Kotoko Itokura

Kotoko Itokura (, Itokura Kotoko) is a character in Lost Judgment. She is a second-year student at Seiryo High School and a member of both the Mystery Research Club and the Robotics Club. 
==Profile==
===Attire===
At school, Itokura wears the standard female Seiryo High uniform. At home, she wears a plain dark gray T-shirt and olive trousers.
===Personality===
Itokura has good intentions, but tends to be harsh and blunt with her comments regardless of whether or not she is talking to a superior. She enjoys works of mystery, and reads through books very quickly. She also becomes very enthusiastic when teaching programming to another, being patient with her student.
==Background==
Itokura was taught programming at an early age by her father, who was killed in a traffic accident when she was in middle school. Her mother became hospitalized when she was younger. In middle school, she met Maika Takanashi and encouraged her enough with her words to where she could confidently perform on stage, becoming good friends in the process. 
At Seiryo High School, she was the center of attention and had good grades. Around the start of 2021, she volunteered to become the committee chair of the school festival committee, and she faced little resistance even from the third-years because of her demeanor. She was noted to have ruled the committee like a dictator, rarely listening to others' opinions. Eventually, the other eight committee members had enough of her and - including Takanashi - walked out by summer, leading to the worst Seiryosai in school history. Out of both shame and not wanting to see the former committee members on campus, she stopped coming to school.
When bored at home, Itokura created a bulletin board, which required a valid Seiryo High student ID. Eventually, people posted on it either looking for advice or venting about their problems. She would assist some who posted, and they eventually called her "the Professsor." She came up with a plan to return to school, which she felt she could not do as long as her former committee members were still attending. To get rid of the students who she no longer wanted to see, she prioritized answering requests made by the eight, with the intention to guide them down a path of delinquency and have them either arrested or expelled. 
Takanashi was the first, asking for a way to quickly earn money, and Itokura instantly responded with the suggestion of becoming a sugar baby, teaching her how to do her job along the way. She got involved with the Neo Keihin Gang because Takanashi's clients became dangerous, and Itokura hired them to keep her safe. Shortly after hiring them, Itokura voiced her disapproval of their methods, and their response was to blackmail her into continuing her work for illegal enterprises using her mother's life as leverage. She promised to focus on the Neo Keihin Gang's work after they help lead her eight targets into delinquency. 
To that end, she contacted Tetsuro Kurumazaki and directed him to the Neo Keihin Gang so he could build robots for them, mailed Kenya Oshikiri a letter giving proof that his Genbukai matches were fixed, sent a letter in the disciplinary committee suggestion box to inform Yuma Suou of Seiryo High students in Made in Heaven, informed Kanto Hikawa of Hiroki Saiga's affair, tempted Shinnosuke Shikishima to join the Ijincho Hounds and draw graffiti, gave Genya Sanbonmatsu a controller with a cheat program installed, and finally, set up Kento Amasawa with sugar mamas.
==Involvement==
===Lost Judgment: 2021===
Takanashi arrives at Itokura's apartment with Takayuki Yagami and Kyoko Amasawa to apologize for not being there when everyone else abandoned her, and asks her to come back to school, with Amasawa letting her know Takanashi became to sugar baby to fund her tuition. Itokura refuses, but Yagami suggests she come to the Mystery Research Club after school so she can still be eligible for her scholarship, and slowly reintegrate into school from there. She accepts and arrives on campus later with Amasawa welcoming her, and spends most of her time on campus on the roof.
After going through all books at the MRC, she develops a database containing mystery tricks used in the books she read, then asks if the Professor should be chased as he is only duping crooks, which evokes a strong response from Amasawa. Yagami asks Itokura if she is interested in the Robotics Club, but she declines. She eventually sees Kento at the MRC room, and heads back to the roof. Yagami meets her there and she asks him to remove Kento, teasing asking the Professor to do so. Yagami suggests she join the Robotics Club if she does not want to return to the MRC, but Kurumazaki's presence slightly complicates things. She does agree to join and help Dento Sakura with programming, though is not willing to help investigate the Professor.
Itokura decides to be on board with Doumu Okitegawa's goal of winning the Robo Rally. Later, she suggests making rapid-fire or shotgun attachments to make a projectile weapon idea viable. Yagami calls Itokura to the MRC room, which Itokura goes along with to not be beat by Kento. Amasawa notes the thieving robot has been upgraded, which Itokura states is beyond the caliber of the Robotics Club members. Itokura joins Yagami in asking Sakura about it, who informs them he may have seen a design for it in the Robotics Club room. After working long hours to develop two machines for their strategy in the RE Robo Rally finals, Itokura enjoys some ramen with the club.
After Kurumazaki storms off due to being reprimanded by Okitegawa, she states he is to blame for him potentially quitting the club. She then walks out on him, prompting the other club members to leave as well. When Yagami talk to her, he notes the similarity to the Seiryosai incident, and she states she plans to keep her distance for now to give Okitegawa valuable experience. She resigns from the club, stating she had enough of Okitegawa. He later apologizes to her in person and reveals his background to her. Kurumazaki later admits being guilty of building the thief-bot and Itokura suggests hiding it to avoid incriminating the club. She later joins everyone at the finals and witnesses Seiyro High's victory.
Itokura visits the club occasionally while the MRC continues their investigation. When they are investigating the Boxing Gym, Amasawa tells Itokura that she is currently investigating Fudo Oshikiri. Itokura, seeing an opportunity, gives Amasawa an article of him which she had previously retrieved by hacking into the publisher's servers and kept in case she needed it to have Kenya Oshikiri face criminal charges.
Amasawa calls Itokura to the MRC. When she arrives, she sees the pictures of her targets on the whiteboard and realizes she has been found out. She runs away and, using a key she had kept in case of a situation like this, locks the door. While fleeing, she calls Koga to pick her up. Yagami and Amasawa catch up to her and she confirms her identity as the Professor, giving some backstory to stall for time so Koga can reach her. When he arrives, she states she is willingly going with him out of displeasure for a normal life, and leaves.
Yagami meets with Itokura in private, and at first she wants to stay, but then admits she is forced to do the Neo Keihin Gang's bidding. Yagami helps her escape and contacts Made in Heaven to ensure her mother is safe and to assist in the escape. The Robotics Club also arrives to disarm Koga and his lackeys. They escape to Hamakita Park, and Koga tries to persuade her into returning, but she refuses, having found the strength to rejoin society.
Itokura tells the students that she will atone for her actions by resigning from Seiryo High. Okitegawa and Sakura try to dissuade her, but Suou states that her actions helped solve their problems, and will take responsibility for the committee ignorning her by dropping out as well. Takanashi, Kurumazaki, Kento, and Oshikiri all offer their apologies and Amasawa states Itokura has many friends now. She decides to stay in school and offers to find exam keys for Amasawa as she is behind on her studies, but she declines.
==Gallery==
LJ - Headshot - Kotoko Itokura.png|Itokura's headshot
==See also==
*Dance Club
*Robotics Club
==Notes==
==References==
Category:Lost Judgment Characters
Category:Seiryo High School