Romio Hayahune

Romio Hayahune (早船 ロミオ Hayahune Romio) is a supporting character in the anime series Free! beginning with Free! 's third season, Free!-Dive to the Future-. Therein, he is a first-year high school student at Iwatobi High School and a new member of the Iwatobi High School Swim Club under Rei Ryugazaki's captaincy.

Appearance
Romio is a young man of medium height, with short reddish hair and blue eyes. During training, he wears the usual uniform of the Iwatobi High School swimming club, and during relays he wears green swimming goggles and blue swim briefs with yellow stripes.

History
Romio was born in New York, lived some time in Tokyo, and then transferred to the Iwatobi High School. In a junior high school tournament, he false-starts causing that tournament to be their last. This experience results in Romio being afraid of starting off the block. However, with the help of his teammates, he overcomes his slump.

Story
He first appears when Nagisa Hazuki wants to take photos of all the club members and send them to Makoto Tachibana. Later, Romio can be seen practicing in Iwatobi Swimming Club where Iwatobi's team begins preparations for All-Japan Invitational. When Shizuru Isurugi finds the guide from a senpai's deserted island training camp, Romio says that he wants the training camp in another country.