Shōta Kazehaya

Birthday is May 15th. Blood type O.

Sawako's classmate and boyfriend.

Popular among both genders for his refreshing and friendly personality. However, he doesn't consider himself refreshing and has a strong possessive desire towards Sawako. He dislikes dishonesty and has a serious nature, inheriting his father's stubbornness, inflexibility, and strictness towards himself and others. He is known as "fair" by those around him, but he keeps a certain distance from everyone except a few close individuals. Sawako has always been a special existence to him from the beginning, and his feelings for her are strong. He is as naive as Sawako.

Chizuru and Ryu are from the same elementary and middle school. His family owns a sports goods store, and he often helps out there. His father coaches a youth baseball team, and he was also a member along with Ryu. He was in the baseball club in middle school, but due to his mother's frequent illnesses and his desire to help at home, as well as his rebellious feelings towards his father, he is not part of any club in high school.

He fell almost instantly in love with Sawako's smile on the day of the entrance ceremony, and eventually realized that his feelings were his first love. He tried hard to get her to notice him, but it was not going well. After confessing in front of a large crowd at the school festival in their second year, they made sure to clear up any strange rumors or misunderstandings and became an officially recognized couple at school.

He has some conflicts with his father, always trying to prove himself. Initially opposed to taking over the family store, he reconsidered what he wanted to do and decided to apply to the local university's sports science department, wanting to work as a sports trainer while also working at the store, eventually reaching an understanding with his father.

His motto is "One True Path."