This 15 year old girl is the heroine of Skip Beat!. For as long as she remembers Kyoko has been in love with her childhood friend Sho. As Sho is fed up with his parents who want him carry on with the business and marry a nice girl he asks Kyoko to go with him. Feeling very happy that he actually asked her, Kyoko leaves with him after middle school and together they leave for Tokyo. In Tokyo she has to take many part-time jobs in order to pay for their apartment because doesn't want to work. As Sho finally starts his career as a singer he becomes more and more cold to Kyoko but she still remains loyal to him and makes excuses for his atrocious behavior.

But one day Kyoko discovers the horrible truth as she comes in his agency claiming Sho ordered something from Moz Burger [where she works part-time] and overhears Sho talking with his pretty manager Shoko about her. She gets to know that Sho only brought her with him because he needed someone who would cook, clean, etc. for him and since he knew how she is devoted to him he knew that she would say yes. Sho tells Shoko that she was always a maid for him who obeyed him. But since Kyoko has come with willingly with him, he doesn't have any guilty feelings. And besides that he didn't want to be chained to Kyoko because his parents wanted him to marry her and give them the ryokan to maintain. However the worst blow for her that he described her as a boring wallflower with no sex appeal. Hearing all these things has caused that Kyoko's devils have been unlocked and from this moment on Kyoko's behavior changes drastically and swears BLOODY REVENGE to Sho for deceiving and betraying her. But the path to become a star is long and strenuous and since Kyoko has lost the ability to love it’s makes things even worse. But with her determination and lots of hard work she slowly manages to climb the show-biz ladder. All in all Kyoko is a very selfless, polite & nice girl that will always be loyal to her friends and help them whenever she can.

Ren Tsuruga is right now Japan’s idol #1 and probably one of the best actors of his time. He is the aloof type who seems to be introverted and doesn’t want anyone close to him. Even his more or less best friend and manager, Yashira can’t understand him sometimes. Generally, he is very friendly and polite but if something annoys him then he’s pretty blunt and tells it the other person with a dazzling smile that always leaves them stunned, not fully comprehending what really happened. His relationship with Kyoko is however is an entirely different story. He often makes fun of or scolds her but then there are those moments when he smiles warmly at her and you can see how much he cares. In later chapters it is also revealed that Kyoko and Ren met when they were children and Ren (although his name wasn’t Ren at that time) gave her blue stone that became very precious to Kyoko. All in all he really seems to love his profession as an actor and is always is determined to gives his best. A very puzzling character that is often quite unpredictable as far as I am concerned.

Sho’s parents own a popular ryokan in Kyoto and wanted him to take over the business with Kyoko as his wife when they were old. Sho however is pretty self-centered and didn’t want to comply with his parent’s wishes because he knew that the hostess plays the most important role in a ryokan and additionally he didn’t want someone as “unpretty” as Kyoko on his side. But then he knew what Kyoko felt for him and used this knowledge selfishly by asking her to come with him to Tokyo fully knowing that she will do anything for him. He seems more or less to be the shallow type who only likes girls with big breast, lost of make-up, etc. and he always expects girls to adore him, which they usually do. But on the side I think that his music is really important to him and he is does a lot for his career.
Personally, I think Sho always cared for Kyoko somehow (in the later chapter where they both have flashbacks you can see that Sho is concerned about Kyoko when she is sad) and now really starts to realize what he lost… and maybe he’ll want to try to win her back.