Tatsuhiro Satou

Summary
The Protagonist of  Welcome to the NHK , Satou is a 22-year old man with strong paranoid and anti-social tenden

cies, leading to his becoming a hikikimori (a shut-in). His social agorophobia is so strong that he has deluded himself into believing the existence of an evil organization whose only goal is his social confinement, a society he names the NHK (Nihon Hikikimori Kyoukai, or the National Hikikimori Society). His attempts to uncover this organization ironically lead him to retaliate in ways which only deepen his paranoia. Due to his paranoid and yet oddly naive nature, Satou often finds himself in odd situations throughout the series.

Background
Satou attended hgh school regularly, his hikkikimori tendencies hadn't develop at that period in his life. In his first days in the high school, an upperclassman called Hitomi Kashiwa invited him into the Literature Club. Satou spent most of his spare time here, but he did not read, rather, he played card



games with Hitomi. It is also revealed that in his class, Megumi Kobayashi was the class rep. During his time at the Literature Club, Satou was level headed, but Hitomi frequently brought up her wide array of conspiracy theories, which may hint to the way he thinks and acts now.

One day, as he and Hitimi were walking, they witnessed Kaoru Yamazaki gettin beaten up. Wanting to impress Hitomi, Satou attempted to break up the fighting, but got beaten himself. Although Hitomi wasn't impressed, Yamazaki quickly took a liking to Satou.



Satou was not from Tokyo, and moved there for college. However, on the first day, he  was overcome with insecurity, and felt as if everyone laughed and smirked at him, causing him to flee back to his apartment. From then on, he never left the apartment for 4 years, save for Sundays, which then he goes to the park(because apparently, it's the only place he feels relaxed.