As to who got the renowned and top idol, Ai Hoshino, pregnant remains a huge mystery to all. The anime adaptation of Oshi no Ko season one ended without the father of the twins being revealed. None was even hinted about the possible identity of the father of Aqua and Ruby Hoshino. However, fans have speculated that he might be in the same industry as Ai and is possibly involved in the death of his twin children’s mother. It turns out he really is. Read on to find out how!
Aqua and Ruby grew up with their guardian, Miyako Saitou, who is also the current president of Ichigo Productions or Strawberry Productions. Due to the unforeseen early death of Ai Hoshino, the twins grew up without a mother and had plenty of traumas. So will the story eventually reveal who their father is? Of course!
With the confirmation of season two, the father of Aqua and Ruby will slowly become part of the story. There were a lot of intense scenes in Oshi no Ko season one that surprised a lot of non-manga readers fans. The supposedly fairytale life of Ruby and Aqua reincarnated as their idol’s children, took the saddest and most devasting turn when she died. Ruby pursued becoming an idol. On one hand, Aqua started to live for revenge. He began his search for their unknown father, hoping to find more answers.
Who is Aqua and Ruby’s Father?
His name is Hikaru Kamiki. Yes, the long-awaited revelation of Aqua and Ruby’s father finally happened in Oshi no Ko original manga. However, a few people are still aware of this truth. Ai Hoshino was a very secretive person. Hence, even his manager wasn’t aware of who the father of her babies was.
Not the face or even just the voice of Aqua and Ruby’s father was revealed in the anime. In episode one of season one, Ai was seen in disguise as she was calling someone from a telephone booth. Based on the words that came out of Ai, it is safe to assume that it was the father of her children whom she called. It was obvious that he didn’t want the kids because Ai even had to convince him to meet the kids, for they had already grown up. She told him that their twins would understand their situation. This hinted that their relationship had long ended and having kids wasnt part of their plan.
The father of the two might be alive and living somewhere in Japan. But still, the twins grew up as orphans. Their father didn’t even bother to show up when Ai died or to show his support for them. Therefore, many speculated that the father being involved with Ai’s death is not that farfetched. Well, it turns out that this might actually be not just speculation.
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Ai Hoshino was a public figure. However, she was an expert in the field to the point that not much was known about her personal life. She was not an open book to her fans, manager, and own kids. Ai Hoshino died with a lot of secrets left unsaid. This is why Aqua is currently having difficulties in figuring out the mysteries surrounding her death.
Ai died when she was still 20 years old. On the morning of their scheduled dome performance, she was stabbed and killed. This is because of a derailed fan who was obsessed with her and knew that she was pregnant. This made the fan harbor great resentment toward her. However, Aqua will soon realizes that his mother’s death is more than that meets the eye. As he tries to meet more people from the entertainment who know his mother, Aqua’s desire for revenge becomes stronger.
He became an actor, not for the art of acting itself. He pursued it in order to bring justice to his mother’s death. According to the manga, it turns out that their own father is a sadistic man who finds pleasure in seeing others suffer. In chapter 72, when Ruby visits the grave of her late mother, she unknowingly encounters their father.
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Hikaru Kamiki didn’t introduce himself to Aqua nor show his face. When Ruby left, he complimented that Ruby grew up as a beautiful lady and added that it is only natural because she is their daughter while talking about Ai’s grave. Furthermore, in chapter 96, Hikaru again showed up in an award show where Akane Kurokawa was awarded the New Actor Award.
Backstage, Akane and Hikaru ran pass each other. Akane took a quick second glance at him, for she mistakenly thought he was Aqua. The manager then told him that the congratulatory white flowers that she received were from him, a LalaLei graduate, and he is now the owner of his own talent agency named Kamiki Productions.
Akane then found out that Hikaru was once an actor admired for his exceptional ability to deceive others using his acting skills. Thus, she watched footage of him from when he was still an actor and again noticed his uncanny resemblance with Aqua.
True enough, with Akane’s observation skills, Hikaru did have an uncanny resemblance with his son Aqua, which would make it harder to deny that they are related by blood. Akane’s clever deduction made her realize that Hikaru Kamiki is the father of Aqua and Ruby Hoshino and is possibly the same person behind Ai Hoshino’s death. According to Akane’s deduction, Hikaru was only a 15 years old middle school student when he got Ai pregnant when she was still 17.
This makes Akane anxious because Aqua has been trying hard to live a more peaceful life after finding out that their supposed father is dead. It is expected that Hikaru Kamiki will slowly show his true colors… a sadistic murderer.
Did Hikaru Kamiki Kill Ai Hoshino?
It wasn’t he who killed her, but it was Hikaru Kamiki’s plan to end the top idol’s life. It was an obsessed, mentally ill fan that went to Ai Hoshino’s apartment and ended her life with a stab. However, based on how clever Ai Hoshino is in lying and keeping things a secret, it was impossible to believe that this fan knew about her personally merely by stalking her on the internet. Also, it wasn’t only Ai who Hikaru viciously wanted dead.
