


RyÅta Watari ( 渡 亮太 Watari RyÅta) Voiced by: RyÅta Åsaka (Japanese) Kyle McCarley (English) Played by: Taishi Nakagawa (live-action film) Masanari Wada (stage play) RyÅta is KÅsei's and Tsubaki's childhood friend, and is the captain of the school's soccer team. She first denies her feelings for him but after undergoing several stages of denial, she falls in love with him, which she confesses to him later on. Often dismayed at KÅsei's inability to move on from his mother's death, she attempts to get him to play the piano again in order to make a clear decision about his future. She is athletic and is part of the softball club at school. Tsubaki Sawabe ( æ¾¤é¨ æ¤¿ Sawabe Tsubaki) Voiced by: Ayane Sakura (Japanese) Erica Mendez (English) Played by: Anna Ishii (live-action film) Misato Kawauchi (stage play) KÅsei's childhood friend and next-door neighbor, who treats him like a little brother. It is revealed at the end of the anime, in a letter addressed to KÅsei after her death, that she had asked to be set up with Watari in order to meet KÅsei, knowing that Watari and Tsubaki were good friends of his and that she had been in love with him since she was five, and merely thought Watari as a friend. As their friendship grew, she eventually convinced KÅsei to play the piano again, first as her accompanist and later in a piano competition. Kaori first met KÅsei when she asked Tsubaki to set her up with Watari. Kaori Miyazono ( å®®å ããã Miyazono Kawori) Voiced by: Risa Taneda (Japanese) Erica Lindbeck (English) & Violin performance by: YÅ«na Shinohara Played by: Suzu Hirose (live-action film) Arisa Matsunaga (stage play) Kaori is Tsubaki's classmate she is a free-spirited violinist who has drawn much criticism from judging panels due to her unwillingness to adhere strictly to the score, but is highly favored by audiences that hear her playing. It is later revealed in Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso: Coda, a side story from KÅsei and Tsubaki's childhood, that his inspiration for playing so beautifully in his first competition was to cheer up Tsubaki after the passing of her grandmother. He, however, does not confess his feelings due to his belief that she likes his best friend, Ryota Watari, which is later revealed to be a lie just to get close to him. Influenced by her emotional and unrestrained playing style, KÅsei eventually finds himself falling in love with her. Two years later, he takes up the piano again after being convinced by Kaori Miyazono to become her accompanist. When Saki died, the resulting psychological trauma caused him to be unable to hear the sound of his piano playing, and he gave up on it. His ability to play the piano with unparalleled precision led him to win many competitions across Japan and even be invited to play abroad. KÅsei later frames this picture.Ĭharacters KÅsei Arima ( æé¦¬ å ¬ç Arima KÅsei) Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae (Japanese) Max Mittelman (English) & Piano performance by: Tomoki Sakata Played by: Kento Yamazaki (live-action film) ShintarÅ Anzai (stage play) KÅsei is a former child prodigy in playing piano, dubbed the 'Human Metronome' for his near-inhuman mechanical accuracy, a product of his mother Saki's overly strict methods of teaching. Kaori also left behind a picture of her as a child coming back from the concert that inspired her, with KÅsei in the background walking back home.

After finding this out, Tsubaki confronts KÅsei and tells him that she will be by his side for the rest of her life.
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Her supposed feelings towards Watari was the lie the series was named after, and they were fabricated in order to get closer to KÅsei without emotionally injuring Tsubaki, who also has limerent feelings towards KÅsei. She also revealed that she had been in love with KÅsei since she was five, and was inspired to play the violin so that she could one day play with him. The letter reveals that she was aware that she was about to die, so she became more free-spirited, both as a person and in her music, in order to not take her regrets to Heaven. After Kaori's death, her parents give her letter to KÅsei at her funeral.
