Nagamasa Chōsokabe

"*Funny really, there used to be a theory that my ancestors may or may not be descended from Qin Shi Huang, that they've left their own homeland to head to Japan. Now that I'm at my ancestor's homeland however, I feel like it might as well be quite humorous in it's own right.*"
—Nagamasa Chōsokabe, entering Lanzhou University

**Nagamasa Chōsokabe** (長宗我部 長政..*Chōsokabe Nagamasa*) is a student of Class 1-E which is located at Kunugigaoka Junior High School, and if there's supposed to be one thing that defines Nagamasa Chōsokabe, it's that he had quite an interesting future a head of himself. Originally from Class 3-B, Nagamasa Chōsokabe would find himself in Class 1-E because he was caught trying to make money instead to focusing on his futures. To Nagamasa Chōsokabe, there's a good reason for this, because he hopes to be a musical idol and hopefully on par when it comes to Japan's greatest musicians at the time, but upon learning of this fate, Nagamasa Chōsokabe felt a sense of despair in his mind. That is when he heard that the Japanese Government is willing to give a lot of money all to kill a being known as Korosensei, with surprisingly the entirety of Class E involved. Seeking a chance to hopefully regain the opportunity to start his job as a musical idol, one would be surprised that Nagamasa can appear at first as a fool, but when no one's looking, his more hidden side would appear just unexpected.

## Appearance

In his physical appearance, Nagamasa Chōsokabe has brown hair and black eyes. He has a light skin tone, and to fit with his appearance, people say that he looks handsome with his physique similar to that of a movie star.

In his clothing, he usually wears a shirt, with black pants, but it's only when he's appearing in a casual day, because whenever he's playing music, he is usually seen with the clothing similar to that of a music idol. Said clothing comprises of a white uniform with a black fedora.

## Personality

Referred as the "clown" or rather the "jackass" of Class 1-E, Nagamasa Chōsokabe is best regarded for his very unpredictable behavior and being the prankster to much of his classmates. Being the prankster, it would mean that for most of Nagamasa's time in Kunugigaoka Junior High School, he got himself in trouble when it comes to his pranks; over thirteen times. This is because for Nagamasa, he'd rather have some fun while he still has the time, because he knows that once he grows up, it wouldn't be the same thing anymore because all the fun is gone.

## Abilities

**Singing:** Not that surprising because of his dream to be a musician, Nagamasa Chōsokabe is shown to be skilled when it comes to singing, although he is noted to be subpar when it comes to Kanade Saitō.

**Marksmanship:** Nagamasa Chōsokabe is often ranked as one of the ten best when it comes to marksmanship, being ranked ninth at the list.

**Speed:**

## Etymology

* Nagamasa's surname **Chōsokabe** means "long, chief, boss" (長) (**chō**), "religion, sect, denomination, main point, origin, essence" (宗) (**so**), "ego, I, selfish, our, oneself" (我) (**ga**/**ka**) and "part, department, category" (部) (**be**).
* His given name **Nagamasa** means "long, chief, boss" (長) (**naga**), and "government" (政) (**masa**).

## Trivia

* It has been speculated that Nagamasa Chōsokabe might've been an acquaintance of Minato Sasaki, but the jury is still out.
* One of Nagamasa's favorite genres is satirical fiction.

## Behind the Scenes

* He is physically based off of **Kotobuki Reiji** from **Uta no Prince-sama**.
* His first name comes from either Japanese warlord **Azai Nagamasa**, head of the **Azai Clan**, chief advisor **Asano Nagamasa** or daimyo of Fukuoka Domain **Kuroda Nagamasa**.
* Nagamasa's surname meanwhile, comes from **Chōsokabe Motochika**, head of the Chōsokabe Clan and unifier of Shikoku.
* His ranking of 73 corresponds with "White Flower Serpent" **Yang Chun**.
* Nagamasa's birthday of October 31 happens to be the same day that Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on a church, when Nevada was admitted to the United States, and when the Battle of Beersheba happened.
* It also happens that October 31 is the same day that King Ferdinand I of Portugal, Neo-Confucian scholar Wang Yangming, Head of the Catholic Church Pope Clement XIV, Korean monarch Yeongjo of Joseon, Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai, and 1st President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek is born.
* This also corresponds with how Japanese Onmyoji Abe no Seimei, Chinese revolutionary leader Huang Xing, Japanese printmaker Kitagawa Utamaro, Korean ruler Deokjong of Goryeo, American magician Harry Houdini, Byzantine emperor John VIII Palaiologos, and German bishop Wolfgang of Regensburg all died at the same day.