This is a list of characters from the manga and anime
Skip Beat!.
Main characters
Kyoko Mogami
- (drama CD), Marina Inoue
(anime)
- Instead of staying home and attending High School in Kyoto,
Kyoko travels with her childhood friend Shō Fuwa to Tokyo to help
him while he makes it big as an idol. When she finds out that he
only invited her so she could be his maid, her heart and innocence
are shattered. More vengeful than depressed, she swears to avenge
herself. Shō comments the only way to do this would be to beat him
in show business, so that's what she decides to do. She changes her
hair style and begins the task of applying to Shō's rival company
(Akatoki Agency), L.M.E. While her audition stood out, the
president of the company realized that she lacked the key point
needed to become an idol: love, as without genuine love for this
profession and for the audience, she cannot make it far in this
world. However, despite her failure, she had such an interesting
and impressionable audition (she did katsura-muki as her talent
portion) that Kyoko is given a second chance. The L.M.E. "Love Me"
section is thus founded. Lory makes a deal with Kyoko that if she
whole-heartedly completes all the jobs given to her as a Love-Me
employee to the client's satisfaction (which is determined by how
many points they stamp onto her record book), by the end of certain
period of time, when she has accumulated enough points, she will be
given a grand debut. Thus begins her journey into the show business
world.
- As an actress, Kyoko is unrefined but creative and spontaneous,
able to impress talent scouts with her unique talents and
improvisations. In her earlier jobs, she utilizes the skills
she learned from working in an inn in Kyoto Prefecture
(like cooking, walking "properly," and performing a
traditional tea ceremony) to act the part of a wealthy, cultured
lady. Though passionate and hot-tempered, Kyoko is able to
show impressive professionalism and discipline when it comes to
acting, even to the point of putting the job before her health.
When forced to perform a tea ceremony in a movie scene with Ren,
she is able to keep a serene face and act her part while kneeling
on a badly fractured ankle. Yet despite the pain, she refuses to
get up or stop until she the scene is completed. Because of this,
the director and everyone else was incredibly awed by her
determination and strength. Later on, Shuhei (Kuu), Ren's father,
says she was a "scary kind of actress," much like Ren. Her debut is
for a soft drink commercial and her first major role was Mio, the
antagonist in the television drama Dark Moon.
- When she is in her room in "Darumaya" she is often seen
explaining how she would exact revenge on the two men that make her
life miserable to a large poster of Shōtaro and a small photo of
Ren, the picture becomes much larger as the story progresses (the
size of the picture reflects her level of hatred towards the person
on it). She also carries with her many curse dolls of Ren and Sho,
which she uses to vent her anger and perform curses. The dolls,
incredible in the attention to detail, are handmade by Kyoko. They
feature Sho and Ren in various state of fear, distress and
submission. After her relationship with Ren improves, she often
'consults' her Ren doll during times of stress.
- She becomes a regular in a show wearing a chicken suit for the
character "Bo". She assumes this character on several occasions to
talk to Ren, because he won't open up about his problems to anyone
he knows. She likes to cling to Kanae and calls her "Moko" (it is
seen in volume four that every girl hated Kyoko for her
familiarity with Shou). Kyoko never liked to drink soda (even as a
child) but she made herself drink it for an important commercial
audition. Kyoko seems to have a bad relationship with her parents.
Her mother, Saena, was a strict and emotionally distant parent who
eventually left her with the Fuwa family when Kyoko was still six.
The effects of Kyoko's difficult childhood can be seen throughout
the series, particularly in her acting. For example, when Kyoko was
acting with Maria, she stated that parents that despise their
children really do exist. Kyoko's father has been absent throughout
the series.
- Kyoko has a noticeable crush on Ren, but she mistakes it for
respect sometimes and even denies it since she "couldn't possibly
let herself fall in love again". After seeing the certain scene
where "Katsuki" (played by Ren) is looking at the girl he loves in
the play, Kyoko remembers the smile (he has shown it for her a
couple of times before) and comes to the conclusion that Ren might
not hate her or dislike her, as she thought before. It is shown
that Kyoko does not know that Ren is "Corn" her "fairy-prince".
Recently, she was the caretaker for Kuu (aka Shuhei), an actor who
played in the previous version of the drama "Dark Moon". He is also
Ren's father, although Kyoko does not know this.
