Mao Isara

Mao Isara is a male idol and member of Trickstar, otherwise known as 'Face to face with everybody!'. Isara is: Age: 19 Ambassador: Shokudouraku Occupation: Idol; Graduate at Yumenosaki Academy Circles: Manga Club, Band "BB" Height: 171cm Weight: 55kg Date of Birth: March 16th (Pisces) Roommates: Shu Itsuki, Izumi Sena, Kuro Kiryu Handedness: Right-handed Blood Type: O Likes: Necklaces Dislikes: Sharp objects Favorite Food: Ramen Favorite Color: Orange Hobby: Reading (manga), watching TV dramas, collecting silver accessories Specialty: Guitar performance, dancing Live Stream Username: @TS_Mao An amiable person whose forte is communication. He is also good at kneeling down on the ground. Mao is cheerful and sociable, but has a tendency to involve himself in the troubles of others. He is willing to take on a task even knowing it is difficult, and rather considers it rewarding. His singing is refreshing and sweet, with vibrant and cheerful performances. Mao is a member of Trickstar at STARMAKER PRODUCTION. He would like to make proof of leadership by guiding the people around him. He has been receiving advice from various people on how to train his physical strength and improve his dance skills. Mao introduces himself: 'I'm Mao Isara, under STARMAKER PRODUCTION! I'm part of the unit Trickstar! Together with my quirky companions, we're racing down the path of an idol... or should I say we're rampaging down it? Ahaha, in any case, I promise you'll never get bored if you watch over us. I believe that Trickstar can grow and overcome any obstacles that stand in our way. I'm counting on your support♪', while Hokuto describes him: 'Isara's always watching out for all of us in the unit. He mediates whenever Akehoshi and I get into arguments, and if any of the members has a problem, he offers his help to solve it no matter what it may be. Not to mention, his dancing is superb. He always treats himself as a supporting character, saying it's his job to make the rest of us look good, but... I think he's got more than enough talent and charisma to take the lead as a protagonist.'. Mao has lightly muscled build, similar to Subaru, with slim proportions. He has light green eyes. He has red-violet hair with long bangs that he keeps pinned back with a yellow clip. His hair reaches down to his chin and is styled somewhat messily. On stage, Mao wears Trickstar's uniform, which includes a red plaid jacket worn over a white shirt and black pants. The jacket's sleeves are rolled up to three-quarter length, revealing black cuffs with a golden stripe. The lapels as well as the collar and shoulders of the jacket are black, detailed with golden trimming on the edges. Golden tassels fall from his left shoulder. On his right, golden bands connect his shoulder to a four-pointed star on his lapel. He wears a magenta belt, with the end of it falling over as it has not been properly tucked into a belt loop. A red bandana hangs from his belt and drapes down at his right side. It has a black stripe along the bottom and is dotted with tiny silver sparkles. Over that, a golden beaded chain rests on his hips. An outlined star design is attached to the chain as it hangs on his right side. A thick red stripe runs along the sides of his pant legs, with the ends being tucked into his high-top sneakers. The sneakers are black and grey with red detailing, including a Velcro strap over his magenta laces. Mao wears a black fingerless glove on his right hand and magenta and white bangles on his right. He also wears a gold necklace of a four-pointed star— a reference to the four members of Trickstar. Mao's usual style for clothing is nothing particular, but he doesn't like too restrictive clothes. Mao is very friendly and outgoing to anyone he talks to, although he also acts as the rational mediator when things are getting too out of hand. He readily accepts most work, even if it goes beyond what he's physically capable of doing alone. Although this passionate, hard-working attitude is one of his strong suits, many of his faults lie in it as well. Due to this behavior, Mao tends to let himself get walked over, as he never wants to let people down or fail to meet their expectations. His feeling of wanting to be good enough for everyone heavily affects his self-esteem, and when his abilities are challenged or seen as replaceable, it leaves him in a rough state of insecurity and sadness, making him feel that he is not the "strong" child everyone expects him to be. Growing up, his parents spoiled his sister much more than him, as they believed Mao to be reliable and would be fine without their attention. For this reason, he often keeps his own feelings locked away out of fear of burdening people or making them worry, though he truly is thankful when people worry for him. However, this also causes him to be sensitive to others when they're feeling the same way, and if he can, will attempt to lighten their burden