Sosuke Yamazaki

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- Don't ever get in Rin's way again.

Sosuke Yamazaki (山崎 宗介 Yamazaki Sōsuke) is one of the main supporting characters in the second season of anime Free!, ''Free! Eternal Summer''. He is the butterfly and freestyle swimmer on Samezuka Academy's swim team and a 3rd year high school student at Samezuka Academy. Sosuke is a close elementary school friend of Rin Matsuoka, and the person who understands him the most.

Appearance
Sousuke is a tall, well-built young man with short dark brown hair, droopy teal eyes and usually wearing a serious facial expression.

While swimming, he wears black jammers which either have white, grey and brown or just teal markings trailing along the length of his outer legs and thighs.

Personality
Sosuke is said to be a good person who understands Rin a lot. He has a strong personality and never gets irritated by anything. He takes a dry and harsh position on swimming toward himself and those around him. He's very overprotective of Rin, as he threatens Haruka not to get in Rin's way ever again, after what he did at the regionals.

History
Sosuke is a former friend of Rin's from Sano Elementary School. After he finished elementary school, he went to Sano Junior High School. He was a part of Sano Swimming Club with Rin.

Sosuke crosses paths with Haruka and Makoto in middle school, during a race at Sano. He hands Haruka a letter written to him from Rin, who is currently in Australia. He later notes that the letter was clearly meant for Haruka, as there was evidence that Rin had rubbed out "you" and replaced it with "him".

Trivia

 * Sosuke's voice actor, Yoshimasa Hosoya, is also active in other sports animes, voicing Junpei Hyūga in Kuroko no Basuke, Kuranosuke Shiraishi in Prince of Tennis, Arata Wataya in Chihayafuru, and Asahi Azumane in Haikyuu!! .
 * It's possible that Sosuke and Gou went to the same elementary school, (Sano Elementary School), and the same middle school since she stated that she hadn't heard of him ever since they had ended up in different high schools.

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