Yoshiki Saitou

Yoshiki Saitou is a 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 friends with formerly both Daisuke Hiyama, Reichi Kondou, and currenlty Shinji Nakano and was part of Daisuke's gang who regularly used to torment Hajime Nagumo and made his life miserable in school from the past. Until after Kondou's death, Saitou and Shinji were betrayed by Daisuke. However, after Hiyama's defeat, Saitou and Nakano redeemed themselves to pledge their loyalty toward Hajime for their misdeeds.

He and Shinji eventually start a private security company after returning to Earth, and became bodyguards of Liliana S. B. Heiligh.

Appearance
Yoshiki is a young man with a thin build, slit eyes and light-brown hair.

Personality
At first, Yoshiki once typical bully from the past, but now a gutless coward who afraid to die by Hajime's hands to leaving him change after the deaths of Daisuke and Reichi by Hajime's hands. He became more earnest. He learning to become a good person.

He was eager to find a girlfriend, but is usually unsuccessful when girls are disgusted him due to Hiyama. When redeemed himself, Saitou learned to become compassionate and behave himself in order to get girls love him.

Unlike Hiyama, Yoshiki does have redeem qualities when he and Shinji apologize to Hajime for their misdeeds and willing to do whatever it takes to earn his respects even when letting Nagumo to keep Kaori.

Along with Nakano, he shown his regretful side when he and Shinji were powerless as they couldn't save their true friend, Reichi Kondou from the betrayal of their false friend, Daisuke Hiyama.

Physical Abilities

 * Enhanced Physical Abilities: Like most of his classmates, Yoshiki possessed physical abilities stronger than ordinary humans. However, He is considered to be one of the weakest of his classmates. His abilities are pathetically weak to Hajime and his companions. Without his weapon, Yoshiki is useless when it comes to be an actual hand-to-hand combat.

Skills

 * Wind Magic Affinity - It allows the user to use wind magic at a capable rate.
 * Wind Perception - An ability to sense the flow of the wind more sensitively.
 * 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

 * Wind Sphere - A beginner-level offensive spell that creates a clod of hardened wind. "Rend my foes O wind."
 * Wind Blade - a single blade of wind that is very sharp.
 * Wind Wall - a barrier comprised of wind the flows in all directions.

Relationships

 * Daisuke Hiyama, Reichi Kondou, & Shinji Nakano - Yoshiki's three closest friends and formerly partners in crime. Alongside them, he bullied Hajime Nagumo as much as possible mostly because they liked Kaori as well in the past. But now, they are terrified of the monstrous Hajime after he murdered Cattleya . After Hiyama betrayed them by aligning himself with Eri and causing Kondou's death, he and Shinji were mentally cornered and recluse themselves in their room due their friend's betrayal. After their deaths, Saitou and Nakano visited to Kondou's grave and apologized when they were unable to help due to Hiyama's betrayal. Like everyone else, Yoshiki no longer cared about Hiyama when he was never his friend and will remember Hiyama nothing but a selfish, deluded traitor.
 * Hajime Nagumo - Yoshiki, along with his friends, were jealous the fact that Kaori was interested in Hajime, so they constantly bullied him at school and in Tortus in the past. When he along with his classmates were saved by Hajime, he was shocked and scared by Hajime's inhuman strength and ruthless attitude. After failed feigning an apologized for Hajime to return to the so-called "Hero Party" purely to get close to Kaori, Saitou and the Four (except for Hiyama due to his persistence) has easily given up his pursuit on Hajime and his chance for Kaori. After Eri and Hiyama's betrayal, Kondou's death, and witnessing Hajime killing his two friends without hesitation, he along with Shinji were terrified to cross Hajime and kneel before Hajime to sworn they will never get in his way or intend to harm his lovers even again as they apologizing to him for their previous misdeeds and let Hajime keep Kaori. In the funeral of asking what really happened in his "fall", Hajime enlightened Saitou and the rest of the classmates that it was Hiyama did it intentionally not accidentally which caused Yoshiki to not have any trace left of sympathy for his former "friend" after the dimwitte traitor used him as a tool. They begin to show respect for Hajime after returning to Earth, but Hajime still finds him annoying and despite him and Nakano became his staunch yes-men.
 * Liliana S. B. Heiligh - Liliana considers Yoshiki and Shinji her friends. They act as her bodyguards whenever she appears in public as a pop idol.

Trivia

 * In the anime, Yoshiki is not among the students that trains in the Great Orcus Labyrinth. Instead, he and a few other students stay behind in the Heiligh Kingdom's capital as a support team.