Haruka Nanase

Haruka Nanase (七瀬 遥, Nanase Haruka) is the main protagonist of the anime series, Free!, and the light novel, High☆Speed!. He is a freestyle swimmer of the Iwatobi High School swimming team.

Appearance
Haruka is a tall young man with short, straight black hair and blue eyes. He always keeps a serious expression. He seems to wear his swimming shorts everywhere.

Personality
Haruka is a strong and quiet person who loves swimming. His style captivates many and he has a strong fixation towards freestyle swimming. He also wants to beat Rin after he has improved. He kinda (REALLY) has boner for pools.

Makoto Tachibana
Haruka and Makoto have known each other since elementary school. He is Haruka's closest friend.

Nagisa Hazuki
Nagisa admires Haruka's swimming and enrolls at his school to swim with him again.

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