Ryuuzen Gotou

Gotou, Ryuuzen (後藤 龍善) is a teacher at Yamaboshi High School. He also acts as advisor to both the Jazz Band club as well as the Cultural Research Club. In addition, he is the homeroom teacher of Class 1-C, which includes Taichi, Iori and Inaba. Gotou comes off as a bit lazy and goofy but he can be quite insightful when he wants to be. He likes his students to feel at ease around him, so he allows them to refer to him by his nickname, "Mr. Go".

When Heartseed wishes to communicate with CRC members, he most often takes control of Gotou's body to do so. The reason for this is that Heartseed claims Gotou is one of the few people who won't at all question why they blanked out after being possessed.

Personality
Gotou can easily be described as laid back and friendly. He rarely takes things seriously and even overlooks his students skipping class. He is depicted as rather lazy and the main characters state he almost never gets involved with their club, a trait they also enjoy. Despite this, Gotou has on occasion shown capable of giving excellent advice to his students.

Appearance
Gotou is a man of average height and slim build. He has short, unkept black hair and typically dresses in simple button shirts with a tie. He has hints of facial hair along his lips and chin and dark black eyes.

When possessed by Heartseed, his eyes become droopy and his pupils lose their gleam.

Background
He was recruited for a professional jazz band before which he refused. He told the StuCS that he is teaching physics because he likes physics.

Friends

 * Taichi Yaegashi: One of Gotou's students in his 1-C Class. Because Gotou is the advisor of the StuCS, he often interacts with Taichi and during the Kizu Random arc, Gotou reminds Taichi what it means to be a friend and helps him overcome his doubts. Taichi seems to be the only member of the Cultural club that has any respect for him.
 * Fujishima Maiko: Because Fujishima is his class' representative and Gotou is, himself, lazy, he often defers responsibilities to Fujishima, such as planning the class trip.
 * Inaba Himeko: Inaba is always hostile towards Gotou but even still Gotou asks Inaba to do him favors such as the class's accounting for the Cultural Festival. Inaba doesn't show a lot of respect for Gotou and even insults him sometimes.

Trivia

 * He is skilled at playing the saxophone.
 * Apparently, Gotou always chokes when he eats hot food.