Toraji Ishida

Otherwise known as quotKojirquot Toraji Ishida is a politics and economics teacher and also the Kendo Club instructor of Muroe High School. He is perpetually broke and lives from paycheck to paycheck. He often does not have enough left over for food after paying bills and debts so he ends up taking handouts from his students. At the beginning of the series he is offered the chance of a lifetime from an old senpai who wagers a year039s worth of sushi if Kojir can form a female kendo team to beat his senpai039s team. Because of this Kojir starts putting in more effort in training his team much to Kirino Chiba039s delight. The only person who know the real reason for Kojir039s new devotion to training the team is Yji Nakata who calls Kojir quotpatheticquot. His parents own a convenience store but it is revealed in one episode of the anime that they used to run a store that sold sake. Although he calls them old Kojir039s parents look younger than their age and in his mother039s case act younger than their age considering the fact that Kojir039s mother collects cute things. Despite the fact that Kojir is broke he somehow still manages to own a car. He was a kendo club member of his high school. In his high school years he beat his senpai Kenzabur at a kendo meet and won a trophy for it although he doesn039t actually want the trophy. Kojir told Kenzabur that his winning the kendo meet was due to luck but eventually came to believe the win was because he was stronger than his senpai.