Teruteru Hanamura

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Teruteru Hanamura, is a student of Hope's Peak Academy's Class 77-B, and a participant of the School Trip. His title is the Ultimate Cook. Teruteru hailed from a small town in the countryside, hinted to be somewhere in Kōchi Prefecture, as he previously attended Kochi Prefectural Harajuku High School. His family ran a diner that faced trials and tribulations, such as constant attack from cheap chain joints and bullying from a rival store. Teruteru even claimed he once took part in a 'cooking deathmatch' to stall these crises. Perhaps the most distressing challenge yet for Teruteru was being scouted by Hope's Peak and having to leave his sick mother behind. Despite her frailty and frequent collapses, she insisted on running the family diner alone to keep it from going out of business. Wanting to let his mother have the rest she deserved and to save the family business, Teruteru promised her that once he achieved the success guaranteed to all Hope's Peak graduates, he would fulfill his dream of opening diners in Azabu and Aoyama, both of which are notably upscale areas in Tokyo filled with high-class restaurants. Once he left his hometown, however, Teruteru began to lie about his country origins, claiming he was born in Nishi-Azabu and raised in southern Aoyama. He even went so far as to refuse to talk about his family diner and would only speak in his accent when agitated. He became obsessed with big-city urban culture, even preferring being called the Ultimate Chef rather than his official title the Ultimate Cook. Teruteru also has younger half-siblings, born to different mothers, whom he hadn't seen in some time. He later heard they had been scouted by restaurants and were considered as candidates for the titles of Ultimate Male Escort and Ultimate Female Escort despite being underage. It was said that they generated as much as a hundred million yen annually, far more than Teruteru ever earned.