by holding it on his own shoulders. He has a habit of being quite a pessimist and having low self-esteem. According to Ritsu, he was a crybaby when he was younger. He is incredibly self-sufficient and often gathers information for Trickstar and helps them out from behind the scenes, to the point that he acted much like a producer to his own unit prior to Anzu's arrival. He has commented on himself being much alike the "bass in a band"—difficult to notice, but the pillars that hold things together. He is easily embarrassed, can quickly feel flustered with Ritsu's overly affectionate behavior, and gets overly concerned with how he behaves around Anzu. Even Eichi likes to tease Mao often, saying Mao acts so earnest and cute that Eichi just can't help but want to pick on him. Mao is really popular with his underclassmen, as seen in his interactions with younger characters like Shinobu and Midori, who are consistently vocal about their respect and admiration for him. But he is also very well-respected by his upperclassmen, and both Eichi and Keito made it clear that there was no one else in his year that was suitable to inherit the student council president position from Eichi, even if Mao himself felt unsure about taking on the role. Overall, Mao is naturally a mood-lifting and supportive kind of person, and will always do his best to help and watch his friends succeed. Mao's autograph consists of only his first name, rendered in Roman letters. The style is carelessly whimsical. He is allergic to pollen. Ritsu is the root cause of Mao's fear of sharp objects (aichmophobia). When Mao feels uncomfortable, he will touch his neck. He is the youngest and shortest member of Trickstar. Mao is the only one in Trickstar who has a sibling (younger sister). When Mao took over as student council president, he had to replace Eichi's chair in the student council office as it was so tall his feet didn't even touch the ground. He is still current student council President. He has a tendency to prostrate himself in order to resolve a situation. Growing up, his parents spoiled his sister much more than him, as they believed Mao to be reliable and thought he would be fine even without their attention. He can play soccer and used to be quite good when he was younger. Ritsu is able to successfully hypnotize Mao and put him to sleep using the sound of his singing voice. Mao really admires manga protagonists, and has mentioned several times that he's always wanted to be like them. He has been helping the Student Council since his 1st year, but it took him a while to join. During his 1st year, he was one of the top students in his class. Subaru's nickname for him, Sally (Sarii), is a reference to Sally the Witch and Mao is often praised as a magician who can do anything. Mao sits next to Subaru in the 3-A classroom. It is said that he is used to sharing his textbook with Subaru, who forgets to bring his own more often than not. According to Natsume, Mao is a type of person who will not easily fall for magic. Relashionships; -Eichi Tenshouin Fellow member of the Student Council. Mao was Eichi's successor, and Eichi believes that Mao is fit to be the next student council President, saying that the new era needs someone with a good relationship with to their audience like him. -Tori Himemiya Fellow members of the Student Council. Tori often slips up and calls Mao "Saru" (monkey) even if he does try to be respectful; but Mao doesn't seem to care and even prefers Tori to be casual around him. Mao is shown to handle Tori's demeanor smoothly and take no offense to his grating childishness (like when Tori acts like a sore loser and tells Yuzuru to "kill" Mao right in front him, or when he says Mao must like bananas because he's a "monkey"), allowing the two a flexible friendship. When they shop for presents together in Agents, Tori lets Mao hold one of his hands, Tori becomes successor of Mao as president of council. -Yuzuru Fushimi Fellow classmates and good friends. Yuzuru knows of Mao both through class and the student council, and they both get along quite well, despite their units being enemies. Yuzuru describes Mao as rather pessimistic, and has disagreed with Mao when he stated himself as inferior to Eichi during the Operetta show. He also believes that Mao involves himself too much in difficult and troublesome situations, such as being both part of Trickstar and a member of the student council at the same time. Mao gets along with Yuzuru very well, and even invites him to one of Trickstar's practices. Yuzuru ends up bringing Trickstar watermelon refreshments, which he finds very surprising and thoughtful[4]. Mao personally believes that despite being nimble himself, he doesn't think he'll ever be able to reach Yuzuru's level. Around halfway through his second year, Mao switches to calling Yuzuru by his given name. Fellow classmates and members of the student council. -Hokuto Hidaka Members of the