History Characters / EnsembleStarsRYUSEITAI

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[[caption-width-right:261:'''''[=EnStars!=]''''': I wish I was born smaller.\\

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[[caption-width-right:204:'''''[=EnStars!=]''''': In Nin Nin-mode today, too.\\

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[[caption-width-right:350:'''''[=EnStars!=]''''': The Scorching Hot Warrior, Bearing Justice!\\

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[[caption-width-right:195:'''''[=EnStars!=]''''': Deep-sea Fish, Floating in the Great Ocean ☆\\

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[[caption-width-right:350:'''''[=EnStars!=]''''': The Relentless Black Flame Is Burning Up!\\

* PassingTheTorch: He eventually passes the title of Ryusei Red to Tetora. In "Comet Show", [[spoiler: Chiaki takes back the position of Ryusei Red, and Tetora reverts back to Ryusei Black.]]

* PassingTheTorch: He eventually passes the title of Ryusei Red to Tetora. In "Comet Show", [[spoiler: Chiaki takes back the position of Ryusei Red and leader, making Tetora Ryusei Black again.]] Later, in "Supervillain", [[spoiler: Chiaki offers the position of Ryusei Red back to Tetora, but Tetora decides to stay as Ryusei Black, just as leader this time. All of RYUSEITAI maintain their original colours by the end.]]

Serious but energetic, Tetora's the sort of (guy's) guy who can only focus on one thing at a time. He's a hard worker, but his enthusiasm usually doesn't pay off the way he hopes it will--or really, most of the time around the third year karate club captain Kuro Kiryu, who he admires very much, and affectionately refers to as "boss." Nonetheless, he always puts his all into being Ryusei Black of RYUUSETAI.

Since he tends to cause small fires during his training, the teachers are keeping an eye on him. He loves high places and attics. While athletic, Shinobu doesn't quite make the best use of his own potential, but still seems to have a good time as a part of the Broadcast Committee, and as Ryusei Yellow of RYUUSETAI.\\

* PassingTheTorch: He eventually passes the title of RYUSEI Red to Tetora.
* RedIsHeroic: He ''is'' RYUSEI Red, and fittingly is TheLeader and the one who admires superheroes the most.

** Tetora: Black

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[[folder:Chiaki Morisawa]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:'''''[=EnStars!=]''''': The Scorching Hot Warrior, Bearing Justice!\\
'''''[=EnStars!!=]''''': The Passionate Hero, Protecting Smiles!]]

->''"I'm Chiaki Morisawa with the burning heart! Count on me whenever you're in trouble!"''

High-spirited enough to make certain low-spirited underclassmen's days waaay too exciting, Chiaki makes up the 50% in the 150% of RYUSEITAI's enthusiasm. He's a good-natured upperclassman who loves being relied on and is eager to undertake just about anything. All in all, as Ryusei Red, he wears the traditional {{Sentai}} implications of the color pretty well.

While it may come as a shock, he admires superheroes a lot, and much like them, thinks teamwork is the best thing since sliced and diced crispy fries, as well as introductory lines, which every member has due to him. Despite his good reflexes, he often gets injured and has to be taken care of by the school doctor, Jin Sagami. \\

->'''Class:''' 3-A ''([=EnStars!=])''
->'''Club/Circles:''' Basketball Club ''([=EnStars!=])'' / SHIN, Sports Survivors ''([=EnStars!!=])''
->'''Age:''' 17-18 ''([=EnStars!=])'', 18-19 ''([=EnStars!!=])''
->'''Birthday:''' September 18th
->'''Height/Weight:''' 175cm/60kg ''([=EnStars!=])'', 175cm/60kg ''([=EnStars!!=])''
->'''[[PersonalityBloodTypes Blood Type]]:''' O
->'''Hobby:''' Watching superhero shows
->'''Specialty:''' Stunts
->'''Voiced by''': Yuichi Jose (Japanese), Aaron Campbell (English)
->'''Portrayed by:''' Ryou Saeki

