Naoya Teshigawara



Naoya Teshigawara is a student of 9 Grade Class 3 in 1998. He is the 9th Grade Class 3 mood maker.

Personality
Teshigawara is usually superficial in nature, he is shown to have a sympathetic side, since he was the first one to talk to Kouichi, who was still not used to his surroundings. He seems to have a crush on Izumi Akazawa

Appearance
A young boy with light brown hair and brown eyes, Teshigawara sports a cheerful expression most of the time. He wears a blue sweater, unlike the others who wear their school's uniform. In the manga, he has brown hair.

Plot
Teshigawara was the first one to talk to Kouichi on his first day of school, and became his friend soon after. He along with the rest of the class, are all hesitant on telling Kouichi about the class' curse. In Episode 4, Teshigawara is scolded by Izumi as he said unnecessary things to Kouichi, both of them argue when Sanae called Kouichi and later on, crushed to death by the elevator. Teshigawara and Izumi hear sounds of something crashing through the Kouichi's cell phone. In Episode 7, after witnessing Kubodera-Sensei's death, he call Kouichi, Mochizuki and Izumi to meet for further discussion of class 3 calamity. After they acquired information on Katsumi Matsunaga, they set off in Episode 8 to look for him about the solution to stop the calamity. During the time, they had fun at the beach while waiting for Matsunaga's return. At the end of episode, they then again witness Junta Nakao's death on shore. Later on in Episode 9, Teshigawara meet up with Kouichi and Mochizuki to look for the item that Matsunaga left in the old classroom. They found a recording tape and unfortunately broke the tape later on. In Episode 10, the class went on to the class trip. Teshigawara, Mochizuki and Kouichi listen to the repaired tape and they got to know the important part of the recording which is the solution to free the class. In the end of the episode, Teshigawara barge in Mei's room looking terrified.

Trivia

 * He is ranked A in Another character ranking.Another_86.jpg
 * His first name, Naoya, means honest one or straight arrow.
 * His home address is 3-5 Yuumigaoka Yomiyama City.
 * In the original novel, he often hangs around Kazami. Also, he is not the cause of the cassette tape being broken. The cassette tape was damaged when the boys were unwrapping the packing tape it was wrapped in.