Anime Characters: March Comes in Like a Lion

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## Characters

Rei Kiriyama, (Born April 26) He is the main protagonist, whose progression is explored through the series. He is a teenage professional shogi player, currently ranked at 5th-dan (6th dan in the later part of the manga). He is widely lauded in the shogi community as the fifth shogi player to become a professional in middle school. Using his salary combined with his life savings, he lives in own apartment while juggling between his official matches and high school. By the time the story begins, Rei is also a frequent visitor of the Kawamoto residence, where the family treats him as one of their own despite his initial reluctance to become close with them. https://march-comes-like-lion.fandom.com/wiki/Rei\_Kiriyama

Hinata Kawamoto, (Born December 6) **Hinata Kawamoto** (川本 ひなた, *Kawamoto Hinata*), often called **Hina**, is one of the main character of the March Comes in Like a Lion series. https://march-comes-like-lion.fandom.com/wiki/Hinata\_Kawamoto

**Akari Kawamoto** (川本 あかり *Kawamoto Akari*) (Born April 3) is a resident of Sangatsu-chō and the eldest and leader of the **Kawamoto** sisters. She subsequently took care of her two younger sisters after their father left and the deaths of their mother and grandmother. She encounters Rei Kiriyama and takes him to her place being the first time she's brought a person back home. Finding Rei in a drunk state, Akari brings him into her home to recover and it is at that point where Akari and the rest of her family are formally acquainted with Rei. https://march-comes-like-lion.fandom.com/wiki/Akari\_Kawamoto

**Kyouko Kouda** (幸田 香子 *Kōda Kyōko*) (Born April 12) is Kouda's daughter. She is four years older than Rei. Beautiful but hot-tempered, Kyōko seems to hold a grudge against Akari as she has the habit of exerting a negative influence on her by discouraging her on purpose. https://march-comes-like-lion.fandom.com/wiki/Kyouko\_Kouda

**Touji Souya** (宗谷 冬司 *Sōya Tōji*) (Born December 7) is a professional shogi player who holds the title of Meijin. He is one of five shogi players in history who went pro in middle school, and he became the youngest Meijin ever. His appearance hasn't changed much since he was a teenager, so he looks very young. He has been compared to a god in shogi, but he's a bit absent-minded. After his match with Kiriyama, it was revealed that he has some sort of intermittent hearing loss of unknown cause. He lives in Kyoto with his grandmother, their housekeeper Tama-chan and her son. https://march-comes-like-lion.fandom.com/wiki/Touji\_Souya

**Momo Kawamoto** (川本 モモ *Kawamoto Momo*) (Born March 10) is the youngest of the three **Kawamoto** sisters who is a bit naive due to her age. https://march-comes-like-lion.fandom.com/wiki/Momo\_Kawamoto

**Harunobu Nikaidou** (二海堂 晴信 *Nikaidō Harunobu*) (Born September 5) is Rei's friend and main rival in shōgi. https://march-comes-like-lion.fandom.com/wiki/Harunobu\_Nikaidou

**Kai Shimada** (島田 開 *Shimada Kai*) (Born January 9) is a professional shogi player of rank 8-dan. When Kiriyama first encountered him, he noticed that Shimada had no notable strengths or weaknesses in shogi. https://march-comes-like-lion.fandom.com/wiki/Kai\_Shimada

**Ayumu Kouda** (幸田 歩 *Kōda Ayumu*) (Born March 4) is Rei Kiriyama's younger brother. After losing to Rei in shōgi, he stopped playing, and started confining himself to playing video games in his room. https://march-comes-like-lion.fandom.com/wiki/Ayumu\_Kouda