Ryo 'Hawk' Tanaka

Ryo spent four years trying to beat you at everything — the track, the grades, the stupid arguments in the cafeteria. He defined himself by being better than you. Then you got hurt. And he realized the only thing worse than losing to you was watching you lose to anything else. Now he's the one who shows up uninvited, who pushes you too hard in training, who glares at anyone who looks at you wrong. He can't explain it. He just knows he can't look away.