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Takayuki is a Japanese exchange student who appears in Foreign Exchange. He doesn't settle well in the Heck House.

History[]

Takayuki is first invited to the Heck household after Nancy Donahue told Frankie about the new school foreign exchange student program and how immersing children in other cultures makes them more tolerable and kind, Frankie hesitated at first, but after seeing Axl and Sue fighting, she joined the program.

The family tries numerous things to immerse Takayuki in American culture but they all fail, Takayuki seemed disgusted at American food, wrapping his cheeseburger the Hecks bought him back up, and always returning whatever food Frankie gave him for breakfast. Mike took him fishing, and Sue did karaoke with him but through it all he barely spoke and seemed generally uninterested in all of the activities, causing the family to call him a "dud."

Throughout it all, he didn't seem to have fun while in Orson, IndianaThe Hecks' tried hard to get him to open up but he never did. Meanwhile everyone else was having a great time with their exchange students. This made Frankie mad and jealous. When Frankie has Takayuki go on a road trip to Brown County for fun, the car ends up breaking down, but Takayuki says he can fix the car and does. He later fixes some other things around the house, such as the toaster and the TV. On the last day of his visit to America, right before he goes to get on the airplane back to Japan, he briefly smiles at Frankie before going back to scowling, showing he at least somewhat enjoyed his visit to America. At his home in Japan, it is shown that he acts like both Axl and Brick, lazing around on the couch shirtless like Axl, and taking up Brick's tick of whispering.

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