Kakeru Juuouin

**Kakeru Juuouin** (十王院カケル Juuouin Kakeru) is the heir to Juuouin Holdings and a student at Kakyoin Academy of Edel Rose. He is the managing director of his fathers company. His birth name is Kazuo Juuouin (十王院一男 Juuouin Kazuo).

## Appearance

Kakeru is an average height boy who has orange hair and bright yellowish-orange eyes. He wears a pair of rimless glasses and wears a red vest with golden linings over his school uniform.

## Personality

Kakeru's personality is commonly and officially defined as "***charai*** ***(チャラい)"*** which can mean "flirtatious" or "trashy". In Shiny Seven Stars it is revealed that in his upbringing as an heir, Kakeru was brought into his family's business very early and faced a harsh world of business filled with corruption and betrayal. As a result, Kakeru found it hard to trust other people and doubted that "love" existed. After discovering Prism Shows, Kakeru enrolled into Edel Rose "to confirm if love exists". His only interest is getting girls' attention and is said to have enrolled in Edel Rose only to become popular.

Despite his playful character, Kakeru is known to have a more serious side to him. Kakeru is actually a diligent student who helps his father with his work and genuinely loves Prism Shows. He is also an otaku who seems to like every genre of anime.

Kakeru is quite nerdy and is an otaku who likes every genre of anime. It is said he likes to go shopping for action figures with Hiro. Despite his playful character, Kakeru is known to have a more serious side to him. According to Hiro Hayami, Kakeru is actually a diligent student, helps his father with his work, and genuinely loves prism shows. However, if this side to him is brought up he gets embarrassed about it. He even goes to measures to hide this aspect of himself, such as hiding his prism star magazines from Shin.

## Story

### King Of Prism by Pretty Rhythm

In the first movie, Kakeru first appears in Schwarz Rose wearing a Schwarz Rose's uniform, observing the machines the students of Schwarz Rose use to train. Later, he meets Taiga, Kazuki and Alexander right before they are about to have a prism battle and gives them prism watches, a device he's been developing for his company, saying it'd be bad publicity for both Edel Rose and Schwarz Rose if either Kazuki or Alex got hurt.

Taiga calls Kakeru a traitor for betraying Edel Rose and going to Schwarz but Kakeru denies this later, saying he only went there to inspect the facility that was provided by his company.

## Etymology

**Kazuo (一男)** means "the first son".

**Kakeru** **(翔** means "to soar/fly".

**Juuouin** (十王院) means "The Imperial Ten Kings". Jūō (十王), meaning Ten Kings, in Buddhist belief comes from the ten kings who rule the afterlife.

## Songs

1. Dramatic LOVE
2. Groovin' Chara-Emo Night
3. Red Night Vampire (Prism Rush! LIVE)
4. Sweet Sweet Replies (Prism Rush! LIVE)
5. VI VA VACANCES (Duo /w Shin)
6. Sing New Shine (/w Shin and Leo)
7. Party Monster Hyakki Yagyō (Duo /w Yukinojo)
8. Happy Happy Birthday ~ Kekeru Ver.~
9. Winter Eyes

## Trivia

* He ranked 3rd place in the official popularity poll "Next Generation Prism Star Grand Election".
* His birth name is Kazuo but because Kazuo is a common, and to him, boring name he insists on people to call him Kakeru, which he thinks is better.
	+ But the real reason Kakeru prefers the name Kakeru is to separate himself from "Kazuo" and his role and duties within the Juuouin Conglomerate.
* It is revealed in Shiny Seven Stars that the real reason Kakeru prefers the name Kakeru is to separate himself from "Kazuo" and his role and duties within the Juuouin Conglomerate.
* The only times he is called Kazuo is by Minato, Taiga, and when he is at work or at home.
* He is fan of all the girls of Rainbow Live and change his ringtone to their songs to match his mood.
* During his prism show he performs a "Cyalume Change", which is a type of idol appeal from Pripara.
* He has a rather busy schedule and only gets about 2~3 hours of sleep on average on weekdays.

## References

1. ↑ King Of Prism Official Website
2. ↑ Anime News Network - King Of Prism by Pretty Rhythm Film's Trailer Previews Story
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 PASH! Magazine June Issue 2016
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 2D☆STAR Vol. 4 - KING OF PRISM by PrettyRhythm Special Short Story