- Kyoko has a fondness for cosmetics, fairy tales and anything
magical. However being betrayed by Shō has left her cynical,
especially about love. It seems that Kyoko's birthday is on
December 25 as Ren gave Kyoko a rose saying "Happy Birthday" as the
clock struck 12:00 midnight at Maria's birthday party (whose
birthday is the 24th), and the rose is also very special, as the
rose is very large and contains a gemstone (purposely put there by
Ren, which Kyoko later uses as part of her necklace in Act
128).
- After Dark Moon started airing, Kyoko was cast in a high school
drama as Natsu, which is a "Bully Role"; however Kyoko runs into
the problem of being type-cast, as the director asks her to do her
"Natsu" role based on "Mio". This is in spite of the fact that two
roles should be different, as Mio is an extremely embittered rich
young heiress, while Natsu is a relatively normal girl from a
normal family who merely likes to pick on her classmates. But after
some training from Ren on "how to act like a model" she stuns the
cast with her new appearance and attitude for the role of Natsu,
easily impressing the director with this new representation of
Natsu.
- However, later on a cast member, jealous that Kyoko was able to
bounce to another role so easily where she never could, pushed her
down a flight of stairs. Though she fractured her hand and knows
who did it Kyoko doesn't tell, but instead has that cast member be
her "right hand" with her bullying.
- On February 10th, Ren received a lot of presents and she asked
if they were for Valentine's Day. Instead, all the girls said that
today was his birthday. Kyoko was shocked because she thought it
was the 19th. She had ordered him a present and she asked Ren if he
would take it on the 14th. Ren said he would but he would like to
have her smile for him on his birthday.
- Around Valentine's Day, Reino cornered her and demanded that
she made him some chocolates for Valentine's Day. When she refused,
he threatened that he'll torture one of her apparitions that he
caught. He said he'll only take them if she has her love baked into
them. While she was in her dressing room, she began making a list
of people for who she was going to give chocolates to. She wrote
down, her boss and okami-san for Darumaya, Mouko-san(Kanae), and a
few others. She wrote down Tsuruga-san but then crossed it off
because she remembered that Ren seldom eats and didn't want a
repeat of an earlier incident where he caused himself to be sick
because he forced himself to eat more than he should have. Later on
she was invited to Kanae's house to make chocolates. Kanae was
surprised to hear that she didn't make any for Ren.
- The next day, February 13th, Kyoko ended up carrying her box of
chocolates for Reino around with her. When she was leaving her
dressing room, she accidentally dropped the chocolates on the
floor. Ren and Yashiro came by just then and she quikly picked them
up and ran away. Ren became very angry after seeing "Hatred"
written on one of the chocolates because he knew who she was giving
the chocolates to.
- Kyoko runs into Sho and he takes the box of chocolates from her
and looks inside. Kyoko accidentally scrambled them which made Sho
think that it said, "Picture of a beagle, man, then a heart". He
got so mad that he threw it into the parking lot and it got run
over by a car. Kyoko got very angry because she was scared about
her demon. Sho thought that Kyoko liked Reino and asked if she
really loved him that much. Sho got into a fight with Kyoko then
stormed off calling her a stupid, boring girl with nothing but love
on her mind. Reino then told Kyoko to take back the chocolates and
give them to him on Valentine's Day, which was 6 hours away. She
told him that she will but only if he was willing to go to the set
of Dark Moon the next day since she had work, and only if he didn't
care that Ren was there. He took the chocolates and left, but he
won't take them like this next year.
- When Kyoko got back to Darumaya, her lady boss told her that a
package arrived for her. She ran to her room happily and started
wrapping the package, Ren's birthday present.
- On Valentine's Day, she arrives on Dark Moon's set and gives
Ren his birthday present which she asks that he not open until he
is alone. Then she give Yashiro some chocolates as thanks for all
he's done for her. This shocks him as he was sure that Kyoko would
give some chocolates to Ren. When Yashiro asks if there was anyone
else she wanted to give chocolates too, she dashed off to give
chocolates to the director and her other co-workers, completely
misunderstanding Yashiro's question.
