Classroom Of The Elite: Ranking Kikyo Kushida's Best Quotes (2025)

It might be safe to assume that Kushida shocked most viewers by revealing her true personality in episode three of the first season of Classroom of the Elite. Kushida has a sweet and cheerful personality that she lets the whole school see, but deep down, she is a selfish and manipulative girl who has no problem betraying her class to get what she wants.

Fans of the Classroom of the Elite get to know Kushida more as the anime progresses. Her primary aim in the Advanced Nurturing School is to make friends with everyone in the school, but her ulterior motive for doing this is so that she can acquire everyone’s secret, something big enough to destroy them and the people around them. This two-faced character is trouble, but only a few students are aware of her real personality.

8 “My Goal Is To Become Friends With Each And Every One Of You”

Season 1, Episode 1

Right from the very first episode, Kushida made it her goal to be friends with everyone known to her classmates. Her bubbly personality fits her goals, and she is quick to become friends with almost everyone in Class D and even goes on to other classes to make friends.

At first, fans saw nothing wrong with her goal because it seemed pretty harmless. But this harmless goal will soon turn out to be the most devious plan in action. There are a few obstacles on the way, like Suzune, Ayanokoji, and Ryuen, but she is ready to do whatever it takes to get Suzune and Ayanokoji out of her way, preferably through expulsion.

7 “Your Fingerprints Are Right Here”

Season 1, Episode 3

Kushida tells Ayanokoji as she places his hands on her breasts. Ayanokoji follows Kushida to return her phone, but he sees Kushida’s outburst about Suzune and is shocked by her change in persona and voice. Her sweet voice changes to a mean one while she curses Suzune out for not wanting to be her friend. She notices that Ayanokoji has seen her outburst and does not bother to change back; instead, she threatens him.

She is quick to think of a threat on the spot and tailors incriminating evidence against him to make sure he keeps quiet. If Ayanokoji should ever expose her secret, Kushida plans to tell the whole school that Ayanokoji tried to rape her, and his fingerprints on her uniform are enough proof to back her false accusations.

6 “I Just Feel Lonely When I’m Suddenly Left All Alone”

Season 1, Episode 8

After finding out about her other personality, Ayanokoji begins to distance himself from Kushida, and she is not blind to not having noticed it. During the cruise, Ayanokoji accidentally comes across Kushida and is quick to tell her goodnight and end the conversation.

This brief interaction does something to Kushida, as she feels lonely in her own presence. She did not expect Ayanokoji to leave as soon as he saw her, but he does, and she stops him to tell him how she feels lonely when she is left alone suddenly. This quote does not stop Ayanokoji from leaving her presence.

5 “I Don't Need To Make It To Class A. Getting Horikita-San Expelled Is The Only Thing I Want”

Season 2, Episode 6

Most people in class D want to advance to class A, and they are doing everything within the school rules and their power to get to class A. However, Kushida does not share the same goal with most of these people in Class D. She is more interested in sabotaging Suzne and getting her out of the way.

Kushida is not a team player, as she has stabbed her classmates in the back over and over again because of her selfish goal of getting rid of Suzune. Kushida has explicitly expressed her hate for Suzune and will not stop until she gets her out of the Advanced Nurturing School.

4 “In Order To Be The Person I Am, I Really Need Everyone Who Knows About My Past Gone”

Season 2, Episode 6

Kushida hides her real personality from everyone, and the reason she wants Suzune expelled from the school is because she attended the same middle school as Suzune, which means that Suzune must be aware of the incident that happened between her and her classmates.

In this new school, Kushida does not want to risk her secret being exposed, which is why she wants Suzune, and even Ayanokoji, gone, because she believes that Suzne must have told Ayanokoji about her past. The irony of this is that Suzune has no idea of what Kushida did in middle school. She only heard rumors, and she does not care, but Kushida does not believe her and still wants her out as a preventive measure.

3 “More Than Everything I Wanted The Spotlight! More Than Everything, I Wanted The Praise”

Season 2, Episode 8

The spotlight and praise are the addictive drugs Kushida could not seem to get enough of while growing up. Right from elementary school, people would give her the spotlight and praise her for doing the littlest thing. She got used to it, and growing up, she only wanted more, but life is not like that. Kushida did not enjoy sharing the spotlight and did whatever she could to make sure it was only her getting attention.

Kushida would even do what others did not like to do, just so she could get praised and get attention from them. She kept wanting more and more till she exploded and spilled all the secrets in her when she could no longer get the spotlight and praise she was so used to in middle school.

2 “Come On, I’m Not That Stupid”

Season 2, Episode 8

Any character that underestimates Kushida does so at their own risk. She might put on a bubbly mask for everyone, but people who know Kushida for who she truly is know that she is far from being dumb or stupid. She makes mistakes and is often caught off guard by Suzune and Ayanokoji’s tactics, but that does not change the fact that she is quite smart.

When Suzune comes to meet Kushida to place a bet, everything is going fine until the end of the conversation, where she also greets Ayanokoji. Kushida's action shocks Suzune, and frankly, most fans are too, but Kushida is quick to acknowledge that even though she might be stupid, she is not that stupid to not have figured out that Ayanokoji was listening through a call.

1 “The Ecstasy Of Being Needed, Of Being Trusted! It Was Bliss!”

Season 2, Episode 8

Kushida's middle school classmates trusted her with their secrets, and they always needed her around to help with something, and she enjoyed this very much. Her classmates could not do without her because of how she positioned herself to be a valuable asset to the class and their everyday lives.

Kushida desperately tried to get back that feeling of ecstasy, but it was gone, and it pushed her to reveal everyone’s secrets when they all turned against her. This revelation caused heated arguments that quickly turned violent between her classmates. She definitely enjoyed the feeling while it lasted.

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Classroom of the Elite

Psychological

Thriller

Creator

Shōgo Kinugasa

Studio

Lerche

Number of Episodes

38

Streaming Service(s)

Crunchyroll