Nao Kanzaki

Nao Kanzaki is the female lead and protagonist of the manga series Liar Game as well as the first character seen in both the manga and drama. She is a participant of the titular tournament. 
She is played by Toda Erika in the drama.
== Biography ==
Nao Kanzaki struggles against a mysterious and nefarious organization called the Liar Game Tournament Office that places innocent people through psychological games using their debt as bait. All its members wear masks and any participants of the game are free to drop out, assuming they pay their debt which the game forced upon them. Using the help of recently released conman/genius/chessmaster Shinichi Akiyama, Nao seeks to rid herself of debt and also save those who are participating in the games. 
== Appearance ==
In the manga, Nao is shown as having orange hair and crimson eyes on the colored pages, both of which are represented by black in the black-and-white manga. She can usually be seen with an innocent face.
== Personality ==
Nao Kanzaki is an honest and naïve girl, who currently attends college. Her greatest traits are her compassion and kindness, but this has proved to be her weakness as well-her trustful and idealistic view about human nature have gotten her into trouble more than once, and she’s completely alone in the world until she meets Akiyama. When it comes down to having to lie over the course of the Liar Game, she still thinks that there must be a way to tell the truth. When she is told how lying can be beneficial to her by Akiyama, however, she still struggles, but can manage to pull it off with practice. She is very selfless and altruistic, and it is this trait of hers, which has been derided by many other players, that ironically has helped her and her allies multiple times. Due to her unique viewpoint of the Liar Game and her unorthodox style of thinking, she is deemed a valuable asset as she has the potential to influence the players themselves by tugging on their heartstrings.
== Abilities ==
After getting over her initial naivete, Nao becomes one of the most dangerous players in the Liar Game because of her honesty. The other players eventually realize that she actually means it when she claims that she wants to save everyone, thus making her the only person who anyone can reliably trust, making her a magnetic person capable of holding together alliances between the normally self-serving players. And when she does decide to deceive people, she turns out to be pretty good at it, partly because nobody expects her to be able to pull it off, let alone try in the first place, until it's too late. She has even Yokoya doing exactly what she wants him to do because he underestimates her capacity to deceive him, and she knows exactly how Yokoya works and which buttons to press.
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Category:Fantasy Heroes
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Category:Amazons
Category:Feminists
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Category:Neutral Good
Category:Liars
Category:The Hero
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