Classmate, friend and fellow club member of Mikoto. He's 15 years old and is known as Kurosuke, a nickname which he dislikes, when out cycling because of his all-black clothing. Has previously lived in Spain. He's a climbing specialist.

Tour de France, it is the biggest bicycle race in the world. Now, a new achievement is about to be recorded in the history of Tour de France. The top racer is a Japanese boy named Shinozaki Mikoto. 
"Why don't you join our bicycle club?" said Fukazawa, Shinozaki Mikoto's secret love. 
Unfortunately, despite being a high school student, he doesn't know how to ride a bike. With no real idea of what the bicycle club is, he earnestly practices. After he overcomes this challenge, while he pedals along, something that was smoldering in his mind for 15 years ignites. 
"I want to devote myself to bike riding." 
Experiencing failure with his friends and rivals, he pedals towards becoming the top racer. 
(Source: AnimeNfo)

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He is also the vocalist and lyricist of the Japanese rock band [GRANRODEO](https://anilist.co/staff/103917/).

**Non anime roles:**
- [Panpanman](https://anilist.co/character/344471/PanPanMan) - YanOta: The Delinquent and the Otaku (Drama CD)

Shinozaki Mikoto is a timid and short-statured 15-year-old highschool sophomore who often gets picked on at school. The girl whom he admires, Fukazawa Yuki, happens to discover an overwhelming strength of heart behind his shy appearance. In efforts to promote the school's emergent cycling club, she introduces cycling to Mikoto and tries to talk him into joining the club, as she's thoroughly convinced he has a special inner drive that makes him a promising cyclist. How far will cycling take Mikoto, not only materialistically, but in his growth as a person? 
(Source: Japanese publisher, translated)

Takeshi Yamato