- As she is talking to the director, Sho shows up with a huge
bouquet of flowers. She is very dazzled by the beautiful
decorations but soon throws the bouquet on the ground when she
finds out it is a congratulations for her so-called relationship to
Reino. When her co-workers also start to congratulate her, she
becomes even more upset, calls Sho stupid, and explains to everyone
via drawings on a blackboard that the chocolates were supposed to
spell "Go to hell, Beagle." At this point, Kyoko finally realizes
that Ren overheard everything and now she worries that Ren will
hate her for being weak against her enemy. Sho then walks up next
to her and says that she is pathetic and that she could never get a
guy. Sho says it's sad that the only person she had to give
chocolates to was the beagle. Kyoko retorts that she gave
chocolates to a lot of the people working on Dark Moon. Sho becomes
upset and asks if she gave chocolates to Ren. Kyoko says she did
not give any chocolates to Ren but he deduces from her words that
she did give something else to Ren. When he asks her what she gave,
she blushes and tells him it's none of his business. Soon after
this, while everyone else is turned away and heading back to set,
Sho grabs Kyoko's collar and forces a kiss on her. Ren, who turned
back around to get Kyoko, witnesses the kiss – as does Yashiro, the
director, and two female co-workers. She cries at the fact that her
first kiss was stolen by Sho but Ren reassures her that it wasn't a
kiss because both parties were not in love with each other. She
seems to be over it but constantly gets reminded of it from little
things. She gives Ren wine jelly for Valentine's day due to feeling
bad about not giving him chocolate instead. While telling him about
how she tasted it before she gave it to him she was reminded of how
Sho kissed her trying to "taste" the chocolate he popped into her
mouth.
Ren Tsuruga
- (drama CD), Katsuyuki Konishi
(anime)
- Ren is, in outward appearances, an extremely nice and polite
star. However, he shows his true self whenever he deals with Kyoko.
He was originally unhappy with Kyoko, because she joined show
business for revenge. However, he gradually warms up towards her.
Realizing that she isn't just trying to become an actress for
revenge, and supports her growth as a budding idol. Although at
times teasing, he is in love with Kyoko. For example, he does not
allow himself to be near her alone sometimes, because the urge to
hold her is increasing. (In volume twelve, when Kyoko falls, after
trying to get a pot from the cabinet and, instead of crashing into
the chair she was standing on and then the ground, Ren catches her
and hugs her despite himself). He quickly recovered so that Kyoko
would not discover his mistake. He has also hugged her in Act 98–99
after Reino, Kyoko's stalker, tells her that "Corn" might be dead;
not wanting to see Kyoko cry and, as a result of another one of his
urges, he holds her tight and tells her that Corn, her childhood
friend, is fine. He also hates Sho Fuwa, because of his ties to
Kyoko. Some of the people closest to him have begun to notice his
feelings for Kyoko, namely, Ren's manager, Yashiro and the agency's
president, Takarada.
- Although he has frequently dated and has had a lot of
girlfriends, he actually had zero experience with love. This fact
caused him to struggle a great deal while defining his character's
role in Dark Moon.
- Interestingly, at the age of twenty, Ren has lived a large
portion of his life in America. In fact, he began his acting career
in the United States, albeit disastrously. Although he gained
experience, he was fired so often that he has lost count, an
experience which is in sharp contrast to the staunch and
disciplined actor he is today. Fortunately, his past in America is
unknown to the public as Ren Tsuruga is only a stage name. He is
the son of a famous actor named Kuu and his mother's name is Julie.
Although there are hints of a dark past, his earlier years are
shrouded in mystery (though it is noted that when he was in his
teens, he felt a lot of pressure from his parents and therefore
escaped from America to Japan). Recent chapters show that his real
name is Kuon Hizuri. Back when he was a kid, he became friends with
Kyoko. But to this day, Kyoko still pronounces his name wrong,
calling him "Corn".
- Ren's birthday is February tenth, but Kyoko thought it was the
nineteenth, because of a typo. She had ordered a present for him
and asked if he would still accept it on the fourteenth. Ren said,
"Of course, but I would be very happy Mogami-san smile for me as a
present." Around this time, Ren received a lot of Valentine's Day
chocolates that he decided not to eat because he'll feel like he'll
have to eat all of them. Yashiro-san said he liked his fair
attitude, but what if Kyoko made him chocolates, what would he do
then? He doesn't get chocolates from her which makes him mad at
first but later receives wine jelly from her which makes him happy
that he reassures he won't be swayed by her actions. After Sho
kissed Kyoko, he at first seems mean to her by snorting and saying
she was acting stupid but later tries to convince Kyoko what had
happened was not a kiss. He later reveals his real intentions by
warning never to let it happen again with a scary face. At the end
of chapter 148, it appears as though he may kiss her.
