Uta no Prince-sama/Characters

Nanami Haruka/Heroine
Wishing to compose a song for her idol, Hayato, to sing someday, Haruka enrolls into Saotome Academy. Prior to her enrollment, Haruka has no experience in reading sheet music despite being able to play the piano.

CV: Miyuki Sawashiro (anime only)


 * Cute Clumsy Girl
 * Dojikko: Comes off a little clumsy sometimes.
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Flower in Her Hair: In episode 8 of the anime.
 * Friendless Background
 * Friend to All Children
 * Goal in Life: She wants to write music for her idol, Hayato.
 * Harem Hero: Of a Reverse Harem.
 * Joshikousei
 * Ill Girl: A former one.
 * Naive Newcomer: To Saotome Academy.
 * No Sense of Direction: Apparently. She got lost on her way to Hayato's concert. Then again everyone telling her not to get lost, as if she often did, when she doesn't, may have jinxed her.
 * Oblivious to Love
 * Performance Anxiety: She's afraid to play the piano in front of her class because the first time she was asked to, she couldn't read music and she felt horribly embarrassed. She suffers from it rather severely the second time she's asked to play, as well.
 * At one point, it gets so bad that just trying to play ends up paralyzing her fingers.
 * Plucky Girl: Despite her anxiety with performing and the rumors circulating about her, she tries her hardest to study and get better in order to achieve her goals. She even manages to master reading sheet music in just a few days from sheer force of will.
 * Raised By Grandparents: She lived out in the country with her grandmother because of her poor health.
 * Rose Haired Girl: To denote her kind personality.
 * Technicolour Eyes: Yellow with green pupils, leading to numerous Wild Mass Guessing as to how they turned out that way.
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Grade A.

Ittoki Otoya
Haruka's classmate in A Class, he's a friendly and positive person who enjoys singing. He shares a room with Tokiya from Class S. In the anime, he stands up for Haruka when she was barred from taking the entrance exam due to being late. He plays the guitar.

CV: Takuma Terashima


 * Adorkable
 * Book Dumb: Appears to be this, judging from his reaction to Tokiya's long explanation of how he writes lyrics. (All he heard was fast-forward sound-effect static).
 * Cannot Spit It Out: Everytime he tries to confess to Haruka, he ends up saying he loves her... songs.
 * Cuddle Bug: In the games.
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Disappeared Dad: His dad is never mentioned but...
 * Missing Mom: His mom died in a plane crash when he was just a baby, so he's lived in an orphanage up until he attended Saotome Academy.
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Keet
 * Love At First Sight
 * No Sense of Personal Space
 * Redheaded Hero
 * Red Oni Blue Oni: The Red Oni to Tokiya's Blue.
 * Twice Shy
 * Why Did It Have To Be Heights: In the games, it's shown that he's afraid of heights.

Hijirikawa Masato
Student of A Class, he's the scion to the Hijirikawa family. He seems to have some form of rivalry going on with Ren, whom he shares a room with. He plays the piano.

CV: Kenichi Suzumura


 * Arranged Marriage
 * Beauty Mark: A small one under his right eye.
 * Childhood Friends: With Ren.
 * Covert Pervert: In the games, whoo boy.
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Hands On Approach: When trying to help Haruka get over her performance anxiety.
 * House Husband: Comes off as one. He really good at sewing aswell as being a Supreme Chef.
 * Get a Hold of Yourself Man: Punches Ren when he tries to get himself expelled and then lies about not caring about music.
 * Lonely Rich Kid
 * Princely Young Man: He's a nice Ice King type.
 * The Quiet One: He doesn't talk much.
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: Type 2, with Ren.
 * With This Ring: In his Repeat route, gives Haruka a ring which happens to be his dead Grandmother's memento which is meant to be given to the person who is going to be his wife.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Shinomiya Natsuki
Another of Haruka's classmate, he plays the viola, though he used to play the violin. He has an extreme fondness for cute things, leading him to take a liking to Haruka. In the anime, upon his first encounter with Haruka he calls her Elizabeth, saying that she reminds him of his dog. He shares a room with Shou, whom he claims to be as cute as Haruka and is very affectionate towards him.

