Sugimura

Sugimura is the schoolmate of Shizuku Tsukishima as seen in Whisper of the Heart.

He helped his teammate to pass a love letter to Yuko Harada. After Yuko learn the truth about the letter she felt disappointed as she has a crush on Sugimura and thought he feel the same for her. She then yelled at him and ran away.

Sugimura asked Shizuku what happened to Yuko and Shizuku said he's a idiot as Yuko has a crush on him, and it broke her heart knowing that Sugimura helping his friend to pass the letter.

Sugimura felt shocked and apologise for his action. and he continue to tell Shizuku that she is the one he's seeing. But Shizuku rejected him and said that she only see him as a friend.

When Sugimura heard from his classmate that Shizuku is rumouring dating with someone, he felt sad but didn't push the topic. Later on, Seiji Amasawa come and look for Shizuku in their classroom, Sugimura showed a sad and defended face.

. He originally had feelings for Shizuku Tsukishima.

Trivia
Sugimura is inspired by Pazu in Laputa: Castle in the Sky and Tombo in Kiki's Delivery Service.