Taeko Sugawara

Taeko Sugawara is a character from the "Arifureta Shokugyō de Sekai Saikyō" series.

She is one of the students from Japan who got involved in the Summoning Incident, and ended up in Tortus along with her other classmates. She is friends with Yuka Sonobe & Nana Miyazaki, and is currently part of "Aiko-chan's bodyguards" meant to protect her from danger of any kind including the honey-traps of the Kingdom.

Appearance
Taeko has wavy brown hair.

Personality
At first glance, Taeko appears as a calm individual, but she is very diligent. She would often mediate between her two friends Nana, who has a tendency to get too high-spirited, and Yuka, who is unable to be honest at times. Taeko develops some sadistic tendencies as a result of her vocation as "Whip Master". She acknowledge Hajime's newly look as wild.

Like her rest of fellow bodyguard, she is displeasure of Tio's perverted neglecting.

Taeko hates anything related to horror.

Relationships

 * Yuka Sonobe - one of Taeko's closest friends.
 * Nana Miyazaki - one of Taeko's closet friends.
 * Aiko Hatayama - Taeko is part of Aiko escort while she travels throughout the kingdom to aid the growth of their crops. She helps in protecting Aiko from the advances from the templar knight guards that accompanies her.
 * Allen Parker - Taeko meets Allen when the two of them are involved in an attack from demon-worshiping cultists on Earth. She is attracted to him and asks Myu to give him her phone number during Christmas.
 * Hajime Nagumo - It is unknown who Taeko felt for Hajime, She is shocked that he is alive but changed so much. She acknowledge Hajime's new look to be wild. Like most of her classmates, she takes Hajime's warning seriously as she is terrified of him when she chose to not anger him or harm his harems after he murdered Hiyama.

Weapons & Equipment

 * Whip - her primary weapon. It is retractable and can generate electricity.

Physical Abilities

 * Enhanced Physical Abilities - After being summoned to Tortus as one of Ehit's heroes, Taeko was blessed with superhuman physical abilities. She was especially blessed with great dexterity and agility allowing her to dodge attacks nimbly.
 * Master Whipman - Due to her job as a Whip Master, Taeko is skilled in wielding all sorts of string like objects especially whips. She is capable of of swinging her whip at speed that surpasses the speed of sound, as her whip can leave behind afterimages. She can also manipulate the shape of the string that is in mid air.

Skills

 * Whip Art - a skill that increase efficiency in using a whip and other string-like weapons.
 * 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

 * Lightning Snake

Trivia

 * Taeko apparently inherited her sadistic traits from her mother.