Kouta Oyamada is the male protagonist of Kanokon: The Girl Who Cried Fox, a first-year student at Prefectural Kunpu High School known for his gentle nature, indecisiveness, and extremely unusual resistance to supernatural arts.
Kouta transferred to Prefectural Kunpu High School from a rural school where he had been living with his grandfather.
He is described as a very cute-looking boy with a small-animal-like face and a short, compact appearance.
On his very first day after transferring, he was summoned by Chizuru Minamoto.
There, he learned that Chizuru is a fox spirit.
Kouta is mild, kind, and hesitant by nature.
Although he wants to maintain a wholesome relationship with Chizuru until marriage, he repeatedly gives in to her temptations.
His personality is warm and gentle, but he is also notably weak-willed when put under pressure.
This contrast defines much of his role in the story.
Kouta sincerely intends to behave properly with Chizuru.
Even so, he ends up participating in her increasingly suggestive and eccentric games.
These include activities translated as "spoiled sweetheart," "breast pillow," and "secret cake."
Because of this behavior, he gains a number of humiliating nicknames at school.
Within the school, Kouta is mockingly called "King of Eros."
He is also saddled with the notorious nickname "M. C. Kouta," explained as "You grope too much, Kouta."
These names reflect how other students view his closeness with Chizuru and the scandalous rumors that surround him.
His innocent personality only makes the contrast more amusing to those around him.
Kouta possesses an extraordinarily high resistance to sorcery and supernatural techniques.
The first time he is affected, the power is already greatly reduced.
If the same supernatural art is used on him a second time, he completely nullifies it.
This makes him highly unusual in a world where such abilities normally have powerful effects.
Because he continued his abnormal intimate play with Chizuru, from volume 8 onward he developed a body incapable of enduring abstinence.
If he refrains, spiritual energy overflows from him.
That released energy has dramatic effects on others.
Men exposed to it faint, while women become aroused.
As a result, he is forced to release this energy through intimate acts with Chizuru and the others at least five times a day.
This condition becomes one of the more extreme aspects of his later characterization.
Kouta has a tiny, animal-like face that gives him an adorable impression.
His looks suggest someone harmless and boyish.
However, according to Chizuru Minamoto and Nozomu Ezomori, his body does not match that innocent appearance in one particular respect: he is said to be unusually large.
When Tayura Minamoto actually saw it, she was reportedly so shocked that she suddenly began speaking to him with formal respect.
Kouta is the central protagonist of Kanokon: The Girl Who Cried Fox, a light novel by Katsumi Nishino that has been jokingly described as an "erotic novel for all ages."
His story balances romantic comedy, supernatural chaos, and increasingly outrageous erotic situations.
As a first-year student at Prefectural Kunpu High School, he serves as the normal-seeming center of a cast filled with spirits, strange powers, and aggressive romantic pursuit.
His combination of innocence, vulnerability, and supernatural peculiarity makes him the core of the series’ appeal.
Gender: Male
School: Prefectural Kunpu High School
Year: First year
Series: Kanokon: The Girl Who Cried Fox
Occupation: Student
Voice actor: Mamiko Noto
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