Ikuto Kiriyama

* 1st Year

Light Novel

* 1st Year
* 2nd Year

**Ikuto Kiriyama** (桐 (きり) 山 (やま)  生 (いく) 叶 (と) , *Kiriyama Ikuto*) is a student of Class 3-B who joined the Student Council as new vice-president, succeeding Nagumo Miyabi and being influenced by Manabu Horikita.

## Appearance

Ikuto is a fair-skinned male with an average physical build, black hair that has bangs swept to the right, gradient brown eyes and he is roughly 175 cm tall.

## Personality

Ikuto idolizes and respects the previous the student council president Manabu Horikita immensely and believes that the rules set by the school must be preserved.

He is ready to betray the current student council president Miyabi Nagumo and readily gave sensitive information about him to Kiyotaka Ayanokōji in hopes that he could help dethrone and stop Nagumo from establishing his own ideology in the school. Although he made it clear that he would discontinue their partnership if he deems him not capable enough to bringing Nagumo down.

He seems to have unpleasant history with Nagumo as he harbors hatred and disdain towards him with a definite reason still yet unknown at this moment of time.

## Plot

Ikuto was first introduced to Kiyotaka Ayanokouji by Manabu Horikita in order to take down Miyabi Nagumo.

In Volume 7.5, he wanted to converse with Kiyotaka and so designated a time and place where they can meet in private. During his first meeting with Kiyotaka, he was shocked to see that Kiyotaka brought Kei Karuizawa along with him. Seeing how there was no harm in allowing her into their private conversation and being told that she could be trusted, he did not question Kiyotaka further of her presence as he also felt like it was wrong for him to notify Kiyotaka at such sudden notice to meet up. They decided to hash out the terms and conditions of their relationship. Moreover, he also shared with them his reasons for opposing Nagumo. Ikuto looked down on him for being a Class-D student, and said that Manabu might have made the wrong choice in putting his trust in Kiyotaka. Nonetheless, he was willing to work with him as there may be a reason he could not see that was worthy of his idol's faith.

In Volume 9, Kiriyama was approached by **Kiyotaka Ayanokōji** for assistance in spreading rumors about the 1st year students. He agreed to do so in order to raise questions about the credibility of the Student Council and to move their relationship forward, He then posted the selected rumors on the school forums using his own phone.

## Abilities

Being a former Class-A Student, Ikuto is assumed to possess abilities worthy of being placed in the highest class however he has yet to show the true extent of his abilities.

## Etymology

* The name **Ikuto** consists of kanjis that mean "life, living" (生) (**iku**) and "leaf" (叶) (**to**).
* Ikuto's surname **Kiriyama** consists of kanjis that mean "Paulownia" (桐) (**kiri**) and "mountain, hill" (山) (**yama**).

## Trivia

* Ikuto was a former Class A student.
* For the 2nd Year arc, when asked about his aspirations for the next year, he answered **'To support Student President Nagumo as a member of the same council. And use my own abilities to aim for Class A.'**

## References

*You-Zitsu* Light Novel — Volume 7.5
*You-Zitsu* Light Novel — Volume 9
3. ↑ Promotional Akihabara Posters