given

[🇯🇵] ギヴン

Synopsis:

Tightly clutching his Gibson guitar, Mafuyu Satou steps out of his dark apartment to begin another day of his high school life. While taking a nap in a quiet spot on the gymnasium staircase, he has a chance encounter with fellow student Ritsuka Uenoyama, who berates him for letting his guitar's strings rust and break. Noticing Uenoyama's knowledge of the instrument, Satou pleads for him to fix it and to teach him how to play. Uenoyama eventually agrees and invites him to sit in on a jam session with his two band mates: bassist Haruki Nakayama and drummer Akihiko Kaji.
Satou's voice is strikingly beautiful, filling Uenoyama with the determination to make Satou the lead singer of the band. Though reticent at first, Satou takes the offer after an emotional meeting with an old friend. With the support of his new friends, Satou must not only learn how to play guitar, but also come to terms with the mysterious circumstances that led him to be its owner.
(Source: MAL Rewrite)

Main Characters:

Akihiko Kaji

🇯🇵 梶秋彦

Character ID: 136842

About Character and Role:

Height: 184cm
Zodiac: Libra

Akihiko Kaji is a college student in Given. Also the drummer in Ritsuka's band, he can play not only the drums but also violin, guitar, and bass.

Ritsuka Uenoyama

🇯🇵 上ノ山立夏

Character ID: 136843

About Character and Role:

Height: 175cm (5′8")

Ritsuka Uenoyama is one of the main protagonists of the Given Series. He is a high school student and has a guitar prowess despite being just a high schooler. He is a considerate and compassionate guy and is also a genuine younger brother of his sister Yayoi. Uenoyama shows little consideration for small talk and can be quick to be irate. He can be smug when showing his high test scores, and says he can understand theory based subjects. Uenoyama can be very attentive to the feelings of others, particularly Mafuyu.

Mafuyu Satou

🇯🇵 佐藤真冬

Character ID: 136844

About Character and Role:

Height: 173 cm

One of the protagonists of the manga-anime. He has a quiet, calm and mysterious personality, he can't express his thoughts and emotions very well, despite being a sincere boy. After all he is a strong person who has endured many bad things in his past. He lives with his mother (who works a lot and is never shown in the manga and anime) and his dog named Kedama, but he usually calls him Tama (cat name). His best friends in the past were Hiiragi, Yuuki (his ex-boyfriend) and Shizusumi (they were friends since childhood), his current best friends are Uenoyama (his current boyfriend), Kaji and Haruki, although he still maintains some contact with Hiiragi.

Haruki Nakayama

🇯🇵 中山春樹

Character ID: 136845

About Character and Role:

Height: 178cm

Haruki Nakayama is a film major graduate student, and the bassist in the band Given. He is the oldest in the group and the leader of the band. Haruki “prefers lighter music (compared to other guys) and pop. Drawn to Japanese rock and light, slow tempo dance.” He is “extremely good natured and kind” and is easily flustered. In the manga it is revealed that Haruki’s “stand” is a kind elderly man. He lives on his own in an apartment and is friends with Ritsuka Uenoyama, Mafuyu Satou, and Koji Yatake.

In season one of the anime it is clear he has romantic feelings towards his band-mate Akihiko, and as of now in the manga is the boyfriend of Akihiko.