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* LastRequest: On his deathbed and ravaged by illness on the Wuzhang Plains, Kongming makes a wish that in his next life, he'd get to lead a peaceful life free from war. It gets granted, though it results in him getting reincarnated in the 21st century in Tokyo, Japan.
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* MistakenForAfterlife: He humorously believes he's in Hell after he gets reincarnated due to walking out into a Halloween costume party in Shibuya, thinking that tequila was one of Hell's punishments since it burned his throat and that Eiko was a "Songstress of Hell" on account of her {{Oni}} costume that night. It isn't until the following morning in a conversation with Eiko that he realizes he isn't actually dead or in Hell.

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* MistakenForAfterlife: He humorously believes he's in Hell after he gets reincarnated due to walking out into a Halloween costume party in Shibuya, thinking that tequila was one of Hell's punishments since it burned his throat (distilled liquor didn't exist in China in his time; all alcohol he had in his past life all have the strength of sake or lower) and that Eiko was a "Songstress of Hell" on account of her {{Oni}} costume that night. It isn't until the following morning in a conversation with Eiko that he realizes he isn't actually dead or in Hell.

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* ConnectedAllAlong: [[spoiler:When he was in university, he was hosted by Maria Diezel's family (who was a high-schooler at the time) and even dated her sister.]]



* FireBreathingDiner: He really can't handle his spicy food. Eiko even got the inspiration for her song "Hot Chili Hot" by watching him suffer over a bowl of spicy ramen.



** This link is strengthened further during Summer Sonia. Just like how [[spoiler:Pang Tong pretended to defect to Cao Cao's side in order to get him to implement a strategy that Zhuge Liang used against him, Kabetaijin pretended to [[FakeDefector defect]] to Keiji Maezono's team (even going as far as to have a public falling-out with Kongming to sell it), in order to sabotage him from within.]] Afterward, Hajime outright asks if he can call Kabetaijin "Pang Tong".



* GeekPhysique: Very much on the short and rotund side, and loves nothing more than managing artists at work and talking Three Kingdoms trivia in his down-time.

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* GeekPhysique: GeekPhysiques: Very much on the short and rotund side, and loves nothing more than managing artists at work and talking Three Kingdoms trivia in his down-time.



* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: She admits to Kongming that she hasn't had a dream or a goal in life, and tried to fill that void by helping Cosmo. After Kongming exposes his duplicity and helps her leave, he gives her a new purpose in life by becoming Fourth Kingdom's employee, just by bringing her to hear Eiko sing.
* MinoredInAsskicking: She has apparently learned quite a bit from her previous jobs, including [[BreadEggsMilkSquick how to ride horses, some intricacies in law, and how to leave a brawny man with a sledgehammer whimpering in pain on the floor]].
-->'''Shino:''' [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome The skills I learned from a past job came in handy...]]



* SympathyForTheDevil: Even after learning that Cosmo Yuki swindled her and watching him get humiliated by Kongming to get her out of his debt, she still asks if he is okay afterward.

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* SympathyForTheDevil: Even after learning that Cosmo Yuki swindled her and watching him get humiliated by Kongming to get her out of his debt, she still asks if he is okay afterward.afterward and offers him water, and admits that his hard work playing his role was commendable at least.



!!Key Time

[[folder:Toshihiko Karasawa]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/MitsuakiMadono (JP), Blake Weir (EN)

A renowned producer from Key Time who puts out highly successful music acts, currently helping propel Azalea to stardom. He's a callous and coldhearted man who believes things like passion and talent are meaningless when it comes to making money.

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!!Key Time

[[folder:Toshihiko Karasawa]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/MitsuakiMadono (JP), Blake Weir (EN)

[[folder:East-South]]
A renowned producer from Key Time who puts out highly successful music acts, currently helping propel Azalea former rock band duo that tried to stardom. He's a callous make it big, but then got hired as unacknowledged song ghostwriters by Keiji Maezono. After they decided to break their contract with him, Kongming hired them under the Fourth Kingdom label. Comprised of the bassist and coldhearted man who believes things like passion singer Nanbo, and talent are meaningless when it comes to making money.the guitarist Higashiyama.



