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Sayo has slanted green eyes and long, navel-length light teal hair with her forelocks worn behind the ear with a curl on the end. Her bangs are neatly parted with the exception of a single loose lock falling down her face.
Her casual attire is simple with a tomboyish, yet cute tone, mixing pale and dark shades.

A serious and fussy girl, Sayo can be somewhat cold in nature, even towards those she is close to. She never cuts corners or accepts shoddy workmanship, and is diligent in practice of any kind. She tends to stubbornly deny liking or being fond of certain things, such as fluffy animals or french fries.
In comparison to her sister Hina, Sayo is fairly stiff and sharp, and can be highly stubborn when trying to do what she believes is best for others. She speaks formally and addresses most people by their last names, except for her sister and Tomoe , whom she refers to as "Tomoe-san". Like Yukina , she can be prone to make snide or frank remarks, though often these remarks do not reflect how she actually feels. Despite this she is also shown to be prone to falling for weird explanations, especially shown in Beatin' in the Rain .
As the story goes on, especially after she and Hina resolve their issues, Sayo starts becoming softer and showing her kind nature more, as well indulging herself in side activities more often, whereas in the past she would scold Ako and Lisa for wanting to spend their free time on anything but practicing. She is also more willing to extend a helping hand to others, such as shown in the Melody of the Dignified Wind event, where she began giving Touko guitar lessons, although she was initially hesitant about whether she'd be good at teaching or not.


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Nanami has pink eyes and peach pink hair that is slightly past shoulder-length. Part of her hair is put into twin tails with yellow thin ribbons or black hair ties depending on her outfit, and part of her bangs are swept to the side with black and white cat hairpin.
In her initial outfit, Nanami wears a white long-sleeved shirt with a detailed collar and puffy sleeves, a pale pink button-up pinafore dress and a belt around her waist. Her outfit is completed with a small cross necklace.
During winter, she wears a cream-white turtleneck sweater with rose-colored sleeves and which also has a thin purple ribbon around the neck, and a multi-colored pleated skirt. Her outfit is completed with a key hanging as a necklace. She also wears blue ribbons with cream white faux fur pom-poms.
During summer, she wears short-sleeved white T-shirt with a pale green knee-length pinafore dress which has white ruffles at the end. She wears the yellow ribbons as she does in her initial outfit.

Nanami is a somewhat peculiar girl who longs to be normal, and constantly wonders whether the things she does or says are normal. She worries about standing out and hides her true self in order to blend in. Due to the fact that she hasn't had many friends, Nanami has no idea how to stop people when they argue and such, was even willing to search the internet for a guide for that. [5]
Though she hides it, she gets excellent grades, has great artistic skill, and is a bit of a prodigy. She tends to brush her achievements off with phrases like "it was just a coincidence" or "this is nothing special". Adding to her genius nature, she is able to do things just with a bit of research on the internet, such as arranging songs or making accessories for the band's outfits. While pursuing the "normalcy" she yearns for, Nanami has sometimes ended up doing things that are hard to achieve normally or aren't regarded as normal, such as getting an average grade on all of her tests. [6]


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Arisa has long, slightly curled blonde hair worn in two pigtails held with ribbon or bands. Her bangs are mostly spread, with the exception of a few curled strands that stick up. Her forelocks are held with cross-shaped clips. She has gentle light brown eyes.
Her casual attire is mature and feminine, usually with lace or flowery details and long skirts. In her initial outfit, Arisa wears a black blouse with sheer off the shoulder sleeves tucked into a white skirt with lilac floral patterns.
During winter she wears a black sweater with white lace on top, a light-brown high waist skirt that reaches just above her knees, and black tights. She also wears white pom-poms hair ties and a necklace that has four flowers on it. During summer, Arisa wears a sleeveless white-and-black striped shirt, yellow high waist skirt with a belt, and black ballerina shoes with white ankle socks. Her outfit is completed with a small necklace that has a red ribbon on it.

Arisa is an introvert whose hobbies include tending for bonsai plants and internet surfing. Even though she's basically a shut-in and admits to being lazy by nature, she still manages to achieve excellent results in school due to her intellect.
She tends to be quite moody, and because of her sharp tongue and being hot headed, often gets into arguments with others (especially Kasumi). Usually, however, this is because she is unable to be honest with herself. She easily blushes and starts stammering when she gets complimented, especially by her fellow Poppin'Party members. She blushed very hard when Rei complimented her that she was the most talented in the music school Arisa attended when she was younger, and got so flustered she ran down the hallway. Though she denies it, she gets lonely easily.
It was shown that in the past that Arisa was a loner who always did things by herself, and claimed not to need help from other people. However, after meeting Kasumi, she slowly started changing, showing more of her kind side and interacting with other people as well. Due to her grounded personality, the other members of the band often tease her on friendly terms, though it doesn't stop her from getting frustrated.
In the beginning, and as a way of trying to maintain her image of a refined, rich girl, she talked in a very polite and exaggerated manner with people she hadn't interacted with before, or did not know well (such as Eve and Misaki in the game's first event story ).
Like with Kasumi, Arisa's personality and character were the complete opposite in the original storyline.


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Lisa has fair skin with curvy green eyes and long, wavy, soft dark ginger hair with lighter brown streaks along with thin curled forelocks and long, thin bangs. She wears a part of hair up in a ponytail. She also wears a pair of pink earrings shaped like upside-down bunnies in both her spring and summer outfits.
Her casual attire consists of neutral tones mixing with black to create a grown-up look. In her initial outfit, Lisa wears a knitted off-the-shoulder dress, a black belt around her waist, and knee-high boots. Her outfit is completed by a black upside-down bunny necklace.
During winter she wears a loose, off-the-shoulder maroon shirt with a black top underneath, a white miniskirt and thigh-high black leather boots. She also has decorative chains around her waist and wears hoop earrings. During summer, Lisa wears a pink T-shirt which has the design of red heart with a tongue, completed with roses below and feathers and with the text "Love" above it. She also wears two bracelets on her left wrist, a brown wristwatch on her right wrist, a golden necklace and ripped short denim shorts.
She is also always seen with lip gloss, regardless of the occasion. Prior to joining Roselia, Lisa used to wear artificial nails, but removed them in order to devote herself to the bass.

Lisa is a friendly and lively girl who appears mature and calm. Despite her appearance, Lisa acts as the mediator in tense situations, and takes care of everyone well. It's because of her that Roselia is able to continue to stick together despite the contrasting members personalities and disagreements at times. She often chides the others if she feels necessary, bringing balance to the group.
Lisa is very caring in nature, and is able to notice when a friend is troubled, usually being the first to try and help. She does her best to do what she can, sometimes to a fault, where she'll put her all into something regardless of her own feelings. Adding to her caring nature, she sometimes calls herself an "onee-san", but the other characters have also compared her to a mother at times. [3] [4]
Despite her skills and proficiency as a bassist, Lisa sometimes believed that she is the least skilled member of Roselia, and can get quite sentimental at times as well. She easily cries when her friends, or especially Yukina, reaffirm just how much she is needed in the band or in general. However as time goes on, she becomes more confident and is able to call herself a proud member of Roselia.


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Raana has short, wavy, grayish-white hair that falls just above her shoulders. Her left eye is steel blue and her right eye is yellow.
Her original band outfit consists of a sleeveless black turtleneck top with a chartreuse yellow zipper on the collar, an oversized white jacket that is blue on the inside, black leggings with thin white stripes on each side, and black shoes with laces that are the same yellow as her zipper.
In her casual outfit, she wears a white long-sleeved, off-the-shoulder T-shirt dress underneath a slightly shorter-sleeved black shirt that's ripped along the bottom hem.

Raana is an eccentric girl. She is a very talented guitarist who also has a very frank personality, as she always states what she likes and doesn't like. [5] As shown in multiple "Daily Life of MyGO!!!!!" shorts, she is somewhat of a glutton and loves sweets, especially parfaits, but also dislikes hot foods as she has a sensitive tongue.
Taki has dubbed her "RiNG's stray cat" due to her whimsical nature. She arrives to and leaves practice when she feels like it and even does things like staying at school until evening to play with stray cats. She can be easily persuaded through snacks and especially with anything matcha-flavored. She abruptly joins MyGO!!!!! by herself because she thinks Tomori is a "very interesting woman". [6] After being scolded about it by Ririko , she started calling Tomori and the others "interesting girls" instead.
Raana eventually mentions that after SPACE closed down, she felt like she was suffocating - as she considers playing the guitar as natural as breathing - but after meeting Tomori and joining the band, she "started having an easier time breathing again." [7]


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Touko is a girl of above average height (164 cm/5'4 ½") who has long, wavy blonde hair and light-brown angular eyes. Her bangs part to her left and stop just at the eye.
Her initial casual attire consists of a light-blue jacket with a salmon colored hoodie underneath, along with a black shirt with the word "BLACK" going down vertically 3 times. She also wears short, dark blue shorts, along with white, red, black, and green sneakers. Her outfit is adorned with a necklace with a gold pendant, along with a thin, braided brown belt.

Touko is a popular girl who gathers people around her both at school and on social media, where she goes by the name TOKO and is known as a popular influencer who's able to find and create the latest trends. She is a cheerful and open-hearted girl, but those around her are often caught up by her tendency to play things by ear. She often talks in gyaru slang, especially using the words "yabai", "maji" and "mikuron" (no biggie), and wants to take selfies no matter where she goes (even during performances). She loves to tease Tsukushi, which at times leads them to arguing. She is quite confident in herself and the ideas she comes up with, and has sworn that one day she'll become so popular they'll erect a bronze statue of her in Tsukinomori's courtyard.
She sometimes argues with Rui as well due to their clashing and contrasting personalities. This is especially shown in the An Étude to Spread Our Wings event, in which Touko and Rui have an argument due to Rui refusing to give Touko the highlight part in their new song due to her lackluster talent in guitar. This pushes Touko to become more determined and practice more often, causing her to seek out Sayo, Kaoru and Tae to teach her how to play the guitar properly, wanting to be acknowledged by Rui. [4]


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Hagumi has copper eyes and short, bright orange hair. Her bangs and forelocks frame her face, and she has two long cowlick split at the center.
Her casual attire combines sporty and feminine items, such as a white sundress with sunflowers across the top and bottom, a bright orange jacket, and a brown backpack.
During winter, she wears a long and brown knitted sweater, which dark-brown bear-shaped pockets on it and dark shorts underneath. During summer, Hagumi dons a white-and-blue short-sleeved college jacket, a red pleated skirt, and a dark blue beanie with animal ears on it.

