Akiyuki Takehara

Akiyuki Takehara (竹原 アキユキ Takehara Akiyuki) is the main male protagonist of the X'amd: Lost Memories anime and manga series.

At the beginning of the story, Akiyuki Takehara is a simple teenager with divorced parents. He lives on Sentan Island, a neutral zone situated between two warring factions. However, his life is changed forever when an otherworldly force causes him to transform into a X'amd, a type of creature created by the fusion of a human being with a hiruko. X'amd are much feared and little understood, and will turn to stone if they forget their true identities.

Immediately following Akiyuki's transformation, the North Government attacks the neutral Sentan Island, killing many people. During the attack, Akiyuki confronts a rampaging humanform weapon and destroys it. Sadly, in doing so he begins to forget his identity and starts to turn to stone. Suddenly, a girl with purple tattoos and riding an air kayak intervenes and helps Akiyuki transform back into a human, kidnapping him in the process. Taken under the tutelage of the girl, Nakiami, Akiyuki begins to live aboard the postal ship Zanbani, but hopes to one day return to Sentan Island and be reunited with his friends and family. He soon realizes that he has a much larger role to play in the war between nations...and the fate of the world itself. In the final episode, Akiyuki turned himself into the stone statue before Sentan Island is doomed forever.