Shō Fuwa
- (drama CD), Mamoru Miyano
(anime)
- His real name is . He keeps it a secret because he finds it a
very old-fashioned and traditional name. He is a typical stuck-up
star, and is also very ruthless. Shō had no qualms about tricking
Kyoko into going with him to Tokyo so she could be a free servant
for him. He also had even less qualms about being extremely cruel
to her when she discovered this. Shō eventually figured out that
Kyoko was in L.M.E., and was surprised to see her transformation.
It is also revealed that he has more feelings for her than he
originally thought, such as in Act. 82 when he personally brought
some medical cream for the cut in Kyoko's face (caused by him), and
apologised sincerely. Most notably during the Dark Moon shoot over
a resort, Kyoko's stalker Reino announced in front of Sho, that he
plans to steal her away from him. Reino from the band Vie Ghoul had
stolen one of Sho's music sheets/songs previously planning to use
it for their own success. When Reino chased Kyoko through the
forest, Sho followed pursuit and was the one who protected Kyoko
even calling Kyoko "his woman". However this moment was not
witnessed by Kyoko. Despite his ruthless and cold personality, Sho
has a sense of humor that he keeps buried deep down, nearly busting
a gut laughing in private to Kyoko's misprouncing Vie Ghoul as
Beagle. As Kyoko once commented, Sho has loved comedy shows on TV
since they were both kids.
- Though most of these lean toward a general possessiveness for
Kyoko, who had been his constant companion and servant since
childhood. Further on in the series though, Shō begins to show a
kinder side to her and hints that he has real feelings as opposed
to just possessive feelings. Once he finds out that Ren Tsuruga is
in love with Kyoko too, he gets really mad. Shō thinks of Ren as
his rival and is extremely petty at times when they meet, even
going as far as to pick a fight with him. Shō is also a big flirt
and can be very shallow. He tends to like older woman, but he is
fine with women with big breasts and oozing pheromones. Shō has
disliked Ren because he is the coolest guy in Show Biz. Shō says
he's going to steal all of Ren's fans and the title of "The Coolest
Male Celebrity" from him.
- Despite his nature, Sho's talent as a singer is in fact, quite
good. Sho's original songs of course, attracted many fans as well
as his looks but that did not stop from these fans to quickly fall
in love with copy-cat band Vie-Ghoul. With the sudden revelation
that indeed, Sho could be surpassed so easily and that his fans
could easily leave him for another band if the sound was the same,
was deeply troubled. With some unintended help/lecture from Kyoko,
Sho realizes the deep feelings he has had for the situation and
decides to put his heart into his singing. His new songs have hit
so far that he is rising to the top of his singing career,
devastating Kyoko. He has gone so far as being "untouchable" by the
Vie-Ghoul, as their spy had stopped stealing Sho's lyrics due to
new found respect and love for his job and Sho's determination to
become a star.
- Currently, Sho has been extremely jealous (yet constantly
denies this) after the order of Kyoko's chocolates got mixed up
into saying that she loved the leader of Vie-Ghoul (where they
actually stated she was annoyed at him). Because of this, he
believes that Kyoko is in love with the Leader, someone he
considers worse than Ren and is "unacceptable". Sho has gotten so
angry that he takes on the appearance of Japanese demons. So in an
effort to prove he is not jealous, he buys a very large bouquet of
flowers as a "congrats" present to them. However, after discovering
that Kyoko does not in fact love Reino, he forcefully kisses her,
stunning the Dark Moon cast.
- When Kyoko yells at him and pushes him away, Sho smirks at Ren.
Ren is very angry but manages to keep his emotions under control.
According to Sho, he wanted a taste of the expensive chocolate he
gave her and kissed her to get a piece of it from her mouth. Sho
then walks away, confident that he has reassured his place in
Kyoko's heart. Since then he wants Kyoko to hate him more.