Lively and passionate for sports, Hagumi is known for her sunny disposition and energetic nature. She is cheerful and can be a bit of a show-off, but she usually doesn't take things too far. She tries to convince others to indulge in her sporty hobbies at times.
Despite her tomboyish personality, Hagumi has an affinity for cute things and has a complex over her boyish appearance. She especially loves Michelle 's costume due to how it resembles a large stuffed bear. She can also be surprisingly sensitive and cautious of others' emotions as well and dislikes competition due to the fact that somebody will always lose and feel bad for it. [4]
She is also very affectionate with her bandmates and cares for them a lot, and calls all of them, aside from Kaoru, with nicknames - Kanon as "Kano-chan-senpai", Kokoro as "Kokoron", and Misaki as "Mii-kun". She also refers to herself in the third person.


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Mashiro is a girl of average height with light blue eyes and shoulder-length bluish-white hair, her eyelines are also a fair amount lighter than most other characters, even when compared to characters with hair of a similar color . She typically supports a shy facial expression.
Her initial casual attire consists of a striped dark cyan dress with a white shirt underneath it adorned with a light indigo bow, along with ankle high socks and brown mary janes.

Mashiro is a kind but quiet, shy, and reserved girl. Though she aspired for Tsukinomori Girls' Academy and managed to get in, she was overwhelmed by the talented individuals around her. As a result, she felt depressed daily until she stumbled upon Poppin'Party's performance in CiRCLE. [3]
She's full of imagination and tends to get lost in her fantasies, especially when she's writing lyrics. It is shown that while in that state, she will imagine herself in a fantasy world filled with things such as flying whales, or imagining herself flying through the sky. Mashiro tends to think negatively quite often, and is afraid of interacting with strangers because she thinks she might give them a bad first impression of herself, as well as make them think she's strange. However as the story goes on, she starts slowly but surely becoming more confident. At the same time, she sometimes blames others for her shortcomings but she never does it out of malice and rather when she's emotionally overwhelmed or in a state of self-loathing.
She also likes Michelle and all kinds of other fluffy characters. [4] Aside from her listed dislikes, she admits to being a very picky eater [5] [6] and is also bad with spicy things.
After she and Rokka befriend each other in Little Rose Harmony , the two tend to argue over who likes Poppin'Party more.


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Aya has large pink eyes and shoulder-length, pastel pink hair with wavy ends. Her bangs are straight cut with a small slant to the corner and a split off-center. Her forelocks are thin and curled. Usually, she wears her hair loose, but when performing or training, she ties it up in pigtails.
Her casual attire is flirty and feminine, with soft colors, floral accents, and jewelry. In her initial outfit, Aya wears a short, frilly white dress with a pink floral pattern, and bangle, a pink jeweled necklace, and carries a pink shoulder bag.
During winter, she wears an off-shoulder knitted white sweater, a gray-purple miniskirt, and pink thigh-high boots with fluffy edges. The outfit is completed by a heart necklace. During summer, she wears a white-and-pink striped dress with lace and flowers on the top, and a headband as a decoration.

On the outside, Aya is very cheerful, high-spirited, and bubbly. She is also very nice and has always been in love with idols. She is unselfish in her pursuits, helping others for the sake of being kind.
On the inside, however, she is a sensitive girl who suffers from a complex stemming from her desire to be noticed. Adding to this, she does not wear her disguise outside because she wants to get noticed and even looks up constantly what people think of her on the internet. She is sentimental and idealistic, and tends to cry a lot. She gets flustered easily, thus her improvisation skills are poor and she tends to mess up during her MC duties. She also has a senpai-kouhai relationship with Kasumi and often frets over it, trying her best to look and act like an "admirable, reliable senpai".
Aya works hard in order to become an idol she can be proud of and is very determined about her goal and passion despite her shortcomings. She is also very knowledgeable about certain things, such as taking the perfect selfie, and is shown to constantly practice this. She also likes coming up with different "idol poses" which she's usually proud of, despite the fact that people tease her for them, or misunderstand them, in Eve 's case. [2]


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Kanon has big violet eyes and long, curly pale blue hair worn loose, with a section pulled to the left and held in a side ponytail. She has short bangs and forelocks with a slight curl on end.
Her casual attire is shown to be frilly and feminine. In her initial wear, Kanon wears an off-the-shoulder light blue dress that reaches up to her knees. The dress has a small ribbon on it, as well as transparent frills on the sleeves and at the top. The ribbon for her side tail has two flowers and a few petals on it.
During winter, Kanon wears a fuzzy cream-colored jacket on top of a bluish-gray dress which has white flower patterns on it, and a dotted black pantyhose. This time her side tail is held by a teal ribbon. During summer, Kanon wears a baby pink T-shirt which has frills on the top and at the sleeves, and a checkered gray skirtall over it. Her side tail is held by a loose pale red ribbon. Her outfit is completed by a red heart necklace.

Sensible and responsible, Kanon is one of the members within Hello, Happy World! that manages to keep the band running smoothly, although she is likely to space out and start thinking about jellyfish. She is fairly shy and easily flustered, and can become a nervous wreck at the drop of a hat. Whenever she gets nervous or overwhelmed she tends to say "fuee" .
However, she is also shown to have moments where she is determined and takes matters into her own hands. As the story goes on, she becomes more courageous, and she even wants to challenge herself by doing things such as holding street lives on her own. She is very caring and kind, as well as hardworking, although she is also bad at turning down requests.


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Michelle is a fluffy pink bear costume with white facial detail and paws. Michelle's eyes are big and shiny, and her mouth is fixed to be opened in a cat smile. Michelle wears a matching uniform of her band mates, with the addition of fuzzy purple headphones with a black and gold center.


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Yukina has sharp, gold eyes and long silver hair worn loose with some type of hair decoration. Her long forelocks rest over her shoulders and her bangs just reach her eyes.
Her casual attire is fairly fancy with muted or dark tones. In her initial outfit, Yukina wears a white buttoned-up shirt with frills, a knee-length black pencil skirt and purple high heels. Her outfit is complemented by a black butterfly hairpin and black bracelet with a rose on it.
During winter, Yukina wears a small black cardigan with a blue button-up shirt with frills in the middle, and a two-layered white knee-length skirt and a gray ribbon with purple lace and a black rose in the middle. She also wears black tights with both her default and winter outfits. During summer she wears a sleeveless blue-gray shirt with stripes, a white ribbon around her neck, and a two-layered indigo skirt.

Initially, Yukina started off as a cold-blooded, fierce and passionate girl, who had a cutthroat attitude towards reaching her goals, expected nothing less than perfect results, and takes practice very seriously. Because of this, she had no qualms with chiding or insulting someone if she feels they are underperforming, and was openly dismissive to people she deems below her standards. However, with the people who are on her good side, she is not quite as cold as usual. She also has trouble displaying her emotions properly and appears stoic most of the time.
Though Yukina is proud of her abilities and talent as a singer, she has also seen this as a bit of a weakness, because she thinks she is only good at singing and nothing else. [1] However, she eventually becomes more confident and passionate, and is even able to say that she "loves music more than anyone else." [2] As the story goes on, she softens up considerably, and starts showing her appreciation towards others more.
She secretly loves cats [3] [4] and tends to deny it while blushing when questioned about it. Yukina also tended to be stubborn over certain things such as her inability to do household chores, [5] though she eventually starts overcoming this and wants to learn more about cooking and baking. In addition to this, despite initially claiming they were a waste of time, she starts getting engaged in activities outside of music, especially with the other members of Roselia (such as playing Neo Fantasy Online or getting interested in theater production). [6] [7]
Outside of her bandmates (and Hina ), whom she calls by their first names, she refers to everyone with their last names and honorifics.


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Ritsu is an individual of average height with short light blue hair that goes into light pink at the ends. She has silver eyes along with more downturned eyebrows. She wears black and blue bear ears.
Her attire consists of a fairly robotic but athletic vibe. Ritsu's outfit consists of a white leotard with a translucent open skirt, along with white shoulder pads, blue thigh-high socks, translucent leg warmers and white sneakers. She also wears gloves that reach the middle upper arm, with the glove on her right arm being white with a large white and blue wrist band and the one on her left arm being black adorned with a translucent arm warmer. She also wears a back accessory reminiscent of wings.


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Uika is a girl of generally average height with slightly shaggy, shoulder-length platinum blonde hair and very distinct lavender eyes.

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Her sumimi attire consists of a mostly monochromatic scheme with gold accents, including a black dress, white belt that acts as a waist cincher, ankle length laced black boots, a white tie with gold accents, a gold chain and one black earing.
In her casual outfit, Uika wears a white V neck T-shirt and muted-beige high waist pants. She also uses a black cap and sunglasses as a disguise when going out.

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As Doloris, she wears a mask to conceal her identity, wearing an asymmetrical black lace mask that covers most of the upper area of her face minus her eyes. The flowers depicted on her mask are marigolds . She wears an off-white frilly collar, a black dress with the inner part being red, she's also wearing a translucent off-white skirt underneath said dress. The dress is adorned with black sleeves, a brown corset adorned with small belts at the bottom, gold buttons down the center of the top and a gold gem on her chest. She also wears black shorts that reach to about her knee, along with gray socks and black pumps.

Uika is shown to be a kind and friendly girl. She is quite popular due to her cool appearance.
Uika is also shown to easily care for other people, even if she doesn't particularly know them, being what someone could consider cautious, such as stopping Tomori one time as she thought she was going to fall down the steps, stopping her and warning her that it's dangerous, even if Tomori wasn't actually planning to intentionally trip.
She also loves stargazing, and often visits planetariums during her free time.


