A high school student summoned to another world as the Bow Hero. He is usually calm and well-mannered. However, He has a messiah complex, and is pretty much a justice maniac. He vanquishes evildoers without thinking of the consequences of his actions. However, this is just because he is immature. He doesn't actually have any bad intentions.

~!When the Spirit Turtle revived, Itsuki and the party was forced to challenge it, but the party ran away, leaving him as a sacrifice to the Turtle.!~

Naofumi Iwatani, an uncharismatic Otaku who spends his days on games and manga, suddenly finds himself summoned to a parallel universe! He discovers he is one of four heroes equipped with legendary weapons and tasked with saving the world from its prophesied destruction. As the Shield Hero, the weakest of the heroes, all is not as it seems. Naofumi is soon alone, penniless, and betrayed. With no one to turn to, and nowhere to run, he is left with only his shield. Now, Naofumi must rise to become the legendary Shield Hero and save the world! 
 
Note: 
- The first episode was pre-aired on December 27th, 2018. Regular broadcast began on January 9th, 2019. 
- The first episode aired with a runtime of ~47 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.

__Height:__ 171cm

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Streams on Twitch.tv part time, is also a wrestler.

__Birth Place:__ Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany

He is also known as the german voice for Tom Holland aka Spiderman (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Thomas Brodie-Sangster aka Newt (Mazerunner) or Dylan Minnette aka Clay (13 Reasons Why).

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**Diego Valente Becerril Ruiz** is a Mexican voice actor. He is known for being the Latin American Spanish voice of Mike Wheeler in _Stranger Things_.

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Yan Alpande Gesteira is a Brazilian actor and voice actor. He is the grandson of the voice actor Carlos Gesteira.


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An Italian actor, voice actor and dialogue writer, mostly known for his roles as [Izuku Midoriya](https://anilist.co/character/89028/), [Cabba](https://anilist.co/character/127219/), [Citron](https://anilist.co/character/87633/) (Clemont / Lem), [Tenma of Pegasus](https://anilist.co/character/3776/) and [Capeta Taira](https://anilist.co/character/7161/).

The second season of Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari. 
 
With another Wave happening in a week, Naofumi Iwatani and his party have no time to waste. However, when bat familiars raid Lurolona Village and the Wave countdown comes to a halt, the Four Cardinal Heroes reconvene with the queen, Mirelia Q Melromarc, for a quick briefing. The queen presumes that the odd occurrences are linked to the Spirit Tortoise—a threatening creature that has awakened from its slumber, back to cause havoc once again. A plan to put the Spirit Tortoise to rest is devised—but out of the four men, only the cursed Shield Hero agrees to help. 
 
(Source: MAL Rewrite)

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A Brazilian Portuguese voice actor from São Paulo.

The third season of Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari. 
After defeating the Spirit Tortoise, Naofumi has no time for rest. An attack from the next Guardian Beast is imminent, but the three other Cardinal Heroes have gone missing. So, Naofumi and his party set out to search for the legendary trio. 
(Source: Crunchyroll News)

Naofumi Iwatani, an uncharismatic Otaku who spends his days on games and manga, suddenly finds himself summoned to a parallel universe! He discovers he is one of four heroes equipped with legendary weapons and tasked with saving the world from its prophesied destruction. As the Shield Hero, the weakest of the heroes, all is not as it seems. Naofumi is soon alone, penniless, and betrayed. With no one to turn to, and nowhere to run, he is left with only his shield. Now, Naofumi must rise to become the legendary Shield Hero and save the world! 

(Source: One Peace Books)

The fourth season of Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari. 

The Return of the Exiled━ 

(Source: Official Twitter)

Don’t like the outcome? Then start over and do it again! An exhilarating, new otherworldly redemption fantasy begins in this spin-off of the massively popular otherworldly fantasy, the Rising of the Shield Hero! Motoyasu Kitamura is summoned to another world to serve as the Spear Hero, but something eventually manages to kill him. When he dies Motoyasu suddenly finds himself back on the day he was first summoned to the new world—without losing any of his power! It’s the start of a new game in god mode! This time he’s determined to get things right—for the sake of his beloved Filo-tan, the magnificent filolials, and his “father,” the Shield Hero. 
(Source: One Peace Books)

Naofumi was sent to another world, accused of rape, and betrayed by his fellow companions. Left penniless and alone, he was forced to purchase a slave in order to have a fighting chance in this world.
 
Anyway, here’s a bunch of stories about them eating delicious food.

A comedy slice of life spinoff of The Rising of the Shield Hero series.
 
Includes 1 bonus chapter.

Short comics posted on the official Chinese The Rising of the Shield Hero Mobile Game blog

Itsuki Kawasumi