Character

Riku Yagami

八神 陸

Riku Yagami is the first titular hero of the series. He is a first year student at Honan Academy and one of the stride club's runners who is predominantly a leadoff runner. Riku has a bright and cheerful personality that he is able to become friends with anybody. He is very athletic and has good motor skills but only has average cardiovascular fitness. Due to his superior athleticism, Riku has been recruited for several other clubs (specifically basketball, volleyball and table tennis) in the school, more for his speed and agility rather than his ball skills. Tomoe Yagami (Riku's older brother) was a member of the Stride club previously who was studying in America before joining Kakyoin, but he had quit Stride before because he is nowhere near as talented as Tomoe (and later Takeru Fujiwara). The Yagami family runs a bakery, which happened to be the favorite place of Asuma Mayuzumi and Reiji Suwa.