CV: Kissho Taniyama


 * Break the Cutie: This is the reason for his alter-ego, Satsuki.
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Cute and Psycho: See Split Personality.
 * Cuteness Proximity
 * The Big Guy: He's the tallest main character. He uses this to his advantage by picking up Shou and carting him around like he's his personal toy.
 * The Glasses Come Off: Literally, he's got a Split Personality! And all it takes is putting his glasses back on him to switch him back to nice!mode.
 * Green Eyes
 * Lethal Chef: After he adds the ingredients, he adds the container those ingredients came in as well. After that he proceeds to add Tabasco sauce, soy beans, fermented squid and chili sauce...and then torch the mix. He was supposed to be making cupcakes, mind you.
 * Megane: Those glasses really make him look cute.
 * Real Men Wear Pink: That excessively frilly apron he wears in episode 3.
 * Split Personality: He has a split personality named Satsuki, who is Natsuki's complete opposite: A Hot Blooded Badass Jerkass. Apparently he's put 50,000 people in the hospital for pissing him off.

Ichinose Tokiya
A student in S Class, he bears a strong resemblance to Haruka's idol, Hayato. However, he's said to be Hayato's identical twin brother instead, and seems to bear a complex from being in his brother's shadow. He appears to be cold and aloof, as well as being a perfectionist. Also the roommate of Otoya from A Class.

CV: Mamoru Miyano


 * Actually I Am Him: When he reveals he is actually Hayato.
 * The Reveal
 * Character Development
 * Defrosting Ice King
 * Characterization Marches On: In the games, he's a lot more romantic than his anime counterpart.
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Gray Rain of Depression: Literally almost every scene he's in outdoors is this. That's three, count them, three times. Episodes 1, 6 and 7.
 * Hidden Depths: In episode 7 he fondly has a memory of children happily asking him to sing, calling him Onii-chan, and it allows him to 'sing with heart'.
 * Hot Guys Are Bastards: He gets better.
 * Kuudere
 * Not So Different: Haruka compares her Performance Anxiety with playing the piano to Tokiya's inability to sing from the heart. Tokiya begs to differ.
 * Red Oni Blue Oni: The Blue Oni to Otoya's Red.
 * The Perfectionist
 * The Stoic

Jinguji Ren
Student in S Class, he is a son of the Jinguji family, making him rivals with Masato, who is also the roommate. He is very flirtatious, and plays the saxophone. In the anime, he, along with Otoya, helps defend Haruka when the officials refused to let her take the entrance exam.

CV: Junichi Suwabe


 * Blue Eyes
 * The Casanova: Only Ren could get away with the kinds of pick up lines he does. This is lampshaded by Otoya.
 * Childhood Friends: With Masato.
 * Financial Abuse: He has little to no interest of becoming an idol. He only attends Saotome Academy because his family wants him to, after he graduates he'll be a idol for the Jinguuji's Group commericals.
 * Instant Fanclub
 * Ladykiller in Love
 * Long Haired Pretty Boy: He has the longest hair of any of the bishounen, granted it's not too much past shoulder length.
 * Missing Mom: She died, which really messed up his dad. She was an Idol Singer.
 * Mr. Fanservice: His shower scene in episode 8.
 * Not a Morning Person
 * Princely Young Man: The Prince Charming type.
 * Red String of Fate: He claims he and Haruka are tied together by it. Mostly he's just screwing around.
 * The Rival: To Masato.
 * Sexy Sax Man: When he plays the Sax, all the girls squeal. A whole bench full of them.
 * Something About a Rose
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: Type 2, with Masato.

