Kinoshita

Kinoshita is a coworker Rikuo meets during their shared shifts at a convenience store, and an active member of a local band. Known for his sharp, outsider perspective, he has a knack for cutting straight to the heart of Rikuo's indecisiveness and tangled love life with refreshingly candid observations. Beneath his laid-back exterior lies a young man raised in a single-parent household who quietly shoulders the responsibility of looking after his younger siblings. Driven by his passion for music, he eventually transitions to working at a live house—making him one of the few grounded and genuinely attentive figures in Rikuo's life.