Kisumi Shigino

Kisumi Shigino (鴫野 貴澄 Shigino Kisumi) is a supporting characters in the anime series Free! beginning with Free!-Eternal Summer- and in the second volume of the light novel High☆Speed！ He attends Iwatobi Junior High School with Ikuya Kirishima, Makoto Tachibana, Haruka Nanase, and Asahi Shiina, though not high school. Currently, he is a first-year university student at Hidaka University with the latter two. He is the older brother of Hayato Shigino.

Appearance
Kisumi is a tall, young man with messy, salmon pink hair that dips between his eyes. His usual high school uniform consists of black trousers, a white shirt and a red necktie with yellow stripes. He is also seen wearing casual clothing.

Personality
He has an extroverted personality, has great self-confidence and is a bit of a jokester who likes to tease his friends. While most people like him, Haruka finds him annoying. He is devoted to his younger brother, Hayato.

History
Kisumi is a part of the basketball club at Iwatobi Junior High School and continues to love basketball into the present.

Trivia

 * Due to not being a non-swimmer like most other main and supporting characters, his motif on merchandise is an anchor.
 * People often make jokes out of his name because it sounds like the English "kiss me."undefined
 * Haruka Nanase doesn't particularly like Kisumi because, during junior high school, Makoto started hanging out with him, making Haruka jealous.
 * His uncle, Katsumi Shigino, runs a small real estate business where Kisumi often assists.
 * Whenever Katsumi came to visit Kisumi, he would say "Kiss me! Catch me!".undefined
 * He's kept in touch with Asahi Shiina since Iwatobi Junior High School and they are still good friends.
 * Kisumi admitted to Haruka in junior high school that he admires the “natural Asahi” who is free, straightforward and always cheerful while he, himself, just tries to look good.
 * Young Kisumi's seiyuu, Rina Satoh, also voices Isuzu Mikoshiba.
 * Young Kisumi's English voice actor, Tia Ballard, also voices Chigusa Hanamura.