Chika Takami (高海千歌 : Takami Chika)

Year : Second Year

Birthday : August 1 (Leo)

Gender : Female

Blood Type : B

Height : 157 cm

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Background
Chika is the second year student at Uranohoshi Girls' High School who launches Aqours. She is
the youngest of three sisters and comes from a family with a ryokan known for its open-air,
ocean-view hot springs. She is neighbors with former Otonokizaka High School's first year
student Riko Sakurauchi and is childhood friends with Kanan Matsuura and You Watanabe.

Chika's elder sisters are Shima and Mito. According to magazine material, her sisters are also
fans of μ's, though this does not seem to have been retained in the anime adaptation. They also
own a large dog named Shiitake.

In the first episode, on a trip to Tokyo with You, the two learned about school idols and the Love
Live! tournament after seeing a screen with school idols at the Akiba Dome, including µ's. She
becomes fascinated with the idea of school idols, so she decides to open, with You, a school idol
club of their own in their high school.

Personality
Chika is very energetic, goofy, sociable and has a very strong sense of perseverance. The latter
point is especially notable, as it is shown multiple times in the anime, such as when she kept on
trying to persuade the school council's president, Dia Kurosawa, to let the School Idol Club be
approved. Her positive, can-do attitude gradually begins to affect everyone around her as well as
the anime progresses. Her energetic and perseverant nature also makes her rather impatient and
easy to tease about giving up, only to make her even more perseverant on achieving her goal.

Due to her usual positive nature, however, she tends to hide her more sensitive side, and tries
hard to not cry when she is frustrated, as she feels it would drag down others' morale if they were
to see her sad. This can be seen during Season 1 Episode 8, when she is deeply frustrated on the
inside after Aqours' disappointing performance compared to the other school idol groups.

Chika heavily dislikes when her friends get in confrontations she deems petty, being one of the
very few things that can anger her. This can be seen in Season 1 Episode 9, where she mediates a
dispute between Kanan and Mari after a nervous Dia is unable to calm things down. She loves
and treasures the friendships she's made throughout her years at school, especially with You, who
has been her childhood friend. Since Riko moved to Uchiura, however, Chika becomes very
interested in befriending her new fellow Second Year friendship. Season 1 Episode 11 eventually
culminates with this on her and Riko comforting a jealous You about this. On the other hand,
she's not above making snide, deadpan expressions whenever one of her friends is acting strange,
such as with Yoshiko.

In one of the audio dramas, it is revealed Chika not only has a habit making puns, but of
explaining them without being asked as well.

Clubs and Hobbies

Chika is talented in horizontal bar, table tennis, and calligraphy. She also loves softball and going
to karaoke booths.

Appearance
Chika has a slim figure. She has orange hair that reaches her shoulders, which she ties into three
small braids on the left side and ornates with a three-leaf clover hair pin on the right side. Her
eyes are pink

Dia Kurosawa (黒澤ダイヤ : Kurosawa Daiya)

Year : Third Year

Birthday : January 1 (Capricorn)

Gender : Female

Blood Type : A
Height : 162 cm

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Background
Dia is a third year student who is the president of the student council, and is the older sister of
Ruby Kurosawa, who she shares a strong bond with. She is from an old family involved in
fishing management whose name is well-known around the area. The Kurosawa family also
owns a number of companies including real estate, entertainment, human resources and
restaurant management. Dia is childhood friends with Kanan Matsuura and Mari Ohara.

In the anime, Dia initially rejects the idea of an idol club because of Chika Takami's
incompetence and inexperience, chastising her for her lack of idol knowledge. It is later revealed
in Season 1 Episode 4 that she used to be a fan of school idols, sharing this hobby with her sister
Ruby, although something caused her to lose that interest. This is explained in Season 1 Episode
6, Episode 8 and Episode 9, as she was part of a school idol group formed by Kanan, alongside
her and Mari. However, Mari had suffered an injury right before their performance, so Kanan
and Dia decided to step down and not perform. This failure caused Dia to hide her interest in
school idols and initially try and prevent Chika's idol club from happening, but she later joins
Chika's group in Episode 9 after Mari and Kanan reconcile.

