Character

Naoya Teshigawara

勅使河原 直哉

Naoya Teshigawara is a student of Class 3-3 in 1998. He is more often than not the show's comic relief, due to his easy-going nature. He is one of Kouichi Sakakibara's best friends, and seems to have a crush on Izumi Akazawa. Teshigawara is usually superficial in nature. He is shown to have a sympathetic side, since he was the first one to talk to Kouichi Sakakibara, who was still not used to his surroundings. Naoya is very sociable, cheerful, energetic and is a sports lover. Teshigawara is a childhood friend of Tomohiko Kazami and a good friend of Yuuya Mochizuki, and after Mei Misaki is probably Kouichi's closest friend, possibly followed by Yuuya. Teshigawara is very loyal toward his friends. He also seems to be (at least in his mind) a ladies man, pairing himself with Izumi and Takako for the catching contest (which was his idea in the first place) when the group was at the beach. Naoya is also quick thinking, immediately springing to the aid of both Junta and Yuuya when they were in mortal danger.