Atsuro Kihara

Atsuro Kihara (木原 篤郎, Kihara Atsurō) is a player character from Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor.

Appearances

 * Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor: Player Character

Biography
Atsuro is one of the Protagonist's closest friends. He is tech savvy, and is very interested in computer programming. He is known to have joined Internet message boards ever since he was in elementary school, most likely because his parents are always abroad. It is through this that he met Naoya, and call's himself "Naoya's No. 1 Apprentice". He teases Yuzu Tanikawa a lot by calling her "Yoohoo", "Frou-Frou", and other giddy nicknames. He has befriended Keisuke Takagi since middle school (who helped his studies), but lost contact to him soon after graduating. Mari Mochizuki is also his private tutor back in middle school, while he recognizes Midori Komaki from internet forum. He is one of the most knowledgeable characters in the lockdown besides Naoya, as his intelligence often gives the party crucial information. His internet friend, 10BIT, plays an important role in his route.

Atsuro wishes to alter the summoning program so that demons will be used for the good of humanity, but is the only character who will join the Protagonist regardless of the path chosen.

Stats
Despite being an intellect person (who are often good with magic in games), Atsuro has generally good strength and vitality, with average speed and bad magic. As enemies gain resistance to physical attacks, his usefulness lessens, unless equipped with Pierce. Compared to other physical-based characters, Atsuro has quite balanced stats. At level 99, he has 35 strength, 21 magic, 30 vitality, and 29 agility.

Trivia

 * In the Japanese version, Yuzu develops a comeback nickname for Atsuro as "Otaku-ro" upon him recognizing Midori Komaki as "Dolly".