The Courier (Japanese: 運び屋, Hepburn: Hakobi-ya) is a protagonist in the anime series Akudama Drive by Studio Pierrot and Too Kyo Games.

Courier is introduced in the first episodes, where he accidentally drags the Ordinary Citizen, who becomes the Akudama Swindler, into teaming up with other criminals and go on missions to protect people wanted by the law.

Nevertheless, multiple writers noted that Courier often showed a more charming self when interacting with Swindler as he aids her in her journey without caring about the money he needs for her jobs.

As the work progressed, Kodaka decided to give Courier and the rest of the members such aliases instead of names, inspired by the film Reservoir Dogs.

[3] Kodaka created Courier as a protagonist in a certain sense who takes the most prominent action in the series but would remain silent in the subsequent scenes.

Director Tomohisa Taguchi agreed, claiming that Courier has a strong presence in the narrative even though there is no intonation, something he found important to properly portray him.

[4] Kodaka has claimed that both Courier and Cutthroat are his two favorite characters from the anime, having enjoyed the original concept art by Rui Komatsuzaki.

[13] For the finale, Pierrot added a new scene where Courier interacts more with Brother and Sister during the mayhem Kansai suffers as a form of director's cut which the television series lacked.

Scott also joked about Courier's personality for his tendency of calling Swindler "shithead" and recommended Akudama Drive to people who have enjoyed the Danganronpa franchise due to sharing the same writer.

Unwilling to take it due to his belief in bad luck, Courier accidentally drags the young woman into his Akudama affairs.

In the ensuing chaos, Brother hires Courier to return to Kansai and give him an item to partner, codenamed Sister, protecting her in the process.

[21][22] When they head to the Executioners' headquarters, the AIs try trapping Courier and Swindler in the area, making the former relive his past life when he used to work alongside an unknown partner who got killed by criminals.

After being seriously wounded, Courier gives Brother and Sister the money from the late Swindler as a good luck memento to protect them as he uses his last forces to destroy the droids hunting them.

[23] Ever since his introduction, Courier was noted for his skills at driving his bike in over-the-top ways, though two writers from Anime News Network disagreed on whether such abilities were appealing or not.

[26] While praising Courier's fight scenes against the Executioners, Comic Book Resources criticized his silent personality alongside Doctor's.

The Fandom Post criticized the handling of Courier and Swindler's relationship due to their lack of interactions despite the former triggering the latter's branding as an Akudama accidentally.

[34] Anime News Network claimed that Courier did "some of the coolest shit in the show to date", specifically bringing up how he uses his prosthetic arm to fire his bike's railgun.