The best friend of [Hikaru](https://anilist.co/character/281110/Hikaru-Indou), he is a quiet teenage boy. He has a fondness for animals and insects. 

~!The first to realize that "Hikaru" isn't Hikaru. He struggles with accepting the fact that his childhood friend has been replaced by something else, yet continues to go about his daily life with it.!~ 

Two boys lived in a village: Yoshiki and Hikaru. The two did everything together...until the day Hikaru was encompassed by a mysterious light. That was when everything changed—Hikaru most of all. Yoshiki still wishes from the bottom of his heart to always stay by his side...but is there even a Hikaru left to be with?
 
(Source: Yen Press)

Two best friends living in a rural Japanese village: Yoshiki and Hikaru. Growing up together, they were inseparable… until the day Hikaru came back from the mountains, and was no longer himself. “Something” has taken over Hikaru’s body, memories, feelings… and everything they know begins to unravel. 
 
(Source: Netflix)

**Agency:** Office Osawa

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The bond between Yoshiki and Hikaru is a welcome escape from their isolated village. But one day when the two boys meet up, Yoshiki can immediately tell something is off. Though the person standing before him looks and acts exactly like Hikaru, Yoshiki knows that his friend is…gone. Someone—no, something has taken Hikaru’s place. And with so many eerie incidents happening in town lately, Yoshiki is becoming increasingly conflicted. Although things will never be as they once were, he would prefer this Hikaru to no Hikaru at all.
 
(Source: Yen Press)

Yoshiki Tsujinaka