Aiichiro Nitori

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- I feel so useless.

Aiichiro Nitori (似鳥 愛一郎 Nitori Aiichirō) is one of the main supporting characters of the anime series Free!. He is the breaststroke and freestyle swimmer on the Samezuka Academy swimming team and a 2nd year high school student at Samezuka Academy.

Appearance
Aiichiro has light blue eyes, and short grey hair with short, straight bangs. He is portrayed as quite a bit shorter than Rin, but nevertheless, is about average height. A notable feature of his is his beauty mark, which is located diagonally under his right eye.

Personality
Aiichiro seems to be friendly and a slight chatterbox. Sometimes he speaks a little too much, like when he mentioned that all the Iwatobi swim team members have girly names, but is quickly reminded by Rin's glare that Rin also has a girly name. While he is not always quiet and reserved, Aiichiro is a consistently hardworking swimmer, who recognizes his own limits. He admires Rin to the point of wanting to specialize in two swimming styles (breastroke and freestyle) just like him. Aiichiro remains a bubbly person, never giving up, even when Rin snaps at him or finds him annoying.

History
In elementary school, Aiichiro was in the same swimming competition as Rin, Haruka, Makoto, and Nagisa. However, he and his team lost in the prelims.

Trivia

 * His and Rin's room number is 210 and is across the hall from Seijuro's.
 * Aiichiro's desk is always untidy, much to Rin's annoyance.
 * In elementary school, Aiichiro used to write an observational journal on Daphnia. He still keeps it on the desk in his room in Samezuka Academy.
 * Aiichiro is seen having a Porny Heaven book, hinting that he could be interested in that kind of stuff.
 * His class is 1-3.
 * He's writing My Journal On The Morning Glory Flower.

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