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Ran has short black hair with her short bangs partially tucked beneath her forelocks, one of which is dyed red. She has partially sharp dark pink eyes.
Her casual attire is fairly simple and monotone, befitting her rebellious and tomboyish personality. In her initial outfit, she wears a turtleneck light gray sweater, a black leather jacket, short ripped denim shorts, a black belt around her waist, a pair of black tights and a purple lace up ankle boots.
During winter, she wears a red scarf with three pin-buttons on it, a blue sweater with the word "ROCK" spelled on it and two pin-buttons, a short black skirt with two decorative zippers and a pair of tights. During summer, she wears a transparent sleeveless shirt with a black tank top on top of it, ripped denim shorts, and a necklace.
Prior to forming the band, Ran's hair was completely black and she didn't have her signature red stripe. [1]

While Ran has no particular interests, she is honest, strong-willed and hates losing, and is the type of person to treasure her childhood friends and family deeply. Despite this, she founded Afterglow as an attempt to rebel against her father, who wants her to inherit the school.
After she proves to her father that she is serious about the band in Afterglow's First Band Story , the two get on better terms and he stops trying to force Ran inherit the school, and Ran starts participating in flower arranging more actively, as well as showing her passion towards flowers. He also starts attending their concerts frequently and supporting them in different ways, which embarrasses Ran. [2] [3] Despite their awkwardness at first, she and Arisa befriend each other in the Arisa's "Not Bad" Day Off event over their shared love of taking care of plants and flowers.
Ran has an aloof nature, which hides her loneliness from other people. Deep down, she wishes to become closer to others, but can be socially awkward and has a tendency to trip over her words. She can be easily flustered and is somewhat hot-blooded.
Ran keeps her problems to herself and brushes off help from others, but while she may appear cold or detached, the warmer side to her is best seen in her quiet fondness towards her friends, primarily the other members of Afterglow. Ran observes the other members while remaining unobtrusive and cares for them greatly; she often asks about their well-being or laughs at their jokes, albeit subtly.
Despite things going well, Ran eventually becomes conflicted. While she values her friends a lot and cherishes all the experiences she has with them, on the other hand, her dedicating more time to flower arranging has led to her becoming busier and having less time to practice with everyone, leading to her contemplating on quitting the band after graduation. She ends up revealing that she wants Afterglow's "legend" to happen while they're still in high school, or in her own words, before their flame extinguishes, a revelation that her bandmates are not understandably happy with. She later expands that she is afraid of Afterglow not being able to "shine as brightly as it does now" after everyone ends up getting busier and focuses on other things they want to do in the future. [4] [5] However as she watches her bandmates perform, she remembers just how much her friends and music mean to her, leading to her deciding to keep playing and tearfully reuniting with them. [6]


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Nonoka is a girl of above average height with long, wavy, silver hair that reaches to around her hips, also having slight hints of blue and braids on the sides. She has large eyes with irises the same color as her hair. She wears a pink headpiece reminiscent of a nurse cap along with rabbit ears. She also wears reddish-pink ball earrings in both her ears.
Nonoka's attire primarily consists of light blues and pinks, and is similar to Arale's aesthetic in that it's generally quite mismatched. She wears a plaid patterned strapless button-up bralette which is paired with a white, pink, and blue skirt, put together via the white layer of the skirt, as it's a suspender skirt, the straps also have translucent frills on them, acting like sleeves. Her legwear consists of off-white and pink socks with pink and blue sneakers. Adornments include a pink and blue crisscrossed band-aid on her lower left leg and right arm, a white glove on her left and fingerless pink glove on her right, a pink and blue arm brace on her left arm, and a yellow and purple wristband on her left wrist.


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Soyo has long, waist-length light brown hair and grayish-blue eyes, often supporting a gentle expression on her face.
Her original band outfit consisted of a white turtleneck sweater with black cuffs, a black belt with a silver buckle, and a deep blue skirt with a long outer mesh layer. Her shoes are black with a chartreuse yellow cross on each.
In her casual outfit, she wears a white blouse with short, puffy sleeves and a frilly neckline, a cream-colored skirt with small flower patterns, and a thin brown necklace with a star charm on it.

Soyo is a very kind and mature girl and she is often compared to an older sister or a caring mother. Due to this, she is often relied on by her peers, who she occassionally offers advice to. Soyo has a habit of fiddling with her fingertips when she's thinking [3] or planning something. Although not outwardly hostile, Soyo can be quite cunning at times.
Deep down, Soyo has a hard time letting go of the past and moving forward, especially in regards to her former band. A part of her selfishly clung to the idea that CRYCHIC still hadn't actually broken up, as shown in the way she reacted after MyGO!!!!! decided to play Haruhikage during their first concert. As Sakiko kept rejecting her attempts to revive the band, Soyo cried that she had worked so hard for CRYCHIC, and even claimed that she is willing to do anything for the former. [4] [5] In reality all of this stemmed from her not wanting to be left all alone.
After revealing her true nature and reuniting with her band, while still retaining her gentle outlook, Soyo started expressing herself more bluntly and even admits to Tomori that she had always felt at unease with Tomori's lyrics due to resonating with them, as well as how there's a possibility she'll never be able to forget about CRYCHIC. She also mentions how she feels like a hypocrite for being desperate to be accepted by everyone around her and acting the way she is at school, being nice and getting along with everyone, while in reality deep down being a self-centered person. [6]


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Arale appears as a girl of average height with long blonde hair that's tied into two pigtails; her left one being blue at the end and the right being red. Her hair also features slightly side swept bangs adorned with various clips. She also has pink eyes and is wearing a glowing yellow and black headpiece shaped like cat ears.
Her attire is generally shown to be mismatched, such as her default attire consisting of a white, sleeveless button-up crop top with an open chest cavity, adorned with a small black tie, a long fingerless black glove on her left arm, and round pink and blue wristbands on both wrists. Her lower attire consists of a high waisted yellow poofy skirt with various patterns on it, which also appears to have a built in corset along with a black ribbon on the back that reaches down to around her knees. For legwear, she wears a white thigh-high on her left leg and a red one that goes to about a little under her knee on the right, both being overlayed with baggy yellow socks. For footwear she wears all-white sneakers.


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Hinako has lowly drooped soft brown eyes and matching hair nearly reaching her shoulders. Most of her bangs are brushed to the left, with her forelocks framing her face.

Hinako is a friendly and loud girl with an interest in "cute" things - namely girls. She tends to be invasive towards others if she takes a liking to them until pulled away or distracted by something else.
Initially Hinako appeared to be the "silent, untalkative" type since she never spoke during performances, but as it turned out, she was told by Rii to stay quiet to avoid "ruining the band's image."
Adding to her energetic personality, she tends to give people nicknames and also views everything through her unique worldview, which she calls the "Hina-chan World".


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Reona is a girl of slightly above-average height with light red eyes. Her hair is waist-length, with blunt bangs and tied into long pigtails with beads. Her hair is normally streaked pink and light blue. She changes her hair color before and after each Live show and uses different colors depending on the situation. (her "default" colors for RAISE A SUILEN's Live shows are black and white). She also sometimes uses color contacts (as shown in the Dreamy Colors♪ Pastel Fan Road event, where she wore violet color contacts, and in her various live outfits [1] ). Her natural hair color is black [2] , and she also wears glasses at school.
Reona is normally seen wearing a purple T-shirt with a print of a keyboard and the word "Fortissimo", a white cardigan, a pink chiffon skirt with blue frills and a petticoat underneath, and light blue space-themed thigh-high stockings. She wears purple platform shoes that give her a 6 cm bonus of height [3] . Her style can be described as yume kawaii .
Reona also wears a necklace with a circular charm adorned with two white wings, and two colorful beaded bracelets on her wrists.

Reona is a hardworking and energetic girl who loves cute things and dislikes bad words, lies, and insults. Due to her hardworking nature, she is good at taking care of the people around her. She has a strong commitment to "cuteness" and especially loves Pastel*Palettes. She regards Pastel*Palettes as her saviors, saying they "shone light into her gray world, and made her start seeing the world in pastel colors" and "they gave her the hope to keep living on." [4]
At school, however, and according to her classmates, she is a serious girl who, despite getting along with everyone, doesn't speak much. This is because Reona sees PAREO as a separate part of her, and so, she switches from being the cheerful "PAREO" in Tokyo to the serious honor student "Reona" at home.
When she is PAREO, she speaks in third person. However, when she is Reona, she speaks in first person using the pronoun "watashi." As PAREO, she speaks in a polite manner, ending a lot of her sentences with "-masu" or "-desu", and as Reona she utilizes the casual Japanese form.
As a Pastel*Palettes fan, Reona was very excited in meeting them and she's often nervous when they're around her. Although in later stories, she was able to befriend them, i.e., she helped Maya meet Masuki when she learned that the former is a huge fan of the latter.


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Misaki has pale grey-blue eyes and straight, thinnish shoulder-length black hair. She has a short side fringe and her hair is held back to the left with a pink hair clip.
Misaki sports a tomboy-ish casual getup, her casual attire consisting of a grey hoodie with the word "FUNNY" across the front and a cropped blue jacket on top. She wears black shorts underneath, and a grey and black cap with a bear on the side.
During winter she wears a dark blue-violet knitted beanie, a blue sweater with white stripes and the word "FUNNY" in red, a blue knee-length tube skirt and a pair of maroon tights. During summer she dons a white T-shirt with a striped gray tank top over it, and shorts with a brown belt.

