Taiki Himekawa

* Anime
* Manga

**Taiki Himekawa**「姫 (ひめ) 川 (かわ)  大 (たい) 輝 (き) , *Himekawa Taiki*?」, né **Uehara**「上 (うえ) 原 (はら) , *Uehara*?」 is a pivotal supporting character in the *Oshi no Ko* manga series. He is an award-winning stage actor affiliated with the Lala Lai Theatrical Company.

**Spoilers Ahead!**

It is later revealed that he is Aqua and Ruby Hoshino's older half-brother, conceived when his mother had an affair with their father and prompting his legal father to commit murder-suicide with her after he learned about it. However, he himself remained unaware that he is an illegitimate child until later on.

## Appearance

During his first appearance, Taiki looked similar to Gorou Amamiya, sporting a disheveled black hair, stubbles and square-rimmed glasses.

Preceding the *Tokyo Blade* theater play, he shaved his stubble and tamed his hair.

## Personality

Taiki is normally a fairly laid-back and unkept guy, seemingly not paying much attention to maintaining his appearance, only cleaning himself up right before a performance. He is similarly disinterested in his studies, admitting to having never even bothered learning how to read kanji.

However, when acting, his demeanor completely changes as he thrusts himself into the character he is playing as. His acting ability is also a source of pride for him, declaring that no performance in the *Tokyo Blade* stage play will outshine his own.

## Plot

Taiki was born to Hikaru Kamiki (when he was 11 years old) and Airi Himekawa, who was married to Seijuurou Uehara at the time. Taiki said that he was picked up by Toshirou Kindaichi from an orphanage, presumably after his parents' death, and has been raised by Toshirou ever since.

For the *Tokyo Blade* theater play, he is cast in the role of as Bureido, the Protagonist of the story. After the play, he finds out that he are Aqua are relatives by blood after the latter perform DNA tests for everyone involved in the play. Later for the 15 Year Lie movie, he is cast the role of his legal father.

## Etymology

* The name **Taiki** means "big, great" (大) (**tai**) and "brightness, radiance, shine, sparkle, gleam, twinkle" (輝) (**ki**).
* Taiki's surname **Himekawa** means "princess, young lady of noble birth" (姫) (**hime**) and "river, stream" (川) (**kawa**).
	+ His original surname **Uehara** means "above, top, upper" (上) (**ue**) and "field, plain" (原) (**hara**).

## Career

### Film

* Unknown movie
* "Potato Heart"
* 15 Year Lie

## Trivia

* Taiki is one of the people knowing the love triangle between Aqua Hoshino, Akane Kurokawa and Kana Arima. He feels despair when his half-brother fools around with those two girls and advises Aqua to make up his mind as soon as possible.
* Taiki does not own eye contacts and chooses to deliberately go without them. When portraying characters without glasses, he will simply not wear them. This is because, according to his belief, actors are able to portray characters only using their movements. And even without glasses he would be able to make to their general movements.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Oshi no Ko* Manga:
 Chapter 41 (p. 18), Taiki's introduction showing his appearance and age.
2. ↑ *Oshi no Ko* Manga:
 Chapter 67 (p. 12), Aqua offhandedly remarked that Taiki turned 20 the other day.
3. ↑ *Oshi no Ko* Manga:
 Chapter 63 (p. 13), Taiki explaining his relationship with Toshirou Kindaichi.
4. ↑ *Oshi no Ko* Manga:
 Chapter 66 (p. 11), Toshirou Kindaichi reveals that Taiki was filming a movie while rehearsing for Tokyo Blade.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 *Oshi no Ko* Manga:
 Chapter 138 (p. 4), Taiki asks Frill Shiranui about movies they performed together in..
6. ↑ *Oshi no Ko* Manga:
 Chapter 62 (pp. 2-3), Taiki explaining to Kana mid-play why he refuses to use eye contacts.