Personality
Dia is a very refined, polite and mature young woman who speaks in a formal style of Japanese,
regarding all of her friends with politeness by referring to each of them as "-san", and usually
ending her phrases with "-desu wa." Strict, hardworking, and a bit of a perfectionist, she dislikes
it when things are done sloppily or incorrectly, which is part of the reason why she initially
rejected Chika's application for a school idol club. She is very meticulous regarding small details,
as far as going on tirades regarding the unorthodox reading of certain Kanji.[3]

Though always trying to remain dignified and serious, Dia has a short temper, and she can be
quite brash and melodramatic, while she also has a smily heart and is very kind to her group.
Whenever she denies something, she uses her catchphrase "Buu buu desu wa!" (ブッブーです
わ！ "Bzzt bzzt, it is not!"), as if imitating a buzzer. She also tends to become overly zealous
when school idols are involved, as she is very passionate about the subject, which becomes
apparent in Season 1 Episode 2.
Because Dia can be quite harsh, she initially had the most difficulty in getting along with the rest
of Aqours with the exception of her fellow Third Years, despite being adaptable like Ruby (as
seen in Season 2 Episode 2); this is especially notable when referring to the Second Years.
Although she is formal and polite, she also wishes the rest of the group referred to her as a friend
by using more informal pronouns much like her fellow Third Years, despite referring to them
with politeness. After Season 2 Episode 4, she becomes more patient towards them, and the
group refers to her informally more often, displaying more closeness to them.

Dia can be described as a tsundere. While she is strict with a tough exterior, Dia is genuinely
kind deep down and cares for all of her friends, particularly her younger sister Ruby, whom she
is very protective and nurturing of. She wants nothing less than total success for Aqours, and
constantly pushes herself and her friends to be the best they can possibly be in order to achieve
their goals. After the events of Season 1 Episode 7 and Episode 8, she expresses the group her
support for them, revealing part of the reason why she initially rejected the application for their
school idol group is that she was afraid they would be demoralized in the same fashion she was
in the past, demonstrating a soft side to her. Season 1 Episode 9 also reveals that, due to her close
friendship with her fellow Third Years', she can have difficulty at settling down a harsh
discussion, as she becomes insecure at which side to pick.

According to Mari and Kanan, Dia has a habit of scratching her beauty mark when she is telling
a lie. Flashbacks of her younger self on certain episodes also reveal she used to be much like her
sister Ruby, fairly timid, fearful and easily moved to tears, though she did start to develop her
more serious side as time passed.

Clubs and Hobbies

She is Uranohoshi Girls' High School's Student Council President. She is skilled in playing the
Yamatogoto, and Kitsuke, the art of wearing a kimono. Her hobbies are watching movies and
reading.[1] She is also revealed to be an avid fan of school idols, namely μ's, although she
refused to admit it at first.

Appearance
Dia has a slim figure. She has long, brownish black hair that she styles in straight bangs on each
side and turquoise eyes. She has a beauty mark on the lower right side of her mouth.
Hanamaru Kunikida (国木田花丸 : Kunikida
Hanamaru)

Year : First Year

Birthday : March 4 (Pisces)

Gender : Female

Blood Type :O

Height : 152 cm

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Background
Hanamaru, known as "Maru" for short (by herself and her friends), is a first year student and the
daughter of a family who has run a nearby temple for generations. She lives with her
grandparents, and since she does not have a computer, she often reads a lot. Hanamaru is Ruby
Kurosawa's best friend, and both are often seen near the other. She also attended the same
kindergarten as Yoshiko Tsushima, also one of her friends. Hanamaru has a distinctive verbal tic
and dialect, tending to end her sentences with "zura" (ずら), as well as using "ora" as a first-
person pronoun to refer to herself.

In the anime, in the first episode, Hanamaru and Ruby are quickly approached by Chika Takami,
who invites them to be school idols. Confused, Hanamaru quickly dismisses the invitation. It is
later revealed in Season 1 Episode 4 that Hanamaru actually was interested in school idols,
especially after seeing a picture of Rin Hoshizora from µ's, but couldn't bring herself to being a
school idol herself because of her appearance and lack of physical condition. She talks Ruby's
sister, Dia Kurosawa, into paying attention to what her sister actually wants, which was being a
school idol. After Ruby joins Aqours, she tells Hanamaru about the story of Rin and µ's, and
Hanamaru finally decides to join Aqours, supporting Ruby in her endeavor.

