Jun Kobayashi

Jun is one of Yuuichi Michimiya's classmates and a dateable character.

Appearance
Jun is a tiger with orange fur, a cream-colored underbelly, brown eyes, dark brown ears and unsymmetrical, scattered dark brown stripes, one of which circles around his eye.

He is seen wearing his school uniform and, in casual situations, a dark blue shirt with a key-shaped weapon imprinted on it.

Personality
Jun is highly anxious and socially awkward. He can be easily startled and rapidly swing between different emotions. He has a fear of crowds, which makes him so nervous that he can't think properly. When in small groups, he can be very aloof about the situation, as he can not know much about what is being said or tease alongside other members of a group without realizing what he's doing. Despite everything, he is relatively innocent and kind-hearted, and can even be serious and assertive in certain situations.

However, despite seemingly being considered as an airhead by most, he is in fact far from it as he is very observent and he staged quite a few of his comical reaction. As an exemple, he often stage his bad habit of speaking very fast when he is panicked or when he is invested, altough he apparently "has a few genuine one". He does so keep a mask of innocence to avoid being noticed. In fact, most of his personality as a "cute little idiot" is a fake that allows him to better analyse people and stay under the radar. he later say to shoichi that "people of my age can't be that stupid", and he is revealed to be a very good strategist. However, it doesn't make him a bad person, and his most important feelings are genuine

He has a passion and strong knowledge of technique for piano, previously participating regularly in piano competitions. He also has an interest in video games, as he frequently talks to Ryoji and Keisuke about the latest RPGs.

History
Before Jun transferred, he used to participate a lot in piano competitions.

Relationships

 * Yui Kobayashi - Mother
 * Atsushi Kobayashi - Father
 * Yuuichi Michimiya - Classmate, Potential Boyfriend
 * Keisuke Urushihara - Friend
 * Shoichi Urata - Friend
 * Saya Mizoguchi - Friend
 * Sora Kimura - Jun's neighbor.
 * Shinji Akutagawa - One of Jun's rivals in piano competitions back when he still participated in them. Jun doesn't remember him much during the competition, although he does remember talking to him before and after the competition.

Trivia

 * Jun is gay.
 * Jun is very secretive of the medical condition he suffers from, going to any lengths to keep it from being found out. As of present, only Shoichi seems to know about it.
 * If the player chooses to ask Jun "Have you had a boyfriend before?" on Day 21 of his route, Jun will reveal that although he has never been in a relationship with another man, he has kissed an openly gay student in his old school.
 * Yuuichi initially mistakes him as a freshman when they first meet.
 * Jun has never received more than 50% in any test he has taken.
 * On Day 26 of his route, if the player doesn't click "Run!" in time, Jun will get hit by a car and die, resulting in a bad ending. He was hit by a BMW, which has to be the biggest “fuck you” death I’ve ever seen (they’re literally 2 tons of expensive, high maintenance metal with notoriously bad drivers I mean c’mon).
 * It is implied that Jun attempted suicide some years prior to the events of Tennis Ace.
 * His casual outfit features an imprinted weapon on his shirt which bears striking resemblance to the Kingdom Keyblade D, one of the weapons in the Kingdom Hearts franchise.
 * This falls in line with his love of RPGs, as Kingdom Hearts is considered as an "action RPG".