![]() Hiroshi Itoshiki ( 糸色 大, Itoshiki Hiroshi ) The head of the Itoshiki family, a member of the National Diet. Even though he is young, he likes older women and already shows signs of perversion, especially an attraction to hair. It is hinted he has feelings for Nozomu's student Kiri Komori but so seems to hide this and refer to her as his big sister. His name becomes zekkō ( 絶交, "breach in a relationship") when compressed. Although he is rather arrogant for his age, he is quite vulnerable to the psychological trauma caused by Nozomu's students. He was sent to live with Nozomu when his parents abandoned him. Majiru Itoshiki ( 糸色 交, Itoshiki Majiru) Voiced by: Akiko Yajima Nozomu's nephew, the son of Enishi. He is also revealed to have been Nozomu's masked shadow doppelganger. He is revealed to have started a posthumous marriage counseling business to help put dead souls to rest and divorce their ties from the world. ![]() His name becomes zetsuen ( 絶縁, "disinherited") when compressed, presumably hinting at his whereabouts. He is described as a lawyer who resembles his brothers. ![]() Enishi Itoshiki ( 糸色 縁, Itoshiki Enishi ) The first son of the Itoshiki family, Majiru's father, who has yet to appear in the series. When his name is written horizontally it resembles zekkei ( 絶景, "superb scenery"). He has a wife named Yuka who is actually a large stain on the wall of his house. Kei Itoshiki ( 糸色 景, Itoshiki Kei ) Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu The second son of the Itoshiki family, a surrealist painter who is quite full of himself. When his name is written horizontally it resembles zetsumei ( 絶命, "extinction"), which explains why his hospital is rarely visited by the town's residents he has a tendency to lose control of himself whenever he is referred to as "Zetsumei- sensei" ("Dr. He is a medical doctor at the private Itoshiki Clinic. Mikoto Itoshiki ( 糸色 命, Itoshiki Mikoto) Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya The third son of the Itoshiki family, with an uncanny resemblance to Nozomu. Rin eventually transfers to Nozomu's school and becomes a student in his class, after which she frequently faces the readers/audience with her backside (in a parody of Shin-chan, who is also voiced by Akiko Yajima). Growing up privileged, she has misconceptions about poverty and engages in slum tourism. She has revealed her willingness to marry out of the Itoshiki family in the hope of abandoning her unwanted name. When her name is written horizontally it resembles zetsurin ( 絶倫, "unequaled"), which describes her exceptional talent in various skills however, calling her zetsurin evokes her fury, as the word is often used as slang for sexual prowess. Rin Itoshiki ( 糸色 倫, Itoshiki Rin) Voiced by: Akiko Yajima Nozomu's younger sister, a seventeen-year-old ikebana master. He is based upon the main character from Dazai Osamu's No Longer Human, which is both Nozomu's and the author's favorite novel. His negative personality started blossoming when he was in his first year of high school when he 'accidentally' joined a 'Negative' club. Most of the main girls seem to have feelings for him but only because they misunderstand what he said to each of them (during the episodes introducing them). He often shouts "I'm in despair! has left me in despair!" and attempts suicide several times, though rarely with serious intent. When his name is written horizontally it resembles zetsubō ( 絶望, "beyond hope" or "despair"), befitting his extremely negative, paranoid and pessimistic attitude. He always wears a hakama and kimono abroad, preferring flippant casual western clothing in his hometown. Nozomu Itoshiki ( 糸色 望, Itoshiki Nozomu) Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya The main character, a high school teacher and the youngest son of the Itoshiki family. After the family vanished from the face of the earth, the look-alikes decided to remain as the Itoshiki family. The manga eventually reveals that they aren't the original Itoshiki family, but merely the descendants of look-alikes paid to masquerade for the real family while they fled from those who wanted them dead. Thus writing Itoshiki-ke ( 糸色家, "Itoshiki house") resembles zekke ( 絶家, "extinct family"). As a running joke throughout the series, when the characters for "Itoshiki" (糸色) are written closely together, the resulting kanji can resemble zetsu ( 絶, "beyond"), which often undoes the next character it is appended to. The Itoshiki are a prestigious family in Kuraizawa ( 蔵井沢), Shinshū Prefecture ( 信州県, Shinshū ken), a parody of Karuizawa, Nagano, where they reside in a 70 hectare mansion, and have great influence in local affairs. All the students in Nozomu Itoshiki's class are named after controversial social issues in Japanese society with the exception of Kafuka Fu'ura, whose real name has not been revealed. This is a list of characters from the manga/anime series Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei.
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