Personality
Hanamaru is a hardworking girl who diligently works at her family's temple. She spends a lot of
time reading alone and is easily distracted by books. Since she was raised as a temple girl,
Hanamaru does not watch the television much, nor does she use the internet, making her
outdated. Because of this, she is fascinated with modern technology, yelling her catchphrase
"Mirai zura!" (未来ずら "It's the future, zura!") when she sees something advanced such as a
computer. She was often teased due to this, but was usually defended by her best friend Ruby;
however, the first time it happened, Ruby ended up crying, causing Hanamaru to comfort her
instead.

Hanamaru seems to be quite self-depreciating, calling herself a "chibi procrastinator" and

"neither cute nor interesting". She aspires to be like Ruby, whom she sees as "beautiful, cute and
dazzling". She is also gentle and caring for those around her. Despite her appearance, Hanamaru
is also smart and not easily fooled.

Due to the fact the Second Years are considered "the heart" of Aqours, Hanamaru has some
difficulty relating to the Third Years, which is shared with Yoshiko; this is due to her preference
for the indoors and for calmer activities. Season 2 Episode 2 explores this, and after a rainy
evening forces the girls to stay indoors, the First and Third Years are able to relate to the others,
with Hanamaru seemingly relating to Kanan Matsuura the most.

Hanamaru is shown to have a playful and mischievous side; this is especially present when she
teases Yoshiko's Fallen Angel behavior and her embarrassing moments (often alongside Ruby),
which annoys Yoshiko all the time. She has a surprisingly large appetite, able to eat a food
helping quickly and often asking for another one immediately after, and is usually seen eating
sweets in the background, the most common of them being a roll of noppo bread.

In Season 1 Episode 4, Hanamaru stated that since she was little, she was a quiet girl who played
off to the side.

Clubs and Hobbies

She is a gifted singer, earning her a spot in a choir. She loves reading and has a deep fondness for
Japanese literature, often spending most of her time in the school library, which she helps out at.
Her ambition is to become a writer some day.[1]

Appearance
Hanamaru is short with a slim figure with brownish gold-colored hair and amber eyes.

Kanan Matsuura (松浦果南 : Matsuura Kanan)

Year : Third Year

Birthday : February 10 (Aquarius)

Gender : Female

Blood Type :O

Height : 162 cm

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Background
Kanan is a third year student living on the offshore island of Awashima with her grandfather,
who runs a diving shop there. In the anime, she has a hard time attending classes as she must
take care of the shop while her father recovers from a fractured bone. She is able to attend
classes from Season 1 Episode 9 onward. Kanan is childhood friends with Chika Takami, You
Watanabe, Dia Kurosawa and Mari Ohara.
In Season 1 Episode 6, Episode 8 and Episode 9, it is revealed Kanan had actually formed a
school idol group with Mari and Dia two years ago, having convinced the former to join.
However, Mari had suffered an injury right before their performance, so she and Dia decided to
step down and not perform. After Mari travels to study abroad, she becomes more distant to her
peers. It is until Mari learns the truth when Kanan reconciles with her old friend, and decides to
become a school idol once again.

Personality
Breezily mature, Kanan rarely sweats the details and usually maintains a calm, cool demeanor,
even when at an impasse. Though she may seem a bit bland at first, she loves sports and nature,
claiming that she is happy every day just by being able to see the dazzling sun, the blue skies and
the sea. She isn't as talkative as her fellow Third Years', speaking the least of them in the anime,
but is nevertheless friendly and laid-back.

Kanan is a very kind, warm-hearted and altruistic individual. She deeply cares for her friends,
being very supportive and often putting their needs above her own, going to great lengths to
ensure they get what she thinks is best for them. However, due to this, Kanan can fail to realize
the others' feelings the same way she does, and she will go to the same lengths to hide the truth if
it will hurt the person. This particularly caused her friend, Mari, to accept the chance of studying
abroad when in reality she didn't want to, as Mari was content with being with her friends.

After Mari goes to study abroad, this causes Kanan to live with the weight of her lie, acting much
more distant and aloof to Mari when she returns a year and a half later to Uranohoshi. When
Mari learns the truth in Season 1 Episode 9, confronting Kanan and expressing how much she
cares for her, Kanan finally reconciles with her old friend, stops being distant, and becomes
friendly once again.

