Qiu, Chuyu Ye, Gulei Jin, Lingfeng Mao, Haiqiang Zhang, Xuefang Yang, Qiong Peng, Yingying Wang, Lei Jia, Zhangxiang Lin, Gengmi Li, Fei Fu, Chen Liu, Li Chen, Enhui Shen, Weidi Wang, Qinjie Chu, Dongya Wu, Sanling Wu, Chenyang Xia, Yongfei Zhang, Xiaomao Zhou, Lifeng Wang, Lamei Wu, Weijie Song, Yunfei Wang, Qingyao Shu, Daisuke Aoki, Emi Yumoto, Takao Yokota, Koji Miyamoto, Kazunori Okada, Do-Soon Kim, Daguang Cai, Chulong Zhang, Yonggen Lou, Qian Qian, Hirofumi Yamaguchi, Hisakazu Yamane, Chui-Hua Kong, Michael P. Timko, Lianyang Bai, Longjiang FanGet full text
Published 2017-10-01
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