Takanari Togu

About and Backstory
Takanari is the main male character of The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross Takanari is the Emperor of of the student council and Shizumasa's older twin brother, who is distant and cold, but eventually warms up. Because of Shizumasa's health problems, Takanari is posing as Shizumasa Koutei, though no one knows this except for the Tougu family and Touya (and, later, Haine in chapter 22 and in chapter 42 the rest of the student council).

A slight difference between Takanari and Shizumasa is that Takanari parts his hair on his left.

His not so secret life (story)
In the beginning of the story, he is cold and distant but, once influenced by Haine, he becomes more kind and soft, warming up to her. He hated Haine at first, thinking she was annoying. Takanari hurt Haine, when he accused Haine of having a false love for him, saying that she loves him simply because of his uncanny resemblance to her father, Kazuhito, hoping that he would love her like her father had not, which left Haine puzzled. Later, he genuinely falls in love with her and wants her to become his, even though he wants to deny it. When Haine choses him over his brother in chapter 41, learning that he really was the person who wrote her favorite book in her childhood, she learns in chapter 42 by Shizumasa that he "officially died", after failing the test given to all twins of the Tougu family.Because of this he technically no longer exists and therefore is unable to marry Haine, shattering her dreams of becoming his bride. Also Shizumasa is still angry with Haine for choosing Takanari over him so he kidnaps him.

At the end of Chapter 44, he asks Senri to take him to the hospital so he can give Shizumasa the bone marrow he needs to save his life. Though this is only after he refuses Haine's aid because he doesn't want to take away Shizumasa's last wanted happiness. In order to allow both brothers to decide for themselves what lives they wish to live, Haine confronts their grandfather, who agrees to abolish the kagemusha system if Haine manages to clear the trial that originally determined that Takanari would become kagemusha to Shizumasa.

In chapter 47, Takanari is restored to his family's register; the revelation to the general public that he is actually still alive surprises many. Furthermore, he will become heir to the Kamiya family when he marries Haine. He eventually marries her, but he is still wary because of Shizumasa's early return, and the fact that all three of them will be living together in the Togu's house. In the last words of the story, Takanari states that he was glad that he fell in love with Haine.