Nozomu Itoshiki

Nozomu Itoshiki is the main protagonist from the Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei anime and manga.

Nozomu is the teacher of Class 2-F. He teaches 32 students.

Nozomu comes from a wealthy family, with 4 other siblings. Nozomu is the youngest son of the Itoshiki family.

Most of his female students have a crush on him, but they all have various different reasons in their specific episodes. What Nozomu tells them is how they fall for him.

Appearance
Nozomu is a tall man, with pale skin. He has short black spiky hair that reaches his neck, has sharp green eyes, and wears elegant glasses. He wears various hakamas.

Personality
Nozomu is a pessimistic man, always looking at the negative side of things. The smallest of issues would make him go into great despair, which most would make him attempt suicide. He teaches his class bits of anything negative, in hopes to show them what's 'right'.

Trivia

 * Nozomu's name is something that's considered harmless, but once his name is written horizontally, it becomes "despair". He is shown to actually 'hate' his name, as he didn't like it when Kafuka wrote it, when he tried to stop her.


 * His catchphrase is "zetsuboushita", meaning "I'm in despair".
 * After countless of failed suicide attempts, Nozomu now has the ability to see dead people.
 * His negativity first sparked during high school, when he joined the Negative Club.
 * He is based upon the main character from Dazai Osamu's No Longer Human, which is both Nozomu's and the author's favorite novel.