* AFatherToHisMen: His stifling attention to his juniors, be it the ones in RYUSEITAI or Basketball Club, is proof of his affection towards them. As far as he's concerned, they're his children.
* BecomingTheMask: It's implied he was meek and maybe even bullied when he was younger. It's only recently that he started acting more like the heroes he admires.
* {{Bookworm}}: In the Sweet Halloween event story, Chiaki states that he has a habit of reading something before he sleeps. In some of his dialogue, it is shown that he borrows books from the library at times.
* BrokenPedestal: Completely averted, as he still idolizes the former vice-captain of RYUSEITAI, Madara Mikejima. Nearly everyone familiar with his background but especially Kanata recognizes that Madara is a horrible role model, and ''Madara himself'' wishes this trope was invoked because he does not want Chiaki to look up to him or find his actions "heroic".
** However, played straight when it comes to fine - Chiaki was a huge fan of old fine, so when the war happened, he really believed they were heroes of justice taking down terrible villains. However, when he got to know Kanata, he realised that those 'villains' where just ordinary people themselves, and became ashamed of how much he had supported fine. However, though he recognises what they did was wrong, he still has something of the fanboy in him, and at one point in ''Saga pt 2'' refers to Eichi as a friend. (Eichi, for his part, merely remarks that the word 'friend' still sounds weird to him.)
* CallingYourAttacks: In the yonkoma manga, he tries to enforce this on the Basketball Club members. None of them are too happy about it.
* FriendToAllChildren: Emphasized in the School Festival event story.
-->'''Chiaki:''' Yeah, I love kids! I was this close to hugging the kid just now, but I held it in!
* HeroWorshipper: In Ensemble Stars!, he looked up to Madara Mikejima as one, despite [[spoiler: [[AntiHero Madara]] being disapproving of Chiaki’s view of him.]]
* IdiotsCannotCatchColds: Brought up in the Hero Show scout story, where he actually ''[[SubvertedTrope does]]'' end up catching a cold, resulting in this exchange:
-->'''Shinobu''': Do you not understand? Taichou-dono was wandering around in the rain, searching for Tetora-kun, and thus has caught a cold!
-->'''Tetora''': Eh?! That person can't catch a cold, can he?
* KindheartedCatLover: Implied in one of his Sub Stories.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Will hug anyone without caring that they don't like to be touched.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He's sometimes noted to be more calculative and insightful than his appearance suggests.
* PassingTheTorch: He eventually passes the title of RYUSEI Red to Tetora.
* RedIsHeroic: He ''is'' RYUSEI Red, and fittingly is TheLeader and the one who admires superheroes the most.
* TheLeader: The Headstrong type: a natural-born leader who fully believes ThePowerOfFriendship and TeamSpirit, loves being relied on and overall acts like a superhero. He's also the captain of the Basketball Club.
* TrademarkHatedFood: Eggplants.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes?: Usually, Chiaki is shown to have a brave persona, but when [[spoiler: anything horror-related]] comes into the situation...
** He tries his best to hide this fear, but sometimes, his acting or his reactions become a bit too [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerated]] that his fear becomes obvious, which is seen a lot in the event story Sweet Halloween.

[[folder:Tetora Nagumo]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:'''''[=EnStars!=]''''': The Relentless Black Flame Is Burning Up!\\
'''''[=EnStars!!=]''''': A Fistful of the Iron Heart!]]

->''"My hobby is weight training! My dream is to become a man among men!"''

Serious but energetic, Tetora's the sort of (guy's) guy who can only focus on one thing at a time. He's a hard worker, but his enthusiasm usually doesn't pay off the way he hopes it will--or really, most of the time around the third year karate club captain Kuro Kiryu, who he admires very much, and affectionately refers to as "boss." Nonetheless, he always puts his all into being Ryusei Black of RYUUSETAI.

He claims to be a good cook, but actually has no sense of taste, and tying into his single-mindedness, he can't do detailed tasks because he's not very good with his hands. He is good friends with his classmates Tomoya Mashiro and Hajime Shino, with the latter often helping him with his studies.\\
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->'''Club/Circles:''' Karate Club / SHIN, Ibara Lecture ''([=EnStars!!=])''
->'''Age:''' 15-16 ''([=EnStars!=])'', 18-19 ''([=EnStars!!=])''
->'''Birthday:''' June 15th
->'''Height/Weight:''' 168cm/55kg ''([=EnStars!=])'', 170cm/55kg ''([=EnStars!!=])''
->'''[[PersonalityBloodTypes Blood Type]]:''' A
->'''Hobby:''' Weight training
->'''Specialty:''' Cooking Chinese food over an open flame
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/YoshikiNakajima (Japanese), Creator/KyleIgneczi (English)
->'''Portrayed by''': Seiya Konishi

* AffectionateNickname : Kuro calls him "Tetsu".
* AnimalMotifs: Tetora seems to have tigers as motif. [[MeaningfulName His first name means "Iron Tiger"]], his autograph (which is only the kanji that means "tiger") is stylized so that the kanji's last stroke looks like a tiger's tail, and apparently [[http://d2528trfm6abyv.cloudfront.net/sp/events/17/img/emiohrqk_n.png his cellphone case]] is tiger-themed.
* BecomingTheMask:
** A mild example. Tetora initially wanted to join Akatsuki out of his admiration for Kuro, but upon failing the test, he had no choice but to opt for RYUSEITAI instead. At first, Tetora still held hopes for RYUSEITAI, but he was let down to learn all they ever do is play heroes. However, with the passage of time, he is shown to grow comfortable to his position in RYUSEITAI, making good friends with his fellow first years Midori and Shinobu.
** In Christmas Live, he also admits to be dissatisfied with being Black, wanting to be Red instead. But when Chiaki offers to let him wear Red for that one time, he refuses saying he's grown comfortable with being Black, and will hold off on becoming Red until Chiaki graduates.
* BigBrotherWorship: Really admires Akatsuki's Kuro, though they are not actually related by blood. He also has a similar admiration for [[CoolBigSis Anzu]].
* CuteLittleFangs: Sports these, if you pay attention to his cards.
* FriendlyRivals: In the sequel, Hiiro joins the karate club and becomes a common sparring partner with Tetora.
* {{Keet}}: Small, cute and often excited.
* IWantToBecomeARealMan: His primary motivation. Initially, he looks up to Kuro because he's physically tough and manly, but Kuro pushes him towards RYUSEITAI in the belief that Chiaki would be a better role model. Over the course of the year, Tetora learns that being a good man is much more than just being strong, and Kuro learns that he himself isn't such a bad big brother figure, either.
* LethalChef: Thinks he cooks good food, but his handling of fire is very poor and he often burns down what he meant to cook. The Cooking gacha story reveals that it's because of a past trauma where he fell ill from undercooked meat, so he overcooks food out of reflex.
* ObliviousToLove: Or oblivious to flirting, anyway - no matter how much Hinata teases him (he's very fond of the newlywed's three-choice), Tetora never seems to notice.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Towards Kuro and Anzu, he's enthusiastic and respectful. Towards his fellow first years, he's warm, amiable and helpful. Towards Chiaki though... he's no less cold and hurtful than Midori. That said, he ''does'' respect him somewhere in his heart, [[{{Tsundere}} even if he'll never really admit it]].
* TrademarkHatedFood: Carrots.
* VerbalTic: Ends his sentences with "-ssu".
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Enthusiastically crossdresses in the ''Beasts'' gacha story, though he was tricked into doing it by Arashi.

