Kiyotaka

Kiyotaka is a friend of Hidenori and Yoshitake from middle school. At present, he is a student at Sanada Central High.

Appearance
Kiyotaka is tall and lean with black eyes and hair. His hair is long-ish and unevenly cropped, with bangs covering his ears and parts of his forehead. He wears round, black-rimmed spectacles and the Sanada Central High uniform.

Personality
Kiyotaka is a laid-back and friendly individual. He is quite outgoing and is the sort to go out on group dates. He sometimes seems unaware of the situation around him and cannot pick up hints from others. He also seems to find his sister's misfortune amusing.

High School Boys and Old Friends
Kiyotaka, while walking with his sister, spots Hidenori and Yoshitake. Happy to see his old friends, he strikes up a conversation with them and they tell each other about their high school experience. Without him realizing it, his sister begins glaring at the boys, and they mistake her for his girlfriend who wants him to herself. He does not notice that they're becoming uncomfortable, and invites them to a restaurant nearby despite them clearly wanting to leave.

Inside, Kiyotaka carries on the conversation, but Hidenori's and Yoshitake's responses become subdued as they continue to receive dark looks from his sister. Kiyotaka then starts telling them how he got into trouble on a recent group date and they are alarmed that he'd say it in front of his own girlfriend. Hidenori interrupts him for this reason, but he tells them it's only his sister.

Oblivious to his friends' stunned faces, he adds that she was squinting badly because she had lost her contacts and needed someone to take her home. He laughs at her situation, but the boys yell at him in anger, saying he should have told them at the very start.

Etymology

 * The name Kiyotaka means "clear, pure, clean" (清) (kiyo) and "noble, prosperous" (隆) (taka).

Trivia

 * Kiyotaka placed 50th in the character popularity poll with 22 votes.