Height: 167 cm (5'6)

Takashi Sugiyama is a third-year business student at Kansei University. He is the resident of room 205 at Chikuseisou. Generally considered an honor student by the other residents of Chikuseisou, Takashi is an earnest student from the Yamagata Prefecture- a mountainy region. He used to walk ten kilometers through the mountains to get to school and back every day. He was the first convinced by Haiji to give running a chance and has been a significant driving force behind the others. His dedication towards training originally stemmed from wanting to inspire and impress his family, but eventually became something entirely his own.Shindou has light brown hair and curved eyes. He has a mole under one of his eyes. He has a pretty small stature compared to his teammates. He is often seen wearing sweatshirts and pants. Shindou is shown to be very determined and dedicated to running, despite just starting out. He is very pure and wants to help his friends.

Former ace runner of Sendai Josei High School, Kakeru Kurahara is chased away from a convenience store for shoplifting. Shaking off his pursuer, he runs into Haiji Kiyose, another student from his university. Haiji is impressed by Kakeru's agility and persuades him to live in Chikusei-sou, the run-down apartment where Haiji resides along with eight other students. Having lost his entire apartment deposit at a mahjong parlor, Kakeru accepts the offer reluctantly.

However, Haiji reveals a secret during Kakeru's welcoming party: the apartment is actually the dormitory of the Kansei University Track Club. He unveils his ultimate goal of participating in the Hakone Ekiden—one of the most prominent university marathon relay races in Japan. Unfortunately, all the residents apart from Haiji and Kakeru are complete running novices. Worse still, none of the inhabitants are even remotely interested in being involved with Haiji's ridiculous plan! With only months before the deadline, will the fourth-year student be able to convince them otherwise and realize his elusive dream of running in the Hakone Ekiden?


__Height:__ 177 cm 
__Agency:__ Gekidan Himawari  
__Awards:__  Best New Actor at the 5th Annual Seiyuu Awards (2011)  
__Non-Anime Roles:__
~!- Lean (Final Fantasy Type 0)
- Ventus, Roxas (Kingdom Hearts series)
- Neku Sakuraba (The World Ends With You)
- Banagher Links (Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam Next)
- Rinne Rokudo (Kyoukai no Rinne trailer)
- Enma Kozato (Katekyo Hitman REBORN! Vomic)
- Razor (Genshin Impact)
- Rean Schwarzer (The Legend of Heroes Series)
- Protagonist (Persona 5: The Phantom X)
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Koki Uchiyama is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Saitama Prefecture affiliated with Himawari Theatre Group.

Kakeru, a former elite runner at high school, is chased for stealing food. He is saved by a Kansei University student Haiji, who is also a runner. Haiji persuades Kakeru to live in the old apartment 'Chikuseisou' where he plans to team up with fellow residents to enter Hakone Ekiden Marathon, one of the most prominent university races in Japan. Kakeru soon finds out that all of the residents except for Haiji and himself are complete novices.
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<i>Note: Includes 1 extra chapter.</i>