History Characters / EnsembleStarsMaM

* 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 [[IHaveNoSon 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 parent's 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 Kohaku Oukawa. ]]
* TheAce: Can pretty much do almost anything so long as he practices enough times. Hes stated in his ''Zodiac'' Gacha story that he has a mentor that taught him most of the techniques he knows. [[spoiler: Later revealed to be a deconstruction, as Madara became this trope on purpose so that he can be come powerful enough to steal the influence of higher powers on people below them to exact vengeances, such as the Shinkai Family's Religion and Yumenosaki's student council. ]]

* AffectionateNickname: Is called "Mikeji-mama" by Leo.

* 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 [[IHaveNoSon 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 Kohaku Oukawa. ]]
* TheAce: Can pretty much do almost anything so long as he practices enough times. Hes stated in his ''Zodiac'' Gacha story that he has a mentor that taught him most of the techniques he knows. [[spoiler: Later revealed to be a deconstruction, as Madara became this trope on purpose so that he can be come powerful enough to steal the influence of higher powers on people below them to exact vengeance, such as the Shinkai Family's Religion and Yumenosaki's student council. ]]
** BrokenAce: A downplayed example, as he isn't broken by the consequences of being good at everything, just lonely from being somewhat ostracized. Combined with the overbearing personality he uses to overcompensate, he tends to frustrate others without really trying from this, and he is very aware of it. He'd rather be found annoying from his personality rather than his talents making others resentful, as seen with Mitsuru and their rivalry on the track team.

* AllTakeAndNoGive: His relationship with Kanata in the past, with Kanata being the Taker. Leo also believes his relationship with Madara is this with him being on the receiving end, and feeling unable to give Madara anything in return for all he’s done for him.

* 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 he feels its necessary.]]

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: He's implied to be this toward the third-year RYUSEITAI members and Anzu. Kanata is actually very annoyed by this even after their relationship improves, because it becomes his primary motivation around them in exchange for his genuine personality. ]]

--> ''Fufu. The reason I became Mama was because I kept playing as "Mama", but...Many things happened, and I kind of realized that my strength was being "Mama". Though I can't really do it well. As you can see, I'm like a wooden doll. With a big body, but no brains....... or something like that! Kind of ♪''

* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's overly friendly, cheerful, and always ready to offer his help. But ''boy howdy'', Madara can be terrifying when he needs to get a point across. In ''Concerto'', he has some choice words for Eichi, should he ever hurt Leo again.

* BlackSheep: Of the Mikejima family due to rebelling against role and his [[spoiler: attempts to dismantle the Shinkai families long-reigning religious cult. In Ensemble Stars!! this results in him being partially disowned by his family and he leaves home to live in Ensemble Square among some of the other idols. Being disowned also affects his ability to do idol work outside of Japan, as he relied on his families connections to go around the world for jobs.]]

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

* {{Cult}}: Born into a long line of cultists that worships the "God" that fell onto earth from a meteor in the sky. His family is connected to the Shinkai household, the main organizers of this religion and believe that Kanata is a reincarnation of this God. Through this connection, he and Kanata became ChildhoodFriends.

* {{Expy}}: Of Natsumi Minami from ''Ensemble Girls!''. Both are the childhood friends of the protagonist and they have a caring, supportive personality. And he has stated to have a crush on the Anzu, who treats him like a nuisance (similar to how Anzu's brother treats the dogged Natsumi). They also have the kanji 三 in their surnames. The difference is that Natsumi is more accepted in-universe as a CoolBigSis compared to Madara, whose energetic personality puts off people at times, especially people who aren't familiar with him. It's later revealed Madara [[spoiler: isn't technically Anzu's childhood friend, as he simply played with her a few times as kids and they weren’t as close as we were lead to believe and was just manipulating her for the sake of his revenge,]] so it's implied his design was similar on purpose to mislead the fans.

* GenkiBoy: Very energetic and cheerful, in his starter sub stories, he seems to just appear and disappear with the same energy he uses to talk to people.
* GreenEyedMonster: A non-malicious example. He has admitted to being envious of the type of relationship Chiaki and Kanata have and seems to covet the [[FamilyOfChoice warm dynamic]] of RYUSEITAI overall, due to feeling unable to establish meaningful connections himself as a solo unit. The formation of Double Face in ''A Dark Nights Passing'' seems to imply that some of the burden of the loneliness he feels will finally be lifted off of him after he befriends Kohaku Oukawa, his partner in that unit. WordOfGod confirms that this take away was intentional, as they wanted to give him a friend that could stand on stage with him as his equal.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Leo Tsukinaga, whom he considers to be his best friend.

* IdiotHair: Has an ahoge at the the top of his bangs.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: It's heavily implied that he has feelings for Anzu. However, because she has complicated feelings about love and he's given the impression she dislikes him, he holds back and doesn't pursue her romantically. He does however, want her to find someone who would make her happy and has even implied that he wants her and Chiaki [[ShipperOnDeck to get together in the scout story ''Buddy''.]] This sentiment doesn’t come up again past that story, however, leaving the impression that he may have not been serious.