* FatAndSkinny: Nanbo is heavyset while Higashiyama is lanky.
* TheHerosIdol: Their song "The Wind's Rock" was what inspired Nanami, Ichika and Futaba to form Azalea.
* HesBack: After their ghostwriting is exposed by Kabetaijin and a pep talk from their loved ones, they decide to [[TakeThisJobAndShoveIt break their contract with Keiji]], join Azalea, and revive East-South, singing their music their own way.
* MeaningfulName: Their names '''Nan'''bo and '''Higashi'''yama contain the words for "south" and "east" in Japanese respectively.
* MoralityPet: For [[FamilyMan Nanbo]], it's his wife and children. For Higashiyama, it's his figure-skating little sister Mirei. It's Keiji constantly reminding them that their families and livelihoods depend on him that keeps them under his thumb - and it's also their urging that finally pushes them to quit.
* SellOut: Like Azalea, they floundered to develop more than a core fanbase, until Keiji brought them on with cushy jobs as his ghostwriters.
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!!Key Time

[[folder:Toshihiko Karasawa]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/MitsuakiMadono (JP), Blake Weir (EN)

A renowned producer from Key Time who puts out highly successful music acts, currently helping propel Azalea to stardom. He's a callous and coldhearted man who believes things like passion and talent are meaningless when it comes to making money.
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* EverybodyKnewAlready: While a few express surprise seeing their faces when Azaela finally perform sans masks, others remark that it's easy to find the girls' pictures online from their small time band days.

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* EverybodyKnewAlready: While a few express surprise seeing their faces when Azaela Azalea finally perform sans masks, others remark that it's easy to find the girls' pictures online from their small time band days.



** During Kongming's divination, the sign which revealed that she'd be "a worthy rival" to Eiko is specifically known as the "sign of sworn friends", or "Gao Shan Liu Shi" (高山流水)[[note]]Literally translates to "High Mountains and Flowing Water". This is a traditional song on the guqin that tells the story of the musician Yu Boya and the stranger Zhong Ziqi, a pair of friends and sworn brothers who understood each other through music. However, they are seperated when Zhong Ziqi dies before they meet, which makes Yu Boya break the strings of his guqin and never play it again[[/note]], hinting that the she and Eiko will oppose each other despite their friendship.

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** During Kongming's divination, the sign which revealed that she'd be "a worthy rival" to Eiko is specifically known as the "sign of sworn friends", or "Gao Shan Liu Shi" (高山流水)[[note]]Literally translates to "High Mountains and Flowing Water". This is a traditional song on the guqin that tells the story of the musician Yu Boya and the stranger Zhong Ziqi, a pair of friends and sworn brothers who understood each other through music. However, they are seperated separated when Zhong Ziqi dies before they meet, which makes Yu Boya break the strings of his guqin and never play it again[[/note]], hinting that the she and Eiko will oppose each other despite their friendship.



* {{Chuunibyou}}: Her shaman outfit, full head-covering masks, and invocations to the stars make her... eccentric, to say the least.



* VillainHasAPoint: Like Karasawa, he represents a cold fact of the industry that idealism and creative freedom can only go so far. [[WideEyedIdealist Hajime's]] insistence to keep Wagamono Gaori's difficult pianist happy almost voided the band's contract if Jonouchi didn't step in.



!!Other Musicians

[[folder:Maria Diesel]]

A singer from America who performed at BB Lounge the same day that Kobayashi saved Eiko from a suicide attempt. Her singing that day gave a Eiko a reason to live again and ignited her desire to become a professional singer.

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!!Other Musicians

[[folder:Maria Diesel]]

[[folder:Mia Iriomote]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/YuuKobayashi (JP), Creator/RachaelMesser (EN)
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A popular singer from America who performed at BB Lounge in the same day Shibuya club scene, with over 100,000 [[BlandNameProduct Pinsta]] followers. She also possesses a commanding stage presence, a deep, husky voice, and a cold, manipulative streak. At Ladies' Ready Night, she's one of the first rivals that Kobayashi saved Eiko from a suicide attempt. Her singing that day gave a Eiko a reason to live again and ignited Kongming have to overcome. She later reappears in the Kyoto arc, having improved her desire to become a professional singer.musicality and signed on with the V-EX label.



* AmbiguouslyBrown: While she does have noticably dark skin, her last name is of German heritage.
* BeautifulSingingVoice: While Kobayashi stopped Eiko's immediate suicide, it was Maria Diesel who gave Eiko a reason to live again. Her performance that day was powerful enough to shake Eiko to her core, and caused her to shift her musical goals from simply singing for enjoyment and staying connected to her estranged father to reaching and healing other people just like how Maria healed her.
* TheHerosIdol: As the person who gave a suicidal Eiko a new lease on life through her performance and drove her to become a professional singer herself, Eiko deeply admires her and her music, with it being the primary influence behind her own music.
* MeaningfulName: Just like how diesel is a fuel, Maria Diesel and her singing acted as a fuel for Eiko to keep living and pursue a new dream of helping others with music.
** If her surname is read as "Diezel," (which is how the manga's English translation spells her last name) she shares her name with a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diezel German company]] that makes guitar amps, which is a fitting name for a singer.
* MessianicArchetype: Described by Steave Kido as having a powerful, breathy voice that sounds almost as if she was praying. While her songs are about everyday life, they take on a near-religious aspect with her delivery. Her role in saving Eiko further underlines the Christ-like role that she has in the story, even down to how she is only referred to obliquely as if a myth.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite her only appearing or being mentioned as a part of Eiko's past, and that too in just a single concert at the BB Lounge, her singing that day ended Eiko's suicidal thoughts, reignited her love for music, and made her dream of becoming a singer to help others with music the same way it helped her. Eiko's decision to keep singing, let alone keep living, is what resulted in her fateful meeting with Kongming years later, who vows to help her achieve her dreams after being deeply moved by her music.

