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Classroom of the Elite – Season 1 (2017)

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Classroom of the Elite - Season 1 follows Kiyotaka Ayanok 014dji, an unassuming student who enrolls in the prestigious Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School. He finds himself placed in Class 1-D, a section...

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Synopsis

Classroom of the Elite – Season 1 follows Kiyotaka Ayanok
014dji, an unassuming student who enrolls in the prestigious Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School. He finds himself placed in Class 1-D, a section designated for students considered “inferior” or problematic. The school operates on a unique merit-based system where students receive points as currency, and their class ranking dictates privileges. The season tracks Class D’s struggle to understand this system, manage their limited resources, and rise in rank to avoid expulsion, relying on Ayanok
014dji’s hidden intellect and strategic maneuvers.

The series establishes a high-stakes academic environment where students compete not just for grades, but for survival within the school’s social and economic structure. Ayanok
014dji, alongside his ambitious but aloof classmate Suzune Horikita, navigates the complex challenges. These include internal class conflicts and tests designed to pit students against each other, all while a deeper, more manipulative system of control is slowly revealed to the viewer.

Classroom of the Elite – Season 1 Plot Summary

Classroom of the Elite – Season 1 begins with Kiyotaka Ayanok
014dji’s enrollment at Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School, an institution boasting a near 100% university or employment rate. Despite its reputation, Ayanok
014dji is assigned to Class D, typically reserved for students deemed deficient. The school uses a unique point system, granting each student 100,000 points monthly, equivalent to yen, for spending. Class D quickly depletes its points due to unrestrained spending and lax behavior. Their homeroom teacher, Sae Chabashira, reveals the school’s true merit-based system: class points determine monthly allowances and privileges. Students risk expulsion if they fail exams. This forces Class D to confront their poor performance. Key conflicts include mid-term exams where failure means expulsion and a survival test on a remote island. Ayanok
014dji quietly works to guide his class, using strategic insight to prevent expulsions and improve Class D’s standing against the higher-ranked classes.

Classroom of the Elite – Season 1 Cast, Characters, and Arc

The first season features a core group of characters navigating the school’s competitive system. Shoya Chiba voices Kiyotaka Ayanok
014dji, the protagonist, who appears ordinary but possesses sharp intellect and strategic capabilities, preferring to operate from the background. Akari Kito plays Suzune Horikita, a driven but antisocial student in Class D who aims to reach Class A and reluctantly partners with Ayanok
014dji. Yurika Kubo voices Kikyo Kushida, a popular classmate with a friendly demeanor that conceals a manipulative nature.

Other key figures include Sae Chabashira (Felecia Angelle in the English dub), the pragmatic Class D homeroom teacher, and fellow classmates like Yosuke Hirata (Ry
014dta
014dsaka) and Ken Sudo (Brandon McInnis). The season’s arc focuses on Ayanok
014dji subtly influencing Class D’s actions, guiding them through challenges without revealing his full capabilities. This includes the challenge of a midterm exam and a survival test on an uninhabited island, where class unity and strategy are tested against the other classes.

Where to Watch Classroom of the Elite – Season 1

Classroom of the Elite – Season 1 is available for streaming in the US. Viewers can watch the series on Crunchyroll, which offers both subtitled and English dubbed versions. The season is also available through the Crunchyroll Amazon Channel. For those looking to purchase episodes, the series can be accessed via the Apple TV Store. In some regions, Netflix also offers the series. Crunchyroll streamed the series with subtitles, and Funimation streamed the English dub at the time of its release.

How Classroom of the Elite – Season 1 Fits the Series

As the inaugural entry, Classroom of the Elite – Season 1 establishes the foundational elements of the entire series. It introduces the unique setting of Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School and its complex, hidden merit system, where social standing and financial points are directly tied to performance and class designation. The season sets up the central premise of Class D, initially seen as the lowest tier, striving to ascend the ranks.

The season also reveals Kiyotaka Ayanok
014dji’s true nature as a brilliant strategist operating behind the scenes, contrasting with his outwardly detached personality. This sets the tone for the psychological battles and manipulative tactics that become hallmarks of the later seasons. It establishes his enigmatic background and his connection to the “White Room,” which is further explored in subsequent storylines. The initial struggles and strategic games in Season 1 define the path for Class D’s ongoing fight for recognition and survival within the school.

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Director Not available
Main Cast Shoya Chiba, Akari Kito, Ayana Taketatsu, Yurika Kubo, Mao Ichimichi
Release Year 2017
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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Classroom of the Elite – Season 1 released?

Classroom of the Elite – Season 1 was released on July 12, 2017.

What is Classroom of the Elite – Season 1 about?

Classroom of the Elite – Season 1 begins with Kiyotaka Ayanok 014dji's enrollment at Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School, an institution boasting a near 100% university or employment rate. Despite its reputation, Ayanok 014dji is assigned to Class D, typically reserved for students deemed deficient.

