Hikaru Kamiki

"Ruby Hoshino, you have grown into a beautiful woman. Of course she would, since she's our kid."

- Hikaru Kamiki

Hikaru Kamiki (ひかる) is the primary antagonist of the Oshi no Ko manga series. He is the man that fathered Aquamarine and Ruby with Ai Hoshino and the person implied to have leaked Ai's address to a disgruntled fan, leading to her death and prompting his son to devote his life to tracking him down and getting revenge.

It is later revealed that he was molested by married actress Airi Himekawa, resulting in the birth of Taiki, and he is implied to have masterminded her murder as well by telling her husband about her cheating.

His most recent victim was Yura Katayose, the #1 actress in Japan, whom he pushed off a mountain whilst she was hiking in the countryside to make her death look like an accident.

Appearance
Hikaru is an attractive man who bears great resemblance to his son, to the point that Akane Kurokawa almost mistook him for the latter. Similar to Ai and their children whenever they embrace the darker aspects of their personalities, he also has a black star in each eye.

Whilst in public, Hikaru hides his true appearance using a variety of disguises, seemingly taking particular care to hide his eyes. When he went to visit Ai's grave, he wore a long overcoat with a hat and sunglasses. Whilst passing Akane, he once again wore sunglasses but this time put on a black suit, as he was at a high-class gathering. During his interactions with Yura Katayose, he tied his hair in a ponytail and kept his eyes closed.

Personality
Hikaru is a sadistic murderer who enjoys watching the life fade from his victims, who are primary up-and-coming actresses, claiming that it makes him "feel the weight of his own life". When he was just 11 years old, he was taken advantage of by a married adult actress, which is most likely what warped him to be the twisted man he is today. However, the fact that he bothered visiting Ai's grave implies that he truly did love her, albeit in his own twisted way.

As a former aspiring actor, he can skillfully hide his true nature in public by taking on the guise of a rather casual and dependable individual who others can lean on. He also has a habit of sending flowers to up-and-coming actresses, though this could just be a method to draw in new victims.

When carrying out his murders, Hikaru appears to be a highly cautious individual careful to leave no incriminating evidence, attacking his victims in isolated locations and injuring them in ways where their deaths could be mistaken for accidents. His modus operandi seems to be to get close to his targets using his public persona and only strike when the conditions are perfect. When younger, he primarily made use of proxies, being implied to have been the one who leaked Ai's address to a disgruntled fan, and the one who told the husband of the actress who took advantage of him about their affair.

Known Facts

 * Hikaru was 15 years old when he got Ai Hoshino pregnant.
 * Hikaru is referred by Ai as "(her) ex" and she later referred to how their children would understand "(their) situation", implying that the relationship between them were mutually broken off.
 * Hikaru is implied to have fathered Taiki Himekawa with the married Airi Himekawa in secret when he was only 11 years old.
 * Taiki is unaware that his biological father was Hikaru, believing that it was Seijuurou Uehara.

Etymology

 * The name Hikaru is written in hiragana (ひかる), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (光 or 輝), it could possibly mean:
 * 光 - "light".
 * 輝 - "brightness, radiance, shine, sparkle, gleam, twinkle".
 * Hikaru's surname Kamiki means "god, deity" (神) (kami) and "tree, wood" (木) (ki).

Trivia

 * Hikaru was born in Kanagawa.
 * Hikaru graduated from Faculty of Science.