Kotonoha Katsura
Kotonoha new
Age 16-15
Born January 4, 1988-89 (Capricorn)
Blood-Type A
Gender Female
Height 156.7 cm (5’2”)
Weight Undisclosed
B.W.H 102-60-84
Hair Purplish black
Eyes Dark violet
Affiliation Sakakino School Class 1-4
Class Representative
Member of Student Council
Implementation Committee Member
Occupation High School Student
Family and Relatives Mr. Katsura (father)

Manami Katsura (mother)
Kokoro Katsura (little sister)

Seiyuu Tae Okajima

(credit as "Soyogi Toono" in the games)

Kotonoha Katsura (桂 言葉/かつら　ことのは) is one of the two main heroines of School Days and in nearly all mediums of the series, she starts out as Makoto Ito's girlfriend after Sekai Saionji got them together.

Kotonoha is a mild-mannered, polite, gorgeous and well-endowed girl whom Makoto initially has a crush on. She reciprocates his feelings and their relationship starts. Being very reserved, it takes quite an effort for her to become comfortable with him, but by then depending on the circumstances, her personality develops differently.


Because many boys are constantly talking about her some girls misinterpret this to mean Kotonoha's promiscuous which the girls build on with increasingly false rumors which affects her already slim social life negatively.


She is a persuable heroine in Summer/Shiny Days and in Cross Days appears as a secondary but important character.


Kotonoha Katsura is a beautiful girl, with dark violet eyes and the similar color continues into her dark silky straight hair that floats down almost all the way past her hips. More than just a beautiful face, her skin is very pale, her body is slender and matured for her age. One of her most significant physical features is her extremely busty chest, second only to her mother, Manami Katsura, throughout the series.
Kotonoha manami

Kotonoha and her mother Manami the two biggest Bakunyuu in series



Her appearance and manner of dress which is usually modest, has varied slightly throughout the games. Because of her gorgeous body, almost all girls (except Sekai) think negatively of her, due to jealousy, and think of her as promiscuous and is taking money from Makoto to go on dates. Even Nanami Kanroji, who is very mature, thinks negatively of her and treats her badly.




Kotonoha's Yandere mode.


Kotonoha and Sekai becoming bisexuals

Kotonoha kissing Sekai.

How Kotonoha's personality develops is almost entirely dependent on how comfortable she is with sexual activity. Initially she's very shy and quiet around Makoto and others. But depending on the route she can go from being a little more comfortable despite her shyness to becoming sort of sex maniac who is not afraid even using own body to win Makoto back. If things are played right, Kotonoha can even develop bisexual feelings towards Sekai, which allows a three-way relationship between them to develop (as is shown in Two Lovers ending or Cross Days manga).

However when Kotonoha gets greatly hurt emotionally she goes into Yandere mode. This happens usually when she's abandoned after she sleeps with Makoto, but also occurs when she discovers Makoto cheating on her very late in the game. Like most yanderes, Kotonoha can be cruel as she can be shown to manipulate Makoto and guilt trip him and other girls if Makoto chooses to stay with somebody else. Unlike Sekai she is willing to accept Makoto sleeping around with other girls and having more girlfriends as long as he says with her as well. She also likes to use sex as a weapon if Makoto tries to break things off. She also along with Makoto encouraged Sekai to get an abortion and make out with him to hurt Sekai further and even accuse Yu of stealing Makoto away from him when he wanted to warn her about Makoto's cheating actions. Kotohona will mostly always forgive Makoto but be heartless around anyone else. Even in the manga when Makoto and Sekai break up and ask her for forgiveness she gladly accepts Makoto's apology but wants to kill Sekai right after despite of it.

School Days Edit

The Visual NovelEdit

She's first seen by Makoto taking the same train as him, but meets him after Sekai befriends her and arranges for them to have lunch together. After the first lunch, Makoto works up the courage to ask her out and they set a date. Depending on the player's choices her personality can largely remain the same, or drastically change from being her original sweet and caring self to becoming a horny sex freak to a murderous maniac. See endings for more details.


Kotonoha's role in the anime is largely the same, becoming Makoto's girlfriend, only until at the end of episode 3 when Makoto quickly begins to tire of her, as she is unwilling to do anything intimate with him.This pushes Makoto closer to Sekai. Kotonoha is later ignored by Makoto when she desperately tries to get his attention but is bullied. It is implied that Taisuke takes advantage of her fragile emotional state and rapes her. Her Yandere nature soon appears and she pretends to be Makoto's girlfriend and "talks" with him on the phone. He eventually takes her back once he realizes how poorly he's treated her and after none of the other girls are willing to talk to him anymore but after a date with Katsura, Makoto breaks up with Sekai when Katsura shows up at his place going as far as encouraging Sekai to get an abortion due to Sekai being pregnant with Makoto's child. This ends up sealing Makoto's fate with Kotonoha. Kotonoha then recommends a good doctor to Sekai for an abortion. Adding insult to injury Kotonoha makes out with Makoto in front of Sekai and lets her know that she doesn't care that Makoto cheated on her and that she is now willing to do anything sexual so Makoto stays with her. Sekai later asked Makoto to meet at his place to discuss about the relationship yet she ends up killing Makoto after seeing the discarded dinner which she prepared the evening before. Sekai sent a text message with few pages of empty lines and a last word "farewell" before stabbing Makoto to death. She then fled the scene leaving Makoto's lifeless body lying on the floor to be discovered by Kotonoha. Shortly after this Kotonoha is pushed further to insanity and she decapitates Makoto's head and puts it in a bag that she brought with her. Kotonoha uses Makoto's phone to text Sekai. The both of them later meet on the roof only for Seai to go on about how she has Makoto's child in her which Kotonoha replies with " you're lying". Kotonoha reveals Makoto's decapitated head which causes Sekai to Vomit right before Kotonoha kills her and cuts her stomach open to reveal nothing.. Kotonoha sails away on a boat with "Makoto's Head" and whispers now they can finally be together.