Due to the fact the Second Years are considered "the heart" of Aqours, Kanan has some difficulty
relating to the First Years', which is shared with Mari; this is due to her preference for the
outdoors and for sports. Season 2 Episode 2 explores this, and after a rainy evening forces the
girls to stay indoors, the First and Third Years' are able to relate to the others, with Kanan
seemingly relating to Hanamaru Kunikida the most.

While athletic, mature and composed, Kanan has a sweet and soft personality. She is afraid of
strange, creaking sounds as seen in Season 2 Episode 2, and afraid of heights as seen in Season 2
Episode 8. She also likes hugs ever since her childhood, and will often hug her friends if given
the opportunity, usually declaring her catchphrase "Hagu shiyo" (ハグしよ "Let's hug") before
so.

Although Kanan is intelligent and level-headed, she doesn't get very good grades. This is due to
her poor attendance at school due to the fact she must help her family with work; that said, it's
also seen she doesn't like reading and easily gets tired of it.

Clubs and Hobbies

She is talented in diving and ship handling, likely from being brought up in a diving-gear shop.
She also loves astronomical observation and swimming.[1] She has incredible stamina as she
often goes diving and jogs everyday in the morning, which causes the rest of Aqours to find it
difficult to keep up with her. During practice, she leads the training of the group.

Appearance
Kanan has an athletic figure. She has long, dark blue hair that she ties into a high ponytail and
purple eyes. She's often considered to be physically very attractive.

Mari Ohara (小原鞠莉 : Ohara Mari)

Year : Third Year

Birthday : June 13 (Gemini)

Gender : Female

Blood Type : AB

Height : 163 cm

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Background
Mari is a third year student whose parents (her mother and Italian-American father) manage a
hotel chain, Ohara Hotels and Resorts, including Hotel Ohara on Awashima Island (based on the
actual Awashima Hotel, currently the Wyndham Grand Awashima) where Mari lives in a suite,
which proves her upbringing from a very wealthy family. She's childhood friends with Kanan
Matsuura and Dia Kurosawa, knowing them since elementary school.

Due to her part Italian-American upbringing, Mari speaks with an accent and often inserts
English words into her speech every few lines (in the English dub, the English words are
replaced with Italian words). She also tends to speak in third-person.

She is first seen in the first episode flying in the family's helicopter, before formally appearing in
Episode 3, where she becomes the chairwoman of Uranohoshi Girls' High School (despite still
being a student) after her family contributed a large amount of money to the school. Season 1
Episode 6, Episode 8 and Episode 9 reveal that she, Kanan and Dia formed a school idol group
two years ago while on their first year, Kanan having convinced Mari to join. However, Mari had
suffered an injury right before an important performance, so Kanan and Dia decided to step
down and not perform. Later on, Mari leaves Uchiura to study abroad after the three disband
their school idol group. Once Mari learns the truth in Episode 9, she confronts Kanan over it, but
both reconcile with the other and decide to become school idols once again, joining Aqours
alongside Dia.

Personality
Mari has a cheerful, eccentric and mischievous personality, makes many jokes, and often prefers
to work by herself. She always keeps her chin up when faced with hardship so as not to burden
others, and is ready to try her hand at anything. However, as a half-foreigner, she does not feel
that she is very suited to being a Japanese-style idol.

Despite Mari's cheerful personality, there are times when she can be serious as shown in Season
1 Episode 9.

Mari speaks with an accent, and she has a high, cheerful voice. Mari often inserts English words
(Italian in the English dub) into her sentences, but when she is sad or serious, the pitch of her
voice becomes lower, she loses her accent, and she uses English words less.

Clubs and Hobbies

Mari's hobbies include sports and horseback riding, and her talent is in her flexibility and
singing. Her favorite genre of music is industrial metal, as stated in her official introduction and
as shown in Season 2 Episode 2.

Appearance
Mari has a slim figure with light blond hair that she has tied into a braided headband with a loop
on the left side and bright yellow eyes.

Riko Sakurauchi (桜内梨子 : Sakurauchi Riko)

Year : Second Year

Birthday : September 19 (Virgo)

Gender : Female

Blood Type :A

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Background
Riko is a second year transfer student from Otonokizaka High School, who joined Uranohoshi
after moving from Akihabara, Tokyo. She is in Chika Takami's class and is also neighbors with
her.