Misaki serves as the "normal girl" trope in her band. She is a relatively laidback person who is unable to fight against the flow of a conversation or series of events even if she attempts to do so, the most prominent example being the series of events leading up to her joining the band in the first place. Her initial personality displayed that she didn't want any trouble, never wanted it at any point in time, and would have preferred a quieter life if possible.
Misaki is kind, reserved, and considerate towards others, though she may also reply sarcastically or exasperatedly and sometimes struggle with the other girls in her band with the exception of Kanon , whom she considers the only other reasonable member. She has been forced into the role of the "straight man" of the group thanks to her relative normality as a person compared to the stooges of the band, often scolding or commenting on the antics of the other members in immediate response. Most of her comments go unheeded, unheard, or misunderstood. One notable example for this is Misaki attempting to convince her bandmates multiple times that she and Michelle are the same person but none of them believing her except for Kanon. While Misaki was initially annoyed about this, she gets used to it as time goes on.
Despite the exasperation she lives with by being the closest thing to a normal person the band has, Misaki is a diligent individual capable of getting things done when she wants to get them done. She books live shows for the band, accommodates Kokoro's whims, and tends to look for new opportunities for the band, something the whole band appreciates her for.
Even with a hardworking nature, exemplified by her accomplishments working with her band, she tends to debase her achievements and claim that anyone else could do what she does. For example, whenever people praise her for being able to understand Kokoro's humming and make it into coherent songs, or when she's able to translate the "fleeting" things Kaoru says, she'll shrug them off with "it's nothing special."


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Masuki has short dyed blonde hair which barely reaches her shoulders, with asymmetrical fringe, as well as dark gold eyes.
In her initial outfit, Masuki wears a high-waisted wide leg pants with a cropped black top, over which she wears a deep red sukajan jacket with white stripes and pictures of Hanyo Usagi on the front. She wears black ballet flats without socks. Masuki does not wear any jewelry or accessories. Her style can be described as sukeban.
At school, she wears a classic blue sailor school uniform which has an ankle-length skirt.

Despite her sharp gaze and rough, delinquent-like appearance, Masuki likes cute things and is skilled at baking cakes. She is a straightforward but enthusiastic girl with a passionate heart and values her friendship with the other RAISE A SUILEN members. She can be quite playful with her bandmates, and especially likes teasing Chiyu . She loves cooking, as well as talking about it, and even works part-time at a ramen store called "Ramen Ginga".
She is a very skilled drummer, however, when she gets too immersed, she tends to fluster the other band members with her difficult improvisation performances, which made it difficult for her to join a band previously. Because of her violent and impulsive playstyle, she is called a mad dog ( 狂犬 ) .
Masuki admires Maya a lot and even knew of her before she became Pastel*Palettes ' drummer. She even tends to mimic Maya's speaking style when she speaks with her. Likewise, Maya also admires Masuki and calls her "King".
In BanG Dream! 3rd Season , as well as some of her in-game dialogues, it is mentioned that she is quite popular at school where she also acts in a more refined manner.


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Yuno is a fairly short individual, standing at 151 cm tall. She has straight, black and pink hair that's in a split dye with some additional streaks that goes halfway down her back adorned with various clips. She has orange eyes that often appear to be half-closed. Like all members of Mugendai Mewtype, she wears headgear reminiscent of that of an animal. In her case, a black and hot pink headset with ears of a rat.
She wears a baggy, reddish-pink jacket with purple insides, along with having two graphics saying "YUMMY" on both sleeves. Underneath said jacket, she wears a black bralette overlayed by a black mesh top, being adorned with pins. She also wears a white collar on her neck. Her lower attire consists of a black and white skirt which appears to be a mix of a white sailor skirt and a black leather miniskirt. She wears a band on her upper left thigh along with an anklet on the same leg, both being green, though her anklet has some pink in it. Her footwear consists of a black sock on her left leg and a slightly longer hot pink sock on her right, along with black and pink sneakers.


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Kaoru is a tall girl with angular facial features, slanted crimson eyes, and long purple hair worn in a ponytail. She has chest-length forelocks and bangs that frame her face with a single lock that hangs loosely between her eyes.
Her casual attire is normally boyish and formal. In her initial casual wear, Kaoru wears a high-collared white shirt with a black vest on top of it, black vertically striped loose pants, and a pearl necklace as a finishing touch.
During winter Kaoru wears a gray sweater with white stripes at the top and bottom, a black loose scarf around her neck, and white jeans. During summer she wears a white front tie shirt which has black flowers on the left side, a blue shirt underneath, and high-waisted jeans with a brown belt. Her outfit is completed by a thin chain necklace.
When she was younger, her hair reached only up to her shoulders; after middle school, she started growing it out.

A flamboyant actress, Kaoru has an extravagant personality. She is rather pretentious and bombastic, having a tendency to use impressive-sounding words to the point of sounding foreign and hard to understand. She views herself as a prince and sees other girls as princesses, while quoting Shakespeare or other philosophers (sometimes incorrectly). She appears highly flirtatious and is very popular among other girls, not only for her passionate mannerisms, but because she is also surprisingly reliable. Indeed, Kaoru is a very kind and supportive individual, and if she is aware someone may be in a bad mood or feels sad, she will try to encourage them or help them feel better.
When by herself, her "quirks" seem to lessen, if not vanish entirely at times. She appears to be aware of how she can come off to others; sometimes she struggles to have time to herself due to having so many fans and is aware that she likes certain things that don't fit her "character". She is even able to increase her actress's personality if she feels it is necessary.
Though she appears very intelligent, she can often be just as airheaded as Kokoro and Hagumi , such as mistakenly assuming the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche was a woman, or repeatedly attempting to push on a door that could only be opened by pulling. [1] Her catchphrase is "fleeting" (儚い hakanai ), although when other people question her about what it means, she cannot answer clearly. Despite this, it is shown that she is able to keep up a conversation even with people who don't speak Japanese, just with her gestures and using her catchphrase. [2]
Despite appearing to be very prideful, Kaoru struggled with self-esteem problems in the past and created her princely persona to flatter other girls so they may never feel the same way. She also used to be shyer and lamented the fact that she was not strong enough to protect Chisato from their classmates, who believed Chisato was an evil and mean person because of one of the roles she acted in. [3]


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Taki has long, straight mauve-toned dark brown hair tucked behind her ears, with long bangs that drift to her left and reach her eyes. She has sharp, almond-shaped pinkish-purple eyes, thin arched brows, and a mole under the corner of her left eye.
Her original band outfit consisted of a white jacket with pockets on each side and blue horizontal stripes on each sleeve, worn over a black top and a black button-down skirt, which is held up by a chartreuse yellow belt. She wears black shoes with chartreuse yellow laces.
In her casual outfit, she wears a black shirt with a white coat over it, a denim miniskirt with a brown belt around it, and black sneakers. She also wears a triangular earring on her right ear.

In contrast to her cool appearance, Taki is a very serious, reactive, and diligent girl who enjoys being all alone. Her blunt personality, short temper, and tendency to glare at people make her out to be unfriendly. Though, beneath her harsh exterior, Taki is actually a very earnest and emotional person who is well-aware of her own shortcomings. She secretly cares deeply about others, but has difficulty expressing it. She seems the happiest and most at peace when performing onstage.
Taki is very passionate about music. Despite being a big fan of Afterglow , a band acknowledged for their imperfect yet blazingly passionate performances, because of her inferiority complex towards her older sister and Sakiko who are naturally gifted, [4] [5] with MyGO!!!!! she strives to "do things properly" by herself so much to the point that she even snapped once just at being offered help, because she thought the notion implied that she wasn't reliable enough. [5] It is normal for her to neglect her health because of how often she overworks herself composing music or stressing over the band, leading her to fall asleep during class or to skip school. Taki also scolds her fellow members (except for Tomori ) when they fail to meet her standards.
Taki considers Tomori very, if not the most important person to her. She values her thoughts and feelings more than anyone else's, including her own. Because she tends to feel inferior to people such as her older sister and Sakiko, who, unlike her, possess charisma and exceptional talent, the vulnerability and therefore "imperfection" reflected in Tomori's lyrics brought Taki to tears [3] and made her realize "it's alright for someone like me to be alive." [6] Unfortunately, due to Taki's guardedness, she struggles to convey the weight of her feelings to Tomori, showing her affection through protectiveness and extreme devotion instead. Until recently, she also didn't think that it was proper to want to perform with Tomori as she felt it was just her "selfish desire". [4]
Taki displays a bit of antisocial behavior— she often chooses to spend time alone at places usually visited with many people (such as karaoke and bathhouses) not only because of her dislike of social interaction, but also because she "doesn't think she's been anywhere alone", implying that she was always together with someone in the past. [7] Taki is very secretive and defensive about this, being quick to switch locations on the off chance she is spotted. She seems to be quite ashamed of her other hobbies and interests asides from music, even lying about trivial things such as her food preferences. [7] She is deeply fond of pandas.


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Chisato is a girl of slightly below average height. She has long, platinum blonde hair nearly surpassing her chest with her thick, layered bangs split into three portions framing her face. Thin sections of hair is worn beneath her ears and on her shoulders, while her forelocks are pulled back. When performing her loose hair is normally pulled back and held by a white ribbon or other accessories. She has big, droopy violet eyes.
Her casual attire is shown to be very feminine with flowers, sheer fabric, and ribbons.

Chisato is normally very mature, polite, and friendly, and gets along with others fairly well. However, she also has a surprisingly blunt side to her personality, and can sometimes come across as cold or condescending. This personality is not always provoked, though she tends to be more blunt when she is annoyed or around Kaoru, as she does not appreciate Kaoru's dramatic personality. She also tends to show this side when people insult her band members or say Pastel*Palettes wouldn't be as good as it is without Chisato. Chisato has also admitted to being a person who dislikes being controlled by others. [1] She is sometimes shown to be playful as well, with this side of hers particularly highlighted when she teases Kaoru by calling her with the nickname "Kao-chan".
As she has been in the entertainment industry for a long time, Chisato is quite a realist and initially disliked Aya's idealistic view of it. She is also slightly embarrassed when people bring up her past and previous works as a child actress, as shown in one of the 1-panel comics where Eve told her she'd watched one of the dramas child Chisato had starred in, as well as the event A Tale of the Pure-Hearted Samurai*Idol . [2] Although Chisato is confident in her skills, she also dislikes it when people assume that she can do anything.
In the past, particularly in elementary school, Chisato used to be more forward with her emotions. It is shown that before she decided to close her emotions off, she broke down after Kaoru complimented her for being a strong person, confessing that she was afraid of coming to school the day after the episodes aired, not being able to predict how her classmates would react to her, whether they would compliment and call her cool, or whether they would call her scary and avoid her. She was especially scared that the producers had told her she should bottle her feelings and never cry, which she then concluded would eventually lead to her forgetting what it feels like to be sad. Afterwards, Chisato then slowly started shaping into the person she is today, saying that as long everyone she cares about knows what Chisato's true self is like, she won't have to worry what everyone else thinks of the actress Shirasagi Chisato. [3]


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Rinko has big, slanted violet eyes and long black hair styled loosely after a hime cut, her bangs fall across her forehead with straightened sidelocks that reach past her shoulders. Her casual attire is modest with neutral colors and frilly accents.
In her initial outfit, Rinko wears a white buttoned blouse with ruffles sleeves and a frilly collar tied with a black ribbon. She also wears a black knee-length skirt, worn tightened around her waist with gold buttons down the middle and accents, a white socks and black high heels with black satin back bow on the ankle strap.

