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Eiji Ogata is the president of Ogata Productions, the talent agency that manages the rising idol singer Yuki Morikawa. He is also the older brother of the established idol Rina Ogata. Born on May 10, 1968, he is twenty-eight years old during the events of the story, marking a notable age gap with his nineteen-year-old sister. His blood type is A. Physically, he has a lean build with distinctive drooping eyes and a light beard. He has white hair and typically wears thin, round-rimmed glasses.
His personality is complex and often contradictory. On the surface, Eiji presents himself as a charismatic and cool-headed professional, often speaking to others with a smirking or teasing demeanor. He refers to the protagonist Touya Fujii with detached, almost mocking nicknames like working youth. However, beneath this calm exterior lies a manipulative and deeply selfish nature. He is a capable and successful adult in the entertainment industry, a model of ambition who has an excellent eye for talent and a keen intuition about people's true natures. For instance, he correctly perceives the strain in the relationship between Yuki and Touya. Yet, his effectiveness as a producer is paired with significant moral failings. He acts as a primary antagonist, deliberately driving a wedge between Yuki and Touya for his own ends. He is an aggressive character who views Yuki not just as a client but as a woman he wishes to possess, trying to exploit her emotional vulnerability to make her his own.
Eiji's backstory explains some of his motivations. He was once a promising and charismatic musician, a rock artist who performed on the global stage. For unspecified reasons, he withdrew from performing to focus on producing and managing younger talents, successfully creating stars like his sister Rina and Yuki. A key element of his past is an obsession with a specific painting he saw in a London museum, which moved him to tears because it resembled his sister. This led him to collect similar paintings from around the world, a habit that eventually drives him to commit fraud and tax evasion to fund his collection. This deep-seated fixation reveals that his feelings are not purely professional or even strictly romantic, but are tied up in an idealized image he is trying to capture.
In the overall story, Eiji serves as a major obstacle and a catalyst for conflict. As the agency president, he has direct control over Yuki's schedule and public image, using his power to isolate her from her personal life. His key relationships define his actions. With his sister Rina, he has a complicated bond, feeling somewhat sorry for the intense schedule he forces her to maintain, yet he also clashes with her when she interferes with his plans for Yuki. In some story routes, he even expresses anger and physically assaults Touya upon learning of a relationship between him and Rina. His relationship with Yuki is predatory; he respects her talent but primarily sees her as a prize, and he is a rival to Touya for her affection. He also works closely with Yuki's manager, Yayoi Shinozuka, tasking her with manipulating the situation to break up Yuki and Touya.
Throughout the narrative, Eiji experiences a form of development that leads to his downfall. His carefully constructed illusions are shattered by Yuki, who helps disrupt his obsession with the paintings. When his financial crimes of fraud and tax evasion become public, he is forced into hiding. In a final, desperate act, he embraces and kisses Yuki, but she cannot reciprocate his feelings. This leads to him turning himself in to the police, which subsequently causes his production company to collapse. Eiji does not possess supernatural abilities; his notable skills lie in his sharp intuition, his understanding of the music industry, his talent as a composer and producer, and his ability to manipulate people and situations to serve his desires.
His personality is complex and often contradictory. On the surface, Eiji presents himself as a charismatic and cool-headed professional, often speaking to others with a smirking or teasing demeanor. He refers to the protagonist Touya Fujii with detached, almost mocking nicknames like working youth. However, beneath this calm exterior lies a manipulative and deeply selfish nature. He is a capable and successful adult in the entertainment industry, a model of ambition who has an excellent eye for talent and a keen intuition about people's true natures. For instance, he correctly perceives the strain in the relationship between Yuki and Touya. Yet, his effectiveness as a producer is paired with significant moral failings. He acts as a primary antagonist, deliberately driving a wedge between Yuki and Touya for his own ends. He is an aggressive character who views Yuki not just as a client but as a woman he wishes to possess, trying to exploit her emotional vulnerability to make her his own.
Eiji's backstory explains some of his motivations. He was once a promising and charismatic musician, a rock artist who performed on the global stage. For unspecified reasons, he withdrew from performing to focus on producing and managing younger talents, successfully creating stars like his sister Rina and Yuki. A key element of his past is an obsession with a specific painting he saw in a London museum, which moved him to tears because it resembled his sister. This led him to collect similar paintings from around the world, a habit that eventually drives him to commit fraud and tax evasion to fund his collection. This deep-seated fixation reveals that his feelings are not purely professional or even strictly romantic, but are tied up in an idealized image he is trying to capture.
In the overall story, Eiji serves as a major obstacle and a catalyst for conflict. As the agency president, he has direct control over Yuki's schedule and public image, using his power to isolate her from her personal life. His key relationships define his actions. With his sister Rina, he has a complicated bond, feeling somewhat sorry for the intense schedule he forces her to maintain, yet he also clashes with her when she interferes with his plans for Yuki. In some story routes, he even expresses anger and physically assaults Touya upon learning of a relationship between him and Rina. His relationship with Yuki is predatory; he respects her talent but primarily sees her as a prize, and he is a rival to Touya for her affection. He also works closely with Yuki's manager, Yayoi Shinozuka, tasking her with manipulating the situation to break up Yuki and Touya.
Throughout the narrative, Eiji experiences a form of development that leads to his downfall. His carefully constructed illusions are shattered by Yuki, who helps disrupt his obsession with the paintings. When his financial crimes of fraud and tax evasion become public, he is forced into hiding. In a final, desperate act, he embraces and kisses Yuki, but she cannot reciprocate his feelings. This leads to him turning himself in to the police, which subsequently causes his production company to collapse. Eiji does not possess supernatural abilities; his notable skills lie in his sharp intuition, his understanding of the music industry, his talent as a composer and producer, and his ability to manipulate people and situations to serve his desires.