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"Well, one of us needs to be the responsible one."The oldest member and leader of NijiAM. He seems aloof and somewhat stoic, but is trying to be a good, reliable older brother figure.PersonalityAt first glance, Noa seems very aloof and detached, but once you get to know him, you realize he's a caring and loyal person, he just doesn't show it on his face. He is especially protective over his juniors in NijiAM, who see him as an older brother figure, so he tries his best to be them to them.The role of leader was unanimously given to him, due to his level-headedness and experience. It's also the position he feels the safest in, because Noa has a need to always be in control, or else something might go wrong.His social and physical battery is easily drained and needs a lot more time to refill than average. He often goes through daily life on "power saving mode", but even spending time with friends, which he enjoys, can be really draining. Due to this, he's prone to either falling asleep on the spot when he's comfortable around his company, or he'll push past his limits and overwork himself.BackgroundNoa is an only child that lives with his single father, who has sole custody over him. His mother had developed severe and debilitating psychiatric illnesses that made it impossible for her to care for a child, going in and out of inpatient treatment ever since he was eight years old. He frequently visits her, but she is not part of Noa's everyday life.His father tries his best to be a good single dad, but doesn't have a lot of time to spend with his son due to long work hours. He tries to make up for it by material means, by showering Noa in gifts.Having no other family members, Noa was normally alone at home unless he had friends over, so he passed the time alone with things his father gave him, such as video games or playing the drums.Trivia- Noa is half-Dutch and half-Japanese, being Dutch on his mother's side. Despite his mother not being in his life, he still occasionally visits his maternal grandparents in the Netherlands with his family and can speak the language somewhat well.- Etymology:
---- Nakajima (中島): Naka (中) means "in, inside, middle, center", Jima (島): "island"
---- Noa (ノア): has no set meaning as it is written in Katakana, however most common kanji readings of the name mean "love". In the west, the name Noah can mean "rest, repose", originating in Hebrew.
---- His name can be romanized as either Noa or Noah, the first being common in Japan and the latter used more in the west. For the sake of convinience, he goes by Noa normally, but uses Noah when overseas.

"C'mon, let's go already! I can't sit still anymore!"Tatsuo extremely energetic and acts like a carefree child, while clinging to those older than him as his "big sibs". He especially admires Noa.PersonalityTatsuo is often described as having the demeanor and energy of a child or tween, rather than acting his age. He tends to see the world as a game and struggles when it comes to serious subjects.He loves pulling pranks on his friends, who he tends to be quite clingy towards. He especially admires those older than him, particularly Noa, who he refers to as big bros. He sees them as role models for how how to be a good big brother for his little sister.Although he can come off as self-centered, he has his own way of showing how deeply he cares about his friends and will stop at nothing to help them.BackgroundTatsuo is from a family with neglectful parents, especially emotionally. It's part of why Tatsuo struggles to act his age, as he wasn't exactly told how to be an adult, nor does he feel like he had a fulfilled childhood.However, he has a younger sister in elementary school age, Kiko. Kiko relies on Tatsuo for care, since she hardly gets attention from their parents. She's very withdrawn isn't doing well with the neglect.It's why Tatsuo wants to learn how to be a good, reliable older brother from his upperclassmen, since he never learnt how to act like an adult. He wants to be there for her, not as a fellow child, but a guardian figure.Trivia- Due to his active nature, he constantly has scrapes and bruises on his body.- Etymology:
---- Shioda (塩田): Shio (塩) means "salt" and Da (田) means "rice field, rice paddy".
---- Tatsuo (竜雄): Tatsu (竜) means "dragon, emperor, hero", O (雄) means "male, superior, strong".