In the manga version her role is mostly the same, the big difference is that Makoto breaks up with Sekai because he feels guilty about cheating on her and he realizes he loves Kotonoha and begs her to forgive his actions. However, Kotohona is already insane due to the betrayal and tries to kill Sekai, but accidentally harms Makoto who jumps in front of Sekai. Makoto ends up in the hospital and about a week later she's killed by Sekai, who claims she is far too dangerous and insane (with the implication that she has also gone insane). Before her death, she calls out to Makoto to save her.

Summer/Shiny DaysEdit

Kotonoha along with her mother and sister are all persuable heroines in Summer/Shiny Days with several routes dedicated to each of them separately or together. It's also possible for all female Katsuras to end up in harem relationship with Makoto.

Cross DaysEdit

In the Cross Days Game and manga she is also the target of Yuuki's affection. However she does not see Yuuki as more then just a friend as she is already involved with Makoto. Her yandere side only appears in a few endings, where she will either kill Yuuki in his attempt to help her, or kill his sister, who claims to be Yuu.

In the manga version Yuuki attempts to help Kotohona and get closer to her all fail. When Yuuki shows Kotohona that Makoto is cheating on her with Sekai she mistakenly believes Yuuki wants to join them in a four-way and Kotohona reveals to Yuuki that she is in a relationship with both Makoto and Sekai. Shocked by this Yuuki runs away. The next time they meet Kotohona becomes aggressively cruel towards Yuuki as she is led to believe Yuuki only dressed as a girl to steal Makoto away from her. Yuuki tries to explain to her his feelings as well as Makoto's true nature but is shot-down by Kotohona, who is disgusted by him and implies she would kill him if he dares to take Makoto away from her.


See the sub-page Kotonoha Katsura/relationships


See Kotonoha Katsura/endings



Valentine DaysEdit

Kotonoha is one of the major competitors of "who can give the best chocolate to Makoto". She happens to make her chocolate for him with some bizarre and occult materials.

Magical Heart Kokoro-chan!Edit




As a good student and an intelligent academic girl, Kotonoha loves reading and always stays at the library to read many books for hours, she also seems to visit bookstores often. Whenever Makoto observed her on the train prior to their relationship, she was nearly always reading.


Blade Flash
Although bad at sports, Kotonoha is proficient in martial arts, especially Iaido according to her younger sister Kokoro - which explains why she can decimate the rivals of Makoto's love with ease (plus the fact that her handsaw doesn't get blood-stained after slicing Sekai's neck). However, she says that because an athletic tomboy like Otome excels in sports, she admits she cannot stab someone like her to death.

She's strong enough to resist Makoto's sexual advances if she wishes to, though Taisuke seems to overpower her easily - possibly because Kotonoha is too panicked by such forcefulness to react properly.


Since childhood, Kotonoha has been involved in many activities, such as piano, ballet, Japanese dancing, calligraphy, etc. However, all of these were stopped after she got enrolled to Sakakino Gakuen since her mother allowed her to have more freedom if she can enter this school.


Kotonoha is also good at making specialized lemonade for Makoto, which the recipe for is learned from her mother. However, due to her sheltered life, she is not very good at general housekeeping - especially when it comes to culinary arts and knitting - but she works hard to learn for Makoto's sake as she takes their relationship seriously.


Kotonoha Katsura receives polarized receptions from audiences, though many people praising and sympathizing with her femininity and loving nature to Makoto Ito, leading them to categorize her as "The Girly Girl" in contrast to "The Tomboy" Sekai, a Yamato Nadeshiko, or the stereotypical love interest. She also becomes one of the trademarks of yandere characters.

Kotonoha is the most-liked character among all characters of School Days since its release and keeps her championship title in following works. In Japan, she is titled as "言葉樣/Kotonoha-sama (Kotonoha Her Majesty)" by supporters, while in both China and Taiwan she is addressed as "言葉女神 (Goddess Kotonoha)" by supporters.

Due to her reception, Kotonoha Katsura has the most promotion products of all the (female) characters.


  • Her actual age and year of birth are never revealed in any medias, however since she’s in first grade of high-school when visual novels take places, it’s deduced she should be 15 or 16 years-old.
  • Kotonoha wears glasses in Cross Days, yet she also has a keen sight for distant events, even capable to identify fast-moving objects far away in School Days and Summer Days. This may indicate that Kotonoha is a bit far-sighted and sometimes requires glasses to properly make out the text in some books.
  • In a novelization based on the infamous "Bloody Conclusion", written by Runa Okada, it is said Kotonoha Katsura's puberty comes very early, even experiences the menarche during fifth grade of elementary school.
  • She appears to be very bad at cooking, except for her signature lemonade. She is shown to improve throughout the series.
  • While almost all the characters are somehow related to each other, her family isn't related to anyone (at least nothing is revealed). The only other family with this distinction is, ironically, that of her bully; Otome Katou.

