Kunimi, Hiro

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The protagonist, Hiro, initially fled to Senkawa to forget about baseball. Once his elbow was properly diagnosed, he worked to strengthen the newly formed Senkawa baseball team as its star pitcher. Hiro was the one who introduced Hikari to Hideo. While he throws a solid fastball, he has less control over his forkballs. However, because his failed forkballs end up as fastballs, this creates a degree of unpredictability in his pitches. He has also developed a high-speed slider that only a professional-level catcher can catch. He harbors belated romantic feelings for his childhood friend, Hikari Amamiya.
(Birthday: January 16 (was retconned by the author from January 28 to fit plot purposes)[volume])