A high school student summoned to another world as the Bow Hero. He is usually calm and well-mannered. However, He has a messiah complex, and is pretty much a justice maniac. He vanquishes evildoers without thinking of the consequences of his actions. However, this is just because he is immature. He doesn't actually have any bad intentions.

~!When the Spirit Turtle revived, Itsuki and the party was forced to challenge it, but the party ran away, leaving him as a sacrifice to the Turtle.!~

Naofumi Iwatani, an uncharismatic Otaku who spends his days on games and manga, suddenly finds himself summoned to a parallel universe! He discovers he is one of four heroes equipped with legendary weapons and tasked with saving the world from its prophesied destruction. As the Shield Hero, the weakest of the heroes, all is not as it seems. Naofumi is soon alone, penniless, and betrayed. With no one to turn to, and nowhere to run, he is left with only his shield. Now, Naofumi must rise to become the legendary Shield Hero and save the world! 
 
Note: 
- The first episode was pre-aired on December 27th, 2018. Regular broadcast began on January 9th, 2019. 
- The first episode aired with a runtime of ~47 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.

__Height:__ 171cm

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Streams on Twitch.tv part time, is also a wrestler.

__Birth Place:__ Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany

He is also known as the german voice for Tom Holland aka Spiderman (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Thomas Brodie-Sangster aka Newt (Mazerunner) or Dylan Minnette aka Clay (13 Reasons Why).

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**Diego Valente Becerril Ruiz** is a Mexican voice actor. He is known for being the Latin American Spanish voice of Mike Wheeler in _Stranger Things_.

[Instagram](https://Instagram.com/yangesteira/) | [Facebook](https://facebook.com/yan.alpande)

Yan Alpande Gesteira is a Brazilian actor, voice actor, and dubbing director. He is the grandson of [Carlos Gesteira](https://anilist.co/staff/175188/) and grandnephew of [Zé da Viola](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A9_da_Viola).

__Non-Anime Roles:__
~!- Timothée Chalamet, Xolo Maridueña, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Freddie Highmore, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jack Griffo, Alex Wolff, Anthony Ramos, Dylan Arnold, Jack Dylan Grazer, Dylan Minnette, Lewis Pullman, Archie Madekwe, Rory Culkin, Choi Woo-Sik, Moises Arias, Michael Cimino, Algee Smith, Tanner Buchanan, Julián Cerati, Aaron Hilmer, Emmanuel Restrepo, Miles Heizer (Most of the productions)
- Phineas Flynn (1st voice - 1st-2nd season; Phineas and Ferb)
- Dr. Shaun Murphy (The Good Doctor)
- Norman Bates (Bates Motel)
- Miguel Diaz (Cobra Kai)
- Paul Atreides (Dune movies)
- Willy Wonka (Wonka)
- Jonathan Ohnn / Spot (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)
- Kaio O. Kincaid / K.O. / Turbo K.O. / Perfect K.O. (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes)
- Number Five (2nd dub; The Umbrella Academy)
- Max Thunderman (The Thundermans franchise and cameos on Nickelodeon series)
- Milo Fishtooth (Fish Hooks)
- Victor Salazar (Love, Victor)
- Nathaniel Kurtzberg / Caprikid (Miraculous: Les aventures de Ladybug et Chat Noir)
- Newt (Maze Runner trilogy)
- Jojen Reed (Game of Thrones)
- Malcolm McLaren (Pistol)
- Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle (Blue Beetle)
- Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler (X-Men: Apocalypse e X-Men: Dark Phoenix)
- Roberto "Bobby" Domzalski (Tales of Arcadia franchise)
- Harold Hutchins (Captain Underpants franchise)
- Henry Creel / One / Peter Ballard (Stranger Things)
- Rodrick Heffley (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2021, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules and Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever)
- Matthew MacDell (Big Mouth)
- Duncan Harris (Duncanville)
- Lon (Sendokai Champions)
- Koichi Shikishima (Godzilla Minus One)
- Kenny Rossmore / Kenny Miller (We're the Millers)
- Flower (Bambi II)
- Cooper Daniels and Billy Billions (Ben 10 franchise)
- Cooper "Coop" Burtonburger (Kid vs. Kat)
- Freddy Freeman (Shazam! and Shazam! Fury of The Gods)
- Jordan Buttsquat (Camp Lakebottom)
- Prince Peter (Long Live the Royals)
- Sanjay Patel (Sanjay & Craig)
- Ares Hidalgo (Through My Window trilogy)
- Lucas Nickle (The Ant Bully)
- Jared Shapiro (The Powerpuff Girls 2016)
- Ray Terrill / The Ray (The Flash, DC's Legends of Tomorrow and Freedom Fighters: The Ray)
- Boba Fett (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)
- Clumsy Smurf (Smurfs: The Lost Village and Les Schtroumpfs 2021)
- Buddy Pine / Incrediboy (2nd dub; The Incredibles)
- Timothy "Tim" Willoughby (The Willoughbys)
- Dylan Dalmatian (101 Dalmatian Street)
- Walter Beckett (Spies in Disguise)
- Sho (Ready Player One)
- Henry Bowers (IT)
- Cal Price (Love, Simon)
- Aaron Samuels (Mean Girls 2024)
- Jason "Jay" Kelso (That '90s Show)
- Rowan Laslow (Wednesday)
- Hugo Múler (Elite)
- Joshua "Josh" Wheeler (Daybreak)
- Dilton Doiley (Riverdale)
- Bumpty Fluzoo (Grown Ups 2)
- Jabber (Jibber Jabber)
- Tyler Gossard (Malibu Rescue)
- Aidan Peters (Stuck in The Middle)
- Zigmund "Zig" Novak (Degrassi: Next Class)
- Zach Barnes (Bella and the Bulldogs)
- Malakai Mitchell (Heartbreak High)
- Jimmy Borrelli and Emmett (Chicago Fire)
- Brett Talbot [2nd voice - 5th season] and Gabe (Netflix's dub; Teen Wolf)
!~

