Naotsugu

Naotsugu is Shiroe's friend and another player trapped in Elder Tale. He is a lighthearted warrior and an important part of Shiroe's team along with Akatsuki. In the real world, his name is Naotsugu Hasegawa (葉瀬川直継), and he is 25 years old.

Appearance
Naotsugu has short, dark/light gray hair. He wears heavy plate armor. Unlike Shiroe, his height in the game is the same as in real life -- 183cm.

Personality
'The Warrior of Panties', Naotsugu is the cheerful big brother character of Shiroe's team, albeit one subjected to frequent physical abuse from Akatsuki. A good, solid person and the Debauchery Tea Party's most reliable tank, Naotsugu's greatest fault is his incessant need to crack off-color jokes, especially those pertaining to womens' underware. Ironically, he's surprisingly shy when he's on the receiving end of such humor.

Naotsugu is a self-proclaimed "open-pervert" meaning that he freely talks about his perverted thoughts and is often proud of that fact. This often leads to Akatsuki hitting him out of irritation.

Naotsugu is two years older than Shiroe and was also a member of the Tea Party. They first met four years before the main story and have been close friends since then. They have even met offline a number of times. Due to his work schedule, he has been absent from Elder Tale two years and had the luck to be caught up in the mess on the very day he returned to the game.

The Apocalypse
For the first time in two years, Naotsugu logged into Elder Tale to test out the new expansion pack but became one of the 30,000 Japanese players trapped inside it. He is contacted by Shiroe, and they meet at a large tree in Akiba.