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. He is very sociable, cheerful, and is a sports lover. He is a childhood friend of Kazami and a good friend of Yuuya. Naoya doesn't learn much at school, claiming that he doesn't know how he reached the 9th grade.

Appearance
A young boy with light brown hair and brown eyes, Teshigawara shows a cheerful expression most of the time. He wears a blue sweater and a white T-shirt, unlike the others who wear their school's uniform. He usually wears a flowerish shirt for his casual clothes, which Kouichi considered too attractive and embarassing. In the manga, he has brown hair. In episode 8, when he, Kouichi, Reiko, Izumi, Takako and Yuuya were going to meet Matsunaga he wears a white with purple blouse and a yellow cap.

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, and both of them argue when Sanae called Kouichi, who later on, was 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 called Kouichi, Mochizuki and Izumi to meet for further discussion of the 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 this 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, Sanae Mizuno Teshigawara met up with Kouichi and Mochizuki to look for the item that Matsunaga left in the old classroom. They found a recording tape and began to listen to it. However, they heard a teacher coming and ran to hide, breaking the tape in the process. Mochizuki offered to help fix it, but says it might take a while. In Episode 10, the class went on to the class trip. Teshigawara, Mochizuki, and Kouichi listen to the repaired tape, and they heard the important part of the recording, which is the solution to free the class. Naoya took Mei's side when Izumi blamed her for the deaths. In the end of the episode, Teshigawara barged in Mei's room looking terrified and saying he has done something terrible.

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.
 * In the manga, he says he has an older sister.