Keiichiro Akasaka (赤坂 圭一郎, Akasaka Keiichirō?\) is the manager and baker at Cafe Mew Mew and Ryou's partner in the Mew Project. Keiichiro worked with Dr. Shirogane, Ryou Shirogane's father, on the Mew roject five years before Tokyo Mew Mew is set and continued working on it with Ryou after Dr. Shirogane's death. The Mew Mews consider him to be a gentleman, with a charming, tactful, and kind personality. He can be mischievous and flirtatious as well; for example, he has offered to kiss Ichigo to change her out of her cat form.