Socially awkward, Rinko is a shy and introverted girl who was initially too frightened to speak in front of others, let alone perform before them. She has a tendency to stammer when speaking, and usually keeps quiet until she feels comfortable. As the story goes on, Rinko gradually gains more courage and self-confidence, even overcoming her stage fright and successfully performing in a concert for the first time since her childhood. [1]
When she is set on or passionate about something, she does so with conviction, like piano or online games. Rinko also tends to get very excited about her passions, to the point where when she was explaining how Neo Fantasy Online worked to the other Roselia members, she was typing at an alarming speed.


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Mana is a woman with brown hair slightly past shoulder length along with large brown eyes.
Her sumimi attire appears to be a direct opposite to Uika's, with it being a predominantly white dress that goes up to about half her thigh, adorned with a black and gold tie, corset, and a gold chain.


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Tomori has short, chin-length ash brown hair and rose-gold eyes.
Her original band outfit consisted of an oversized white jacket with two vertical blue stripes on each sleeve, black stripes just above the cuffs, kangaroo pockets on each side, and four chartreuse yellow straps hanging from the bottom. Underneath the jacket, she wears a black turtleneck top and black shorts. She wears blue-and-white shoes with white laces over black socks.
In her casual outfit, she wears dark blue and pale yellow hoodie, a white T-shirt, short dark blue shorts and black-and-white sneakers.

Tomori is a kind but sensitive girl who, as mentioned above, has an awkward personality. She has a tendency to stutter while talking and not make eye contact. She also tends to blame herself for the conflicts that happen around her, even if they weren't caused by her.
She is infamously known as "Haneoka's Weirdo Girl" due to her peculiar personality. She likes collecting all sorts of things, such as band-aids (especially ones with animals such as pandas or penguins on them), slippery things, just-the-right-size things, and even rocks and fallen leaves that she picks up from the ground. [4] [5] She also likes pill bugs and has been shown often drawing them in her notebooks.


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Chiyu is a short girl. She has sky-blue eyes with voluminous, salmon-colored hair reaching her hips, and a tall single ahoge.
She is normally seen wearing her school uniform, which consists of a white buttoned shirt with a red and white striped tie, a dark blue school blazer, a plaid miniskirt, black crew socks, and brown loafers. She also wears black cat-eared headphones.
Her 6th anniversary spring casual attire consists of a turquoise tank top with a sheer shirt underneath, both overlayed by a white jacket, black shorts with a purple belt, and a black choker necklace.

Chiyu is very professional, confident, and stubborn about her band and ideas, and likes calling herself a "kind, generous producer". She tends to be quite arrogant and aggressive towards the other bands, as well as her own band members at times; however, she refrains from being rude. [2] While she sometimes has outbursts and yells at her band members, she has admitted to having trouble with controlling her emotions and finding the right words, and tends to get depressed after realizing what she'd done. [3] [4] She also used to be lonely before forming the band, and despite frequently denying it, Chiyu enjoys trying out new things and going to different places with her bandmates.
Chiyu dreams of changing the world with the strongest music, and sees Yukina as her rival, due to Yukina turning down her offer of producing Roselia 's music. However, Yukina didn't share this sentiment of rivalry. As a result, she wanted to crush Roselia and prove that her band is better than them; she later adds Poppin'Party to this list as well. After BanG Dream! 3rd Season , she makes peace with both bands and they have mutual respect for each other. However due to her stubborn and competitive nature, she'll sometimes do silly things in order to prove she's better than her rivals, such as in the Little Rose Harmony event when she attempted to eat the "Supersized Stress Set" at the family restaurant because Ako told her that everyone in Roselia can finish it.
As a result of her studying in an international school, she often speaks English or adds English words to her sentences, and even refers to herself with the katakana spelling of watashi ( ワタシ ) . She also refers to everyone by their full names, including Marina .
When she gets immersed in track making and song producing, she has a tendency to skip meals and even sleep under her computer's desk.


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Sakiko is a girl with fair skin and a slim build. She has light blue hair that goes halfway down her back, partially tied into two pigtails with ribbons. She has slightly upturned eyes with gold irises and thin, slightly downturned eyebrows.

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Her casual attire consists of an off-white button up top adorned with thin blue stripes and a black ribbon, along with gold buttons on the shirt's opening and sleeves. She also wears an argyle patterned gray skirt.

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As Oblivionis, she wears a mask to conceal her identity, wearing an asymmetrical black lace mask that covers most of the upper area of her face minus her eyes. The flowers depicted on her mask are Gladioli flowers . She wears a red, black, and off-white dress, which is adorned with a black and brown corset, a black jabot collar, and an azure gem on said jabot collar. She wears translucent black tights and black boots that go up to a little above her ankle.

Sakiko is a generally polite, refined, and reticent girl on the outside. She's overall very secretive, such as trying to avoid Tomori or Soyo 's attempts to contact her after CRYCHIC's disbandment, and also keeps her distance from her classmates (as shown when her classmates did not know Sakiko's first name). She appears to be quite ashamed of her current circumstances and is afraid of anyone learning about them, even getting mad at Mutsumi when she suggested that Sakiko start attending Tsukinomori again.
Sakiko also acts cold-blooded towards people she's cut contact with, as shown with her lack of reaction to Soyo breaking down in tears, and ignoring her pleads to bring CRYCHIC back together. She's shown to retroactively frame situations in a way where she appears to take an antagonistic role, regardless of the reality. [9] However, she still feels visceral guilt over these actions. [10] [11]
Prior to the event that changed her and led her down to her current circumstances, Sakiko was shown to be a very cheerful and kind-hearted girl. At her core, she still holds a deep love for her old friends. [12] She's described to be very charismatic, [13] [14] with her very existence "driving people around her mad." [15] She is multitalented, and sensitive to people's emotions as well. Before her change, she had a presence as bright and all-encompassing as the sun. [16]
Sakiko is also shown to love dolls, and when she was a child, she would always take her favorite doll with her when she went to visit Uika at the island during summers. [6] She sat this doll to watch her play the piano. [7] To this day, it remains on display at home. [17]


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Kasumi has purple eyes and brown hair worn loose with segments, some being pulled up represent that of a star. Her short bangs are framed by longer forelocks held by red star-shaped clips.
In her initial casual wear, she wears a long, baby blue button-up T-shirt dress accompanied by a yellow flannel tied along her waist. She also pairs it with a silver star necklace and a black watch.
During winter, she wears a red collared shirt, a yellow sweater which has white stars on it, a black miniskirt, and a pair of tights. During summer, she wears a polka-dot white T-shirt with transparent sleeves and a blue skirtall. The outfit is completed with a necklace that has three stars on it.

Cheerful and high-spirited, Kasumi is a playful, active, and generally positive girl that always finds something to be excited or passionate about. She easily makes friends and gets along with everyone, regardless of their personality.
She, alongside with Tomoe , are capable of sharing the same enthusiastic mental wavelength with Kokoro . She is also the type to believe in (or fall for) the strangest explanations. Kasumi can be forgetful at times, tending to do important things at the last moment, though unintentionally so.
She loves to tease Arisa , but given her kind personality, it's hard to tell if she's deliberately trying to provoke her or if she's oblivious. At times she can also behave melodramatically.
Kasumi's personality and character were the complete opposite in the original storyline: she was depressed, lonely, reserved, and had barely any presence and very low self-esteem due to being bullied when she was younger. As a result, she started hating singing, thought of herself as below average compared to everyone else, and regarded her hobbies (collecting star-shaped things) as childish as well. She wore glasses throughout her life before switching to contact lenses in high school as an attempt to change herself.


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Marina has black hair with her fringe neatly sorted to her right, with a bob cut all the way to her shoulders. She has fair skin and somewhat pink-toned brown eyes. Her outfit consists of low-cut jeans with a white-blue horizontal lines shirt with a black cardigan.

Marina is a very friendly, hardworking and down-to-earth woman.
Marina enjoys reading manga, [4] and she  dislikes horror and scary things. [5]


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Kokoro has large, rounded yellow eyes and long, straight, waist-length platinum blonde hair. Her fringe is cut unevenly and separated into two parts. She has thin forelocks that touch her shoulders.
Her initial outfit consists of a red and white striped T-shirt with fluttery sleeves, blue denim short overalls, and a hair tie with red ribbons on her wrist. During winter she wears a red sweater with a pixelated snowman and snowflakes on it and knitted shorts and a beanie with fluffy balls dangling from it. During summer she wears a white and blue T-shirt, a red ribbon-belt, denim shorts, and a necklace.

An idealistic and charismatic young girl, Kokoro dreams of making the entire world smile with music. She effortlessly attracts others to her due to her bright and bubbly nature and often manages to get them swept up into her easygoing pace. Because of her naturally imposing personality, she is often able to do and get what she wants. She is also extremely curious and easily amazed, charmed by new things she discovers in the world around her. Due to her optimistic personality, she is very open-minded and willing to try almost anything out, which has led to her, for example, developing a love for zombies after reading the spin-off manga and seeing the movies for Rimi 's favorite horror series. [2]
Although Kokoro has the optimism and charm of a natural leader, she is also quite scatterbrained, and would not be able to get much done without the others in the group keeping her on track. She also has said that she doesn't know what it feels like to be sad, didn't know what stress was until Marina told her, [3] and always does her best to combat any kind of negative feelings. Adding to her status as a rich girl, she is ignorant about things that are "normal" for less wealthy people.


