Hiyori Tono

Hiyori Tono (遠野 日和 Tono Hiyori), is one of the main characters in the third season of the anime series Free!, Free!-Dive to the Future-. He was Ikuya Kirishima's roommate at Shionezaki High School and later attends Shimogami University with Ikuya.

Appearance
Hiyori is a tall, muscular young man with short, brown short hair and olive eyes. He wears glasses.

Personality
Hiyori has a gentle and caring personality when around Ikuya. Even outside swim club activities, he is always concerned about Ikuya's wellbeing and tries to take care of him when possible.

He is extremely protective of Ikuya, as seen when he rebuffed Makoto Tachibana, Haruka Nanase, Asahi Shiina and Kisumi Shigino when they tried to reunite with Ikuya.

In a way, Hiyori has a passive-aggressive personality and seems to be a combination of Makoto's caring nature alongside's Sousuke's determination. Like Makoto in the past, he doesn't seem to deeply question Ikuya's emotions and puts him on a pedestal, which can be taxing for the other young man. Like Sousuke in the past, he feels that Ikuya should be protected and should be friends with people who are somewhat his rivals and also "abandoned" him.

He is calm and cool but he does possess selective empathy uptil now. To him, his main concern seems to Ikuya and doesn't really wish to know the others.

History
At some point, Hiyori became close friends with Ikuya, and the two were roommates in high school. He is now attending university with Ikuya, and they are part of the university's swim club.

Trivia

 * His motif animal is a polar bear.
 * He likes coffee and egg dishes.
 * He likes visiting cafés and reading.