Nara

Nara is one of the main protagonists of *Shining Star*. She is a student at Shining Star School and the leader of the group Melody.

Although she started out as an F student, her hard work and determination helped her to improve her grade. As of Episode 52, she is now the current Muse.

## Appearance

### **Casual Wear**

Nara is a young girl with magenta eyes and pink medium-length hair normally worn loose with a side-tail held by a pink ribbon. Her thick bangs are evenly spread across her forehead with a slightly longer strand by each ear.

Normally, Nara wears a pink shirt with a white heart beneath a sleeveless, light pink and white striped hoodie, denim shorts with pins (pink heart and a smaller orange music note) on the right leg. Her white knee-highs are worn with pink and white sneakers.

Her second casual outfit consists of a white T-shirt with pale grey line detail and a black tank-top beneath it. She wears a black choker and a plain, slightly longer pair of denim shorts.

### **School outfit**

For school, Nara wears the pale pink jacket and her usual socks.

### **Performance Wear / Stage Outfit**

For the stage, Nara's eyes turn dark pink while her hair grows longer and her side-tail is held towards the back of her head. She gains accessories to match her chosen coordi, which are usually pink.

Nara's Starlight Twinkle dress consists of a white base with a band of magenta on each side of the chest and line detail, with a ribbon at the middle adorned by a gold G-clef pin. Pearl pink fabric covers the navel and going down the side is a gold pattern of music notes, while her pleat skirt gains a purple gradient with lighter colored detail and music notes. Between them are layers of white and magenta to accent the lining of the bottom of her skirt. Around the waist are white crossed straps with gold studs and a magenta ribbon on each hip, the tails lined in gold. The ribbon on her neck is magenta with a gold music note, while her puffed sleeves and gloves match her top. She gains white boots, one with a magenta cuff, the other purple, with gold buttoned straps going down the center, along with a design featuring a gold crown with pearl accents and a pair of purple and magenta flowers on the side with gold chains hanging from them.

In season 2, she gains an upgraded dress in **dream stage**. Her crown gains a heart shape with a pink gem heart in the center, flowers, and pearls. She loses the flowers and chains, with a piece of fabric hanging from the back. She also wears flower earrings and gains makeup, with a flower tattoo on the left cheek. Her dress becomes pale pink and white and takes the shape of a flower, and it gains gold detail. On the chest is a pink heart with gold designs and similar shapes on each petal of the skirt and matching neck accessories. Her gloves gain a magenta strap with flowers, and magenta ribbon wraps around her lower arm. Her boots change to match her dress.

#### Wardrobe Cards (Season 1):

* Shining Star - Flora Leaf Crown Coordi
* Into the New World - Sea Marine Heart Coordi
* Gee - Happiness Heart Coordi
* Someday - Cloris Cubic Rose Coordi
* I'm Your Girl - Innocent Dream Coordi

#### Wardrobe Cards (Season 2):

* Be Happy - Candy Crush Pink Coordi
* Telepathy - Flower Little Princess Coordi
* Pinocchio (Danger) - Broken Pink Heart Coordi
* Dream Dream Dream - Lovely Strawberry Cake Coordi
* Bad Dracula - Spooky Bloody Vampire Coordi

## Personality

Nara has dreamed of becoming an idol since she was young, which never once wavered despite the doubt put upon her. She is determined and passionate, although she can be a little doubtful about herself and her skills, like when she was scared of failing the Shining Star School audition and wanted to leave after watching the other idols' performances. But she also has a temper and will stop at nothing to become a famous idol like Reena, who others note she resembles in many ways. She may be difficult some of the time -like not wanting to train because she was too focused on Noah- but she puts in hard-work and effort when encouraged or inspired.

Nara is also very kind and usually thinks about others more than herself; as long as she thinks they are deserving of it. She can be selfish or stubborn but she would never purposely hurt someone or act out of spite, even if they did the same to her. She wants to make others feel better about themselves and once she takes a liking to someone, she considers them a good friend.

She also loves to eat, which can usually be used to perk her up.

## Relationships

* See-a - Nara respects and looks up to See-a and she was her first friend at Shining Star School. They became close pretty quickly.
* Yena - Nara really wanted Yena to become a member of her group shortly after meeting her. She frequently cheers up Yena when she is upset or feeling negative. Both of them share a love of sweets.
* Jin - They bicker a lot and he often doubts Nara because of her clumsiness or lack of genuine talent, but he is very supportive of her because of how much she reminds him of Reena. He constantly helps Nara improve however possible and comes to her aid when necessary, showing that he worries about her.
* Hera - Initially Hera looked down on Nara's abilities and talent, and while she originally encouraged her to keep going, this eventually turned to catty remarks after realizing Nara had potential. She attempted to ruin Melody's progression to spite her, but eventually came to view the unit as something more until she later befriended them. She would then go on to become a new member of their unit, inspiring the name *New Melody*.
* Noah - Nara has had a long-time crush on him and admires him very strongly. At times she can become distracted because of him, and sometimes he is the reason she argues with Jin. She considers him to be very considerate and admirable.
* Shirley - Shirley is very hard on Nara, but Nara has nothing other than appreciation and thanks for her. She admires Shirley and looks up to her as a Teacher, and she knows how hard she works for the sake of her students.

## Trivia

* Her zodiac sign is Libra in the Korean version and Leo in the Chinese version.
* She is the youngest member of New Melody.
* Nara's name in the Chinese version is Qiao Kexing (可星), meaning *a star*.
* She is one of the members of Melody whose hair transform while using the Magic Agent.