Mikoto Shinozaki (篠崎ミコト) is the main protagonist of the series, a 1st year student and the third member of the school's cycling club. He is 15 years old. Originally living a quiet boring life and getting bullied daily by the upperclassmen. Until one day when Yuki Fukazawa asks him to join the school's cycling club. Though he rejects this proposal at first as he, due to a childhood trauma he has forgotten, finds bicycles to be scary and thus he also doesn't remember how to ride one. He's a sprinter. Personality Mikoto is best described as hardworking. When trying to impress his crush Yuki by riding the bicycle, he overcomes his fear and works endlessly over and over again to learn. Mikoto dislikes how he currently is and tries to work harder in order to fix his problems and no longer be a burden to anyone. He pushes past his failures to become someone new. Mikoto is also noticeably strange as he does strange things at strange times. This is seen when he just starts exercising when he accidentally tripped in the hallway. Mikoto also has a strange habit of bubbling any type of liquid he has near his mouth incidentally causing him to almost drown. Despite all this Mikoto is an extremely kind and loyal person, sticking with the training of the cycling club and loving Yuki despite her cold attitude to him.

Tour de France, it is the biggest bicycle race in the world. Now, a new achievement is about to be recorded in the history of Tour de France. The top racer is a Japanese boy named Shinozaki Mikoto. 
"Why don't you join our bicycle club?" said Fukazawa, Shinozaki Mikoto's secret love. 
Unfortunately, despite being a high school student, he doesn't know how to ride a bike. With no real idea of what the bicycle club is, he earnestly practices. After he overcomes this challenge, while he pedals along, something that was smoldering in his mind for 15 years ignites. 
"I want to devote myself to bike riding." 
Experiencing failure with his friends and rivals, he pedals towards becoming the top racer. 
(Source: AnimeNfo)

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Kaji has won several awards, including Best Voice Actor at the 12th Tokyo Anime Awards (2013), Best Actor at the 7th Seiyu Awards (2013), and Best Voice Actor at the 36th Anime Grand Prix (2014).

Married voice actress [Ayana Taketatsu](https://anilist.co/staff/101996/) in 2019.

