めぞん一刻
originally intended to move into an upscale establishment called "Rikkoku-kan", but a typographical error on the lease papers brings him to Maison Ikkoku relatively late into the story as an accidental tenant. He had led a rather sheltered life and moves into Maison Ikkoku, as he starts college, against the wishes of his protective mother. Nozomu initially strikes Kyoko as a very well-mannered boy, while most other tenants see him as a "sheltered mama's boy". Aside from his long-running vendetta against Yotsuya (Nozomu retaliates to Yotsuya's invasions, in contrast to Yusaku), he is known for being incredibly dense and is totally oblivious to the situation between Yusaku, Kyoko, and their respective love triangles. At the end of the series, he graduates from college and moves back home with his over-bearing mother, but wishes to return to Maison Ikkoku. He does not appear in the television series but appears in "The Final Chapter" film where he is voiced by Ryō Horikawa.