Nozaki, Kei

野崎圭

A 16-year-old teenage boy who also serves as an assistant to Inaba. He is the "mostly normal" straight man of the agency. It is mentioned that he grew up in poverty, once living in a small wooden house with both of his parents. Even with Hiroshi paying him 900¥ per hour, he continues to struggle with money problems. He is a cat lover, despite being allergic to them, and owns a Sphinx cat (which, being hairless, does not trigger his allergies). Kei is also capable of unleashing incredible willpower, though only when given decent motivation. Examples include expelling the "Black Fang" from his body due to his addiction to cats, and exponentially improving his table tennis skills when angered by the Don's foolishness. He is usually the one caught up in Yuuta's plots to kill Kuniharu Ogino and even Haruka Inaba for getting too close to Hiroshi. Mostly, he does his best to stop Yuuta from killing anyone who gets too close to Hiroshi.