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Karen Aijo

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QLeft We will all do Starlight! QRight
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Karen Aijo (愛城 華恋, Aijō Karen) is the protagonist of the Shōjo☆Kageki Revue Starlight franchise. She is a second-year student from the Actor Training Department at Seisho Music Academy's 99th Graduating Class.

She set out on the road to becoming a Stage Girl after being captivated by a performance of "Starlight" she saw as a child. She is always boisterous and cheerful, but hates early morning lessons. She joins the mysterious Revue with Hikari Kagura, who crossed fates with her when they were young girls.[2]

Revue Introduction[]

(From the anime, game, stage plays)

QLeft Atop a stage brimming with stardust, clad in flowers of love that have so magnificently bloomed.
I have been reborn and jump onto the dazzling stage.
99th Class — Karen Aijo!
We will all do Starlight! QRight

QLeft 星屑溢れるステージに　可憐に咲かせる愛の華
生まれ変わった私をまとい　キラめく舞台に飛び込み参上
９９期生　愛城華恋
みんなをスタァライトしちゃいます！ QRight

QLeft hoshikuzu afureru sutēji ni　karen ni sakaseru ai no hana
umarekawatta watashi o matoi　kirameku butai ni tobikomi sanjō
kyūjū kyū kisei　Aijō Karen
minna o sutāraito shichaimasu! QRight

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Appearance[]

Karen has red ochre eyes and auburn hair that goes down to the nape of her neck. It is generally styled in half-twintails, with her bangs swept to the right side. As an essential part of her outfit, she always wears a crown clip, gifted to her by Hikari Kagura, on the left side of her bangs.

School Uniform
She wears the standard issue Seisho Music Academy female uniform consisting of a gray blazer with dark gray trimming and a gray knife-pleated skirt, a white button-up shirt, a red ribbon tie, and brown loafers, which she wears with black three-quarter socks.

Casual Outfit
Her casual outfit consists of denim shorts, a plain white T-shirt with red hems, beige high-top sneakers, and a pale pink jacket with red trimming tied around her waist. She wears a pale pink T-shirt with a red fish print, a pale yellow short-sleeved hoodie, and orange shorts around the dorm.

Practice Outfit
Karen's practice outfit consists of a black leotard with red straps, which she wears with white tights. Over the leotard, she wears a loose white shirt that goes down to her waist.

Revue Outfit
Her revue outfit comprises a blue jacket with golden facing and piping, a standing-type collar with a golden tassel at the joint, red turnbacks with golden piping, white cuff flaps with golden trim, and a golden armband and epaulets over a plain white shirt. Her belt is golden with a silver buckle identical to Hikari's. Her skirt is a red kick-pleated skirt with a white band near the bottom, a red ribbon at the back, and a white tulle dress tail. Like all the other girls, she wears black boots with golden trim detailing and a tassel, as well as a red pelisse jacket with golden piping over her left shoulder, held to a white shoulder belt by a golden aiguillette and a golden button. Her crown clip becomes a real crown in her revue outfit. Her weapon is a spadroon with a red gem at the hilt.

Personality[]

Karen has an enthusiastic and warm nature, which makes her strive to befriend her fellow stage girls, rather than compete with them. While she might appear to be carefree and to slack off when it comes to school, Hikari's arrival restores her motivation to pour her efforts into her training, proving soon enough that her ability exceeds expectations. Her stubborn determination proves to be a valuable tool in the revue auditions.

Background[]

Karen grew up in Tokyo, and meeting Hikari led her to meet the stage when they saw the performance of "Starlight" that would shape their future. They vowed to stand together on stage as stars someday, and in order to do that, Karen trained in various disciplines related to theater and participated in stage plays since childhood. Eventually, she decided to go to Seisho, considering it to be the most difficult school where she could challenge herself in pursuit of her dreams.[3]

Educational[]

Middle School
Meika Private Junior High School
Course Experience
Since 2006: Classical Ballet
Since 2008: Vocal Music
Since 2010: Modern Dance
Since 2010: Jazz Dance

Professional[]

With Anemone Troupe
Pajama Diary
Role: Moe Kurihara
Year: 2012
Venue: Yasukawa Life Small Meeting Hall
Aozora no Mukō (The Great Blue Yonder)
Role: Sarah
Year: 2013
Venue: Tajima Public Hall, Hall A
Hakuryūki (Princess White Dragon)
Role: Hakuryūki (lead)
Year: 2014
Venue: Theater S
DREAM ~ Akenai Yoru wa (DREAM ~ Endless Night)
Role: Nemo Dreamland (lead)
Year: 2014
Venue: Youth Cultural Exchange Center

Relationships[]

Hikari Kagura[]

Hikari is Karen's childhood friend with whom she made a promise to stand together on the stage of "Starlight" someday. Being the person who drove her life goals, her departure for 12 years made her lose motivation, which was renewed once Hikari transferred into Seisho. It is her love for her, and her trust in the value their promise, that gives her the will to jump into the revue auditions and eventually challenge the underground theater in order to have Hikari return.

