Saruyama Kenichi



Kenichi Saruyama (Saruyama Kenichi) is a major to supporting character in the To Love-Ru series; he attends Sainan High school and is in the same class as Rito and Lala.
 * Saruyama means Monkey Mountain.

Appearance
His look is a clear homage to Gohan from the Dragon Ball series.

Family
Saruyama’s family has never been disgust in the series and they are a complete mystery.

In chapter 135 of the manga Saruyama won a giant Crimson Turtle from Nana at the end of the 7th round of the game but weather he keeps it at home (or at all) is still unknown.

Personality
He’s outgoing, friendly and loves the ladies.

Closer look
He has no true love interest and girlfriend in the series with the exception of Riko Yuusaki, Rito’s female alter ego; however the feeling is not mutual. The only female to ever show him true affection and interest was an alien wolf assassin from episode 18 of the anime; it also appears that Saruyama has experience delivering babies as seen in the same episode where he delivers the male cub all by himself.

Rito Yuuki
Saruyama is Rito’s best friend since Junior High; Saruyama is very envious that Rito gets all the girls leaving him with no one.

Riko Yuusaki
Rito’s female alter-ego who is the result of one of Lala’s inventions, Saruyama has a crush on her but is unaware that Riko is actually Rito.

Haruna Sairenji
They both go to the same school and he knows Rito has a crush on her. Saruyama has been placed in various romantic situations with Haruna but his “best friend” Rito Yuuki always becomes jealous and personally intervenes every time.


 * In chapter 135: Game Trouble 3 Haruna and Saruyama were supposed to be “married” in a church, this also required them to kiss but Rito bursts in and runs away with Haruna.


 * In Episode 18 of the anime Saruyama needed a girlfriend to avoid being a souvenir for an alien (at the time he was opposed to the idea) and after being rejected (and beaten up) by all of the females of Sainan High he asks if Haruna would be his girlfriend but Rito interferes before she could answer him proposing to use a dog as the alternative.

Cute girls
Saruyama is a known pervert and likes all cute girls (that have big chests); this habit gets him and Rito into embarrassing situations that ends with them getting beaten up.


 * When Saruyama won the board game in chapter 135: Game Trouble 3 he said he's not into girls with small chests thinking the prize was a date with Nana.

Wolf
Her real name is unknown; she appears in episode 18 of the anime “Saruyama, the gift”. She was sent to kill Lala but could not do it due to being pregnant and collapsing from going into labor; after Saruyama helps to deliver the baby she falls for him. When Lala asks her what souvenir she would want to celebrate her baby’s birth she chooses Saruyama, he would also be the child’s father and represent the Earth. She later goes back home with her baby believing Saruyama was seeing another girl and wanted him to be happy but in reality Saruyama was not seeing another girl, filled with regret Saruyama cries after there departure.


 * Surprisingly the baby was not named in the episode.