The game's protagonist can be renamed, default to Yuichi Aizawa. After his parents went overseas, he stayed with his aunt Akiko and did not return to Syracuse for seven years, losing clear memories of the accident that happened there as a child.
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Identity in Kanon
The game's protagonist can be renamed, default to Yuichi Aizawa. After his parents went overseas, he stayed with his aunt Akiko and did not return to Syracuse for seven years, losing clear memories of the accident that happened there as a child.
In the famous snow route, he recalls rejecting her seven years ago in despair. Facing Mingxue, who shuts herself away after Qiuzi's accident, he re-records the voice alarm clock she gave him and re-records his voice, then returns it to her.
2006 Animation: Finding a part-time job for Makoto
In episode 6, Yuichi used the time before meeting Ayu to browse a part-time magazine and had Makoto call for an interview, hoping she would try working.
2006 Animation: Searching in the Blizzard
In episode 23, after regaining his memory, Yuichi called out Ayu's name and searched for her in the snow. He got lost in the blizzard, exhausted and unconscious, and woke up in an unfamiliar room.
Game Makoto Route: Keep her at home
After learning Makoto's identity, Yuichi tells Akiko and Nayuki the truth, leaving Makoto, who was originally planning to be hospitalized, at home to spend her final days with her family.
PS2 Common: Red headband in the luggage
While packing the luggage he had moved, Yuichi found a red headband that felt familiar, but couldn't recall it clearly. The subsequent dream of a young girl also carries this familiar yet vague feeling.
iPad Named Snow Line: Responding to the Hurt from Seven Years Ago
Nayuki forgives Yuichi from seven years ago in exchange for seven strawberry parfaits, telling him that her feelings have not changed.
iPad Sayuri Edition: Earnestly praising Senior
During a date at the shopping street and arcade, Yuichi earnestly praised Sayuri. She later asked him to wait until she could start calling him "Yuichi-kun."
Game dance line: Petition and joint training
After Mai was punished, Yuichi and Sayuri collected petitions for reinstatement but failed to overcome the student council's obstruction. He also began practicing the wooden sword after school, trying to transform from a late-night snack delivery into a partner who could participate in battle.
Game Dance Line: Amid Characters and Branches
In the final battle, he was responsible for luring the monsters into the courtyard and letting Mai attack from above. In one outcome of the all-ages game, he loses consciousness in the atrium, and the story returns to the title; Another outcome is that after Mai departs, the truth about memories and power continues to unfold.
All-Ages Game: Ayu's Movie Invitation
Ayu prepared two movie tickets and invited him to watch a horror movie together.
iPad Game: Sayuri's Visit
Sayu reasoned and went alone to Yuichi's classroom to discuss the matter. These visits took place during the campus life she spent with Mai.
Sauri iPad Edition: Reflection after questioning
Hearing Sayuri recount her brother's death and the reason for her self-claim, Yuichi reflects on his careless questioning, forcing her to bring up her pain again.
Related entries
- Featured works:Kanon
- Aunt Living in Residence:Akiko Minase (Kanon)
- The fox who saved the child and the reunion girl:Makoto Sawatari (Kanon)
- Tell the junior who told the fox legend:Amano Mishio (Kanon)
- Childhood Wheat Field Playmates:Mai Kawasumi (Kanon)
- Give yourself a voice alarm clock, or a lover who shuts themselves away after an accident:Minase Nayuki (Kanon)
- After recording his own voice, he sent the alarm back to Ming Xue:Voice alarm clock for the Mingyuki Line
- The girl expressing her wish to marry (2006 anime episode 10):Makoto Sawatari (Kanon)
- The junior explaining Makoto's situation (2006 animation):Amano Mishio (Kanon)
- Partners in the Night Battle Together (2006 animation):Mai Kawasumi (Kanon)
