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Yoshiyuki Terada
寺田 良幸
Series Cardcaptor Sakura
Profile
Also Known As Terada-sensei
Birthday July 18th (Cancer)
Age Unknown (presumed 29~33)
Relatives Unnamed niece (original anime)
Affiliates Rika (secret fiancée, manga only)
Residence Tomoeda, Japan
Favorite flower Margaret
Likes Kinpira Gobo, Japanese chess

green color, watching movies, cooking

Dislikes Mochi, sewing
Characteristics
Gender Male
Hair Medium Brown
Eyes Brown
Appearances
First Appearance (Manga)
Chapter 1
Last Appearance (Manga)
{{{last manga}}}
First Appearance (Anime)
Episode 7: Sakura's First Attempt as a Thief?!
Last Appearance (Anime)
Clear Prologue: Sakura and the Two Bears
Voices
Seiyuu
Tōru Furusawa (first season and first movie)
Katsuyuki Konishi (second and third season and second movie)
English
Brian Drummond (Cardcaptors)
Steve Blum (2nd movie)
Zach Bolton (Clear Card)

Yoshiyuki Terada (寺田 良幸, Terada Yoshiyuki) is a supporting character in CLAMP's anime and manga series Cardcaptor Sakura. Terada-sensei, as he is addressed by all of his students, is a teacher at Tomoeda Elementary School. Through the fourth grade and part of the fifth-grade year, he is the homeroom teacher of Sakura Kinomoto (Sakura Avalon in Cardcaptors) and every other recurring elementary student character. Terada appears to teach a variety of subjects, including physical education, where he is seen in a gray sweat-suit and equipped with a whistle.

While he appears to be simply a filler character in the series, Terada does play a role in the manga for his relationship with student Rika Sasaki.

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Rika Sasaki[]

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Yoshiyuki Terada and Rika Sasaki

In the manga, Terada is Rika's fiancé and elementary school teacher. They supposedly became engaged near the beginning of the series when Terada presents Rika with a ring, explaining that he hopes one day it will become a wedding ring. This suggests that they have been spending time with each other prior to the start of the manga, where Terada may have also been Rika's third grade teacher. Throughout the entire series, Terada and Rika have continued to exchange moments and soft, blushing glances whenever possible. Their relationship remains unannounced in canon, and their few interactions appear to go completely unnoticed except for two students, Sakura Kinomoto and Tomoyo Daidouji. Tomoyo is able to observe and respect the secret bond they share, but Sakura remains oblivious and confused whenever she notices Rika or Terada blushing.

CCS EP13 - Rika and Terada

In episode 13 Rika is seen caring for Terada so much.

In the anime, Terada and Rika are not engaged, but Rika maintains her schoolgirl crush on Terada-sensei. Rika states that Terada reminds her of her absent businessman father. Terada always accepts the cakes she bakes for him, as well as appreciating the teddy bear that she gives him in episode 50. He decides to name it after her, saying that he considers his hardest working student.

Cardcaptors[]

The references to the relationship are eliminated entirely, as Rika's shyness toward Mr. Terada is presented in a way that implies that she is afraid of him.

Etymology[]

  • His given name Yoshiyuki (良幸) consists of "good" (良) and "fortune" or "harvest" (幸).
  • His surname Terada (寺田) consists of "temple" (寺) and "field" (田).

Trivia[]

  • While Terada is a teacher, his official age is not given.
  • Terada's speech pattern reflects that of a younger man, such as not using わし ["washi"] or おる ["-oru"] instead of いる ["-iru"], the way a notably older man might. This would place him in the age range of about 18-20+, but pre-middle age (Japan). (Middle age is typically considered 45 to 65 in America.) In 1996, the year that Cardcaptor Sakura's manga was first published, the age of majority in Japan (for adulthood) was 20; this definition of adulthood also dates back to 1898. In comparison, however, statutes such as the Child Welfare Law and Labor Standards Law effectively recognize 18- and 19-year-olds as adults in terms of employment and thus pave the way for them to work, for example, as public servants.[1]
  • The lowest level of certification for teaching in Japan is temporary, valid for 15 years, and available to graduates of a junior college teaching program.[2] Typically, education in junior colleges is for two years.[3]
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    Mr. Terada being mentioned by Sakura in chapter 47 of Clear Card arc.

  • In Clear Card Arc, Rika has since entered a different Junior High school from Sakura and would be around the age of 14. Because she is no longer in the same school where Terada teaches, this would mean Terada is no longer her teacher at that particular school. Terada is not mentioned at all during Rika's initial reappearances in the manga or anime.

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