Asai Koujirou

Koujirou is the Prime Minister of Japan.

Member of the House of Representatives and leader of the ruling Liberal-National Party. He is Edwin Black in disguise and a main villain in Taimanin Asagi 3.

Personality
He acts friendly and understanding to the Taimanin. Correcting his more harsh sounding colleague Nonomura.

Appearance
He has white hair and slightly red/brown eyes.

History
A second-generation member of the House of Representatives, his father is a former Minister of the Interior and his brother is a Senator.

A populist politician popular among the people for his cleanliness, sweet looks, and good speeches.

He won the bicameral election two years ago, which was triggered by a scandal involving Yamazaki, the secretary general of the Democratic Progressive Party, and became prime minister at the young age of 50.

He was the leader of the Shinsei-kai, the largest faction in the party.

At the time, as a small faction within the party, he was merely a puppet of the leaders of the larger factions, but after the sudden death of the leaders in the attack on a Japanese chartered plane by armed guerrillas, he rose to prominence, and with his personnel power and popularity with the public, he absorbed or carved out the larger factions and quickly strengthened his influence within the party. He has been highly praised for his skill in political affairs.

In Taimanin Asagi 3 he uses the death of Nonomura, he planed himself to blaim the Taimanin and attack Gosha Village."His true identity is Edwin Black."