Soichi Aida is an editor at Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump and one of the editorial department's team captains, whose group includes Akira Hattori, Goro Miura, Kosugi, and Kim. He is the editor of Hideout Door. Aida is later promoted to Assistant Editor in Chief.
Appearance[]
Aida bears a physical resemblance to background character "Ryochin" from Death Note, sharing the black hair color, glasses, overweight physique, and striped shirt.
Personality[]
Aida is shown to be a reasonable character and enjoys gag manga. He has demonstrated effective leadership abilities several times over the course of the story.
Summary[]
Trivia[]
- He is the real life editor of the Bakuman manga. According to Akira Hattori, he was also mentioned to have edited Bobobo Bobobobo and Katekyo Hitman Reborn!.