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An Italian actor, voice actor and dialogue writer, mostly known for his roles as [Izuku Midoriya](https://anilist.co/character/89028/), [Cabba](https://anilist.co/character/127219/), [Citron](https://anilist.co/character/87633/) (Clemont / Lem), [Tenma of Pegasus](https://anilist.co/character/3776/) and [Capeta Taira](https://anilist.co/character/7161/).

Naofumi Iwatani, an uncharismatic Otaku who spends his days on games and manga, suddenly finds himself summoned to a parallel universe! He discovers he is one of four heroes equipped with legendary weapons and tasked with saving the world from its prophesied destruction. As the Shield Hero, the weakest of the heroes, all is not as it seems. Naofumi is soon alone, penniless, and betrayed. With no one to turn to, and nowhere to run, he is left with only his shield. Now, Naofumi must rise to become the legendary Shield Hero and save the world! 

(Source: One Peace Books)

The second season of Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari. 
 
With another Wave happening in a week, Naofumi Iwatani and his party have no time to waste. However, when bat familiars raid Lurolona Village and the Wave countdown comes to a halt, the Four Cardinal Heroes reconvene with the queen, Mirelia Q Melromarc, for a quick briefing. The queen presumes that the odd occurrences are linked to the Spirit Tortoise—a threatening creature that has awakened from its slumber, back to cause havoc once again. A plan to put the Spirit Tortoise to rest is devised—but out of the four men, only the cursed Shield Hero agrees to help. 
 
(Source: MAL Rewrite)

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A Brazilian Portuguese voice actor from São Paulo.

Naofumi was sent to another world, accused of rape, and betrayed by his fellow companions. Left penniless and alone, he was forced to purchase a slave in order to have a fighting chance in this world.
 
Anyway, here’s a bunch of stories about them eating delicious food.

Don’t like the outcome? Then start over and do it again! An exhilarating, new otherworldly redemption fantasy begins in this spin-off of the massively popular otherworldly fantasy, the Rising of the Shield Hero! Motoyasu Kitamura is summoned to another world to serve as the Spear Hero, but something eventually manages to kill him. When he dies Motoyasu suddenly finds himself back on the day he was first summoned to the new world—without losing any of his power! It’s the start of a new game in god mode! This time he’s determined to get things right—for the sake of his beloved Filo-tan, the magnificent filolials, and his “father,” the Shield Hero. 
(Source: One Peace Books)

Short comics posted on the official Chinese The Rising of the Shield Hero Mobile Game blog

A comedy slice of life spinoff of The Rising of the Shield Hero series.
 
Includes 1 bonus chapter.

The third season of Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari. 
After defeating the Spirit Tortoise, Naofumi has no time for rest. An attack from the next Guardian Beast is imminent, but the three other Cardinal Heroes have gone missing. So, Naofumi and his party set out to search for the legendary trio. 
(Source: Crunchyroll News)

The fourth season of Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari. 

The Return of the Exiled━ 

(Source: Official Twitter)

Itsuki Kawasumi