Yuichi Aizawa

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Yuichi Aizawa
Yuichi Aizawa from the 2006 anime
Gender:	Male
Birthdate:	1981
Age:	17
Seiyū:	Atsushi Kisaichi (2002 anime) Tomokazu Sugita (2006 anime/PSP game) Miwa Yasuda (Young Yuichi)
Height:	Unknown
Weight:	Unknown
Measurements:	N/A
Hair color:	Brown
Eye color:	Hazel

Yuichi Aizawa (相沢 祐一, Aizawa Yūichi^?) is a fictional character and protagonist from the Japanese visual novel Kanon. He was voiced by Atsushi Kisaichi for the 2002 anime, Tomokazu Sugita for the 2006 anime and PSP game, and Miwa Yasuda as Yuichi when he was younger. He is friendly and outgoing, and though as nice as of a person he is, he has yet to learn the sensitivity of women. He constantly teases the main cast of girls throughout the story which varies in severity depending on the girl. Despite this, he does have a soft side that likens him to an older brother as noted by Shiori Misaka. He used to visit the city in which the story takes place, but his memories of that time are gone, slowly coming back to him as he interacts with the people he met in the past. As noted by himself, he is afraid of heights.

While not aware of it at first, Yuichi slowly begins to take notice in the supernatural events occurring within the city. During these times of revelation when he will discover something outrageous, he stays strong with the girls he has made close friendships with. Since Yuichi is a normal person, he tries to help them anyway he can and will usually go out of his way in order to protect one or more of these girls.

[edit] Story

[edit] Ten years ago

[edit] Summer vacation

Ten years prior to the start of Kanon's story, Yuichi was visiting his aunt Akiko's house where he stayed with his cousin Nayuki. During this time, it was summer vacation, and one day Yuichi was outside playing in a barley field in town when he came across a young Mai Kawasumi. For the rest of the summer vacation, Yuichi played with her in that field and became a very important friend for Mai who did not have any friends at the time due to her special powers. When Yuichi had to go back home when the vacation ended, Mai pleaded with him not to leave her behind, even going as far as to lie to him saying that monsters started to attack the field where they once played hide and seek together. Yuichi came back a year later and went to the field as before, but could not find Mai. The next time they would meet up would be after the Kanon story begins.

[edit] Winter vacation

Six months after Yuichi met Mai, Yuichi came across a young injured fox during winter vacation when he came back to the town to stay with Akiko and Nayuki. Yuichi brought this fox back home with him and bandaged her injured limb while all the while trying to keep her hidden from Akiko and Nayuki; Yuichi thought that if Nayuki found out that she would tell her mother and then Yuichi may have to take the fox back to Monomi Hill. Despite trying to keep her hidden, the fox eventually snuck out of his room a few times though only Akiko found out about the wild animal. Akiko did not say anything, however, and thus let Yuichi keep the fox in his room for the rest of the winter vacation. When the vacation ended, Yuichi knew that he could not take the fox back with him and thus took her back to the hill where he first found her, saying goodbye and running in the opposite direction. This fox would later perform a miracle and become Makoto Sawatari at the beginning of Kanon's story.

[edit] Seven years ago

Ayu receiving the red hair band. This was merely Yuichi's made up memory and never actually occured.

Seven years before the Kanon story began, Yuichi met a young girl of the same age one day named Ayu Tsukimiya who bumped into him crying in the shopping district. Wanting to cheer her up, Yuichi initially bought her some taiyaki (her favorite food) which helped her to stop crying. When they are about to part, Ayu and Yuichi make a promise to meet up again. Over the course of the winter break Yuichi had from school, he mainly hung out with Ayu. One day, Yuichi manages to catch a small angel doll in a claw vending machine which he gives to Ayu as a present.

When the time between the two starts to wear thin, Ayu brings Yuichi to a clearing in the woods where a large tree stands overlooking the city. Ayu, whom is good at climbing trees, likes to sit on a branch high up on the tree and look out over the cityscape before her. On their last day together, Ayu falls off the tree and injures herself to the point where she is unable to move her body. Before she loses consciousness, Yuichi makes a promise to her that he will continue to play with her. That day, Yuichi was going to give her the red hair band which she later wears throughout Kanon's story.

Later that same day, Nayuki wanted to say goodbye to Yuichi before he left the city; she found him at the train station. Nayuki was holding an artificial snow bunny made from snow for the body, leaves for the ears, and pebbles for the eyes in order to resemble a rabbit. Nayuki wanted to give it to him as a present, but then saw that he was crying. Nayuki approached Yuichi, trying to ask him what was wrong, which causes Yuichi to stand up and slap the snow bunny from Nayuki's hands, effectively destroying it as it hit the ground.

[edit] Present

Yuichi does not have a story behind his character. It was told that due to a family situation, it was decided that Yuichi would live in the Minase house from now on until he decided to move out and live on his own. When Kanon's story begins, Yuichi meets the five heroines and becomes intrinsically linked with each one of them as the story progresses. Yuichi's main purpose in the story is to be the one where the story revolves around as the protagonistic character thus he becomes deeply rooted into each of the five main plot lines associated with each of the heroines. Yuichi attempts in each arc to stay with the respective girl until their arc has concluded. With Mai, Yuichi helped to fight off the demons, and with Makoto he stayed with her until she ultimately died. With Shiori, he indirectly prevented her from committing suicide, and with Nayuki, he tried to be there for her when her mother was in the hospital. Lastly, with Ayu, Yuichi tried to help her find her lost item, eventually finding it and repairing it with Nayuki's help.