Character

Arakita Yasutomo

荒北靖友

Arakita Yasutomo is a first-year student at Yonan University and a member of Yonan University Bicycle Club. During his high school, he studied on Hakone Academy and was a member of the Hakone Academy Bicycle Club, which he worked as Fukutomi Juichi's assist in races. Arakita has a bad mouth and is a competitive cyclist. He adds the suffix "-chan" onto the names or nicknames of certain people (Fukutomi, Onoda, Manami, and sometimes Kuroda), a habit that doesn't seem to match his otherwise gruff behavior. The nicknames appear to be more playful than derogatory, as they are only given to people who he finds impressive and acknowledges. He tends to pronounce it as "-chaan" rather than "-chan". Arakita often complains about being tired or overworked, but he still pushes himself to his limits in races.