Kentarou Nomura

Kentarou Nomura is a character from the "Arifureta Shokugyō de Sekai Saikyō" 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 Jugo Nagayama and Kousuke Endou.

Biography
He is a one of the back-line members of the hero's party, a mage specializing in earth magic.

Relationships

 * Kousuke Endou - One of Kentarou's oldest friends, and a member of his party. Even though Kentarou has known Kousuke for ages, he still can't perceive him, and tend to forget about his existence even though he is near him. Despite tending to forget him at times, he is very close and loyal to him as was shown when he and Jugo Nagayama immediately rushed to his aid and helped Bernard Pace so Kousuke could aid Claudia Barenberg.
 * Jugo Nagayama - One of Kentarou's oldest friends and the leader of his party.
 * Ayako Tsuji - The two of them have feelings for each other, but they are both too shy to openly acknowledge them, as it took them returning to Earth to even call each other by their first names.
 * Mao Yoshino - A member of his party.
 * Hajime Nagumo - Like many of his classmates, he is terrified of Hajime both his ruthlessness and demonic strength. He taken Hajime's warning of his murder even to his classmates seriously due to him afraid to die which is intensified when witnessing Hajime killed Daisuke Hiyama for his betrayal.

Weapons & Equipment

 * Wand - An artifact made by Hajime that boosts his magical affinity.

Powers & Abilities

 * Magic Master - As a Geomancer, he has the highest proficiency and mastery with earth magic than the rest of his class, but this is mostly limited to attack based magic. He has been shown to have a limited ability to actually manipulate minerals as compared to a Synergist. He also has the highest resistance against earth magic.

Skills

 * Earth Magic Affinity - A skill to use earth magic at a capable rate.
 * Earth Resistance - Increase resistance to earth magic to a certain degree.
 * 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

 * Dark Gaol - A high-ranking earth spell that spreads a cloud of smoke that petrifies anything it touches. As long as any part of someone is hit by the petrification, it would slowly spread until they are completely frozen. The only way to stop it is to put up a barrier strong enough to repel it, or blow the smoke away before it touches anyone. However, only a high rank barrier would be able to hold it off. Furthermore, it requires an extremely powerful wind spell to be dislodged.

Etymology

 * The name "Kentarou" means "healthy, strong" (健), "thick, big" (太), and "son" (郎).
 * Kentarou's surname "Nomura" means "field, area" (野), and "village" (村).

Trivia

 * In the anime, Kentarou 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.