Shūhei Amamiya

Amamiya Shūhei (雨宮修平) is one of the main male protagonist of the series. He is a transfer student hailing from a lineage of distinguished pianists, resents expectations of seeing through his family’s musical legacy.

Appearance
Shuhei has black hair and black / purple eyes. He wears very well kept outfits, being a child of good family.

Personality
Shuhei is at first a little shy, and also cautious. But with the meeting of Kai Ichinose, he will assert himself and dare things he would never have done before.Though as he gets older and listens to Kai's music, he starts doubting himself. There is more to him than meets the eye. Shown as when he snaps at kai or when he was happy for him, going as far as hugging and shouting. As if he had won himself.

Background
Shuhei was born into a wealthy family. He has learned and played the piano since he was four years old. He seems determined to become a professional pianist to pursue the family legacy. Thus, he trains very hard every day for hours and hours, making him a virtuoso. However, he admits no imperfection, so his game lacks sensitivity, his studies did not lead him to look for his own voice. Moreover, Shuhei sees the piano only as a future that has already been traced rather than a source of pleasure.

Chronology
One day, Shuhei moved from Tokyo to visit his sick grandmother. He was transferred to Moriwaki School with hope and ambition for this new life. There he meets a strange boy, Kai Ichinose, who claims to be able to play the abandoned piano of the forest. Curious, Shuhei decides to take up a challenge, that of playing this famous piano. However, he does not succeed, but only Kai manages to produce a sound. The young Shuhei is then surprised by the game of Ichinose which is full of lightness. Character and living conditions totally opposite, they will still become friends through the link that unites them: music. He sees Kai as a very important rival and friend. He cares for him alot though usually shown in roundabout ways.

Trivia
When he was younger, he wore black gloves to protect his fingers.

He is the son of a renowned pianist. His father had tried replicating Sōsuke Ajino 's sound, but had failed.

He came back to tokyo to meet with kai again, only to find him at a club, as Maria, Kai was crossdressing while playing the piano. He recognized that their sounds were similar, still unaware of the disguise.

He helped kai a little by coughing, to snap him out of it, reminding him to think of the forest and eventually he played well.

Shūhei couldn't play the piano by the forest.