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The characters of the manga and drama series, Liar Game:

Nao Kanzaki

• Battle Couple: Akiyama and Nao.
• Beware the Honest Ones
• Bob Haircut
• The Chick: With some of The Lancer tendancies.
  • A rare example is that she is also the hero
• Chronic Hero Syndrome
• Curtains Match the Window
• Dumb Is Good: Subverted.
• Establishing Character Moment: Nao returning a 100 yen coin to the police.
• Good Is Not Dumb: Develops into a more smarter and capable competition in the LGT over the course of the story.
• The Heart
• Horrible Judge of Character: However, she begins to grow out of it.
• Incorruptible Pure Pureness
• The Ingenue
• The Messiah
• Missing Mom
• Not So Harmless
• Ordinary College Student
• Ping-Pong Naivete
• Plucky Girl
• Protectorate: To Akiyama.
• Screw the Money, I Have Rules
• Ship Tease: With Akiyama.
• Shrinking Violet: Initially.
• Took A Level In Gambiting
• Wide-Eyed Idealist

Shinichi Akiyama

• Battle Couple: Akiyama and Nao.
• Blinding Bangs
• The Chessmaster
• The Dulcinea Effect: Although Akiyama wasn't initially keen on helping Nao, as their relationship improves, he repeatedly comes to her rescue each and every time.
• Even the Guys Want Him: Fukunaga.
• Evil Counterpart/Not So Different: With Yokoya.
• Guile Hero
• The Hero: He fits the trope but Nao is still technically The Hero. He still displays more of the trope than she does.
• I Will Definitely Protect You: Towards Nao.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold
• Knight in Sour Armor: To a certain extent.
• Parental Abandonment: His Disappeared Dad died in an accident when Akiyama was a child, and his Missing Mom was Driven to Suicide after getting into debt.
• Screw the Money, I Have Rules
• Ship Tease: With Nao.
• Tall, Dark and Snarky

Yuji Fukunaga

• Defeat Means Friendship
• Depraved Transexual: Gets better over time, though.
• Dropped a Bridget On Him
• Heel Face Turn: Never really puts on a white hat, but definitely becomes an asset for Nao and Akiyama.
• Gag Boobs: They're implants. And seem to vanish completely during the first Revival Round.
• The Lancer
• Token Evil Teammate

Norihiko Yokoya

• The Chessmaster
• Chronic Backstabbing Disorder
• Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
• Rodents In The Hand