Kentarou Nomura

Kentarou Nomura 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 Jugo Nagayama and Kousuke Endou.

After the Demons invaded the Heiligh Kingdom, Kentarou and the rest of the students stayed behind to protect it while Hajime and his companions traveled with the so-called "hero" Kouki Amanogawa and his friends.

Appearance
Kentarou is a young man wit short black hair and brown eyes

Biography
One day during his second year of high school, Kentarou and his entire class was summoned to Tortus by its god Ehit in order to help humanity's war against the Demons. He and his classmates trained in the Heiligh Kingdom for two weeks, under the supervision of Knight Commander Meld Loggins, before they traveled to the Great Orcus Labyrinth, in order to fight the Monsters that dwelled inside it until they were strong enough to fight the demons. During their first trip the the Labyrinth, they were all transported to the 65th floor due to a trap that was accidentally set off by Daisuke Hiyama. It was there that they were all surrounded by an army of skeletal Traum Soldiers on one side, and a Behemoth on the other. After a fierce battle, almost everyone managed to escape, but Kentarou's classmate Hajime Nagumo was believed to have been killed when he fell off the bridge the Behemoth stood on, after he helped keep it at bay in order for the rest of his class to escape. This ordeal had severely effected the remaining students' morale, but Kentarou was among those who resumed their training in the Great Orcus Labyrinth.

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. Like most of his classmates, 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. Kentarou bears no grudge on Hajime for murdering Hiyama for what he has done. When Hajime revealed to him and everyone else that his fall was never an accident and Hiyama was behind it intentionally, Kentarou and his classmates lose what's little sympathy they had left for Hiyama and completely written him off as a self-deluded traitor.

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.