Ikuhara, Takeya

いくはらたけや

A hot-tempered 17-year-old high school student and the protagonist of DearS. Takeya is unaccustomed to change, making his acceptance of the mysterious alien girl Ren all the more difficult (especially since Neneko constantly showed him Alien movies when they were children). But beneath his constant mask of indifference, he has a kind heart. Takeya tends to jump into things headfirst, and waste more time panicking about a problem than solving it. He also seems to lose his temper more often than he should, and as a result, has few close friends.