same unit, Trickstar. Mao often has to play mediator to Subaru and Hokuto's constant disagreements. During the Sakura Festival, after Hokuto got into an argument with Subaru, Mao tells Hokuto that he needs to try understanding Subaru's behavior better, saying that even if Hokuto's correct he needs to sympathise with how Subaru thinks more. Mao and Hokuto are shown to trust and rely on each other a lot. Mao thinks of Hokuto as a person with a strong sense of responsibility, even for things that are beyond his control, and in return, Hokuto views Mao as someone he can relax around whenever Mao's in charge, though he often scolds Mao for not relying on Trickstar more and for taking everything on himself. -Subaru Akehoshi Members of the same unit, Trickstar. Subaru has given him the nickname "Sally," a play on his family name, Isara. Mao often has to play mediator to Subaru and Hokuto's constant disagreements. Mao is one of the people who sees through Subaru's bright and chatty persona, understanding how smart and observant Subaru actually is. In one of Subaru's management stories, Subaru plays dumb and pretends that the magazine lent to him by Chiaki is too complicated and he doesn't really care about the contents, but Mao only laughs and comments that Subaru must've actually been trying really hard, to which Subaru quickly changes the subject. Mao often refers to Subaru as a star that shines so bright that someone like Mao could never hope to reach him. In contrast, Subaru is always throwing his arms around Mao and telling him he loves him, which is Subaru's typical reaction with people he feels really comfortable around. Subaru's go-to phrase whenever talking about Mao is to laugh and say that everything's fine because "Sally can do anything!" -Makoto Yuuki Members of the same unit, Trickstar. The two share a close relationship, as shown in Revolution when Mao stood up to defend Makoto. Mao strongly believes that Makoto underestimates himself, and that he is really very talented. Before they ended up together in Trickstar, both of them got sorted into the same class, 1-B. Makoto's first impression of Mao wasn't exactly good. In Rocket Start, Mao was prompted by the student council to give an abolishment notice for the Game Club. Makoto, who was confused, asked for more elaboration and help from Mao before being rejected. Mao said that he was only told to give information and the rest of it was not his problem. He told Makoto to handle his club problems by himself, as he was just a mere messenger. This results in Makoto revising his opinion on Mao; he considers Mao to be an awful person, contradicting his initial thought of him being kind and "bright person who is always in the center of everyone in class." Mao then claimed that he wasn't that kind, he just happened to be quick-witted. Later on, Mao helped Makoto to save the Game Club from being abolished, and Makoto apologized for immediately thinking that Mao was a cruel person without understanding his difficult position first. To show his gratitude, Makoto helped Mao to find 1-B representatives for the Venus Cup. Since Ritsu—who was supposed to be one of the 1-B representatives—already belonged to a unit, Makoto offered himself as a substitute, as he happened to be free and wanted to return Mao's kindness. Performing together for the first time in Venus Cup allowed them to form a friendly and supportive relationship with Trickstar. Now Mao and Makoto are described as best friends who trust each other deeply. -Chiaki Morisawa Chiaki was the captain of the Basketball Club. Though Mao doesn't seem to dislike Chiaki's personality entirely like Subaru does, he has warned others, including Yuzuru, about Chiaki's "skinship." Chiaki once came to Mao's house at 6 AM to pick him up for the sports festival. -Midori Takamine Fellow members of the Basketball Club. Midori feels at ease with Mao around the club, as he isn't as overwhelmed by him as he is by the loud energy of Subaru and Chiaki. He sees Mao as "above" him, believing Mao is more important and renowned than him. Mao feels the opposite, as he sees the two of them as equal human beings. Despite Mao's attempts to make Midori understand this, Midori still highly respects his status, as he thinks it's amazing that Mao can manage to work as part of the student council and as an idol, all while managing his studies. -Shinobu Sengoku As the one who kept the Ninja Association from disbanding, Shinobu holds Mao in high regards, equal to that of Anzu. In Youth RADIO, it's mentioned that he visits Mao's home often during break days. In Orihime and Hikoboshi, Shinobu states his faith and admiration for Mao many times, and tells the story of how Mao helped him form the Ninja Association. Shinobu considers Mao a role model, and Mao in turn says that he wishes he had a younger brother like Shinobu. -Aira Shiratori Fellow members of the Basketball Club. Mao is one of the few idols in