Kirarin Revolution Plot and Characters

Plot

Kirari Tsukishima, a gluttonous 14-year-old beauty, does not care about idols and the entertainment world because her mind is occupied by food. Her obsession with food only causes her to be clueless about love. One day, after saving a turtle that is stranded in a tree, Kirari meets a handsome and gentle boy named Seiji, who gives her a ticket to a SHIPS (a popular idol group) concert to show his gratitude for her saving his pet. However, when Kirari shows up at the concert, another boy only tears up her ticket, warning her to stay away from Seiji because she and Seiji live in different worlds. The outraged Kirari sneaks into the concert, only to discover that Seiji and the boy who tore her ticket, Hiroto, are actually members of SHIPS. Finally understanding the meaning of "different worlds", Kirari refuses to give up pursuing Seiji and declares that she will also become an idol. However, being an idol requires tons of training and talent. Faced with rivals and scandals, Kirari is determined to come out as a top idol.

[edit]Characters

Kirari Tsukishima (月島きらり Tsukishima Kirari^?)

Voiced by: Koharu Kusumi, Drama CD voice by: Miyu Matsuki

Kirari is a cute and gluttonous 14-year-old girl who strives to be an idol. In the beginning she only wanted to be an idol so she can get closer to Seiji, but comes to like show business. She is clumsy, dense, overly trusting of others, and lacks common sense. Despite her shortcomings and lack of talents, she manages to persevere because of the help she receives from her friends and her unwavering resilience. She has a unique characteristic of turning all artistic designs into mushroom shapes.^[5] Over the course of the show she not only becomes an idol, but also performs a series of odd jobs to promote her company (or in some cases to accidents).

Na-san (なーさん Na-san^?)

Voiced by: Chigusa Ikeda, Drama CD voice by: Kumiko Higa

Kirari's cat. He is an outstanding cat that can sew, cook, and do other chores. Na-san has received recognition for his intelligence and singing abilities. As a mascot character to the heroine, he provides a lot of help to Kirari and protects her from danger. At the same time, it is also shown that he is a genius cat which excels in both English and mathematics. His favorite food is taiyaki.

Hiroto Kazama (風真 宙人 Kazama Hiroto^?)

Voiced by: Akio Suyama (episodes 1-102), Takuya Ide (episodes 103-153) Drama CD voice by: Masaki Mimoto

A member of SHIPS. In contrast to Seiji, he is brutally honest and sometimes acerbic with Kirari, but he is usually the one who ends up helping her in sticky situations. He later falls in love with Kirari, but hides his feelings and supports Kirari with Seiji.

Seiji Hiwatari (日渡 星司 Hiwatari Seiji^?)

Voiced by: Souichiro Hoshi (episodes 1-102), Shikou Kanai (episodes 103-153) Drama CD voice by: Wataru Hatano

A member of SHIPS, as well as Kirari's love interest. He is very rich. His parents disagree with him being an idol. Throughout the beginning of the series, he seems oblivious to Kirari's feelings, but by episode 12 he begins to portray feelings of jealousy over Hiroto's and Kirari's friendly relationship. He knows that Kirari and Hiroto love each other and that his feelings towards Kirari are not as deep as Hiroto's feelings towards her. He is gentle and says very encouraging words to Kirari. Since he is as dense as her, he always has a calm and clueless expression. When he is wandering around in the city, he disguises himself as an otaku.

Band unit members

Noel Yukino (雪野 のえる Yukino Noeru^?)

Voiced by: Sayaka Kitahara

Noel is a 14-year-old tomboy. She is very athletic girl and loves playing sports. She is a member of Milky Way.

In episode 133, it shows that long ago in grade school, she had loved Cloudy.Cloudy has a crush on Kirari. After finding out that he was going to a dance with another girl, she never meets him again.

Kobeni Hanasaki (花咲 こべに Hanasaki Kobeni^?)

Voiced by: Yuu Kikkawa

Kobeni is a strange 14 years old girl. She is usually seen with a crystal ball. She usually wears glasses. She is a member of Milky Way. However, she takes off her glasses when she is performing on stage with the other members of Milky Way, Kirari and Noel.

Hikaru Mizuki (観月ひかる Mizuki Hikaru^?)

Voiced by: Mai Hagiwara

First appearing in episode 62, Hikaru was a 13 year old idol-in-training that was assigned to learn under Kirari's wing. Initially, Hikaru resented Kirari's influence, but later learned to admire her optimistic nature. Kirari and Hikaru later team up to form the idol unit Kira Pika, but the pair was shortly disbanded (It was a temporary unit). Hikaru continues her career as a soloist, and although it seemed like her friendship with Kirari was ruined in episode 77,but in the end they forgive each other and they are still friends. Her childhood friend is Wataru.

[edit]Friends and rivals

Aoi Kirisawa (霧沢 あおい Kirisawa Aoi^?)

anime voice|Chiwa Saito

Dubbed the "idol queen", she is a popular idol. She is very polite and considerate. She advises Kirari to regard idols and fans equally since they share common feelings. She is very kind and helpful. And is Nojo's 15th top idol winner. Currently, Aoi is graduated from being an idol.