Supporting characters
- (drama CD), Risa Hayamizu
(anime)
- Kotonami's character, at first glance, looks like she was being
set up to be the villain to Kyoko's heroine, but as with all of the
female characters in this series, Kanae is much more sympathetic
than she appears. While there was fur flying about at the
beginning, both girls have a need for a true friend, and ultimately
find that in each other (albeit reluctantly on Kanae's part and
too willingly on Kyoko's part. After their tag-team effort
in winning an audition for a commercial, the two become best
friends. Kyoko likes to call her "Moko"). Despite some differences
in their personality, both girls recognize that they are in fact
very similar, most notably their desperate determination to reach
the top of the show-biz pyramid. Both coming from a poor family,
they both strive endlessly to achieve their dreams. This, they
recognize in each other, thus leading them to become friends. They
are both incredible actresses with a great deal of respect for each
other's talents. Kanae desperately wanted to be a star and was at
the same audition as Kyoko, but although she did better than Kyoko,
she also failed. She became the second member of Love Me, and has
used that to her advantage. Kanae puts up a strong front, but is
very self-conscious and is prone to self doubt. It is later
revealed that Kotonami has problem dealing with kids, stemming from
the fact that she comes from a large family with an obscenely large
amount of younger nieces, nephews, and siblings. Although her
attitude towards Kyoko may seem aloof at times, it is clear that
she values their friendship, as she reluctantly shares her secret
with Kyoko when she fears her unwillingness to share her troubles
might drive Kyoko away. She figure outs that Ren is in love with
Kyoko and tries to top things that will gain Kyoko's affection
against Ren. Recently she has invited Kyoko over her house to make
valentine's day chocolate for Hio. Hio helped her get away from the
musician so she made chocolates for him. It seems that she has a
soft spot for Hio seen as she gives him warm smiles from time to
time and looks excited when he comes by.
- (anime)
- He is Ren's manager. When first seen he is a serious character,
later on he is used largely for comic relief. We get a better
understanding of Ren’s subtle emotional shifts from Yashiro’s
not-so-subtle reactions to Ren’s interactions with Kyoko. He fully
supports a romantic relationship between the two and often needles
Ren about his lack of progress in that area. To that goal, he sets
up various situations where the two can be alone. (Act. 66 He tells
Kyoko to go to Ren's place to make dinner for him.) And tells Kyoko
of Ren’s feelings for her (Act.57, during the acting test when
Kyoko got stuck. Kyoko was lost in thought and didn't hear him.) He
must use latex gloves when handling any electronics because any
electronic device that he touches directly will soon be rendered
broken and useless. In particular, he has mentioned that a cell
phone will die after about 10 seconds of direct exposure to his
skin. (On at least one occasion, Yashiro attempted to coerce Ren
into telling him Kyoko's secrets by holding Ren's own cell phone
captive with his bare hand.) Kyoko has theorized that Yashiro
naturally transmits strong electric waves. He seems to be an
extremely dedicated manager, as he has much, if not all, of Ren's
schedule planned out about one year in advance (Kyoko learns this
when she briefly took over for him as Ren's manager when he was too
ill to work). In an extra strip in volume 11, it is revealed that
the main reason Ren has never been late to a job, despite the
crowds of fans that appear nearly everywhere he goes and clearly
wish to mob him, is that Yashiro can stop even the most fervid fans
in their tracks with a mere cold glance. He doesn't know how to
drive, which is why Ren is always seen doing the driving.
- (drama CD), Kouji Ishii (anime)
- Lory is the extravagantly flamboyant president of L.M.E. He is
one of the first people to recognize Kyoko's potential of being a
great star, and created the "Love Me" section because of this. He
seems genuinely concerned for Kyoko and wonders what could have
happened in her past to cause her to lose the ability to love. He
learns in Vol. 4 that Kyoko has never known her father and has a
bad relationship with her mother but does not know the details.
Later, when he learned that she dropped out of school he arranges
for her to attend a high school that is specializes in
accommodating students working in show business and their hectic
schedules. Lory has a very deep voice, and often has a huge
entourage with him to create the world's most striking and
sometimes strangest entrances. He also has a granddaughter, Maria,
who idolizes Kyoko. He also knows that Ren is really Kuon Hizuri, a
secret everyone else doesn't know about except for himself, Ren,
and Ren's family. In Act:77 Access to the Blue, it is shown that
President Takarada realizes that Ren is in love with Kyoko. He has
a son, Maria's father, who is the polar opposite of him. They are
similar in their work ethics, however. Lory loves Valentine's day
so much he calls it "his spring".
- (anime)
- Maria is the granddaughter of the president of L.M.E. and used
to use her cute appearance to get people's sympathy. She did so
before Kyoko's audition; however Kyoko recognized this, and called
her out on it. While some people would be angry at Kyoko, Maria
began to idolize her, and views her as an ultimate big sister.