__Non-Anime Roles:__ 
~! Abe (Abraham Attah) in "Spider-Man: Homecoming" (live-action film) (Japanese)
Ace in "Final Fantasy Type-0" (VG) (Japanese)
Adol Christin in "Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana" (VG) (Japanese)
Adol Christin in "Ys: Foliage Ocean in Celceta" (VG) (Japanese)
Akio Fudo in "Inazuma Eleven 2" (VG) (Japanese)
Akio Fudo in "Inazuma Eleven 3" (VG) (Japanese)
Akio Fudo in "Inazuma Eleven Strikers" (VG) (Japanese)
Akira Shimotsuki in "Watashi ni xx Shinasai!" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Alex in "Don't Breathe" (live-action film, BD & DVD release) (Japanese)
Arahagi in "Yuugen Romantica Hatenkou: Dai Roku no Nazo - Bakeneko Arahagi" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Arahagi in "Yuugen Romantica Uchouten: Dai Roku no Nazo - Bakeneko Arahagi" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Arahagi in "Yuugen Romantica: Dai Yon no Nazo - Bakeneko Arahagi" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Ayerscarpe in "Arknights" (VG/Mobile) (Japanese)
Ayn Talfryn in "Tales of Zestiria" (VG) (Japanese)
Basil Sabanci in "Valkyria: Azure Revolution" (VG) (Japanese)
Bhunivelze in "Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII" (VG) (Japanese)
Brainy Smurf in "The Smurfs" (animated TV series/Animax dub) (Japanese)
Bren Turner in "E.X. Troopers" (VG) (Japanese)
Cecil in "Hortensia Saga" (VG) (Japanese)
Dick Grayson/Robin (Brenton Thwaites) in "Titans" (live-action web series) (Japanese)
Eight (VIII) in "Super Smash Bros Ultimate" (VG) (Japanese)
Eln in "Age of Gunslingers Online" (VG) (Japanese)
En Shinohara in "Usotsuki Lily" (VOMIC) (Japanese)
Enji Tsuzuri in "Boku to Majo no Jikan" (VOMIC) (Japanese)
Erik in "Mōjū-tsukai to Ōji-sama ~Flower & Snow~" (VG) (Japanese)
Flynn in "Shin Megami Tensei IV" (VG) (Japanese)
Flynn in "Shin Megami Tensei IV: Final" (VG) (Japanese)
Fudou Akio in "Inazuma Eleven 3 Sekai e no Chousen!! Spark/Bomber" (VG) (Japanese)
Ganryū Hanakiri in "Otome Youkai Zakuro Vol. 10 Limited Edition Drama CD" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Gaon in "Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger" (TV series) (Japanese)
Hayato Ozaki in "Nil Admirari no Tenbin Teito Genwaku Kitan" (VG) (Japanese)
Hero in "Gensosuikoden Tierkreis" (VG) (Japanese)
Hikaru Seto in "Cheer Boy! vol.3" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Hinata in "Aigan Shounen" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Hitoshi Taniguchi in "Reinouryokusha Odagiri Kyouko no Uso" (VOMIC) (Japanese)
Hope Estheim in "Final Fantasy XIII" (Japanese)
Hope Estheim in "Final Fantasy XIII-2" (VG) (Japanese)
Hope Estheim in "Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII" (VG) (Japanese)
Hoshiguma Doji in "Onmyoji" (VG) (Japanese)
Hyuuga Masamune in "Touken Ranbu" (browser game) (Japanese)
Ichinose Kazuya in "Inazuma Eleven 3 Sekai e no Chousen!! Spark/Bomber" (VG) (Japanese)
Ikuto Taki in "RUNLIMIT Case 2" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Jean Pierre in "Counter Strike Online 2" (VG) (Japanese)
Johnny Joestar in "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle" (VG) (Japanese)
Kakeru in "Yandere Heaven Vol. 1" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Kanato Sakamaki in "Diabolik Lovers" (VG) (Japanese)
Katai Tayama in "Bungou to Alchemist" (VG) (Japanese)
Kazuya Ichinose in "Inazuma Eleven 2" (VG) (Japanese)
Kazuya Ichinose in "Inazuma Eleven 3" (VG) (Japanese)
Kazuya Ichinose in "Inazuma Eleven Strikers" (VG) (Japanese)
Kei Okazaki in "Collar x Malice Character CD Vol. 2 Okazaki Kei" (music/Drama CD) (Japanese)
Kei Okazaki in "CollarxMalice -Unlimited-" (VG) (Japanese)
Kei Okazaki in "CollarxMalice" (VG) (Japanese)
Keisuke Takagi in "Devil Survivor Over Clock" (VG) (Japanese)
Kentucky in "Sen Jyushi" (VG) (Japanese)
Leonis in "Record of Agarest War Zero" (VG) (Japanese)
Link in "Hyrule " (VG) (Japanese)
Luy in "Kamigami no Gosui" ("Siesta of the Gods") (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Luke Pearce in "Tears Of Themis" (mobile game) (Japanese)
Michizane in "Ichibanketsu Online" (VG) (Japanese)
Norman in "The Secret Life of Pets" (animated film) (Japanese)
Prince of Darkness in "Shironeko Project" (VG) (Japanese)
Rath in "Black Wolves Saga" (VG) (Japanese)
Rikka Toratani in "Storm Lover V" (VG) (Japanese)
Roche in "BLUE ROSES ~Yousei to Aoi Hitomi no Senshitachi~" (VG) (Japanese)
Sakamaki Kanato in "Diabolik Lovers Blood & LoveSweat" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Sakamaki Kanato in "Diabolik Lovers MORE,BLOOD" (VG) (Japanese)
Sakamaki Kanato in "Diabolik Lovers VERSUS 3 Kanato VS Reiji" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Sakamaki Kanato in "Diabolik Lovers ~Haunted Dark Bridal~" (VG) (Japanese)
Seth in "UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH" (VG) (Japanese)
Shiina Kiya in "PsychicEmotion6" (VG) (Japanese)
Syogo Shiratori in "Kizuna Striker!" (VG) (Japanese)
Takumi in "Fire Emblem Fates" (VG) (Japanese)
Takumi in "Fire Emblem Heroes" (VG) (Japanese)
Tega Sword in "No.1 Sentai Gozyuger" (TV series) (Japanese)
Thomas Edison in "Rinka Nation" (VG) (Japanese)
Thomas in "Antique Carnevale" (VG) (Japanese)
Tokugawa Iemitsu in "Akasasu Sekai de Kimi to Utau" (mobile game) (Japanese)
Tot in "Skyover" (VG) (Japanese)
Touma in "Magical Days ~The Brats's Parade~" (VG) (Japanese)
Walker Yumasaki in "Durarara!! 3way standoff" (VG/PSP) (Japanese)
White in "Granblue Fantasy" (VG) (Japanese)
Will in "Kuro Kishi to Shiro no Maou" (VG) (Japanese)
Yanagi in "Wakidenai ~Ichi no Maki: Yanagi~" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
Yoshiie Ukita in "Shinobi, Koi Utsutsu -Setsugekka Koi Emaki-" (VG) (Japanese)
Yuiga Kakeru in "NORN9" (otome VG) (Japanese)
Yuuichi Haga in "Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers" (VG) (Japanese)
Zen in "Persona Q: Shadow of Labyrinth" (VG) (Japanese)
Zhang Fei in "Sangokushi Lovers" (VG) (Japanese) !~

Shinozaki Mikoto is a timid and short-statured 15-year-old highschool sophomore who often gets picked on at school. The girl whom he admires, Fukazawa Yuki, happens to discover an overwhelming strength of heart behind his shy appearance. In efforts to promote the school's emergent cycling club, she introduces cycling to Mikoto and tries to talk him into joining the club, as she's thoroughly convinced he has a special inner drive that makes him a promising cyclist. How far will cycling take Mikoto, not only materialistically, but in his growth as a person? 
(Source: Japanese publisher, translated)