History Characters / EnsembleStarsFine

See [[Characters/EnsembleStarsSwitch Switch]].

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An elegant unit from Yumenosaki Academy, affiliated with Star Maker Production. Led by Eichi Tenshouin, fine is a unit whose polished and polite fanservice allows them to take command of their audience.

When doing work in media, they focus primarily on publicity work to improve the images of corporations. This includes appearing on some variety programs, and largely participating in talk shows, hosting official events, fashion modelling, appearing in things like commercials, and acting as the face of advertising campaigns. The unit's theme color is [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience ivory]].

[[center: [- [[Characters/EnsembleStars Main Page]] | [[Characters/EnsembleStarsAnzu Player/Anzu]] | [[Characters/EnsembleStarsTrickstar Trickstar]] | '''fine''' | [[Characters/EnsembleStarsUNDEAD UNDEAD]] | [[Characters/EnsembleStarsKnights knights]] | [[Characters/EnsembleStarsRyuuseitai Ryuuseitai]] | [[Characters/EnsembleStarsRabits Ra*bits]] | [[Characters/EnsembleStars2Wink 2wink]] | [[Characters/EnsembleStarsAkatsuki AKATSUKI]] | [[Characters/EnsembleStarsValkyrie Valkyrie]] | [[Characters/EnsembleStarsSwitch Switch]] | [[Characters/EnsembleStarsMaM [=MaM=]]] | [[Characters/EnsembleStarsEden Eden]] | [[Characters/EnsembleStarsYumenosakiAcademyFaculty Yumenosaki Academy Faculty]] | [[Characters/EnsembleStarsALKALOID ALKALOID]] | [[Characters/EnsembleStarsCrazyB Crazy B]] -] ]]

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--> '''Voiced by''': Creator/HikaruMidorikawa (Japanese), Creator/AaronDismuke (English)\\
'''Portrayed by''': Takahisa Maeyama (2016-2018), Hiroki Sasamori (2018-present)

He has a benevolent soul and cares deeply for the academy and its students. While he's kind to those inside his circle, there's a side of him that is ruthless when it comes to outsiders. His body isn't in great shape, but his performance has a transcendental charm to it. A member of fine, the academy's most formidable unit.

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--> '''Voiced by''': Creator/TakuyaEguchi (Japanese), Creator/AaronRoberts (English)\\
'''Portrayed by:''' Kazuma Yasui (2016-2018), Keishi Hagio (2018-present)

Even though he's eccentric, his talent for singing and acting are undoubted, so a lot of fans gather at his plays and live shows. He is a member of fine, the academy's most formidable unit.

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--> '''Voiced by''': Creator/AyumuMurase (Japanese), Creator/MikaelaKrantz (English)\\
'''Portrayed by:''' Yuzuki Hoshimoto (2016-2018), Kazuki Soejima (2018-present)

He has a master-and-servant relationship with second year Yuzuru Fushimi, who has lived at his mansion since childhood. Even at school he calls Yuzuru "slave" and has Yuzuru dote on him hand and foot.

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--> '''Voiced by''': Koutaro Hashimoto (Japanese)\\
'''Portrayed by:''' Yutaka Nozaki (2016-2018), Takaki Watanabe (2018-present)

He's actually terrible at drawing. Tori has a pet dog, but Yuzuru doesn't like dogs. A member of fine, the academy's most formidable unit.

* NouveauRiche: His family are revealed to be this. To the point that other aristocratic boys such as [[CrazyJealousGuy Tsukasa]] and [[RoyalBrat Hiyori]] look down on him.

* PetTheDog: For such a childish spoiled brat, he has his geuine moments of kindness.