[[folder:Kanata Shinkai]]
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[[caption-width-right:195:'''''[=EnStars!=]''''': Deep-sea Fish, Floating in the Great Ocean ☆\\
'''''[=EnStars!!=]''''': The Ocean Envoy who watches over you with "Puka Puka"]]

->''"Fish... ♪ Sea turtles... ♪ Drowned bodies... ♪"''

Mild-mannered and mysterious, Kanata is Ryusei Blue, and one of the "Three Oddballs." The teachers often keep a close eye on him since his eccentric behavior stands out a lot--for example, all those times he installed a giant fish tank and other enigmatic apparatuses in the academy, with the Marine Bio Club as his excuse.

He's usually calm and takes it easy, but gets excessively excited when it comes to marine life. He seems obsessed with eating his food with soy sauce. He loves soaking in water and watching the ocean even though he cannot swim. Occasionally, he accompanies fellow RYUSEITAI member, Midori Takamine, to watch the sea.\\

->'''Class:''' 3-B ''([=EnStars!=])''
->'''Club/Circles:''' Marine Life Club ''([=EnStars!=])'' / OCEANS, Mystery Researchers ''([=EnStars!!=])''
->'''Age:''' 17-18 ''([=EnStars!=])'', 18-19 ''([=EnStars!!=])''
->'''Birthday:''' August 30th
->'''Height/Weight:''' 176cm/60kg ''([=EnStars!=])'', 176cm/60kg ''([=EnStars!!=])''
->'''[[PersonalityBloodTypes Blood Type]]:''' B
->'''Hobby:''' Taking walks on the beach
->'''Specialty:''' Karate chop
->'''Voiced by''': Koutaro Nishiyama (Japanese), Brandon McInnis (English)
->'''Portrayed by:''' Yuki Ishii (2017), Kaito Hori (2018 - 2019), Takuma Isawa (2021 - Present)

