Akito Shinonome

Appearance: Akito has olive-green eyes and messy orange hair with a dyed yellow streak on the left side of his center bangs. He has a voice that is tough and powerful.

Personality: Akito appears to be an easygoing guy at first. However, his personality drastically changes when music is involved, becoming hot-blooded and passionate to the point where people find him scary. He respects anyone who is passionate about their interest and hates half-hearted people. He acts polite towards acquaintances and strangers, but when in the presence of people he is familiar with, he drops this act, showing his true gruff personality. Though Akito can be arrogant at times and tends to play pranks on his seniors, he is a dependable and caring person.

When Akito meets someone new, he puts on a charming persona, which Toya calls his "nice-guy persona" and seems to dislike. He is good at maintaining his polite facade and uses it when interacting with customers at his workplace.

Outfit: His outfit consists of a white hoodie with the word "TRACK" printed on the front underneath a dark gray-and-orange jacket with the word "SCORCHING" printed diagonally across the front. He wears baggy black pants with a hot pink cloth around his left knee and a blue-and-white belt, and dark gray-and-black running shoes accented with orange. His earrings are different, with the left attached to a chain.

Backstory: When Akito was in elementary school, he played for a soccer team named Shibuya Diamonds. While he was one of the best on the team, he decided to quit after him and his team lost an important tournament. Some time after he quit playing soccer, his sister Ena Shinonome brought him to a summer festival where she encouraged him to try singing. This kick started his interest in street music, which eventually grew into the dream of surpassing the legendary music event RAD WEEKEND. He looks up to Ken Shiraishi, An's father who performed in RAD WEEKEND, and practices hard to achieve his dream.

He sang together with Toya under the name BAD DOGS before forming Vivid BAD SQUAD with An and Kohane. Even after joining Vivid BAD SQUAD, he still operates under the BAD DOGS unit with Toya.

His father is an artist, and is shown to be emotionally neglectful to both him and his older sister.

As a second year, Akito is classmates with An Shiraishi and Nene Kusanagi in class 2-A.