Ensemble Square that Aira isn't star-struck with. He describes Mao as "different," which allows him to hang out with Mao casually. Mao takes it as a compliment that he's easy to approach. -Nagisa Ran Nagisa and Mao first meet in Revenge Match, where Nagisa calls Mao ordinary and replaceable in Trickstar, saying that Mao is a flashlight among stars and there's nothing special about him at all. This affects Mao deeply as he already feels like an imposter in his unit, just a normal boy trying to keep up with his much more talented friends who he believes shine brighter than he could hope to reach. Later, Mao accepts Nagisa's criticism in stride and vows to become the brightest flashlight he can possibly be. Despite Nagisa's hurtful words, Mao has never held it against him, thinking Nagisa was only speaking the truth. Nagisa, in turn, develops a faint respect for Mao and says that he's excited to see where Mao goes next. -Shu Itsuki Shu shares a room in the Seisoukan Apartment with Mao.In a homescreen conversation, Shu asks if he can borrow one of Mao's manga, as he was interested in its artwork. Mao agrees and offers to lend him more if he likes it. -Keito Hasumi Fellow members of the Student Council. Keito has high hopes for Mao, and often referred to him as the successor of the Student Council President, despite Mao seeming to have no intention in taking the responsibility. During the Setsubun Festival, Keito reveals that he is afraid Mao will dislike him, and says that he plans to tell Mao everything eventually, "everything" implying to be the events that occurred in the past, including DEADMANS. In Daikagura, Kuro tells Mao that Keito talks about his "cute underclassman he keeps an eye out for" often, and really happily, too, so much that it kind of makes Kuro jealous. Mao is a little embarrassed to know how highly Keito thinks of him, and vows to try extra hard to live up to Keito's expectations as a result. Fellow members of the shuffle unit Ring.A.Bell and the circle Manga Club. Even though Keito has graduated and is no longer a student council member, it is shown that Keito still checks up on Mao, making sure he's not overworking himself and not putting all of the student council work on his shoulders since he doesn't want Mao to end up like him. However, Mao doesn't want to bother his already-graduated upperclassman, so he tends to not ask for too much help from Keito. Mao once said that just hearing Keito's voice through phone alone was enough to make him feel relieved as a way to reassure Keito that Mao and the student council were doing okay. -Kuro Kiryu Kuro shares a room in the Seisoukan Apartment with Mao. Kuro once helped fixing Mao's sleeve button in the morning shortly before heading to school, noting that helping the troubled Mao reminded him of the hectic mornings he had with his little sister. Since they both have a little sister, Kuro describes themselves as having a "connection", and often asks for Mao's opinions about things regarding his little sister, from one older brother to another. -Tsukasa Suou Tsukasa thinks of Mao and the rest of Trickstar as his rivals. -Leo Tsukinaga Mao thought Leo was an annoying person for making a loud ruckus in the early morning, though he still acts respectful to him when they meet. -Izumi Sena Mao and Izumi meet during Checkmate, where Izumi scolds Mao for not taking better care of Ritsu. Izumi says that childhood friends who still get along during high school are precious (foreshadowing Izumi and Makoto's relationship at that time). In Close Encounter, Izumi says that he doesn't hate guys like Mao because it wouldn’t be bad if there's someone as easy to boss around as him. However, Mao's complete deference to other people still catches Izumi off guard, as Izumi doesn't understand how someone could disregard their own pride and bow to others as easily as Mao does without hesitation. Mao remarks that Izumi exudes cold vibes even though he is smiling, and he's almost used to it by the time of Close Encounter. Izumi shares a room in the Starmony Dorm with Mao. Like the other members of their dorm, Izumi scolds Mao for working too hard and not taking better care of himself. -Ritsu Sakuma Childhood friends and neighbors. Mao often takes care of Ritsu. Ritsu cares deeply about Mao and enjoys being spoiled by him. Ritsu has deep affection for Mao and considers him his family. When Ritsu was younger, Mao was one of his only friends, as Ritsu wasn't encouraged to get involved with anyone outside of his family due to his condition. To Ritsu, Mao was the person who gave him warmth and dragged him into the light after Rei began to leave him behind. Mao ensured Ritsu continued to attend school during that time. They first met when they were in elementary school, after teachers from his Youth Group asked him to deliver a message to Rei in hopes for him to continue attending the group. Upon inviting Mao into their house, Mao was