Naoki Nanao

Naoki Nanao
Japanese Name	七尾直樹
Romaji	Nanao Naoki
Personal Info
Species	Human
Status	Alive
Gender	Male
Professional Status
Affiliations	Tsuzura Temple Servitude Faction
Occupation	Exorcist
Partner	Shishinari
Media
Manga Debut	Chapter 86

Naoki Nanao (七尾直樹(ななおなおき),, Nanao Naoki) is a third sigil exorcist at the Tsuzura Temple siding with Masuji Madarai's Servitude Faction. His partner is the whip tsugumomo Shishinari.

Personality

Ouhi Oriobana describes Naoki as a habitual bully of lower ranked students. He often acts smug and confident but has little ability to back up his words.

Plot

Tsuzura Temple Arc

Naoki helps capture Kazuya Kagami and Ouhi Oriobana when they arrive at Tsuzura Temple. Upon taking them to their prison cells, Naoki inspects Kazuya's belongings, finding the remains of Kiriha and suggests he throw the remains of the tsukumogami away. Kazuya tells Naoki not to touch Kiriha, scaring Naoki as the other finish inspecting Oriobana. As he and the other exorcists leave Naoki expresses annoyances at Kazuya. When Kazuya and Oriobana escape, Naoki has Shishinari capture Oriobana while Kazuya is busy tying up incapacitated guards. Naoki angrily challenges Kazuya to unarmed combat for making a fool of him earlier, stating he will let them go if Kazuya wins. Naoki is easily defeated and goes back on his promise, telling Shishinari to attack who is also easily defeated by Kazuya unarmed. Naoki and Shishinari are left bound as reinforcements from their faction arrive.

Etymology

• The name Naoki means "straight" (直) (nao) and "tree" (樹) (ki).
• Naoki's surname Nanao means "seven" (七) (nana) and "tail" (尾) (o).