Asao Shono

About

Appears in Mouten no Venus (Venus in the Blind Spot). Asao is Mariko's father; like his daughter, he is very interested in UFOs, though her passion for them trumps his. He establishes the Nanzan UFO Research Society mostly for her sake.


Asao is the reason that Mariko's admirers can't see her, as he implants chips into their heads that resonate at a specific frequency with her earrings, so as to make her invisible to their eyes. He doesn't believe in the existence of UFOs.