Otome Arisugawa



"Love you!"

- Otome's main catchphrase.

Otome Arisugawa (有栖川 おとめ) is a character in the Aikatsu on Parade! series and was one of the main characters in the first and second season of the Aikatsu! series. She is a student at Starlight School. Otome is a pop-type idol whose preferred brand is Happy Rainbow.

Appearance
Otome has ginger hair and vermilion eyes. Her hair is tied into two chignon buns, which has an appearance similar to drills.

Personality
Otome has a bubbly personality. She adores cuteness and often adds "Love You" or simply "Love" to almost every sentence. She speaks in first-person and generally uses the honorific "-tan" (e.g.: Ran-tan, Sakura-tan) when referring to her friends. Like Ichigo, she is very carefree and has an immense love for cute things, such as kittens and rainbows and is airheaded. Otome is a very hard worker, and she will train for at least a year in advance. Otome always performs with all her heart.

Background
Otome lived and grew up at a kindergarten school that her mom and dad opened and has helped out after graduating to elementary school. When she reached middle school, Otome joined Starlight School to pursue her life as an idol.

Relationships

 * Maria Himesato
 * Maria and Otome were paired up for the Partners Cup and became good friends during the event.


 * Ichigo Hoshimiya
 * Otome's friend and fellow member of STAR☆ANIS and the Aikatsu8 unit.


 * Sakura Kitaōji
 * Otome's friend and fellow member of Powapowa-Puririn and STAR☆ANIS.


 * Shion Kamiya
 * Otome's friend and fellow member of Powapowa-Puririn.


 * Makoto Nijigahara
 * Otome is Makoto's image girl for Happy Rainbow. When they first met, he disliked her. However after learning about his father's ring from Otome, he opened up to Otome and chose her as his muse. In Season 2 of the original Aikatsu! series, he begins using Otome's "Love You" quirks.

Etymology
Arisugawa (有栖川) is one of the Imperial prince's families surname. If translated into the words, Ari (有) means exist, Su (栖) means roast, while Gawa (川) means river.

Otome (おとめ) is often written in kanji as 乙女, which means young lady or maiden.

Trivia

 * Her favorite foods are hamburger and spaghetti, as well as everything sweet.
 * Her disliked food is green peas.
 * Her specialty is impersonations, especially animal impersonations.
 * She is the second person to have two Premium Rare Coords in the first season, following Ran.
 * She shares her singing voice with Yurika Tōdō.
 * As of Season 3, Otome now shares her singing voice with Miyabi Fujiwara. This makes her the second first-generation character to share her singing voice with a second-generation character.