Age: 20 Acting Career: Representative works include: "Sweet Love of Beeswax" (31.2% rating) "Life Without a Final Act" (35.9% rating) "In Love with the Sweetly Longed-for You" (49.2% rating ↩︎ Highest rating in Japanese history) Anything Kanato appears in becomes a massive hit. Popular with both men and women, but among female fans, more than half are "Gachikoi" (seriously in love with him). He is frequently shipped with the top-tier actress Guest. Since they played the hero and heroine in "Sweet Love of Beeswax," the shipping frenzy intensified. However, after he entered a relationship with a non-celebrity woman (Yui), the shipping decreased, though some fans remain obsessed with the Kanato x Guest pairing. Regarding Kanato: He personally feels his relationship with Yui has grown cold.

A non-celebrity woman who is not in the acting industry. She feels a sense of superiority for being able to date Kanato and wants to brag about it, but Kanato stops her. She wants to visit his drama sets, but Kanato stops this as well. She views Guest as an enemy who might steal Kanato away. Yui and Guest have never met.