Megu Kataoka
Megu Kataoka is a main character in Assassination Classroom, serving as the female class representative for Class 3-E at Kunugigaoka Junior High School. Alongside male representative Yuuma Isogai, she functions as a reliable core leader for the class. Renowned for her strong leadership, academic excellence, and outstanding athletic ability, her dashing demeanor has earned her the nickname "Ikemegu" (Handsome Megu), making her deeply trusted by both male and female classmates.
Overview
Megu Kataoka is a main character in Assassination Classroom, serving as the female class representative for Class 3-E at Kunugigaoka Junior High School. Alongside male representative Yuuma Isogai, she functions as a reliable core leader for the class. Renowned for her strong leadership, academic excellence, and outstanding athletic ability, her dashing demeanor has earned her the nickname "Ikemegu" (Handsome Megu), making her deeply trusted by both male and female classmates.
Appearance
Megu is a tall girl with attractive, refined facial features. She has long silver hair tied into a low ponytail secured with hair clips. Her standard attire consists of the Kunugigaoka Junior High School uniform, including a white shirt, a necktie, a grey pleated skirt, socks, and loafers. During a specific swimming-related event, she also sported a fish-themed costume.
Personality
Megu is highly responsible, caring, and possesses a straightforward, handsome personality. She displays powerful leadership and stands firm against unfairness. Her strictness toward rule-breakers earns her a reputation for firm scolding, yet her helpful nature means she sometimes struggles to decline requests. Beneath her tough, dependable exterior, she secretly cherishes girlish desires such as admiring princess-style clothing.
Abilities
Megu excels in both academics and athletics. A former swim club member, she is an expert swimmer and possesses incredible athletic ability, demonstrated by dominating a basketball match single-handedly. In combat, she ties for the top score among female students in knife wielding. Her quick decision-making, high strategic adaptability, and top-tier command skills make her a primary tactical commander during operations.
Background
During her second year, Megu tutored a classmate in swimming who nearly drowned in the sea. Blamed for the incident, she felt obligated to continuously assist the classmate with academics, which caused her own grades to drop and led to her placement in Class 3-E. Through Koro-sensei's guidance, she overcame this unhealthy dependency. She subsequently became an active leader in assassination missions and class events, later passing the exam for a metropolitan high school.
Relationships
She works closely with Yuuma Isogai as co-class representative, sharing mutual trust as core battlefield directors. She is close friends with Hinata Okano, often spending time together including during the school trip. She takes a harsh stance against Taiga Okajima's inappropriate behavior while remaining helpful in studies. Toward Nagisa Shiota, she occasionally harbors a subtle, quiet envy regarding his natural feminine charm.
Trivia
Her striking popularity among female students leads to her occasionally receiving love letters from girls in the main campus building. Her name is derived from Kataoka Gengoemon, one of the forty-seven Ako Rōnin.
