free! This animation is adapted from the novel "High☆Speed" (Author: おおじこうじ) that won the 2nd "Kyoto Animation Awards" award. The story is set in the swimming club, and the description is full of excitement. A story about swimming, youth and bonds among male high school students. It is a new work about men's swimming by Kyoto Animation Company, which was broadcast in July 2013. The second season will be aired on July 2, 2014. Nanase Haruka (Nanase Haruka, Nanase Haruka) Voice actor: Shimazaki Nobunaga/Primary school: Matsumoto Megumi Height: 175cm/Sixth grade elementary school: 145cm Weight: 63kg/Sixth grade elementary school: 38kg Birthday: June 30 Zodiac sign: Cancer representative Animals: Dolphins Like food: mackerel Iwatobi High School sophomore → junior high school student, deputy director of the swimming club. He doesn't like to talk, but he is unexpectedly strong and straightforward in his heart. He is decisive in doing things and specializes in freestyle swimming. He is the same child as Makoto. He likes everything about swimming and has a certain obsession with water. He even blushes when he sees water. He has the habit of "taking off his clothes when he sees water". I often meditate alone in the water, and even soak in the water while sleeping. The powerful energy displayed in silence has been touched by many people's various charms. It seems that he is also quite good at painting. I often say to people who call me Xiaoyao, "So don't add Xiaoyao". After the swimming department was established, he served as the deputy director. Because he beat Rin in junior high school, he felt that he had hurt him, so he quit the junior high school swimming club out of guilt. He has always been brooding in his heart and cared about Rin very much. The representative color is blue. The animal tattoo represented in the character song is the dolphin.

Tachibana Makoto (Tachibana Makoto, たちばなまこと) Voice Actor: Suzuki Tatsuo/ Elementary School: Yukino Satsuki Height: 183cm/ Sixth Grade Elementary School: 151cm Weight: 73kg/ Sixth Grade Elementary School: 42kg Birthday: November Constellation of the 17th: Scorpio Representative animal: Orca Iwatobi High School sophomore→Third grader, head of the swimming club, specializing in backstroke. He has a gentle and considerate personality, always thinks of others first, and is good at taking care of others. Likes to be in contact with people and can talk cordially with anyone. Although he usually has a stable personality, his swimming style is relatively rough and strength-based. He has a timid side that doesn't match his strong physique, and is very afraid of scary things. He and Yao are childhood friends. Will think deeply about others and be especially careful about scary things. After the swimming department was established, he served as the director. Usually when standing, they fold their hands across their chests. This action indicates alertness and protection. The representative color is green. The animal tattoo represented in the character's song is the killer whale.

Hazuki Nagisa (叶月暚, はづきなぎさ) Voice Actor: Dai Naga Tsubasa/Elementary School: Satomi Sato Height: 165cm/Fifth Grade Elementary School: 135cm Weight: 55kg/Fifth Grade Elementary School: 32kg Birthday: August 1st zodiac sign: Leo Representative animal: Penguin Iwatobi High School freshman→sophomore, member of the swimming club, specializing in breaststroke. He has a simple and straightforward personality, is surprisingly cheerful, innocent and good at enlivening the atmosphere. Regardless of whether you are familiar with them or not, always call others by their names. Because he admired Haruka's swimming skills, he also participated in the relay race that year and hoped to continue swimming together. This was also the reason why he was admitted to the same high school. Later, he actively established a swimming club and wanted to swim with everyone and participate in the relay race again. He is very persistent in dealing with others and knows his words and actions very well. Represents the color yellow. The animal tattoo represented in the character's song is a penguin.

Ryuzaki Rei (竜ヶAZaki Rei, りゅうがざきれい) Voice Actor: Daisuke Hirakawa/Subservant: Hikasa Yoko Height: 177cm Weight: 65kg Birthday: December 14th Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius Representative Animal: Butterfly Iwatobi is a first-year to second-year student at High School, a member of the swimming club, and Nagisa's classmate, specializing in butterfly swimming. He was a member of the track and field department and the event was pole vault. Yan Yanyuan is a theoretical school with a high aesthetic awareness but a bit unrealistic. However, the aesthetics are sometimes very strange. He looks calm, but in fact his expression can easily reveal his true emotions and he may not mean what he means. At first, I couldn't move forward no matter how I taught him (although his posture was extremely perfect), but after hearing Haruka say, "I'm not free either," I decided to try the butterfly stroke, which I had never tried before, and it turned out to be the only swimming style I could swim. . I don’t know why I’m often influenced by Nagisa. Finally, he proposed an exchange with Rin so that the four of them could participate in a relay race together in a municipal competition. In the second season, with Rin's help, he learned other swimming styles and made handmade cookies as a thank-you gift. The representative color is purple. The animal tattoo represented in the character song is a butterfly.

Matsuoka River (Matsuoka River, まつおか ごう) voice actor: Watanabe Akeno, a first-year → second-year student at Iwatobi High School, Matsuoka Rin's younger sister, and Nagisa's classmate. A man of action with a bold personality. She cares about her brother very much and hopes that her brother can return to the relationship they had in elementary school with everyone, so she unilaterally creates an "accidental encounter" between Rin and Haruka in the swimming pool after returning to Japan. The name sounds like a boy, which is exactly the opposite of Haruka and the others. He is a muscle man, and will always show an exaggerated expression wherever he sees muscles. He likes to be called Kou, but dislikes being called Gou. He often emphasizes "it's Kou, not Gou", but sometimes he is called the opposite, and he doesn't seem to notice it. In the second episode of the animation, he volunteered to join the swimming club as a manager, becoming the fourth person who can gather together to establish a swimming club.

