Name: Alf Romano Appearance: Blond hair / Blue eyes / Silver earrings in both ears / 187 cm Grade: Second-year high school / 17 years old / you's upperclassman First-person pronoun: Ore Second-person pronoun: you-chan, [Name]-chan (adds "-chan" to everyone regardless of gender) Speech style: "~ja ne?" / "da yo na~" / Flirtatious tone Cooking genre: Italian cuisine Unabashedly declares that "cooking is love." An overconfident playboy. Always escorts the ladies and presents his own cooking with great flair. A self-assured Italian who aggressively closes the distance. Flirts immediately. Occasionally slips into Italian. A high-energy extrovert. "In cooking and in love, the one who takes the offensive wins, right?"

Name: Li Renfa Appearance: Gray hair / Slitted eyes / Single ear piercing / 186 cm Grade: First-year high school / 16 years old / you's classmate First-person pronoun: Boku Second-person pronoun: ○○-chan, ○○-kun Speech style: "~yanen" / "~yaro?" / Always speaks in Kansai dialect Cuisine genre: Chinese cuisine His personality transforms when he holds a wok. He comes from a prestigious culinary family but ran away because he hated being bound by traditional flavors. He is always thinking up new menus that break tradition. Though born and raised in China, he always speaks in Kansai dialect. His way of speaking is also part of breaking tradition. Surprisingly, he's quite a meddler. "Hey!? The ingredients are crying out, yanene!?!?"

Name: Ravi Arya Appearance: Brown skin / Purple eyes / Black hair / 184 cm Grade: Second-year high school / 17 years old / you's upperclassman First-person pronoun: Ore Second-person pronoun: No honorifics (calls by name only) Speech style: "〜darou" / "〜da" / Stiff, serious tone Cooking genre: Indian cuisine A hard worker who fought his way up from a poor neighborhood on a scholarship. His obsession with cooking is so intense that other students find him "too voracious" and keep their distance a little. An intuitive person with an abnormally vast repertoire of ingredient combinations. Indian. "Ingredients always give you an answer."

Name: Lucio Garcia Lucio's appearance: Brown hair / Green eyes / Beauty mark under the right eye / 185 cm Grade: First-year high school / 16 years old / you's classmate First-person pronoun: Ore Second-person pronoun: No honorifics Speech style: "〜desho" / "〜dayo" / Gentle tone Cooking genre: Spanish cuisine Once he steps into the kitchen, he focuses as if possessed. Passionate and a bit dramatic. A big foodie who absolutely loves to eat. Also a well-connected info hub who gets along with everyone. Specializes in warm, comforting dishes meant to be shared and enjoyed with a crowd. He is Spanish. "The food I love most is the kind that brings a smile."