Ryutarou Sakagami

Ryutarou Sakagami is a major character from the Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest series.

He is one of the students from Japan who got involved in the Summoning Incident, and ended up in Tortus along with his other classmates. He is the childhood friend of Kouki Amanogawa, Shizuku Yaegashi & Kaori Shirasaki; and was part of Kouki's party during the training in Orcus Dungeon.

Appearance
Ryutarou has a physique is like a bear and he stands tall at about 190cm. He has short trimmed hair and a gaze that appears both cheerful and stern.

Personality
"I wanna get strong enough to protect my friends at least. I don’t ever wanna be helplessly forced to watch my friends die ever again."

- Ryutarou to Hajime Nagumo

He is your typical energetic muscle-brained person. He values hard work and tends be rash in his actions. While he's not as dense as Kouki, Ryutarou is still pretty slow when it comes to understanding women feelings.

He is very loyal to his friends, especially Kouki. He is always the first to stand by his best friend side whenever he decides to do something, no matter how crazy it was. This makes him the opposite of Shizuku, who always tries to get Kouki to think before he decides to do something reckless, but will still support him. He will also be the first to defend his friends, both verbally and physically. After the demon invasion on the Heiligh Kingdom, Ryutarou resolves to get stronger so he wouldn't have to see another friend get killed before his eyes. He is even willing to beg Hajime to help them conquer a labyrinth, something Hajime had never seen him do, showing he values his friends over his pride.

Ryutarou admires military soldiers and viewed "Gunnery Sgt. Hartman" from "Full Metal Jacket" as his idol. When seeing Hajime training the Haulia Tribe and the Fleur Knights as he considered Hajime as a pupil of "Sgt. Hartman". He loves military training and begged Hajime to train him and has a touching momentum strong enough to allow Hajime to train him.

As revealed in the Frost Cavern of Schnee, Ryutarou has always felt bothered that he's always been something of a side character compared to Kouki and Hajime. While he never showed it, he's always been jealous that all the girls liked Kouki, even through he also helped them as well. At the same time, he's always been scared that he tried to challenge Kouki or Hajime, knowing he would just lose thus proving that he's really is a worthless sidekick.

Weapons & Equipment
The following are the abilities enchanted in the gauntlets by Hajime.
 * Twin Gauntlets - Ryutarou's primary weapons. Originally from the Heiligh Kingdom, they had the power to produce shockwaves when used for combat. They were upgraded by Hajime after clearing the Haltina Labyrinth in the Sea of Trees. They could oscillate at a very high frequency, thus multiplying their destructive power. There were also enchanted with spatial magic to cause those oscillations to spread into the surrounding area.
 * Death Fist - it bypasses an enemy’s defenses and destroys their internal organs.
 * Hammerfist - uses gravity magic to amplify the gauntlet's punches weight and attack power tenfold.
 * Enhanced Mana Shockwaves - launches shockwaves of mana from the gauntlets to attack enemies from a distance.
 * Treasure Trove - is a ring-shaped artifact that had small one centimeter ruby set in its center. The ruby was actually an artificially created dimensional space where things could be stored.
 * Aerodynamic-Enchanted Boots - they allow Ryutarou to walk mid-air.

Physical Abilities

 * Enhanced Physical Abilities  - After being summoned to Tortus as one of Ehit's heroes, Ryutarou was blessed with superhuman physical abilities, excelling in terms of physical strength and durability.
 * Enhanced Strength - Ryutarou's strongest blessing lies in his raw strength. He is physically one of the strongest among the heroes, only losing to Kouki. Through the use of magic, Ryutarou can increase his strength even further. During his training with Hajime along with the Haulia Tribe and Fleur Knights, His strength grown faster.
 * Enhanced Durability - Ryutarou gained superhuman durability and stamina after being summoned to Tortus. He can take a lot of punishment from his enemies and could still keep fighting. After completing the final trail of the Frost Cavern of Schnee, even through Ryutarou suffered a great deal of damaged fighting his copy, he still had the strength to walk around and carry Suzu before needing some first aid.
 * Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant  - Ryutarou is a highly capable brawler, knowing how to make uses of his great size and strength to overpower his opponents. During the final trail of the Frost Cavern of Schnee, Ryutarou was able to defeat his copy, who had all of Ryutarou's strengths and weapons.

Skills

 * Close Quarters Combat Proficiency
 * Body Strengthening - an ability to use magic to strengthen the body.
 * Partial Strengthening - an ability to precisely focus Body Strengthening to a certain part of the body.
 * Focused Strengthening - an ability to concentrate Body Strengthening to a fixed point of the body.
 * Penetrating Strikes
 * Supersonic Step - high speed movement.
 * Explosive Supersonic Step
 * Physical Resistance - increased physical resistance and recovery rate. Also reduces impact.
 * Diamond Skin - coats the users body in a hardened shell of mana, which increases the users defenses and protects them from all attacks to a certain degree. The hardened shell of mana has of a diamond patterned structure, hence the name.
 * All Elemental Resistance - an increased resistance to all elements.
 * Metamorphosis Magic - one of the "Ancient Magic" originating from the "Age of God", which allows a user to remake the form of a normal being and reform them into a different form. Normally it's used to remake a normal organism and turn it into a monster, or even manipulate the magic stone of a monster and remake them. But the true power of this magic is the ability to 'interfere with any organic material'. Meaning not only animals, but it's also possible to remake plants or intelligent beings, and reform their structure as needed. Even byproducts of organic material, like paper or food, can also be manipulated by this magic. The magic stone which gets created during the process is just a byproduct of the process.
 * Language Comprehension - a base skill granted to all those who got summoned. It gives the user the ability to understand any language and be proficient in it.

Spells/Attacks
Ancient Magic Spells
 * Herculean Might - a spell that envelops the user in body strengthening magic, thus strengthening their physical attributes, attack power and defensive capabilities. “Grant unto your servant the strength to shake the earth! Herculean Might!”
 * Sixth Heaven's Demon Transformation - a transformation magic that uses a magic stone to transform a person into a specific monster with all of its traits, strengths, weakness, and skills.
 * Mode Ogre - greatly strengthen his power.
 * Mode Werewolf - greatly increase his speed but falls short in power compared to the 'Ogre'.
 * Mode Trent - can convert light into magic power, physical strength etc.

Stats
Note :-
 * The base stats given above aren't Ryutarou's current stats, as the last time the author provided stats for him in the Web Novel was before the Haltina's Labyrinth trial.

Trivia

 * Before being summoned to Tortus, Ryutarou's dream was to become a police officer.
 * Ryutarou's family owns a dog named Karashio.
 * In the Anime, Ryutarou gains a scar on the left side of his chin after he was summoned to Tortus.
 * Ryutarou's soldier idol is "Gunnery Sergeant Hartman" of the movie "Full Metal Jacket" which he considered Hajime as a pupil of his idol when he trained the Haulia Tribe and the Fleur Knights.