Houtarou Oreki

Houtarou Oreki, also known as Mister Detective, is the main protagonist from the Hyouka series.
== Charactah Account ==
A 1st year high school student with a strict personal policy to never waste more energy than he needs to. As a result, Houtarou's motto is "If I don't have to do it, I won't. If I have to do it, I'll make it quick." Joining his school's Classic Literature Club at the request of his older sister, Tomoe, Houtarou finds his personal policy in constant danger of being broken due to the influence of the ever-curious, Eru Chitanda.
Houtarou is an apathetic and calm person. Along with his passive demeanor, Houtarou seems to always "conserve energy" and never exerts effort on anything unless absolutely necessary; thus coming off as sluggard.
Also, because of his attitude, Houtarou doesn't talk much, and he rarely gets angry, though he does appear to get irritated often. In general, Houtarou doesn't express his emotions much. On the other hand, he is surprisingly smart and clever, having a brilliant deduction skills which allows him to solve different mysteries. Houtarou always can find a solution if he gives it enough thought. Ironically, during his attempts to avoid wasting his energy, he only ends up wasting it more.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Hyouka
* Hyouka OVA
=== Light Novels ===
* Classic Literature Club Series
=== Manga ===
* Hyouka
== Trivia ==
* Houtarou has a habit of holding his front bangs with crossed arms whenever he is in deep thought, in which certain characters have caught onto this habit.
* Houtarou doesn't care about his rank in the school. When he was ranked 175 out of the 350 students, he considered it a school 'prank' that he was actually ranked right in the middle.
* Due to the lack of exercise and other related activities, Houtarou gets carsick easily, which is shown during his trip to Seizansou  when he got carsick, although it was only been an hour and a half of travel.
* Before Houtarou entered the Classic Lit Club, he already had some interest in reading. As a proof, he has a bookcase in his room, which he shares with his sister.
* When Houtarou is mad or upset, he usually shakes his left leg.
* It is implied that Houtarou might be able to reach (or actually already has) the same level of deductive reasoning ability and intellect as his sister's (who was implied to have been on top of things), which was during the time he tried to compete with Eru Chitanda to prove that anyone can just make up any theory for any situation. During the said scene, he was able to completely unravel a mystery regarding the school announcement made after-class hours, using only the announcement itself and the fact that he saw an article about fake bills going around town. Surprisingly, he is able to completely solve the mystery (albeit he was treating it as a game and was biding his time slowly, probably due to his nature of conserving energy.) as shown when the next morning, he reads on the newspaper the very same conclusion he came up with. It may possibly just be his lack of motivation and self-awareness that keeps his true abilities from coming out.
* According to the original novel series, Houtarou's birthday is April 28, 1984. In Approximating the Distance between Two People, his 17th birthday anniversary was celebrated on the last Saturday of April 2001, which is April 28. However, there wasn't any mention about his birthday in anime series as well as in the first four books. In that book, Chitanda also said that Houtarou was the first member of the Classic Lit Club who was 17, which can be implied that he was older than other main characters.
* Houtarou was the featured detective of Volume 83 of the Detective Conan manga.
* Yuichi Nakamura (Houtarou's seiyuu) and Daisuke Sakaguchi (Satoshi Fukube's seiyuu) also voiced Tomoya Okazaki and Youhei Sunohara respectively, two male characters from the Clannad anime series.
** Like Houtarou and Satoshi, Tomoya and Youhei were also close friends.
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== External Links ==
* Houtarou Oreki at Hyouka Wiki
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