Students

To see the list of 202X students, press here.
To see the list of 1980s students, press here.

Students are non-playable characters who attend Akademi, the main setting of Yandere Simulator.

Overview

In 202X Mode, there are 89 students who attend Akademi. 79 are regular students, eight are rivals, and the remaining two are Ayano Aishi and Info-chan.

In 1980s Mode, there are 91 students. 79 are regular students, eleven are rivals (including Sumire Saitozaki), and the final student is Ryoba Aishi.

As evident in Basu sisters' dialogues, Akademi positions itself as "a place where all types of people are welcome", so the students are quite diverse in terms of personality and appearance. However, Akademi's entrance exams remain difficult.^[1] A huge chunk of Akademi dislikes gossip, but will eventually have to accept and believe them (reluctantly) if they hear a large number of negative rumors.^[2] They also don't mind foreigners, however, if there were dozen of foreigners that were all rude and disrespectful, the entire student body would "be pissed". There are just 1-2 non-Japanese people present at school though, and they are well behaved.^[3]

Gameplay

Each student has a unique set of traits, routine and appearance. The player can get basic information about each student by sending their photo to Info-chan or searching for their profile in the notepad menu.

Horo and Yaky conversation — Horo Guramu and Yaku Zaishi having their daily conversation.

Students never interact with the protagonist for no reason, however, they react to her actions, like an attempt to start a conversation or her behavior, and the situation and events around them. The protagonist can use this to influence their behavior, forcing them to come or leave a certain place or do something she wants.

Almost every student can be killed, framed or kidnapped, but some of them are able to fight back when attacked. The way a student will react to witnessing a murder depends on their persona, level of strength, number of other witnesses, and some other factors. Some students may report the incident to the teachers or police, others will remain silent, and some may try to apprehend the protagonist on the spot.

In some cases, killing may be necessary to eliminate unnecessary witnesses, but this may interfere with the run long-term. For example, the player may lose a bonus given by a certain club if it was closed or lose the opportunity to complete the game using a certain elimination method because the victim played a key role in some event.

Development

Former and hypothetical students

There are two known characters who had graduated Akademi before the game events take place.

Name	Ichiko Saikou
Club	Student Council
Persona	Unknown
Crush	Unknown
Self-Defense	Unknown

The first one is Ichiko Saikou, the daughter of Saisho Saikou. Her father had founded this academy specially for her, as she had a "bad experience" during her high school years and wasn't ready to take over his position as CEO of SAIKOU corporation. Ichiko was the one who designed everything in Akademi according to her tastes, from the building's interior and exterior to choosing the school uniform. However, soon after graduating from Akademi, she mysteriously disappeared. Ichiko is rumored to have a twin sister, hinted to be Fun Girl; however, it is unclear whether or not her sister had attended Akademi.

Name	Kiyoko Tatsuhara
Club	Student Council
Persona	Dangerous
Crush	None
Self-Defense	Carries Pepper Spray

The second one Kiyoko Tatsuhara, a former enforcer in Student Council. She has a hot-blooded personality and currently is in charge of every critical task related of protecting Megami's life, working for SAIKOU Corp.

Hypothetical students currently only include Ayato Aishi and Taeko Yamada. Kiyoko was formerly considered to be a hypothetical "5th member of student council" as well, but she was later rewritten and became a former student instead.

Removed students

Main article: Removed Content

During early stages of the development, there were multiple students that served as placeholders and were later removed.

Portret licealistek — The model shared by early prototypes.

The very first characters were only seen in unpublished 2014 prototype; they all shared the same model - Ayano's first hairstyle colored blue and default school uniform. Before students had names, they were all named "Student-chan" within the game code.^[4] They were named Azusa Nakano, Jun Suzuki, Mio Akiyama, Ritsu Tainaka, Tsumugi Kotobuki, Ui Hirasawa, and Yui Hirasawa. Azusa had the "sadistic" persona that has been removed later, and Ritsu was in the "sewing" club that was later removed as well. There was also a "rival" girl with yellowish hair named Sumire Saito; she had the "loner" persona and was in the computer club. They were given different hair colors in the February 15th, 2015 Build.

After the game development had advanced in 2015, "Victim-chan" and "Witness-chan" were added to demonstrate the murder mechanic in the "How To Get Away With Murder In Yandere Simulator" video. Witness-chan was re-added as a student in 1980s mode under the name Ui Tunesu as a member of the Cooking Club. "Victim-chan" has never been officially re-added, however, Yuna Hina has a very similar appearance.