* ADayInTheLimelight: The ''Aquarium'' chapter is dedicated to him, his family issues, his ObfuscatingStupidity, and his exact relationship with Madara. ''Meteor Bonfire'' is also this for him, Chiaki and Madara, and also serves as an explanation for why Madara passed on that protector role he initially held for Kanata to Chiaki.
* AGodIAmNot: Because he's the heir of the Shinkai household, he's treated as a living god and is worshipped. Kanata hates the responsibility and attention and wishes he could be a normal person. It's implied in ''Aquarium'' that he acts like an oddball to spite his household.
-->''I wish to become a “friend” known as “Kanata Shinkai,” who has no “relation” to my home. That is what I have “wished” for since the start, after all.''
* AbusiveParents: Kanata resents his strict upbringing and his household, who worship him for being the heir to his family. Because of this, Kanata resents his parents and thus dislikes calling Madara "Mama".
** He does end up calling Madara " Mama " several times near the end of '' Aquariums'' story after seemingly making amends with him, however.
* AllTakeAndNoGive: His relationship with Madara in the past, as he highlights in ''Aquarium''.
-->'''Kanata''' to himself: ''I have always been so “horrible” to him, too....I have never once given anything “back” to him, so why is he always this “nice” to me?''
* AmbiguouslyBi: Maybe. It could be that he doesn’t know how to properly express his feelings in the same way normal people do due to the way he was raised but there is evidence to suggest he is this. His interactions with Chiaki may suggest that there are romantic feelings involved, and he has said: "I love you"/"Daisuki" to Chiaki on several occasions. It is also notable that he considers Chiaki to be one of the first people to have made him happy, [[spoiler: the other being Madara despite [[{{Tsundere}} his attitude]] toward him.]] He also flirted with Kaoru and kissed him once while he was sleeping.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: He might look like an innocent, silly {{CloudcuckooLander}}, but if you piss him off, he won't hesitate to do things like shove your head underwater or karate chop your head, as poor Souma has experienced firsthand.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Puka, puka....♪"/"Bubble, bubble....♪"
* CharacterisationMarchesOn: In early stories, he was portrayed as much more genuinely innocent and child-like - in the first Starfes, he's genuinely scared of Eichi, and changes his mind immediately once Anzu tells him that he's a good guy now. Later stories show him to be much more powerful, strong-willed, and ''not'' someone you'd want to piss off, as shown in one story where Kanata more than holds his own against Eichi, making his continued displeasure towards him very clear without ever losing his signature smile.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Madara. Before Kanata met Chiaki and joined RYUSEITAI, he was his OnlyFriend, and while their relationship was shown to be rather close when they were children in Kanata's ''Lookback'' focus event, they grew apart over the years, with Kanata regarding Madara rather frostily by the events of ''Ensemble Stars!'' However, as Kanata realizes all of the burdens Madara has taken on for him, they begin to re-establish their close relationship.
* {{CloudcuckooLander}}: May be the biggest one in the series. Heck, even his fellow Oddball, Rei (who, remember, claims to be a ''vampire''), [[EveryoneHasStandards calls him an alien at one point]]. He speaks in a dreamy, lilting tone of voice and frequently does things like lying in the fountain with his clothes on, using fish as an ingredient in everything he cooks, or installing a giant fish tank in the school.
* CordonBleughChef: Loves cooking fish, and ''will'' insert fish into anything else he cooks - even chocolate. His naming sense doesn't help, as in the RYUSEITAI Chocofes he cooks chocolate flavoured and coloured with seaweed and names it the even worse-sounding 'green bug chocolate'.
* DissonantSerenity: It seems that he still has a smile on his face sometimes when he gets angry or when he does things like shoving Souma's head into the water fountain.
* TheGadfly: Only in a mild way, but there are hints that he's more aware of how outrageous some of his behaviours are than he lets on. There's also a short substory in which he encounters Souma cooking fish and immediately expresses distress at the poor fishy, only to admit that he doesn't have any problem with eating fish and just finds it kinda funny when Souma gets all up in a rush. (Though he then praises Souma's cooking and pats his head, so it's affectionate.)
* GrowingUpSucks: Since he's revered as a living god by his household, he's forced to act aloof and not do anything improper. Kanata resents his family for this and thus avoids chores and responsibilities at school.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Downplayed. Kanata assumes Madara stayed by his side because the latter's father (who's a policeman) was sent to keep watch on Kanata's household (who're implied to be in obscure business). And he's annoyed with Madara's attempts for Kanata to call him "Mama", since his own parents are strict. In reality, Madara stayed close to Kanata because he was genuinely worried about him and considered him a friend. He finally realizes this in ''Aquarium'' and thanks Madara for caring about him.
* FirstNameBasis: Refers to almost everyone by their first name, without using any honorifics. The exceptions are Anzu (whom he calls "Anzu-san"), Madara ([[AllTakeAndNoGive whom he calls "Rogue"]]), Natsume ([[AffectionateNickname whom he calls either "Nacchan" or "Magician-san"]]), and Eichi ([[InSeriesNickname whom he calls "Emperor"]]).
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In ''Deep Sea Mystery'', when Kaoru explains him how to play baton pass, Kanata gets anxious about doing so many things at the same time and tries to run away from the competition to feed his sea creatures because it puts him at ease. And in ''Supernova'', he's terrified about acting as a senior for the young RYUSEITAI members. This is a hint to his dislike for responsibility....and later events explain [[AGodIAmNot why he hates it so much.]]
* FriendToAllLivingThings: With sea creatures. He's even the president of the school's marine life club. ''Aquarium'' reveals [[ItRunsInTheFamily his ancestors were capable of communicating with sea creatures as well]].
* FriendlessBackground: According to Madara, he had no friends before the Five Oddballs incident and becoming a member of RYUSEITAI.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Though the “heterosexual” part is questionable on his end, he is otherwise this with Chiaki.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: The ''Aquarium'' chapter makes it clear that his quirky personality is just a facade to cope with his strict household.
* IdiotHair: Has one, though he's more of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} than a idiot.
* {{Irony}}: He loves the sea and anything to do with it, and he's the president of the marine life club, but he can't swim at all.
* {{Jerkass}}: [[spoiler: When Madara’s full backstory is revealed, it makes Kanata’s actions toward him seem a bit less understandable as ''Meteor Bonfire'' seems to imply, if not outright confirm, that Kanata knew what Madara has continuously gone through all along for his sake, but chose to add to his pain and be cruel to him regardless, only recently behaving more kindly to him.]]
* JerkassToOne: Two slightly different examples - he's openly cold and irritable with Madara in a way he isn't to anyone else (due to Madara's connection to his family and their shared background that doomed their friendship), and while he calls Souma his friend and generally treats him fine he's also outright uncharacteristically mean to him at times (likely due to lingering resentment over [[spoiler:Souma returning to Akatsuki after failing to protect him in ''RYUSEI Hanabi'']]). He does behave more warmly to both over time.
-->'''Shinobu:''' No fa~ir. Shinkai-dono, you should be kind to your juniors in your club, shouldn't you!?
-->'''Kanata:''' I am... always "kind," you know~ "Clubs" and "unites" are... different and all, aren't they? If I had the same "attitude" in them, that itself would be "strange," wouldn't it?
* OddFriendship: With Kaoru. Despite Kaoru's disinterest in anything other than women, he and Kanata get along rather swimmingly.
** Souma as well, given that Kanata is so relaxed and laid-back and doesn't care for normal rules, while Souma is so hot-blooded and emotional and concerned with tradition. They get along extremely well however, with Souma highly admiring him despite their differences.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In "Purple Wisterias of May" he's shown crying, much to Souma's surprise.
* The Protectorate: Each of Madara, Chiaki, and Souma have all endeavoured to protect him and keep him from harm. Unfortunately, not even one out of the three of them was able to stop him from being sabotaged as one of the Five Oddballs.
* ShipTease: With Chiaki, Kaoru and Madara.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Zigzagged. Kanata is kind and supportive to everyone except Madara, and only Madara. However, the events of ''Aquarium'' imply that he may change his tune in the future after realizing that Madara cared about him all along.
* SuperDrowningSkills: Surprisingly for someone who spends so much time in water, Kanata can't swim for the life of him.
* SuperStrength: Kanata has this to some degree. Such as pushing Souma's head underwater, carry Anzu on his shoulders with ease, or karate chopping Madara.
* StepfordSmiler: Type A. He might be a silly {{CloudcuckooLander}} with an obsession for sea creatures, the ''Aquarium'' chapter shows that he's conflicted about his family heritage and his strict household and acts as a quirky oddball as a way to cope.
* {{Tsundere}}: In a way, but ''only'' to Madara. Several of their interactions involve him getting annoyed at Madara only to lighten up and apologize or be nicer to him moments later. In the event " Purple Wisteria Of May " he says that while he felt that Madara's presence was unwelcome and that he found him annoying when they were kids, he didn't quite mind being invited to play with him, hinting that they've always had that kind of relationship dynamic. ''Reminiscence＊Ryusei Bonfire'' goes further into why they have the sort of relationship dynamic that they do, and why Kanata holds a grudge toward him. Interestingly, there are moments where he is shown to treat Madara kindly despite it being a flashback event and the event implies that he has forgiven him for their past even though in the present timeline he doesn’t begin to show any significant changes or any sign of forgiving him until ''Aquarium''.
** By ''Ensemble Stars!!'', it was initially implied offscreen that their relationship was improving until Madara’s 3 star sub-story featuring Kanata was released, which showed a significant change their dynamic. While Kanata is still Tsundere in his interactions with Madara, he veers far more on the ''dere dere'' side than before. He even tells Madara to come to him if he ever needs help, as he’s a hero now. This is a stark contrast to their [[AllTakeAndNoGive original relationship dynamic]].
* VerbalTic: His in-game lines are written in all hiragana, probably to show how slowly he speaks.
* [[WhenSheSmiles When He Smiles]]: His face is usually in a thin-lipped or goofy smile expression, but in his Sweet Words confession to Anzu, his blushing face is noted as the most adorable he could look.

