History Characters / EnsembleStarsMaM

* Tsujikaze ni Fukarete (MaM with Team Ushiwakamaru - Souma, Kanata, Mitsuru)
* RevolTrad ~Ishin-Denshin~ ([=MaM=] with Akatsuki)

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:Reminiscence Ryusei Bonfire heavily implies he isn't on good terms with his parents for defying the local cultlike religion they follow, as he tries to help the deified Kanata understand he is human, not a god. At the very least they put their beliefs over their own son, looking the other way when he is often punished. It’s taken even further in Stars!! where in his idol story it’s revealed that he is partly disowned by his parents now due to disgracing them by his hand in dismantling the Shinkai religion, and was forced to leave home to live in the dorms at Ensemble Square. This resulted in his connections being cut and MaM being forced to go on hiatus as he was to not able to use his parents connections to travel the world to do jobs. For a while, he simply took jobs under his actual name, but this leads to him coming back in duo unit Double Face, as the units leader alongside Kouhaku Oukawa. ]]

** In the Reminiscence＊Ryusei Bonfire event, he acts perhaps jokingly flirty toward Kanata and calls Chiaki cute.

* AmbiguousCriminalHistory: Is implied to [[spoiler: have murdered someone in the past, however it’s never fully established whether or not this is true. A Dark Night’s Passing confirms that he isn’t above murder if it’s necessary, however.]]

* CoolBike: In the ''Buddy'' gacha story, his CG shows him tending to his cruiser motorbike that he adores and refers to as his "baby" and "buddy" due to his attachment to it.

* {{Cult}}: His family descends from a long line of worshippers that revere the "God" born within the Shinkai household due to the belief that that "God" has the ability to grant wishes. The cult extends beyond his family, and they have a lot of influence, which results in him being punished when he acts out. While he was initially a believer in this religion, he became starkly against it after learning from a young age that Kanata, who was born as the "God" of their generation, isn’t actually a "God" at all and is instead just a normal boy with a role forced on him. From there, he spent most of his childhood attempting to free Kanata from this role, which earns him the BlackSheep status in his family. By ''Ensemble Stars!!'', he has succeeded in dismantling the religion with Kanata’s help, though not without him being [[IHaveNoSon partially disowned by his family]] and losing all of the connections he established through them, of which he required to do most of his work as an idol.
* CuteLittleFangs: Has tiny ones, possibly going along with his cat motif.

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Madara is noted to be a versatile unit due to his being solo, which is reflected in his 5 star MaM starter card. The card is a JackOfAllStats with high points across all stats and can fit into any team set up.

* HiddenDepths: When he was first introduced, he was mainly seen as a cool big brother figure (that wants to be viewed as a mother figure rather than an older brother) with a sort of strange, looming darkness to him, largely shrouded in mystery and with an implied history of violence that made other characters wary of him. He was the ChildhoodFriend character to Anzu, who didn't remember him, and Kanata, who resented him for unknown reasons. It was incredibly difficult for fans to get a grasp on him due to how all over the place he was in terms of characterization. Over the course of three years since then, his backstory gradually revealed that he was born to AbusiveParents into a {{Cult}} in which he had been fighting for a good portion of his life to set Kanata free from, with the consequences of this journey leading to them being separated, which caused Kanata to hate him. He's [[LoveMartyr incredibly self-sacrificing for those he cares about]] with heavily implied insecurities that keep him from acknowledging or accepting his accomplishments. He's also incredibly lonely [[LonelyAmongPeople despite all the friends]] he's first appearance. Among many other things that would be hard to list out without filling the page, almost every aspect of his initial characterization has been explained or expanded in some way by the writers.

* MyGreatestFailure: Feels as though he failed to save Kanata and passes on that duty to Chiaki because of this belief. [[spoiler: Though this is based upon Madara’s own insecurities, as he ''did'' save Kanata by relieving him of the “God” role that had been forced upon him since birth which allowed him to live as a human alongside RYUSEITAI, which he loves. Souma also points out that Madara both made Kanata happy, as well as gave him the ability to become happy, though Madara remains unaware of the first part due to believing that [[{{Tsundere}} Kanata]] still resents him for their past together. ]]

* ColorMotif: In Enstars!, his color palette was described as being monochrome, with mostly black, gray and red. However, in Enstars!! his uniform color mostly incorporates red and green.

