Kenichi Takai

Kenichi Takai is a student of Jusho High School.

Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
Takai is a classmate of Akemi Nakajima's and is one of the former's very few friends.

He witnesses Kondo Hiroyuki's brutal physical attack on Nakajima at the beginning of the novel, but is too afraid to stick up for his friend. After the attack, he helps prop the wounded Nakajima up on the way home

Nakajima explains to Takai that the reason for the beat-down was that he had recently turned down the advances of Takamizawa Kyoko, Kondo's girlfriend, who had told the brute that Nakajima had been flirting with her.

Following the activation of Nakajima's Demon Summoning Program, Takai becomes possessed and attacks Yumiko Shirasagi together with some other students. His ultimate fate is left unknown.

Personality and Skills
Takai is of the Jusho High School's "gifted" class. He is strong-bodied and highly intelligent, obtaining perfect or near-perfect grades in almost every class.

Despite his superior grades compared to Nakajima, Takai still feels that his friend is more intelligent than him as a result of Nakajima's genius-level skill with computers.

He practices judo as a sport, but lacks the courage to actually fight, as evidenced when Kondo attacks Nakajima in the classroom and Takai does not intervene, despite the worried look on his face.

Takai feels immensely guilty by not helping Nakajima, indicating that he has a sensitive nature.