Akari and Takaki FC ♥

<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><u>W E L C O M E _ T O _ A K A R I _ A N D _ T A K A K I _ F C</u></strong><!--center--></div> <strong>Takaki Tōno (遠野貴樹 Tōno Takaki?)</strong> <em>Voiced by: Kenji Mizuhashi (Japanese), David Matranga (English)</em> Takaki is the central character of the film. Because of his parents' jobs, he is forced to move a lot. He and Akari become close friends, but begin to drift apart when Akari moves away and they end up attending different junior high schools. In the second arc, he is shown to be an apt kyūdō practitioner and a member of his school's kyudo club. <strong>Akari Shinohara (篠原明里 Shinohara Akari?)</strong> <em>Voiced by: Yoshimi Kondō (Part 1) and Ayaka Onoue (Part 3), (Japanese), Hilary Haag (English)</em> Takaki's best friend in elementary school. Like Takaki, she and her family moves a lot. After elementary school, she moves to Iwafune. Apparently she suggests taking a train to Tokyo to see Takaki, but her parents disallow her from going on her own. For a while, she and Takaki keep in touch via post.