History Characters / PrivateActress

* FashionModel: Shuuto is an incredibly handsome and charismatic male model.

* SignificantSketchbook: She possesses one, and Shiho takes peeks on it more than once to see if there are clues regarding her death. [[spoiler: There are, and they're ''several'' pictures of Kana.]]

* BodyDouble: Some of her assignments, like the one coming from IllGirl Kyouko Itou.

* IllGirl: Subverted: Shiho is not sickly, but pretends to be so people won't suspect her when she takes time off school to work.

* IllGirl: Both genderflipped and PlayedForDrama: He had hemophilia and then contracted AIDS through a blood transfusion; Shiho was hired by his mom to date Naoya so he'd recover of his massive and understandable depression over being lethally ill, but [[FirstLove she fell for him]] [[BecomingTheMask for real]]. And since they briefly met the year before [[MeetCute by accident]], [[LoveAtFirstSight she already kinda had a thing for him.]]

* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The Dark to Sayuri's Light. Lampshaded in their typecasting: Sayuri almost always does NiceGirl roles, while Ruriko is cast as the RichBitch and was known as ''the'' Japanese MissFanservice (comparisons to Creator/MarilynMonroe included)

* CreepyCoolCrosses: Her motif, up to her name being written with the character for "cross".

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: She and Shiho, to a degree.

Shiho's boyfriend and fellow private actor, [[spoiler: as well as the heir to his family's company.]] A snarky, world-weary young man who does his best to both help Shiho and snark at her.

Shiho's father and a celebrated actor in-universe. A good person and vey talented, but with a massive flaw: his womanizing. [[LockedOutOfTheLoop He doesn't even know he has a daughter until late in the story.]]

!! Shuuto and Yuuto Tanabe [[spoiler: And Satoru]]

Two handsome twin brothers with completely different viewpoints. Shuuto is a male model, Yuuto is an every man, and Shuuto hires Shiho to help Yuuto with his love troubles. [[spoiler: Or so it seems.]]

* MrFanservice: Shuuto is an incredibly handsome and charismatic male model.
* SiblingYinYang: Older twin brother Shuuto is hot, self-assured and seemingly perfect. Younger twin brother Yuuto is just as handsome, but is an awkward ShrinkingViolet. [[spoiler: They're actually the same person. See SplitPersonality.]]
* SplitPersonality: [[spoiler:As a child, Yuuto Tanabe was sexually abused by his uncle and ParentalSubstitute. As a result, he created a personality named "Shuuto" that dealt with extreme anger issues coming from the abuse, and under his influence he [[TheDogBitesBack burned his uncle's house and killed him]]. From then on, "Shuuto" and the original Yuuto co-existed more or less in peace, and Shuuto aka the now dominant personality shaped himself into a famous MrFanservice -- until Yuuto took control back and fell in love with GirlNextDoor Kana ([[NamesTheSame not Juumonji, another]]), causing "Shuuto" to snap, [[SplitPersonalityTakeover fully take over]] and try hiring Shiho to get Yuuto's would-be girlfriend away. And ''then'' it turns out there's a ''third'' personality, "Satoru", who has been lying dormant ''underneath'' the two, but wants to get this mess resolved...]]

A powerful and popular FortuneTeller, and very handsome to boot. [[spoiler: Also Tomoomi's nephew.]]

* {{Foil}}: to Shiho.

!![[WalkingSpoiler Satoka Ryoudo]] [[spoiler: aka the re-invented Kana Juumonji]]

* WalkingSpoiler

* {{Foil}}: to Kana/[[spoiler:Satoka]].

* MisMatchedEyes: When impersonating [[spoiler: a reincarnated Miyuki Sugiyama]], Shiho must wear special contact lenses since the girl she's acting as had differently colored eyes. [[spoiler: It turns out these pretty eyes are what caused her death, as her killer (with similar eyes) targeted her for them.]]

* SecretKeeper: For the same reasons as Shiho.
** Also, about Shiho's parents' identities.

* [[spoiler: GoodScarsEvilScars: Sayuri gets ''heavily'' scarred after a terrible accident.]]

* [[spoiler: CreepyCoolCrosses: Her motif, up to her name being written with the character for "cross".]]
* [[spoiler: CuteAndPsycho:]] She is very beautiful. [[spoiler: She is also a serial murderer.]]
* [[spoiler: EnfanteTerrible: She had been killing people ''ever since she was a little girl''. Her first victim was a girl who bullied her, but soon she began to murder others solely for standing in her way.]]

