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The main protagonist of the franchise. She's a hardworking girl who's moved alone from Hokkaido to Tokyo, and has transferred to Honan Academy. Soon after joining, she becomes the manager of the Stride club. Her character is fearless.

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Always cool and stoic. His only interest is stride. In middle school, he was a famous stride player. He usually wears glasses, but during practice he uses contacts.

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Full of manly spirit, he has a dependable aura. A half-blood of British mother. Has two sisters, one is apparently president of a company, the other is a model. Heath himself also models sometim... read more

Full of manly spirit, he has a dependable aura. A half-blood of British mother. Has two sisters, one is apparently president of a company, the other is a model. Heath himself also models sometimes against his will.

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Looks cute, but actually loves terrible jokes and wants to work in the theater. Even if he's injured, he always carries a smile. The caring eldest son of a big family.

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A former member of Honan's stride club. He's considered a failure of Honan's system. Mostly a loner and considered mysterious in most ambits.

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A member of the Saisei stride club, a rival school. Although he's mostly a loner, he always carries a sweet smile. Acts as a vocalist in the idol group "Galaxy Standard", and also has top-notch skills playing stride.

Nana's uncle

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Always cheerful, he seems to be able to become friends with anyone. He also has good motor skills, and has done many activities with several clubs. He seems to have a rough relationship with Takeru and a more distant one with his brother, read more

Always cheerful, he seems to be able to become friends with anyone. He also has good motor skills, and has done many activities with several clubs. He seems to have a rough relationship with Takeru and a more distant one with his brother, Tomoe.

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A third-year at Tsubakimachi High School. He is a fan of the Sengoku period, Romance of the Three Kingdoms and mecha anime. Renji thinks he is the one with most common sense out of his team (because it's full of weirdoes), but in reality he's not.

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A first-year at Tsubakimachi High School who is one of their best runners. Speaks broken Japanese and looks like a foreigner, and due to these facts, he is called "Antonio" by his teammates.

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A third-year at Kakyouin High School. He is very honest but has a strong competitive spirit just like the rest of Kakyouin's Stride team's members.

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A third-year at Saisei Academy and a member of the idol unit Galaxy Standard. He is also the moodmaker of the group and a free spirit who does what he wants. Having fun is his first priority in everything.

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Nana, Riku and Takeru's homeroom teacher who teaches Modern Japanese and is also the adviser and coach of Honan's Stride Club. He often speak... read more

Nana, Riku and Takeru's homeroom teacher who teaches Modern Japanese and is also the adviser and coach of Honan's Stride Club. He often speaks using four-character idiomatic phrases.

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A third-year transfer student at Ichijyoukan High School and the team's relationer. Shiki always has a smile on his face no matter what, but he uses it to hide his true colors.

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A second-year at Mihashi High School and the fastest runner of their Stride Club. Takeshi is very carefree and friendly, to the point of opening up very quickly even to his rivals.

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A third-year at Ichijyoukan High School. He is quite noisy and loves talking, not to mention he tends to add English into his speech quite often.

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A second-year at Mihashi High School and the taciturn of its Stride Club. Was forced to join the club by Nagatsuka. Hisato often tends to be by himself and stay off from the crowds, but also has a secret hobby of DJing, which surprises most people... read more

A second-year at Mihashi High School and the taciturn of its Stride Club. Was forced to join the club by Nagatsuka. Hisato often tends to be by himself and stay off from the crowds, but also has a secret hobby of DJing, which surprises most people.

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Heath's eldest sister and the owner and president of the clothing manufacturer "D's International". She often forces the members of Honan's Stride Club to model for her, which is why they have nicknamed her the "big demon".

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Heath's second eldest sister who loves teasing him and is a very popular model. She mainly models for her sister Diane's brand D's International.

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A third-year at Ichijyoukan High School. His father is Russian and mother Japanese, and due to his feminine looks, he is often mistaken for a girl when he wears plain clothes. He considers Nana to be his rival because of the same twin-tailed hairs... read more

A third-year at Ichijyoukan High School. His father is Russian and mother Japanese, and due to his feminine looks, he is often mistaken for a girl when he wears plain clothes. He considers Nana to be his rival because of the same twin-tailed hairstyle she wears.

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A first-year at Kakyouin High School and the team's ace runner who is extremely confident of his abilities. Despite this, he is strange and others, especially strangers, have a hard time understanding his speech because he frequently adds English into it.

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A second-year at Kakyouin High School and the older twin brother of Ryou. He looks completely identical to Ryou. Hajime is the silent type who finished most of his conversations with just one or two words.

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A second-year at Kakyouin High School and the younger twin brother of Hajime. He looks completely identical to Hajime and even has the completely same personality.

