One of Sawa's classmates and Ran's closest friends. He wears the square glasses. He understands Akira's feelings since he was like her when he was in middle school, but the reason why he isn't antisocial now is because Kido and the other boys kept on pushing themselves to be friends with Taguchi. He was in the soccer club with Ogawa until the third quarter of their second year of middle school. He tells Sawa to keep on pushing herself until Akira accepts her.