__Height:__ 146 cm (4'9")

Maria Takayama is a supporting character from the Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai series. Maria is the supervising teacher and moderator of the Neighbor's Club and is a nun. While being exceptionally gifted in academics, she can also be very rude and immature, when annoyed. She refers to others as "Rotten mandarin." She develops a sibling-like relationship with Kodaka, who regularly makes her packed lunches, and is affectionate with him, also stating that she wouldn't mind marrying him when she gets older much to Kobato's annoyance. She is also gullible, which Yozora uses to her advantage. The reason why Maria cannot make friends is that she is an immature child prodigy whose wisdom stems not as much from natural talent, as from advanced education. Maria is childish and displays this tendency numerous times, even when claiming that she's an adult. While she may not realize this herself, Maria really wants to befriend Kobato, to the point that she felt jealous about how popular Kobato really is with her classmates. According to Kate, before becoming the Neighbor's Club's advisor, Maria was quite pessimistic. She feels a lot more comfortable in class than out of class. She says that she's real cocky with her grades and as such, has trouble making friends. Her ability to make friends has apparently gotten worse since she started skipping grades. 

~!In Volume 8, it was confirmed by her sister, Kate, that Maria was never a nun nor a teacher which almost cause the club's disbandment if it weren't for Sena's intervention who called up her father to appoint her as a special part-time teacher.!~ 


Hasegawa Kodaka has transferred schools, and he's having a hard time making friends. It doesn't help that his blond hair tends to make people think he's a delinquent. One day, he runs into his bad-tempered solitary classmate Yozora while she's talking animatedly to her imaginary friend Tomo. Realizing that neither of them have any actual friends, they decide that the best way to alter this situation is to form a club and start recruiting. 
That is how "Rinjinbu", The Neighbours' Club, was formed, a club specifically designed for people who don't have very many friends. As other lonely classmates slowly join their little club, they'll try to learn how to build friendships through cooking together, playing games, and other group activities. But will this group of relationship-challenged misfits really be able to get along?

__Height:__ 157 cm
__Agency:__ Office Osawa

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__Non-anime roles:__
- Chikuma, Isuzu, Kaga, Nagara, Natori, Tatsuta, Tenryuu, Tone - Kantai Collection (VG)
- Liter - Goddess of Victory: Nikke (VG)
- Otaru Rio - Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu: Cosplay, Hajimemashita (VN)
- 37 - Reverse: 1999 (VG)
- Koleda Belobog - Zenless Zone Zero (VG)

The Neighbor's Club&mdash;a club founded for the purpose of making friends, where misfortunate boys and girls with few friends live out their regrettable lives. 
Although Yozora Mikazuki faced a certain incident at the end of summer, the daily life of the Neighbor's Club goes on as usual. A strange nun, members of the student council and other new faces make an appearance, causing Kodaka Hasegawa's life to grow even busier. 
While they all enjoy going to the amusement park, playing games, celebrating birthdays, and challenging the "school festival"&mdash;a symbol of the school life normal people live&mdash;the relations amongst the members slowly begins to change... 
Let the next stage begin, on this unfortunate coming-of-age love comedy!! 
(Source: Anime News Network)

Unaired 13th episode of Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai.

Recent high school transfer student Hasegawa Kodaka is pathetically inept at making friends. Kodaka is an outcast, with his natural blonde hair which he inherited from his deceased English mother, and his unpleasant, fierce gaze. When he comes across the brash loner Mikazuki Yozora, who typically chats with her imaginary friend, the two outsiders become the unlikeliest of allies.
 
Realizing that they have no hope of a normal social life, the two rejects decide to form a group called “The Neighbors Club” in order to make friends and maybe even learn a thing or two about social skills. As luck would have it, five new members join the club who are more socially awkward than they are. Will these quirky misfits ever make normal friends, or are they all doomed to social failure?
 (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
 
Note: Chapter count includes 11 extras.

Recent high school transfer student Hasegawa Kodaka is pathetically inept at making friends. Kodaka is an outcast, with his natural blonde hair which he inherited from his deceased English mother, and his unpleasant, fierce gaze. When he comes across the brash loner Mikazuki Yozora, who typically chats with her imaginary friend, the two outsiders become the unlikeliest of allies.
 
Realizing that they have no hope of a normal social life, the two rejects decide to form a group called “The Neighbors Club” in order to make friends and maybe even learn a thing or two about social skills. As luck would have it, five new members join the club who are more socially awkward than they are. Will these quirky misfits ever make normal friends, or are they all doomed to social failure?
 (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

A "what if" alternative version of the original story, on which the cast gets acquainted in a different manner. 
The basic premise is that Kodaka, a rude looking and easily misunderstood transfer student catches a glimpse from a conversation between Sena (the most popular girl on school) and "her friend" Renka (a character from a visual novel); after a short discussion followed, Sena decides to give it a try and make some friends with Kodaka's help. 
This is a tweak from the original premise, on which Kodaka catches Yozora speaking to her "air friend", and is Yozora the one who decides to start practicing how to make friends with Kodaka's help.

Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Shobo-n! is a spin-off comic series written by Kazehana Chiruwo and illustrated by Shirabi. It's a collection of oneshots focusing on the members of the Neighbor's Club and their relationships with each other.
 
Welcome to the Neighbors Club! Pull up a chair! Have a soda… or is that a love potion? Just don’t get too comfortable, because the club is up to their usual shenanigans. You never know when you’ll find them engaged in questionable conversation about fetishes, or running a three-legged race to win the attention of the club’s unwilling “harem master,” or sharing a moment of bonding in the school bathroom. Whatever the event, you can count on the Neighbors Club to march to the beat of a different drummer. This spinoff collection of short stories continues their misadventures and misunderstandings like never before, in their ongoing mission to try — and fail! — to make friends.
 
(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

An anthology of Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai by various mangaka.
 
Volume 1 (2011/10/22) 
#Cover illustration: Mizoguchi Keiji 
#Color illustration: Youta, okiura, karory, Higa Yukari 
1. Atashi to Dorei to Blue Day (あたしとドレイとブルーデイ) [Itachi] 
2. Koketsu ni Irazunba Tomo wo Ezu (虎穴に入らずんば友を得ず) [Ayakura Juu] 
3. Tomodachi Tsukamu nara, Mazu wa Ibukuro wo Tsukame Sakusen!? (友達掴むなら、まずは胃袋を掴め作戦!?) [nini] 
4. Toaru Hikoushi no Tsuioku (とある飛行士の追憶) [Haruno Tomoya] 
5. Joshiryoku Hensachi (女子力偏差値) [pun2] 
6. Yarakasune! Rinjin-bu! (やらかすね! 隣人部!) [Shirabi × Kazahana Chiruwo] 
7. Kobato Ganbaru. (こばとがんばる。) [Takei Ooki (TIES)] 
8. Karaoke de no Tomodachi no Tsukurikata (カラオケでの友達の作り方) [Atto] 
9. Rikashitsu e Kerasete Itadakimasu! (理科室へ帰らせていただきます!) [Hotaru Takana+Piroshiki] 
10. Ankoku Potato Chip no Higeki (暗黒ぽてちの悲劇) [Takamura Masaya] 
11. Barairo no Seishun? (薔薇色の青春?) [Toru Kei] 
12. Telephone Shocking (テレフォンショッキング) [Toru Kei] 
13. Sangokushi wa Bocchi no Tashinami (三国志はぼっちの嗜み) [紫嶺タカシ] 
14. Tenshi ga Egao ni Nareru nara (天使が笑顔になれるなら) [Rokushou Kokuu] 
15. Mizugi Hinpyou-kai (水着品評会) [Uonuma Yuu (うおぬまゆう)] 
16. Kashiwazaki Sena no Yuuutsu (柏崎星奈の憂鬱) [Shiranami Sui (白波翠)] 
17. Yukimura, Samurai ni Naru (幸村、侍になる) [meet neet.] 
18. Kobato 16-sai (小鳩16歳) [Sugano Manami] 
19. Biyouin e Ikou (美容院へ行こう) [山田孝太郎×三浦男雄]
 
Volume 2 (2012/3/23) 
#Cover illustration: CUTEG 
#Color illustration: Runa (屡那), Sayori (さより), Mankoku Ayuka (万国あゆか) 
1. Kobato-chan no "Konna no Kyuuketsuki Yanai mon!" (小鳩ちゃんの「こんなの吸血鬼やないもん!」) [Hasemi Ryo (長谷見亮)] 
2. Sena→Sena?! (星奈→星奈!?) [Sanshoku Amido.] 
3. Hima wo Mate Amashita Kamigami no Asobi (暇を待て余した髪々の遊び) [Ichiri] 
4. Nounai Universe (脳内ユニバース) [Kouji (コウジ)] 
5. Gothic Lolinjin-bu! (ゴスロリんじんぶ!) [kona] 
6. Otomegokoro (オトメゴコロ) [Shouno Kotaro] 
7. Zannen na Satsuei-kai (残念な撮影会) [100 Yen Locker] 
8. Sister vs. Sister (シスターvs.シスター) [Natsuki Yuu (なつきゆう)] 
9. Bath Time Trouble (バスタイムトラブル) [Komoda] 
10. Getabako no Tegami wa Bara no Kaori!? (下駄箱の手紙は薔薇の薫り!?) [Nuruken (ぬるけん)] 
11. Onegai My Sena-sama☆ (おねがい マイ星奈様☆) [クスィー大誠] 
12. Ha wo Nai (Boku wa Real Fight wo Tomenai) (はをない（僕はリアルファイトをとめない）) [Yukiwo] 
13. Hentai de Tensai demo Shoujo Desukara! (変態で天才でも少女ですから!) [Tsuzuri] 
14. Yaranai Zen yori Yaru Gizen! (やらない善よりやる偽善!) [Akidzuki Akina (秋月秋名)] 
15. Tatoeba, Sonna Nichijou. (例えば、そんな日常。) [Yuizaki Akina (ユイザキカズヤ)] 
16. Rinki Ouhen mo Tanin tomo Yoki Kankei wo (臨機応変も他人とも善き関係を) [Mitsu King] 
17. Yukimura, Kaizou Keikaku! (幸村、改造計画!) [Choborau Nyopomi (ちょぼらうにょぽみ)]
 
