__Occupation__: Middle School Student
__Grade__: 3rd year, 3rd class
__Height__: 167 cm (5'6")

The new transfer student into Yomiyama North Middle School's third year's third class (in May, 1998). He is 15 years old and the only son in the Sakakibara family. His mother supposedly passed away 15 years ago after giving birth to him. He becomes very interested and curious about Mei Misaki and attempts to pursue a friendship with her, but little does he know of the trouble this is going to cause...   ~!He has pneumothorax (collapsed lung), which is the reason why he is absent from the school for a month at the start of the story. This is also the reason why he doesn't know Misaki was treated as 'one who does not exist' that year.!~

When Kouichi Sakakibara transfers to a new school, he senses a frightening atmosphere in his new class, a secret none of them will talk about. At the center is the beautiful Mei Misaki. Kouichi is immediately drawn to her mysterious aura, but he begins to realize that no one else in the class is aware of her presence. Soon after his arrival, what is known as the Calamity begins, and it claims the lives of many students. 
 
(Source: Sentai Filmworks)

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Non-anime roles:

Cheren - Pokémon Masters EX (VG)
Wise - Zenless Zone Zero (VG)

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Episode 0 bundled with the 0th limited-edition volume of Kiyohara Hiro's manga adaptation of Ayatsuji Yukito's horror novel Another. 
 
Shortly before the start of a new semester, Misaki Fujioka visits her twin sister Mei Misaki in Yomiyama City. The girls make full use of the last days of summer, roaming around a heat-weary town and visiting various places including a shopping center and shooting stall. When they prowl around her basement, Mei expresses uneasiness about her new class, which is said to be cursed. 
 
Craving more entertainment, the twins decide to pay a visit to the local amusement park. But the leisure of a sleepy summer day could soon turn woeful as Mei sees the color of death on her sister—an unmistakable omen that a tragedy is bound to strike.

In the spring of 1998, Koichi Sakakibara transfers into Class 3-3 at Yomiyama North Middle School. But little does he know...his new class has a horrible secret. When he takes his seat in class for the first day of school, Koichi is unsettled by his fearful classmates. Despite this atmosphere and warnings from fellow students, Koichi is drawn to the beautiful, distant Mei Misaki, another classmate. But the closer he tries to get to her, the more mysterious she and their class become. And when a fellow student dies a disturbing death - the first of a long chain of deaths - Koichi seeks to learn the truth behind the curse of Class 3-3. But can he get answers before the curse kills him?
 
(Source: Yen Press)

In a third-year classroom of Yamakita Middle School 26 years ago, there was a student named Misaki. As an honors student who was also good at sports, the charming girl was popular with her classmates. When she suddenly died, her classmates decided to carry on as if she was still alive until graduation. Then, in the spring of 1998, a boy named Sakakibara Kouichi transfers to that classroom, and he grows suspicious of the fearful atmosphere in it. In particular, there is a beautiful, aloof girl named Mei Misaki who wears an eyepatch and is always alone drawing pictures.
 
Note: Originally serialized in literary magazine Yasei Jidai between 2006 to 2009. Illustrated version printed under the light novel Sneaker Bunko label in 2012.

A two-chapter prologue of Another about Reiko during her high school days. 
Note: The manga was first released as a bundle with a prequel OVA to the anime then later republished in hardcover format with a side story novel to the main series, subtitled “Episode S”.