Rio Togami

==== "But if she's really your friend, she'll understand that and accept who you are. And she should've seen it coming, honestly, like if you have a best friend, you should expect something like this to happen." - Rio to Sydney about Anna ====

Official Bio
Rio Togami (born りょうな みずの とがみ; Ryouna Mizuno Togami) is the 19-year-old transgender tritagonist of the HM original, After Solstice. He's very supportive of Sydney and Anna's relationship, being their best friend.

In both medias (book and shorts), Rio is the tritagonist.

Physical Appearance
He's described to have green eyes and honey-blonde hair that reaches his nape, his bangs often pricking his eyes. His hair is parted to the right side of his head. He wears a green unbuttoned dress shirt, revealing a lighter shade of green colored shirt underneath. He wears denim pants and white shoes.

Rio also has a silver watch on his wrist, and he has a dog tag necklace around his neck. He also has a black thin rope bracelet on his right wrist where he wears his watch.

Trivias

 * He's older than Sydney and Anna, and Anna is the youngest among the three.
 * It was planned before that Xander and Rio might end up together, but it never made it in the final cut of the story, since Xander is asexual, and Rio has no time to date anyone.
 * His looks (except for the hair and eye colors) and personality are based on Fugitive Desires' Rio, even going as far as sharing names. Also, Fugitive Desires' Rio is a photographer in high school, so is Rio Togami.
 * Rio mentions in the prologue that he came from a wealthy family, and his parents were the ones who arranged everything for him and Sydney upon their arrival to Paris. Although rich, he doesn't brag about it (only to Sydney who rarely uses that fact to tease her) and he believes money is hard-earned.
 * He doesn't expect everything to be handed to him everytime, he knows he has to work hard to get what he wants.