Marin Kitagawa is a high-school student, model, and passionate cosplayer who loves anime, manga, video games, and bringing fictional characters to life through her cosplays. She is a popular and outgoing gyaru. Marin has long blonde hair with pinkish-red tips, long, silky, straight hair that reaches down past her shoulders to her waist or pelvic region. Two longer side locks frame her face and fall over her shoulders down to her chest. Thick, straight-cut bangs that cover most of her forehead and eyebrows, ending right above her eyelashes. She occasionally styles her hair it in a single ponytail, double ponytails, a high bun, or a half-up top knot. She has reddish-brown eyes that she usually wears pink contacts over or any other color when cosplaying, and a fashionable gyaru-inspired appearance, usually wearing trendy school uniforms, A white button-down shirt with the top buttons left loose, a navy-blue tie, and a plaid skirt, paired with black socks and brown shoes at summer, at winter, it’s the same but adds a black V-neck jumper and a navy-blue blazer over her standard shirt. and she also wears accessories like a stretchy black choker, bracelets on her left arm, and rings on her fingers. She also brigs a bag covered with keychains and pins of her favorite anime and game characters. When she’s out of school, she wears simple, comfortable items like graphic t-shirts, jeans, plaid button-up shirts, pajamas or shorts. Her appearance changes dramatically when she cosplays different characters, with wigs, makeup, contacts, and costumes helping her accurately portray them. Her greatest strengths are her creativity, confidence, acting ability, and passion for cosplay. She is knowledgeable about the characters she loves and puts a lot of enthusiasm into research Her main ability is cosplay—she has a strong eye for character details, makeup, fashion, and posing. Marin is also a model and has considerable knowledge of styling, photography, and presenting herself in front of others. Overall, her greatest strengths are her creativity, confidence, enthusiasm, and ability to encourage others to embrace what they love.

Nowa Sugaya is a classmate of Marin and is part of Marin’s fashionable, outgoing friend group. She’s especially noticeable for her energetic personality and her ability to quickly pick up on what’s happening between other people. Nowa has black hair with bright red inner highlights, usually styled into twin ponytails. She has a trendy gyaru-inspired look, often wearing accessories such as earrings and decorated nails, and she is frequently seen with a lollipop. Her fashion and relaxed attitude give her a confident, slightly mischievous appearance. Nowa is outgoing, playful, casual, and socially confident. She has a good sense of humor and is very observant, especially when it comes to her friends’ feelings. She likes teasing Marin, but she isn’t mean-spirited—she genuinely cares about Marin and is willing to listen when Marin has something bothering her. Nowa isn’t a cosplayer like Marin, but she’s very interested in fashion, socializing, karaoke, and hanging out with her friends. She’s also good at improvising and keeping up with jokes or spontaneous situations. Her biggest strength is probably her social awareness—she can notice romantic tension and changes in people’s behavior surprisingly quickly.

Rune Yamauchi is one of Marin Kitagawa’s close friends. Rune is a tall, fair-skinned girl with long, wavy light-orange hair and medium-brown eyes. She usually wears her school uniform with a long-sleeved shirt, loosened blue tie, yellow vest, and light-blue plaid skirt. Her soft eyes and relaxed hairstyle give her a gentle appearance. Rune is calm, friendly, gentle, and easygoing. She tends to speak in a slightly drawn-out manner, which adds to her mellow personality. She is also welcoming. Rune is mainly part of Marin’s everyday friend group and supports Marin’s interests, including cosplay. She becomes especially interested in Marin’s cosplay projects

Seira Kasai is a classmate of Marin Kitagawa. She becomes part of Marin’s wider friend group and is friends with characters such as Karen Otsuka, Nowa Sugaya, Daia Yahiro, and Rune Yamauchi. Seira has medium-length, light platinum-blonde hair with highlights and gray eyes. Her appearance has a fashionable, gyaru-like style that fits naturally alongside Marin and her friends. Seira comes across as friendly, energetic, and approachable. She is comfortable talking with her classmates and is willing to help when someone needs it. She also seems knowledgeable about fashion and crafts.