Hayato Shirase

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**Hayato Shirase** (白瀬 隼人, *Shirase Hayato*?) is a supporting character of the Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm series. He is the owner of a Grav Shoes store and the older brother of Minamo Shirase.

## Appearance

Hayato takes a form of a older man with neck-length brown hair and small blue eyes.

He always wear his work clothes.

## Personality

Hayato is always happy, but when he was talking about the Grav Shoes from Avalon, he sound really serious.

## Plot

Madoka Aoyagi, Asuka Kurashina, Misaki Tobisawa and Mashiro Arisaka where walking in the store of Hayato, He is askong what they are doing Madoka said that they were looking for Flying Suit en Grav Shoes. Hayato helped them looking for their stuff.

When the Summer Tournament ended Hayato and his sister, went together with the FC club to the beach. For a way to celebrate how great they did at the Summer Tournament but Misaki wasn't there.

At the Fall tournament Hayato warned Aoi Kagami, said that there was something wrong with those Avalon shoes, when Saki Inui released her balance he was shocked that Avalon already developed such technologie. The last 10 minutes Kazunari Shindo came and they argued about that Asuka has still something in her sleeve and that they can't wait or the over-time.

## Relations

### Minamo Shirase

Minamo is Hayato's younger sister whom he really cares about that he is also worried why she is so shy.

### Madoka Aoyagi

Madoka is a regular customer at his shop where it seems that Madoka and Hayato knows each for a while know because Madoka walked in the store, they know each other by their name.

## Etymology

* The name **Hayato** means "falcon" (隼) (**haya**) and "person" (人) (**to**).
* Hayato's surname **Shirase** means "white" (白) (**shira**) and "swift current, rapids" (瀬) (**se**).

## Trivia

* Hayato is the owner of a Grav Shoes shop.
* Hayato is the only male in the series that isn't playing FC.
	+ However, in the visual novel, he was implied to have been either an FC player, or a second as how Kazunari Shindo sees him and Aoi Kagami as "Gods" of FC.
* In the visual novel, Hayato is allowed by the government to modify or tamper with Grav Shoes, with the example of the voice command "Fall" that will let the wearer fall no matter the altitude.
	+ The "Fall" voice command was used during the common route when Masaya Hinata asked his help for the Kunahama FC club's safety practice.
* When Masaya asked Hayato about his opinions about the skills/talents of the girls from the Kunahama FC club, he gave the following answers:
	+ Misaki Tobisawa: Won't improve because she doesn't "think" in her FC matches and only rely on her instincts and reflexes
	+ Asuka Kurashina: Will be one of the best FC players since she is constantly "thinking" in her FC matches. She absorbs and learns FC concepts and techniques easily but her body cannot keep up with her mind. Once she caught up or has total control of her body, she will be one of the best FC players.