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The Idolmaster (anime)/Characters


These are the characters from both The Idolmaster and The Idolmaster 2 games and the The Idolmaster anime.

Main Idols (765 Production)

Main Idols (765 Production)

The focus of much of the story of both the games and the anime adaptation.

Everything between parentheses on the profiles means that they changed and/or were added by "THE iDOLM@STER 2".

Haruka Amami

Voiced by: Eriko Nakamura (Main), Yuka Iguchi (Xenoglossia)

Age: 16 (17)

Height: 158cm

Weight: 45kg (46kg)

Birthday: April 3rd

Blood type: O

Three sizes: 83-56-80 (83-56-82)

Hobbies: Telling jokes, karaoke, (talking on the phone)

The main character; a cheerful, hard-working 16-year-old.

  • Big Bad: Okay, not really, but in the in-universe Mujin Gattai Kisaragi movie she is cast as this. She seems to have enjoyed it.
  • Character Tics—When in thought she tends to look up and to the right or left. A part of the fandom ran away with it and created "Nonowa."
    • Ascended Meme -- "Nonowa" appears in Episode 7 of the anime, while Hibiki was tending to Yayoi's younger siblings.
  • Clark Kenting: In the anime.
  • Cute Clumsy Girl—Unless she's focusing really hard on her movements, such as when dancing, she will fall over her own feet. She considers not tripping once in a day an accomplishment.
  • Dojikko—Established as her most defining trait in the anime. But the middle and end, it's completely forgotten about.
  • Enforced Method Acting—In universe; Haruka gives a heartbreaking performance in a musical she was auditioning for the main role which she got. But it was caused because she was still traumatized by the Producer's life threatening accident that she blames herself for.
  • Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs: Her ribbons. She always carries them. Always.
  • Genki Girl—Though not as much as Yayoi...
  • Green Eyes
  • Idiot Hero
  • Image Song -- "Taiyou no Jealousy", "I Want", "Otome yo, Taishi wo Idake", and "START!!"
  • Lethal Chef
  • Nice Girl
  • One-Note Cook—Can't cook anything edible other than sweets. Averted in the anime where she manages to fix a dish after Chihaya gives her the wrong sauce.
  • Plucky Girl: Her defining trait. Her optimism is the glue that holds the group up.
  • Ridiculously Average Guy—Even the President thinks she is. What sets her apart is her infectious optimism.
  • Standardized Leader
  • Yandere: Some fans' interpretation of Black Haruka.

Chihaya Kisaragi

Voiced by: Asami Imai (Main), Kaori Shimizu (Xenoglossia)

Age: 15 (16)

Height: 162 cm

Weight: 41 kg

Birthday: February 25th

Blood type: A

Three sizes: 72-55-78

Hobbies: Listening to music, (Training)

A talented and serious 15-year-old who became an idol in order to improve her singing. She isn't really thrilled by the flashier aspects of her career, and is rather fond of classical music.