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* AmbiguouslyBrown: While AmazonianBeauty: She has an athletic figure that she does have noticably dark skin, loves showing off to her last name is many followers on Pinstagram.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: She's incredibly prideful, sticking it to the manager
of German heritage.
Club Z20 by intentionally messing with her BPM because he made her sing a cover of another song instead of one of her originals, as well as seeing the gig, in general, being beneath her. She also regularly blows off her manager's requests for her to do some vocal training, and gets physical with him when she takes one of his remarks to mean that her talent doesn't matter compared to things like promotion or communication with him.
* BeautifulSingingVoice: While Kobayashi stopped BadBoss: Frequently insults and blows off her manager and isn't above getting physical with him.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She seems to extend Eiko an opportunity at Ladies' Ready Night out of goodwill, but it's quickly revealed she just wanted to use
Eiko's immediate suicide, it was Maria Diesel who gave obscurity to bolster her own audience, as their performances were at the same time.
* ShoutOut: In a similar vein to Lu Xun being defeated by Kongming's Stone Sentinel Maze while trying to pursue Liu Bei, Mia herself suffers a loss to
Eiko a reason when Kongming uses it again to live again. Her trap concertgoers in Eiko's performance that day was powerful enough to shake net her a bigger crowd.
* SoreLoser: She takes her loss to
Eiko to rather poorly, taking it out on her core, hapless manager and caused her to shift her musical goals from simply singing claiming it was his fault for enjoyment and staying connected to her estranged father to reaching and healing other people just like how Maria healed her.
* TheHerosIdol: As the person who gave a suicidal Eiko a new lease on life through her
getting one-upped by Kongming [[NeverMyFault rather than Eiko's performance and drove her to become a professional singer herself, Eiko deeply admires her and her music, with it being the primary influence behind better than her own music.
own]].
* MeaningfulName: Just like how diesel is a fuel, Maria Diesel and her singing acted as a fuel for Eiko to keep living and pursue a new dream of helping others with music.
** If her surname is read as "Diezel," (which is how the manga's English translation spells her last name) she shares her name with a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diezel German company]] that makes guitar amps, which is a fitting name for a singer.
* MessianicArchetype: Described by Steave Kido as having a powerful, breathy voice that sounds almost as if she was praying. While her songs are about everyday life, they take on a near-religious aspect with her delivery. Her role in saving Eiko further underlines the Christ-like role that she has in the story, even down to how she is only referred to obliquely as if a myth.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite her only appearing or being mentioned as a part of
StarterVillainStays: Is Eiko's past, first adversary on her road to stardom, and that too in just later returns a single concert at few arcs later as a performer hired by the BB Lounge, her singing that day ended Eiko's suicidal thoughts, reignited her love for music, and made her dream of becoming a singer to help others with music the same way it helped her. Eiko's decision to keep singing, let alone keep living, is what resulted Kamogawa shopping district in her fateful meeting with Kongming years later, who vows to help her achieve her dreams after being deeply moved by her music.Kyoto's entertainment competition.



[[folder:Mia Iriomote]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/YuuKobayashi (JP), Creator/RachaelMesser (EN)
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mia.PNG]]

A popular singer in the Shibuya club scene, with over 100,000 [[BlandNameProduct Pinsta]] followers. She also possesses a commanding stage presence, a deep, husky voice, and a cold, manipulative streak. At Ladies' Ready Night, she's one of the first rivals that Eiko and Kongming have to overcome.

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[[folder:Mia Iriomote]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/YuuKobayashi (JP), Creator/RachaelMesser (EN)
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mia.PNG]]

!!Other Musicians

[[folder:Maria Diesel]]

A popular singer in from America who performed at BB Lounge the Shibuya club scene, with over 100,000 [[BlandNameProduct Pinsta]] followers. She also possesses a commanding stage presence, a deep, husky voice, and a cold, manipulative streak. At Ladies' Ready Night, she's one of the first rivals same day that Kobayashi saved Eiko from a suicide attempt. Her singing that day gave a Eiko a reason to live again and Kongming have ignited her desire to overcome.become a professional singer.



