Takeharu Kirijo

As the patriarch of the powerful Kirijo Group, this character is the son of a former president who pursued dangerous experiments with Shadows, seeking power through death. He holds a strong opposition to his father's philosophy, which viewed mortality as salvation. A pivotal moment in his story involves his murder by Shuji Ikutsuki on the roof of Tartarus, stemming from a fundamental disagreement over his father's beliefs.