Jun Kobayashi

Jun is one of Yuuichi Michimiya's classmates and a dateable character.

## Appearance

Jun is a tiger with orange fur, a cream-colored underbelly, brown eyes, dark brown ears and unsymmetrical, scattered dark brown stripes, one of which circles around his eye. This helps him hide the fact that he develops dark circles when sleep deprived.

He is seen wearing his school uniform and, in casual situations, a dark blue shirt with a key-shaped weapon imprinted on it. All of current sprites have long-sleeved shirts.

## Personality

Jun is highly anxious and socially awkward. He can be easily startled and rapidly swing between different emotions. He has a fear of crowds, which makes him so nervous that he can't think properly, though the problem has gotten better throughout the course of the story. When in small groups, he can be very aloof about the situation, as he can not know much about what is being said or tease alongside other members of a group without realizing what he's doing. Despite everything, he is relatively innocent and kind-hearted, and can even be serious and assertive in certain situations.

However, despite seemingly being considered as an airhead by most, he is in fact far from it as he is very observant and he staged quite a few of his comical reaction. As an example, he often stage his bad habit of speaking very fast when he is panicked or when he is invested, although he apparently "has a few genuine one". He does so keep a mask of innocence to avoid being noticed. In fact, most of his personality as a "cute little idiot" is a fake that allows him to better analyse people and stay under the radar. He later say to Shoichi that "people of my age can't be that stupid", and he is revealed to be a very good strategist. He does "exaggerate" a little in areas which he knows that Yuuichi likes, which he feels extremely bad about. However, it doesn't make him a bad person, and his most important feelings are genuine.

He has a passion and strong knowledge of technique for piano, previously participating regularly in piano competitions. He also has an interest in video games, as he frequently talks to Ryoji and Keisuke about the latest RPGs.

## History

Before Jun transferred, he used to participate a lot in piano competitions.

## Relationships

* Yui Kobayashi - Mother
* Atsushi Kobayashi - Father
* Yuuichi Michimiya - Classmate, Potential Boyfriend
* Keisuke Urushihara - Friend
* Shoichi Urata - Friend
* Saya Mizoguchi - Friend
* Sora Kimura - Jun's neighbor.
* Shinji Akutagawa - One of Jun's rivals in piano competitions back when he still participated in them. Jun doesn't remember him much during the competition, although he does remember talking to him before and after the competition.

## Trivia

* Jun is gay.
* Jun is very secretive of the medical condition he suffers from, going to any lengths to keep it from being found out. As of present, only Shoichi and Yuuichi seem to know about it. This condition led to him being admitted into a school with a hospital joint, which he did not like.
* Jun like to pass his time by playing piano, but it seems to be one of the many things which triggers his condition.
* If the player chooses to ask Jun "Have you had a boyfriend before?" on Day 21 of his route, Jun will reveal that although he has never been in a relationship with another man, he has kissed an openly gay student in his old school.
* Yuuichi initially mistakes him as a freshman when they first meet.
* Jun has never received more than 50% in any test he has taken.
* On Day 26 of his route, if the player doesn't click "Run!" in time, Jun will get hit by a car and die, resulting in a bad ending.
* Jun's favorite flavor of anything sweet is strawberry.
* It is implied (and directly mentioned) that Jun attempted suicide some years prior to the events of Tennis Ace.
* His casual outfit features an imprinted weapon on his shirt which bears striking resemblance to the Kingdom Keyblade D, one of the weapons in the Kingdom Hearts franchise.
	+ This falls in line with his love of RPGs, as Kingdom Hearts is considered as an "action RPG".