Takashi Yoshizawa

Takashi Yoshizawa (吉澤 タカシ, Yoshizawa Takashi) is a character in After The Rain. He is Akira Tachibana's classmate who had a crush on her and he joins the family restaurant called Garden as a part-time kitchen helper.

Appearance
Yoshizawa is of slightly above average height with spiky light-brown hair that has side-swept fringe on the left side, brown eyes that has small pupils and he is often seen with a goofy expression where it has a large grin on his face.

Personality
Yoshizawa is a funny and endearing guy to those he meets, such as Yui Nishida and Masami Kondou. He can be pretty dense and sees only goodness in other people, even though they might be making fun of him or in fact, criticizing him negatively. His kind nature makes others take to him immediately even if it has disastrous effects, such as Nishida giving him a weird haircut with her novice skills. He can be a huge klutz as he breaks many dishes while distracted and burning the toast for Akira Tachibana's lunch.

History
Yoshizawa has a huge crush on Akira Tachibana at school that he finds ways to win her heart by learning what type of person she likes from her friends. He frequently approaches to know her better, to Akira's slight annoyance with which she often vanishes suddenly whenever he asks for her number.

After learning that she is working at Garden as a waitress, he decides to join as well.

Etymology

 * Takashi's surname Yoshizawa means "lucky, good" (吉) (yoshi) and "marsh" (澤) (sawa/zawa).

Trivia

 * Yoshizawa's favorite color is yellow.
 * When Yoshizawa's eyes are set on a person he likes, he pursues them ardently.
 * Shono Hayama plays as Yoshizawa in the live action film.