A first-year student who admires Asuka, believing him to be the tough and fearless guy he portrays himself as. Often mistaken for a girl, he desires to become more masculine. He sees Asuka as his "Ideal Guy" and wishes to emulate him, referring to Asuka as his "sensei." However, in his eagerness to observe and learn from Asuka, he ends up following him around, frequently disrupting Asuka's training sessions.
When Ariake discovers that Asuka is an Otomen, he feels devastated, thinking Asuka had been deceiving him all along. But after some time, he learns to accept Asuka for who he truly is, realizing that Asuka was the first person to genuinely recognize him as a man.