--> '''Voiced by''': Creator/HikaruMidorikawa (Japanese), Creator/AaronDismuke (English)

--> '''Voiced by''': Creator/TakuyaEguchi (Japanese), Creator/AaronRoberts (English)
--> '''Portrayed by:''' Kazuma Yasui (2016-2018), Keishi Hagio (2018-present)

--> '''Voiced by''': Creator/AyumuMurase (Japanese), Creator/MikaelaKrantz (English)
--> '''Portrayed by:''' Yuzuki Hoshimoto (2016-2018), Kazuki Soejima (2018-present)

--> '''Voiced by''': Koutaro Hashimoto (Japanese)
--> '''Portrayed by:''' Yutaka Nozaki (2016-2018), Takaki Watanabe (2018-present)

--> '''Voiced by''': Creator/HikaruMidorikawa\\

--> '''Voiced by''': Creator/TakuyaEguchi

--> '''Voiced by''': Creator/AyumuMurase

--> '''Voiced by''': Koutaro Hashimoto

* FreudianExcuse: Though its factuality is disputable (see UnreliableExpositor below), the backstory he reveals helps explain some of his AttentionWhore tendencies.
** [[spoiler:Adoption isn't very popular in Japan, it's believed that it ruins the family's bloodline. It gives a child a family's name without having any of the family's blood. It is part of Japanese pride of heritage. It's hinted Wataru constantly improved himself at performing because he was aware of this fact.]]
* [[spoiler:HappilyAdopted: The Thief Vs. Detective story reveals he's adopted.]]

* ManInWhite: All members of ''fine'' wear white, but Eichi fits the unsettling power aspect of the trope best.

[[center: [- [[Characters/EnsembleStars Main Page]] | [[Characters/EnsembleStarsAnzu Player/Anzu]] | [[Characters/EnsembleStarsTrickstar Trickstar]] | '''fine''' | [[Characters/EnsembleStarsUNDEAD UNDEAD]] | [[Characters/EnsembleStarsKnights knights]] | [[Characters/EnsembleStarsRyuuseitai Ryuuseitai]] | [[Characters/EnsembleStarsRabits Ra*bits]] | [[Characters/EnsembleStars2Wink 2wink]] | [[Characters/EnsembleStarsAkatsuki AKATSUKI]] | [[Characters/EnsembleStarsValkyrie Valkyrie]] | [[Characters/EnsembleStarsSwitch Switch]] | [[Characters/EnsembleStarsMaM [=MaM=]]] | [[Characters/EnsembleStarsEden Eden]] | [[Characters/EnsembleStarsYumenosakiAcademyFaculty Yumenosaki Academy Faculty]] -] ]]

* NiceGuy: Yuzuru is one of the few boys who's nice to Anzu from the beginning. They transferred at the same time, becomes smitten with her due to her workaholic tendencies and tries to help her whenever he can so she won't overwork herself too much (like in the "Doggy Park Picnic", "Summer Lesson" and "Christmas Live"). Except when he's jealous that Anzu seems to get along better with Tori than with him, when he decides he'd rather make her look bad in front of Tori (see GreenEyedMonster below).
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: The novel implies that he used to be one.

* TookALevelInJerkass: It's subtle, but as his jealousy towards Anzu increases, he becomes less nicer and more passive-agressive in their interactions. To the point in ''Hospital Visit'' [[SkewedPriorities he's more concerned that Tori planned to transfer Anzu to a private hospital room than the fact Anzu was sick]]. And in ''Mine Lady'' he snaps completely and decides to humilliate Anzu out of spite. He gets better after talking with Tori about his insecuruties.

* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Dogs?]]: A mild example, he doesn't mind looking at them, but he will usually run in fear if they get close.

'''Portrayed by''': Takahisa Maeyama

--> '''Portrayed by:''' Kazuma Yasui

--> '''Portrayed by:''' Yutsugi Hoshimoto

--> '''Portrayed by:''' Yutaka Nozaki

* GreenEyedMonster: It's revealed he's secretly displeased how Tori had become so close to Anzu in a short time and was treated as more of a friend than him, who stayed by Tori's side the whole time. In the "Mine Lady" story, when [[KickTheDog he gladly goes along with the pranks Tori's sister pulls on Anzu just to spite her. Subverted however, in that he was sympathizing with Tori's sister's loneliness, feeling that his idol duties and Anzu took him away from her]].