* AmazonianBeauty: She has an athletic figure that she loves showing off to her many followers on Pinstagram.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: She's incredibly prideful, sticking it to the manager of Club Z20 by intentionally messing with her BPM because he made her sing a cover of another song instead of one of her originals, as well as seeing the gig, in general, being beneath her. She also regularly blows off her manager's requests for her to do some vocal training, and gets physical with him when she takes one of his remarks to mean that her talent doesn't matter compared to things like promotion or communication with him.
* BadBoss: Frequently insults and blows off her manager and isn't above getting physical with him.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She seems to extend Eiko an opportunity at Ladies' Ready Night out of goodwill, but it's quickly revealed she just wanted to use Eiko's obscurity to bolster her own audience, as their performances were at the same time.
* ShoutOut: In a similar vein to Lu Xun being defeated by Kongming's Stone Sentinel Maze while trying to pursue Liu Bei, Mia herself suffers a loss to Eiko when Kongming uses it again to trap concertgoers in Eiko's performance to net her a bigger crowd.
* SoreLoser: She takes her loss to Eiko rather poorly, taking it out on her hapless manager and claiming it was his fault for getting one-upped by Kongming [[NeverMyFault rather than Eiko's performance being better than her own]].
* StarterVillainStays: Is Eiko's first adversary on her road to stardom, and later returns a few arcs later as a performer hired by the Kamogawa shopping district in Kyoto's entertainment competition.

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* AmazonianBeauty: She has an athletic figure that AmbiguouslyBrown: While she loves showing off to does have noticeably dark skin, her many followers on Pinstagram.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: She's incredibly prideful, sticking it to the manager
last name is of Club Z20 by intentionally messing with her BPM because he made her sing a cover of another song instead of one of her originals, as well as seeing the gig, in general, being beneath her. She also regularly blows off her manager's requests for her to do some vocal training, and gets physical with him when she takes one of his remarks to mean that her talent doesn't matter compared to things like promotion or communication with him.
German heritage.
* BadBoss: Frequently insults and blows off her manager and isn't above getting physical with him.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: She seems to extend Eiko an opportunity at Ladies' Ready Night out of goodwill, but it's quickly revealed she just wanted to use
BeautifulSingingVoice: While Kobayashi stopped Eiko's obscurity to bolster her own audience, as their performances were at the same time.
* ShoutOut: In a similar vein to Lu Xun being defeated by Kongming's Stone Sentinel Maze while trying to pursue Liu Bei, Mia herself suffers a loss to
immediate suicide, it was Maria Diesel who gave Eiko when Kongming uses it again a reason to trap concertgoers in Eiko's live again. Her performance that day was powerful enough to net her a bigger crowd.
* SoreLoser: She takes her loss to
shake Eiko rather poorly, taking it out on to her hapless manager core, and claiming it was his fault caused her to shift her musical goals from simply singing for getting one-upped by Kongming [[NeverMyFault rather than Eiko's enjoyment and staying connected to her estranged father to reaching and healing other people just like how Maria healed her.
* TheHerosIdol: As the person who gave a suicidal Eiko a new lease on life through her
performance and drove her to become a professional singer herself, Eiko deeply admires her and her music, with it being better than the primary influence behind her own]].own music.
* LadyDrunk: Her first real on-panel experience is her having dinner with Tsuyoshi Kondo and enjoying her glass of daiginjo sake. Moreover, when Eiko runs into her at Summer Sonia (incognito), she is running around looking for more sake, falls asleep so fast Eiko mistakes her for a drunk, and when Tsuyoshi enters her private viewing tent, his assistant grimaces at the smell of alcohol.

* StarterVillainStays: Is MeaningfulName: Just like how diesel is a fuel, Maria Diesel and her singing acted as a fuel for Eiko to keep living and pursue a new dream of helping others with music.
** If her surname is read as "Diezel," (which is how the manga's English translation spells her last name) she shares her name with a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diezel German company]] that makes guitar amps, which is a fitting name for a singer.
* MessianicArchetype: Described by Steave Kido as having a powerful, breathy voice that sounds almost as if she was praying. While her songs are about everyday life, they take on a near-religious aspect with her delivery. Her role in saving Eiko further underlines the Christ-like role that she has in the story, even down to how she is only referred to obliquely as if a myth.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite her only appearing or being mentioned as a part of
Eiko's first adversary on past, and that too in just a single concert at the BB Lounge, her road to stardom, singing that day ended Eiko's suicidal thoughts, reignited her love for music, and later returns made her dream of becoming a few arcs later as a performer hired by singer to help others with music the Kamogawa shopping district same way it helped her. Eiko's decision to keep singing, let alone keep living, is what resulted in Kyoto's entertainment competition.her fateful meeting with Kongming years later, who vows to help her achieve her dreams after being deeply moved by her music.



* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's a pretty obvious reference to Music/SteveAoki, a famous DJ, right down to sharing a given name and a penchant for throwing cakes into the audience during performances.

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's a pretty obvious reference to the famous DJ Music/SteveAoki, a famous DJ, right down to sharing a given name and a penchant for throwing cakes into the audience during performances.



!!The Wakatsuki Family

[[folder:Kozo Wakatsuki]]

Patriarch of the Wakatsuki family.

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!!The Wakatsuki Family

[[folder:Kozo Wakatsuki]]

Patriarch
[[folder:Keiji Maezono]]

Scion
of the Wakatsuki family.Denposha advertising company and a charismatic superstar performer, whose fans love that he writes his own lyrics, composes his own music, and arranges his own dance performances. However, his fantastic image hides both a devious, arrogant personality and the ambition to do whatever it takes to get ahead.



* InVinoVeritas: Invoked; when Eiko prompts him to tell his children how he really feels about them, he says he'll do so after he has a few more drinks.
* ToughLove: He's so frustrated by his children quarrelling (especially after they cancelled a concert that he organized because they couldn't work together) that he issues an ultimatum: they'll perform another concert to replace the one they cancelled, and he'll give the family fortune and house to the one that performs the best and kick the others out. This really rubs Eiko the wrong way, even though he said he made the ultimatum in the hopes that they'd work together so that he could leave the estate to all of them.

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* InVinoVeritas: Invoked; when Eiko prompts ArcVillain: Of the Summer Sonia arc.
* BadBoss: When Nanbo tries to convince
him to tell put East-South's name on his children how next piece of music, he really feels about them, he orders one of his thugs to pull a NeckLift on him and coldly says he'll do so that his image is of an artist that does everything himself. He then reminds East-South of the 100 million yen severance fee in their contract.
* TheBarnum: Was taught at a young age that the uneducated, weak masses are for the privileged winners like him to manipulate and lead as they like. Even
after he has a few more drinks.
* ToughLove: He's so frustrated
is exposed at having ghostwriters, he still sees that some fans are sticking by his children quarrelling (especially after they cancelled a concert him, and the first thing he does is call them stupid for believing that he organized was anything other than a dream-manufacturing showman.  
* FeetOfClay: He publicly claims to write and compose all his own songs and arrange his own dance performances, while secretly hiring East-South as ghostwriters for his songs. Also, [[spoiler:when his scripted rap battle with Kabetaijin goes off the rails with Kabetaijin announcing all his fake business, he is mentally left floundering for a response and has to be bailed out by the MC.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: He is probably the dirtiest artist that Eiko and Kongming have faced up till then, willing to pull any trick in the book, from sabotaging other people's performances and posting misleading images online, to poaching other people's performers and threatening artists and guests alike with his hired thugs, to get ahead.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Believes he can walk all over even the Summer Sonia organizer Tsuyoshi Kondo
because they couldn't work together) that he issues an ultimatum: they'll perform another concert to replace his father is one of the one they cancelled, and he'll give main funders of the family fortune and house to the one that performs the best and kick the others out. This really rubs Eiko the wrong way, even though he said he made the ultimatum in the hopes that they'd work together so that he could leave the estate to all of them.festival.



[[folder:Takumi Wakatsuki]]

Eldest son of the Wakatsuki siblings. He is an excellent percussionist and drummer, and a genius at composing and musical teaching.

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[[folder:Takumi !!The Wakatsuki Family

[[folder:Kozo
Wakatsuki]]

Eldest son Patriarch of the Wakatsuki siblings. He is an excellent percussionist and drummer, family, and a genius at composing and musical teaching.former jazz musician.



* AloofBigBrother: As the eldest and only son, he feels like it's his duty to be the responsible one and uphold the family name. This causes a lot of friction with Toka, and also causes him to brush off stuff with Michiru (like theme park trips) in favour of work.
* DumbAndDrummer: Inverted; while his instrument of choice is percussion and drumming, his intelligence is commented on in many places, from him giving lectures at the university to his ability to arrange music in a genre as complicated as electro-swing jazz.
* TheWorkaholic: Commonly brushes off spending time with his siblings to deal with work matters.

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* AloofBigBrother: As the eldest and only son, InVinoVeritas: Invoked; when Eiko prompts him to tell his children how he really feels like it's about them, he says he'll do so after he has a few more drinks.
* ToughLove: He's so frustrated by
his duty children quarrelling (especially after they cancelled a concert that he organized because they couldn't work together) that he issues an ultimatum: they'll perform another concert to be replace the responsible one they cancelled, and uphold he'll give the family name. fortune and house to the one that performs the best and kick the others out. This causes a lot of friction with Toka, and also causes him to brush off stuff with Michiru (like theme park trips) in favour of work.
* DumbAndDrummer: Inverted; while his instrument of choice is percussion and drumming, his intelligence is commented on in many places, from him giving lectures at
really rubs Eiko the university to his ability to arrange music wrong way, even though he said he made the ultimatum in a genre as complicated as electro-swing jazz.
* TheWorkaholic: Commonly brushes off spending time with his siblings to deal with
the hopes that they'd work matters.together so that he could leave the estate to all of them.