When Riko lived in Tokyo, she used to play the piano, practicing in the same room as former
student and μ's member Maki Nishikino did at Otonokizaka. However, an incident happened at a
live play on which she was unable to play the piano due to scenic panic, and since then she
wasn't able to improve on her play. After moving to Uchiura, Chika learns of this in Season 1
Episode 2, and suggests that Riko should become a school idol with her and You Watanabe, in
hopes it would inspire Riko.

Personality
Riko is a reserved, kind, polite and modest girl who likes indoor activities, acting as a foil to her
friends, the more energetic Chika and You. She is rather shy, but is nevertheless affable and
friendly. However, while she is calm and mature, she often flies into a panic when under
pressure, jumping to conclusions and making mistakes. Because of this, and a previous incident
on which she failed to play the piano in front of a live audience, she doesn't think she's special,
and doesn't want to become a school idol. However, her friend Chika drags her into it, in the
hopes this would inspire her to keep playing the piano.

In spite of her quiet and reserved personality, Riko has cynophobia: she loses her calm when she
sees a dog (or anything she deems similar to one), to the point of moving recklessly when faced
with one directly. This is commonly seen throughout most of Season 1 (starting with Episode 2)
and is finally expanded upon in Season 2 Episode 5. After she and Yoshiko Tsushima temporarily
take care of a dog in the same episode, her fear of dogs is revoked and she eventually
understands she likes them, getting her own in Season 2 Episode 13.

Riko can also be quite playful, this is especially seen with Chika, an example being when she
copies Chika's "normal monster" act to help Chika combat her hopelessness in Season 2 Epsiode
1. Additionally, after the events of Season 2 Episode 5, her interactions with Yoshiko cause Riko
to start acting like her at times and be called "Lili" (Riri) by her, which annoys Riko. (This name
is derived from Lilith, a demon in Jewish mythology, and is also the double pronunciation of the
first syllable of her name.)

Riko is also a fan of certain types of girls' love doujinshi, and is very timid about this. As seen in
Season 1 Episode 7 and Episode 12, when her friends see her with said doujinshi, she panics and
acts defensively by hiding them, saying they were only gifts.

Clubs and Hobbies

Her talents are playing the piano and viola, she is also the composer for Aqours. Her hobbies are
painting, handicraft, and cooking.[1] She is also a fan of doujinshi manga belonging to two niche
sub-genres of kabedon and agokui, under the girls' love (ガールズラブ gāruzu rabu) or yuri (百
合 yuri) genre.
Appearance
Riko has a slim figure. She has burgundy hair that she ties into a half ponytail and gold-colored
eyes.

Ruby Kurosawa (黒澤ルビィ : Kurosawa Rubī)

Year : First Year

Birthday : September 21 (Virgo)

Gender : Female

Blood Type :A

Height : 154 cm

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Background
Ruby is a first year student who is the younger sister of Dia Kurosawa, who she shares a strong
bond with. She is from an old family involved in fishing management whose name is well-
known around the area. The Kurosawa family also owns a number of companies including real
estate, entertainment, human resources and restaurant management. Ruby is almost always
nearby her best friend, Hanamaru Kunikida.

In the anime, in the first episode, Ruby is shown to display a big interest for school idols. Season
1 Episode 4 shows that she used to be a fan of school idols, sharing this hobby with Dia,
although something caused her older sister to seemingly lose that interest, which is revealed in
Season 1 Episode 6, Episode 8 and Episode 9 to be Dia's failure as a school idol. Ruby's love for
school idols remained intact, but the event made her secretly keep it away from her sister. She
later joins Aqours in Season 1 Episode 4, after counting with her sister's support.

Personality
Ruby is very shy and timid, which makes it hard for her to get along with other people. She has a
tendency to utter or scream "Pigii!!!" when she doesn't like something; in the event she screams,
her face will turn red as she does so. She has never talked to any males besides her father before,
so she has always been bad at dealing with the male gender. Although she is fearful and easily
upset, she does has a tough interior forged by her role as the daughter of a rich, well-known
family.

