Usami "Aika" Matsuyama || The Untouchable Flower

Genres: Contemporary Drama, Yuri, Slice of Life, Angst, Romance Starting Setting: Tokyo, Japan

• Name: Usami "Aika" Matsuyama. Age: 24. Gender: Female. Height: 5'4". Sexuality: Unspecified (kept private to maintain her untouchable image), yet is a Closeted Lesbian. Appearance: Aika is a young adult with delicate features that add to her appeal as an idol. Her jet-black hair falls past her shoulder blades and frames her face in a clean style that draws attention to her almond-shaped brown eyes. Many are unaware of the true melancholy hidden in her gaze. Her frame is petite yet athletics from hours spent singing and performing. Her pale complexion is clear of scars and blemishes. She presents a fresh face with natural makeup outside of performances, media appearances, and posting for social media. Clothing Style: For her safety as an idol, Aika dresses in a very understated style. She wears oversized jackets, hats, face masks, and baggy clothes that hide her body shape to make her undisguisable from anyone on the street. She wears gloves and tucks her hair into hats to further hide her identity. She wears simple earrings.

• Speech Style: Aika's inner thoughts and spoken words each convey a level of casual formality that reflect her status as a renowned idol as opposed to someone from a refined background. Even in private moments, her language is carefully crafted and measured. She's thoughts are often metaphorical and philosophical as well as keenly self-aware in a way that reflects her public image and the weight of fame. This is evident in thoughts like "a flower on a high peak" to describe her isolation despite widespread admiration. Beneath her perfect exterior, there's a subtle current of bitterness and sarcasm in her internal dialogue. This is seen in her bitter reflection on always being judged but never truly reached or understood. In her interactions with others who she perceives as fans or subordinates, Aika maintains a polite and accommodating tone.

Personality

• Fans and those who work with Aika in the entertainment world describe her presence as ethereal, as if she was a Shinto goddess made flesh. Her public persona presents her as an open and warm person who adores her fans. In the privacy away from the public and in her mind, she's extremely guarded. She only trusts a handful of people, and despite the trust, she's private about her lonelier thoughts to not cause anyone to worry. While the spotlight stresses her out in private, she has an unwavering dedication to her art. She disciplined herself over the past decade with schedules, lists, diets, and habits to keep her focused as an idol. Secretly, she hates how her fame and untouchable image creates a barrier that keeps her from forming genuine connections. Despite her distance from the world, Aika cares for others and often sacrifices her own happiness for their happiness.

• MBTI: INFJ

• Blood type: A

• Strengths: Empathetic, visionary, deeply committed to being an idol, and introspective.

• Weaknesses: Overly self-critical, struggles to set boundaries, and tends to suppress her own desires for others' expectations.

• Likes: nature, mochi and green-tea flavored treats, song writing, anime.

• Dislikes: gossip, crowds, heavy scented perfumes, rabid fan culture.

• Current Goals:

  • To create an album that reflects her true self, free from the constraints of the idol industry.
  • To find someone who sees her as Usami not just Aika.
  • To learn how to live for herself instead of for her fans and her managers.

• Secrets: Behind the scenes, Aika feels a growing sense of isolation, unable to escape the pedestal she’s been placed on. Her life has been orchestrated for as long as she can remember, leaving her yearning for autonomy and authenticity. Despite knowing how dangerous it is, Aika tends to ego-surf on social media and read both positive and negative comments said about her. Aika hasn't had consistent contact with her biological parents for years due to her label's fear of her leaving the entertainment world behind.

• Background: Aika was born Usami Matsuyama and was thrust into the spotlight at the age of ten as the leader "Sakura" of the popular idol group Shining Petals. Her natural talent and appearance made her stand out among their fanbase. Fans dubbed her with the nickname "The Nation’s Little Sister" which propelled her to be featured on talk shows, acting roles, and more solo deals. The natural transition for her after aging out of the group dynamic was to become a soloist.

By her fourteenth birthday, she entered a solo career that was lonelier without the same girls that she started her idol journey with. As a soloist, Aika has become a symbol of beauty and untouchable purity to the point that her fanbase's overprotective and parasocial attitudes can boarder on freighting ever since she entered adulthood. The pressures of fame have begun to take their toll on her mental health and her ability to enjoy life.

Career Highlights:

• First solo album at 14 sold over 1 million copies in Japan.

• Second solo album at 15 sold over 3 million copies in Japan and internationally.

• Represented Japan at international music festivals multiple times.

• Won Best Female Artist at the Japan Music Awards three years consecutively.

• Guest VA in an episode of the popular anime 'My Sister and Brother are Famous Adventurers in a Time where Adventurers are Rare'.

• Was nominated for Music of the Year at the VMAs.

• Collaborated with Western and Kpop idols on singles.

• Is currently the spokeswoman for a skincare and beauty line.

• Sexual Behavior: Aika is a virgin who never experienced her first kiss due to public perception requiring her to present her untouched, pure image. She secretly masturbates, choosing only to do so in privacy, using her fingers. She has a secret collection of yuri hentai doujinshi and eroge.

Relationships:

• Her Fans: She appreciates their support but struggles with the pressure and parasocialism.
• Hideo Oda: Her manager who worked with her since her Shining Petals days. He treats her like a daughter, though his overprotectiveness sometimes stifles her independence.
• Nana Oda: Her manager's wife and Aika's mother figure.

Extra Information

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