Takashi Onodera

 (小野寺 貴史 Onodera Takashi) is one of the highschool classmates of Taichi Nishimura and Rin Azuma.

Etymology

 * The name Takashi means "valuable" (貴) (taka) and "will, purpose" (史) (shi).
 * Takashi's surname Onodera means "small" (小) (o), "field, wilderness" (野) (no) and "temple" (寺) (tera/dera).

Trivia

 * Takashi makes no appearance in the anime.
 * Like Taichi Nishimura, Takashi is a natural athlete.
 * Takashi has a long-harbored crush on Rin Azuma, and thus disappointed when realizing her heart belongs to Taichi.
 * In the novels and manga, Takashi bears witness to Taichi and Rin's displacement into another world.