  • A-Cup Angst -- Flanderized amongst fanworks. It doesn't help that come iM@S2 she's the only idol whose bustline hasn't grown an inch. The anime even lampshades on this comes the Beach Episode.
  • Adaptation Dye Job—Chihaya's hair started off black with a slight blue tinge. It graduated to full on blue from the 360 port and onward.
  • Brown Eyes
  • The Comically Serious
  • Cry Cute -- The end of Episode 20, after finishing her song at the end of 765's autumn concert, even as she sees a younger specter of herself and Yuu apparently watching her sing.
  • Dark and Troubled Past -- Her parents started fighting all the time ever since her little brother Yuu died when he got ran over in a parking lot.
  • Fairy Tale Motifs—Chihaya's character is built around symbols of the bluebird of happiness (two of her image songs, Aoi Tori and Nemuri Hime, contain direct references), which ties into her desire to handle her life herself and find meaning her own way. The anime abandons this part of her character arc completely.
  • Famed in Story—By the time of the 2nd Vision games.
  • First-Name Basis—In the games, upon the first meeting, she demands Producer to call her "Chihaya". In fact, she doesn't like being called by her family name.
  • Hey, It's That Voice! -- Tsubaki Yayoi, now with smaller chest.
  • Hopeless with Tech - Wich is kind of weird since she's the one assigned to do the Audio Tech's job during their first stage performance on episode 3 of the anime.
  • Ill Girl—In iM@S2, she has a fever twice throughout the story. It is a sign of her chronic throat inflammation.
  • Image Song -- "Aoi Tori", "Me ga Au Toki", "arcadia", and "Nemurihime".
  • Not So Stoic—She has been known to crack up at the lamest jokes.
  • Serious Business—Her attitude toward singing. She's not fond of any "extracurricular" activity that entails her career, and spends her free time listening to classical music.
  • Stepford Smiler—Pretends so hard to be cheerful for the Producer.
  • Sugar and Ice Girl
  • Unwinnable—In the original Arcade game, she is notoriously prone to this. She gains only slight improvements to her tension in events, but large losses if you say the wrong thing, or mess up on a lesson minigame. Because you're working on a time limit, her tension going too low results in an inescapable death spiral. Thankfully, the console version can do a Save Scumming to prevent it.
    • Did the Research—This is entirely realistic for a character with depression and social anxiety.
  • You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Yukiho Hagiwara

Voiced by: Yurika Ochiai (iM@S) and Asami Asakura (iM@S2, Anime), Yui Horie (Xenoglossia)

Age: 16 (17)

Height: 154 cm (155 cm)

Weight: 40 kg (42 kg)

Birthday: December 24th

Blood type: A

Three sizes: 80-55-81 (81-56-81)

Hobbies: Writing Poems, Japanese Tea, (Blogging)

A painfully shy 16-year-old from a traditional household who's prone to frequently bursting out in tears. She became an idol hoping to shed her fragile persona.

Yayoi Takatsuki

Voiced by: Mayako Nigo (Main), Ami Koshimizu (Xenoglossia)

Age: 13 (14)

Height: 145 cm

Weight: 37 kg

Birthday: March 25th

Blood type: O

Three sizes: 75-54-77 (75-54-78)

Hobbies: Othello, (Baseball, Gardening)

An "ALWAYS 200% GENKI!!" 14-year-old from a poor family and the eldest of six children. Making a living for her family was part of the reason she joined 765.

Ritsuko Akizuki

Voiced by: Naomi Wakabayashi (Main), Mai Nakahara (Xenoglossia)

Age: 18 (19)

Height: 156cm

Weight: 43 kg

Birthday: June 23rd

Blood type: A

Three sizes: 85-57-85

Hobbies Im@s: Analyzing paperwork, Management

Hobbies Im@s 2: Qualifications, Analysis, Volunteering

A focused, industrious 18-year-old who originally joined 765 as an intern, but became an idol due to shortage of talents. Even as an idol she still handles the business side of her career.

In iM@S2, she becomes the producer of Ryuuguu Komachi.

Azusa Miura

Voiced by: Chiaki Takahashi (Main), Tomo Sakurai (Xenoglossia)

Age: 20 (21)

Height: 168 cm

Weight: 48 kg

Birthday: July 19th

Blood type: O

Three sizes: 91-59-86

Hobbies: Dog Walking, (Café hopping)

The oldest of the idols at age 20, Azusa is an easygoing, hopeless romantic. She became an idol hoping to gain more attention and ultimately find her "destined one."

In iM@S2, she is a member of Ryuuguu Komachi.

