__Occupation:__ Garden Staff

A chef in the restaurant who had a sexual interest in Akira. When he learns about Akira's infatuation with Masami, he blackmails her by forcing her to date him in order to keep her secret intact.

He is a perceptive and observant person who is quick on picking up the thoughts of other people and the underlying story. He tends to be very straightforward in pointing out weaknesses and flaws in everyone, caring not a whit about the impact of his harshness. He can be rude and aloof at times, especially when Yoshizawa attempted to be friendly to him.

He is handsome in the eyes of girls but is seen as a player with a flirtatious nature, hence making his female coworkers avoid him. When paired with his cunning personality, he easily manipulates a situation to his own desire, much to the annoyance of others.

While generally perceived to be a terrible person, he does good at his work of cooking, putting in effort when the other staff are on leave and when the restaurant is in a peak period.

Akira Tachibana was once the ace of a track club, but an injury forced her to quell her passion for sports. Masami Kondou, a divorced father, had ambitions of being a writer and now manages a restaurant, where Akira works. It is the intersection of Akira and Masami’s seemingly disconnected lives that makes each of them reconsider and redefine everything about themselves. 
 
(Source: Sentai Filmworks)

__Agency:__ Arts Vision

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Married fellow voice actor [Mikako Komatsu](https://anilist.co/staff/105071/Mikako-Komatsu) on May 12, 2020.

**Non anime roles:**
- [Zhongli](https://anilist.co/character/209686/) - Genshin Impact (Video Game)
- Luke Sullivan - Street Fighter (Video Game)
- Lif - Fire Emblem Heroes (Video Game)

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Voice actor. 

Akira Tachibana. 17 years old, high school junior. Akira, awkward when it comes to expressing her feelings, finds herself secretly falling for the manager of the family restaurant where she works, one Masami Kondo, age 45. The curtain rises on the small love story that begins to unfold between Akira, stuck standing on the crossroads of adolescence, and Kondo, at the turning point of his own life…
 
(Source: Kodansha USA)
 
Notes:
 
- Includes the epilogue. 
- The publishing rights of the manga got acquired by Shueisha on 2025, and the first volume of its Shinsouban got published on April 17th, 2025.

Ryousuke Kase