Yuuji Nakata  

, 中田勇次

Yuuji Nakata is a friendly and helpful first-year student who joins the Kendo Club at school. Prior to joining, he was a member of his junior high school's kendo club and had also attended the Kawazoe Dojo. During his time in junior high, he reached the top eight in the prefectural games. In the manga, Tamaki claims that Yuuji is stronger than Toyama. While not quite as skilled as Tamaki, Yuuji has defeated Satori Azuma once and used kendo to scare away some gangsters. However, after the gangsters had fled, he became frightened and panicked. Additionally, Yuuji is the only person who knows of Kojirous true reason for intensifying his training of the kendo team.