Takeru Fujiwara

Takeru Fujiwara is the second titular hero of the series. He is a first year student at Honan Academy and is one of the stride club's runners, predominantly an anchor (final runner). Takeru is always cool and stoic with sober eyes. He has little interest in things other than playing Stride. In middle school, Takeru was a famous Stride player in the under 15's category. He seems to have strong faith in Riku's athletic ability as Riku finished in a dead-heat in the 2-on-2 race against Heath. He tends to feel people's legs to determine one's talent.