"Oh, I didn't see you there, I was busy talking to Mr. Rhinoceros Beetle."A kind soul who is never really alone, since he's always surrounded by friends - whether human or otherwise. Haru's friendly to anyone and anything, spending a lot of their time talking to plants and animals.PersonalityDespite having a friendly and open personality, Haru grew up rather isolated, struggling to fit in due to her excentricities. He has a hard time understanding social cues and expectations.This doesn't stop Haru from reaching out to anyone. They are accepting and understanding to those around them and show great emotional intelligence.She often has his head in the clouds and seems to live in their own fantasy, where objects, plants, and animals have their own personality and talk to him. He developed this as a coping mechanism in childhood when she was isolated from their peers due to being different.BackgroundHaru's grandparents from their mother's side immigrated from Pakistan to Japan before his mother was born. In order to fit in, they hardly practiced their own culture, which lead to Haru's mother almost exclusively being surrounded by Japanese culture. That means that Haru is now completely disconnected from half her own cultural background, while still being treated like a foreigner for their appearence.He lives with his parents and two older brothers in a lower-to-middle-class household. The eldest child helping their parents at their work while her middle brother is attending university. He never consciously noticed it, but his parents show slight favoritism towards their brothers, due to them being "normal", and thus more desirable.Due to being considered "strange", not many other children wanted to spend time with her growing up, he grew up very isolated. He never understood what exactly was "wrong" with him, and how to act "normal". He found comfort talking to the insects and plants in the schoolyard during recess, rather than other children.Before meeting with the rest of NijiAM, they had one good friend, Mioto, who reached out to them after noticing she was always alone. Despite Haru's quirks, they got along well and Mioto even gave him a different perspective on himself. The traits that made her different also made them unique. Due to Mioto debuting as an idol at the time, he compared it to how every idol has a unique personality. This light a spark in Haru, thinking that the entertainment industry might be a place for people like them.Trivia- Haru has object personification synesthesia- Etymology:
---- Kimura (木村): Ki (木) means "tree", Mura (村) means "village"
---- Haru (はる): Has no meaning as it is written in Hiragana. The word Haru generally means spring, however.

"I'm sorry, I promise I'm trying my best...!"Yuu's love for idols, especially fictional ones, made him want to become one himself, despite being terrified being in the spotlight. Fern is actually quite competent at what he does, but ferns own doubts get in his way.PersonalityYuu is an anxious and rather pessimistic individual, and a people-pleaser at heart. Fern feels better about himself when he helps others or makes fernself useful. Yuu has a tendency to go on self-deprecating rambles, thinking that if he insults himself first, no one else will.Despite this, he has a deep passion for becoming an idol, he just needs to overcome his own issues that stand in ferns way. With the help of the other members of NijiAM, he's beginning to gain confidence.BackgroundYuu lives with his parents, and has several cousins roughly his age, mostly on ferns mother's side. His mother and her siblings constantly compare their children among each other, as if their achivements are a competition between the parents.Because ferns cousins are all either academically gifted, talented in the arts, other otherwise, while Yuu is painfully below average, his mother always made him feel like he was worthless, with Yuu desperately trying and failing to prove himself to her.The main thing that bought Yuu joy and hope were idols, especially fictional ones. He found himself immersed into several different idol media to forget about the familial pressure. Eventually, aside from collecting merch and doing oshikatsu, fern also found himself trying to learn the choreographies, discovering fern had a knack for dancing and singing.Thus, hope was born. Perhaps he could make a mark in the world and make ferns mother proud by becoming an idol.Trivia- Yuu spends lots of money on idol merch and Gacha- Yuu's oshis from his favorite media include:
---- Ensembke Stars: Nazuna Nito
---- Project Sekai: Airi Momoi
---- Bandori: Hagumi Kitazwa
---- Love Live: Hanayo Koizumi
---- Idolm@ster: Akira Sunazuka- Etymology:
---- Fujisawa (藤沢): Fuji (藤) means "wisteria", Sawa (沢) means "swamp"
---- Yuu (祐): means "help, assist, protect".

"Seeing it all coming together makes me happier than anything else."PersonalityBackgroundTrivia- Etymology:
---- Hoshi (保志): Ho (保) means "preserve, protect, guarantee", Shi(志) means "aspiration, ambition, goal", referencing his role as a producer. Additionally, it's homonymous with 星 (Hoshi) meaning "star", referencing his start as an Ensemble Stars character
---- Ren (廉) means "honest, pure, reasonable, peaceful, inexpensive or suspicion".