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| other_names = Lonely Brave(ロンリーブレイブ, ''Ronrī Bureibu'')<ref name="ep27" /><br/>Brave Max(ブレイブマックス, ''Bureibu Makkusu'')<ref name="ep27" /><br/>The Brave Battler| age = 16<ref name="ep27">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|27|ref}}</ref>

'''Naoki Shima''' ({{Ruby|島|しま}} {{Ruby|直|なお}}{{Ruby|樹|き}}, ''Shima Naoki'') is a character appearing in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]'' anime. He is [[Yusaku Fujiki|Yusaku]]'s classmate. When Dueling in LINK VRAINS, he is known as '''The Brave Battler''' ('''Lonely Brave''' ロンリーブレイブ ''Ronrī Bureibu'', and subsequently '''Brave Max'''ブレイブマックス ''Bureibu Makkusu'', in the Japanese version).

He Shima loves Dueling, but is not too confident about his skills and had never Dueled in [[LINK VRAINS]], however he eventually overcomes this fear. He is also a fan of [[Yusaku Fujiki|Playmaker]]. He's enthusiastic, passionate, and tries to be friendly with Yusaku. During his observations, Yusaku pointed out that Naoki Shima cannot stand being alone.

Naoki Shima noticed [[Yusaku Fujiki|Yusaku]] asleep after class had already ended and introduced himself, noting that Yusaku has no friends. He was upset that Yusaku didn't remember him, as they had been classmates for over a month. Naoki Shima tried to befriend Yusaku and showed off his new Duel Disk, only for Yusaku to criticize NaokiShima's lack of Dueling talent, but also pointed out that Naoki Shima had good intentions. Naoki Shima got upset at Yusaku's remarks and stormed off, telling him to Duel by himself. Later he went to watch Duels at [[LINK VRAINS]] and was scared when the [[Knights of Hanoi]] attacked, and was surprised when "Playmaker" appeared.<ref name="ep1">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|1|ref}}</ref> He then watch watched the Duel between Playmaker and the Knights of Hanoi with [[Shoichi KusanagiCal Kolter]] and was happy that Playmaker won.<ref name="ep2">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|2|ref}}</ref> Sometime later at class, he asked Yusaku if he has had seen Playmaker in action before much in which he told no and he was later surprised to see a Knight appearing in Link VRAINS promoting , prompting Yusaku to skip class.<ref name="ep3">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|3|ref}}</ref>

Naoki Shima later caught up to Yusaku and assumed he wanted to join the [[Duel Club]]. He was then scolded by the club president [[Hosoda]] for making so much noise after Yusaku joined another member [[Sato]] showed his [[Duel Disk]] in which Yusaku pretended to be interested after [[Aoi Skye Zaizen|AoiSkye]] remarked he knows everything. Yusaku then told that Naoki Shima was the one who bragged about it earlier which promote him to tell about how [[Akira Zaizen]] had given them all the new Duel Disks, and Aoi Skye shot him a stern glare and after Aoi Skye saw Yusaku's Deck and was about to hand it to him, but Naoki then snatch the deck from her and laughed how lame it is. Hosoda then scolded him for insulting his Deck and he grimily grimly handed it to Yusaku. The next day at class, he was annoyed that Yusaku was absent and then turned his notepad on and watch the Duel between Blue Angel and Playmaker. He got excited for the Duel and a teacher then told him to be quiet and he apologize to her.<ref name="ep6">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|6|ref}}</ref> When he saw Blue Angel summon "[[Dark Angel (anime)|Dark Angel]]", Naoki Shima got scared and screamed, causing the teacher to scold him and as the lesson was going on.<ref name="ep7">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|7|ref}}</ref>{{Incomplete}} ===Another==={{Incomplete}}

[[File:Naoki Shima Deck Picture.png|thumb|Shima (as The Brave Battler) and two "[[Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest (anime)|Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest]]".]]Shima plays a '''Beast [[Baboon of the Forest]] Deck'''. Based on his comments made during his duel Duel with a Knight of Hanoi, his deck Deck contains cards capable of destroying [[destroy]]ing his Beast Monsters, such as "[[Wild Nature's Release (anime)|Wild Nature's Release]]", to trigger the [[card effect |effect]] of "[[Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest (anime)|Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest ]]" to set up a [[Beatdown ]] strategy.

* [[Cyberse Wizard (anime)|Cyberse Wizard]]<ref group=Notes name="cyberse">This card's data is given to Naoki him by [[Ai]] in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 027|episode 27]]. He later returns the data to [[Yusaku Fujiki|Playmaker]] in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 028|episode 28]].</ref>* [[Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest (anime)|Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest]] x3<ref group=Notes name="green">The third copy of this card was [[draw a card|drawn]] but not played in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 027|episode 27]].</ref>* [[Scrap Kong (anime)|Scrap Kong]] x2* [[Yellow Baboon, Archer of the Forest (anime)|Yellow Baboon, Archer of the Forest]] x3<ref group=Notes name="yellow">Three copies of this card are [[draw a card|drawn]] but not played in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 027|episode 27]].</ref>|link monsters = * [[Metal Baboon, Stalwart of the Forest]]

* [[Double Summon (anime)|Double Summon]]* [[Wild Nature's Release (anime)|Wild Nature's Release]]<ref group=Notes name="release">This card is [[draw a card|drawn]] but not played in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 027|episode 27]].</ref>|traps =* [[Evenly Matched (anime)|Evenly Matched]]<ref group=Notes name="rebuild">This card can be seen when he is tweaking his [[Main Deck|Deck]] in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 047|episode 47]].</ref>* [[Showdown of the Secret Sense Scroll Techniques (anime)|Showdown of the Secret Sense Scroll Techniques]]<ref group=Notes name="rebuild" />