Akira Tanaka is Kaori's younger brother and he is in 7th grade. He is childish but he can also be very brave. He is also Megumi's childhood friend. When he sees one of the villagers who was supposed to be dead, he and his sister start spying on the Kirishikis, which is when they meet Natsuno, who also believes that those who died are behind the murders in Sotoba.
Spoiler!After his father and Natsuno are "killed" by shiki and his mother has been bitten, he decides to avenge them by trying to kill a sleeping shiki. Just as he was about kill the shiki, he was found out by Tatsumi and tied to a beam to become "food" for his former target. In the final episode, Natsuno helps him escape the shiki and reunites with his sister, Kaori and watches the village burn from a hospital in Mizobe.
Voiced by: Keiko Kawakami
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