* CantCatchUp: In ''Ensemble Stars!!'' due to being a solo unit in an industry that's gradually phasing solo units out, he was unable to get jobs as frequently as those who operated in units of one or more people did. This is part of the reason why Anzu decides to continue to produce Double Face, which consists of him and Kohaku. He still takes jobs as MaM though, with Kohaku stating in ''Hot Limit'' that MaM is his day job.

%%* HiddenDepths

** Ritsu has called him "Mikejimaman" at one point.

* HonorRelatedAbuse: The reason his family allowed him to be mistreated and exiled by followers of the Shinkai family.

* {{Omniglot}}: According to Leo, Madara is fluent in the languages of places they travelled abroad to together. His [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/120094fc_fbb0_40a9_a5bf_c3c24e7a7585.jpeg birthday cake]] in ''Ensemble Stars!! Music'' presumably has some, if not all, of the flags of the countries he’s travelled abroad to, meaning that he’s most likely fluent in English, German, French and Italian.

* {{Omniglot}}: Is fluent in several languages, according to Leo.

* BirdsOfAFeather: With Kohaku Oukawa, which is part of the reason they end up [[CommonalityConnection bonding]] from ''A Dark Night’s Passing'' onward. For some examples, They both have dark pasts that shape who they are today, and firmly believe in protecting others from the impurities of the world by any means necessary, even if it means they’ll become sullied themselves and “fall into hell” in the process.

* {{Cult}}: His family descends from a long line of worshippers that revere the “God” born within the Shinkai household due to the belief that that “God” has the ability to grant wishes. The cult extends beyond his family, and they have a lot of influence, which results in him being punished when he acts out. While he was initially a believer in this religion, he became starkly against it after learning from a young age that Kanata, who was born as the “God” of their generation, isn’t actually a “God” at all and is instead just a normal boy with a role forced on him. From there, he spent most of his childhood attempting to free Kanata from this role, which earns him the BlackSheep status in his family. By ''Ensemble Stars!!'', he has succeeded in dismantling the religion with Kanata’s help, though not without him being [[IHaveNoSon partially disowned by his family]] and losing all of the connections he established through them, of which he required to do most of his work as an idol.

* FamilyOfChoice: States that he wants something like this in a ''A Dark Nights Passing'' after being asked by Kohaku if his family abandoning him is the reason he refers be viewed as a [[TeamMom “Mama”.]]

** As of Ensemble Stars!!, the “enemy” part has seemingly been all but officially dropped as they behave more friendly toward each other. Kuro still denies that they’ve gotten close though, only saying that they have lunch with each other on occasion since they have time between MDM. In one of Kuro’s personal stories, he and Madara go shopping for a gift for his sister.

** Ritsu has called him “Mikejimaman” at one point.
** Mitsuru initially referred to him as “that captain guy” but now calls him “Mike-Chan-Senpai” after they become friends.

* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Despite not being blood related to any of the characters in the main cast, he acts as a big brother figure to several of the characters and he was implied to be this in Ensemble Stars!. As of Ensemble Stars!!, He’s fully embraced this trope after forming the unit Double Face.

* InSeriesNickname: If you mush his name together, you get "Mama", [[TeamMom which Madara fully embraces the role of.]] Leo puts his own spin on it by referring to him as [[AffectionateNickname "Mikejimama" ]].

* YouAreWhatYouHate: [[spoiler: Despises and wants revenge on Eichi for hurting the people he cares about but is more like him than he realizes. Even [[WordOfGod Akira]] stated that they were similar.]]

* LonelyAtTheTop: One of Madara's dislikes according to his bio is simply "being compared", because he feels isolated for his natural talents, and he gets uncomfortable when Chiaki praises him as better and more deserving to lead Ryuseitai if things were different. He's in Yumenosaki's only solo unit for personal reasons, but he admits making full use of his unit's flexibility in participation for lives because he hates feeling lonely.

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* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:Reminiscence Ryusei Bonfire heavily implies he isn't on good terms with his parents for defying the local cultlike religion they follow, as he tries to help the deified Kanata understand he is human, not a god. At the very least they put their beliefs over their own son, looking the other way when he is often punished. It’s taken even further in Stars!! where in his idol story it’s revealed that he is partly disowned by his parents now due to disgracing them via an issue with the Shinkai family, and was forced to leave home to live in the dorms at Ensemble Square. This resulted in his connections being cut and MaM being forced to go on hiatus as he was to not able to use his parents connections to travel the world to do jobs. For a while, he simply took jobs under his actual name, this leads to him coming back in duo unit Double Face, as the units leader alongside Kouhaku Oukawa. ]]