* [[spoiler: SerialKiller: Starting from ''[[EnfanteTerrible childhood]]'', she has been eliminating ''everyone'' she thought was on her way. A little girl who bullied her, a teacher who was suspecting her, her rival in the drama club, another student who [[HeKnowsTooMuch found out who she truly was]], fellow actresses/actresses-in-training who could out-stage her...]]

* [[spoiler: TraumaInducedAmnesia: She collapses mentally and goes through this after Shiho's punishment.]]

Shiho's biggest rival in the second part of the series, an incredibly talented actress who is just a little younger than Shiho. [[spoiler: She is Kana Juumonji, who has re-invented herself after spending time in a mental hospital and changing both her name and her appearance and is now ''hell-bent'' into climbing her way to the top, no matter who she has to harm or kill to do so.]]

* [[spoiler: ChekhovsGunman: Considering she really is Kana Juumonji...]]
* [[spoiler: CreepyCoolCrosses: Her motif. See Kana Juumonji above.]]
* [[spoiler: CuteAndPsycho:]] She is very beautiful. [[spoiler: She is also a serial murderer.]]
* [[spoiler: ExpositoryHairstyleChange: As a part of her complete re-invention, the light-and-wavy-haired Kana Juumonji cut her hair shorter, straightened and dyed it black to reappear as Satoka Ryoudo.]]
* [[spoiler: {{Foil}}: to Shiho.]]
* [[spoiler: LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The Dark to Shiho's Light.]]

* [[spoiler: TheRival: To Shiho.]]
* [[spoiler: SerialKiller: See Kana Juumonji's entry above.]]
* [[spoiler: TeenGenius: As an actress.]]

* [[spoiler:TheMistress: She used to be this to a rich and corrupt politician, and a child was born from said relationship. When Shiho finds out, she decides to make herself pass as said child to keep an eye on him.]]

* [[spoiler: HeKnowsTooMuch: The reason for her murder. She accidentally witnessed one of Kana's crimes, and was literally bullied to death when she was considering the idea of talking to the police.]]

* StockShoujoBullyingTactics: On the receiving end. She was verbally harassed, had her sketchbook ripped and stepped on, had the bullies spying her...

* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn: Maki.]]

* TheirFirstTime: For Naoya's last birthday, Shiho threw him a small party with their classmates. And once they were on his own, she put a ribbon on her head and sweetly told him "I'm your gift"...

* [[spoiler: EyeScream: Happens to him in one of the last chapters, and it's the first time his [[ButtMonkey bad luck]] is PlayedforDrama.]]

* [[spoiler: SplitPersonality: As a child, Yuuto Tanabe was sexually abused by his uncle and ParentalSubstitute. As a result, he created a personality named "Shuuto" that dealt with extreme anger issues coming from the abuse, and under his influence he [[TheDogBitesBack burned his uncle's house and killed him]]. From then on, "Shuuto" and the original Yuuto co-existed more or less in peace, and Shuuto aka the now dominant personality shaped himself into a famous MrFanservice -- until Yuuto took control back and fell in love with GirlNextDoor Kana ([[NamesTheSame not Juumonji, another]]), causing "Shuuto" to snap, [[SplitPersonalityTakeover fully take over]] and try hiring Shiho to get Yuuto's would-be girlfriend away. And ''then'' it turns out there's a ''third'' personality, "Satoru", who has been lying dormant ''underneath'' the two, but wants to get this mess resolved...]]
* [[spoiler: WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Yuuto lost it and developed two alternate personalities after being hideously abused.]]

* [[spoiler:[[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Cousin And Best Friend]]: To his uncle, Tomoomi. Masaomi's cousin and best friend who was like a brother to him committed suicide about the time Tomoomi properly arrived to the Hanemura clan, since the girl he (the cousin) loved [[SpurnedIntoSuicide fell for Tomoomi]]; Masaomi blamed Tomoomi for said death and brewed quite the BatmanGambit to "punish" him.]]

* [[spoiler: BathSuicide]]
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Misaki was driven into madness and suicide by Satoka, with everyone else believing she had broken down over failing to correctly nail an ''incredibly'' difficult role that was originally destined to Sayuri.]]
* [[spoiler: SacrificialLamb]]

* [[spoiler: GoodScarsEvilScars - TwoFaced: What happens to Mariko, ''when she gets acid thrown into her face right before the audition'' by a jealous Satoka's orders. We directly get to see this happen, and later Mariko is the hospital [[BandageBabe with the left half of her body wrapped in bandages.]] (Sayuri says her injuries can be treated well, however, and she and Mariko's father arrange for her to get the best medical care possible.)]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicBastard: Mariko's Japanese dad, Akihiro Yamagata, is a married man as well as a rich entrepreneur. She thinks he doesn't acknowledge her, aside of sending her and her mom money, because he's scared of having his reputation smeared.]]
* UsefulNotes/JapaneseWritingSystem: In the original non-translated manga, Mariko's lines are written in ''katakana'' to indicate that she has a shaky grasp on the Japanese language.

