Haruto Kijibayashi

Haruto Kijibayashi (稚子林 春人, Kijibayashi Haruto) is a third-year middle school student and a member of the Telepathy Club.

Appearance
He has spiky black hair and high cheekbones. He typically is seen wearing Salt Middle school's male uniform, the gakuran.

During the Telepathy Mini-Arc, he wears a checked scarf, a dark-colored coat, jeans, and sneakers.

Personality
He is a slacker, having joined the Telepathy Club. He is often seen sleeping or playing video games in the clubroom. He seems easily spooked by the supernatural, expressing discomfort at attracting a telepath (or, 'an unknown entity) and when a certain someone speaks into his mind using telepathy.

He only goes to the Telepathy Club to kill time, because if he went home immediately he'd have nothing to do before dinner. He expresses discomfort or uninterest when Tome talks about her goals of telepathic communication with aliens.

Spring of Youth Arc
He protests against Takenaka leaving the Telepathy Club and Tokugawa attempting to disband the Telepathy Club. He helps Tome in her search for a new member.

(LOL) Cult Arc
He is seen with the Telepathy Club members in the clubroom. It is unclear what he was doing, though he was awake.

Teruki Hanazawa Arc
He is seen with the Telepathy Club members at the back of the clubroom, sleeping.

Big Cleanup Arc
He is seen with the Telepathy Club members at the back of the clubroom, sleeping.

Mob's Girlfriend Mini-Arc
He is seen with the Telepathy Club members, shocked that Mob had a girlfriend. He questions whether this was paranormal activity.

Separate Ways Arc
When the Body Improvement Club finds out it's his birthday; he is tossed into the air. He attends both clubs' meetups at a family restaurant to celebrate his and Kumagawa's birthday. He does not seem to mind that Mob does not attend karaoke for work matters.

World Domination Arc
Upon hearing Mob's goal of being in the Top 10 in the upcoming annual marathon, and asking for advice, he suggests Mob watches what he eats.

On the day of the annual marathon, he feigns sickness in an attempt to get out of running, alongside Saruta and Inukawa. However, Tome forces them to go. He comes 168th in the marathon.


 * [OMAKE] He is seen sitting with the Telepathy Club in Spice City, listening to the news, when Inukawa runs towards them frantically, announcing he rolled an 'ultra rare one' in his mobile game 'Puzzle Dragon'. He is impressed.

Divine Tree Arc
[ANIME ONLY] He is seen with Telepathy Club members observing the broccoli in the center of Spice City.

He is seen with the Telepathy Club members when Tome rebrands the club from the Telepathy Club to the Psycho Helmet Cult Salt Mid Branch. He is asleep for this.

Telepathy Club Mini-Arc
Tome summons the Telepathy Club members together. He expresses disinterest in what Tome is upset with and admits to himself that the club is not important to him. When asked what he thinks about Tome's troubles, he and the other members panic. They all worry they made her angry and are present when she disbands the club.

He and the other former Telepathy Club members (except for Tome) arrive at Mob's house for help. When initially told that the Shiratori brothers was a dead-end lead, he scolds himself for thinking it would be so easy. When the Shiratori brothers suggest they could attract another telepath, he expresses fear at summoning an 'unknown entity towards [them]'. He claims to feel goosebumps when the Shiratori brothers stop emitting noise the first time.

He seems uncomfortable when Takenaka tries to interrupt their experiment. He is the first to notice Takenaka's physical symptoms of the noise. When Takenaka confesses to being a telepath and speaks into his head, he seems extremely unnerved, thinking that 'this guy might be scary/telepaths aren't normal. Takenaka overhears this, but does not seem too upset.

When Inukawa asks Takenaka to come with the Telepathy Club up Mud Boat Mountain, he asks Mob to help amplify the signal. When Tome refuses to come with them, he seems confused.

When Reigen gets lost driving up Mud Boat Mountain, he mentions he saw a fork in the road earlier, but had chosen not to mention it. He gets defensive when Tome yells at him for it. The group gets lost after Reigen crashes the rental car, and they go to find Saruta and Mob. When Tome suggests just going home, Kijibayashi tries to reason with her, asking her why she thought they were all going out to communicate with aliens. He seems upset when Tome becomes angry because of their lack of enthusiasm up until then for her goals.

The former Telepathy Club members express their new passion for Tome's goals when Takenaka reads her heart and reveals her anxieties. They help perform the incantations. He participates in sending out telepathic signals. When the UFO comes down, he seems extremely shocked. He seems incredibly happy for Tome achieving her dream and enters the UFO.

He participates in playing video games with the aliens. As a gift, he gives the aliens a memo pad. He watches the sunrise with Reigen, Mob, Tome, and Saruta.

???% Arc
When asked for romantic advice, he does not appear to have anything. However, he wishes Mob luck.

He is seen watching ???% destroying the city along with the other Telepathy Club members, including Takenaka.

Epilogue
He comes to Reigen's birthday party wearing a new uniform.

Etymology

 * The name Haruto means "spring" (春) (haru) and "person" (人) (to).
 * Haruto's surname Kijibayashi means "child" (稚子) (kiji) and "forest" (林) (hayashi/bayashi).