Kurusu Syo
Another student of S Class, he is nicknamed "ochibi-chan" due to his short stature, much to his chagrin. He's very cheerful and energetic, and plays the violin. Roommates with Natsuki.

CV: Hiro Shimono


 * Attractive Bent Gender: Natsuki stuffs him in a dress to make him try out for a part as his hero's little sister in a movie. It works too.
 * Blue Eyes
 * Cloudcuckoolanders Minder: Being Natsuki's roommate is a full time job.
 * Every Guy Is Cuter With Hair Decs: He has two barrettes in his bangs on one side.
 * Hair of Gold
 * Heart Trauma: In the games, he has a weak heart. His route is about trying to live with this condition but.
 * Keet
 * Nice Hat: Often seen wearing a hat.
 * The Napoleon
 * Tsundere: Sometimes is this, especially around Natsuki and Haruka in the games.
 * Why Did It Have To Be Heights: In the anime, he has been deathly afraid of heights since a traumatising event in his childhood.

Aijima Cecil
The prince of Agnapolis who was cursed

CV: Kosuke Toriumi


 * Black Sheep
 * Cats Are Magic: Subverted.
 * Parental Abandonment: His parents didn't approve of him being half-Japanese so they abandoned him and sent him to Japan.
 * Magically Binding Contract
 * Psychic Link: Makes a pact with Haruka so she can understand him in
 * Tall Dark and Handsome
 * The Power of Love: Needs this to break his curse.
 * The Wise Prince

Shinomiya Satsuki
The alter-ego of Natsuki. Is a genius when comes to composing music, although incredibly violent and rumoured to have put 50,000 people in the hospital.

CV: Kissho Taniyama


 * Chivalrous Pervert: Constantly makes passes at Haruka in the games, but he's obviously screwing around.
 * Instant Seduction
 * Jerkass
 * The Tease
 * Tsundere

HAYATO
CV: Mamoru Miyano


 * Keet

Shibuya Tomochika
Haruka's best friend, classmate, and roommate.

CV: Yuka Imai


 * Betty and Veronica: The Veronica to Haruka's Betty.
 * Idol Singer: Enrols to Saotome Academy to become one.
 * Joshikousei
 * The Fashionista
 * Vanity Is Feminine: Has shades of this, as she's sometimes seen putting on make-up and doing her nails.
 * Violet Eyes
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Grade A.

Tsukimiya Ringo
The teacher assigned Haruka's class, Class A. He's a male idol who likes to crossdress as a female.

CV: Yuuichi Nakamura


 * Attractive Bent Gender
 * Even the Guys Want Him
 * Hot Teacher: Whether he's cross-dressing or not.
 * May December Romance: If you choose his route.
 * Student Teacher Romance
 * Sensei-chan: Subverted.
 * Wholesome Crossdresser: Wouldn't think he was a man just by looking at him.

Hyuuga Ryuuya
The teacher assigned to Class S. He's also an actor as well as Syo's idol.

CV: Koji Yusa


 * Hot Teacher
 * May December Romance: If you choose his route.
 * Student Teacher Romance

Shining Saotome
The principal of the Saotome Academy, a prestigious idol school. He was an idol, and it was possible to build Saotome Academy because of his hit single, "Owing to Love". He has a habit of spying on students and popping up at random times.

CV: Norio Wakamoto


 * Gratuitous English
 * Large Ham

Kurusu Kaoru
Syo's younger twin brother who loves him very much. Comes to Saotome Academy to check up on Syo, as he's worried about his health. Attends one of Saotome Academy's sister school. He aims to become a doctor in the future.

CV: Yuuki Kaji


 * Alliterative Name
 * Always Identical Twins: With his older brother, Syo.
 * Big Little Brother: Though the younger brother, has a couple of inches on Syo.
 * Big Brother Worship
 * Blue Eyes
 * Hair of Gold
 * Sibling Yin Yang: While Syo wants to become an idol, Kaoru is aiming to become a doctor.