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Ako is a short, petite girl with big, sharp crimson eyes. She has long, light purple hair worn in curled pigtails with matching forelocks and straightened bangs. She is also shown with a fanged tooth frequently in the anime and card art.
Her casual attire borders on the mix between punk and gothic design with a cute flair.

Ako is shown to have chuunibyou tendencies and illusions of grandeur and magical powers. Rinko suspects this is the result of her playing online games frequently. She enjoys playing the role while keeping a realistic mentality. However, she tends to sometimes stumble on her words when she's not sure what to say while doing this.
Ako is a cheerful and noisy girl. Although she's only two years younger than the other Roselia members, Ako is treated like the kid sister by the other characters due to her childlike appearance and personality. She is also a very hardworking and passionate drummer, though she may be bad at schoolwork.
Ako often wonders how she can be a "cooler" person, and sometimes feels inadequate compared to her other bandmates; however, as the story goes on, she becomes more confident and both Yukina and Sayo , who initially scoffed or ignored her ideas sometimes, also come to understand her more and get used to her chuunibyou side, with the latter becoming a fellow NFO player.


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Tomoe has the appearance of a young adult. She has slanted turquoise eyes and long, sleek maroon hair.
She is shown in mature, but "cool" style outfits, usually adorned with studs or chains.
During middle school and prior to Afterglow's formation, Tomoe's hair was much shorter and it reached only around her ears; and when she was even younger, she wore her hair in a long ponytail. [1]

Tomoe is a fairly relaxed person, who never says anything bad about other people or holds grudges against them. She keeps the band from falling apart and is idolized for her cool, but mature way of handling things. Despite her mature, punk look, she is very caring towards others and is always there to lend support or a shoulder to cry on. While she is unable to understand Ako's behavior at times, she loves her sister and supports her no matter what.
She is also shown to be hotblooded and the type to rush into things head-first if she thinks someone she cares for has been hurt. This has a tendency to backfire on her at times. Adding to this, Tomoe is also capable of sharing the same mental wavelength as Kasumi and Kokoro , something that has shocked other characters.


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Himari has medium-length, pale pink hair worn in low pigtails with a tuft of straightened bangs while the remainder is layered. She has fair skin and green eyes with sharp corners.
Her casual attire is fairly feminine with a monotone color scheme.

Himari is cheerful and good-natured and is the band's coordinator. She sometimes struggles to read the mood of a situation, and as a result she occasionally does things that have no effect. She's weak to tearjerkers and sentimental episodes, and is fairly romantic. She is also weak to being teased and tends to be clumsy at times.
She enjoys comparing the different sweets she buys from convenience stores and likes making them as well. She also likes cute things such as pretty clothing and stuffed animals, but wants to be seen as "cool" by others. Her ideas are normally teased or rejected, especially when she tries to get everyone in the band to say her catchphrase (Hey, hey, ooh~!), though her bandmates always try to show support in their own way.
After the event Happy Summer Vacation! , Himari became close friends with both Aya and Lisa because of their similar personalities and interests.


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Rimi resembles her older sister, having the same black hair and brown-red eyes. While Yuri's eyes are sharper in shape, Rimi's eyes slant downward at the corners. Her short black hair is chin-length with sections of hair pulled back in a loop on the side of her head, while her bangs are straight-cut.

Rimi is a shy and reserved girl who admires her older sister and often gushes over her. She tends to compare herself to the others frequently, and wishes she could be more confident and be able to "speak up" more often. Rimi is cute and sweet-natured, and often blushes when flustered, but at times can be very determined and strong-willed as well.
As Rimi used to live in the Kansai region, her Kansai dialect sometimes slips into her speech when she stumbles on her sentences or is very nervous; she is a bit embarrassed by this.
Rimi is also a huge fan of the Yamabuki Bakery, and especially loves their chocolate cornets, to the point where everyone else in Poppin'Party asked if she was feeling fine when she turned down the chance to eat one of them. [3]
In the original storyline, Rimi's personality was completely opposite. She was very cheeky, and despite referring to Kasumi as her "master", refused to join Kasumi's band because she was only willing to play in "Japan's greatest band" despite being an amateur bassist herself.


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Yuri has fair skin and curved brown eyes. Her dark-colored hair is chest length with part of it curled on end. Her bangs are tucked beneath her forelocks.

Yuri is a hardworking, charismatic and friendly girl.


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Rii has sharp dark blue eyes and short, straightened chestnut hair pulled back and held with a dull red braid, exposing her ears.

Rii is a calm girl who usually keeps a check over Hinako and tries to make sure she doesn't get into trouble or ruin their band's "image". Despite that, she has a plush demon called Debeko which she occasionally uses as a puppet.


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Mutsumi is a girl of slightly below-average height. She has straight, ashy, light green hair that goes past her shoulders and a straight-cut fringe, typically adorned with a small white barrette. She has downturned, sleepy-looking eyes with gold irises and downturned eyebrows. Much like Mashiro , her eyelines are visibly lighter than that of other characters, even when compared to ones of a similar lightness.

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Her casual attire consists of a navy blue plaid dress with an off-white ruffled collar, along with a teal bow and black choker with white ruffles. Her footwear consists of off-white ankle socks and dark brown mary janes.

As Mortis [ ]

Mask Design

As Mortis, she, like all Ave Mujica members, wears a mask to conceal her identity, wearing a lace mask that covers the entirety of her face minus her eyes. The flowers depicted on her mask are chrysanthemums . She wears a red beret, a loose off-white shirt with translucent sleeves, along with a black translucent shawl with red lapels and a black ruff, along with an off-white jabot collar adorned with a muted green gem. On her lower body she wears an opened black skirt along with red shorts adorned with gold buttons, and black tights with black ankles adorned with black ribbons and red shoes.

A girl of few words, Mutsumi is a very stoic girl who constantly has trouble expressing herself properly. While she generally means well, her way of wording things can sometimes make her come off as rude or insensitive instead.


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Eve has fair skin and big, feminine turquoise eyes. Her medium length silver hair is worn in thick braided pigtails normally adorned with ribbons, a headband, or a hat. Her bangs are split off-center with a loose, pointed strand layered over them on either side of the head.
Eve's casual attire is mature and gender-ambiguous; in her initial wear, she wears a turquoise patterned turtleneck on top of a white long-sleeved blouse. Eve also wears white jeans held by a black belt.
During winter, Eve wears a white-violet sweater, a brown and white puff ball scarf, a knee-length denim skirt with a white belt around it and black tights. During summer, she wears a sleeveless baby blue turtleneck and high-waisted white loose pants.

A bright and earnest girl who tackles everything standing in her path full throttle. She is enthusiastic and chipper, eager to learn all that she can about Japan. At times her thought process can be strange, and when going on about bushido and other samurai-related things, which she takes quite seriously, she comes off as humorous. Her actions also tend to confuse Aya and the people around her.
As the youngest member of Pastel*Palettes, Eve is easygoing, polite, loves hugging people, and treasures all of her friends dearly. Though she has some misconceptions about Japan and sometimes misunderstands what other people say, or mispronounces certain words and uses idioms wrong, Eve always tries her best to learn. She has a strong sense of righteousness and integrity, and always strives to do the right thing.
According to her best friend Hanne, not only does Eve dislike lying (and feels bad if she does so), but she is also very bad at it due to how her voice cracks whenever she feels guilty or she's trying to hide something. [2] Despite this, she sometimes has a tendency to hide her struggles and worries to not concern the people around her.


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Rei has fair skin and smooth dark-brown hair reaching her upper back with no fringe, but bangs that cover her ears and lightning blue eyes. Her eyebrows are also slightly shorter than that of other characters.
Her initial outfit consists of a white shirt with a wide neckline and long sleeves to her wrists, slightly torn jeans, and a black sleeveless jacket open until mid-torso. She carries a studded belt with chains made of silver on her right hip, a leather bracelet on her right wrist, and a black bracelet on her left wrist. She also wears two necklaces, and her shoes are high ankle boots with black shoelaces.

Rei is a calm and mature girl. Due to her mature attitude, she has a tendency to keep a certain amount of distance from others (for example, not giving her opinions, or hiding her troubles from others, as shown in the event outside/inside where she overworked herself in order to perfectly play the hard bass parts she was given during her and Masuki 's gig). However, later in the story, and mainly thanks to her bandmates' effort, she starts to open up more easily.
Rei is sometimes mistaken for an adult due to her mature appearance. For example in an area conversation, she says the movie theater workers couldn't believe she's a high school student. Another example from Poppin'Dream! shows her being offered drinks by a stewardess, though Masuki had to tell said stewardess that Rei wasn't of legal drinking age.
She is a professional singer who can sing any song [1] , and has loved singing ever since she was young. She has a very deep voice for a teenager. As a child, she even mentions that she was too shy to sing because she "doesn't sound like a kid", before Tae started interacting with her and she was able to overcome her complex.


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Nanana has green eyes and brunette hair with side-swept bang and worn in a braided ponytail over her left shoulder. She wears glasses, but removes them when performing.


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Umiri has shoulder-length black hair that slightly spikes up at the ends, along with a straight-cut fringe that goes slightly to the left. She has angular, turquoise eyes and upturned eyebrows.

As Umiri [ ]

Her casual attire consists of a black leather jacket, a red crop top, a short gray skirt adorned with a black belt, and short black laced boots.

As Timoris [ ]

Mask Design

As Timoris, she, like all Ave Mujica members, wears a mask to conceal her identity, wearing a lace face mask that only covers her mouth and nose. The flowers depicted on her mask are red spider lilies . She wears an off-white button up long-sleeved shirt, along with a black vest and red shawl with gold lining, she also has a dark-cyan gem on the upper right lapel of her vest. She also wears black gloves. For lower wear, she wears black and off-white leggings with black buttons on each side, along with black high-heeled boots that reach her lower thigh.

