OTHER SKIP BEAT! CHARACTERS
Daruma-ya couple
An older couple that owns the restaurant Daruma-ya where Kyoko works part-time and later stays in. They like Kyoko very much and treat her as a surrogate daughter.
Lory Takerada
He's the very eccentric president of LME productions and the one who invents the Love-Me section. He always dresses very interestingly (sometimes he looks like a cowboy, other times he looks like a nomad from the Sahara, etc.) and is definitely the most eye-catching character at LME Pop-Productions. All in all he is a very eccentric guy but very likeable. As a matter of fact he is one of my favorite Skip Beat! characters.
Maria Takerada
She is the granddaughter of Rory Takerada and the niece of Takenori Sawara. She lost her mother when she was very young and her father blames her for it. Now Rory Takerada is taking care of her but she often causes troubles in the agency. She is introduced in chapter 3 when the anger Kotonami thinks that Kyoko is Maria's mother and thrusts her in Kyoko's arms. Maria naturally begins to cry but instead of cheering her up Kyoko asks Maria is she really thinks that if a child or woman cries then automatically someone comes to help. But instead of being sad about Kyoko's cruel words she is really impressed by her frankness and decides that she really likes Kyoko and wants to be like her.
Ruriko Matsunai
Occupation: singer, actress (LME Pop-Productions)
Height: 158 cm, Weight: 46kg
She is the latest idol-singer that is being produced by LME and is about the same age as Kyoko. She is introduced in chapter 8 when she tells Kyoko [who has become the new Love-Me trainee] to come with her to a movie production. Ruriko is very bratty and spoiled and uses Kyoko like Sho did by making Kyoko believe that is a very fragile and sick person. But when Kyoko discovers what she's been doing Kyoko decides to take revenge on her by trying to steal Ruriko's role in the movie and they both fight a lot but in the end Ruriko reluctantly admits that she kind of likes Kyoko and gives her 100 points.
Seiji Shingai
Age: 34
He is a famous director that makes the movie where Ren and Ruriko are playing the leading roles. Part of the "Takerada-Gang".
Shoko- san
She is Sho's manager at the Akatoki agency and a very attractive woman too. Therefore Sho likes to try to hit on her. She was also the one who suggested to Sho that he should stop using Kyoko and besides that she nearly recognizes Kyoko at the gas station.
Yukihito Yashira
Ren Tsuruga's manager and friend. A very nice guy that often helps Kyoko, besides that he's also the first one to observe Ren's feelings for Kyoko.
Takenori Sawara
Occupation: head of the talent section at LME Age: 41 years, Birthday: 10th March, Blood group: AB He's the head of the talent section at LME and the one who Kyoko haunts for whole 4 days in order to get into LME productions. Although at first he's very wary of Kyoko he soon comes to like her and helps her.