Asuka Kaido

**Asuka Kaido** (海堂飛鳥, *Kaidou Asuka*) is a secondary character in *Confession Executive Committee*, and a first year high school student. Together with partner Kanata Ichigoya, he aims to debut as an idol, eventually doing so as a member of the idol duo ASCANA. Asuka serves as Hiyori Suzumi's initial love interest in the PV and light novel continuities.

In reality, Asuka is a virtual personality affiliated with Johnny & Associates' Virtual Johnny's Project, and was retired as a character and virtual personality in late 2021.

## Appearance

Asuka is a tall boy with short blond hair and blue eyes.

## Personality and Actions

Asuka has the image of a cool princely idol, and often presents himself as such in his Showroom livestreams. He is usually calm, but at times he can be sarcastic and blunt with people he's close to and appears to be more animated when it comes to topics he's passionate about, such as with baseball. When it comes to public interaction, he’s gentle to his Showroom viewers; however, he tends to complain whenever the viewers and Kanata tease him.
In his Showroom lives, he is called a *tsundere* by viewers and Kanata, so he claims that he is only a *tsun* at least in front of his partner. However, he admitted that he is fine acting *dere* for only his fans.
### Hobbies

He likes to watch sports, particularly baseball, and it's one of the few things he is especially passionate about. He also has an interest in stage theater.

## Relationships

#### Kanata Ichigoya

Asuka's schoolmate and senior by one year, as well as longtime friend. It is still unknown how Asuka and Kanata met each other, but they are currently living together and are each other's partner in idol activities.
Asuka acts aloof and blunt towards Kanata, and often is referred to as a *tsundere* for his attitude. He gets mildly annoyed by Kanata's antics and calls him "lame", but Kanata doesn't mind it at all. This may make their relationship seem strained, but they are on good terms with each other.
He knows that Kanata really likes when he acts *deredere*, so on March Ichigo Day (15/3), Asuka gave fans and Kanata some fanservice by acting *dere* to Kanata during his live and when commenting on Kanata's live. Although it was clear that Asuka forced his usual aloofness into his act, Kanata and fans were pleased and agreed that there's a room for improvement in Asuka's affectionate side.
#### Riku Maeda

ASCANA's manager. Asuka doesn't know too much about Maeda since they go to different schools, but he tries to treat him respectfully as a person one year his senior. Maeda is also the person who convinced him and Kanata to participate in the idol audition.
#### Hiyori Suzumi

Asuka first met Hiyori after she got knocked down by a crowd of fangirls at a Full Throttle4 concert. He helped her up, which is the time when Hiyori formed a crush on him. He later met her again at the bookstore where he worked, at which point Hiyori presumably asked him out on a date. When they met up, they were interupted by Yujiro Someya and Aizo Shibasaki, who didn't want Hiyori (who had become their manager at the time) becoming involved with their rival. Later on, Asuka turns Hiyori down by telling her that he wants to focus on his dream of becoming an idol with Kanata. Hiyori accepts this and tells him that she will be their fan when they debut.
#### LIP×LIP

Yujiro and Aizo are fellow idols, and both consider Asuka and Kanata their rivals. Asuka seems to have a respect for Yujiro and Aizo as senior idols.
## Etymology

* The name **Asuka** means "to fly" (飛) (**asu**) and "bird" (鳥) (**ka**).
* Asuka's surname **Kaido** means "sea, ocean" (海) (**kai**) and "hall, temple" (堂) (**dou**).

## Trivia

* He was born in Osaka.
* His favorite food is meat-stuffed green bell peppers.
* It is implied that someone important to Asuka passed away when he was younger.
* He calls his Showroom "Kaido Asuka's Cruising Room".
* The special items viewers can give to Asuka in his Showroom are baseballs, candies, and roses.
* He tends to get teased a lot because of his drawings by fans and Kanata in his Showroom livestreams.
* He calls his fans "Princesses and Princes".
* Although Asuka likes baseball, Kanata reveals that Asuka is bad at the game. Kanata however finds this a charm point.
* He is currently working part-time in a bookstore.
* He is not a natural blond. He originally had brown hair, and Kanata helps Asuka dye it. This would make him one of the few characters seen without his natural hair color, and the first unnatural blond.
* Asuka is afraid of ghosts, and cannot stand riding roller coasters.
* According to Kanata, Asuka's charm points are his height, good looks, and hot-and-cold attitude.
* Asuka, along with Kanata, does not show up in the equivalent of the "Heroine Ikusei Keikaku" arc in the *Heroine Tarumono!* anime. Asuka's role in the arc, to be Hiyori's love interest and ultimately part of the reason why she is harassed by LIP×LIP's fanbase, is instead given to Hiyori's childhood friend Nagisa Shiranami.