Ryite Naruko Mimitu

Ryite Naruko Mimitu is a character in Cute High Earth Defense Club Love! Love!. He is Io's older brother and one of the owners of the Earthly Floristry flower shop alongside his husband Daichi.

In Season 1 Episode 12 - Love Forever, it is revealed that he was a Battle Lover himself way before the 7 main protagonists became so. He was well known in the first CIDE battle as Maximum Ryiter and wielded a large mallet.

Appearance
Ryite in his high school years had his gray hair in a curled ponytail over his right shoulder and a yellow flower hair clip. He wore the 2nd year Binan high uniform in a neat fashion

As Maximum Ryiter, his outfit was yellow and white, similar to Io's, but with long pants and boots, a double-breasted trench coat, and a much more mature princely appearance. He also had a yellow Loveracelet which he still keeps around, despite saying that he wouldn't want to be a Battle Lover anymore.

As an adult, Ryite is mostly seen in a light green t-shirt, brown pants, white sneakers, and a black apron when on his florist shifts.

On a photo of his and Daichi Mimitu Naruko's wedding, he is seen in a white wedding dress, as opposed to a white tux, meaning that Ryite may or may not have had cross dressing tendencies when he was a teenager.

Personality
Unlike Io who is an expert in the business world, Ryite is a lover of nature itself. He is also shown to be a very caring older brother and he will sometimes playfully tease him about his crush on his classmate Ryuu Zaou. Although he worries about Io's obsession with money, he knows not to try and talk him out of it. Since Ryite had been diagnosed with asthma since he was six years old, he sometimes has trouble breathing and ends up not being able to stand up. Due to it, Ryite sometimes had to stay in the hospital for long periods of time, which sometimes ended up with his family constantly being in debt.

When he was a Battle Lover, he was more or less focused on the bystanders than the Loveless and always ended up having to evacuate them to a safe area. He is shown to be a very loving husband and adoptive father to both Daichi and their adoptive son Anthony, who he hopes to one day pass on his Loveracelet to. Though, as he himself was an heir to the thrones of love, perhaps, he feels that keeping in spirit with those ideals makes one a better battle lover.

When Kaname Kaidou turned into a Loveless and disappeared, like the other members he became worried but still held onto the prospect of him being alive, and he still has had that thought for the past ten years. After Io finds out that Ryite was a Battle Lover alongside Gora, he becomes angry and grabs Io's arm out of anger, but lets go of him after a couple of seconds. This then lets the Beppu Brothers turn him into a Loveless due to his heart becoming corrupted. As a Loveless, Ryite is much more expressive with his negative emotions, crying out that he didn't ever want Io involved. However, due to his asthma, the transformation starts to become fatal, almost killing him. After Daichi and Anthony calm him down for a few moments, Io uses the True Love Attack and True Love Fountain to bring Ryite back to normal, leaving him feeling much better and refreshed. He apologizes to Io about lying to him, and the Naruko brothers embrace while Ryite's Loveracelet gains its bright yellow color back, signaling that Ryite's heart had been changed.

History
During his high school years, Ryite was a Battle Lover who defended Earth when Hireashi attempted to create an Earth-centric reality show called Can I Destroy Earth? However, their plans and show were thwarted by Maximum R, who defeated all the monsters Hireashi sent. Eventually this caused the show to lose popularity and it was eventually canceled, also causing Hireashi's downfall.

Although Maximum R were introduced as villains (such as modifying what they said and depicting Earthlings as ignorant and stupid beings), they gained a good number of fans due to their persistent nature. So much so that the producers canceled the show when they saw that the audience loved the "antagonists" more than the monsters. Sometime after it was canceled, Ryite married Daichi Mimitu, a former Loveless victim, adopted a young boy named Anthony, and opened up Earthly Floristry, a flower shop close to Kurotama Bath.

Etymology

 * His last name, "Naruko" (鳴 子) comes from a Japanese hot spring establishment called Naruko Onsen that is located north of Miyagi Prefecture in the Tohoku region.

Trivia

 * Like Gora, Ryite keeps his form after turning into a Loveless.
 * He has had asthma since he was six years old.
 * It is possible that Ryite used to cross dress, as seen in his room where there are dresses that had belonged to his and Io's mother.
 * He sometimes wears glasses, although it is unknown if he needs them for vision correction or not.