Sō Shibata

Sō Shibata is one of the students of Class 1-B.

Appearance
So Shibata has blue hair and purple eyes. He wears a male student uniform.

Plot
During the Sports Festival, Shibata won many events and paired up with Honami Ichinose for the three-legged race. Due to his and his classmates' efforts, Class 1-B stood 1st among the first years. He was also declared the First Year MVP.

Physical Abilities
Sō is actually a good soccer player and good enough to rival Yōsuke Hirata based on the light novel, which was confirmed in Volume 5 when Suzune Horikita, Kiyotaka Ayanokōji and Kikyō Kushida were doing reconnaissance for club activities as a preparation to the sports festival and this happened to include soccer.

Name Etymology

 * The name Sō  consists of kanji that mean "dash" (颯) (sou).
 * Sō's surname Shibata consists of kanjis that mean "brush, firewood" (柴) (shiba) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (ta).

Trivia

 * For the 2nd year, Sō shares the same student identification number with Kōhei Katsuragi.