* [[spoiler: WellDoneSonGuy: Mariko comes to Japan not just to start her acting career, but to meet the Japanese father who doesn't answer her calls or replies to her letters. She believes that, since Yamagata's company is very influential in Japanese media, she'll be able to meet him or at least will have him watch her perform on-stage. Too bad, Yamagata is actually ''Satoka's'' sponsor, and not to mention he's known for sponsoring young actresses in general; Satoka [[GreenEyedMonster feels so threatened]] by the presence of Mariko ''and'' by her bond to Shiho that she immediately puts Mariko in her hit list....]]

Another private actor, [[spoiler: and Misaki's vengeful boyfriend]]

* [[spoiler:CrusadingWidower: He and Misaki weren't married still, but otherwise he plays the trope straight.]]
* [[spoiler:DestinationDefenestration: Tries to do this to Satoka. She's GenreSavvy enough to ''make him fall off the same window instead''.]]
* GoodScarsEvilScars: [[spoiler:Tried to go the BathSuicide way too, so he has slash scars on his wrists.]]

* MixedAncestry: She is half-Japanese (dad) and half-Filipina (mom), and has come to Japan all the way from the Philippines.

* [[spoiler: TraumaInducedAmnesia: She collapses mentally and goes through this after Shiho's punishment.]]

* [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Everyone Calls Him Boss]]

* HairDecorations: Mai possesses a pretty golden barrette.

* BodyDouble: At one point, he covers for [[spoiler: his relative and the local FortuneTeller, Masaomi/"Johannes", and ends up kidnapped in his place...]]
* GenreSavvy: He deduces how much of Shiho's attitude is purely acting and how much is true almost at first sight. [[OhCrap The discovery almost sends poor Shiho into a panic.]]

* UnderstandingBoyfriend: Concerning Shiho's work as a P.A. and the dangers she repeatedly puts herself through doing it. It helps that he works as one too.

* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The Dark to Sayuri's Light. Lampshaded in their typecasting: Sayuri almost always does NiceGirl roles, while Ruriko is cast as the RichBitch and was known as ''the'' Japanese MissFanservice (comparisons to MarilynMonroe included)

* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Misaki was driven into madness and suicide by Satoka, with everyone else believing she had broken down over failing to correctly nail an ''incredibly'' difficult role that was originally destined to Sayuri.]]

* GoodScarsevilScars: [[spoiler:Tried to go the BathSuicide way too, so he has slash scars on his wrists.]]

* SiblingYinYang: Older twin brother Shuuto is hot, self-assured and seemingly perfect. Younger twin brother Yuuto is just as handsome, but is an awkward ShrinkingViolet. [[spoiler: They're actually the same person. See SplitPersonality.]]

* GirlPosse: To Kana's AlphaBitch, and Mai also has shades of BetaBitch.

* SilverFox: A man over 50 years old, who is still considered as ''very'' handsome.

* ParentsAsPeople: Oh boy. Sayuri is a kind person, but not only she's in a difficult situation (unmarried mothers are ''heavily'' looked down in Japan) but she's clearly aware that she doesn't have the emotional maturity to raise Shiho either.

* {{Foil}}: to Kana/[[spoiler: Satoka]].

* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The Light to Kana/[[spoiler: Satoka]]'s Dark.

* TheRival: To Kana/[[spoiler: Satoka]].

* StrongFamilyResemblance: With her mother, [[spoiler: at least before Sayuri's scarring]]. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] more than once in the story, but most spectacularly when a clearly drunk Ruriko sees Shiho's face:

Shiho's father and a celebrated actor in-universe. A good person and vey talented, but with a massive flaw: his womanizing. [[LockedOutOfTheLoop He doens't even know he has a daughter until late in the story.]]

* AlphaBitch: She completely dominates a group of girls from a BoardingSchool for rich kids, [[spoiler: to the point of making the girls accomplices and instruments to her crimes.]] She is also the teachers's darling and given leeways that the other students don't have, [[spoiler: probably because one of her victims was a teacher.]]