[[folder:Toka Wakatsuki]]

Middle daughter of the Wakatsuki siblings. She is a talented pianist, who excels at matching and accompanying other performers.

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[[folder:Toka [[folder:Takumi Wakatsuki]]

Middle daughter Eldest son of the Wakatsuki siblings. She He is a talented pianist, who excels at matching an excellent percussionist and accompanying other performers.drummer, and a genius at composing and musical teaching.



* MiddleChildSyndrome: Has some issues with her older brother for being a "genius", and gets annoyed with her younger sister for stealing her spotlight.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Her piano-playing is impressive and her skill at matching and accompanying other musicians is noteworthy, but it also leads to a fair bit of resentment at being best known for making others look good, despite her own talent. This also blends into her MiddleChildSyndrome as it relates to Michiru, since her little sister's improvisation would get all the praise while she's stuck in the background.

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* MiddleChildSyndrome: Has some issues AloofBigBrother: As the eldest and only son, he feels like it's his duty to be the responsible one and uphold the family name. This causes a lot of friction with her older brother for being a "genius", Toka, and gets annoyed also causes him to brush off stuff with her younger sister for stealing her spotlight.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Her piano-playing is impressive and her skill at matching and accompanying other musicians is noteworthy, but it also leads to a fair bit
Michiru (like theme park trips) in favour of resentment at being best known for making others look good, despite her own talent. This also blends into her MiddleChildSyndrome as it relates to Michiru, since her little sister's improvisation would get all the praise work.
* DumbAndDrummer: Inverted;
while she's stuck his instrument of choice is percussion and drumming, his intelligence is commented on in many places, from him giving lectures at the background.university to his ability to arrange music in a genre as complicated as electro-swing jazz.
* TheWorkaholic: Commonly brushes off spending time with his siblings to deal with work matters.



[[folder:Michiru Wakatsuki]]

Youngest daughter of the Wakatsuki siblings. Her speciality is the saxophone, and her ability to quickly learn songs and improvise performances is without peer.

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[[folder:Michiru [[folder:Toka Wakatsuki]]

Youngest Middle daughter of the Wakatsuki siblings. Her speciality She is the saxophone, a talented pianist, who excels at matching and her ability to quickly learn songs and improvise performances is without peer.accompanying other performers.



* MiddleChildSyndrome: Has some issues with her older brother for being a "genius", and gets annoyed with her younger sister for stealing her spotlight.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Her piano-playing is impressive and her skill at matching and accompanying other musicians is noteworthy, but it also leads to a fair bit of resentment at being best known for making others look good, despite her own talent. This also blends into her MiddleChildSyndrome as it relates to Michiru, since her little sister's improvisation would get all the praise while she's stuck in the background.
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[[folder:Michiru Wakatsuki]]

Youngest daughter of the Wakatsuki siblings. Her specialty is the saxophone, and her ability to quickly learn songs and improvise performances is without peer, for better and worse.
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* PluckyGirl: Best exhibited in her jazz performance with Kongming and Eiko. When Kongming starts playing a {{sampling}} mashup of her siblings' earlier performances, Michiru picks up on what he's trying to do and starts trying to match her saxophone playing with the tracks. Despite the limited sound sample, despite her individuality making her lousy at synchronising and playing along, despite Toka thinking that she couldn't ever recover the performance, she keeps trying, because she knows that the best music comes when all three siblings work together.

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* PluckyGirl: Best exhibited in her jazz performance with Kongming and Eiko. When Kongming starts playing a {{sampling}} mashup of her siblings' earlier performances, Michiru picks up on what he's trying to do and starts trying to match her saxophone playing with the tracks. Despite the limited sound sample, despite her individuality making her lousy at synchronising synchronizing and playing along, despite Toka thinking that she couldn't ever recover the performance, she keeps trying, because she knows that the best music comes when all three siblings work together.



* BigGood: Despite his massive scope of influence, he becomes genuinely interested in Eiko and her future, and is greatly pleased to see her undertake the 100,000 Likes project, with the belief that she has what it takes to succeed.

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* BigGood: Despite his massive scope of influence, he becomes genuinely interested in Eiko and her future, and is greatly pleased to see her undertake the 100,000 Likes project, with the belief that she has what it takes to succeed. He even thinks of recommending her directly to Maria Diezel.
** This is downplayed in Summer Sonia, where the advertising company Denposha's status as one of the festival's big funders means that its scion Keiji Maezono can walk all over his authority. That said, he does still do what he can to help Kongming out, mostly so that he can handle Keiji himself.



* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the Summer Sonia arc, while his secretary does do some of the talking and explaining, he is also seen talking directly to others, both to people he respects (or has to) like Maria Diezel and Keiji Maezono, and to Kongming and even Hajime at one point.



* MouthOfSauron: Not himself, but his secretary seems to regularly talk in his place while he remains silent, to the point where she mimics his accent and speech mannerisms.

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* MouthOfSauron: Not himself, but In his first appearance, his secretary seems to regularly talk talked in his place while he remains remained silent, to the point where she mimics was mimicking his accent and speech mannerisms.



[[folder:Cosmo Yuki]]
The Number 2 host at the Arabesque Club. He claims to want to open a cafe with Shino's help, as long as she helps him earn enough money to quit his job... but this innocent dream hides a sinister, selfish motive.

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[[folder:Kurama Togano]]

The Number 2 host at manager of the Arabesque Club. Kamogawa shopping district. He claims wants to want to open a cafe with Shino's help, as long as she helps him earn enough money to quit make his job... but this innocent dream hides grandfather proud and win the shopping district entertainment competition for the 20th year in a sinister, selfish motive.row.



* CardSharp: The Dice variant; he has a loaded dice setup for his club’s drinking game that maximizes his opponent’s drinks and minimizes his own. Unfortunately, Kongming is just as willing to cheat as him in order to force him into a fair game.
* ConMan: Tells multiple girls that he wants to open up a cafe with them as soon as he earns enough, and gets them to give him loans to help him along, when in reality all he’s doing is fleecing them for all they’re worth.
* HandsomeLech: Flirts with and strings along multiple girls, promising each of them that he’ll open up a little cafe with them as soon as he earns enough.
* HidingBehindYourBangs: His hair covers his right eye, which makes him look innocent to his marks and devious to the audience.

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* CardSharp: The Dice variant; IAmNotMyFather: Unlike his father, who lost the competition and abandoned his hometown to expand the family business, he has a loaded dice setup wants to do better than him by making his grandfather proud and his hometown successful.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Or in this case, grandson. His main motivation
for winning the Shopping District Entertainment Competition is to make his club’s drinking game that maximizes his opponent’s drinks grandfather proud, and minimizes his own. Unfortunately, Kongming is just as willing to cheat as him in order to force him into a fair game.maintain Kamogawa's winning streak.
* ConMan: Tells multiple girls WorthyOpponent: After he lost the entertainment battle to Kongming and the Kiyamachi district, he admits that he wants to open up a cafe enjoyed matching wits with them as soon as he earns enough, and gets them to give him loans to help him along, when in reality all he’s doing is fleecing them for all they’re worth.
* HandsomeLech: Flirts with and strings along multiple girls, promising each of them that he’ll open up a little cafe with them as soon as he earns enough.
* HidingBehindYourBangs: His hair covers his right eye, which makes him look innocent to his marks and devious to the audience.
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[[folder:Cosmo Yuki]]

The Number 2 host at the Arabesque Club. He claims to want to open a cafe with Shino's help, as long as she helps him earn enough money to quit his job... but this innocent dream hides a sinister, selfish motive.
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* CardSharp: The Dice variant; he has a loaded dice setup for his club’s drinking game that maximizes his opponent’s drinks and minimizes his own. Unfortunately, Kongming is just as willing to cheat as him in order to force him into a fair game.
* ConMan: Tells multiple girls that he wants to open up a cafe with them as soon as he earns enough, and gets them to give him loans to help him along, when in reality all he’s doing is fleecing them for all they’re worth.
* HandsomeLech: Flirts with and strings along multiple girls, promising each of them that he’ll open up a little cafe with them as soon as he earns enough.
* HidingBehindYourBangs: His hair covers his right eye, which makes him look innocent to his marks and devious to the audience. He only pushes his hair back when Kongming forces him to play fair.
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!!!Voiced by: Creator/RyotaroOkiayu (JP), Joe Daniels (EN)

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!!!Voiced by: Creator/RyotaroOkiayu (JP), Joe Daniels (EN)(EN), Osamu Mukai (live-action)



!!!Voiced by: Creator/KaedeHondo (NonSingingVoice), [=96neko=] (Singing voice) (JP), Creator/JulietSimmons (EN)

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!!!Voiced by: Creator/KaedeHondo (NonSingingVoice), [=96neko=] (Singing voice) (JP), Creator/JulietSimmons (EN)(EN), Moka Kamishiraishi (live-action)



!!!Voiced by: Creator/JunFukushima (JP), Creator/DavidMatranga (EN)