[[folder:Shinobu Sengoku]]
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[[caption-width-right:204:'''''[=EnStars!=]''''': In Nin Nin-mode today, too.\\
'''''[=EnStars!!=]''''': Ninja idol, on the mission!]]

->''"I'm the only member of my Ninja Association!"''

Shinobu has chuunibyou and admires ninjas, establishing a ninja association all by himself and spending his days training alone. Although he's ambitious and loud-mouthed especially to himself, he's often shy around others, and being a bit naive, can fall for tricks.

Since he tends to cause small fires during his training, the teachers are keeping an eye on him. He loves high places and attics. While athletic, Shinobu doesn't quite make the best use of his own potential, but still seems to have a good time as a part of the Broadcast Committee, and as Ryusei Yellow of RYUUSETAI.\\
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->'''Class:''' 1-B ''([=EnStars!=])'', 2-A ''([=EnStars!!=])''
->'''Club/Circles:''' Ninja Association / OCEANS, ASOBI Club ''([=EnStars!!=])''
->'''Age:''' 15-16 ''([=EnStars!=])'', 16-17 ''([=EnStars!!=])''
->'''Birthday:''' June 9th
->'''Height/Weight:''' 159cm/50kg ''([=EnStars!=])'', 160cm/50kg ''([=EnStars!!=])''
->'''[[PersonalityBloodTypes Blood Type]]:''' AB
->'''Hobby:''' Raising frogs
->'''Specialty:''' Jumping through rings of fire
->'''Voiced by''': Anju Nitta (Japanese), Christopher Lewis Ramirez (English)
->'''Portrayed by:''' Taiga Fukazawa

* ButtMonkey: Even though he practically worships the ground Anzu walks on ([[StopWorshippingMe or maybe ''because'' of]]), the poor kid is always at the subject of her teasing and is the only first year she acts cold towards. The abuse includes Anzu ignoring his cries for help when he couldn't climb down from a tree. Midori reasons it's [[{{Tsundere}} just how she expresses her love]].
-->'''Anzu''': (''to Shinobu asking if she has any plans on weekend'') [[BlatantLies I might catch a cold that day]].
** It's also been mentioned a couple of times that it's tempting to tease/mess with him, which is part of why Midori believes the above reasoning.
* {{Chuunibyou}}: He constantly puts on an act of being a cool and powerful ninja, even going so far as to use old-fashioned speech patterns typically associated with ninja from the Sengoku period.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Frequently. While talking to Midori about the above incident, he says this:
-->'''Shinobu''': She alllways turns me down...? That she can predict when she will catch a cold, Anzu-dono is amazing, [[VerbalTic de gozaru!]]
* CrocodileTears: Surprisingly enough, there's one instance where he tries this on Anzu, [[https://twitter.com/okano_myuz/status/730998038085259264 as shown in this tweet]].
-->'''Shinobu''': I beg of you, Transfer student-dono~! Are you just going to leave me to cry~? (''sniff'') Kuh, so the Persuasion by Tears technique doesn't work on you... You truly are a tough nut to crack!
* FanOfUnderdog: Towards Mao, sort-of. Mao isn't so much an underdog as he lacks pride and will gladly prostrate himself before someone (with a smile) if that would solve the problem, and ''Shinobu thinks that's cool''.
* FriendlessBackground: On days RYUSEITAI has no activity, he mostly passes the whole day without interacting with anybody. That is, until he befriends Yuuta.
* ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe: With Mao. Shinobu admires and respects Mao as a person and finds it wondrous why Mao would bother interacting with someone like himself.
* HidingBehindYourBangs: His left eye is covered by his bangs. Yuta tried to see what's under his bang once before Shinobu called him out for "sexual harrassment".
* ShrinkingViolet: Shinobu is very timid and doesn't do well in front of strangers.
* VerbalTic: He fundamentally speaks like a sengoku period ninja, with the first person pronoun "sessha" and ending his sentences with "de gozaru"... even when he's using modern slang, onomatopoeia and GratuitousEnglish.

