001 ．　Okuto Nakamura

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Hifumi Kawamura

Nakamura admires Kawamura's drawing skills the moment he saw her drawing of Hirose, claiming himself to be a fan. When Nakamura saw her drawings, Nakamura asks her to draw him and Hirose hanging out together, being very grateful for her service. Nakamura was also willing to help her by being a replacement for the role Kawamura was supposed to play in "The Night of Falling Stars."

Nakamura also seems more comfortable talking to Kawamura than any other characters, where he has a rarely seen content and relaxed expression when interacting with her. Still, they do not interact with each other on a daily basis, only doing so when Nakamura asks her for drawing requests or bumping into each other during class.

Kawamura is in love with Nakamura, but she knows Nakamura is in love with Hirose.

Icchan

Icchan is Nakamura's pet octopus, and he cares for and loves it a lot. Icchan also appears in one of Nakamura's dreams, which can be interpreted that Nakamura thinks about Icchan often. Icchan also escapes his tank seemingly quite often and once even latches onto Nakamura's face while he is sleeping, in which Nakamura dismisses it and forgives Icchan for it.

Kana Nakamura

Being his sister, Nakamura and her have a relatively realistic sibling relationship, butting heads often but still caring for each other. Nakamura mostly acts neutral around her, once dismissing her tantrum about the cookie he accidentally ate and not treating her insults as a big deal. Nakamura views Kana as a pain sometimes, and it seems like Kana is the sibling that dominates between the two.

Aiki Hirose

Nakamura bears a one-sided crush on Hirose and is always aspiring to get closer to him. During the beginning of the story, Nakamura is very self-conscious around Hirose, fearing that Hirose will avoid him if he makes some sort of mistake. Due to this, he hides a lot about himself such as how he loves octopus and how he likes reading BL books. Nonetheless, he cares a lot about Hirose, worrying when he had a stomach and risking his life to protect Hirose from the delinquents.

Nakamura admires Hirose quite a lot, perhaps to the point of obsession. When drawing him, Nakamura carefully observes every part of Hirose, claiming how attractive he is. Nakamura is also seen observing Hirose often from a distance and is very jealous of his friends for being close to Hirose. Nakamura has also seemingly developed an interest in smelling Hirose in the sequel.

At the end of Go For It, Nakamura!, Nakamura and Hirose develop a mutual friendship, and are seen together more often in the sequel.

This emotional side carries onto his likings, showing Nakamura to be very passionate and dedicated to the things he loves or growing interested in. One unique trait he has is his overwhelming love for octopuses, having multiple figurines of octopuses in his room, and even owning one himself. When developing an interest in BL manga as a way to get love advice, Nakamura takes notes in a very serious manner, treating a work of fiction as a dating guidebook. This dedicated side of him is especially seen in his love for Hirose, constantly trying to become friends with him, seeking love advice from an unlikely source to get closer to Hirose, and even mustering up the courage to risk his life to save him from sexual assault. This dedication, however, occasionally reaches a point of obsession when Nakamura would steal a cassette tape to hear Hirose's voice and sniffing what was thought to be Hirose's PE uniform.

One of Nakamura's major characteristics is his shyness. He struggles to interact with people, to the point where he fails to properly communicate his thoughts despite practicing in his head. Because of this, he tries to avoid social situations and confrontations at all costs due to his fear of being judged and chastised by others. Nakamura displays a lot of insecurity and low self-esteem, talking down to himself quite often for being a "total loser" and not believing that Hirose and him could become friends. This mindset breaks however when Hirose's friends are put in the picture, in which Nakamura sees them as rivals or in Oomori's case, an inferior. This behavior indirectly shows that he can be easily jealous or irritated around people who get in the way between him and Hirose.

Another notable part of Nakamura is his clumsy personality, often getting himself in the comedically embarrassing situations the series is known for, such as when he stepped on Hirose's napkin in an attempt to pick it up for him first.

Despite his shy personality, Nakamura tries to be caring and thoughtful towards others. When it was revealed that Kawamura was too sick to play her role, Nakamura was willing to be a replacement last minute, using that action as a proper thank you for the manga she drew for him. Furthermore, Nakamura also gives Hirose a crab keychain as a gift, seeing how Hirose was admiring the crabs in the aquarium.

Nakamura is also a very emotion-guided person, such as shedding a tear when Kawamura gives him the manga he requested, getting excited when spotting his beloved octopus in the Yokohama aquarium, or being unable to calm himself down when flustered. Additionally, Nakamura can act without thinking when in his emotional state, such as when he fell down a large construction hole in front of him in an attempt to save Hirose, or when he vandalizes on a wall out of despair despite a sign stating "Do not graffiti." hanging on top of him.

Okuto (First Name) Nakamura (Last Name)

JAPANESE NAME: 中村 男久斗 ROMAJI NAME: Nakamura Okuto INFORMATION GENDER: Male AGE: 16-17 (Manga) 15 (Anime) BIRTHDAY: October 24th (Scorpio) HEIGHT: 167cm (5'6" ft) BLOOD TYPE: O AFFILIATIONS: Unnamed Mother Unnamed Father Kana Nakamura (Younger Sister) Aiki Hirose (Friend, crush) Hifumi Kawamura (Friend, admirer) Kota Takeuchi (Acquaintance) Ryou Mukai (Acquaintance) Kosei Matsumura (Rival) Sou Otogiri (Teacher) OCCUPATION: High School Student

"Today's the day... I'm going to talk to him!"

• Okuto Nakamura Okuto Nakamura (中村 男久斗 Nakamura Okuto) is the titular main protagonist of the Go For It, Nakamura! series and its sequel Go For It Again, Nakamura!.

Attending Hoshimi High School, he has a crush on his classmate, Aiki Hirose.

Appearance

Nakamura has short black hair with curled-up bangs that often hide his eyes. He has narrow, monolid eyes with tiny dotted pupils. Nakamura is light-skinned, and he has a slender, tall body.

Nakamura is typically drawn wearing a traditional gakuran or other various types of school uniform, usually all buttoned-up. In Syundei's older artwork, Nakamura also wears a black cap matching his gakuran, although this was abandoned in later artworks. Indoors, Nakamura wears the uwabaki while outdoors, he typical wears black loafers.

OPERA's pop-up cafe features Nakamura wearing a chef uniform holding a tong with a common red octopus hugging his head.

From his classmate's perspective, he is seen as creepy, gloomy, and often plain and forgettable. In Chapter 5, Kawamura's friends compare him to a face drawn on a shimeji mushroom.

Personality

"A first-year student at Hoshimi High School. He's not good at communicating with people. He fell in love with Hirose at first sight at the entrace ceremony and is working hard to become friends with him. He dotes on his pet octopus, Icchan."