  • Actor Allusion—In the anime, though not to her seiyuu's previous roles but her previous job as a gravure idol. Azusa was asked to do an audition of gravure idol and was asked to pose. Cue Male Gaze. On boobs.
  • Adaptation Dye Job—Like Chihaya, her hair started off black. It changed to blue in the 360 port, then a dark purple in the SP games. As of iM@S2 it has gone back to blue.
  • Catch Phrase—Due to her overall ditzy innocence, it may as well be "Ara ara..." (or sometimes just one "Ara") (or "Oh my...")
  • Cool Big Sis
  • Christmas Cake—She isn't one yet, but it's pretty clear the chance of becoming one fuels her search for a significant other.
  • Expository Hairstyle Change—In iM@S2, and a few episodes into the 2011 anime, she has cut her hair to a short bob.
  • The Ditz
  • Hello, Nurse!—Mostly in the anime, there's nearly NO men who'd pass up on asking her out for a date (even if she's clueless and probably refusing). Which leads to...
    • So Beautiful It's a Curse—The entire cityscape (and even the zoo animals) end up entranced by her beauty when she runs through the streets in a wedding dress. Eventually it starts a stampede.
  • Hey, It's That Voice!—It's Litchi "Boobie Lady" Faye-Ling (yes, Azusa may as well be Idolmaster's Boobie Lady). Also, she's Omotchama in the 2008 remake of Yatterman.
  • Idiot Hair—Which becomes weaponized in her 'counterpart' in Mujin Gattai Kisaragi, the AzuScythe.
  • Image Song -- "9:02 pm", "Tonari ni...", "Mythmaker", "Lovely"
  • The Ingenue
  • No Sense of Direction


Iori Minase

Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya (Main), Yukari Tamura (Xenoglossia)

Age: 14 (15)

Height: 150 cm (153 cm)

Weight: 39 kg (40 kg)

Birthday: May 5th

Blood type: AB

Three sizes: 77-54-79

Hobbies Im@s: Traveling overseas, Shopping

Hobbies Im@s 2: Traveling, Eating Out

The rich, spoiled 14-year-old daughter of a corporation CEO acquainted with 765's president. She is sickeningly sweet towards complete strangers, but incredibly sharp-tongued to everyone else (i.e., the staff, her fellow idols, and even the producer). She became an idol to prove to her father that she could become successful on her own terms.

In iM@S2, she is a member of Ryuuguu Komachi.

Makoto Kikuchi

Voiced by: Hiromi Hirata (Main), Eri Kitamura (Xenoglossia)

Age: 16 (17)

Height: 157 cm (159 cm)

Weight: 42 kg (44 kg)

Birthday: August 29th

Blood type: O

Three sizes: 73-56-76 (75-57-78)

Hobbies: Sports, (Collecting stuffed animals)

16-year-old Makoto was raised as a boy by her father, who always wanted a son. As such, she uses masculine pronouns and is good at sports and karate, and gets more attention from girls than boys. Ultimately she came to resent it, wishing she could be more feminine and get more attention from boys, so she became an idol to try to reinvent herself.

Ami and Mami Futami

Voiced by: Asami Shimoda (Main, both), Kaori Nazuka (Ami, Xenoglossia), Momoko Saito (Mami, Xenoglossia)

Age: 12 (13)

Height: 149 cm (158 cm)

Weight: 39 kg (42 kg)

Birthday: May 22nd

Blood type: B

Three sizes: 74-53-77 (78-55-77)

Hobbies Im@s: Text messaging, Imitating others

Hobbies Im@s 2: Ecology (Only Ami), Playing Games (Only Mami), Text Messaging (both)

A pair of hyperactive 12-year-old twins who became idols (and the youngest of the bunch) because it sounded fun. They take turns performing under Ami's name.

In iM@S2, Ami is a member of Ryuuguu Komachi while Mami is produced separately.

