Naoki Irie

Naoki Irie is the main male protagonist of the series and the eventual husband of Kotoko Aihara. He is 17 at the start but progresses in age during the series. He had no goal in his life. But later, because of Kotoko's encouragement and advice, he decides to become a doctor. He is considered to be very cold, having an IQ of 200 and always being number 1 in all his exams due to this he was placed in class A (highest class). He is also a very good cook and an excellent tennis player. He has the ability to memorise something when he has heard or read it once. He never studies for any of his exams due to the fact he is usually asleep. He is the number 1 student in his high school and the number 1 genius in Japan. When he was a child his mother dressed him up in girl's clothes until he got to the age where he could protest because his mother thought she was going to have a girl so she only bought girl's clothes and she didn't want to buy any new clothes. He is extremely bitter about what happened to him when he was a child.