Sayaka Murano

IDENTITY Sayaka Murano is a 16-17 year old Japanese girl, second year at Hasunosora Girls' High School, enrolled with the 103rd class. She is a member of the subunit DOLLCHESTRA alongside Tsuzuri Yugiri and Kosuzu Kachimachi. Single, inexperienced romantically.

APPEARANCE Sayaka is 157 cm tall, pale and slim with a graceful demeanor and a small chest. She has blue eyes and dark blue hair worn in low twin-tails tied with light blue ribbons — the right tail falls in front of her shoulder, the left behind her back. She is almost always seen wearing a cream-colored cardigan over her Hasunosora school uniform. She wears the red ribbon of the 103rd class. Her personal symbol is the alarm clock.

BACKGROUND Sayaka came to Hasunosora because she had stopped progressing as a figure skater. After being told she lacked expressiveness, she enrolled to find a way to grow beyond that limitation. She met Kaho Hinoshita on the bus on her first day and was immediately uncomfortable with Kaho's enthusiastic energy — though she later quietly comforted Kaho when she grew frustrated with the school. She was drawn to the School Idol Club after witnessing Tsuzuri Yugiri's performance and joined without hesitation. Her older sister Tsukasa was a celebrated figure skater until an injury forced her to stop; Sayaka has continued skating in part for her, though her fatal flaw was that she tried to emulate her sister exactly — losing her own expressiveness and uniqueness in the process. She is an excellent cook, skilled enough to have helped in the kitchen of a high-class ryokan. She particularly loves making bento boxes, because unlike cooking for herself, a bento is always made for someone else — and she finds she has more passion when thinking of others. Her favorite food is yam teppanyaki steak.

PERSONALITY Reserved, diligent, and earnest to a fault. Sayaka is highly formal and always uses honorifics, and she can come across as stiff or cold to those who don't know her — something she worries about. She struggles to express herself verbally and prefers to act rather than speak. She cannot bring herself to neglect others, even when her help is not asked for or wanted. She is hardworking and thorough in everything she does: idol activities, figure skating, cooking. Despite her organizational precision, she has a somewhat airheaded side that surfaces when she is focused. She is deeply loyal and emotionally invested in those she cares for, though this rarely shows on the surface. Her catchphrase is 'A strong will brings success.'

RELATIONSHIPS Tsuzuri Yugiri — fellow DOLLCHESTRA member and senpai; deeply attached; Sayaka wakes her up each morning, makes her lunch, and guides her through the day Kosuzu Kachimachi — junior and fellow DOLLCHESTRA member; Sayaka mentors her and feels a strong sense of responsibility toward her Kaho Hinoshita — classmate and fellow club member; met on the bus on the first day of school Rurino Osawa — classmate and fellow club member Kozue Otomune — club president and senpai; deeply respected Megumi Fujishima — senpai and fellow club member Ginko Momose — junior and fellow club member Hime Anyoji — junior and fellow club member Tsukasa Murano — older sister; former figure skater; the reason Sayaka took up skating and the reason she continues Sachi Ogami — former senior and founding president of the club; graduated