[[folder:Midori Takamine]]
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'''''[=EnStars!!=]''''': A thriving, melancholic, Green Shooting Star.]]

->''"Sigh, I'm so depressed. I want to die..."''

The tallest among the first years, Midori is blessed with good looks and physique, but has no confidence, falls into a funk really easily, and is a bit timid. He often makes inappropriate remarks and rants, and formal and honorific speech are practically his enemy. Perhaps unsurprisingly, he's bad with horror and thrill rides. He's the son of the greengrocer in the shopping district beside the academy, and thought it'd be easiest to attend high school there, but...

Somehow, although he'd never meant to become an idol, he entered the "idol course" by mistake, and has now been saddled with the weight and moniker of Ryusei Green of RYUSEITAI. The unit's excitability has time and again proved too much for him, Chiaki Morisawa in particular, but at least when he's depressed, he can go see the ocean with his fellow group-mate, Kanata Shinkai.\\

->'''Class:''' 1-A ''([=EnStars!=])'', 2-A ''([=EnStars!!=])''
->'''Club/Circles:''' Basketball Club / Manga Club, Gardenia ''([=EnStars!!=])''
->'''Age:''' 15-16 ''([=EnStars!=])'', 16-17 ''([=EnStars!!=])''
->'''Birthday:''' August 29th
->'''Height/Weight:''' 178cm/64kg ''([=EnStars!=])'', 179cm/64kg ''([=EnStars!!=])''
->'''[[PersonalityBloodTypes Blood Type]]:''' O
->'''Hobby:''' Collecting mascot characters
->'''Specialty:''' Handstands
->'''Voiced by''': Takumi Watanabe (Japanese), Jason Liebrecht (English)
->'''Portrayed by:''' Shoichi Murakawa (2017 - 2018), Ryu Ichinose (2019), Matsui Yuuho (2021 -

* BecomingTheMask: He is reluctant to get involved in anything idol related when he is initially forced into being an idol without meaning to but slowly, he is starting to enjoy being an idol and also being a part of RYUSEITAI.
* BerserkButton: Played with and implied. He has this whenever [[spoiler: someone teases him about Chiaki, as seen in the dialogue from Sweet Halloween below. In the event story Orihime and Hikoboshi, Mao tried to invoke this as a joke in order to "cheer" Midori up, which doesn't work.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Tetora:''' Oh? Could it be that you’re feeling lonely~? Cuz he’s not paying attention to you~♪\\
'''Midori:''' ...\\
'''Shinobu:''' Wha—What are you going to do with that hammer, Midori-kun?! You could kill someone with that, you know?!\\
'''Midori:''' Ah--…… Sorry, I just had this sudden urge to kill… Wow, I’ve seen it before in movies, but… your mind really does go completely blank…]]
* ButtMonkey: Always caught with whatever Chiaki is doing. Poor guy.
* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem : Towards Chiaki, whom he found very tiring to be with. In the Strawberry Picking scout story, he became even more depressed than before thanks to Chiaki graduating, and when Shinobu mentions that he and Midori would meet with Chiaki later, he's happy enough to smile despite the depression.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "It's so depressing, I want to die..."
* CutenessProximity: To cute mascots. Though his idea of cute can be rather... let's call it strange. Sometimes. He loves cute things so much that in Pirates, he immediately recovers from his depression after seeing Anzu wearing a mascot character costume, and asks her to go on a date with him ''wearing the costume''.
* {{Dismotivation}}: He's this concerning his school activities. Somewhat understandable since he did not want to be an idol at first, and is only in the idol course by mistake. Despite all this, he does continue to participate in idol activities, even though he is still reluctant.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: It's common for other characters, particularly other first years, to comment that he's very attractive.
-->'''Hajime:''' ... Ummm, what is it? I feel weird being stared at - you're good looking so it strangely makes my heart beat fast.
* IJustWantToBeNormal : He actually doesn't want to be an idol, and wishes to be a normal person instead. [[spoiler: In the supernova event, he got jealous when seeing one of his former classmates leading a normal life, thinking that he would've been happier with a life like that. Fortunately, he got better.]]
* ImYourBiggestFan: To Yuzuru, whom he calls Master Painter or any other similar title.
** Although he doesn't say that he's exactly the ''biggest'' fan, he acts like it, as he frequently asks Yuzuru for his autograph or a drawing. This trope is even more emphasized if we remember that Yuzuru is considered a [[TerribleArtist bad artist]], which means that no one is really competing with him for the number one fan spot.
* InformedAttractiveness: Tends to be often described by other characters as good-looking, even though naturally all the characters look pretty good in this art style. (Maybe it's the height?) However, if he was unusually attractive, that would help explain why he's viewed as being so fit to be an idol despite his total lack of motivation.
* TheDragAlong: For starters, he didn't even want to be an idol; he just enrolled that course by mistake, and only entered the school itself because it was close to his house. He was also recruited into the Basketball Club because of his height, and doesn't seem all too happy about it either.
* TheEeyore: Mostly because he's often pushed around to do things he doesn't want to do, he looks depressed all the time. Note how in the game's Producer course, his chibi avatar is the only one always looking distressed, even when he's smiling.
* HeightAngst: Being so tall bothers him since it usually leads to people asking him to do physical labor jobs or become their ally, as well as being hard to find clothes and shoes that'll fit him.
* LovableCoward: He finds nearly everything scary and dislikes standing out, [[SourSupporter though he'll do it anyway, even if he complains while doing it]].
* WhenHeSmiles: He earns quite a few shrill shrieks from little girls when he smiles at them in the Strawberry-picking scout. Shinobu admits even ''his'' heart skips a beat when he sees Midori’s smile.
* YouRemindMeOfX: Kuro once states Midori reminds him of younger Chiaki. Midori contemplates suing him for defamation.