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Ayumu is a passionate Shogi player first, self-proclaimed "King" and leader of the Shogi Club (the only true member), reluctant runner second. He was a relationer last year, and relayed information to Heath and read more

Ayumu is a passionate Shogi player first, self-proclaimed "King" and leader of the Shogi Club (the only true member), reluctant runner second. He was a relationer last year, and relayed information to Heath and Hozumi in the 2-on-2 race. He then contemplated quitting the team and the Shogi Club because he has no talent as a runner.

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The president of Mihashi High School's Stride Club and Yuu's younger brother. He comes sometimes off as cold, but deeply cares for his brother.

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The only third-year student of Mihashi High School's Stride Club and Kei's older brother. Though he is a little weak and easily pushed around, he has a friendly personality. He is also an acquaintance of read more

The only third-year student of Mihashi High School's Stride Club and Kei's older brother. Though he is a little weak and easily pushed around, he has a friendly personality. He is also an acquaintance of Heath's.

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Nana's classmate and friend who is a member of the Newspaper Club. She is always searching for scoops and full of energy.

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A third-year at Tsubakimachi High School. He is very shy to the point when he meets new people, he gets very nervous and can't sleep for days. Almost always speaks in keigo. Akemi's hobbies include cooking, sewing and listening to death metal.

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A second-year at Saisei Academy, a member of the idol unit Galaxy Standard and the younger brother of Shizuma. Doesn't care about small things and is quite different from his older brother. Asuma is the one who mostly writes the lyrics for their s... read more

A second-year at Saisei Academy, a member of the idol unit Galaxy Standard and the younger brother of Shizuma. Doesn't care about small things and is quite different from his older brother. Asuma is the one who mostly writes the lyrics for their songs.

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A third-year at Saisei Academy, the leader of idol unit Galaxy Standard and Reiji's childhood friend who also works as his attendant. Very friendly and refined. He is also Saisei's Stride Club's relationer and read more

A third-year at Saisei Academy, the leader of idol unit Galaxy Standard and Reiji's childhood friend who also works as his attendant. Very friendly and refined. He is also Saisei's Stride Club's relationer and Asuma's older brother.

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A third-year at Tsubakimachi High School and one of the members who lead their school to winning the End of Summer last year. Despite his tall stature and eye-hiding hairstyle, he is kind and cherishes his fellow clubmates very much. He is also the president of their Stride Club.

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A second-year at Mihashi High School. He is very muscular and has a body perfectly built for a runner. He is always smiling and thinking optimistically, not to mention he is always friendly even to his rivals.

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A first-year at Kakyouin High School and the team's relationer. A kind, friendly boy who has a hobby of making handmade mascots. Despite being from rival schools, he bonds quickly with Nana because of their shared love for mascot characters.

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A first-year at Saisei Academy and member of the idol unit Galaxy Standard. He started doing Stride because of his admiration for Kyousuke. Also very gentleman-like.

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A third-year at Ichijyoukan High School. He is part of three idiots' group who are also Yuri's henchmen. However, out of three idiots, he is smartest one.

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A second-year at Tsubakimachi High School and the ace runner of their Stride Club. He used to go to the same middle school as Takeru and was in the same U-15 team.

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A second-year at Saisei Academy and a member of the idol unit Galaxy Standard. Speaks in Kyoto dialect. The only person he trusts is Reiji, not to mention Tasuku has a bit of an arrogant personality. He is very good at both Stride and dancing.

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A second-year at Mihashi High School and Kei's best friend. He is very popular with the girls at his school to the point where he even has his own fan club. However, he has a very blunt personality and sometimes even comes off as very sharp-tongue... read more

A second-year at Mihashi High School and Kei's best friend. He is very popular with the girls at his school to the point where he even has his own fan club. However, he has a very blunt personality and sometimes even comes off as very sharp-tongued.

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A third-year at Ichijyoukan High School. He is called the Stride prodigy because he has been doing Stride ever since he was a child, and is pretty much unbeatable at it.

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A second-year at Tsubakimachi High School and the relationer of the Stride Club. He is very good at bluffing his opponents and disturbing the concentration of other relationers with his chaotic personality.

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A third-year at Ichijyoukan High School. He is part of three idiots' group who are also Yuri's henchmen. Calls Yuri "Hime", and started doing Stride after Yuri saved him from an accident in a convenience store. Kiyoto's hobbies include checking co... read more

A third-year at Ichijyoukan High School. He is part of three idiots' group who are also Yuri's henchmen. Calls Yuri "Hime", and started doing Stride after Yuri saved him from an accident in a convenience store. Kiyoto's hobbies include checking convenience store's meals.

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Riku's older brother who used to be a member of Honan's Stride Club. However, in his third year, he left to America in order to study and has now come back, but to an other school called Kakyouin.