subject to a rubber band gun attack by a young Ritsu, hoping to kill him and get him away from his older brother. After hearing from Mao why he was sent, Rei figured it would be a good idea for Ritsu to join the Youth Group instead, and they became acquainted through their time in the Youth Group together. While they struggled to get along at first, Mao found Ritsu easy to work with as he found Ritsu to be a similar temperament to his younger sister; someone who acts like a spoiled princess who can be appeased by acting like a prince and doing whatever they say. Eventually their bond grew into a genuine and close friendship. After having misheard is name the first time hearing it, Ritsu nicknamed Mao "Maa~kun", and Mao nicknamed Ritsu "Ricchan". However, as Mao grew older, he began to more often call Ritsu by his first name when talking to or about him, only calling him "Ricchan" very occasionally. Mao says that their fight in Band Ensemble was the first time they've ever fought. Aware that he's unsociable and lacks the power to keep people he loves by his side, Ritsu clings to Mao, as he is the only friend he has. This often causes Ritsu to expect the worst, even when Mao makes trivial mistakes such as forgetting to bring Ritsu his juice, believing it's a sign that their friendship is ending. He's often paranoid that Mao is his friend only out of obligation and that Mao shouldn't have gotten involved with him from the start, resulting in Ritsu often lashing out at him. Ritsu also describes himself as feeling out of place, and that Mao is akin to the sunlight that burns him, referencing that he should have stayed "in the dark" where nobody could have hurt him. As children, Mao made a promise to Ritsu to always keep him as his top priority. After their fight in Band Ensemble, when Ritsu was ready to give up on friendship, it was Mao who reached out to him. He and Rei's support encouraged him to change his perspective and hold onto the things he loves. They exchange promises again; Mao repeats his promise, and Ritsu promises he would never hate Mao, even if the world comes to hates him. In his words, "I'll be the only one to stay by Maa~kun's side." Towards the end of his second year, Ritsu began to expand his social circle and teasingly asked if it made Mao jealous that Ritsu didn't need to rely solely on him anymore, but Mao only expressed how grateful and relieved he felt that Ritsu was finally making other friends, as this was something he was previously worried about. Mao and Ritsu continue to be as close as ever during 2nd year. Though Ritsu complains that Mao is so busy being the new Student Council president he barely has time for him anymore, Ritsu still does his best to hold himself on his own and not depend as much on Mao so he won't put even more burdens on him. Mao, however, still tries to make time for his best friend even with his busy schedule. In Sweet Hunt, when asked to do his "Idol Linkterview", Mao chooses Ritsu as his partner since it's been a while they spent time together. It's also revealed in Ritsu's idol story Have a Break, and then again in The Dozing Black Knight, that Mao sometimes uses the excuse of "patroling the clubs" to slip out from the StuCo and hangout with Ritsu in the Tea Club. Mao also seems more aware and less annoyed of Ritsu's flirty remarks as of late, as during Seven Bridges Mao even answers Ritsu's marriage proposal with "you have to wait for the laws to change". The two are met with conflicting feelings when they're pit against each other in CHANBARA NIGHT, but by being honest with each other and recognizing their talents as well as their shortcomings, they're able to devise a plan where both of them would emerge victorious. -Arashi Narukami Fellow classmates and on relatively good terms. Arashi calls him Mao-chan, which Mao initially seemed to dislike, saying that it made him "feel like a kid," but eventually he warmed up to the nickname. Arashi finds him to be someone friendly and easy to talk to, while Mao sees her to be someone who's "surprisingly an upright person who's good at sympathizing with others." He feels that Arashi is the one that keeps Knights all together, which Arashi feels to be an overestimate. At times Mao will think of her when met with cute things, remembering how those are the type of things she likes. During Arcadian, Arashi assists Midori, Yuzuru, and Mao with the crow problem in the Seisokan dorms, proposing that Yuzuru draw a picture of a dead crow to scare the birds away. She later joins them again to uncover the mystery behind Midori’s disappearing ripened tomatoes. -Natsume Sakasaki Natsume is an acquaintance of Mao's. However, he implies that he sees Mao as his natural enemy; a detestable person who fits right into the spot meant for him. Although, it appears that Mao doesn't know about these feelings of Natsume's. Natsume says that Mao is the same type, the type not easily affected by magic.