Kazuya Aoike

Kazuya Aoike (青池 和也 (あおいけ かずや) , Aoike Kazuya) was a friend of Tsukushi Makino, whom he had known since grade school. They were reunited when he transferred to Eitoku Academy during his second year of high school. He had romantic feelings for Tsukushi but never pursued her. Only recently becoming rich, Kazuya often referred to his family as "nouveau riche."