Ruby is very close to her friend, Hanamaru Kunikida. She also meets Leah Kazuno in TOKYO,
which she also becomes very close with.

From a different perspective, Ruby is adaptable and mostly admired by her friends, and they
support her no matter what; despite the fact the Second Years are considered "the heart" of
Aqours, Ruby does not have difficulty getting along with the rest of the group unlike her fellow
First Years' or the Third Years', as seen in Season 2 Episode 2. Her catchphrase is "Ganbarubii!"
(がんばルビィ！ lit. "Rubesty"), a portmanteau between "ganbaru" (頑張る try with full effort)
and her own name; she uses this phrase to encourage herself or others to do their very best. Ruby
also speaks in the third person from time to time, just like Hanamaru. However, she tends to use
"watashi" as a first-person pronoun.

Due to the strong bond she shares with her sister Dia, Ruby will immediately display her tough
interior and defend her sister when a negative point of her is brought up, as seen in Season 2
Episode 8. Ruby is also shown to have a playful and mischievous side of her when she teases
Yoshiko Tsushima's Fallen Angel behavior and her embarrassing moments (alongside
Hanamaru), which annoys Yoshiko all the time. She also despises spicy food, as seen in Season 1
Epsiode 10, when she eats a takoyaki filled with tobasco sauce instead of octopus sauce.

Clubs and Hobbies

Her hobbies are needlework and fashion. Her talent is in coordinating outfits, which makes her,
alongside You Watanabe, Aqours' wardrobe supervisor. Like her sister Dia, she displays an
admiration for other idols, despite coming from a traditional family.

Appearance
Ruby is short with a slim figure and semi-long red hair which she ties into twintails and
turquoise eyes.

Yoshiko Tsushima (津島善子 : Tsushima Yoshiko)

Year : First Year

Birthday : July 13 (Cancer)

Gender : Female

Blood Type :O

Height : 156 cm

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Background
Yoshiko is a first year student who was born in the urban side of the city of Numazu. She
attended the same kindergarten as her friend Hanamaru Kunikida, who she calls as "Zuramaru"
(ずら丸). Her mother is a teacher at a school.

Yoshiko likes the "little devil" look and proclaims herself to be "Yohane, the Fallen Angel" (堕だ
天てん使しヨハネ Datenshi Yohane), an angel who has angered God and was cast from the
heavens to Earth for it, developing a human body which is merely a vessel to which her soul is
bound to. She has developed this persona since she was in kindergarten, and fully embraced it
during middle school. Because of this, it is implied she didn't have many friends during that time.

Yoshiko meets up with her old kindergarten friend Hanamaru, as well as Chika Takami, You
Watanabe and Ruby Kurosawa in the first episode, though she acts like "Yohane" during that
time until Hanamaru drives her to act normally. In the following episode, she attends class but
immediately escapes after acting like "Yohane" once again. Finally on Episode 5, she is found by
Hanamaru to be hiding on school, and is invited by Chika to form part of Aqours. After the group
tries to adopt her "fallen angel" style, however, she leaves the group for causing them trouble
with the student council president. She officially joins the group the same episode after they
assure her they were okay with her "fallen angel" persona.

Personality
Yoshiko seems to be a chuunibyou, a person who holds delusions of grandeur. Bright, self-
assured, smart, and thoughtful, Yoshiko has a persona who she describes as "Yohane", a "fallen
angel" who has angered God and was cast from the heavens to Earth. Apparently, a side effect to
being a "fallen angel" is that she is cursed with extremely bad luck, running into all kinds of
unforeseen trouble wherever she goes: raining whenever she goes on trips, falling whenever it
snows, not winning anything from lucky draws in convenience stores, falling sick right before
exams, and so on. Because of this, she often blames herself for Aqours' misfortunes. Through her
delusional persona, Yoshiko acts dramatic, cunning, and a bit devious, and often goes as far as
using dark, devilish accessories or clothing to further accentuate her "fallen angel" look as
"Yohane". When acting like her, Yoshiko's voice is significantly lower-pitched.

Yoshiko has embraced this side of herself so much, she hates to be called by her real name and
demands to be referred to as "Yohane" instead, going as far as to cross out her real name in her
introduction and replace it as such. As a result of embracing her "Yohane" side, it is hard for
Yoshiko to act like a normal person (something she herself is aware of). This causes her
difficulty to get along properly with her classmates and, at times, the rest of Aqours. She is often
teased by her friends Ruby and Hanamaru for acting like "Yohane", which is annoying for her.
Such moments can cause her voice to reveal her actual, high-pitched, voice.