Maria also suffered from a huge guilt complex from her believing
that she is the cause of her mother's death. (When she was five
years old she called her mom to come see her because she wanted to
celebrate her birthday with her mother, since she (and the father)
rarely bothered to before. Unfortunately, the plane that her mother
took to return crashed, killing her). As a result, Maria was unable
to talk or even be around her father, since she thought that he
hated her. It didn't help that her father worked far away and never
came to see her and that he voiced out loud to Lory at the funeral
how he wished that Maria didn't call her mother. He tried reaching
out to her in his own way, but it wasn't enough. Kyoko managed to
make Maria understand that her father didn't hate her now, or think
that Maria caused her mother's death. Maria also loves to dabble
with black magic (alongside Kyoko) and
has a large crush on Ren Tsuruga. Comically in the Christmas
Special chapter, Kyoko's present for Maria was a 1/2 scale doll of
Ren with different expressions (this shocking everyone else on how
detailed she was).
Minor characters
- Also known as Kyoko's demons. These vengeful ghosts were always
with her, however they were kept at bay by her extreme love and
devotion to Shō. When Shō's true impression of her comes to light,
so do this apparitions. The demons often scare everyone around her,
which Kyoko uses to her benefit. They also help keep Kyoko's drive
going, as she sometimes questions her motives for stardom. Most of
the time, the demons are held back by Kyoko's remaining pure
feelings whenever the "pure Kyoko" feels that the anger is getting
out of line. The demons give Kyoko a dark aura that is frightening
to passersby. She has also used them as kanashibari to trap Kanae Kotonami. Reino held
one of these demons hostage in order to force Kyoko to give him
chocolates for Valentine's by threatening to adore it from the
bottom of his heart if she refused, much to Kyoko and the demon's
horror. ("I'll hug it and nuzzle it and sleep with it.")
- (drama CD), Kenji Hamada
(anime)
- He is a manager in L.M.E. and was tormented by Kyoko into
getting her into an audition. Despite the initial meeting, he is
actually very supportive of Kyoko, even through her penchant for
tripping her own idol career up. He is the head of the talent
section.
- Head of the singing section in the L.M.E., he was present
during Kyoko's audition and acted as one of the judges. In the
anime, he was the one who assigned Kyoko, as a member of the Love
Me department, to the task of cleaning the hallway soiled with
bubble gum spat everywhere by a disgruntled band that did not get
accepted.
- Head of the acting section in the L.M.E., he was present during
Kyoko's audition and acted as one of the judges. In the anime, he
was the one who assigned Kyoko, as a member of the Love Me
department, to become Ren's manager in Yashiro's stead, who could
not perform his duties due to colds.
- (anime)
- Shoko Aki is Sho Fuwa's manager. Since he and Kyoko split he's
been living at her place. Actually he was already living at her
place most of the time even when he was still living with Kyoko.
Though Shoko and Kyoko actually get along okay. He also constantly
flirts with her. Shoko Aki herself wanted to become an actress
(Act.85), but decided she didn't have the talent for it. But she
still wanted work that was connected with Show business, and got a
good job as a manager. She also notices that Sho has fallen for
Kyoko, and much like Yashiro does for Ren, she attempts to get Sho
to realize his feelings. However, unlike Yashio, she's more subtle
and less pushy about it. Unfortunately, in her recent attempts to
provide guidance to Sho on the matter, she mistook what he was
saying about Reino and Kyoko (thinking he was talking about Kyoko
and himself) and led Sho to believe that Kyoko and Reino were
together. She was the one who suggested he give Kyoko flowers as a
"congratulations" gift about her and Reino.
- Reino is the lead singer in his band, Vie Ghoul. When he first
met Kyoko he snorts at her and states that she is plain. He was
sent by his company to copy Sho Fuwa and take all his fans. Reino
seems to have special powers to see ghost and apparitions and
becomes intrigued with Kyoko when he catches one of her
apparitions. He then begins to stalk her claiming that she will be
his. He fights both Sho and Ren. Kyoko also seems to misunderstand
Vie Ghoul's name and refers to them as the "Beagles". Reino returns
in chapter 138 for Valentine's Day expecting Kyoko to give him
chocolates as a gesture of her love to him. Reino also claimed that
Ren is tired of Kyoko running to him for help. He currently holds
one of Kyoko's "apparitions" as hostage, affectionately calling it
"pet". By using a special bracelet, he can make it visible to
everyone, including Kyoko. While Sho and Kyoko while bickering over
misunderstandings of giving valentine chocolates to Reino, he
purposely told Kyoko to "just tell him the truth(in fact it means
about having her apparitions captured and threatened) but Sho
misunderstood it as having Kyoko's heart "captured' by Reino since
he's unaware of the existence of Kyoko's apparitions, causing Sho
to storm away angrily. Reino then said that the misunderstanding is
to his gain. Reino seems to have feelings for Kyoko because he said
that he expects to receive homemade chocolates from Kyoko the next
Valentine's day. He also stated flat out to Kyoko that Valentine's
Day was a day for a man to get chocolates from a girl he likes,
implying he actually does like Kyoko, though this seems to go
completely over her head.
