Series synopsis
Classroom of the Elite, also known as ようこそ実力至上主義の教室へ is a Japanese animation drama mystery television series that premiered on AT-X on July 12, 2017. It stars Shoya Chiba, Akari Kito, Ayana Taketatsu and Yurika Kubo.
Kiyotaka Ayanokouji enrolls at the prestigious Tokyo Koudo Ikusei Academy, but is assigned to Class 1-D, where students with behavioral problems are housed. The school awards points equivalent to 100,000 yen per month and allows unusual freedom in classes, masking a more complex system.
Premise
Kiyotaka Ayanokouji enrolls at the prestigious Tokyo Koudo Ikusei Academy, but is assigned to Class 1-D, where students with behavioral problems are housed. The school awards points equivalent to 100,000 yen per month and allows unusual freedom in classes, masking a more complex system.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Shoya Chiba as Kiyotaka Ayanokoji (voice)
- Akari Kito as Suzune Horikita (voice)
- Ayana Taketatsu as Kei Karuizawa (voice)
- Yurika Kubo as Kikyo Kushida (voice)
- Mao Ichimichi as Airi Sakura (voice)
- Ryota Osaka as Yosuke Hirata (voice)
- Eiji Takeuchi as Ken Sudo (voice)
- Mutsuki Iwanaka as Haruki Yamauchi (voice)
Supporting cast
- Daiki Abe as Kanji Ike (voice)
- Mikako Komatsu as Mio Ibuki (voice)
- Rina Hidaka as Arisu Sakayanagi (voice)
- Toshiki Iwasawa as Rokusuke Koenji (voice)
- Masaaki Mizunaka as Kakeru Ryuen (voice)
- Nao Toyama as Honami Ichinose (voice)
- Rina Sato as Sae Chabashira (voice)
- Yuuichirou Umehara as Manabu Horikita (voice)
- Yohei Azakami as Masayoshi Hashimoto (voice)
- Yuichi Jose as Daichi Ishizaki (voice)
- Rie Takahashi as Hiyori Shiina (voice)
- Soma Saito as Miyabi Nagumo (voice)
Guest cast
- Tsubasa Gouden as Teruhiko Yukimura (voice)
- Satoshi Hino as Kohei Katsuragi (voice)
- Konomi Kohara as Akane Tachibana (voice)
- Akihisa Wakayama as Ryuji Kanzaki (voice)
- Hisako Kanemoto as Chie Hoshinomiya (voice)
- Ryo Sugisaki as Tomonari Mashima (voice)
- Haruki Ishiya as Tetsuya Hamaguchi (voice)
- Daiki Kobayashi as Ryota Beppu (voice)
- Amisa Sakuragi as Wang Mei-yu (voice)
- Rina Honnizumi as Nene Mori (voice)
- Shino Shimoji as Kokoro Inogashira (voice)
- Ricky as Albert Yamada (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 4 seasons with 54 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 12 | July 10, 2017 | September 27, 2017 |
| Season 2 | 13 | July 2, 2022 | September 26, 2022 |
| Season 3 | 13 | December 29, 2023 | March 27, 2024 |
| Season 4 | 16 | March 30, 2026 | June 24, 2026 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
What is evil? Whatever springs from weakness. Melancholy, unmotivated Kiyotaka Ayanokouji attends his first day at Tokyo Metropoiltan Advanced Nurturing High School, a government-established institution for training a generation of Japan's best and brightest. In this school, it is said, everything is decided based on merit, which includes the generous monthly "point" allowance students can spend at local shops. As Ayanokouji begins navigating this system, he also nurtures curious relationships with aloof fellow outsider Suzune Horikita and the terminally gregarious Kikyou Kushida. |
July 12, 2017 |
| 2 |
It takes a great talent and skill to conceal one's talent and skill. 1-D learn more about point system. They need to change their habits if they want to score some. But few students don't want to change even if they are facing expulsion. |
July 20, 2017 |
| 3 |
Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another. Kiyotaka explains to Suzune what he did last three days before test. And why everybody get such good scores on tests. But Sudo failed tests anyway and is going to be expelled. |
July 27, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Remember to keep a clear head in difficult times. With the island test over, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka and the others are enjoying their summer vacation on a luxury liner. Suddenly, they're interrupted by a new special test. Ayanokoji is called into the same room as Karuizawa Kei and others, where they learn that this test isn't strictly along class lines... |
July 4, 2022 |
| 2 |
There are two main human sins from which all the others derive: impatience and indolence. With Day 1 of the "thinking" test over, Ayanokoji is talking to Hirata and the others about a way to break out of the stalemate when he receives a message on his phone from an irritated Horikita. Meanwhile, noticing something strange about Karuizawa's behavior, he seeks information from Horikita, but... |
July 11, 2022 |
| 3 |
The greatest souls are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues. Karuizawa is pushed to her breaking point by the girls of Class C. Ayanokoji watches impassively, but Yukimura flies to her aid, unable to bear it. Noticing Karuizawa's abnormal levels of fear, Ayanokoji seems to get an idea... |
July 18, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice. Ayanokoji's class embarks on their first trial as the ascended Class C, the mixed training camp. |
January 3, 2024 |
| 2 |
Man is wolf to man. Yukimura injures his leg while the group is training for the upcoming tests. He later devises a plan for how the group should handle the marathon and then the day of the four tests arrives. |
January 10, 2024 |
| 3 |
Man never forgets what he wants to forget. While Class C are discussing Karuizawa and Hirata's break up Yamauchi is approached by Sakayanagi from Class A. Horikita warns that it's a trap, but Yamauchi pays it no heed. Meanwhile, Horikita tells Ayanokoji that rumors are swirling around Ichinose. |
January 17, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Assassin From the White Room Ayanokoji's second year begins with a new threat from the White Room and a new special test. |
April 1, 2026 |
| 2 |
Contract and Payment Ayanokoji and Horikita's quest for a partner for Sudo brings them to a first-year with unusual demands. |
April 1, 2026 |
| 3 |
Determination of a Leader Class 2-D continues its negotiations with Class 1-D as the state of the field becomes more clear. |
April 1, 2026 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | AT-X |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 12, 2017 |
| Last aired | June 24, 2026 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | Returning Series |