Junta Nakao

Junta Nakao was a member of 9th Grade Class 3 in 1998 and a student at Yomiyama North Middle School.

Personality
He is a loyal retainer of the "Queen Akazawa" and usually accompanies her and her other followers. When Izumi stated she wanted to go to Tokyo to study, he got jealous and gave Kouichi angry stares. This shown that Nakao have a crush on Izumi.

Appearance
He has short black hair and black eyes. He usually wears the school's uniform.

Plot


In Episode 8, he went with Kouichi and others to the beach to relax, he had car sickness during the trip. At the end of episode, while they were playing volley ball, a strong gust of wind blew the ball far into the water. However, when he went to retrieve it, he got into difficulties and started drowning. Soon after, a speeding boat comes and hits him, splitting his body up into pieces. While it is thought that the boat killed him, it is later revealed in Episode 9 that before leaving for the beach he hit his head on the stairs at home back in Yomiyama, resulting in an aneurysm that burst as he swam after the ball. He was dead before the boat hit his body.

Trivia

 * He is ranked B in Another characters ranking. Another 93.jpg
 * His home address is 1-26 Furuikecho Yomiyama City.
 * His name, Junta, mean thickness.
 * In the original novel, Nakao's death occurs off scene. He is one of the last students to die in the fire at the Sakitani Kinenkan.