Hikari to Tomo ni...: Jiheishouji wo Kakaete

Azuma Kanon

Main

Sachiko and Masatos second child, a little girl who is born towards the end of the first volume (second volume of the Japanese version). She does not have autism like her brother. Despite this, Sachiko hopes that her two children will grow to care for and...

Azuma Sachiko

Main

The primary character in the series and Hikarus mother. In the beginning of the series, she finds herself battling the difficulties of raising an autistic child along with the indifference of her husband and society blaming her for her sons condition....

Azuma Masato

Main

Sachikos husband and Hikarus father. Early on, Masato seemed to be unsympathetic to what Sachiko was going through in while he was at work. This was half true; Masatos high level position in the company he worked for provided a good income for his family,...

Azuma Hikaru

Main

Sachiko and Masatos firstborn: an autistic little boy. Hikaru hated to be picked up and held as a baby and did not grow in step with children his age, leading Sachiko to seek a doctor for him. Hikaru dislikes loud noises such as crowds, Buddhist chanting,...

Aoki Shigeru

Supporting

The special education teacher at Shichgatsu Cho Elementary; a clever and optimistic instructor who transferred from a school for the disabled because he disagreed with the way the school was run. In the four years he spends with Hikaru, he helps him to gr...

Azuma Takako

Supporting

Masatos mother. She at first blames her daughter-in-law for making Hikaru autistic, but later finds out the truth and forgives her and her family. While she does not blame Sachiko for Hikarus autism anymore, she still has not completely warmed up to him. ...

Honda Miyu

Supporting

Miyu enters the story in the second volume of With the Light (third of the tankōbon). She is autistic like Hikaru but is underdeveloped due to neglect from her preschool and when she first entered elementary school, she was banned completely before Aoki t...

Ishida Daisuke

Supporting

Ishida was an upperclassman of Hikarus and his partner in tending to the school vegetable garden. He enjoyed the time he spent with Hikaru because he was an only child who had always wanted a little brother....

Nakajima Hisako

Supporting

Moes mother. After Moe climbed up an ad tower with Hikaru during preschool, she grew to resent him and his mother, blaming them for her daughters near-death experience. At home, she lives with her daughter and mother, whom she takes care of after sufferin...

Nakajima Moe

Supporting

Hikarus childhood friend who cared for him in preschool. Moe is very good with children and hopes to become a preschool teacher someday....

Oki Takuya

Supporting

Oki was jealous of Hikarus loving family because he was abused by his alcoholic parents. But when one day he sees Hikaru wander onto a bus by himself, he goes after him out of worry that he cant explain. Later, Okis mother leaves his home and his father d...

Wakabayashi Noriko

Supporting

The teacher for the buddy system class at Shichigatsu Cho Elementary, who works closely with Aoki to benefit the students....