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Mild-mannered and mysterious, Kanata is Ryusei Blue, and one of the "Three Oddballs." The teachers often keep a close eye on him since his eccentric behavior stands out a lot--for example, all those times he installed a giant fish tank and other enigmatic apparatuses in the academy, with the Marine Bio Club as his excuse.

He's usually calm and takes it easy, but gets excessively excited when it comes to marine life. He seems obsessed with eating his food with soy sauce. He loves soaking in water and watching the ocean even though he cannot swim. Occasionally, he accompanies fellow RYUSEITAI member, Midori Takamine, to watch the sea.

Shinobu has chuunibyou and admires ninjas, establishing a ninja association all by himself and spending his days training alone. Although he's ambitious and loud-mouthed especially to himself, he's often shy around others, and being a bit naive, can fall for tricks.

Since he tends to cause small fires during his training, the teachers are keeping an eye on him. He loves high places and attics. While athletic, Shinobu doesn't quite make the best use of his own potential, but still seems to have a good time as a part of the Broadcast Committee, and as Ryusei Yellow of RYUUSETAI.
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Shoichi Murakawa (2017 - 2018), Ryu Ichinose (2019), Matsui Yuuho (2021 - Present)

The tallest among the first years, Midori is blessed with good looks and physique, but has no confidence, falls into a funk really easily, and is a bit timid. He often makes inappropriate remarks and rants, and formal and honorific speech are practically his enemy. Perhaps unsurprisingly, he's bad with horror and thrill rides. He's the son of the greengrocer in the shopping district beside the academy, and thought it'd be easiest to attend high school there, but...

Somehow, although he'd never meant to become an idol, he entered the "idol course" by mistake, and has now been saddled with the weight and moniker of Ryusei Green of RYUSEITAI. The unit's excitability has time and again proved too much for him, Chiaki Morisawa in particular, but at least when he's depressed, he can go see the ocean with his fellow group-mate, Kanata Shinkai.
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->'''Birthday:''' September 18

->'''Portrayed by:''' Ryou Saeki (stage play)

->'''Birthday:''' June 15

->'''Portrayed by''': Seiya Konishi (stage play)

--> '''Voiced by''': ''Creator/KotaroNishiyama'' (Japanese), Creator/BrandonMcInnis (English)
--> '''Portrayed by:''' Yuki Isshi (2017), Kaito Hori (2018-present)

--> '''Voiced by''': Anjyu Nitta (Japanese), Christopher Llewyn Ramirez (English)
--> '''Portrayed by:''' Taiga Fukazawa (stage play)

--> '''Voiced by''': Takumi Watanabe (Japanese), Creator/JasonLiebrecht (English)
--> '''Portrayed by:''' Shoichi Murakawa (2017-2018), Ryu Ichinose (2019-present)

* ChildhoodFriends: With Madara. He was his OnlyFriend before meeting Chiaki and joining RYUSEITAI. While at first in denial about it, It’s eventually revealed that he does consider Madara a friend and appreciates all he’d done for him, as well as all the burdens he’d taken on for his well-being, but he keeps that cold {{Tsundere}} air when interacting with him most of the time. He is shown to behave more warmly toward Madara over time, though Reminiscence＊Ryusei Bonfire, which takes place in his past, had also shown that he was on the verge of forgiving him.

* PeekABangs: His left eye is covered by his bangs. Yuta tried to see what's under his bang once before Shinobu called him out for "sexual harrassment".

* BrokenPedestal: Completely averted, as he still idolizes the former vice-captain of RYUSEITAI, Madara Mikejima. Everyone, especially Kanata recognizes that Madara is a horrible role model, and ''Madara himself'' wishes this trope was invoked because he does not want Chiaki to look up to him or find his actions "heroic".

--> '''Voiced by''': ''Creator/KotaroNishiyama'' (Japanese), Brandon [=McInnis=] (English)

He's usually calm and takes it easy, but gets excessively excited when it comes to marine life. He seems obsessed with eating his food with soy sauce. He loves soaking in water and watching the ocean despite the fact that he cannot swim. Occasionally, he accompanies fellow RYUSEITAI member, Midori Takamine, to watch the sea.

