Misao Nogata

Misogi Nogata (直方, Nogata Misogi) is a middle school student at Yotsuba University Affiliated Junior High School and a classmate of Mahiro Oyama.

Etymology

 * The name Misogi is the name of a Japanese Shinto form of ritual purification by washing the entire body (禊) (misogi).
 * The name Nogata means "straight" (直) (noga) and "direction" (方) (ta).

Manga

 * Mahiro's First Day

Anime

 * Mahiro Goes Back to Middle School