In spite of all this, Yoshiko isn't ill-willed by nature; she does treasure her friendship with the rest
of Aqours for accepting her "Yohane" side; this is most evident with Ruby and Hanamaru, as
shown in Season 1 Episode 13. Additionally, she affectionately refers to her friends as "little
demons" (リトルデーモン ritorudēmon), particularly Riko Sakurauchi, whom she refers to as
"Little Demon Lili/Riri. Despite her "Yohane" side, Yoshiko is also able to pull off a normal
conversation when it's really needed, most notably in Season 2 Episode 9.

Due to the fact the second-years are considered "the heart" of Aqours, Yoshiko has some
difficulty relating to the third-years, which is shared with Hanamaru; this is due to her preference
for the indoors and for calmer activities. Season 2 Episode 2 explores this, and after a rainy
evening forces the girls to stay indoors, the first and third years are able to relate to the others
(Yoshiko seemingly relating to Mari Ohara the most).

Yoshiko likes extremely spicy food, as shown in Season 1 Episode 10, where she ate takoyaki
filled with Tabasco sauce. She also dislikes coffee.[2]

Clubs and Hobbies

Yoshiko is skilled at playing video games, her favorite genres being fighting games and racing
games. She is also talented at performing magic tricks and video editing, acting as the video
editor for Aqours. Her biggest hobby is dressing up like a little devil[1] and streaming herself on
the internet, where she does fortune telling.
Appearance
Yoshiko has a slim figure. She has navy blue hair that she styles into a high bun on the right side
and pink eyes.

You Watanabe (渡辺曜 : Watanabe You)

Year : Second Year

Birthday : April 17 (Aries)

Gender : Female

Blood Type : AB

Height : 157 cm

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Background
She is a second year and a classmate of Chika Takami, who is her childhood friend along with
Kanan Matsuura. She is in class 1 and is student number 28. Her father captains a ferry, and she
would like to have his job someday. Her catchphrase is "Yousoro!" (ヨーソロー！ lit. Aye
Aye!), on which she salutes like a sailor. This is often accompanied by the phrase "Zensoku
zenshin!" (全速前進！ Full speed ahead!). She also has a cousin named Tsuki Watanabe, who
lived in Italy.

In the first episode, on a trip to Tokyo with Chika, the two learned about school idols and the
Love Live! tournament after seeing a screen with school idols at the Akiba Dome, including µ's.
After Chika becomes fascinated with the idea of school idols, You follows her into opening a
school idol club of their own in their high school.

Personality
You is an energetic, tomboyish, and positive girl with an outlook of focusing on her goals, which
can sometimes cause her to take action without thinking things over first. Her positive attitude
also makes her one of the more charismatic members of the group. Since she would like to have
her father's job as the captain of a ferry, she tends to salute when she says her catchphrase
"Yousoro!", often in the place of "hello" and "good-bye".

You loves the friendship she has forged with Chika over the years, so she slowly grows jealous
of Riko Sakurauchi's friendship with Chika when she invites her to join Aqours. This is hinted in
Season 1 Episode 10, and is expanded upon in Season 1 Episode 11 when the members of
Aqours find out the group originally consisted of her and Chika, rather than Chika and Riko.
After Mari Ohara confronts her on it, You expresses her feelings to her best friend, and stops
being jealous of Riko.

Clubs and Hobbies

Due to her upbringing, her daily routine includes weight training and running. You is shown to
have many talents: one of them is high diving, and she is good enough at it to qualify for the
national team. She can also intuitively forecast the weather. She is also a very good chef, able to
cook and turn Yoshiko Tsushima's and Mari's prepared dishes into curry as seen in Season 1
Episode 10. She loves the uniforms of uniformed occupations[1], which is why she acts as
Aqours's wardrobe supervisor alongside Ruby Kurosawa, able to illustrate concept art of idol
costumes and make them with no prior experience.
Appearance
You has a slim figure and is athletic. She has curly greyish light brown hair that reaches her
shoulders and has light blue eyes.