* GreenEyedMonster: It's revealed he's secretly displeased how Tori had become so close to Anzu in a short time and was treated as more of a friend than him, who stayed by Tori's side the whole time. In the "Mine Lady" story, when [[KickTheDog he gladly goes along with the pranks Tori's sister pulls on Anzu just to spite her]].

* WhiteAndGoldAreDivine: they are usually associated with angelic motifs, and primarily use this colour scheme.

--> '''Voiced by''': Creator/HikaruMidorikawa
--> '''Portrayed by''': Takahisa Maeyama

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* {{Adorkable}}: As strange as it sounds, but his sheer delight at encountering ordinary 'lower class' things like hamburgers can be quite cute.

* MainInWhite: All members of ''fine'' wear white, but Eichi fits the unsettling power aspect of the trope best.

* FirstNameBasis: With the people he's close to, specifically his childhood friend Keito and Fine members. [[spoiler:When Hokuto defected to Fine in the main story, he also switched to his first name, and asked Hokuto to do the same with him]]. Curiously, he also refers to Chiaki by first name.

** Adoption isn't very popular in Japan, it's believed that it ruins the family's bloodline. It gives a child a family's name without having any of the family's blood. It is part of Japanese pride of heritage. It's hinted Wataru constantly improved himself at performing because he was aware of this fact.
* HappilyAdopted: The Thief Vs. Detective story reveals he's adopted.

* UnreliableExpositor: The Thief Vs. Detective story reveals he was adopted by an old couple when he was a child. Wanting to repay their kindness, he started performing and constantly improved himself. However, he became so good at it that nobody could reach him anymore, until Eichi offered him to join Fine.... before laughing and telling Tomoya he only tells songs and tales. That said, he's shown tearing up when mentioning how people didn't laugh at one of his tricks in the past despite his constant improvement, implying that at least some of it wasn't a lie.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Crossdresses as a princess in some of the plays the theater club puts on, and apparently looks quite nice doing it, according to Tomoya. The player finally gets to see Wataru crossdress in in theatre club's productions of [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ensemble-stars/images/3/32/%28Stepmother%29_Wataru_Hibiki_Bloomed.png/revision/latest?cb=20170703114725 Cinderella]] and [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ensemble-stars/images/2/28/%28Beautiful_Juliet%29_Wataru_Hibiki_CG2.png/revision/latest?cb=20180501050349 Romeo and Juliet]].

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Not only does his family rule the entertainment world, Eichi himself is Yumenosaki's student council president, who's also a member of "fine", the most powerful unit in the Academy and regarded as the school's top idol on his own. As evidence of his talent, the two units who have been shown to score against Fine, Trickstar and Akatsuki, won by ''very'' thin margin and ''only because Eichi was not in top condition''. There's also Valkyrie whom had almost won against Fine in the Milky Way event, losing because fine had more fans than Valkyrie since Valkyrie had been inactive in the Yumenosaki assigned lives for quiet a while. Emperor, indeed.

** He didn't just orchestrate the Oddballs's demise. [[spoiler: He was also their ''creator'' of sorts, specifically so that he could crush them later]].

** He assumes Tsumugi stayed by his side on fine because of a contract and that he expected a compensation for even associating with him, such as [[EveryManHasHisPrice having his debts payed]] or exacting revenge on his mother (Eichi goes to the point of offering to use his contacts to strip Tsumugi's mother of custody, if Tsumugi wishes to do so), and so thinks nothing of [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness dismissing him and the other fine members after their part in the War is done]]. In reality, Tsumugi was doing it [[spoiler: because he saw Eichi as a ''friend'', and because he believed that the goals Eichi wanted to achieve would bring happiness to everyone]]. When Eichi realizes how important Tsumugi's support was, and that he could have had him as a loyal friend, it's already too late.