Despite her stoic, punk-like appearance, Umiri generally speaks in a polite manner and is a very straightforward and easygoing person.
She is also somewhat playful, some examples being her placing juice boxes on Taki's head, and she also enjoys teasing Taki. She often talks to Taki and buys her snacks or drinks when she thinks Taki is feeling down. [4]
Umiri is also an exceptionally proficient bassist who plays as a support artist for 30 different bands, [5] and she often plays for multiple bands on the same day. According to Umiri, only ten of said 30 bands are active in a practical sense. [6]


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Saaya has slanted royal blue eyes and long, curly, dusty brown hair worn in a high ponytail, usually tied up in a ribbon. She has spread-out bangs and shoulder-length curled forelocks.
In her initial outfit, Saaya wears long flowing pale yellow pants with a white, frilly off-the-shoulder top.

A kind, empathetic, and hardworking person who cares deeply about her friends and family, Saaya often lends an ear to the people around her. She is generally level-headed and easygoing, and is like an "older sister" to the other girls, always willing to help them out in hard times. In addition to this, Saaya is the most mature member of Poppin'Party, and good at dealing with kids. Because of her kind nature, she has a hard time saying "no" to her friends or their requests, such as helping Hagumi to study.


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Maya has shoulder-length, pale brown hair with layered forelocks and a tuft of bangs covering her forehead. She has muted green eyes and wears red half-rim glasses. In her initial outfit, Maya wears a white tank-top paired with black pants that have thin suspender straps, brown fingerless gloves, and a long, dull blue jacket tied around her waist. Her outfit is completed with a beige newspaper boy cap.
During winter, she wears a black turtleneck sweater, an army green short skirt and forest green leggings. During summer, she wears short-sleeved white hoodie with a walking, drawn black cat and the text "Cat Walk" on it, and with a reddish-brown flannel tied around her waist. She also wears black trousers.
During performances, she removes her glasses and uses contact lenses.

A tomboy who appears awkward around other people, Maya isn't very social and used to be a bit socially withdrawn prior to becoming a drummer. But around musical equipment, she becomes ecstatic and is impossible to stop when talking about her beloved hobby, unless she herself realizes she is rambling on. She has a casual way of speaking and tends to sometimes use the short version of "desu", "-ssu" while ending her sentences. Despite this, she refers to everyone, including those who are younger than her, with the "-san" honorific.
Maya admires Eve for her looks and is also good friends with her, and Aya as well for her dedication to becoming a great idol. Because of her awkward nature, she is also often teased by Hina (unintentionally most of the time) and sometimes gently scolded by Chisato because of her unique "huhehe" laugh. Despite this, the other band members, as well as other characters, acknowledge her as a very reliable girl and enjoy listening to her knowledge of music and different kinds of musical equipment. She is also quite smart, and having known Kaoru for many years, Maya is also able to "translate" the things that Kaoru says. [3] [4]
Maya was shown to be insecure at first whether she deserved to be, and was fitting enough, to be an idol. As the story goes on, along with her interacting with the other members, especially Aya, Maya realizes she enjoys being an idol and wants to stay in Pastel*Palettes no matter what. She also initially did not believe that she would gain a lot of fans, as she thought of herself as more plain compared to the other band members.


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Rui has dark brown hair that goes just past chin-length and thin, brownish-red eyes. Her bangs are parted to her left and go down past her chin. Part of her bangs goes between her eyes, down to the base of her nose. Despite only being a high school student, Rui looks mature for her age.
She normally dresses in feminine, formal-like attire. Her initial casual outfit consisting of a navy blue turtleneck sweater, a button up brown plaid skirt adorned with a gray belt, sheer tights and dark mauve high heels.

Rui is a talented individual who is always at the top of her class. She has a dry personality and is always aiming for top results, and speaks in a polite manner. She is very logical and realistic, but can also be blunt when it comes to her opinions, especially about talents or music. In addition to her logical nature, she plans out her days and schedules very thoroughly, and as such, doesn't fully understand things like people hanging out or taking detours after school. Due to her stoic and composed look, Rui says that people tend to think she's angry even when she's not.
In reality, the reason why Rui does not choose to immerse herself in activities she deems meaningless is because she is afraid of getting hurt and disappointed in the same way she did after placing 5th in the competition that made her decide she doesn't have true talent. She felt that no matter how hard she practiced, no matter how much she felt like she loved music, her talents weren't acknowledged because she didn't have it in the first place. This is also why she developed a cut-throat attitude and refuses to prioritize her emotions similarly to the other Morfonica members. [2]
Although Rui is the kind of girl who wants to follow rules and ensure that everyone does as well, she will stand up for her friends and bandmates, such as shown in Morfonica's First Band Story and Tritone of Lost Butterflies . In the former, she stops some Tsukinomori students trying to steal the classroom the girls used for practicing, while in the latter, she attempts to convince Tsukinomori's new principal to reconsider her ban on anything that isn't related to studying, as she believes it has caused nothing but confusion and discord in the school, and as the student council president, it's her job to voice out the students' concerns. It is eventually revealed that she became the student council president in order to "protect the students and the school they love so much" from the principal's clutches, and when asked, she admits that she was influenced by her bandmates, who have helped her to change. [3]
Despite having very opposite personalities, Rui later befriends both Kaoru and Masuki , bonding over art and music appreciation.


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Nyamu is a girl of above-average height who has a short, messy, muted-purple bob haircut and large, pink, downturned eyes. Her mouth also has a much more curved shape than the typical mouth shape seen on other characters, similar to that of Lisa's .

As Nyamu [ ]

Her casual attire consists of a fully monochromatic color palette, including a gray frilled, short-sleeved blouse and a black pencil skirt, choker, and heels. The only non-monochromatic part of her outfit is a golden bracelet on her left wrist. When going outside, she usually wears black sunglasses with round frames and a white hat as a disguise.

As Amoris [ ]

Mask Design

As Amoris, she, like all Ave Mujica members, wears a mask to conceal her identity, wearing a lace mask that covers most of the upper part of her face. The flowers depicted on her mask are moth orchids . She wears a black, striped, high-collared vest, along with a sheer black shirt showing a red, lowcut, one-piece jumpsuit . It is adorned with a black corset which also has two flaps that reach her lower leg. She also wears 3 white pearl necklaces and a pink gem on the center of the collar. The bottom part of her jumpsuit has straps that buckle to black, translucent knee-high socks. For footwear, she wears red pump heels.

Although Nyamu is outwardly a very friendly and good-natured person, in reality she cares a lot about views and clout and as a result can come off as a bit shallow. She has a mischievous streak and enjoys teasing her bandmates as well as giving people nicknames. She also enjoys challenging herself, such as shown how she even brought a drum kit and started drumming as a way to gain more views.
At the same time Nyamu is quite perceptive despite the front she puts on, shown in how she realized that Sakiko was hiding something just by glancing at the latter during their first meeting.


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Abraham has fluffy orange hair and often wears glasses. He can most often be seen wearing a suit under a lab coat.
In the manga, his hair is thinner and flatter, and his face was somewhat chubbier. He also had a slightly older appearance compared to his anime version.

When it comes to his own life, he is quite cowardly, begging Ash to spare him after he killed Griffin in cold blood and dissected Shorter's body. He's also a very selfish person who cares only for his own benefit and doesn't care about the lives he took in order to gain power and money from mob bosses he works under.


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Adam wears a white shirt and has brown curly hair.

Adam was a violent criminal who raped and killed three nuns.


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Akira is a young girl of short stature. She had short black hair in a near bowl cut style which caused her to be mistaken for a boy by some.
In New York Sense, she is shown in a traditional Chinese wedding attire, and in a white wedding gown. She has gotten taller since her debut and her hair appears longer.

Akira is a kind and curious young girl. She often helps those around her and is also shown to be observant to the emotions and situations of those around her.


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Alex has short brown hair and thin eyebrows. He tends to wear a light blue jacket that he wears unbuttoned over a dark top underneath.

He is a dependable and loyal person, often looking out for those in the gang and obediently following Ash's orders without hesitation. He often looks out for those around him.


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He was bald at the top of his head but had long light brown hair round the sides. He had the same colored eyebrows and moustache. He wore a pair of thin circle framed glasses.


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Jenkins is a pudgy, balding man with brown hair and a brown mustache.

He is a kind-hearted, sympathetic, and hardworking police detective with a strong sense of justice. He shows he is sympathetic towards others when he shuts down the topic of Ash's background from knowing how disturbing this can be. He also knows who he can have as an ally by working together with Ash and Max.


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Ash is a tall and slender young man. He has blond hair, green eyes, and pale skin and is extremely beautiful, as remarked on by numerous characters in the series. In the manga, his hair originally had a flatter style before changing to its signature appearance, and he has a more petite build in the anime. His normal attire consists of a loose white T-shirt, blue jeans, a brown belt, and red hi-top sneakers. He is shown wearing glasses when reading, suggesting that he may be far-sighted. He is briefly shown sporting a green jade earring given to him by Dino Golzine to match the color of his eyes and remind him of his ownership over Ash. Later, Ash dismisses the earring as an unimportant "gift" when Eiji asks about it and then trades it for guns and ammo.
In Angel Eyes , Shorter Wong notes that he looks almost like a "boyish girl", saying that his beauty is almost scary and that he cannot stop staring at him. Although Ash is highly aware of his attractiveness and has learned to weaponize it, his beauty often works against him, making him a target of unwanted sexual advances and harassment from older men and women alike. He is also a target of mockery regarding his appearance and is often underestimated because of his beauty, which he uses to his advantage.
When he wears the jade earring Dino forces upon him, the manga shows the earring on his right ear while the anime shows it on his left.

Ash has the personality, charisma, and skill to gather large groups of individuals together under his influence. Not only is he excellent in combat and an incredible marksman, but he is also highly intelligent, with an IQ of 180-200. His intelligence lends itself well to solving the mystery of 'Banana Fish' and he has also been stated to be quite well-read, knowing his way around the newspaper's daily columns and political novels- unusual for someone who did not finish middle school.
Along with his remarkable intelligence, Ash's good looks and charisma allow him to sway people's will to his benefit in dire situations, and he's well aware of it. Despite his influence over others, however, Ash is mistrustful and holds most people at arms-length except for a few select friends in his inner circle, including his long-time best friend Shorter , and later Eiji Okumura . He is not afraid of death not because of courage, as he calls himself a coward, but because of his disillusionment with his own life.
Ash's character is mostly defined by his constant struggle for freedom against his oppressors, his fight to overcome his trauma over sexual abuse, and, most importantly, to find his real place in the world.