  • Bratty Half Pints
  • Buffy-Speak -- "If we become a super-cool-awesome idol, then everyday will be relaxing right?"
  • Dirty Kids—They have shades of this.
  • Divergent Character Evolution—If one pays attention in the arcade and first Xbox360 games, Mami turns out to be a little more mature than Ami. In the SP games, Takane figured out that they were two different people when she made eye-contact with Mami and saw that she was more mature. Come iM@S2, the twins get separate careers, Mami changes her hairstyle and Ami leaves, so it's likely that this will continue.
  • Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs
  • Expository Hairstyle Change: In iM@S2, Mami's hair is longer than Ami's, but she keeps it in a side ponytail.
  • Fashionable Asymmetry—Their cute&girly outfit in iM@S2. They have two different pairs of boots between them, having traded the left ones.
  • The Heroes—How they are cast in Mujin Gattai Kisaragi.
  • Hey, It's That Voice!—They share the same seiyuu with another famous pair of twins, Rin and Len Kagamine.
  • Huge Schoolgirls—Between the first game and the second, the twins shot up from the smallest idols to towering over girls several years their senior.
  • Image Song -- "Positive!", "Start Star", "Reimei Starline", "Jemmy" (Mami only), and "YOUou MYshin" (Ami only)
  • In the Name of the Moon—Word for word in Episode 9, complete with an over-the-top pose.

"With our little grey cells and seven-colored faces, the sexy girl detectives Ami and Mami, in the name of our Grandmother and Grandfather, and in the name of the moon, will capture the culprit."

Miki Hoshii

Voiced by: Akiko Hasegawa
Age: 14 (15)
Height: 159 cm (161 cm)
Weight: 44 kg (45 kg)
Birthday: November 23rd
Blood type: B
Three sizes: 84-55-82 (86-55-83)
Hobbies Im@s: Bird Watching, Talking to friends
Hobbies Im@s 2: Talking to friends, Nail art

Laid-back 14-year-old Miki thinks she can breeze through the idol ladder, given that she already gets good grades without much effort, gets 20 love confessions a day, and manages to stay in shape in spite of sleeping a lot. She debuted in the first game's Xbox 360 version, and is the only character to have an alternate story route.

Hibiki Ganaha

Voiced by: Manami Numakura
Age: 15 (16)
Height: 152 cm
Weight: 41 kg
Birthday: October 10th
Blood type: A
Three sizes: 86-58-83 (83-56-80)
Hobbies: Knitting, Table tennis, (Walking)

An energetic 15-year-old from Okinawa who loves to dance and sing. She became an idol to make people happy, and has a ridiculous number of pets ranging from the mundane to the bizarrely exotic. Hibiki was introduced in the iM@S SP as a member of Project Fairy, 961's production. In iM@S2, she is a part of 765 Production.

Takane Shijou

Voiced by: Yumi Hara
Age: 17 (18)
Height: 169 cm
Weight: 49 kg
Birthday: January 21st
Blood type: B
Three sizes: 90-62-92
Hobbies Im@s SP: Stargazing, Stage shows
Hobbies Im@s 2: Stargazing, History

An elegant and majestic 17-year-old from an unstated, far-off land, Takane was first introduced as a member of Project Fairy in iM@S SP. Although haughty, she's very polite to everyone, even her rivals. In iM@S2, she is a part of 765 Production.


Dearly Stars Idols

876 Production Idols

An idol stable exclusive to the Dearly Stars game.

  • Cameo: During Episode 10. They even get to sing the ending theme for that Episode.
    • They appear again during episode 25.
    • They can also be seen briefly during credits in episode 18.
  • Color Coded for Your Convenience: Just like their 765 counterparts.
  • True Companions

Ai Hidaka

Voiced by: Haruka Tomatsu
Age: 13
Height: 149 cm
Weight: 40 kg
Birthday: June 25th
Blood Type: O
Three Sizes: 78-55-79
Hobbies: Bargain Hunting, Goldfish scooping

13-year-old daughter of Mai, herself a once hugely popular idol. Growing up on tales of her mother's glory, little wonder she ended up wanting to become an idol herself. Unfortunately, she fails every audition she tries, until a chance meeting with Haruka, who felt she has potential and introduces her to 876.

