Kaname Shirase


 * This article contains major plot spoilers from the manga that have not been revealed in the anime. Proceed at your own risk.

Kaname Shirase (白勢 叶芽) is the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare Parliamentary Secretary and a member of the R2PC. However, she is also a member of the CCC in which she goes under the code name 01 / Zero One (ゼロイチ). Of the CCC, she is the leader, as well as the primary financial backer. She calls herself Zero One, but she mentions that there are people higher than herself.

Appearance
Shirase is a woman with a fair complexion and a few age marks, visibly around her eyes. She uses makeup to hide the dark circles under her eyes. She has straight short hair with her left fringe mainly draping over the left side of her face. She also has sharp, light-colored eyes.

She is seen wearing a formal business suit and a pair of earrings.

Personality
Kaname is a calm, highly articulate and tactful individual who speaks only when it is convenient to do so, and is straightforward when choosing not to share specific pieces of information. She chooses her words and actions carefully, which makes her an excellent politician. One never knows exactly what is going on inside her head.

Story
Kaname was seen attending the R2PC conference.

Etymology

 * The name Kaname means "grant, answer" (叶) (kana) and "bud, sprout" (芽) (me).
 * Kaname's surname Shirase means "white" (白) (shira) and "forces, momentum, energy, impetus, military strength" (勢) (se).

Trivia

 * Kaname likes working out and jogging.