Ryusuke Kido

Ryusuke Kido (, Kido Ryūsuke) is a major antagonist featured in Judgment. He is the director of the Advanced Drug Development Center.
== Profile ==
=== Appearance ===
Kido has black hair thinning on the top of his head and thick sideburns. 
==== Attire ====
Kido wears a standard lab coat over white dress shirt and tie, black dress pants, and a pair of dress shoes. Outside of the ADDC, Kido wears a beige jacket over his attire, along with beige pants.
=== Personality ===
Being the lesser of the evils he's affiliated with, Kido genuinely cares about the development of AD-9, but sees the work done by the the Mole as a necessity towards his goal. 
Kido appears to enjoy his fame among the scientific community, and misuses his power to act inappropriately towards women.
== Background ==
In 2017, Kido held a press conference announcing the development of AD-9. Due to the immense success of the announcement, the ADDC went from being on the verge of shutdown, to having major funding, leaving Kido very satisfied. Soon after, Yoji Shono confessed to Kido about the truth of Koichi Waku's death. Distraught, Kido scolded Shono, but soon agreed with the objective that AD-9 must be protected by all costs. Subsequently, the two seeked assistance from Kaoru Ichinose due to his political and other likewise powers.
Kido ended up funding Ichinose and Shono's dealings with Kyohei Hamura and the Mole, as well as Shono's secret lab.
== Involvement ==
=== Judgment: 2018-2019 ===
Kido is first seen greeting Takayuki Yagami and Issei Hoshino at the ADDC, with at his side Yoji Shono and Kaoru Ichinose. Kido makes a remark to Yagami's appearance being "[...] a little worse for wear." and upon being requested to assist with Yagami again, he agrees. Upon being questioned about it, Kido confirms that Shono did receive a call from Shintani, however was unable to pickup the call. Mitsuru Kuroiwa along other police enter Kido's office randomly, and Kido demands all of them, including Yagami and Hoshino to leave the room.
A few days later, Kido hears about a commotion in the ADDC, and promptly heads over. Upon entering the scene, he is greeted by Yagami and Fumiya Sugiura. The former manifests his awareness of shady dealings with AD-9, and proclaims to expose it all, leaving Kido terrified as the two walk out.
Kido greets Saori Shirosaki who was in the lobby of the ADDC, and upon being requested an interview from the latter, Kido agrees and brings Saori up to his office. Kido then sexually harasses Saori as part of a honey trap set up against him. She asks him to come to Kamurocho for a date that night after obtaining evidence of his harassment. Yagami, Kaito, Sugiura, and Higashi attempt to kidnap him in the Yoshida Batting Center, but a group of undercover homeless people working for the Ministry of Health come in and attack them. Kido along with the homeless men attack the four, but ultimately end up defeated. Kido is then apprehended and taken to Charles. Under threat of having the video leaked, Kido tells the team much about the conspiracy surround AD-9. Kido also lets them know how they can find Shono's secret lab in Kamurocho. Later, Kido under watch by Kaito and Higashi, is rescued by the Mole.
Kido greets Yagami and Hoshino who made their way into his office, and upon being asked to testify in court by the two, Kido refuses and laughs it off. However, soon before the court hearing Shono tells Kido that even with the countless amounts of human experimentation used for the development of AD-9, the drug was a failure and the use of the drug will always result in death. After hearing these words from Shono, Kido decides to testify in court and finally bring out the truth of AD-9.
==Gallery==
J1 - Character Gallery - Ryusuke Kido Title Card.png|Kido's introduction title card in Judgment
Jshonokidoichinose.jpg|From left to right; Shono, Kido, and Ichinose.
Jkidoinhisoffice.jpg|Kido in his office.
==Notes==
== References ==
Category:Advanced Drug Development Center
Category:Judgment Characters
Category:Judgment Antagonists
Category:Judgment Bosses