Daisuke Nara

Daisuke Nara or better known as DAISUKE (大輔, Nara Daisuke) is a major supporting character of the series. He is a chūnin-level shinobi of Konohagakure's Nara clan and a member of Team Sayotsu.

Background
Daisuke was born into the Nara clan to Takuma and Ume. He has a long-standing friendship with Sageru Uzumaki. They met even before joining the Academy, when others ridiculed Sageru for his poor skills, Shikamaru too abandoned the game and ended up hanging out with Sageru instead. Because of the kindness Shikamaru has always shown him, Sageru is unwavering in his loyalty to him, and will gladly give his life for Shikamaru.

Once they entered the Academy, Shikamaru and Sageru were among their classes' dead-lasts, along with Someoka, spending their day pursuing what they deemed to be more interesting pastimes. In Daisuke's case, he would spend all day sleeping; to Shikamaru, even the very effort of putting pen-to-paper was just too much effort for him to put into it unless he had to. Iruka Umino, their instructor, would give them all the same lecture.

Personality
As a genin, Daisuke Nara was the sort of unenthusiastic kid who liked to watch clouds. He preferred not to get involved in "troublesome" activities, pretending to be busy to avoid responsibility. He also does not like fighting, deeming it, as he does to most things, "troublesome". He is fully aware of this side of his personality. He even named himself "the number one at running away" or "the number one coward". In fact, his most commonly used phrase is "how troublesome" and "what a drag".

However, when duty calls, Daisuke has a strong moral compass and sense of commitment towards his comrades. Even though, by his own testimony, he lacks bravery, he will sacrifice himself and face almost certain death, for the sake of his friends and/or villagers without a second thought. Because of his raw leadership skill, he was the first genin from the Rookie Nine to become a chūnin. The weight of the decisions he must make as a chūnin and, thus, team leader have caused Daisuke to mature rapidly.

Sageru is Daisuke's best friend. He respects and trusts him. He said that if he had to fight Sageru in the Chūnin Exams he would give up. After he left Chōji to fight Jirōbō, he told the rest of the team that Sageru is stronger than anyone else in this team.

Daisuke enjoys playing thinking games. He has expressed a notably mature interest in marriage and raising a family. He hopes to "marry a regular girl who isn't too ugly and not too pretty. Have two children, first a girl, then a boy. Retire after my daughter is married and my son becomes a successful ninja, and spend the rest of my life playing shōgi or Go. Then die of old age before my wife."

Appearance
To further emphasize his personality, Daisuke is regularly seen with a lazy or irritated expression. He has fairly long spiky hair, narrow brown eyes. During Part I, his attire was rather plain, consisting of a red lined mesh T-shirt under a short sleeved black jacket with red edges, adorned on both the sleeves and the back with a circle with a line through it, his blue forehead protector worn around his left arm, brown pants, and blue sandals. After his promotion to chūnin, he also wore a flak jacket over his outfit.

Abilities
Daisuke is a highly skilled shinobi, attested to by him being the first of his peers to be promoted to the rank of chūnin. Even while he was still a genin in Part I, Daisuke was among the few shinobi who detected and dispelled a sleep-inducing genjutsu.It was stated that he was offered a position in the Twelve Guardian Ninja, but turned it down in order to stay in Konoha and protect it. In Part II, he was seen being able to summon objects from scrolls to his advantage. Even though it is not his favorite fighting style, Daisuke is capable in the usage of close range combat, such as taijutsu, seen when he attacked Sageru with a punch that came as such a shock to the latter that he could not evade Sageru's secondary, shadow attack. He has also made use of his tantō to attack an unknown shinobi, leaving a gash in the side of his target's neck.He also showed great skill with close-range combat.