Kasuka Heiwajima



Kasuka Heiwajima (平和島 幽 Heiwajima Kasuka) is the younger brother of Shizuo Heiwajima. He is a famous actor, and his fans know him by his alias Hanejima Yuuhei.

Characteristics
Kasuka always wears a blank expression with half closed eyes, giving away little emotion. As an actor, he is known for his extraordinary skills (he was praised as "unbelievable" when he first started out). Ironically, when he is not acting, he is a quiet, reserved man who seems to be devoid of emotion and rarely talks unless necessary.

His reserved nature, according to him, is a result of growing up alongside Shizuo, who is known to be a man of little restraint.

Background
As a child, he was the first to witness his brother's strength as Shizuo picked a fridge, enraged because Kasuka ate his pudding. Although he shows little emotion, he seems to care deeply for his brother, despite his destructive rage. However, he became a famous actor as an adult, and has had to spend a lot of time away from Shizuo. Since Shizuo had a lot of trouble holding down a job thanks to his destructive tendencies, Kasuka gave him his trademark bartender suit, hoping to help him find a permanent job and settle down. Unfortunately, Shizuo was framed by Izaya Orihara for a crime he did not commit, and much to his disappointment, lost the job his brother gave him. This caused the brothers to drift apart.

Kasuka is very popular and has a lot of fans, including Izaya's sisters Mairu and Kururi. Mairu states she would even push Izaya in front of a truck for a chance to meet him. Kasuka also seems to know Shinra because of his brother.

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Volume 04 : After the events of the anime, Kasuka returns to Ikebukuro to begin the shooting of his next movie. After a brief dinner with his manager and an interview, Kasuka drives back to his apartment and thinks about visiting his brother before things get busy. Seconds later, he sees the serial killer Hollywood (dressed in a zombie costume) fall out of the sky in front of him out of nowhere. He examines the injured body of the aforementioned serial killer and peels off the zombie mask to reveal none other than the rising actress/singer Ruri Hijiribe.

Kasuka takes the injured superstar to his apartment and calls Shinra Kishitani to treat her wounds. Much to their surprise, Ruri's injuries heal at an astonishing rate (second only to Celty as Shinra puts it) and she wakes up after a couple of hours. After Shinra leaves to get better equipment she asks Kasuka why he didn't simply call an ambulance or the police. He replies that, given Ruri's circumstances, he figured it would be better for her if he didn't get the authorities involved. Upon hearing his reply, Ruri compliments Kasuka's ability to think ahead and then proceeds to slam Kasuka down on the bed she was in and holds him by the throat, asking whether or not him getting killed was a possibility.

Kasuka questions her motives for wanting to kill him saying that if it was to keep him quiet then the security cameras littered throughout the building would quickly snuff out that plan. Ruri then asks what Kasuka would say if her motives were simply to kill him and nothing more. With his usual expressionless face and tone Kasuka replies that he simply doesn't wish to die and that he still has loose ends to tie up. Ruri asks what those loose ends are and is visibly surprised by his response. (Aside from not finishing his next movie) Kasuka states that his biggest regret would be keeping Ruri from crying, quoting a line from his role as Carmilla Saizou. He also states that part of the reason he took up acting was to be able to express himself as freely as everyone else does, having been deprived of those opportunities thanks to his older brother. Ruri breaks down after hearing this realizing that Kasuka is the exact opposite of her. Kasuka was something abnormal, a "monster" of sorts, who wished to become human while Ruri was a human who wished to become a monster. She thanks Kasuka after she regains her composure.

Kasuka, in turn, apologizes to Ruri for having taken extra precautions without her consent. When he had first picked her up, Kasuka noticed several individuals tailing them as they went to his apartment. In order to keep them away, Kasuka lured several reporters to his apartment to provide ample cover for him and Ruri to escape without their pursuers noticing them. After the manager at Ruri's talent agency, Yadogiri Jinnai, goes missing, Ruri switches over to Kasukas agency and the two of them become a couple. Ruri decides to tell Kasuka about why she became Hollywood and about her past but Kasuka denies her, saying that he knew Ruri planned to kill herself once she told him everything about her. With that in mind, he states that he won't hear about it because he doesn't want Ruri to die.

Voice Actors

 * Japanese: Daisuke Kishio
 * English: Blake Lewis