Kouichi Sakakibara- Another Anime Character

Romaji Name: Sakakibara Kouichi
Kanji Name: 榊原恒一
Birth Date: May 1983
Age : 15
Eye : Brown
Hair: Brown
Height: 168 cm
Affiliation: Non- Existent Student
Status: Alive
Occupation : Student

Kouichi Sakakibara is the main male protagonist of Another. He is a new transfer student to Yomiyama North Middle School's 9th Grade Class 3 (in May, 1998). He is 15 years old and is the only son in the Sakakibara family. His mother supposedly passed away 15 years ago after giving birth to him.

Kouichi is a 15 year old boy who is a transfer student from Tokyo. In Yomiyama he lives with his grandparents and Reiko as his father is works in India and his mother had died after childbirth. Kouichi has a great curiosity to the events 26 years ago that made the class such as beset the fear of death.

Personality

He has a very curious personality and is determined to find out what happened 26 years before the main storyline. He and Mei became friends in later episodes, after the class decided to treat Kouichi as if he doesn't exist as well. He used to love running, something he was forced to give up after being diagnosed with Pneumothorax. Also, he is very friendly and sociable, making new friends since his first day at Yomiyama North Middle School. Kouichi is very determined and decided to resolve the mystery of the 9th grade class. He wants nothing more than to find out who the dead person is and stop the calamity. He is usually serious but also funny when the moment calls for it.

Fact

-His first name, Kouichi, means "one" while his last name, Sakakibara, can be translated as "the truth of the sacred Shinto tree field". His surname refers to Reiko as being the assistant homeroom teacher of the 9th grade class 3 and also being the death one as her last name, Mikami, means "sacred Shinto tree field".

-He is ranked A+ in Another characters ranking.

-In the manga,when Reiko asked him about the club he was joining in his previous school, he replied by saying 'Cooking Club'. Because of his father who can't cook, he has to cook for his family

-His home address is 5-1 Furuikecho Yomiyama City.

-In the original novel, Kouichi was a target of bullying at his previous school in Tokyo due to his last name "Sakakibara" being the same as a real life middle school murderer from Kobe. On the other hand, he shows a slight cruelness to Mochizuki.

-In the manga Chapter 16 (Anime Episode 10), it wasn't Daisuke who suddenly fell sick, but him. When Izumi was arguing with Mei, blaming her and Kouichi for all that had happened, Kouichi tried to protect Mei, putting all the blame on himself, but he suddenly collapsed. Chibiki tried to call an ambulance, but his phone was out of range. The anime follows the original novel on this point.

-In the manga, Kouichi was more affected by Sanae's and also Reiko's death than in the anime.

-He shares the same name as a protagonist of Kamen Rider Ryuki: 13 Riders, Koichi Sakakibara.

-Kouichi bears a heavy resemblance to Yuuto Togashi from Chunibyo Demo Koi ga Shitai!.