Korechika Hōjō

"*I haven't go the best part, so when the talent agent looks at this family, he's shocked, then intrigued, saying "What kind of an act do you call it?", to which the dad says "THE ARISTOCRATS!" …Heh, I actually don't get what my grandpa is joking about.*"
—Korechika Hōjō, finishing his "joke".

**Korechika Hōjō** (北条惟幾. *Hōjō Korechika*) is a student in Class 1-E located in Kunugigaoka Junior High School, being a former baseball player for Kunugigaoka's baseball team, not before he got himself transferred to Class E due to him breaking a lot of Kunugigaoka Junior High School's rules. Now with a record of him committing a lot of delinquent activities, he unofficially became grouped together with Musashi Inagawa to form a gang made of Class E students, who felt as though they have been cheated out because of the school's chairman. Now having been involved with the assassination of an entity known as Korosensei, Korechika's hotblooded personality might one day become his own undoing, of which he would see that his anger would blind him to do very unorthodox methods to kill Korosensei. In spite of this, Korechika started to question about why he is even aiming to kill Korosensei, because after he assassinated this creature, what comes next? Would he go back to doing baseball, or would he go on his own path, he simply has many options, as the world is like an oyster to Korechika.

## Appearance

Looking at his appearance, Korechika Hōjō seems to be a slim person, having bright orange hair and a goatee that is tied as a ponytail. His eyes have the color of pale blue, and he looks to have a small tattoo that reads "HONOR" on his chest.

## Personality

A very hot-blooded individual by all accounts, Korechika Hōjō is quite passionate over his bold personality, that being he prefers to act by only his heart, not by intellect. His baseball skills can reflect his personality; to be on the offensive on the playing field. Because he acts with his heart and not with his mind, Korechika Hōjō is aggressive, acting like a rampaging bull whenever he's involved in a fight (which given that Class E students always tend to end up fighting each other out of boredom, he does this a lot).

## Abilities

**Baseball Skills:** Not that surprising, when Korechika wishes to be in a baseball time, it has been shown that Korechika is very proficient when it comes to throwing baseballs and being able to act as the pitcher for Class 1-E.

**Guitar Skills:** Thanks in part because of Korechika Hōjō hanging out with Hibiki Kazama, Korechika would start to learn about playing the guitar, and it wasn't long until he and Hibiki would form a small-time band. And by small-time, it meant being guitar buddies for a lifetime.

## Etymology

* Korechika's surname **Hōjō** means "north" (北) (**hō**) and "article" (条) (**jō**).
* His given name **Korechika** means "consider", "reflect", "think" (惟) (**kore**) and "underground; subterranean" (幾) (**chika**).

## Trivia

* It's been said that Korechika Hōjō is good at sports, but is bad when it comes to literature.
* One of Korechika's favorite past time is to tell dark comedy jokes.

## Behind the Scenes

* Korechika Hōjō is physically based off of **Leon Kuwata** from **Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc**.
* His surname comes from the Hōjō Clan or Later Hōjō Clan of Japan, here, I'm using the surname of **Hōjō Ujiyasu**, a Japanese daimyo from the Sengoku Jidai, into Korechika's surname.
* His given name comes from **Korechika Anami**, a general of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War 2.
* His ranking of 62 comes from Kong Ming from Water Margin.
* His birthday of May 10 happens to correspond with the Panic of 1837, a financial crisis in the United States, when Marvel Comics published the first issue of The Incredible Hulk, and when Temür Khan became emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.
* His birthday also happens to be the same day in which the Chinese general Meng Zhixiang, Irish sculptor Desmond MacNamara, and American scientist George E. Smith are born, which also happens to be the death days when Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai and Confederate general Stonewall Jackson died.