Takumi Kato

"'...' — Takumi"Takumi Kato (加藤匠, Katō Takumi) is a stocky third-year student known for being a man of few words.

Appearance
Takumi has sharp features, such as a narrow pair of gray eyes. He has dark, shaved hair with bangs that cover most of his right eye. His ears are pierced, but he does not wear piercings. He has a thick build and is the tallest character in the series. At school, Takumi chooses to omit the uniform blazer and wears a golden tie clip. It may be noted that the uniform doesn’t quite fit him.

Abilities
Takumi has the ability to manipulate atoms and is able to transmute a small amount of substances. For example, he can change the chemical structure of smog and convert it into clean air. He can also change temperature by manipulating individual atoms, allowing him to quickly freeze and heat objects. His ability strictly adheres to the law of conservation of matter, and cannot generate new atoms.

Takumi’s ability has the crippling side effect of being hazardous to his body when triggered. He can neither control a large amount of atoms nor sustain them for more than a few minutes. Using the ability even just briefly can knock him out of commission for a day.

Personality
Takumi is aloof and serious. He isn’t expressive and speaks in a very low voice, to the point that other characters have difficulty hearing him. Although physically intimidating, he is actually shy and gets flustered easily, especially around girls. He always tries to help those around him, even if his physique may scare them off. As the only third-year in the main cast, he feels responsible for his underclassmen’s safety.

Takumi works part-time as a men’s fashion model in downtown Kobe.

Naoko Yamada
Takumi is usually paired together with Yamada as a unit, despite having just met him when the story begins. Yamada takes Takumi’s silent demeanour in stride and compliments it with his own active personality. In return, Takumi often humours Yamada and enables his pranks. Yamada seems to be the person who knows the most about Takumi.

Michi Murasaki
Takumi seems to be most awkward around Michi, despite being her DREAM tutor. He is nervous to make any kind of physical contact with her or even speak with her. Michi eventually learns that Takumi is a part-time model, which piques her interest, being a former model herself.

Background
Takumi reveals that he is adopted, and spent most of his life in Tokyo. He says he remembers little of his childhood. His adoptive parents have no information on his origins, but maintain that his birthday is the day they adopted him.

Takumi had always known about his ability, but was not able to control it well. He was eventually enrolled into an early stage of the DREAM program, where he managed to pass and become a DREAM tutor himself.

Trivia

 * Takumi has a flip phone.
 * Takumi is sometimes seen wearing glasses. He is near-sighted.
 * Takumi is sometimes mistaken for being a teacher.