Naoko Yuudai

Naoko Yuudai, also known as Hachi Kioku, is an Octoling primarily known for being Agent 8 (see trivia) of the New Squidbeak Splatoon.

## Appearance

Naoko is a male Octoling currently depicted with the Punk hairstyle, but can also sport the Octolocks hairstyle from time to time. He will usually have a red-pink colour, but can change it at will. He has fair skin, with minor scars on his face. He has regular Octoling eyes and a round nose. He has typical thick male Octoling eyebrows. He also has a giant scar left on his lower back, due to failing tests in the metro. His eyes are orange. He has claw-like fingers, like many other Octolings. He is unusually tall, standing at 6'1" (1.85m). He is 21 years old.

He is often seen wearing button-up shirts with loose jumpers. He likes wearing boots, and will also wear his Golden Toothpick from time to time. He recently got prescription glasses due to being near-sighted, but refrains from wearing them due to getting called a nerd by Shinku.

## Personality

Naoko appears shy, polite and well spoken, somewhat due to language difficulties, but if you get on their bad side they will become snarky and irritable, and would likely just walk off during a confrontation (and probably start to secretly cuss you out in Octarian).

## History

### Early life

Naoko was born near Octo Valley to Octoling parents in the Yuudai family, who's first names are currently unknown. His family lived in a reasonable house in one of the underground domes.

He was later enrolled in Octopia Junior School, and had average grades. A year later, his brother, Hanako, was born, but complications with that unfortunately caused their mother to pass away.

When he was eight, he finished his primary education and began training at the new recruits centre in Octo Valley, where he quickly advanced and finished third in the final grading. After that, he then advanced to official training at Cephalon HQ when he was ten; attending a few times a week, and performing well.

### *Splatoon*

When he was thirteen, he wanted to become an elite, which was rare for his gender, but they let him in anyway. The try-outs had to be cut short due to Squidbeak Inkling infiltration. He then learned how to repair and improve weapons used by Octolings, such as the Octo Shot.

Soon enough, whilst catching a glimpse of the fight involving the Octobot King and a Squidbeak Agent, he came into audible range of the Calamari Inkantation, causing him to question everything his life had led up to at this point. He fled and wasn't heard from for a while, leaving his father, brother and friends behind.

### *Octo Expansion*

Naoko had presumably been living in the land surrounding Octo Valley and Mount Nantai for some time, not being able to make it to Inkopolis. He was later approached by the same Squidbeak Agent from the fight before, who started battling him as per instructions from her mentor. In the middle of the fight, however, they were all suddenly knocked unconscious, and separated.

He awoke to find a mysterious person leaning over him, threatening him into a fight. The man eventually calms himself down, and introduces himself as Captain Cuttlefish, and explains how his protégé, Agent 3, was fighting him. Naoko has no recollection of the fight, or any recollection of himself for that matter, as he does not even know his own name; he got unlucky when knocked out, fell through the floor and became amnesiac. Cuttlefish calls a truce when they realise they're trapped underground, and set off to find a way out.

They eventually stumble upon a train station with a lonely telephone ringing ominously. Curious, the Octoling goes to answer it, and the telephone reveals itself as an AI created to guide souls to the Promised Land. Cuttlefish says that's where they need to be, and the Telephone explains that they need to complete tests to gain the four Thangs. The Telephone dubs Naoko "test subject 10,008", with Cuttlefish just shortening it to Agent 8.

He gains mem cakes and periodically remembers things about his past, but they are misplaced and he sadly forgets all over again.

Agent 8 collects the four Thangs and he and Cuttlefish are almost blended, but luckily, a distress signal sent by Marina was recieved by Agent 3, who crashes through the ceiling, knocking the Telephone over and smashing the blender to pieces. Agent 8 superjumps through the hole she made in the ceiling in order to escape the facility once and for all, with Cuttlefish staying behind to look after Agent 3 until she becomes conscious again. He progresses through the multiple phases until the Spinal Phase where a brainwashed Agent 3 attempts to kill him as per the Telephone's orders. They battle, and he wins. Agent 8 makes it to the surface not long before Off the Hook come to pick him, Agent 3 and Captain Cuttlefish up in Pearl's helicopter. They start heading for Inkopolis but are cut short by a giant human statue emerging from the sea.

The statue is controlled by the Telephone, who reveals itself as Commander Tartar, an AI made by a professor who observed the Inklings and Octolings. Tartar is set to wipe out Inkopolis with sanitised ooze, so Marina quickly puts together a plan to stop Tartar.

Agent 8 has three minutes to detonate thirty hyperbombs on the statues surface, which he manages in the nick of time. The statue is going to fire anyway, but Pearl uses the Princess Canon to stop it and the Statue, along with Tartar (supposedly) is destroyed.

After all of that is over, the group start heading to Inkopolis. Eight tries to talk to Agent 3 on the way back; but she ignores him and acts quite cold.

Captain Cuttlefish, Agent 3 and Agent 8 later go to Octo Canyon to meet up with the Squid Sisters once again.

## Trivia

* Their birthday is somewhere between 11/11/2001 and 12/12/2001, but nobody is actually sure. He has just mentioned remembering that he was born around those times in 2001. Miaki likes to celebrate it on the 24th of November.
* Details about his early life and before *Octo Expansion* are mostly currently known due to his Octarian factfile, but they can remember a few select details.
* Naoko used to only be an honourary member of the NSS, as Agent 8 was only a nickname and not a role, but when Miaki became the captain, she made him an official agent.
* He has an obsession with turf war weapons; often spending days taking weapons apart and modifying them in some dangerous way. This could be from his previous role as weapon worker in the Octarian Army. Kiwii Tintenfisch also shares this fascination, but it is unknown if they have made any weapons together.
* He works at Inkopolis Plaza's Ammo Knights, along with Shelly and Donny, and is good friends with them and Sheldon. He also helped with the decision to ban Miaki from said store...