Maybe his grandmother told him the name of the girl he was meeting, but when Suzume arrived, her blind date saw her and smiled broadly, "Recognise me Suzume-chan?" It took a while for her to realise who he was, but Riku Kobayashi; her annoying classmate (aka the class clown from her junior high days!) During their date, he seemed a lot more mature and he gave off such a strong-minded impression; Suzume found that quite attractive. When the date ended, he even took her home (on his bike) in which she was reluctant to agree to at first.