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!!!Voiced by: Creator/JunFukushima (JP), Creator/DavidMatranga (EN)(EN), Mirai Moriyama (live-action)



!!!Voiced by: Creator/ShoyaChiba (JP), Antonio Lasanta (EN)

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!!!Voiced by: Creator/ShoyaChiba (JP), Antonio Lasanta (EN)(EN), Ryubi Miyase (live-action)



!!!Voiced by: Creator/MitsuakiMadono

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!!!Voiced by: Creator/MitsuakiMadono
Creator/MitsuakiMadono (JP), Blake Weir (EN)



!!!Voiced by: Creator/HibikuYamamura (NonSingingVoice), Lezel (Singing voice)

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!!!Voiced by: Creator/HibikuYamamura (NonSingingVoice), (NonSingingVoice, JP), Lezel (Singing voice)voice), Teresa Zimmerman (EN), Rikako Yagi (live-action)



!!!Voiced by: Creator/SubaruKimura (JP), Orlando Jones (EN)

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* PeekABangs: The lead singer's hairstyle obscures his right eye.



* PeekABangs: His hair covers his right eye, which makes him look innocent to his marks and devious to the audience.

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* PeekABangs: HidingBehindYourBangs: His hair covers his right eye, which makes him look innocent to his marks and devious to the audience.
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* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Her songs incorporate a lot of properly-spoken English, and she can also talk in English to one of Kongming's friends in Roppongi, who is a foreigner that only speaks English.



* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Like Eiko, she can sing Maria Diesel's English music well.

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* GuileHero: His main tools to solve any problem are his military acumen, his strategic cunning and his charming disposition, to lead his opposition around exactly where he wants them.









* SympathyForTheDevil: Even after learning that Cosmo Yuki swindled her and watching him get humiliated by Kongming to get her out of his debt, she still asks if he is okay afterward.






* HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight: While Nanami truly loves singing, [[spoiler:she hates that she's become a sellout under Karasawa's management of Azalea]].

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* HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight: While Nanami truly loves singing, [[spoiler:she hates that she's become a sellout SellOut under Karasawa's management of Azalea]].



* GoldToothOfWealth: Wears a full-on golden grill on his teeth as part of his rapper aesthetic, and a signifier of his status in his music company.



* OvershadowedByAwesome: Her piano-playing is impressive and skill at matching and accompanying other musicians is noteworthy, but it also leads to a fair bit of resentment at being best known for making others look good, despite her own talent. This also blends into her MiddleChildSyndrome as it relates to Michiru, since her little sister's improvisation would get all the praise while she's stuck in the background.

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* OvershadowedByAwesome: Her piano-playing is impressive and her skill at matching and accompanying other musicians is noteworthy, but it also leads to a fair bit of resentment at being best known for making others look good, despite her own talent. This also blends into her MiddleChildSyndrome as it relates to Michiru, since her little sister's improvisation would get all the praise while she's stuck in the background.
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* GoldTooth: Wears a full-on sparkly grill on his teeth as part of his rapper aesthetic.
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* BigLittleSister: She looks taller than both of her siblings, although unlike her brother she's always wearing heels so it's hard to say who'd be the tallest in stocking feet.
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* HiddenBuxom: Most of her normal clothing hides the fact that she's pretty well-endowed, as shown by her oni costume from her first appearance.
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* HiddenBuxom: Most of her normal clothing hides the fact that she's pretty well-endowed, as shown by her oni costume from her first appearance.
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* EverybodyKnewAlready: While a few express surprise seeing their faces when Azaela finally perform sans masks, others remark that it's easy to find the girls' pictures online from their small time band days.
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* FishOutOfTemporalWater: As the genuine article, Kongming finds himself about 1800 years in the future from his era, though due to his intelligence, he's quickly able to adapt to modern times.

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* FishOutOfTemporalWater: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. As the genuine article, Kongming finds himself about 1800 years in the future from his era, though due to his intelligence, he's quickly though he's able to adapt to modern times.times after several hours of research through Eiko's smartphone.
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* MsFanservice: [[spoiler:Deliberately invoked with her and the rest of Azalea's raunchy costumes as part of Karasawa's plan to build their fanbase, as well as with their dance routines which features Nanami shaking her hips and [[{{Gainaxing}} causing her breasts to bounce]]. [[SexSells It works out]], but it's just another part of Azalea losing its identity that she hates.]]

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* MsFanservice: [[spoiler:Deliberately invoked with her and the rest of Azalea's raunchy costumes as part of Karasawa's plan to build their fanbase, as well as with their dance routines which features Nanami shaking her hips and [[{{Gainaxing}} causing her breasts to bounce]].bounce. [[SexSells It works out]], but it's just another part of Azalea losing its identity that she hates.]]

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