Arashi Amamiya (雨宮 嵐 Amamiya Arashi^?)

Voiced by: Takafumi Kawakami

• Age: 14

Kirari's childhood friend who moved to Osaka. As an illusionist, he plays all sorts of tricks to get Kirari to quit the entertainment world so that she will fulfill their childhood promise of being his wife. Interestingly, the majority of his tricks involves the conjuring of various sea creatures. He tends to break into explosive nosebleeds when he comes into contact with anything related to Kirari.

Erina Ogura (小倉 エリナ Ogura Erina^?)

anime voice|Masako Jo

• Age: 14

Although she is an idol who belongs to the same company as Kirari, she views Kirari as a rival. Using her crybaby act and girlish charms, she manipulates others in order to interfere with Kirari's progress. Attends the same 'idol school' as Kirari, and formerly held the position of 'princess' in her class' popularity ranks (before Kirari transferred.) By the public, her idol status is barely acknowledged, and she is considered 'funny' over 'talented'. She has been saved by Kirari on more than one occasion but remains completely unrepentant to her. To boost her idol image, she attempts a gang thug image, complete with a kendo shinai and an austere-looking long skirt.^[2]

Fubuki Todou (藤堂 ふぶき Todou Fubuki^?)

Voiced by: Noriko Shitaya

• Age: 14

She is one of Kirari's toughest rival. Having to recently gone from being a model to an idol, Fubuki regards Kirari as not fitting enough to be an idol herself. But in episode 26 she realizes that Kirari was the same girl who helped her answer the door to get their cats. Fubuki is friends with Kirari, but is still her rival.

Izumi Amakawa (天川 いずみ Amakawa Izumi^?)

Voiced by: Ryoka Yuzuki

Izumi works in the same company as Fubuki and considers Kirari a rival for Hiroto's feelings. Although sweet and charming at first glance, Izumi plays a double standard and immediately shows hatred towards Kirari. Her feelings for Hiroto have brought her to the extent of stealing Hiroto's first kiss^[3] and injuring Kirari's leg; these feelings only intensified when Hiroto angrily demanded her not to touch Kirari. During a fashion show, Izumi's identity is revealed to be Hyoutarou Izumi, a childhood friend of Hiroto's. Back when the two were little, Hiroto promised to become an idol unit with him, but Hyoutarou's family moving separated them. Hyoutarou later realized that Hiroto had broken his promise and teamed up with Seiji, which led him to pursue Hiroto aggressively by becoming an idol under the guise of a girl. Although Hyoutarou's identity is revealed to Kirari, he becomes less of a physical threat to her; however, his feelings for Hiroto still remain strong.

Akane Minami (南 あかね Minami Akane^?)

Akane is an idol working for the Higashiyama company, the same company as Fubuki and Izumi. She is considered a top idol, at the top of the ranks with Kirisawa Aoi. She is very subservient to Higashiyama company, as they made her popular in spite of her inability to dance (after an injury she suffered at a young age). She will do mostly anything she is ordered, including sabotage Kirari's idoling career.

But although she appears to be like that, Akane also seems to have changed as suggested in several episodes such as in episode 71. Becoming a better person and most possibly a somewhat ally of Kirari's, Akane is changing into a good hearted character.

Miku (みく Miku^?)

Voiced by: Kumiko Itou

One of Kirari's friends from her original school.

Sayaka (さやか Sayaka^?)

Voiced by: Kaya Miyake

One of Kirari's friends from her original school.

Rin Ibuki (伊吹　凛｜Ibuki Rin^?)

A female model. She is, like Erina, always trying to defeat Kirari. She has a crush on Hiroto and has a twin brother named Ren. She keeps on telling Ren to seduce Hiroto. She competed in the Princess Tiara audition with Kirari, but Ren was doing all the work. Not in any episodes.

Ren Ibuki (伊吹　冽｜Ibuki Ren^?)

Rin's twin brother. He pretends to be Rin sometimes. He is a winner of Ciao manga magazine manga award. He seems to deeply love his sister (as a girlfriend), who only cares about Hiroto. He hates Hiroto.

[edit]Family members

Takashi Tsukishima (月島 天 Tsukishima Takashi^?)

Voiced by: Chomenori Yamawaki

Kirari's doting father who brought up Kirari by himself. He cooks large amounts of food each day for Kirari. Although an easygoing and kind person, he is initially opposed to the idea that Kirari becomes an idol since he fears that their close father and daughter relationship will suffer. Later, however, he recognizes Kirari's seriousness regarding the idol business and begins to support her. In episode 53, he quits his company and decides to open his own cafe.

Name Origin: "takashi" refers to sky or high

Grandmother (おばあちゃん Obaa-chan^?)

Voiced by: Masako Nozawa

Kirari's grandmother who gives Kirari her tone-deafness. She encourages Kirari to be an idol since she is a secret fan of SHIPS (particularly Hiroto). She is very attracted to Hiroto as seen in episode 34, when she pulled him away from work and took him around the town, due to the fact that he reminds her of her deceased husband. (But actually Hiroto does not look at all like Kirari's grandfather). When she thinks about Hiroto, Hiroto starts to get a cold chill running through him.

