Shinjirō Kusakabe (草壁 信二郎 Kusakabe Shinjirō) is the school's music teacher and club supervisor who was once a famous conductor, but he suddenly retired and becomes a music teacher instead where he is the center of the attention of Chika Homura and Haruta Kamijō.
Appearance[]
Shinjirō has black hair that has bangs hanging on the left side, greyish-blue eyes and rectangular glasses.
He typically wears a dress shirt with a tie or a dress shirt with a sweater over it.
Personality[]
Background[]
Shinjirō used to be a aspiring musical conductor, but he became a music teacher for unknown reasons.
In the anime, it was revealed that someone precious to him died on the day he was supposed to conduct the Berlin symphony orchestra.
Chronology[]
Etymology[]
- The name Shinjirō means "trust, believe" (信) (shin), "two" (二) (ji) and "son" (郎) (rō).
- Shinjirō's surname Kusakabe means "grass, herb, weed" (草) (kusa) and "" (壁) (kabe).
Trivia[]
- Like Haruta Kamijō, Kusakabe is a capable detective and always solves the problem first before Haruta, but allows Haruta and Chika Homura to discover things for themselves.
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| First Year Students | Akari Gotō • Kaiyuu Hiyama | |
| Second Year Students | Haruta Kamijou • Chika Homura • Naoko Serizawa • Misato Asou • Yaeko Fujima • Nagoe Shunya | |
| Third Year Students | Miyoko Narushima • Keisuke Katagiri • Kae Asahina • Sae Asahina • Maren Sei • Hinohara Shuuichi | |
| Staff | Shinjirou Kusakabe | |
| Other | Minami Kamijō | |