Soichi Aida is an editor and team captain at Shueisha's Weeky Shonen Jump.
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!.
