Gakuho Asano

==Summary==
Gakuho Asano is the board chairman of Kunugigaoka Junior High School and the father of Student Council President Gakushu Asano.
He initially serves as an antagonist in the first half of the series, but later acts as a supporting character.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: At least 
Name: Gakuho Asano
Origin: Assassination Classroom
Gender: Male
Age: 41Assassination Classroom; Volume 15; Chapter 126
Classification: Human, Board Chairman of Kunugigaoka Junior High School
Powers and Abilities:
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|-|Personal Skills= Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant, Genius Intelligence, Brainwashing involving Morality, Empathy, Madness and Statistics Amplification (Users of the brainwashing techniques can cause people to pass out with foam coming out of their mouths with eye contact,Assassination Classroom; Volume 4; Chapter 34 drive people into a murderous frenzy,Assassination Classroom; Volume 14; Chapter 120 convert them into mindless supporters of their ideals,Assassination Classroom; Volume 19; Chapter 166 make them completely disregard their own well-being,Assassination Classroom; Volume 14; Chapter 122 boost their concentration to its utmost peak,Assassination Classroom; Volume 4; Chapter 35Assassination Classroom; Volume 4; Chapter 36 and remove their bodies' natural limiters with conversationsAssassination Classroom; Volume 14; Chapter 118 that takes approximately 3 minutesAssassination Classroom; Volume 14; Chapter 120), Bloodlust Projection (Intimidating and Hallucination-Inducing: When bloodlust is exposed, it has varying side effects on others; being able to unconditionally frighten people, regardless of whether the target is superior to you in terms of physical strength and any experience or skill competition,Assassination Classroom; Volume 5; Chapter 38 or is looking down on you in every way due to heavily infused socio-hierarchical upstanding.Assassination Classroom; Volume 2; Chapter 11 Other uses of bloodlust include causing others to believe that they got sliced by a katana with a simple touch,Assassination Classroom; Volume 17; Chapter 147 cracking and breaking the objects around you,Assassination Classroom; Volume 6; Chapter 51 and coating your weapon with it to use it as a baitAssassination Classroom; Volume 17; Chapter 149), Fourth Wall Awareness & Toon Force (Assassination Classroom is a series in which the characters are aware of their fictional nature, the existence of an author, and their panel usage,Assassination Classroom; Volume 11; Chapter 97 with cartoonish events like eyeballs poking out of their sockets, birds flying on their heads on a K.O., and other such things being acknowledged happenings in the series, as evidenced by Irina's character profileAssassination Classroom; Volume 4; Chapter 27), Power Mimicry & Accelerated Development (His very first day on Karate ended with his ultimate defeat, second day he simply watched the instructor, defeated him without getting hit on the third dayAssassination Classroom; Volume 11; Chapter 94), Information Analysis (Amassing vast amounts of information, selecting relevant data, making connections, and drawing useful connections are yet another skill of assassins.Assassination Classroom; Volume 16; Chapter 137 They are able to assess their target's strength, run precise simulations of an encounter, and draw conclusions that will play a crucial role in their conflict with the target.Assassination Classroom; Volume 19; Chapter 161 Gakuho, for instance, was able to perfectly gauge out Korosensei's reaction and thinking time whith a simple wire puzzleAssassination Classroom; Volume 14; Chapter 124)
|-|General Assassination Skills=
* Preparation (Preparation is an essential skill for all who call themselves assassins, be they apprentices or professionals; assassins are capable of creating intricate schemes and carrying out assassinations under a variety of circumstances and conditions entirely on their own,Assassination Classroom; Volume 2; Chapter 9 along with backups for any unforeseen complications, leaving their targets with no possibility of escaping.Assassination Classroom; Volume 2; Chapter 13 Depending on the type of assassin, the type of assassination also changes, from building a giant pudding to distract the targetAssassination Classroom; Volume 10; Chapter 80 to isolating an entire mountain with special types of lasersAssassination Classroom; Volume 19; Chapter 164 that extend underground to seal the target in one placeAssassination Classroom; Volume 19; Chapter 165 and firing specially made national weaponsAssassination Classroom; Volume 19; Chapter 164)
* Possibly Acrobatics (All types - With Parkour/Free running skills that are all about athletic conditioning—measuring the distance to the next foothold and assessing risks to harness the pinnacle of one's physical abilities to carry out assassinations everywhere. Traversing easily, whether through rough terrains, forests,Assassination Classroom; Volume 10; Chapter 81 or buildings;Assassination Classroom; Volume 11; Chapter 95 climbing a mountain easily;Assassination Classroom; Volume 7; Chapter 61 or running down a mountain using successive full-speed jumps,Assassination Classroom; Volume 16; Chapter 134 which would all, at least, take minutes in seconds and completely stop their momentum instantly by using their surroundings as a brake.Assassination Classroom; Volume 10; Chapter 81 They can even navigate without touching the ground by using their velocity and balancing skills to walk on walls or by maintaining repeated jumps from one solid surface to another.Assassination Classroom; Volume 19; Chapter 168 They could fall from hundreds of meters and take no damage with break-fall skilsAssassination Classroom; Volume 13; Chapter 108), 
* Social Influencing (A crucial characteristic of assassins is their ability to utilize deception to strike before their identities are discovered.Assassination Classroom; Volume 2; Chapter 9 Their mastery of a variety of fine arts for their line of work and being able to perform all of them at professional levels with ease,Assassination Classroom; Volume 8; Chapter 62 along with their natural charisma, allow them to travel to practically any country and charm their way past its highest level of security on their own.Assassination Classroom; Volume 2; Chapter 8 Knowing how to strike up a conversation with their target, even if the target is a foreigner,Assassination Classroom; Volume 2; Chapter 10 with the theatrical and communication skills of a diplomat,Assassination Classroom; Volume 8; Chapter 66 they can negotiate with world leaders,Assassination Classroom; Volume 5; Chapter 42 befriend and communicate with animals they meet for at most a few hours,Assassination Classroom; Volume 7; Chapter 59 build connections worldwide, and even get those connections to fall for them so that they can work for freeAssassination Classroom; Volume 2; Chapter 9)
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Attack Potency: At least Wall level+ (Considered a dangerous threat by Tadaomi Karasuma. Sent his son flying across a room with one hit. Stomped 4 athletes at once, each of whom was physically superior to Karma Akabane)
Speed: At least Supersonic, possibly Supersonic+ (Effortlessly caught a ball moving so fast that steam was rising from its surface. Might be comparable to Tadaomi Karasuma)
Lifting Strength: Superhuman, possibly Class K (Might be comparable to Tadaomi Karasuma)
Striking Strength: At least Wall level+
Durability: At least Wall level+
Stamina: Athletic
Range: Standard Melee Range.
Standard Equipment: None.
Intelligence: At least Genius. Asano is a very charismatic manipulator who can learn complex new subjects within short timeframes. He successfully blackmailed the Ministry of Defense into giving him money for his goals and is proficient in karate, to the point that he surpassed his teacher in only 3 days. Is an immensely capable and dangerous brainwasher, often driving entire crowds of reasonably intelligent people to complete insanity and causing classes to disregard their own morals with minute-long conversations.
Weaknesses: None notable.
==Notable Matchups==
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==References==
Category:Assassination Classroom
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Category:Preparation Users
Category:Empathic Manipulation Users
Category:Statistics Amplification Users
Category:Mind Users
Category:Power Mimicry Users
Category:Accelerated Development Users