During 2015-2018, there were multiple NPC that weren't functioning as "real" students but were technically present at school and had simple mechanics. They didn't attend class and had no profile, and thus no real names, personalities, clubs, or strength stats were specified. They included:

RainbowGirls — A full body reference of the rainbow six.

The "Rainbow Twelve" male and female students were also removed in the August 18th, 2018 Build. Out of both groups, only Riku Somatomo, Saki Mayuzumi, and Kokona Harukawa remain in the game. It was decided that they should be removed since the framerate improves without them, but the removed rainbow students were added back into 1980s mode as clubless students.

Jiichiro Takahashi, formerly the Newspaper Club president, was replaced in the September 1st, 2022 build with a new student, Shinako Bunzai. He had the same personality, routine, and traits as Shinako, however, YandereDev had stated he'd like to turn him into a female character without specifying the exact reason.^[5]

Trivia

There will be one character in Yandere Simulator who YandereDev has always envisioned as someone who tortures animals. However, it is not Ayano.^[6]
- There are two characters who have abused an animal once during their life, but it's not Akane Toriyasu either.^[7] It is unknown if these characters are students or not.
If YandereDev could make a student based on himself, he would make a student who is in the Gaming Club, a Loner, and has no crush, unless he added a student who resembles his favorite video game character.^[8] Still, he has no desire to put himself in-game.^[9]
There may be a student that looks like YandereDev, but is the complete opposite of him otherwise.^[10]
There is a reason why the students will still come to school when they know there is a serial killer on the loose, but YandereDev has not released this information yet.^[11]
YandereDev quickly makes students by modifying lines on an XML sheet and exporting the XML as a JSON file. Within the current game engine, however, he has to place all physical destinations where a student has to go.^[12]
Some boys in the school are very big perverts, as they buy panty shots from Info-chan.^[13]
- An notable example of this could be Horo Guramu, as his darkest secret describes him as perverted in the Death Demon ritual.
The names of the first six male and six female characters (the Rainbow Twelve) are the most popular Japanese given names of 2012.^[14]^[15]^[16]
A fictional anime called Magical Girl Pretty Miyuki is very popular among students, and some of them like to talk about it occasionally. "Did you see last night's episode of Magical Girl Pretty Miyuki?"^[17]
YandereDev has stated that a Japanese teacher told him nobody at school would be openly LGBT and only come out after graduating.^[18]
- However, Senpai, the Player, and the Rivals will not be straight depending on what combination of those characters the player chooses.
- As of October 10th 2021 Build, Akari Komiyaku is the first and currently the only LGBT student in the game.
- Later on, it was confirmed by YandereDev that Nagaharu Kurudo and Raizo Morioka became a couple after they graduated from Akademi.
YandereDev hopes to implement the ability to put custom skin and uniforms on students in the future.^[19]
The color of every female character's panties with plain white knee socks are now randomly chosen at the start of the school day.
In the final game, it is almost certain that all students will be the same height due to technical limitations.^[20] The main reason includes that the stabbing animations for someone who is 183 cm tall would be completely different than a stabbing animation for someone who is 145 cm tall.^[21]
YandereDev has hinted that one of the current students may have DID (dissociative identity disorder).^[22]
- One student in Akademi is revealed to have harmed themselves.^[23] It is not clear as to who this student is.
YandereDev claims that some of the students who attended Akademi in 1980s Mode, may have died at an early age.^[24]
- Currently, there are 7 students in 1980s Mode that are confirmed to or are canonically deceased. 6 of them being Ryoba's rivals who were killed during the timeline of 1980s mode, and the other being Daisaku Aragaki, who died at the age of 36 in 2007, after the events of 1980s Mode.^[25]
YandereDev claims all except one student from 1980s Mode are not related to any of the 202X characters.^[26]
There are a small handful of students that hate other characters so much that they want them dead.^[27]
- For example, the 202X Delinquents and Horuda Puresu would be glad if they witnessed the corpse of a bully or witnessed Ayano murdering or holding the corpse of a bully,^[27]
Students with a tan in their illustration, despite not being tan in game, is because the game isn't "set up" to give the characters tans. The Gyarus are the only exception to this.^[28]
Some of the 1989 students' parents participated in World War Two.^[29]