Subaru Tsukishima (月島すばる Tsukishima Subaru^?)

Voiced by: Shintaro Asanuma

Kirari's brother who currently resides in America with the hope of having his own idol debut. He currently studies acting in New York. He looks incredibly similar to Kirari and first appeared in episode 20. He became jealous of Kirari after seeing how successful she was. He decides to secretly disguise himself as Kirari and takes over one of her jobs, only to end up with Kirari becoming sick and having her concert canceled. Kirari looks up to him very much and considers him her prince. He has a cat, Mr. Na, who he found a half a year before he visits home on New York's fifth avenue.

Urara Tsukishima / Luna (ルナ Runa^?)

Urara is Kirari and Subaru's mother. She is a famous actress and Luna is her stage name. She first appears on episode 97. She confesses that she is Kirari's mother in episode 101 and pleads Kirari to go to Hollywood but Kirari refuses and decides to remain in Japan, continuing to be an idol.

[edit]Managers and producers

Chairman Muranishi (村西 社長 Muranishi Shachou^?)

Voiced by: Susumu Chiba

Chairman of the company that Kirari and SHIPS belong to. He recognizes the potential that Kirari possesses and makes a lot of arrangements before and after she becomes an idol. He believes idols should be dealt with as individuals, instead of treated as tools for their agencies. He also believes that both Kumoi-Kun and Chairman Higashiyama are beautiful.

Kasumi Kumoi (雲井 かすみ Kumoi Kasumi^?)

Voiced by: Michiko Neya

Kirari's manager. Although externally a serious and humorless person, she is actually pleased by Kirari's willingness to do her best in every situation. Seems to also like Chairman Muranishi as potrayed with fighting Chairman Higashiyama over him in episode 71.

Name Origin: "kasumi" refers to haze, "kumo" refers to cloud

10 years earlier, she was an idol working for the Higashiyama company. Her previous name was Hoshino Kasumi.^[4]

Manager Shakujii (石神井 マネージャー Shakujii Manager^?)

Voiced by: Hisayoshi Izaki

Erina's subservient manager who tries to fulfill Erina's every request.

Mr. Kama (Kamata Tomo^?)

Kirari and other idols song writer.

Chairman Higashiyama (東山薫子 Higashiyama Kaoruko^?)

Voiced by: Naoko Matsui

Chairman of the company of Fubuki and Rhinoceros. She happens to have a crush on Chairman Muranishi, as seen in episode 71 when Kumoi-Kun and her where fighting over the chairman . Originally, she used dirty tactics to attempt to cause Kirarin's downfall, but after her best stars quit and Chairman Muranishi refuses to let her interfere with Kirari (he also begs her for help, on his hands and knees), she softens a bit and instead concentrates on making top quality stars rather than sabotaging her anymore.^[5]

[edit]Other animal mascots

Director Nezumi (ネズミ 会長 Nezumi kanchou^?)

The director of SHIPS and Kirari's company. Although he is a mouse, he plays an important role in choosing job for idols. He predicts the future by shaping a skull into a piece of cheese or bread.

Kame-san (カメさん Kame-san^?)

Seiji's pet turtle. Kirari believes in a childhood tale of Urashima Tarō who rescued a turtle, and the good things happened to him. Since Kirari rescued Kame-san, she met Seiji and started her "sparkling revolution." Kame-san was first seen stuck on a tree and Kirari saves him.

Na-yan (なーやん Na-yan^?)

Voiced by: Miwa Kouzuki

Brother of Na-san. Kirari gave Na-yan to Arashi one week before he moved to Osaka. Na-yan is a magician's assistant and has the speed of a thief. He loves money, especiallypennies. He makes appearances in some of the episodes helping Kirari, even when Arashi isn't included in the episodes.

Name Origin: His name is complementary to Na-san and he says "yan" since he grew up in Osaka

TanTan (たんたん TanTan^?)

Voiced by: Koichi Sakaguchi

Erina's dog that shares the same nasty personality as her.

Mr. Na (Mr.なー Mr. Na^?)

Voiced by: Megumi Shinkawa

Subaru's little cat raised in America. He loves to eat pizza. Subaru found him half a year before he returns home in episode 20 on New York's fifth avenue.

Mya-san (みゃ～さん Mya-san^?)

Voiced by: Hisayo Mochizuki

Fubuki's arrogant cat that loves to play pranks on others. He is actually Na-san and Na-yan's brother

ToriDoshi (とりどし ToriDoshi^?)

Fubuki's pet chick with great strength. Also called Bird year. Along with Mya-san they are both irrevocably smart as shown with using a phone to place a vote for Fubuki-san during the Idol competition with Kirari.

Catherine

Chairman Higashiyama's pet alligator with great strength in its tail.

Nii-kun

voiced by Tetsuya Kakihara

He is Noel's cat. He respects Naa-San.

Mii-tyan

voiced by Noriko Shitaya

She is Kobeni's cat. She loves taking a bath.

Yoga

She is Izumi's pet and is first mistaken for a boy cat. She wears glasses and has a crush on Naa-san.