* ADayInTheLimelight: The ''Aquarium'' chapter is dedicated to him, his family issues, his ObfuscatingStupidity and his exact relationship with Madara. ''Meteor Bonfire'' is also this for him, Chiaki and Madara, and also serves as an explanation for why Madara passed on that protector role he initially held for Kanata to Chiaki.
* AGodIAmNot: Because he's the heir of the Shinkai household, he's treated as a living god and is worshipped. Kanata hates the responsability and attention and wishes he could be a normal person. It's implied in ''Aquarium'' that he acts like an oddball to spite his household.

* AmbiguouslyBi: Maybe. It could be that he doesn’t know how to properly express his feelings in the same way normal people do due to the way he was raised but there is evidence to suggest he is this. His interactions with Chiaki may suggest that there are romantic feelings involved, and he has said “I love you”/“Daisuki” to Chiaki on several occasions. It is also notably that he considers Chiaki to be one of the first people to have made him happy, [[spoiler: the other being Madara despite [[{{Tsundere}} his attitude]] toward him.]] He has also flirted with Kaoru and kissed him once while he was sleeping.
* BewareTheSillyOnes : He might look like an innocent, silly {{CloudcuckooLander}}, but if you piss him off, he won't hesitate to do things like shove your head underwater or karate chop your head, as poor Souma has experienced first hand.

* CharacterisationMarchesOn: In early stories he was portrayed as much more genuinely innocent and child-like - in the first Starfes, he's genuinely scared of Eichi, and changes his mind immediately once Anzu tells him that he's a good guy now. Later stories show him to be much more powerful, strong-willed, and ''not'' someone you'd want to piss off, as shown in one story where Kanata more than holds his own against Eichi, making his continued displeasure towards him very clear without ever losing his signature smile.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Madara. In fact, he was his OnlyFriend before meeting Chiaki and joining RYUSEITAI. Not that Kanata considers him a friend anyway. It’s eventually revealed that he does consider Madara a friend and appreciates all he’d done for him, as well as all the burdens he’d taken on for his well-being, but he keeps that cold {{Tsundere}} air when interacting with him regardless. He is shown to behave more warmly toward Madara overtime, though Reminiscence＊Ryusei Bonfire, which takes place in his past, had also shown that he was on the verge of forgiving him.

* CordonBleughChef: Loves cooking fish, and ''will'' insert fish into anything else he cooks - even chocolate. His naming sense doesn't help, as in the RYUSEITAI Chocofes he cooks a chocolate flavoured and coloured with seaweed and names it the even worse-sounding 'green bug chocolate'.

* TheGadfly: Only in a mild way, but there are hints that he's more aware of how outrageous some of his behaviours are than he lets on. There's also a short substory in which he encounters Souma cooking fish and immediately expresses distress at the poor fishy, only to admit that he doesn't have any problem with eating fish and just finds it kinda funny when Souma gets all up in a rush. (Though he then praises Souma's cooking and pats his head, so it's clearly affectionate.)

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Is this with any kind of sea creature. He's even the president of the school's marine life club. ''Aquarium'' reveals [[ItRunsInTheFamily his ancestors were capable of communicating with sea creatures as well]].

* {{Jerkass}}: [[spoiler: When Madara’s full backstory is revealed, it makes Kanata’s actions toward him seem a bit less understandable as ''Meteor Bonfire'' seems to imply, if not outright confirm, that Kanata knew what Madara has continuously gone through through all along for his sake, but chose to add to his pain and be cruel to him regardless, only recently behaving more kindly to him.]]
* JerkassToOne: Two slightly different examples - he's openly cold and irritable with Madara in a way he isn't to anyone else (due to Madara's connection to his family and their shared background that doomed their friendship), and while he calls Souma his friend and generally treats him fine he's also outright uncharacteristically mean to him at times (likely due to lingering resentment over [[spoiler:Souma returning to Akatsuki after failing to protect him in ''RYUSEI Hanabi'']]). He does behave more warmly to both overtime.

* OddFriendship: With Kaoru. In spite of Kaoru's disinterest in anything other than women, he and Kanata get along rather swimmingly.

* SuperStrength: Kanata has this to some degree. Such as pushing Souma's head underwater, carry Anzu on his shoulders with ease or karate chopping Madara.

* {{Tsundere}}: In a way, but ''only'' to Madara. Several of their interactions involve him getting annoyed at Madara only to lighten up and apologize or be nicer to him moments later. In the event " Purple Wisteria Of May " he says that while he felt that Madara's presence was unwelcome and that he found him annoying when they were kids, he didn't quite mind being invited to play with him, hinting that they've always had that kind of relationship dynamic. ''Reminiscence＊Ryusei Bonfire'' goes further into why they have the sort of relationship dynamic that they do, and why Kanata holds a grudge toward him. Interestingly, there are moments where he is shown to treat Madara kindly despite it being a flashback event and the event implies that he has forgiven him for their past despite the fact that in the present timeline he doesn’t actually begin show any significant changes or any sign of forgiving him until ''Aquarium''.

* [[WhenSheSmiles When He Smiles]]: His face is usually in a thin-lipped or goofy smile expression, but in his Sweet Words confession to Anzu, his blushing face is noted as the most adorable he could possibly look.