- Hio is a kid actor who has been in the acting industry longer
than Kyoko and Kanae despite his age. He is 12 years old. He gets
into conflicts with Kyoko and Moko. Kyoko is one of many people who
have been surprised by the fact that he is 12 years old because he
looks like a 2nd or 3rd grader. Hio liked the fact that Moko did
not judge him by the small kid appearance he had but his acting
ability. However he was thrown by her during a scene of their drama
and he became resentful after she tried feeding him fish, which he
doesn't like. Moko invites him and Kyoko to her house where they
meet her numerous little siblings and Hio realizes that the reason
why she threw him was because she thought he liked it, same as when
she does it with her siblings and nieces and nephews. It seems that
he has a soft spot for Kanae seen when a musician was hitting on
her and to get Kanae away from him Hio called her over to have
lunch with him. He also offered to stay by her side to keep the
musician away from her. He blushes at times when he is with
her.
- Miroku is the drummer for Vie Ghoul. He is the only member who
is used to Reino's "special powers" and even plays along with it.
Their history is unknown but Reino and Miroku seem to have a
special relationship. Miroku is the real brains behind the "take
down Fuwa" operation and is described as being the most scheming
member. He was there when Reino got his chocolate from Kyoko and
even when Reino is looking for the Kyoko apparition he stole from
her.
- Shizuru is the bassist for Vie Ghoul. He is the next mature
member behind Reino and Miroku. He is shown to be serious most of
the time.
- The guitar and keyboard player in Vie Ghoul who do no have
names. They are awestruck by Reino's "special powers".
- Kuu is Ren's father and is a former japanese actor turned
Hollywood actor. He used to work under Lory as seen by their close
relationship and Kuu calling him "Boss". Kuu at first was mean to
Kyoko but this was only due to Kuu's desire to see his son, Kuon
(Ren). Kuu hoped Kyoko would complain to Ren about how mean he was
being so Ren would have to come see him. However, seeing as Kyoko
was strong willed and there was no chance of her complaining to Ren
he simply started to guide her acting career. He told her how to
love acting and love any and every role she does. Kuu used to go
under the pseudonym Shuhei Hozu but held a funeral for his name
when breaking away from the japanese acting industry. He is married
to Julie, who is presumed to be a model. He dotes on his wife and
brags about her and his son Kuon's(Ren) beauty. When Ren was a
teenager, he felt trapped by the pressure exuded by his parents
that he ran away. In reality it was Kuu who called the President
and asked for his help when Kuu started to notice his son's
behavior. The President took Ren away, leaving Kuu crushed and
Julie not talking to him for a whole year with the exception of
saying "I hate you!" Kuu is legendary for his black hole of a
stomach seen as he can eat anything of any size.
- Ogata is the director of Dark Moon. He is a very fragile man.
He is best friends with Ms. Asami. His father, Hirotake Date, was a
famous director. Hiroaki is so much like his father that when he
got older it came to haunt him as people would only credit his
success to his father. He mentions to Kyoko that the name of his
father made him unable to breathe and he was always in the hospital
with someone looking over him worried. He has now overcome his
inferiority complex that when a girl mistook him for his father he
smiled warmly and corrected her. He suspects that there is a
relationship between Kyoko and Ren. He was there when Kyoko was
chased by Vie Ghoul and went with Sho to look for her. He was also
there when Sho forecfully kissed Kyoko.
- Ms. Asami is the music producer for Sho and his company. She
personally scouted Kyoko for Sho's promo clip and admires Kyoko's
acting ability. She has a gorgeous figure and large breasts--which
Sho likes quite a bit. She is suspicious of a relationship between
Sho and Kyoko.