Haruna Takenaka

"*Sometimes, when things go really bad for me, all I can is sigh and start concentrating. After that, it's back to a comfy life!*"
—Haruna Takenaka

**Haruna Takenaka** (竹中 春名. *Takenaka Haruna*), being one of the more sane students of Class 1-E, is one of many students in Kunugigaoka Junior High School, a favorite of teacher Natsumi Honda. One of the students whose potential has been reached because of Korosensei, Haruna is seen as what a student who in their hardest times, would do, and no, panicking is not an option. Originally a student of Class A, she would be sent to Class 1-E, because of a scandal that she wasn't a part on, but just so happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. That, and of how Haruna failed to keep her grades up to Kunugigaoka standards. Now in the task to neutralize the entity that destroyed the moon, Haruna would find herself in the teaching style of Korosensei, and of Natsumi Honda, who Haruna would be grateful more than anyone else.

## Appearance

A tall and slim woman, Haruna has a fair complexation. She has very long dark brown hair tied in two large sock buns like two loafs of bread above her ears, and with two long locks hanging loose to her waist. And to top it all off, Haruna has shorter locks on either side of her face, pale peach skin and dark blue eyes like the color of the sea. Appearing to be beautiful, Haruna is often sought after by many male students of Class E, because of her beauty and most of her cheerful personality. That might be one of many reason why she got sent to Class E, because the headmaster himself realized that such a distraction would lead many of the other students to ruin, and for the headmaster, he would rather not have that.

For her clothing, she wears a pink and white visor on her head which includes a salmon pink tank top tied with a bow around her neck like a bikini top under a white quarter length slim fit top with ice blue sleeves and a fully salmon pink ball that somehow looks like an item from a certain franchise. Not minding that, Haruna wears frilly flared mustard yellow shorts over black spandex leggings with salmon pink socks. She wears hi-top shoes that are ice-blue and white like snow with mustard yellow laces. In most of her appearances, she can be seen carrying a large salmon pink and white handbag with a black strap that just so happened to be in her shoulder. Aside from this clothing of hers, she wears the standard Kunugigaoka Junior High School uniform.

## Personality

Known for her more relaxed and laid-back personality, Haruna can be seen usually with Rensuke Takeda and Taiga Uesugi together whenever the three of them were to hang out. And it has been shown that because Haruna is laid-back, she is usually seen resting in her seat. That said, she can't always be relaxed forever, because when it comes to studying, Haruna is seen acting as a diligent student.

Often shown to be an animal friend, Haruna wishes to be a veterinarian because in an incident, she saw that her pet dog has been injured. Not wanting to see her pet be deceased, Haruna did extensive care to her dog, and until the professional veterinarian came along, Haruna did most of the work in an unhygienic place with the risk of potential infections to the dog. As if luck helped, Haruna managed to care her dog long enough for the professional veterinarian to appear. Realizing that she wants to help pets to live their lives to their fullest, Haruna is shown to be good friends when it comes to pets.

That said, it can be noted that Haruna Takenaka is a bit of an airhead, and it is made even clear when Haruna tried to solve a hard question, she can be seen struggling and try to understand said question. It has gotten to the point that it is better to see where Haruna's brain had went to.

## History

Not knowing who her parents are, Haruna Takenaka is an orphan, having been adopted by the Yoshizawa family at a young age, from there, Haruna would become friends with "man's best friend", which is obviously a dog. Having grown attached to the dog, Haruna Takenaka would take good care of it, which is enough for her family members to think that "maybe this child would grow up to have a successful career", and how, Haruna would end up taking care of the family's pets.

It is during one such day that the family dog ended up being injured, and given that the nearest veterinarian is about five blocks away, Haruna tried her best to do something keep the family dog alive, even if she had no experience with animal health.

## Abilities

**Marksmanship:** Haruna is placed among the "Ten Best Students with Marksmanship" as number eight in the ranking.

**Infiltration:** This might be due in part because of her more mischievous personality, but Haruna is often shown to be skilled when it comes to infiltration, and it is probably due to her infiltrating numerous school-secret operations, that Haruna is placed in Class 1-E.

**Agility:**

**Medical Professionalism:** Shown with the expertise of medical training, Haruna is often seen in helping people with what knowledge of medicine she has. So much so, that even students from Class D to Class A would secretly come to her for help when it comes to being a doctor.

**Negotiation Skills:** Haruna is shown to have negotiation skills, provides that she is best even using those skills to convince people to help her. Case in point, it only works when she manages to convince a gullible person to help her.

## Etymology

* Her given name **Haruna** can have different meaning depending on the kanji used, one of them meaning "spring" (春) (**haru**) and "name" (名) (**na**).
* Haruna's surname **Takenaka** means "bamboo" (竹) (**take**) and "middle" (中) (**naka**).

## Trivia

* In all of her appearances, Haruna Takenaka is always shown to be carrying her bag.

## Behind the Scenes

* Haruna Takenaka is physically based on **Rose** from Pokemon Black and White 2.
* Her given name comes from Japanese pianist and composer Haruna Miyake.
* Her surname comes from Takenaka Shigeharu or Takenaka Hanbei, a Japanese samurai during the Sengoku Jidai, famous for serving as the chief strategist and adviser of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
* Her birth date happens to be the same day that Emperor Xian of Han is forced to abdicate under the son of Cao Cao, Cao Pi, thus ending the Han Dynasty. It also happens to be the same day when Apollo 17 would be the last mission of the Apollo Program to land on the moon.