- Encouraging his cousin (2006 anime episode 21):Minase Nayuki (Kanon)
- Helping Classmates Find Their Own Paths at School (2006 Anime Episode 2):Kaori Misaka (Kanon)
- A girl trying to find a part-time job herself (2006 anime episode 6):Makoto Sawatari (Kanon)
- A senior who tells me about taking care of her younger brother (PC gameplay Sayuri arc):Sayuri Kurata (Kanon)
- A first-year high school student who shares his past fox experiences and encourages himself (game Makoto route):Amano Mishio (Kanon)
- A girl who, after seeing her take care of a cat, decides to treat her as family (in the Makoto storyline):Makoto Sawatari (Kanon)
- A girl who reveals her identity to her family and stays home to care for her (in the game's Makoto route):Makoto Sawatari (Kanon)
- The aunt who explains Makoto's identity to him (Makoto storyline):Akiko Minase (Kanon)
- The cousin who reveals Makoto's identity to him (the Makoto storyline):Minase Nayuki (Kanon)
- A girl who was accompanied by her in childhood and later wished to forget her (PC Ayu Line):Ayu Tsukimiya (Kanon)
- Got Ayu's plush toy from the claw machine and gave it to her (PCあゆ線):Ayu's Angel Doll
- A girl who accompanied her through about a week of student life (PS2 Shiorian):Shiori Misaka (Kanon)
- A boy in my class (Kanon's main story):Jun Kitagawa (Kanon)
- Forgive your cousin on the condition of seven strawberry parfaits (iPad Snow Line):Minase Nayuki (Kanon)
- Girl who consulted Shiori for a birthday gift (iPad Shiori):Ayu Tsukimiya (Kanon)
- In the epilogue, the junior who chats and jokes with him (iPad Makoto route):Amano Mishio (Kanon)
- Please help Sayuri's senior (iPad Sayuri edition):Mai Kawasumi (Kanon)
- Meeting his senior at the shopping street and arcade (iPad Sayuri edition):Sayuri Kurata (Kanon)
- The girl who disappeared in her arms at Mononomi Hill (PS2 Makoto route):Makoto Sawatari (Kanon)
- Game Dance Line: Guided practice and night battle partners who attack from above:Mai Kawasumi (Kanon)
- Game Dance Line: Partners who jointly initiated the petition for the resumption of school for the dance:Sayuri Kurata (Kanon)
- Game Dance Route: The student council president who obstructs himself from initiating a petition for Mai:Kanon
- All-Ages Game: A girl who invites herself to watch a horror movie with two tickets:Ayu Tsukimiya (Kanon)
- PC Standard Edition: A girl who changes her self-deprecating thoughts after hearing her and Ayu laugh:Shiori Misaka (Kanon)
- A senior who privately discusses in their own classroom during an iPad game:Sayuri Kurata (Kanon)
- The girl who explained her name to herself in the Sayuri iPad arc:Sayuri Kurata (Kanon)
- 2006 Anime Episode 18: Classmates Dancing at Shiori's Birthday Party:Jun Kitagawa (Kanon)
- Encouraging Classmates at School (2006, Episode 22):Jun Kitagawa (Kanon)
- Convincing herself to fulfill Makoto's wish (2006, Episode 10):Amano Mishio (Kanon)
- Ask yourself about your miracle wish (2006, episode 10):Amano Mishio (Kanon)
References
- Japanese Wikipedia: Kanon (game) characters and hidden routes
- This is Bisumasu: Kanon Steam Route Clearing Impressions
- TBS: Kanon Episode 6 - A Playful Song Full of Mysteries
- TBS: Kanon Episode 23 - The Finale in Crimson
- anaguma1538: A retrospective of Makoto Sawatari's route narrative
- Rotten Patch: Kanon PS2 Version Character Detailed Playthrough
- Shibuya Ridge: Kanon all-ages version six routes replayed
- drex: The Power of Hope—Kanon's Kawasumi Mai route plot ideas
- max (millerpacer): Kanon's first round notes and thoughts on finishing the Kawasumi Dance line
- Kame's Fiction Space: Kanon Goshin and Sayuri Thoughts
- TBS: Kanon Episode 10 - Requiem on the Hill
- TBS: Kanon Episode 9: Lullaby of the Little Fox
- TBS: Kanon Episode 14 - The Cracked Concerto
- TBS: Kanon Episode 15 - Hide-and-Seek Little Sonata
- TBS: Kanon Episode 21 - Rondo Without You
- TBS: Kanon Volume 2 - Entrance Song in the Snow
- Key: Official Kanon character introduction (pure repeat to fill the gaps)
- Qingguo: Kanon Strategy Diary 2006/09/24—2006/10/11
Data compiled on: 2026-10-16.