  • Absurdly Youthful Mother—Mai was forced into retirement when she got pregnant at age 15 (and still at the peak of her career) with Ai. Fourteen years later, when now 29-year-old Mai decides to rejoin the business, she's understandably still very hot.
  • Ascended Fangirl
  • Calling the Old Lady Out—Ai and Mai had a falling-out after the latter's comeback, and are rivals for several chapters of Ai's story.
  • Cute Bruiser—She beats up Ryo more than once across the different stories.
  • Determinator
  • Expy—Of Haruka.
  • Genki Girl
  • Image Song -- "ALIVE" and "Hanamaru"
  • Inelegant Blubbering—Part of her friendship with Yukiho stems from both being prone to cry a lot. The difference is where Yukiho mostly whimpers, Ai sounds the foghorn.
  • No Indoor Voice
  • Stacy's Mom—Ai is the Stacy in this case.
  • Stage Mom—A subtle case, but the tales of Ai's mother made her desperate for a moment in the spotlight.
  • Stuck in Their Shadow -- In-Universe, Ai fears this when her manager says she could become a big success just by namedropping her famous mother, saying she wants to become an idol based on her own ability. A fear which turns out to be entirely justified.

Eri Mizutani

Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa
Age: 15
Height: 152 cm
Weight: 36 kg
Birthday: March 7th
Blood Type: B
Three Sizes: 82-53-76
Hobbies: Video editing, Jigsaw puzzles

15-year-old Eri was a hikikimori and an internet celebrity known as "ELLIE". One day, however, she is scouted by a producer from 876 to become a real idol, a prospect Eri is naturally very nervous about.

Ryo Akizuki

Voiced by: Yuko Sanpei
Age: 15
Height: 162 cm
Weight: 54 kg
Birthday: September 15th
Blood Type: O
Three Sizes: 80-58-80 (yes, really. Go figure.)
Hobbies: Cleaning, Cooking

A soft spoken 15-year-old boy and Ritsuko's cousin. Fed up with his lack of luck with girls and unwanted luck with boys, he asked Ritsuko for help in turning him into the kind of cool, handsome idol that women would love. She introduced him to 876, where he is promptly put into a frilly pink dress and pushed onstage in a desperate attempt to save a show after the actual performer is a no-show.

Other Dearly Star Idols

Yumeko Sakurai

Voiced by: Sayuri Yahagi (NeueGreen Drama CD)

Ryo's fellow idol and rival in his storyline. Though she maintains an image of being cute and innocent, she uses incredibly dirty tactics to claw her way to the top, such as giving out candies that clog the vocal cords of her rivals, or sabotaging the stage so the other contestants screw up.


Project Jupiter

Project Jupiter

From left to right: Hokuto, Touma, Shouta

961 Production's idol unit in iM@S2. Basically an idol group of bishies.

  • Darker and Edgier—the boys have a distinctly darker sound. Just compare "Alice or Guilty" to the girls' "The World Is All One" or "Shiny Smile".
    • And then "Koi wo Hajimeyou" happened...
  • Mr. Fanservice
  • Even Evil Has Standards—Or at least "Hypercompetitive Idols with a Penchant for Serious Business": once they learn how low Kuroi would stoop to ruin the innocent idols of 765 Pro, they decide to call it quits.
  • Graceful Loser—In the game, even after losing to the girls in the Idol Awards, the boys bear no ill will against them and congratulates them. Kuroi on the other hand...
  • Jerkass—In the anime, as Haruka first witnessed. Or at least that's how they appear to be no thanks to Kuroi manipulating them into thinking that 765's idols are "corrupt".
    • Recycled Script—Their anime plotline has a lot of elements borrowed from the Project Fairy storyline in the SP games, and Kuroi fueling rivalry between idol groups with over-the-top stories of his own victimhood is one of those.
  • Idol Singers
  • The Rival
  • Unwitting Pawn—To Kuroi, who has been manipulating them into thinking that the idols of 765 are "corrupt" and that they were to do everything to stop them. And in Episode 21, once they wisen up to what's actually happening, they are understandbly pissed off and walk out on Kuroi.

