Shigeki Yonemura

"Does that include our families too? We can't even tell our parents and siblings? "

- Shigeki Yonemura asks Kubodera to what extent Countermeasures will be enforced.

 Shigeki Yonemura  (米村 茂樹 Yonemura Shigeki) is a student of 9th Grade Class 3 in 1998, in Yomiyama North Middle School.

Appearance
Shingeki was a boy with white complexion and light brown hair, which he uses in a similar way to Takabayashi. He was slightly below average height, and as a high school student, he was seen only in the standard male uniform.

When he is only mentioned in the manga and the novel, the anime version is the only one that shows us his physical appearance.

Personality
Yonemura was shown as a sociable, friendly and calm young man, which was seen in the company of Takeru Mizuno, and his friends Manuba Maejima and Kenzou Kawahori. However, after the events that occurred due to the calamity, they were reasons enough for him to gradually become aware of the situation in which he was and that is why he did not participate in the school trip.

Plot
He made his debut in "Rough Sketch" as one of the characters socializing during break on Kouichi's first day of school. Shigeki was in class when Kubodera killed himself and was one of the students who fled the room.

Along with Haruka Etou, Kazue Satou, Megumi Tatara, Sachiko Nakajima, Naomi Fujimaki and Takeru Mizuno, he didn't attend the school excursion in "Glass Eye", which allowed him to survive the calamity.

Trivia

 * He is ranked A in Another characters ranking.
 * His home address is 5-22 Asamida Yomiyama City.
 * He is one of the few characters whose status in the anime changed positively, as he survives the events of the class trip, and therefore the curse itself. In the novel, he is murdered by Keiko Numata, and in the manga, he dies in a fire, both at the inn. This is probably because, in the anime, he simply didn't go on the class trip. He also has the distinction of being the only victim of the Calamity in the manga who is never actually shown.
 * His first name, Shigeki, means "luxuriant tree."
 * He only has dialogue in the novel, during one of the Interludes.