Motoyasu Kitamura

"I'm obsessed with angels."

- Motoyasu revealing his obssession over Filo

Motoyasu Kitamura is a supporting character of The Rising of the Shield Hero series and the titular main protagonist of its spin-off, The Reprise of the Spear Hero. He was a university student before being summoned to another world to serve as one of the four Legendary Heroes, the Spear Hero).

In spite of his role as a Legendary Hero, Motoyasu used to be one of the most supportive figure to (former) Princess Malty S. Melromarc and serves as a major antagonist in the first five volume of the story. He is also a major antagonist in the first season of anime series.

He is voiced by Makoto Takahashi in Japanese version, and by Xander Mobus in English version.

Overview
A 21-year-old University Student summoned to be the Hero of the Spear, Motoyasu is extremely popular with women and views it as his duty to protect them and show off his cool side. As he immediately believes anything Malty tells him, he's often put in conflict with Naofumi.

After the Spirit Turtle incident, his party and Malty abandoned him and Motoyasu became the second Hero to align with Naofumi, after Ren Amaki. His awakened Curse Series gave him a side-effect to see women literally as pigs and distrust over nearly all female human beings. He also developed an obssession to Filo and later a habit to call Naofumi "Lord Father-in-Law".

Trivia

 * Motoyasu is the only Legendary Hero besides Naofumi to receive a protagonistic role in a spin-off series of Shield Hero franchise.
 * He has the most shuffling of the party members. He doesn't care much about the male members of the party and gives special attention to only the females. It is likely the male members are disgusted with his flirting habits before leaving, while the females are kicked out by Malty.