- "Listen, I've been helping Eiru with his videos for a while now... And he has the most breathtaking voice I've ever heard! How can you not realize that? Are you even listening?"
- — Hide Takenouchi to Eiji Oji
Hide Takenouchi is a minor character in NEO: The World Ends with You. He is Eiru's manager who desperately wants him to get worldwide fame.
Appearance[]
Hide Takenouchi wears a white suit. While his face is featureless, he has short brown hair with a fringe parted in the middle and pale skin.
Story[]
NEO: The World Ends with You[]
Before the events of NEO, Hide Takenouchi worked at a large ad agency. He quit, finding it too impersonal, and applied to work as Eiru's manager to support talent directly.
The "Voice of an Angel" sidequest in Dearly❤beloveD (Week 3, Day 2) features Hide Takenouchi with Eiru and Eiji Oji. Takenouchi and Eiru confront Eiji over calling Eiru's voice "detestable", which Eiji has no memory of. Using Remind, they remember that the Prince compared Eiru's voice to a fine wine and called it "delectable", which Takenouchi misheard as "detestable". Takenouchi apologizes to the Prince and proposes afterwards they work together in a project.
Quotes[]
- "Once an employee at a large ad agency, he found it too impersonal and applied to work for popular singer Eiru in hopes of supporting talent in a more direct manner. He works hard to help Eiru achieve worldwide fame but gets a bit overzealous at times." - Social Network description
- "I was so happy to see the Prince talking about Eiru on TV, but then he had to go and say something mean like that!"
- "The Prince is on TV saying he has his eye on Eiru. He's not the only one! Eiru's a rising star!"
- "Hang on—did the Prince just call Eiru's voice "detestable"? And what's all that about masala? Ugh, unforgivable!"
- "I remember now! So that's what happened! Prince! When you were talking to Eiru..."
- ""Delectable"? Not "detestable"? This was all one big misunderstanding..."
- "You're so right, Prince! You have such a way with words! If anything is detestable, it's me for misremembering what you said!"
- "Prince! Eiru! You two should work together! I'll come up with a plan for a project!"
- "Oooh, he's so cool I've got chills!"