Основатель S-гонок и легендарный скейтер. Его настоящая личность до сих пор остается загадкой. Под сверкающей маской он скрывает лицо популярного молодого политика. Родился 1 мая.
Kaoru Sakurayashiki (Cherry Blossom)
Высокотехнологичный S-гонщик с розовыми волосами, днем известен как каллиграф. Пользуется помощью искусственного интеллекта в гонках. Он друг детства Нанджо и часто ссорится с ним. Родился 27 марта.
Langa Hasegawa (Snow)
Наполовину японец, студент, который вместе с матерью переехал на Окинаву из Канады и в итоге перешел в класс Рэки. С раннего детства занимающийся сноубордом, Ланга быстро учится применять свои навыки в скейтбординге, когда принимает участие в своих первых S-гонках. Всегда в оцепенении, он временами проявляет упрямство. Родился 8 февраля.
Дерзкий первокурсник средней школы, который умеет без труда выполнять сложные трюки и стремится представлять Японию на Олимпийских играх. Любит кошек и видеоигры. Родился 22 февраля.
Соперник Черри по S-гонкам, днем является владельцем и поваром итальянского ресторана. У него веселый и пошлый характер, а его стиль катания такой же энергичный, как и его тело. Он и Черри дружат с детства. Родился 7 июля.
Один из главных героев аниме, веселый и энергичный второкурсник средней школы, который любит скейтбординг и пристрастился к S-гонкам. Он работает механиком в местном скейт-магазине и создает свои собственные доски. Родился 8 августа.
Hiromi Higa (Shadow)
Участник S-гонок, носит плащ и грим в стиле хэви-метал, и является самопровозглашенным «цветком динамита». Он носит с собой фейерверк и не стесняется использовать грязную тактику для победы. Вне S-гонок он робкий и добросердечный флорист. Родился 14 сентября.
Reki was saying that a hero on TV was scary because he asks, «What is your happiness?» At first, I didn’t really understand what was so scary about it. But now, I think I get it just a little bit. It’s a really scary thing not to know what your happiness is. But I already know. what my happiness is!
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Appearance
Langa has medium length sky-blue hair (described as «snow-like») that grows past his ears and blue eyes. He is above the average height, and noticeably taller than Reki. Usually, he’s shown in a high school uniform consisting of black pants, a yellow vest-jacket, and a white button-down shirt. When hanging out with Reki he wears baggy clothes consisting of dark pants, a blue coat, and a gray-colored shirt, and has also been shown in a white dress shirt and skinny jeans and a fully black school uniform, always accompanied by purple sneakers.
Langa’s mom helps him choose his clothing when he goes out, such as when we wore the sleeveless shirt to Miyakojima. [4]
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Personality
Langa introduces himself to his peers, wearing an aloof expression.
Langa generally wears a neutral or sometimes even stoic expression and when speaking, he tends to use as few words as necessary. As early as his introduction to his classmates, his teacher needs to urge Langa to tell the class more about himself other than just his name, to which Langa adds that he’s from Canada, much to the class’ amusement.
He is calm and laid back about most things, but when it comes to snowboarding and or learning to skateboard, he’s greatly determined and frequently puts his life at risk. Ignoring self-preservation for the act of fun with Reki. He can be an air-headed and easily distracted. He is very self-assured when he is in his element and is a very quick learner. This can be seen when he easily masters riding a skateboard, using his skills from the fifteen years he spent snowboarding. He was able to make quick adjustments, such as quickly learning how to turn on a skateboard, which is different than turning on a snowboard due to the trucks and wheels on the skateboard.
Reki corrects Langa’s bow as they ask Oka for part-time work for Langa
Because he grew up in Canada, he is unfamiliar with many Japanese customs and its culture. For example, he was not used to sitting seiza style during his job interview with Cherry Blossom and so his legs fell asleep. Another example is when he and Reki asked Oka if Langa can work there part-time, Langa lifts his head from the bow too early in a way that would ordinarily be considered impolite.
