Taiki Himekawa

Taiki Himekawa, né 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.

Appearance
During his first appearance, Taiki looked so similar to Gorou Amamiya that Aqua Hoshino became unsettled. Otherwise, he had disheveled black hair, stubble, 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 person, 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.

History
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.

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).

Film

 * Unknown movie
 * 15 Year Lie

Theater

 * Tokyo Blade

Trivia

 * 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.
 * Taiki is one of the people knowing the love triangle between Aqua, Akane and Kana. 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.