Kou Mabuchi

Kou Mabuchi, also known as Kou Tanaka, is the main male protagonist from the Blue Spring Ride series.
== Charactah Account ==
Kou is Futaba's first love from middle school until he transferred school without notice. Upon re-entering Futaba's life, he's become jaded.
When Kou was younger he was very outgoing and kind, which made Futaba fall in love with him. After his mother's death and other issues he ran into, Kou changed, which was hard for Futaba to accept (it even took her a little while to call him by his new last name Mabuchi, because he wasn't Tanaka anymore). He is now more masculine, sarcastic, and rude. He can come off very harsh, even when he doesn't mean to, which sort of makes him hard to talk to (Aya sometimes helps Kou with clearing up quick misunderstandings of Kou personality with his own very happy and bubbly atmosphere). In addition, he has extremely pessimistic views about himself and about his brother. Despite these changes, it is evident that Kou is still an overall kind person.
At first, Futaba didn't like Kou's new personality, she found him very harsh and hard to understand but later falls in love with not "Tanaka Kou", but "Mabuchi Kou". Kou lightens up more around his new found friends such as Futaba, Aya, Yuri, and Shuko. It is shown that after coming to terms with his true feelings for Yoshioka, he becomes a more happier, open person and starts to resemble his old self in middle school.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Blue Spring Ride
* Blue Spring Ride OVA
=== Light Novels ===
* Blue Spring Ride
=== Manga ===
* Blue Spring Ride
* Blue Spring Ride x My Love Story!!
* Blue Spring Ride: Awaken
* Blue Spring Ride: Special Booklet
== Trivia ==
* According to Ao Haru Ride Character's File, Kou:
** is good at Social Studies, but bad at Classic Literature.
** likes eating Chicken Nanban and Potato chips (his usual snack), but dislikes celery.
** likes drinking coffee.
** likes listening to Dave Matthews band.
** likes the blue and black color.
** his hair is actually, naturally messy, part perm
* Kou's class is 2-2.
* Ranked 15th highest score for his final exam. Also score the highest amongst his friends even though they were the ones helping him to catch up with his studies.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Kou Tanaka at Ao Haru Ride Wiki
Category:Characters
Category:Males
Category:Blue Spring Ride