Volume 3 (2013/1/23) 
#Cover illustration: Yuugen 
#Color illustration: Shirabi, Kasuga Ayumu, Ningen (にんげん), Yoshida Morohe 
1. Tenshi to Akuma to Lunchtime (天使と悪魔とランチタイム) [Tiv] 
2. Batsu Game (罰ゲーム) [Hisasi] 
3. Sena x Yozora (星奈×夜空) [Hijiki] 
4. Taberarenai nara Tatakatte Shimaeba Ii Jyanai. (食べられないなら闘ってしまえばいいじゃない。) [Murasaki Hisato (村崎久都)] 
5. Tobikome! Rinjinmura (とびこめ! りんじん村) [Nariie Shinichirou] 
6. Haganai! (はがないっ!) [Kon Takuto] 
7. An-chan to Issho! (あんちゃんといっしょ!) [Kagisora Tomiyaki] 
8. Ganbare Sumeragi-san (がんばれすめらぎさん) [Yoshioka Kimitake] 
9. Kisekae Yukimura-kun (着せ替え幸村くん) [葵季みつみ] 
10. Hasegawa-ke no Kyuujitsu (羽瀬川家の休日) [rin] 
11. Irekawarinjin-bu (いれかわりんじんぶ) [Kino Konoki] 
12. Seikimatsu Nazo Inryousui Densetsu: Kodaka no Ken (世紀末謎飲料水伝説 小鷹の件) [Take Shinobu] 
13. Tanoshii Rinjin-bu (楽しい隣人部) [Gin (ぎん)] 
14. Nuigurumi wa Hisoka ni Warau (ぬいぐるみは密かに嗤う) [Mukunoki Nanatsu] 
15. Otoko to Otoko no Love Game!? (男と男のラブゲーム!?) [Nakamura Kira] 
16. Futari no ☆Omoiyari (ふたりの☆おもいやり) [しゅがすく] 
17. Rui wa Tomo wo Yoba... nai?(類は友を呼ば...ない?) [Kuro no Miki] 
18. Tsuru to Peta (つるとペタ) [Shouji Ayumu] 
19. Bokura wa Purikura mo Torenai (´ ・ω・｀) (僕らはプリクラも撮れない(´ ・ω・｀)) [Mori Misaki] 
20. Virtual Osaka Natsu no Jin! (ヴァーチャル大坂夏の陣!) [bomi/木瓜庵] 
21. Yume wo Mita Ano Hi Bokutachi wa (夢を見たあの日 僕たちは) [Sakayama Shinta]

The successor of Shobon, Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Hiyori is a collection of oneshots about the Neighbor's Club's activities.
 
Through their adventures and misadventures, the Neighbors Club has become a tight-knit group of… what’s that word? People who hang out together, laugh and cry together, bond over their own ridiculous in-jokes, squabble, and plan nonevents. Not “friends” if these misfits could make friends, why would they be in the club in the first place? Or so they think! It seems outsiders may see things very differently. With no normal friends in sight, the club members continue to band together for both special and mundane occasions, whether it’s choosing Halloween costumes, making the first shrine visit of the new year, helping each other find work, or simply trying to recruit new members. There could even be a duel or two in store with this bunch, anything can happen!
 
(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Hasegawa Kodaka has transferred schools, and he's having a hard time making friends. It doesn't help that his blond hair tends to make people think he's a delinquent. One day, he runs into his bad-tempered solitary classmate Yozora while she's talking animatedly to her imaginary friend Tomo. Realizing that neither of them have any actual friends, they decide that the best way to alter this situation is to form a club and start recruiting. 
That is how "Rinjinbu", The Neighbours' Club, was formed, a club specifically designed for people who don't have very many friends. As other lonely classmates slowly join their little club, they'll try to learn how to build friendships through cooking together, playing games, and other group activities. But will this group of relationship-challenged misfits really be able to get along?