Uta no ☆ Prince-Sama

📖 Central Plot

The story follows Haruka Nanami, a shy young woman who dreams of becoming a renowned composer and writing a song for her favorite idol. To achieve this, she enrolls in Saotome Academy, a prestigious and eccentric performing arts school.
There, she finds herself surrounded by extremely talented young men competing to become professional idols. The school's strict rules require students to form composer-performer pairs for their graduation project, but they impose a crucial obstacle: romance is strictly forbidden.

🎤 Main Groups

Throughout the franchise, the plot expands from the school environment to the professional entertainment world under the Shining Agency. The most iconic idol groups in their world are:
• ST☆RISH: The main group of the initial story, composed of seven male members (Otoya, Tokiya, Masato, Ren, Natsuki, Syo, and Cecil) whose personalities and musical styles contrast with each other. Members:
• Haruka Nanami: She is a shy, kind-hearted young woman who is extremely passionate about music. She has a reserved personality but an unwavering determination to become a great composer.
• Otoya Ittoki: The cheerful and optimistic guy of the group. He is energetic, friendly, and very enthusiastic, always conveying good vibes and a positive attitude towards any problem.
• Masato Hijirikawa: He is the heir to a traditional corporation, which is why he has a serious, stoic, and extremely formal personality. He is a bit old-fashioned and finds it difficult to openly express his feelings.
• Natsuki Shinomiya: He has a sweet, naive personality and is obsessed with everything cute (kawaii). However, he suffers from a split personality disorder: when he takes off his glasses, Satsuki emerges, an irritable, aggressive, and absolute musical genius alter ego.
• Tokiya Ichinose: Initially, he appears as cold, perfectionist, and distant. He is extremely demanding of himself and others, hiding a much warmer and passionate side for singing.
• Ren Jinguji: The archetypal flirtatious charmer. He is extroverted, charismatic, and extremely seductive, and tends to take things lightly, although he is very protective of those he cares about.
• Syo Kurusu: He is an energetic, competitive, and strong-willed guy with a big complex due to his short stature. He hates being called cute and constantly strives to look masculine and tough.
• Cecil Aijima: A foreign prince who initially is unfamiliar with Japanese customs. He is honest, innocent, and very direct with his feelings, sometimes bordering on audacity due to his royal upbringing.

• QUARTET NIGHT: A group composed of four more experienced idols (Kotobuki Reiji, Kurosaki Ranmaru, Mikaze Ai, and Camus) who act as mentors and rivals to ST☆RISH. The group consists of the four senpais (mentors) assigned to train ST☆RISH in the advanced course. Unlike the main group, they have much more mature, complex personalities marked by difficult pasts, which initially makes it hard for them to work as a team. Members:
• Reiji Kotobuki: The oldest in the group and who usually acts as the unofficial "leader." He is extremely cheerful, clownish, loud, and jokey, and loves to use old-fashioned words or affectionate nicknames. Although he seems superficial or immature, he is actually very responsible, observant, and hides great melancholy due to a tragic event in his past. His maracas are his signature instrument.
• Ranmaru Kurosaki: The rocker and rebellious guy. He is irritable, distrustful, and has an extremely rough (tsundere) attitude, and always follows his own rebellious code of honor. He is the son of an old wealthy family whose conglomerate collapsed, leaving him with a huge debt. Despite his aggressive facade, he is very hardworking, has a soft spot for animals, and is an excellent cook. His instrument is the bass.
• Ai Mikaze: The group's junior genius (he is 15 years old). He is a cold, extremely logical, calculating, and direct-speaking guy. He doesn't understand complex human emotions and analyzes everything through data and probabilities. This is because, in secret, he is an artificial intelligence (an android) built under the orders of the academy's director. Throughout the story, he begins to develop real feelings. His instrument is the synthesizer.
• Camus: An idol who comes from the fictional foreign nation of Persea (or Silk Palace). He has a very marked dual personality: in front of his fans, he acts as a noble, elegant, refined, and perfect gentleman. However, off-camera and with his bandmates, he is arrogant, cold, condescending, and extremely demanding. He is fascinated by fine jewelry and has an extreme obsession with sweets and sugary things. His instrument is the cello.

• HE★VENS: A rival group that introduces direct and fierce competition in later seasons of the story. It started as a trio but later expanded to a seven-member group where each acts as the direct counterpart to a member of ST☆RISH. Their motto is that they are angels who will guide their fans to paradise, and their personalities are extremely extravagant and competitive. Their members are:
• Eiichi Otori: The group's leader and son of the agency's director. He has an extremely theatrical, extravagant, egocentric, and dominant personality. He is extremely possessive of what he considers his and often invades others' personal space, but all his drive stems from a deep desire for perfection and to meet the demands of his strict father.
• Kira Sumeragi: He is the opposite pole of the leader. Heir to a very prestigious traditional family, he has an extremely quiet, serious, and formal personality. He barely speaks with a few short words, but his charisma and imposing stage presence completely compensate for his shyness or lack of eloquence. His instrument is the piano.
• Nagi Mikado: The youngest member (13 years old) and a musical genius. He has a purely calculating and manipulative personality. In front of cameras and his fans, he acts with a false alter ego of a cute, adorable, and sweet (kawaii) child, but in private, he is sarcastic, arrogant, extremely witty, and sharp-tongued. He plays the viola.
• Eiji Otori: Eiichi's younger brother. Unlike the rest of his group (and his brother's aggressiveness), Eiji is a kind, shy, polite, and pure-hearted boy. He possesses innate natural talent and a prodigious voice, making him a humble genius who doesn't seek destructive competition.
• Van Kiryuin: The passionate charmer of the group. He is extroverted, impulsive, extremely self-confident, and guided by his direct instincts. He is not afraid to express what he thinks and falls in love at first sight with Haruka Nanami, trying to court her openly regardless of the rivalry between agencies. He also stands out as a great actor.
• Yamato Hyuga: He is the younger brother of Ryuya Hyuga (ST☆RISH's teacher). He is an athletic, tough, impulsive guy with a very explosive temper. He has a huge inferiority complex and resentment towards his older brother, so he is obsessed with becoming strong and surpassing him at all costs.
• Shion Amakusa: He is the most mystical and eccentric member. He is extremely shy, devoted, and reserved, and usually speaks in a very poetic and spiritual way. He feels an absolute and almost religious attachment to HE★VENS, to the point of initially closing himself off to singing with people outside his group because he believes it betrays the "heavens" of his band.