* PerpetualSmiler: One ofher most creepy traits.

* WhatBeautifulEyes: Aside of being very cute-looking in general, Satoka's biggest charm is how she possesses ''incredibly'' striking eyes. Enough to net her a role where the charas's eyes are vital to her look. [[spoiler: Shiho also recognizes her as Kana thanks to said eyes.]]

* [[spoiler: TheMistress: She used to be this to a rich and corrupt politician, and a child was born from said relationship. When Shiho finds out, she decides to make herself pass as said child to keep an eye on him.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: To Shiho, of whow she was the nanny, since [[ParentsAsPeople Sayuri]] cannot always take care of her due to her work and the need to hide that she's an unmarried mother.

* [[spoiler: HeKnowstooMuch: The reason for her murder. She accidentally witnessed one of Kana's crimes, and was literally bullied to death when she was considering the idea of talking to the police.]]

* HairDecorations: Mai possesses a pretty golden barette

* [[spoiler: SplitPersonality: As a child, Yuuto Tanabe was sexually abused by his uncle and ParentalSubstitute. As a result, he created a personality named "Shuuto" that dealed with extreme anger issues coming from the abuse, and under his influence he [[TheDogBitesBack burned his uncle's house and killed him]]. From then on, "Shuuto" and the original Yuuto co-existed more or less in peace, and Shuuto aka the now dominant personality shaped himself into a famous MrFanservice -- until Yuuto took control back and fell in love with GirlNextDoor Kana ([[NamesTheSame not Juumonji, another]]), causing "Shuuto" to snap, [[SplitPersonalityTakeover fully take over]] and try hiring Shiho to get Yuuto's would-be girlfriend away. And ''then'' it turns out there's a ''third'' personality, "Satoru", who has been lying dormant ''underneath'' the two, but wants to get this mess resolved...]]

* {{Tsundere}}: She's said to be a Type A, adn ti shows perfectly when [[spoiler: she sends ''very'' passive-aggressive messages to Sayuri after she gets scarred... but she and Shiho realize ''much'' later that [[ToughLove this was Ruriko's way to encourage her]].]]

* [[spoiler: [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Cousin And Best Friend]]: To his uncle Tomoomi. Masaomi's cousin and best friend who was like a brother to him commited suicide about the time Tomoomi properly arrived to the Hanemura clan, since the girl he (the cousin) loved [[SpurnedIntoSuicide fell for Tomoomi]]; Masaomi blamed Tomoomi for said death and brewed quite the BatmanGambit to "punish" him.]]

* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Misaki was driven into madness and suicide by Satoka, with everyone else believing she had broken down over failing to correctly nail an ''incredibly'' difficult role that was originally destined to Sayuri.]]

* UndyingLoyalty: To [[spoiler: Kanna/Satoka]], because [[spoiler: he was raised by her family]].

!!Mariko Soriarno

* [[spoiler: HeroicBastard: Mariko's Japanese dad, Akihiro Yamagata, is a married man as well as a rich entepreneur. She thinks he doesn't aknowledge her, aside of sending her and her mom money, because he's scared of having his reputation smeared.]]
* UsefulNotes/JapaneseWritingSystem: In the original non-translated manga, Mariko's lines are written in ''katakana'' to indicate that she has a shakey grasp on the Japanese language.

* [[spoiler: WellDoneSonGuy: Mariko comes to Japan not just to start her acting career, but to meet the Japanese father who doesn't answer her calls or replies to her letters. She believes that, since Yamagata's company is very influential in Japanese media, she'll be able to meet him or at least will have him watch her perform on-stage. Too bad Yamagata is actually ''Satoka's'' sponsor, and not to mention he's known for sponsoring young actresses in general; Satoka [[GreenEyedMonster feels so threatened]] by the presence of Mariko ''and'' by her bond to Shiho that she immediately puts Mariko in her hit list....]]

* [[spoiler: CrusadingWidower: He and Misaki weren't married still, but otherwise he plays the trope straight.]]
* [[spoiler: DestinationDefenestration: Tries to do this to Satoka. She's GenreSavvy enough to ''make him fall off the same window instead''.]]
* GoodScarsevilScars: [[spoiler: Tried to go the BathSuicide way too, so he has slash scars on his wrists.]]

* HeroesLoveDogs: He has a cute little puppy named Queen. [[spoiler: She's taken away from him when he contracts hemophilia, which ''really'' doesn't help with his issues. Shiho finds her, however, and brings her back to Naoya few before he dies.]]