Akari Shinohara's father is a minor character in 5 Centimeters per Second. As her father, his surname must be Shinohara (篠原).
Background[]
He was born in Iwafune. After marrried, he and his wife gave birth to their only child in Uchinomiya. He's been working for a regional electronics manufacturer based in Tochigi.[1] Due to the nature of his job, their family had to constantly change their workplace once a few years. He used to work in Shizuoka before transfered to Tokyo.
In 5 Centimeters per Second[]
In Akari's last year of elementary school, he had to transfer again back to his hometown Iwafune. His daughter tried to convince him to let her stay in Tokyo with her aunt, but he declined.
Fifteen years later at the end of 2007, Akari's parents gave her a sendoff from Iwafune Station as she departed to Tokyo to prepare for her wedding one month later.