Haruka Kokonose

Haruka Kokonose (九ノ瀬 遥 Kokonose Haruka) was the classmate of Takane Enomoto, a student of Kenjirou Tateyama and the upperclassman of Shintaro Kisaragi and Ayano Tateyama.

On August 15th two years before the present plot, he died by his chronic illness and received the Snake of Awakening Eyes to fulfill his wish to have a "strong body to make friends with." When Awakening Eyes recreated his body to be like his video game character, Konoha, Haruka rejected it, causing his mind to remain trapped in the Kagerou Daze while Konoha returned to the real world.

Appearance
Haruka is a tall boy with black hair that grows down to his ears and it is slightly longer at the back, black eyes with stylistically white pupils and a birthmark above his right cheek.

His high school uniform consists of a white button-up shirt, blue and black plaid pants and black shoes. In the winter season, he wears a long-sleeved green cardigan over his shirt. In the anime, he has pale skin, which is most likely an indication of his weak body and illness.

While in the Kagerou Daze, Haruka wears a pale teal patient outfit that is standard to Japanese hospitals.

In Summertime Record's MV and after getting his body back, Haruka returns to his original appearance, except for his hair, which is now light brown, and his birthmark, which is replaced by two black circles like Konoha's pink ones. He wears a white shirt, a green hooded coat, and black pants. He sometimes requires a wheelchair with this body.

Personality
When Haruka was ten years old, his father told him that he was going to die in likely six years by the same illness that took his mother, which caused him to be aware of his short mortality from early on.

In his first year of high school, his doctors accurately estimated that he had about one more year to live. Despite this, Haruka remained cheerful, especially around his only classmate, Takane, and teacher, Kenjirou Tateyama. He wished to live the last of his days normally and especially looked forward to doing a booth for his school's festival, which he and Kenjirou spent sleepless nights creating.

Despite his outwardly cheery attitude and internal aloofness towards his imminent death, in the novels he eventually tearfully admits to Shintaro Kisaragi that he is scared and does not want to die. His resentment towards his situation and his own body caused him to wish for a supernaturally strong one that he can continue living with so that he can make friends, which is what makes him compatible with the Snake of Awakening Eyes in the Kagerou Daze. He immediately realizes that Konoha's body is not the one that he truly wishes for, though, which causes Konoha to return to the real world without him.

Eye Ability

 * Awakening Eyes (目を醒ます Me wo Samasu): See Konoha.

Songs
Main: Minor:
 * Children Record
 * Yuukei Yesterday
 * Summertime Record
 * Lost Day Hour
 * Ayano no Koufuku Riron
 * Outer Science

Trivia

 * Haruka's sketchbook appears similar to a Maruman Zuan sketchbook without the word "sketchbook" on it.
 *   In-universe, Haruka is the character designer of both Konoha and Takane's "Actor" outfit. Even though these were originally their in-game characters,  Takane wears the "Actor" outfit during her time in the Kagerou Daze in most Routes.
 * Haruka's father worked in a research lab and did not spend much time with him.
 * Haruka had a live-in helper that would handle things like food and transportation for him.
 * In all Routes but Manga Route 2, the Snake of Clearing Eyes, while possessing Kenjirou Tateyama, ensures that Haruka enters the Kagerou Daze and Konoha's creation.
 * After the events of Mekakucity Actors, Haruka is considering becoming an artist.

Etymology

 * The name Haruka means "distant, remote" (遥).
 * Haruka's surname Kokonose means "nine" (九) (koko) and "swift current, rapids" (瀬) (se).

Quotes

 * "I thought this was an unreasonable idea! But thanks to you this is going to be really fun! Somehow, I'm sure of it! I'll also do my best!" - (To Takane Enomoto in Kagerou Daze Vol. 03, Yuukei Yesterday II)
 * "Takane, I may not understand why you're so worried but... it's not like I'll hate you or anything, no matter how much you change. So don't be so down about it!" - (To Takane in Yuukei Yesterday II)
 * "I immediately hated myself for it. Losing myself in thought, letting it pain me, putting this burden on a close friend of mine... Just miserable." - (Kagerou Daze VI -over the dimension-)
 * "I actually thought “this” was gonna just keep going on forever. I never felt like this over a moment in my life before. Why..?...No. I can't let myself overthink it. I can't do anything about it." - (Kagerou Daze VI -over the dimension-)
 * "Considering all these points people use to mark the end of summer, it seems sensible that everyone has their own definition of what summer really is in the first place." - (Kagerou Daze VI -over the dimension-) 
 * "So what does summer actually mean to me, then?" - (Kagerou Daze VI -over the dimension-) 
 * "Instead, whenever I catch myself getting lost in my own thoughts, I turn my ears to the cicadas, just like this. It’s like they’re constantly shouting at me, “We’re alive! We’re alive!”—and it puts me just that much more at ease about things." - (Kagerou Daze VI -over the dimension-)