Where can I watch Classroom of the Elite – Season 1?

Classroom of the Elite – Season 1 is available on Apple TV, Crunchyroll, and Crunchyroll Amazon Channel.

Episode guide

What is evil? Whatever springs from weakness.
Episode 1 July 12, 2017 24m

What is evil? Whatever springs from weakness.

Melancholy, unmotivated Kiyotaka Ayanokouji attends his first day at Tokyo Metropoiltan Advanced Nurturing High School, a government-established institution for training a generation of Japan's best and brightest. In this school, it is said, everything is decided based on merit, which includes the generous monthly "point" allowance students can spend at local shops. As Ayanokouji begins navigating this system, he also nurtures curious relationships with aloof fellow outsider Suzune Horikita and the terminally gregarious Kikyou Kushida.

It takes a great talent and skill to conceal one's talent and skill.
Episode 2 July 20, 2017 24m

It takes a great talent and skill to conceal one's talent and skill.

1-D learn more about point system. They need to change their habits if they want to score some. But few students don't want to change even if they are facing expulsion.

Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another.
Episode 3 July 27, 2017 24m

Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another.

Kiyotaka explains to Suzune what he did last three days before test. And why everybody get such good scores on tests. But Sudo failed tests anyway and is going to be expelled.

We should not be upset that others hide the truth from us, when we hide it so often from ourselves.
Episode 4 August 3, 2017 24m

We should not be upset that others hide the truth from us, when we hide it so often from ourselves.

Classrooms analyze their and others test results. Points distribution is late. Three students from 1-C reported Sudo for attacking them.

Hell is other people.
Episode 5 August 9, 2017 24m

Hell is other people.

Kiyotaka and Kushida go with Sakura to he mall where Sakura will try to repair her camera. After that Kiyotaka talk to Sakura about Sado's situation and should she talk about what she saw.

There are two kinds of lies; one concerns an accomplished fact, the other concerns a future duty.
Episode 6 August 16, 2017 24m

There are two kinds of lies; one concerns an accomplished fact, the other concerns a future duty.

Sakura received some weird messages on her portal, than some pictures of herself. Kiyotaka and Suzune are trying to find evidence that would set Sudo free.

Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
Episode 7 August 23, 2017 24m

Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.

Even during summer vacation, lone wolf Horikita would rather remain locked in her room studying than interacting with others. One day, Ayanokouji invites her to visit the pool with some of the others.

Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.
Episode 8 August 30, 2017 24m

Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.

All students go to the cruise. Chabashira informs Kiyotaka that somebody requested his expulsion. If he don't help others to promote to A class she will use first opportunity to expel him.

Man is condemned to be free.
Episode 9 September 7, 2017 24m

Man is condemned to be free.

As part of a special test, the school has brought the students to an uninhabited tropical island where they must now live for a week. Their performance on the test can have an enormous impact on the point standings of the four classes.

Every man has in himself the most dangerous traitor of all.
Episode 10 September 14, 2017 24m

Every man has in himself the most dangerous traitor of all.

Class D has achieved a degree of unity in facing the special test, so Ayanokouji and Horikita head out to see how the other classes are getting along. Class B is working together to make a comfortable life for themselves, while Class A remains secretive.

What people commonly call fate is mostly their own stupidity.
Episode 11 September 20, 2017 24m

What people commonly call fate is mostly their own stupidity.

With the panty thief incident already eroding Class D's trust, Horikita finds her leader key card stolen. While they try to figure out who did it, the base camp is thrown into chaos with a new incident of arson.

Genius lives only one story above madness.
Episode 12 September 27, 2017 24m

Genius lives only one story above madness.

Survival test is coming to the end. Things don't look well for 1-D. Key card is stolen. And now Suzune is forced to withdraw due to her sickness. Kiyotaka will try to turn things around.

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Cast

Shoya Chiba

Shoya Chiba

Kiyotaka Ayanokoji (voice)

Akari Kito

Akari Kito

Suzune Horikita (voice)

Ayana Taketatsu

Ayana Taketatsu

Kei Karuizawa (voice)

Yurika Kubo

Yurika Kubo

Kikyo Kushida (voice)

Mao Ichimichi

Mao Ichimichi

Airi Sakura (voice)

Ryota Osaka

Ryota Osaka

Yosuke Hirata (voice)

Eiji Takeuchi

Eiji Takeuchi

Ken Sudo (voice)

Mutsuki Iwanaka

Mutsuki Iwanaka

Haruki Yamauchi (voice)

Daiki Abe

Daiki Abe

Kanji Ike (voice)

Toshiki Iwasawa

Toshiki Iwasawa

Rokusuke Koenji (voice)

Masaaki Mizunaka

Masaaki Mizunaka

Kakeru Ryuen (voice)

Mikako Komatsu

Mikako Komatsu

Mio Ibuki (voice)

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