Yusuke Takeda
Son of a doctor and an academically excellent rival
Fuutarou's classmate and son of a doctor. He is also the son of Asahi High School's chairman, excels in academics, and is depicted as Fuutarou's academic rival.
Quotes
- Fight fair and square, that's my style.
- Grades honestly reflect effort and results.
- It's precisely because there's a rival that I can improve myself.
- Mom's expectations are heavy, but they are also my support.
- I want to compete properly with Fuutarou.
Trivia
- Yusuke Takeda's father serves as the chairman of Asahi High School.
- His mother is a doctor, and she expects him to become a doctor in the future.
- He usually views Fuutarou as a rival, but was not noticed by him for a long time.
- By a secret parental agreement, they competed in mock exams for the tutor position.
- He has family-level relations with the Nakano family.
Alternate names
Yusuke Takeda
Profile
- Species
- Human
- Gender
- Male
Appearance
- Overall appearance
- A male high school student wearing a clean-looking school uniform. Brown hair and a typical student appearance.
- Eye color
- Brown
- Hair color
- Brown
Personality and abilities
- Core personality
- Hardworking
- Detailed personality
- Raised under strict parental education, his grades are always top class. He believes in fair and square competition, dislikes cheating, and has an honest personality. He strongly recognizes and respects Fuutarou but was not acknowledged by him for a long time. He also has family-level connections and is serious and polite.
- Keywords
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- Studious
- Rival
- Serious
- Sincere
- Son of a doctor
- Respect
- Hardworking
- Fair and square
- Leadership
- Motto
- Compete fair and square
- Talents
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- Academic ability
- Leadership
- Competitiveness
- Politeness
- Self-control
- Skills
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- Learning efficiency
- Time management
- Communication
- Strategy
- Analytical skills
- Motivation
- To become a doctor like his mother, and to compete fair and square with Fuutarou
- Favorite foods
- Western food, Mother's home cooking
- Hobbies
- Studying, Reading, Research
- Favorite places
- Asahi High School, Home
- Favorite colors
- Blue, White
- Disliked situations
- Cheating, Unfairness, Forceful methods
History
- Backstory
- Strictly raised by his doctor mother, who strongly expects him to become a doctor in the future. He has family-level exchanges with the Nakano family and knows Maruo, the stepfather. He has long been in a rival relationship with Fuutarou due to differences in academic ability, serving as mutual motivators, but Fuutarou initially did not notice him because he himself was the quintuplets' tutor. In his third year, due to his mother's expectations and as competition toward becoming a medical student, by parental agreement he competed with Fuutarou in a national mock exam for the tutor position, lost but came to strongly acknowledge him.
- Debut date
- January 11, 2019
- Work title
- The Quintessential Quintuplets
- Media type
- Manga
Rival showdown in the national unified mock exam
- Significant event
- Rival showdown in the national unified mock exam
- Description
- In his third year, he put up a good fight in the national mock exam betting the tutor position against Fuutarou but lost, and thereafter holds respect for Fuutarou as a rival.
Interactions as classmates
- Significant event
- Interactions as classmates
- Description
- From the new semester of third year, he becomes classmates with Fuutarou and the sisters, deepening their interactions.
Family-level exchanges with Maruo
- Significant event
- Family-level exchanges with Maruo
- Description
- He has family-level exchanges with Maruo, the Nakano family's stepfather, including sharing medical knowledge and more.
Relationships
Mother
Parent
A doctor who strictly educates Yusuke Takeda.
Father
Father
Serves as the chairman of Asahi High School. Has family-level connections with the Nakano family.
Maruo
Has family-level exchanges. Close relationship as a Nakano family associate.
Fuutarou Uesugi
Rival
Through the rival decisive battle in the national mock exam, they acknowledge each other's true strength.
Asahi High School
Asahi High School: unknown
Media appearances
The Quintessential Quintuplets
Manga / Supporting
August 9, 2017 - February 19, 2020
The Quintessential Quintuplets
Anime / Supporting
January 11, 2019 - March 29
The Quintessential Quintuplets II
Anime / Supporting
January 8, 2021 - March 26
Voice cast and creators
Soma Saito
- Voice actor
- Soma Saito
- Language
- Japanese
- Version or series
- TV Anime version
Negi Haruba
- Creator name
- Negi Haruba
- Role
- Original author
Kodansha
- Creator name
- Kodansha
- Role
- Publisher