It was seen in episode one of Oshi no Ko season one that the said fan was angry that Ai got herself pregnant. The fan felt deceived by Ai. This may be because he had deep affection towards her and wanted her to remain pure and perfect in his eyes.
There is a high chance that the information about Ai being pregnant came from an inside source connected to Ai herself. Excluding the manager and his wife, who would likely want this information to remain hidden from the public. The only possible person behind this is the father of the children, Hikaru Kamiki.
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Hikaru Kamiki was only a middle school teenager at that time. However, his past makes it harder to deny that he wanted Ai Hoshied dead. In chapter 95 of the original manga, it was revealed that before getting Ai pregnant, Hikaru was possibly involved in another pregnancy scandal at the age of 11 with a famous actress named Airi Himekawa. According to the news that was made public, Airi and her husband, Seijuurou Uehare, both committed suicide.
But, Hikaru might again have involved himself with the married couple. He may have informed Airi’s unfaithfulness to her husband and that the child she bears is a product of Hikaru and Airi’s infidelity. This could have prompted Uehare to kill himself and eventually himself to avoid any scandal that could put his and his family’s name to shame, particularly since Airi would be blamed for it all as a child molester.
Moreover, Hikaru Kamiki is known to send white flowers to his target before making a move. When Ai Hoshino was killed, the fan who stabbed her was carrying white flowers with him. It is possible that she could have done the same thing to Airi. In chapter 95, he also sends Akane Kurokawa white congratulatory flowers, implying that she could possibly be his next target. And finally, in chapter 109, Hikaru Kamiki made his proper debut in the manga by showing his face and committing another crime.
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In chapter 109, Yura Katayose was briefly introduced to be one of the popular celebrities. She was only 25 years old but was already highlighted as one of the greatest actresses in Japan. Hikaru Kamiki has an unexplainable fondness for popular stars who are at their peak in the entertainment industry, and it was no shock that Yura got his interest. He intentionally went to the same bar where Yura was drinking and led her on through his deceitful personality. She told him about her love for hiking and that she was going mounting climbing the following week.
Hikaru left her with a suspiciously creepy warning to be extra careful when she goes to the mountains. Well, this was his way of indirectly telling his plan to murder her because, exactly in the mountains, Hikaru heartlessly killed her.
Because of me, an actress so talented… loved by everyone and worth every penny loses her life. Ah… I took your precious life. My life… I can feel its weigh now.
Hikaru Kamiki to Yura Katayose (Chapter 109)
It is possible that before killing Yura, he also sent her some white flowers, the same with Airi. The death of Yura was easily ruled out as an accident since Hikaru cleverly planned it, including all of the crimes he committed. Additionally, it was also during the killing of Yura that he finally revealed his face.
Do Aqua and Ruby Have Another Sibling?
Yes, they have. Their brother is a renowned actor from the LalaLei Theatrical Company. However, his mother is not Ai Hoshino. As mentioned above, Hikaru Kamiki got another celebrity pregnant who was also much older than him at that time.
Airi Himekawa and Seijuurou Uehare had a child named Taiki Himekawa. Taiki is an award-winning actor from the LalaLei company. In chapter 41, Taiki was introduced as the lead star of the stage play of the manga Tokyo Blade along with Aqua, Akane, and Kana. As described in the manga, Taiki is considered to be the headliner of LalaLei Theatrical Company, a prime-time tv headliner, a most impressive actor awardee, and an imperial actor awardee.
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Based on the achievements of Taiki’s mother, Aiki, it can be safely assumed that most of these talents of his came from the genes of his later mother. But he might have also gotten some of it from his biological father. In chapter 67, Aqua confronted Taiki about them being biologically related during a drinking party. He presented to Taiki the DNA result proving that they do have the same father.
Taiki didn’t know about his mother’s affair with Hikaru. Therefore, he plainly told Aqua that their father, Seijuuro, had died a long time, making all of Aqua’s plans to seek revenge go to waste. However, in chapter 95, the former manager of Ai made it clear to Aqua that Seijuuro was not the twin’s father nor Ai’s killer. Ai was never connected to Seijuuro in any way, and he died before Ai moved to her new apartment. So, it was indeed impossible that he was behind Ai’s death.
This drove Aqua to go back to his original mission. Because of Akane’s great deduction skill, Aqua was able to find out that Hikaru Kamiki is his real father and the man who he should go after to. It seemed like Taiki was unaware that Seijuuro was only his father in papers, and as of the writing of this article, Ruby still doesn’t know her father’s real identity. Whether Aqua will tell them or they will find out themselves remains unaware. Hopefully, they will, and Hikaru’s children will work together to end his cold-blooded killings and bring justice to his victims.