* 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.

* LonelyAmongPeople: Being lonely in his chosen position is a big part of his character. Anzu reminds him in the ''Ensemble Stars!!'' main story that he has her, friends and fans that love and support him, despite his constant lonely feeling and he’s shown to be hesitant to accept it. It’s heavily implied that this insecurity stems from his lack of a [[AbusiveParents loving household]] and his envy for the dynamic [[TrueCompanions RYUSEITAI]] have, both which fuel his desire to establish a FamilyOfChoice. It’s also the reason for his ''Mama'' persona.

* ManicPixieDreamGirl: A male example and a {{Deconstruction}}. He's quirky, excitable and boisterous and latches to people in need, as well as his friends. Notably, everyone occasionally finds his actions annoying or intrusive (even characters such as Chiaki, Rei, Kanata and even Leo). He also has no reservations about using less-than-scrupulous methods to get things done for the sake of others.
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler: Manipulates the people around him, including Anzu, to further his own gain, particularly to get back at Eichi and Keito "for what they'd done". Though its revealed in ''The Revolutionary Live Which Heralds the Dawn'' that he genuinely wants to become a better person. ]]

* {{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'' has some of the flags of the places he’s travelled abroad to, meaning that he’s most likely fluent in English, German, French and Italian. According to one of his old idol stories, he may or may not have dragged Leo to Egypt (And then Antarctica), therefore it’s also likely that he’s familiar with Arabic.
* ParentalSubstitute: He wants to be regarded as a motherly figure, or a “mama”, as he would say. As such, he tends to call Anzu and Arashi his daughters and has called the others collectively his “baby-Chan’s”. Kanata says he’s always been trying to force this persona since they were children. [[SubvertedTrope Despite his efforts,]] many characters don’t actually view him as this and often reject the mama persona he puts on. Instead, those who come to like him view him as a CoolBigBro instead.

* RunningGag: Like Knights, he has a tendency to kidnap other students (usually plucking them right off the spot in front of others while they're admist other activities), with Souma always chasing down after him. So far, this has happened to Anzu, Shinbou, and Kohaku though in the last case, [[MisplacedRetribution Souma assumed it was Kohaku kidnapping Madara (despite Madara carrying him)]] due to Crazy:B's reputation

* StepfordSmiler: One of the games more obvious examples.

* StealthMentor: Is enlisted by Anzu to look after ALKALOID in her stead as Eichi banned her for helping them.
* SpikyHair: One of the games biggest examples of this, due to his rather interesting hair style.

* TheGadfly: Admits to be this on purpose toward his peers in ''The Revolutionary Live Which Heralds The Dawn'' as he considers it to be a war tactic for his opponent to let their guard down, giving him more of an opportunity to mold their mind. According to Kuro in that same event, he learned this from Rei.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: According to his Management mini convo, he loves soba and onigiri as well as foods generally eaten at festivals. As well, his shaved ice challenge in ''Ensemble Stars!! Basic'' establishes that favorite topping for the treat is Anmitsu.

* VigilanteMan: A huge part of his character is wanting to bring evil people to justice in his own way. Double Face is formed with Kohaku Oukawa on the basis of this as well.

** ''In A Dark Night's Passing'', he involves himself in a mission with Kohaku Oukawa to track down an “evil” producer simply called GFK after finding out that he was manipulating Leo. This results in Madara quite literally launching GFK into an audience of similarly pissed off clients that were screwed over by him. [[spoiler: They planned to murder GFK if they felt it was necessary.]]

* [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Violently Protective Friend]]: Seems to give off this vibe, even threatening to harm Eichi should he do anything to Leo and even threatened to hurt anyone that forces Arashi into doing something he doesn't want to do. He's never actually shown inflicting violence on anyone yet, however, despite being implied to have been violent in the past.

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* {{Cowboy}}: The unit outfit seems to sport this motif. [[spoiler: While its not as obvious, his unit motif ties into his role as a character due to the heavy themes of justice surrounding him as a character. His unit symbol is in the shape of a Sheriffs badge, symbolizing how his sense of justice and how he enforces it differs from Ryuseitai, the group whose theme is centered around idealistic themes of justice and heroism in the {{Sentai}} genre as opposed to his darker and more realistic take on it. ]]

A reckless and lively character. He has the habit of suddenly appearing at any place to help people out, and disappears just as fast. He loves smiles and will come flying at the mention of festivals, no matter where. At school, he is in his own solo unit, "[=MaM=]". It is revealed in ''Reminiscence＊Ryusei Bonfire'' that he was the former unit leader of the first squad of Ryuseitai as a first year.

* {{Antihero}}: WordOfGod describes him as such in regards to being a former member of Ryuseitai, following his own idea of justice, even if it's forceful and unconventional. He actually hates being thought of as a hero in any sense (or when Chiaki admires him like one), not wanting others to feel accountable for his actions.

