Tohru Kibe

Tohru Kibe (木部 徹, Kibe Tohru) is the President of Chronus Seed Corporation in Future Diary: Another World. His role in the series bears similarity to that of John Balks'.

Appearance
Kibe is a 52 year old bespectacled man with balding hair. He wears a business suit at all times.

Personality
Not much is known about Kibe so far, except that he seems to be a cautious individual who seemingly does not lose his cool, as he was capable of giving a calm and short answer to a group of journalists that asked him about the serial murders that had the company's smartphones as a key factor, before taking his leave.

He does seem to be cold and ruthless and commented how Southpaw had outlived his usefulness with noticeable indifference. Further suggesting that while at the very least aware of the Survival Game he does not mind the consequences of the cruel event.

Diary & Abilities
It is unknown at the moment whether Kibe has a Future Diary himself, although he did in fact oversee the new line of Smartphones that potentially became Future Diaries themselves, therefore he does know about their existence.

While it is unknown if it was a Future Diary, his Computer was in fact capable of registering Southpaw's Dead End, seemingly mirroring his counterpart's Diary The Watcher.

Being the President of a company as large as Chronus Seed, he's extremelly wealthy and also has a large amount of resources available to aid him in the events.

Behind the Scenes
Kibe's company, the Chronus Seed Corporation, is responsible for designing the Smartphones that would be used as Future Diaries. Kurou Hoshino, Arata Hoshino's father was involved in the production of the Diaries, not knowing the power they had at the time and eventually has one himself, presumably given to him by Kibe.

When Kurou is killed by the serial killer Southpaw, Arata in disbelief eventually goes with Yuno Furusaki to the Chronus Seed Corp. and ask the recepcionist about Kurou. She however tells them that Kurou was moved from the sales department to another area a year ago, hinting that Kibe is in fact hiding that he died.

The Murder Plan
He appears in the 3rd episode, being interrogated by several journalists due to the murders commited by Southpaw as all the victims have in common that they had one of the new unreleased Smartphone models, and ask him about the murders. Kibe however briefly claims that the company is doing its best to satisfy its costumers before leaving with the journalists on his trail trying to get more answers.

He's later on seen at the end of the episode monitoring from his office that Southpaw has been eliminated and how his role was finished anyway. He's later seen in the preview of the 4th episode seemingly summoning the main characters to the Chronus Seed Corp, hinting he may serve as an antagonist.