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He has dark hair swept over his head and a thick mustache and trimmed beard. He wears a dark suit with a pale blue shirt underneath with a red tie.

He is shown to get very mad at others that don't follow his orders on his way of operations and situations.


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Blanca is a handsome man with shoulder-length dark brown/black hair that is pulled back in a low ponytail. He has thin eyebrows and narrow eyes. Amongst his clothing attire, Blanca opts for a beige suit and fedora. He also seems to wear thin framed silver glasses at times. He is quite tall and has a broad, yet muscular upper body and a slightly slender lower body. He often dresses in casual-business attire depending on the situation. He also often wears a trench coat.

Blanca is for the most part a serious and level-headed individual, but not necessarily stoic and emotionless. Contrasting with his otherwise colder traits is a smile that he shows often along with having a penchant for jokes.
Like Ash Lynx , Blanca admits that he is a person who did not know love and he was raised only to be given tasks and the means to accomplish them. He was however able to find someone who loved him and love in turn. This allows Blanca to feel compassion and kindness to those he is close to, namely Ash and Yut-Lung and shows concern for both in his own way, given that their backgrounds are similar.


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Bones has long, messy pink hair that is tied into a braid as well as wearing gray suspenders with one strap hanging. This covers a pink undershirt with a green square motive. He wears green tennis shoes as well. He has many broken or missing teeth that he claims resulted from being punched by Ash when trying to wake him up.
His appearance in the manga is identical to that of the anime with the exception that his hair is slightly longer, he keeps both overall straps hooked, and he doesn't wear a shirt underneath.

Although a gang member, Bones is one of the nicer characters. He loyally follows Ash but is also very careful to stay on his good side and not anger him. He can also be seen joyfully spending time with Kong and Eiji.


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Brandish has short brown curly hair and thin eyebrows. She wears circle rimmed glasses and a white lab coat that is atop a red undershirt.

She asks Dr. Meredith what he does not get when he is perplexed over the drug Ash Lynx gave to him to analyze. She agrees that there must be more to the drug for the effects induced in rats it was given to. [1]


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Buddy has short fur covering his body with long floppy ears drooping down the side of his face.


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Bull has medium length black hair with a balding head and slight facial hair. He looks quite masculine and tall but does appear to have a beer belly.

Bull is unpleasant and sadistic. His intention toward Ash was very obvious when they were nearly made cellmates.


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Cain is a black African American man, seemingly an older teen or young adult. He has dark, short curly hair that is shaved around the sides, and he has tattoos on his right arm and the right side of his chest, but these tattoos are often not visible. He wears a ripped jean shirt with no sleeves and a popped collar, along with gold stud earrings and black sunglasses.

As the leader of Black Sabbath, Cain appears to be highly defensive and is very outspoken, but this does not keep him from remaining confident and cool; rather, it gives him a sense of protective warmth that the other gang leaders lack. Cain remains protective of his gang but is loyal to his allies.


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Charlie has messy orange hair with darker eyebrows and wears a brown suit with a red and gray stripped tie.
In the manga, he is shown to have a mustache.

As Police officer Charlie is relatively sharp, he found the suicides suspicious before it was proven they were manipulated with. He may seem easy going but he takes his job very seriously. However, one can say he has a soft spot for kids and feels genuinely compelled to help them. Even going as far as asking his friend Max to look after Ash when he was in prison.


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Colonel Holstock wears a blue uniform with a gray tie and has short black hair.

As a man of the military, he is very strict and business like. He appears to usually keep his guard up.


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Golzine is shown to be a bald elderly man with grey eyebrows and a trimmed white moustache across his entire upper lip. His usual attire is a black suit over an unbuttoned white shirt with a red floral scarf and navy blue shoes. While staying in his mansion, he is occasionally seen wearing a deep purple robe.

Golzine is ruthless, cold-hearted, calculating, ambitious, and sadistic. He is well aware of his position and power and has no fear in exerting his authority by weaponizing both factors.
Golzine is usually well mannered and does not typically resort to insulting unless provoked. He treats his subordinates with respect but will still scold or punish them if necessary. He is however shown to be fairly manipulative and even backstabbing towards his co-conspirators and benefactors, thinking nothing of shooting Baron Zakarev when he threatened to support his to others. Further supported with the fact he has ample evidence of benefactors repeated sexual misconducts which he reserves as blackmail, services that Golzine himself provides through his own properties as he is also himself a repeated pedophile.
He is extremely power hungry and will use deadly force if needed to ensure his position and control of his criminal empire.
Deeply intelligent, he has raised Ash and tried to mold him into his ideal successor, teaching him from not just the criminal enterprise but also from many different fields. He understands these areas well and in turn this helps Golzine develop and nurture his Banana Fish plot.
By far Golzine's most notorious trait is his obsession with Ash, both sexually and personally. In fact, a constant theme in the series is how Golzine tries to make Ash submit to him completely or be killed by his own hands otherwise.


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Meredith has messy unkept hair and the same light brown colored eyebrows and styled facial hair. He wears large rectangular framed glasses and pale green shirt covered in a white lab coat.

He can come across as irate at 'troublemakers' like Ash, but also willing to joke that he got a girl pregnant. He took his medical work seriously devoting time to pinpointing the substance of a drug, as well as taking care of Griffin.


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Eduardo has light brown hair slicked back over his head and same-colored thin eyebrows. He has narrow hazel eyes and a long scar across his left cheek. He is tall and well-built.

Eduardo is a sadistic, violent individual who will break those who oppose him both physically and psychologically. A man who relishes in the battlefield, he has faked his death along his unit in order to pursue the mercenary career with impunity from international laws, for he is willing to sink low to get what he wants. Eduardo is both cunning and ambitious and despite his thrill for battle he has greater plans for himself. Willing to recruit Ash in order to secure more power for himself, with promises of grandeur to the young boy. Once he learned of Banana Fish his ambitions grew even further and was willing to betray Golzine for his own ends.


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Eiji is a fit Japanese youth with black hair and large dark brown eyes. Despite being an adult at the age of 19, he is often mistaken for a young teenager, even in Japan. He is seen in a variety of clothing choices throughout the series, often with Ash Lynx 's clothing.
His style seems to consist of neat clothing such as collared shirts and sweaters, a pink unbuttoned shirt over his shoulders, sweater vests, and such. This proves to be a contrast against the denim jackets, varsity jackets, hoodies, and other items of clothing belonging to Ash Lynx that he wears later on in the series.
In Fly Boy in the Sky , Eiji is discovered to be near-sighted but does not wear glasses which causes him to squint at others which makes it look like he was glaring at them. Thanks to Shunichi Ibe , he would later gain contact lenses.
In Garden of Light , Eiji's hair has grown longer and is sported in a ponytail; he has also adopted the use of glasses.
Akimi Yoshida , the mangaka, based Eiji's likeness off of actor Hironobu Nomura .

Eiji has a very kind and selfless personality and is also inquisitive about things unfamiliar to him such as Ash Lynx 's gun. As the series progresses, he starts depending on Ash, and is described by Ibe as gentle and shy while also having a sense of curiosity, fascinated about New York when first arriving to get photos for a magazine of gangs in New York. Eiji is sometimes mistaken as a child because of his youthful appearance, despite being nineteen, and is pointed out by Ash and many other characters to appear younger than the gang leader himself.
Eiji has been described as innocent, but brave. Despite his innocent nature, he can be prone to make rather unhinged jokes on some occasions. He can be quite naive about the world of gangs and even American customs at times, such as the legality of guns and the overall safety in New York.
Eiji is quite perceptive and very aware of his surroundings; one situation being when Eiji knew instantly when Ash was lying to him because of his calmness.
Usually, he is an understanding, reasonable person, but can have unwavering stubbornness and can even be moderately rude when prompted. Eiji's kind and innocent nature can be calming to those around him, most notably Ash.


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She is an older woman with light colored hair. Her skin is wrinkled, and she is only seen wearing a kimono.


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Mrs. Okumura appears to be middle aged with minor wrinkles. She has short, curly dark hair.

She appears a strong but tired woman. While she cares for and supports her family, she possibly suffers from loneliness from her husband being hospitalized for an extended time.


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Like her brother, she has dark hair and a youthful appearance.

She appears to be a kind and helpful although Eiji had also described her as being somewhat airheaded when she gave him the wrong charm for his visit to America.


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He is a somewhat portly man with thick dark hair, and equally thick appearing facial hair including a mustache and beard from under his ears covering his jawline. Frank wears a red jacket covering a green shirt with matching red trousers.


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He is bald and has his small amounts of facial hair including his eyebrows and mustache trimmed. Frankie is seen wearing a tank top.

Frankie appears to be the stereotypical hoodlum and hired hand. He shows no hesitation in doing what he needs to in order to get the job done.


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In the manga, he has short blond hair and a single hoop earring in his right ear. The back of his left index and middle fingers have visible scars, but he keeps these hidden under a fingerless glove.
In the anime, his hair is slightly longer, and he does not wear any jewelry. The fingers on his right hand, minus the thumb, can be seen with the scars from when Ash cut them. In Episode 13 , The Snows of Kilimanjaro, it is seen that he has a tattoo on his left arm, which appears to be a lion in red and black colors.

He demonstrates a ruthless streak, firmly set on revenge and willing to kidnap to attain it. Another sizeable aspect of his personality is his deference to whatever Golzine asks of him, making him one of Golzine's most trusted men. To achieve his goals, he will resort to any means necessary, including betrayal.
One of the main antagonists of the first half of the anime, he is portrayed as a counterparty of Ash who is capable of doing anything to achieve his goal. The motivations behind his ferocious acts may be related to his fervent hatred towards Ash Lynx . At a certain point, he leaves Ash's gang and ends up becoming part of the Corsican mafia and becoming one of the most important and loyal men for Golzine .