* ColorMotif: Used to represent purple as a former member of Ryuseitai, although he would change his color a lot. His current main unit outfit in contrast is described as being monochrome. [[spoiler: Retconned in Reminiscence＊Ryusei Bonfire, as his actual Ryuseitai color is never established and the uniform was just something he did picked up without permission.]]

* GreenEyedMonster: A non-malicious example. He has admitted to being envious of the type of relationship Chiaki and Kanata have and seems to covet the [[FamilyOfChoice warm dynamic]] of Ryuseitai overall, due to feeling unable to establish meaningful connections himself as a solo unit. The formation of Double Face in ''A Dark Nights Passing'' seems to imply that some of the burden of the loneliness he feels will finally be lifted off of him after he befriends Kohaku Oukawa, his partner in that unit. WordOfGod confirms that this take away was intentional, as they wanted to give him a friend that could stand on stage with him as his equal.

* 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 [[spoiler: which ends up becoming strange as according to ''Meteor Impact'', he was the former leader of Ryuseitai before abandoning the position]]. 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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* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: He's implied to be this toward the third-year Ryuuseitai members and Anzu. Kanata is actually very annoyed by this even after their relationship improves, because it becomes his primary motivation around them in exchange for his genuine personality. ]]

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* TheRuntAtTheEnd: Was the ''only'' solo unit in the ''Ensemble Stars'' franchise, with this being noted to be an exception made for his character in-universe. Averted now with the ''Ensemble Stars!!'' game reboot, as [=HiMERU=], who acts as a solo unit when not associated with Crazy:B, was introduced. However unlike Madara, we have yet to see [=HiMERU=] act as a solo idol outside of the unit he was introduced with. Tatsumi Kazehaya was also notably a solo unit before joining Alkaloid.

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Bringing heart-pounding thrills to you!

Their theme color is [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience grey]].

In the first game, MaM is the always-active solo unit! Wherever there's a festival, he's there! Nationwide, he's rushing to give you a lively and exciting live show!

In the second game, MaM is a unit affiliated with New Dimension. Working solo, Madara Mikejima mainly focuses on campaign jobs such as commercials, variety talk shows, food reviews, sports variety shows, live broadcasts, and other hosting and active jobs.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Was the ''only'' solo unit in the ''Ensemble Stars'' franchise, with this being noted to be an exception made for his character in-universe. Averted now with the ''Ensemble Stars!!'' game reboot, as [=HiMERU=], who acts as a solo unit when not associated with Crazy:B, was introduced. However unlike Madara, we have yet to see [=HiMERU=] act as a solo idol outside of the unit he was introduced with. Tatsumi Kazehaya was also notably a solo unit before joining Alkaloid.

* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: In ''The Revolutionary Live Which Heralds The Dawn'' it's revealed he befriended Anzu for the sake of getting revenge against Eichi. Similarly, in ''Checkmate'' Eichi befriended Leo for the sake of ruining Knights. Kuro lampshades this and advises Madara to continue pretending being her childhood friend otherwise she'll react badly if she finds out the truth (like Leo did after finding out Eichi was using him).]]

* SpoiledSweet: Has stated that his parents had given him whatever he wanted as a child, and prior to being [[spoiler: partially disowned by them in Ensemble Stars!! due to his attempts to dismantle their religion]], they were the primary reason he was able to travel around as much as he did. Despite this, he is a generally [[GenkiBoy amicable person]] [[spoiler: with this initially being a facade but [[BecomingTheMask gradually becoming his true personality]]]] that a strong sense of justice and serves as a [[CoolBigBro big brother figure]] to a good portion of the cast. [[spoiler: Leo notes that while he is ruthless toward his enemies, he’s sweet toward those important to him.]]

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* RunningGag: Like Knights, he has a tendency to kidnap other students (usually plucking them right off the spot in front of others while they're admist other activities), with Souma always chasing down after him. So far, this has happened to Anzu, Shinbou, and Kohaku though in the last case, Souma assumed it was Kohaku kidnapping Madara (despite Madara carrying him) due to Crazy:B's reputation

* VerbalTick: Outside of his occasional shouting in four kanji compounds, he also seems to playfully drag out the ends of his sentences using “かあ”, “なあ“ and “があ”, even when he isn’t asking a question.

--> '''Voiced by''': Creator/KosukeToriumi (Japanese), Tyson Rinehart (English)

* InksuitActor: Madara looks and dresses very similarly to his voice actor Creator/KousukeToriumi. They even share the same birthday. His stage play actor Shojiro Yokoi also looks very similar to him.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: He's sometimes noted to be more insightful than his carefree appearance suggests.
* OddFriendship: With several characters, but most notably Kuro. Though there was originally some hostility between him and Kuro in Ensemble Stars!, it seemed to die down during the events of Shinsengumi and completely vanished as of Ensemble Stars!! Now they’re shown to hang out casually and are on good terms. [[FriendshipDenial Kuro denies that they’re “close” despite this.]]

* ShipTease: With Anzu, at times and Kanata. As of ''Ensemble Stars!!'', he gets some with Kuro as well.