Kaoru Natsume

Kaoru Natsume (夏目 薫 Natsume Kaoru) is a minor character in the anime series Free! beginning with Free!-Dive to the Future-. He is Misaki Kuramoto's childhood friend and rival.

Appearance
Kaoru has teal-colored eyes and short, dark blue hair with bangs that dip into his eyes. In his debut appearance, he wears a white swimming cap and blue goggles.

Personality
He seems to be a friendly boy who enjoys the sport of swimming for its own sake, unlike Misaki, who is seemingly obsessed with winning.

Trivia

 * The characters and their dynamic mimics that of Haruka Nanase and Rin Matsuoka.