Natsusa Yuzuki

**Natsusa Yuzuki or Yuzuki Natsusa** (柚木夏紗) is the main character in Number 24. He used to play back left wing in the Doshisha University Rugby team. He missed a year of university due to an accident and is now repeating his first year.

## Appearance

Natsusa has orange hair that fades down into peach-colored hair that reaches his ears, vibrant green eyes and delicate facial features. Natsusa used to have a muscular body before the accident, but after the accident he lost his muscles and now has a rather slim body.

Natsusa is usually seen wearing a white hoodie with green cat eyes on it, blue pants, and black boots.

## Personality

Natsusa loves rugby, but after the accident, he is not able to play anymore. He still wants to be part of rugby and decides to become a manager. Although he knows he looks pathetic, he decides to not worry about it, as that would mean he loved himself more than he loved rugby. He‘s also very popular among the rugby team. When he had a little relapse, everyone visited him in his room.

Natsusa has a sadistic personality and is a bully, but would rather show this side of himself to Ibuki Ueoka only. He rarely bullies anyone, but Natsusa goes all out when he's bullying Ibuki.

He has a few phrases he uses to flatter his seniors, as most don't realize what he is doing. They end up liking him, thinking he admires them. These phrases include: "Huh? Really?!" - "You sure know your stuff." - "I learned a lot from you!" and lastly "Huh? Really? I really want to go!"

*- Natsusa Episode 1*

When in arguments with his childhood friend, Seiichirou Shingyouji, Natsusa usually ends up annoyed due to Seiichirou's personality. Seiichirou's pacifistic personality causes him to not get mad at Natsusa in fights, which then causes Natsusa to get even more annoyed. These fights normally last a long time.

**Fun Fact:** His hernia will turn red if his body temperature rises. For example, it turns red when he drinks wine or enters hot places such as baths and hot springs.

## Background

* Natsusa was riding on the back of Ibuki Ueoka's bike when they got hit by a car. As a result, Natsusa received heavy injuries and hernia (most likely Cervical Radiculopathy ), which stopped him from being able to continue playing rugby.

* Six months later, he returned to university. Because of his absence from university, Natsusa was set back a year; this then moves him into the same year as Yuu Mashiro and Yasunari Tsuru.

* As he was no longer able to play rugby, he decides to become a team manager, which worries Seiichirou Shingyouji even more than before, even though Natsusa assured him he would be fine. Since he was just starting, he didn't really know how to fulfill manager duties properly and was often found messing up demeaning tasks. His mistakes included: forgetting to wash the bottles, forgetting to shake the sand from the towels before putting them in the washing machine and watering down the sports drinks (we later find out he did this because it was the way Ibuki liked his drinks to be).
* Yuu faints during practice and Natsusa takes him to the hospital. There he finds out that Yuu suffers from gastric ulcer caused by an immense amount of stress. Natsusa, worried about Yuu, asks him if he really loves rugby, to which he answers yes. Later, Natsusa invites Yuu to become one of the managers.

## Etymology

* The name **Natsusa** means "summer" (夏) (**natsu**) and "thread, silk" (紗) (**sa**).
* Natsusa's surname **Yuzuki** means "grapefruit, pomelo, citrus fruit" (柚) (**yuzu**) and "tree, wood" (木) (**ki**).

## Trivia

* Natsusa's star sign is Virgo.
* Natsusa can seem very sweet, but he’s actually very stubborn and sassy.
* Natsusa is left-handed

## References

1. ↑ https://www.webmd.com/pain-management/pain-management-cervical-radiculopathy
2. ↑ https://www.spine-health.com/conditions/neck-pain/what-cervical-radiculopathy