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Naozumi Kariyazaki is a character from the Climax Theater quest "School of the Heart" in the PSP release of Persona 2: Innocent Sin. The homeroom teacher of St. Hermelin High School's Class 2-3, he teaches his students using a website called "Ambrosia."

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Persona 2: Innocent Sin[]

Kariyazaki was originally a nobody teacher in danger of being fired before he became the homeroom teacher of 2-3. Using the website "Ambrosia" granted to him by previous homeroom teacher Musubu Torikiri (actually the spirit of Akari Torikiri, Musubu's own sister), Kariyazaki was able to transform himself and the students into "ideal" versions of themselves. When Maya Amano and her party arrives at St. Hermelin to interview Kariyazaki, he at first complies, but refuses to tell them anything about Ambrosia.

In order to stop them from snooping, Kariyazaki infects Lisa Silverman with a Parasite Persona and leaves them in the "Netherworld." Later, after defeating the Parasite Persona and escaping from the Netherworld, the party returns to 2-3 and confronts Kariyazaki, who, in order to preserve his "ideal self," attacks them (taking the form of Pyro Jack in battle). Kariyazaki is defeated, returning him and the students to their original forms. The students, still possessed by the Parasite Persona, shun Kariyazaki. After another teacher enters the classroom, they turn her into a second incarnation of the "ideal" Kariyazaki, and has him attack the party again (this time appearing as Principality) but is again defeated, returning the students to normal.

Etymology[]

  • The name Naozumi means "straight, direct" (直) (nao) and "pure, clean, simple" (純) (sumi/zumi).
  • Naozumi's surname Kariyazaki means "tentative, provisional, interim, assumed, acting, fleeting, informal, unauthorized" (仮) (kari), "roof, house, shop, dealer, seller" (屋) (ya) and "cape, peninsula" (崎) (saki/zaki).

Trivia[]

  • Naozumi's sprite is reused for the unnamed Rock Club advisor of Karukozaka High School, appearing in the Persona Thief quest.


Major Characters
Playable Tatsuya Suou - Maya Amano - Lisa Silverman - Eikichi Mishina - Yukino Mayuzumi - Jun Kurosu
Non-Playable Philemon - Nyarlathotep - Joker
Minor Characters
Plot Relevant Maya Okamura - Akinari Kashihara - Shunsuke Fujii - Katsuya Suou - Ulala Serizawa - Daisuke Todoroki (Kyouji Kuzunoha) - Head Monk - Maki Sonomura - Kei Nanjo - Eriko Kirishima - Hidehiko Uesugi - Reiji Kido - Tamaki Uchida - Tadashi Satomi - Trish - Noriko Katayama - Miho Ogishima - Mami Shibata - Miyabi Hanakouji
Masked Circle Tatsuya Sudou - Ginji Sasaki - Anna Yoshizaka - Junko Kurosu - Shadow Tatsuya - Shadow Maya - Shadow Lisa - Shadow Eikichi - Shadow Yukino - Akari Hoshi - Hiroki Sugimoto - Takashi Hanya - Yasuo Inoe - Youichi Makimura
Last Battalion Fuhrer - Order of the Holy Lance
Velvet Room Igor - Nameless - Belladonna - Demon Painter
Rumormongers Kenta Yokouchi - Baofu - Chika Ueda - Sumaru Genie
Shop Time Count - Garcon Soejima - Kankichi Mishina
Climax Theater Motoko Mitsugi - Naozumi Kariyazaki - Musubu Torikiri - Akari Torikiri - Rose Futaba - Minato - Umiko Shiyama - Persephone - Tamaizu Nirasawa - Haruo Weyland - Kushiel
Locations
Sumaru City Seven Sisters High School - Club Zodiac - Kasugayama High School - Air Raid Shelter - Mu Continent - Giga Macho - Aoba Park - Smile Hirasaka - GOLD - Aerospace Museum - Mt. Iwato - Mt. Katatsumuri - Caracol - Aquarius Temple - Taurus Temple - Scorpio Temple - Leo Temple - Silver River - Xibalba - Abandoned Factory - Climax Theater
Music
Albums Original Soundtracks - The Errors of Their Youth - Persona 20th Anniversary All Time Best Album
Songs "Kimi no Tonari" - "Joker" - "Satomi Tadashi Drugstore Song" - "Unbreakable Tie"
Archives
Terminology Persona (Initial / Prime / Ultimate / Reverse) - Persona user - Cards (Tarot / Material / Skill / Incense) - Mystic Change - Affinity - Mutation - Ideal Energy - In Lak'ech - Oracle of Maia - Spear of Destiny - Muses - Phoenix Ranger Featherman R - Shadow Self - Ambrosia - "Infectious Groove" - Crystal Skull - Ideal Self - Growth Rate - Rumor
Lists Arcana - Personas - Demons - Bosses - Skills (Fusion Spells) - Items - Rumors - Restaurants
Other Media
Productions Lost Memories
Publications Innocent Sin (novel) - Persona 2: Tsumi ga Ataeshi Batsu - Persona: Tsumi To Batsu - Comic Anthology: Short Comic Heaven / Innocent Children / Innocent Memory / Comic Anthology (DNA Media Comics)
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