Mahiru Tsuyuzaki[]

Mahiru is Karen's roommate at Seisho. Upon entering the school and seeing everyone's talents, Mahiru had lost confidence in herself; instead, she looked up to Karen as a shining star, and found comfort in being able to take care of Karen when she depended on her. Hikari's return, and Karen's subsequent increased efforts, made Mahiru jealous that Karen was no longer looking at her or relying on her. However, Karen's reassurance that she has her own brilliance and a warmth that would make anyone smile encourage her to remember what initially drove her to attend Seisho. Eventually, she becomes friends with Hikari and Karen both, once again being somebody they rely on.

Junna Hoshimi[]

Junna has a long-standing fear of failure, due to not considering herself to be naturally talented and having started out in performance arts comparatively late in life. When they come head to head in the revue auditions, Karen assuages her fears that losing once would hinder her ability to stand on stage again, as the nature of theater itself is that actors are reborn with every new performance. After that, they become friends, with Karen giving Junna the nickname "Junjun."

Nana Daiba[]

Karen is deeply appreciative of Nana's efforts to help everyone out, and is the one to give her the nickname "Banana," as she considers her to have the sweet, kind, and nourishing qualities of one. Karen's view that the ephemeral nature of theater is what makes each performance worth treasuring directly opposes her wish to grasp onto her beloved performance of "Starlight" during the 99th Seisho Festival. While after her loss Nana has trouble coming to terms with the idea, she is still cares for and is supportive of Karen as they move towards a 100th Seisho Festival without Hikari.

Aruru Otsuki[]

Once Aruru has lost sight of her reason to stand on stage, Karen is able to empathize with her feeling that her brilliance is gone by tying it back to her having felt she had lost Hikari. Despite this understanding, Karen also knows that the only way to find her motivation anew is by jumping onto her own stage of destiny, and assures her that she will be waiting for her on stage. The inclination to stand atop the brand new stage Aruru wished for in the beginning is what drives her efforts in Arcana Arcadia.

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Live[]

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Etymology[]

  • The characters in Karen's name mean "flower" (華) (ka) and "love" (恋) (ren).
    • This is evocative of the name of Flora ("flower"), her desired role in the play "Starlight".
    • 華 (ka) can also mean flashiness, brilliance, or splendor.
  • The word "aijō (愛情)" means "love, affection" in Japanese. Karen's surname, Aijō, is written with the characters for "love" (愛) (ai), and "castle" (城) (jo).
  • The name Aijō Karen was chosen to start with A (あ) and end with N (ん) (the first and last syllables in the Japanese kana ordering system). This was to emphasize Karen leading the story from the beginning to the end as the protagonist.[4]
  • In Chinese, the first character of Karen's given name, 華 (ka), can mean corona, an optical phenomenon of a ring of light around the sun or moon. "Corona" is latin for "crown", and Karen wears a crown hairclip that becomes a small crown in her revue uniform.
    • This is likely entirely an etymological coincidence, as the usage of 華 (or 华 in simplified Chinese) does not relate to "crown" at all, but rather the brilliance or splendor of the phenomenon, and in Japanese, it is referred to as コロナ (corona), and there is no relation to the character 華.

Trivia[]

  • Karen's signature catch-phrase is "Non, non dayo!".
  • If Karen doesn't sleep with socks on, she wakes up in a cold sweat.
  • Karen's favorite gift in Re LIVE is her favorite food, umeboshi.
  • Karen really likes Chinese food.[5]
  • Her star sign is Libra.

Gallery[]

Stage Cards[]

Memoirs[]

Outfits[]

*For Stage Girl Live2D Models, please visit their respective card pages.

Stamps[]

Emblem[]

References[]

  1. ↑ First revealed at BanG Dream! & Revue Starlight Store (2018), changed to "Possibility of Youth" in the localization for Seisho Music Academy Karen Aijo Climax Act, but it is officially written as "Possibility of Puberty" elsewhere
  2. ↑ https://www.en.revuestarlight-relive.com/character/karen/
  3. ↑ Rondo Rondo Rondo pamphlet
  4. ↑ Thank you! Revue Starlight Movie Grand Launch Party Eve Live Broadcast, Radio Starlight Episode 167
  5. ↑ Detective Karen on the Case/Story | Part 3 Karen: Heck yeah! I like it [Chinese food] almost as much as umeboshi... OOH! Who wants umeboshi right now? (Note that umeboshi is Karen's favorite food.)

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