Eishirō Sugata

Eishiro Sugata (守形 英四郎 Sugata Eishirō) is the leader of the New World Discovery Club (新大陸発見部 Shin Tairiku Hakkenbu, also known as "New Continent Discovery Club"), at Tomoki Sakurai's school who is an eccentric explorer and scientist that enjoys hang-gliding and living in the wilderness. In the anime, he opens the episodes with some philosophical narrations which reference historical explorers such as Magellan and Columbus. Prior to the events of the series, he is the son of a renowned political family. When his elder brother died from a hang-gliding accident, Eishirō takes blame and is disowned by his family. Leaving his younger brother the sole heir. Since then he has followed his elder brother's footsteps in discovering a "New World" as a way of atoning for his misdeed.

Eishirō is voiced by Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Japanese) and Eric Vale (English).

Personality
Eishirō behaves in a generally deadpan manner unless it involves the "New World" or his family background.

Trivia

 * Eishirō is best friends with Mikako Satsukitane.