* {{Expy}}: Rich? Check. Blonde hair hair? Check. Always formal? Check. SpotOfTea and a member of the tea club? Check. Student council president? Check. A childhood friend who's the vice-president? Check. A manipulative bastard who likes to talk in a flowery and dramatic way? Eichi's practically an IllBoy version of Reika Enjouji from ''Ensemble Girls!''. Bonus points since both characters ruined someone else's life for the sake of the school (The Five Oddballs for Eichi, Anzu for Reika). And they enlisted the main character into their respective academies so they would change the academy's ways.

* IllBoy: He has always had a weak body since he was a young boy. It's revealed in the Quarrel festival event to be an hereditary trait.

*** He rejected Chiaki's proposal of the Hero Show premise mentioned in the Hero Show gacha during the Supernova event. This may seem unnecessary till Eichi tells him that what Chiaki proposed would be seen as a stunt show, not an Idol related live, and it'll simply drop down the image of Ryuuseitai as an idol group if he accepts it.

** [[spoiler: He's the one who named and "created" the oddballs. This might seem harmless enough, but the kicker is his reason of picking that particular name : it's because "Five oddballs" (gokijin) sounds like cockroach (gokiburi), and by naming them that, it gives them the image of being inhuman, making it easier for them to be destroyed by him.]]
** How he ochestrated the Knights's fallout in the past. [[spoiler: by organizing many Dream-Fes with people outside of the school voting for the Knights (called Chess back at the time). After some weeks of success, Eichi made Dream-Fes inside the school. Meaning that the other units (who were losing thanks to Chess's success) will vote down for them. Afterwards, Chess fell from grace and Leo couldn't take up the pressure anymore and left.]]

** In ''"Gunman"'' he decides to "train" Anzu so she could deal with her enemies and undesired people in the future. Said method consist on inviting her and most of the 3A class to an arcade. Said boys consist on Keito, Shu, Izumi, Chiaki, Kaoru and Eichi himself whom Anzu sees as TheDreaded.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: As befitting of one of the Three Oddballs, Wataru is a eccentric young man who seems to live in his own world.

** Adoption isn't very popular in Japan, it's believed that it ruins the family's bloodline. It gives a child a family's name without having any of the family's blood. Its part of Japanese pride of heritage. It's hinted Wataru constantly improved himself at performing because he was aware of this fact.

** As he reveals in ''Thief Vs Detective'' and ''Rosicrucian Story'', he's actually training Tomoya [[spoiler: to be an actor, and that's why he's constantly putting him through so much humilliating costumes. Wataru believes Tomoya is rather plain as an idol and if he grows up, Tomoya's cuteness wouldn't last forever. So he wants to train Tomoya into becoming a succesful actor, so he would have some future after he'll inevitably stops being an idol.]]

* WholesomeCrossdresser: Crossdresses as a princess in some of the plays the theater club puts on, and apparently looks quite nice doing it, according to Tomoya. The player doesn't get to see it, though.

* AttentionWhore: At times. In the game he's this especially towards Anzu. In the 4Koma manga, he throws a tantrum in the Tennis Club when Nazuna and Izumi argue over who's pairing up with Makoto in order to play a match, saying that they instead should be fighting over ''him''.

* ChildhoodFriends: He's childhood acquitances with Tsukasa. Unfortunately the don't get along, due to Tsukasa looking down on Tori for being a NouveauRiche. It doesn't help that they're both jealous of the other interacting with Anzu.

* NiceGuy: Yuzuru is one of the few boys who's nice to Anzu from the beginning. They transferred at the same time, becomes smitten with her due to her workaholic tendencies and tries to help her whenever he can so she won't overwork herself too much (like in the "Doggy Park Picnic", "Summer Lesson" and "Christmas Live"). Except whe he's jealous that Anzu seems to get along better with Tori than with him, when he decides he'd rather make her look bad in front of Tori (see GreenEyedMonster below).