He’s also been endeavoring at getting a job to help out with bills ever since his father’s passing. He is also very naturally stubborn and hard working. With the death of his father, Langa has taken the responsibility upon himself to find part-time work in order to help pay bills. Although the pay appears to be most important to him rather than what the job entails, Langa is open about his short-comings, such as when he declined help from Reki in writing his resume in case the job required reading and writing.
Langa performing the sign of the cross in preparation for opening the bathroom door.
He has an apparent distaste for Japanese-styled toilets, preferring the comfort of Western-styled toilets instead. He even makes the Sign of the Cross before he enters the bathroom, a tradition usually associated with Western Christianity than the majority of religions in Asia.
Following his example in all things from habits, skating, and handshakes. He cares deeply for his friends and wants them to succeed as does he wish for himself to succeed. He is close friends with Reki and they spend lots of time together practicing skating.
Langa has a gluttonous appetite, demonstrated when he ate an entire platter of hamburgers when Reki, Miya, Hiromi, and himself went out prior to Reki’s beef.
Over the course of the series, Reki and Langa have grown to be excellent friends who care about and support one another. Although he quickly advances from being a novice skater to a pro-skater who can hold his own against others who have been skating for years such as Hiromi, Joe and Miya. Although his skill in skateboarding developed quickly, Langa enjoys skateboarding with Reki, despite the gap in their skill.
Langa nailing his first ollie
After the death of his father, Langa stopped snowboarding. Through Reki’s encouragement, Langa was able to step on a skateboard, despite his fear of falling off if his feet weren’t attached. Reki taught Langa the basic skateboarding tricks and practiced diligently with him. The quick development of his skills earned him the name of «Snow» at S, in honor of his snowboarding background and the color of his hair. It’s demonstrated multiple times that Langa gets a thrill out of dangerous, near-impossible situations like racing through the factory in the mines against the other S races.
However, «S» participants begin to call Reki «the redhead who hangs out with Snow,» although Langa appears to be oblivious to this. [5] While Reki spends an entire day trying to reach a high spot on a wall that Langa had reached with ease, Langa tries to finds Reki at his house and diligently waits for Reki’s return in the rain. After Reki claims that he and Langa are no longer «a good match» for one another, Langa is visibly shaken from this.
Langa listlessly skates, no longer interested in the beef
Abilities
Langa has been snowboarding since he was 2 years old, and is skilled at the sport after having been taught it by his father. [6] This has meant that he has a natural affinity for skateboarding due to the two sports’ similarities, and has been able to become very good at it much more quickly than the average person after being guided by Reki. [7] Langa is one of the strongest skaters at «S» thanks to his unique style and fast learning pace. [8]
Langa showing his skill in his first beef
Background
Langa snowboarding after his father’s death
Langa grew up in Canada, and had been learning to snowboard there under his father’s tutelage since a young age. However, his father later died, which rendered Langa unmotivated to continue snowboarding. Around this time, Langa’s mother Nanako suggested the two moved to Okinawa so that Nanako would have the comfort of her hometown in the absence of her husband, and the two soon moved there. [6] It had been years since Langa has touched a snowboard when they arrived.
Soon after arriving, Langa happens to stumble across Reki, his new classmate, after school, and after a (second) introduction he agrees to accompany him to «S». There, the two get into an dispute with Shadow, a revered skateboarder, and Langa gets caught up in a race against him. Despite having no knowledge of skateboarding, he adapts what he learned in his fifteen years of snowboarding and flawlessly makes it to the finish line, impressing everyone in the audience.
Langa and Reki become close friends
He then begins to take informal skateboarding lessons with Reki. Those resulted in sundry injuries that worried his mother, but she’s glad he was able to make a friend so soon after setting foot in Okinawa.
After passing by Reki’s house and finally getting a personalized skateboard for himself, his practice takes a turn and he masters the ollie quicker than expected.
He experiences greed, excitement, thrill and loss within a short timeframe; which shaped him as a person and helped him learn to reach out to others. He learned to make friends and have fun; the love he once had for snowboarding has returned in the form of skateboarding. He even visits his dad’s grave in Canada bringing the skateboard Reki made him to tell him about how much fun he’s having.
