Seijuro Mikoshiba

Seijuro Mikoshiba (御子柴 清十郎 Mikoshiba Seijūrō) is one of the main supporting characters of the anime series Free! and the light novel High☆Speed!. He is the freestly swimmer and a captain on Samezuka Academy's swimming team, as well as a 3rd year high school student.

Appearance
Seijuro has slicked back, tousled, short, bright red hair and golden eyes. He has a darker complexion compared to others and is well-built from swimming and other exercises done at Samezuka Academy. He wears Samezuka Academy's black jacket most of the time. While swimming, he wears black swim briefs.

Personality
Seijuro is an enthusiastic person, and seems to be instantly attracted to cute girls, like Gou. This attraction goes as far that his room is full of Gou's photos, as Haruka, Makoto, Nagisa, Rei and Gou discovered then they went to visit Rin's room, but accidentally entered Seijuro's. Nagisa once stated that he had thought that Seijuro was only an enthusiastic person and that he hadn't been a good swimmer, however, this was proven wrong when Seijuro won 1st place on the swimming tournament.

Contrary to his happy-go-lucky persona when around things he likes and girls, Gou mainly, Seijuro is a strict, serious captain of a swimming team.

History
A little is known about Seijuro's history, but it's known that he won swimming competitions in elementary school. However, he always placed second with Haruka always being first.

Relationships
Iwatobi High School=

Seijuro has a noticeable crush on Gou after their first meeting. He is always eager for opportunities to speak to her, shown by his enthusiastic acceptance of an idea of a joint swim practice with the Iwatobi swim team. Nevertheless, Gou is somewhat oblivious to his advances and attempts, as she always denies using her so-called "sex appeal" to hook the Iwatobi Swim Club up with Samezuka Academy for training. His attempts to go on a date with her are often thwarted by over-protective Rin. He usually calls her 'Gou-kun', adding boyish suffix "-kun" to her name, much to her dismay. Samezuka Academy=

Initially, Seijuro and Rin did not know each other at the beginning of the series despite attending the same academy because Rin did not join the swim team at first. However, once Rin joined the Samezuka Academy swim team, the two became teammates and, so to speak, friends.

Despite being Rin's senior and captain, Rin does not like Seijuro at all, often addressing him simply as "Mikoshiba" when he's not around. However, the moment Seijuro appears, Rin addresses him politely as "Captain". in does not see Seijurou to be very responsible and finds that he is a bit too whimsical. However, he still respects him as his captain and fellow teammate. Rin does not tolerate Seijuro's attempts to go on a date with his sister and often stands in his way, being an over-protective brother he is. He also sometimes gets "an overwhelming urge to punch Captain to the ground" when Seijuro and Gou talk.

Seijuro and Aiichiro are both on the Samezuka Academy swim team.

Trivia

 * It is shown that Seijuro has a strong similarity with Mikoto Suoh from K, as they both have red hair, golden eyes and the same voice actor,.
 * Seijuro reads Monthly Muscle Magazine, just like Gou does.
 * Seijuro's room number is 201 and is across the hall from Rin and Aiichiro's.
 * In the Free! Drama CD "There's No Way My Little Sister Is Dating Some Guy", it is revealed that Seijuro has a little sister.

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