Character

Noboru Taki

滝 昇

Noboru Taki is the son of Tooru Taki, the husband of Chihiro Taki and a new general music teacher at Kitauji High School where he substitutes for Rikako-sensei, he serves as the band director during afterschool hours and he is in charge of class 2-5. In school, Taki is usually polite and soft-spoken, and overall very friendly. He is rarely angry or upset unless under heavy stress. However, the students quickly find that under his gentle semblance is a highly demanding and often bluntly critical teacher with a methodical personality. Many upperclassmen who remained from the schism were accustomed to the passive mindset of the band from previous years and he initially disliked Taki's methods. Despite this, Taki slowly earns his students' respect as everyone realizes that he is serious about going to the nationals.