Ryusei Taneda

Ryusei Taneda (種田 流星, Taneda Ryūsei) is part of the Adult Tomodachi Games. He appears in the first game, "Prison Game of Friendship", as "Prisoner Number 008".

Appearance
He is described as a "handsome" guy by Kuroki.

Personality
He is very careful in keeping up appearances. He does his hair and keeps his body clean every morning even in the prison. He never misses a greeting and makes himself out to be sociable, so anyone can talk to him easily. This keeping up appearances habit is even compared by Tsukino to trying to be a popular politician.

He finds that spoiled children "might be cute", but spoiled adults are just painful to look at. The ones who "don't try at all", they want to be believed at the crucial times. When they do not get believed in, they curse the world for it. He finds it selfish that they look away from it. That they are under the impression that someone would come along someday to straighten out the unfairness.

He recognizes brand names, recognizing the jacket that Makoto wore as part of the "Giesel" brand.

History
His scores in studying and sports weren't anything extraordinary. During his student years, he was a dropout. However, when he started working at a host club, he noticed the "special" ability he had - Becoming quick friends with anyone.

He was a pro at deceiving people using various techniques, a first rate swindler. At some point in his life, he also cleared the Tomodachi Games twice.

Etymology

 * The name Ryusei means "meteor, falling star" (流星).
 * Ryusei's surname "seed, species, trick, variety, bread, material, pip, stone, matter, kernel, subject, theme, secret, inside story, cause, source, news" (種) (tane) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (ta/da).