Shojiro Kitagoma

Shojiro Kitagoma (北駒 正二郎, Kitagoma Shōjirō) is the homeroom teacher of class 1-A at Raira Academy.

Appearance
Shojiro is an elderly man who stands with a stoop. He is balding, and his little remaining hair is white. He wears circular glasses and a black vest over a white collared shirt and a brown tie.

Personality
He is a teacher who upholds the rules and treats his student with respect, though he can be hard on them compared to other teachers.

Dollars/Mika Harima Arc
Shojiro is first seen taking attendance in class 1-A. When Seiji Yagiri walks in late, Shojiro is about to give him a tardy, but when Seiji announces his future absence and walks out, Shojiro follows him, perplexed. He later oversees the selection of the class representatives, Anri Sonohara and Mikado Ryuugamine.

Saika Arc
Though he does not appear directly, Shojiro is mentioned by his colleage Takashi Nasujima as he points out the habits of other first-year homeroom teachers in an attempt to corner Anri into relying on him exclusively.

Shojiro appears in the video game Durarara!! 3way standoff and its remakes.

Etymology

 * The name Shojiro means "right, proper" (正) (sho), "two" (二) (ji) and "son" (郎) (ro).
 * Shojiro's surname Kitagoma means "north" (北) (kita) and "piece, pony, horse, colt" (駒) (koma/goma).

Trivia

 * While Shojiro's surname is written "Kitakoma" in the anime, the second light novel spells his name "Kitagoma."