Touma Amagase

Voiced by: Takuma Terashima
Age: 17
Height: 175cm
Weight: 57kg
Birthday: March 3rd
Blood type: B
Three sizes: 81-65-80
Hobbies: Soccer, cooking, collecting figures

17-year-old leader of Project Jupiter. A self-centered idol who takes idol work very seriously and dislikes people who are just in for the fun of it.

Hokuto Ijuuin

Voiced by: Daichi Kanbara
Age: 20
Height: 180cm
Weight: 64kg
Birthday: February 14th
Blood type: O
Three sizes: 86-76-87
Hobbies: Piano, violin, dating

An "eternally dangerous idol prince", 20-year-old Hokuto is another idol for Project Jupiter, and his hobbies include piano, violin and going on dates.

Shouta Mitarai

Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Age: 14
Height: 163cm
Weight: 49kg
Birthday: April 20th
Blood type: AB
Three sizes: 77-60-79
Hobbies: Napping, filial piety

An aptly named 14-year-old idol who takes a relaxed approach to his career.


Staff

Staff

The Producer

Voiced by: Yuuki Tai (Frontier Works' Drama CDs), Takahiro Mizushima (Relations Drama CD), Kenji Akabane (Anime), Shintaro Asanuma (Nemurihime Drama CD)

The rookie producer of 765 controlled by the player. ---

Takao Kuroi

Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu
—Birthday: September 6th

The president of 961 Production, first introduced in Idolm@ster SP.

Kotori Otonashi

Voiced by: Juri Takita
Age: 2? (It's rude to ask a lady her age.)
Height: 159 cm
Weight: 49 kg
Birthday: September 9th
Blood type: AB
Three sizes: Secret (Not divulged, Undisclosed, etc.)
Hobbies Im@s: Wild fancy, Browsing 2chan
Hobbies Im@s 2: Watching TV, Daydreaming, Forum surfing

Secretary of 765 Production, who serves as the game's announcer and tutorial guide. Famous for daydreaming on the job—sometimes in the middle of conversations.

In the anime, it was revealed that she was an ex-idol under the tutelage of Takagi and Kuroi before their falling-out.

Junichiro Takagi

Voiced by: Kan Tokumaru
—Birthday: July 6th

President of 765 Production. Appears only as a black silhouette from the neck down. In the iM@S SP games, he has a fairly major role in the story... but still appears only as a black silhouette. Everyone refers to him as "President", so it's easy to forget his name.

  • Benevolent Boss—He's generally depicted in this way...
  • Put on a Bus—In iM@S2 his cousin Junijirou becomes president, while Junichiro becomes chairman as to avoid traveling all over the country.
    • Though the change could have been prompted by his voice actor's sudden death before he can do any more voicework.
  • Stupid Boss—Got handed the Idiot Ball for the iM@S SP games.
  • Mission Control—In the Xbox version of the game, he's the one who gives the player information on the current trends and idol rank every week.

Junjiro Takagi

Voiced by: Hochu Otsuka

New president of 765 Production after his cousin Junichiro stepped down. In the anime, his body can now be seen in full, but his face is still obscured. Like Junichiro, he is referred by everyone as "President".

Minori Ishikawa

Voiced by: Risa Hayamizu (InnocentBlue Drama CD)

The president of 876 Production. An old friend with Junichiro.

Manami Okamoto

The manager of 876 Production. She's the one responsible for making Ryo debut as female idol.

Reiko Ozaki

Voiced by: Yuu Asakawa (InnocentBlue Drama CD)

A freelance producer who brings Eri to the idol industry.

  1. ↑ (this version's playable characters)
  2. ↑ "Hamusutā" being Japanese for hamster
  3. ↑ "Inu" being Japanese for dog
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