Рюсэй Хоруити

A handsome and talented kabuki actor professionally known as "Shonosuke Ichimura". He is Akari's upperclassman in school, but tends to be anti-social and avoids other people. He loves Akari and she is the only person he opens up to. He later announces on television that he intends to marry Akari. When she rejects him after his father refuses to accept their relationship, Ryusei becomes ill because he overworks himself. Upset, Akari cries and apologizes and notices Ryusei is crying as well. He, at one time, thinks of quitting kabuki for Akari and himself to have a normal relationship. His succession name as a kabuki actor is Shoen Ichimura.