Takano, Masamune — The World's Greatest First Love: Proposal Character Profile

About Takano, Masamune

Boss at Marukawa Publishing featured in the 2020 film. Revealed to be Ritsu's high school first love, he is determined to reconcile their past and build a future together despite Ritsu's resistance.

Character Facts

Played by

Katsuyuki Konishi

Appears in

The World's Greatest First Love: Proposal (2020)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (5)

• Takano, Masamune — conflict — Onodera, Ritsu (Takashi Kondo)
• Takano, Masamune — Romantic First Love — Onodera, Ritsu (Takashi Kondo)

  High school sweethearts whose past romance fuels current workplace tension and unresolved feelings.

• Takano, Masamune — Professional Colleague — Yukina, Kou (Tomoaki Maeno)

  Department peers who coordinate editorial workflows and share responsibilities for manga titles.

• Takano, Masamune — Professional Editor — Takafumi Yokozawa (Kenyu Horiuchi)

  Takano manages and critiques Kisa's manuscripts, enforcing strict editorial standards for publication.

• Takano, Masamune — Conflict Creative Disagreement — Kisa Shouta (Nobuhiko Okamoto)

  Frequent clashes over artistic direction and manuscript revisions highlight their professional friction.

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More characters from The World's Greatest First Love: Proposal

• Takafumi Yokozawa (Kenyu Horiuchi)
• Zen Kirishima (Toru Furuya)
• Onodera, Ritsu (Takashi Kondo)
• Yukina, Kou (Tomoaki Maeno)
• Kisa Shouta (Nobuhiko Okamoto)
• Yoshino Chiaki (Shinnosuke Tachibana)
• Yoshiyuki Hatori (Yuichi Nakamura)