Amakata Miho (天平美峰, あまかた みほ) voice actor: Yukino Satsuki Haruka and Makoto's classical Chinese teacher. I once worked as a white-collar worker in Tokyo. In the tenth chapter of the animation, I was accidentally discovered the secret of Mr. Amakata's past work. A swimsuit model named Marin (it was revealed in the second chapter that she had worked in swimsuits, but for some reasons vowed never to wear a bathing suit again). He often murmurs slowly the famous sayings of great men of the past and uses them to educate others. He has a character that he cannot refuse when he is relied on. Served as a consultant teacher for the swimming department. It was my first time as a class teacher and I was nicknamed Teacher Tiantian on the first day of school. He is a very considerate teacher and very popular among his classmates.

Hanamura Chigusa (花村千草, はなむら ちぐさ) voice actor: Sato Satomi, a friend of Matsuoka E. Not a member of the swimming club, but helping out during swimming club competitions.

Samehara Academy

Matsuoka Rin (Matsuoka Rin, まつおかりん) Voice actor: Miyano Mamoru/Elementary school: Watanabe Akeno Height: 177cm/Sixth grade elementary school : 145cm Weight: 68kg/Sixth grade elementary school: 39kg Birthday: February 2 Zodiac sign: Aquarius Representative animal: Shark Sharakara Academy second grader → third grader, specializing in freestyle and butterfly strokes. The younger sister is Matsuoka Jiang. He regards Haruka as his biggest rival and is as dedicated to swimming as Haruka. As a child, he had a positive and outspoken personality. He once studied abroad to learn swimming. After returning home, he became sharp-tongued and unapproachable, confusing his former teammates. After returning from her first year studying abroad, she and Haruka started a one-on-one challenge in the 100-meter freestyle, but lost to Haruka, causing Rin to give up swimming temporarily. (It was later revealed that the reason was not this, it was just Haruka's unilateral imagination.) Although he defeated Haruka in their second meeting in high school, he felt dissatisfied because he felt Haruka's true attitude of perfunctory towards all challenges and competitions. When he returned from high school, he didn't immediately join the swimming club of Samekara Academy. After competing with Haruka, he joined the swimming club for some reason. The ideal is to fulfill his father's previous dream and become an Olympian. At the end of the first season, he said that it is now his dream. In the second season, he became the head of the swimming club of Samehara Academy. The representative color is red. The animal tattoo represented in the character's song is a shark.

Yamazaki Sosuke (yamazaki Sosuke, やまざきそうすけ) Voice actor: Hosoya Yoshimasa / Elementary school: Yuuki Aoi Height: 185cm Weight: 76kg Birthday: September 14th Zodiac sign: Virgo Representative animal: Whale shark A third-year student at Samehara Academy. The character appears in the second season, focusing on butterfly swimming. Rin's best friend since elementary school and understands Rin very well. Possess a firm personality that will not waver under any circumstances. Especially when it comes to swimming, I will be ruthless and strict with myself and others.

Nitori Aiichiro (Nitori Aiichiro, にとりあいいちろう) Voice actor: Miyata Yuki Height: 168cm Weight: 57kg Birthday: January 4th Zodiac sign: Capricorn Representative animal: Duck Samekara Gakuen One Grade → A second-year student, a member of Samekara's swimming club, Rin's roommate and junior. He participated in the Iwatobi regional competition but was eliminated in the preliminaries. He has a simple personality. He watched Rin's four-person relay race when he was a child and admired Rin very much. Always by Rin's side. He is a person who is very bad at tidying up his room, so Rin often helps him tidy up his room, but it always messes up again in an instant.

Okashiba Seijuro (Okashiba Seijuro, みこしば せいじゅうろう) Voice actor: Tsuda Kenjiro Height: 187cm A third-year student at Samekara Academy who graduated in the second season. Samekara is the head of the swimming club, possessing both strength and majesty. He has a cheerful personality and falls in love with Jiang at first sight. The younger brother is Hyakutaro Mikoshiba (appeared in the second season). Was the runner-up in the Iwatobi regional competition. Set conference record in county meet (no event mentioned).

Momitaro Okoshiba (Momoko Shiba, みこしばももたろう) Voice actor: Kenichi Suzumura Height: 172cm Weight: 59kg Birthday: December 6th Zodiac sign: Sagittarius Representative animal: Sea otter, first grade at Jiaokara Academy born. Appeared in the second season. The younger brother of Mikoshiba Seijuro. He is good at backstroke and won many championships in competitions during his junior high school years, so he is known as the "Sea Otter of the Sea of ??Japan". Like my brother, I thought Jiang was cute when I first saw her.

Other characters

Sasabe Goro (Sasabe Goro, ささべごろう) Voice actor: Nakahiro was the coach of the swimming club that Haruka and others used to go to when they were young. After the club closed, it became a pizza shop. Send people off. Free and enthusiastic personality. He had a boat driving license and sent Haruka and others to stay together on another island. At that time, he felt that Mr. Amakata looked familiar. Before the local competition, he trained Haruka and others rigorously and also accompanied them to watch the competition. When Zai Yao and others went to his house to eat crab hot pot, they discovered that Teacher Tianfang turned out to be his favorite swimsuit photo idol.