Ryouta Kise

Ryouta Kise (喜瀬 良太) is a Teikonian politician, actor, singer and model who served as the Minister for Internal and External Communications from 2014 to 2016 under Premier Seijuro Akashi.

On March 31 2014, Premier Akashi appointed Kise as his second Minister for Internal and External Communication replacing Wei Liu who perished during the 2014 Oceanic Airlines Crash. Kise Ryouta is the first member of the Cabinet of Teiko who have a background in the entertainment industry after being a model and actor in his early childhood till late teenage years. He is also a hiatus member of Vocaloid, one of Teiko's most famous singing bands.

In 2 March 2016, Kise Ryouta announced his return to the entertainment industry after nearly two years of hiatus. He is expected to rejoin Vocaloid for a country tour in the fourth quarter of 2016. Kise remains privy on whether he will do politics again in the near future.

Early life
Kise Ryouta was born in Kaijo Prefecture, Teiko to Thai-Teiko parents. Kise has one older brother Nichan, and one foster younger sister, Naechi. At the age of five, he moved to Rakuzan Region with his family and studied at Inagakuen Public School. At the age of twelve, he studied at Yamamura Kokusai High School in which he was delayed for one year in his second year due to financial problems. After high school he moved back to Kaijo where he was granted a BL Scholarship Award at the University of Kaijou (UoK) and took up Bachelor of Arts in Literature as he wanted to be a novelist. It was also in the University of Kaijou where in he met Seijuro Akashi who would then appoint him as MICE minister in the long run.

Kise's plans to be a novelist however was dashed in his third year in college when he was appointed as a member of the UoK Warrios, the strongest collegiate basketball team during its pinnacle years. Finding pleasure in the sport, Kise decided to joined the the Teiko National Basketball League a year after his graduation in college but his membership was short-lived due to the sudden growth of his demand in the entertainment industry.

Entertainment career
In 1998, Kise who were 12 back then was bringing in papers left by his mother that was needed in a meeting when one of the advertising campaign managers managed to catch a glimpse of the little boy in the company hallway. Perhaps fonded and amused, Ihio Hasa, gave Kise a stuff toy which soon became a symbol of an unparalleled friendship.



It wasn't a year later that Adronica International, a consumer good company via the efforts of Ihio Hasa commissioned Kise to advertise its products to the market. Since then Kise has been doing a lot of commercials under Hasa from 1998-2003. Taking advantage of his rising popularity, Kise was then advised to take in active participation in television shows. Kise's first TV program appearance debuted in 2005 with the afternoon segment of a TV Teiko Network program as co-host, being of the youngest hosts in the Teiko television industry at the age of 19.

Kise continued to have television appearance until he moved back to Kaijou after his high school. In Kaijou, Kise worked for Nihakawa Advertising Center as model appearing in different fashion magazines. Despite the tough schedule, Kise managed to establish a good reputation of himself as model that by his third year, he was already considered to be one of Teiko's most successful self-made celebrities.

Kise did not pursue his career in basketball and opted for media instead. From 2009-2013, Kise joined several television shows and was featured in many movies. He became a member of Vocaloid in 2012 after he signing a five-year contract with JYP Entertainment, one of the most reputable music labels in the country. Kise also released two solo albums in 2010 and 2012. He continued to remain active in the media world until early 2014 where he announced that he will be accepting Premier Seijuro Akashi's request of appointing him as Minister for Internal and External Communications bringing in both controversy from other politicians and dismay to his fans.

Minister for Internal and External Communications


Kise Ryouta's appointment to the Ministry of Internal and External Communications was both met with criticisms and praised. Being the first Teiko Cabinet official to have been a singer, model and actor, many politicians slams Seijuro Akashi of inter-weaving the media and politics and taking advantage of it to clean its administration's image as the Teiko National Election of 2015 is coming fast in November. However, Akashi himself declined the accusations and instead called out his opponents as worrisome and anxious as they know that his administration have been successful in fulfilling their duties and would most likely win in the next election. Such comment was remarked by the Democratic Party leader, Tatsuya Himuro as prideful and uncalled for.

Being the MICE minister, Kise's responsibility is bolted towards the regulation of the circulation of information coming in and coming out from the cabinet and the country in general. Although not necessarily the main person to address foreign issues (Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is the constitutionally empowered department to discuss foreign interactions), Kise remains as the official spokesperson of the Premier. He has also control over the media and the DFA itself since it is under the Ministry of Internal and External Affairs. Thus, all outgoing remarks from the DFA Head, Tooru Amuro must be referred to him first.

In his first months in office, Kise has visited several towns and municipalities in Teiko interacting mostly with the women and the children. In August 2014, Kise visited the Nyanga Free State in behalf of Teiko, his first major state visit to a foreign country since his appointment. Since then he have visited the countries of Histalpol and Okatabawashi.

Personal life


Pressured by the growing controversies, Kise Ryouta publicly announced on April 3, 2014 that he is in a relationship with his long time best friend and schoolmate, Yukio Kasamatsu. He said that they have been dating since the end of last year for 4 months now. The public confession received both negative criticisms from traditionalists and affirmation from the liberals. Premier Seijuro Akashi personally congratulated the couple and even became supportive of the relationship. Kise Ryouta is considered to one of the handful Teikonian personalities who were not afraid enough to come out of the box and is the second politician to publicly announce his sexuality after Akashi himself while in office. Yukio and Kise were married in 2015 after the Same-Sex Marriage Act of 2014 has been signed into law.