Naoki Fujieda (藤枝直樹 Fujieda Naoki) is the drummer of Trapnest. Like Nobu in Black Stones, he's the "clueless", loud-mouthed member of the band. As with the rest of his bandmates, he's a friend of Yasu. His musical interest was awakened by Takumi during middle school. He hoped to achieve lots of attention from girls by playing in the band. He used to be the playboy of the band, tricking groupies to fund their cause, to which end is not explained.
Biography
Naoki studied in the same school with Takumi and Reira. In High school he dyed his hair blond and was fascinated how good it looked on him. He also used to wear glam style shirts instead of plane school uniform ones. He was scolded many times by teachers for his appearance, but never had even a thought to change it. Because he always cared more about how to look good, than about school rules and opinions.
Takumi made him to join his Light Music Club and asked to be in his band later, primary for his attractive appearance. Naoki liked glam rock since childhood and wanted to play it because his mother had a lot of CD with it and he liked those extravagant clothes, but Takumi said that he wants them to play original music. Takumi made him to sell tickets for their performance. Naoki used to think that Takumi and Reira were a couple and was startled when she started dating with Yasu. Also he looks silly, but he practiced like a crazy to be a good drummer for Trapnest.
Physical appearance
Naoki is a tall blonde male with green eyes. His hair is brushed up into glam rock style. He is handsome, sparkly and loud. Takumi calls him "dumb prince". Despite his attraction to glamour and fancy clothes, he also often shown in comfortable sporty style clothes and clubbing clothes.
Personality and traits
- Naoki is very sociable and likes to be in the spotlight.
- He likes beautiful things and likes to dress extravagantly.
- He is confident, optimistic, kind, helpful, energetic, passionate, honest and cheerful and he is very loyal to his band.
- Naoki has a good sense of humor and seems happy most of the time.
- But at the same time, he is a bit childish, impatient and self-centred.
- He spends a lot of time in night clubs.
Relationships
Friends
He is very devoted member of Trapnest and all the members are his friends. He is also friends with Yasu too. Later, Naoki becomes a good friend of Hachiko, when they finally met.
Future wife and kids
In the future, he is shown to be married and having at least a daughter, whose name is Momoko.
Etymology
- The name Naoki means ''straight, honest'' (直) (nao) and ''tree'' (樹) (ki).
- Naoki's surname Fujieda means ''wisteria, fuji'' (藤) (fuji) japanese plant with purple or white flowers' and ''branch'' (枝) (eda).
Behind the scenes
- His hair style resembles David Bowie's from the labyrinth although shorter in length.
- He went to the same primary school with Yasushi, Reira, Ren, and Takumi.
- His backstory states that during Trapnest's early days in Tokyo, Takumi instructed Naoki to seek out well-off women who were wealthy enough to pay for all the expensive stuff the band needed, and "a lot of other stuff" that he couldn't reveal. Naoki also created an imaginary girlfriend named "Haruko" in order to cope with the pressure of being a full-time musician, and to give himself an encouragement.
- During middle school and high school, Naoki used to think that Yasushi was "an undercover mafia boss".
Appearances
- Nana
- Manga
- Anime