Ichigo

Ichigo ( 照るいちご - teru ichigo )  , is one of two members of Bioglow, and the replacement for Deep Cut in Splatoon 4 as the host of Euphoria News in their studio within Euphoria Square. Her signature color is Pink.

## Section Header

### Location

Euphoria Square
Deadzone Story Mode

### Occupation

Euphoria news
 (?)

## Appearance

#### Splatoon 4

Ichigo’s appearance consists of pink to hot pink hair with clubbed transparent bits at the end of hair. Her eyelashes/eyes are hot pink, her sclera on both eyes is a light grey purple, and her eye color is light green with dark pink pupils. She has dark skin, with transparent fingers, shaped similarly to how octoling fingers look. On her head she wears grey headphones, with a transparent heading over it, on her headphones she has a star on each side of her headphones that can change color, but normally are set to a light yellow color. She wears a layer of a cropped sleeveless transparent shirt over an under layer of a light grey Spagetti strapped shirt. She wears light grey fingerless gloves, and has dark grey pants with diamond symbols where her hips are and half triangles on the top of the corset like part of her pants. Her pants are like a combo of a corset and shorts, and reach up to her chest area. Ichigo also wears thigh high socks, one being light pink, with a specific design at the top, and the other being dark grey with another specific design, a raised square like portion, the elevated, part being rimmed in white. She has matching shoes with ***Kai*** , which are white shoes with clip on technology on the heel of the foot of the boot to willingly turn on and off a ringed green platform heel whenever she’d like.

## History

##### Past/History

Ichigo was born in a crowded home and a poor society in euphoria that wasn’t known to most people. People where she lived were never allowed to travel outside of it. She was secluded to one place, and while she did have a few good friends she was bullied by her siblings. She was longing for more of her own personal space and individuality, but that led to her Community when trying to track her down after she managed to leave. Thankfully though, despite the trouble she was in, she had enough money that she stole from her parents and her savings to run away and get to a safer place, they still have not found her. Later on in life her home community ended up getting in trouble, and it was shut down. Most people in her community thought she died, but now she lives a much much happier life without them.

##### Splatoon 4

By the time Splatoon 4 came around, both girls had become famous in Euphoria Square for their music and for presenting Euphoria News. Their work included hosting Splatfest events, announcing the themes and singing and dancing to Afterglow Medley for the event's duration. Although Kai and Ichigo did not appear in the DLC,, they were the second pair of idols who showed up in a story mode(Deadzone Story Mode ), after the kidnapping of some of the recent idols and bands, such as Deadzone. They also announced their rescue on Euphoria News, resulting in a collaborative song with Bioglow and Deadzone during the ending credits.

## Personality

Ichigo is shy, kind, and creative, having a reserved side of her as well and having a timid nature. Despite her trust issues due to her past, she is very caring towards the people she loves, playing a supportive role when she can. Her shyness and reserved behavior can sometimes result in her finding it difficult to socialize with others in contrast to Kai, despite that, she seems to find being around Kai helps her feel more confident, shown greatly during the news castings and during splatfests.

Unlike Kai’s master cooking skills, Ichigo lacks the ability to cook, burning almost everything she attempts to make, she is a very fast learner, being notably good with technology and mastering painting skills fairly quickly. She’s a self taught musician, learning how to use the applications she uses for music through videos on the internet. She also is a pretty good teacher, being the one who had helped Kai correct her speaking when she struggled with the inkling language.

Ichigo seems to gravitate towards peaceful and athletic activities, such as going to the gym to exercise and painting.  She doesn’t seem to be a fan of sports, finding them incredibly boring, first being shown in the dialogue for Clamport Arenas where she explains that “she’d rather get splatted by a sprinkler then watch a sports game”, though when Kai asks her what her favorite sport is as a joke, she explains that she can tolerate  playing tennis. It is also noted that one of the things Ichigo and Kai do outside of the studio when the sign they put on the glass window to their studio appears is jogging or walks around Euphoria, though the player normally is not able to see them doing those activities. Despite that, Ichigo prefers to stay indoors a majority of the time, typically seen with her laptop working or playing a game. She is also not a fan of bugs.

She is very passionate about her interests and is shown to be determined to succeed in them, such as her dream to be an idol and to write music, which it is both implied and shown numerous times in Euphoria News dialogue to have dreamed of since she was fairly young. She also is shown to know a lot about her interests and passions as well, as in those subjects she is able to describe and answer questions with ease, no hesitation. Even occasionally blurting out the correct fact or answer in conversations by accident if brought up. With this, Kai will occasionally joke around calling her a nerd, which she has a bit of a hard time brushing off despite Kai reassuring her that she isn’t and knowing Kai does not mean it.

While Ichigo tends to have trust issues, she is shown to be rather gullible in other areas such as stuff she hears on the internet. Often asking and bringing up on Euphoria news things she has read or heard on the internet, though her gullible nature with new information doesn’t seem to last long, as she also does research depicting the topic, where she also occasionally mentions her discoveries on the news casting as well. Her gullibility seems to be one of the few things she was picked on as a child by her family, as the teasing and picking on seems to be the roots of her trust issues with others.

As a result to being teased and picked on by her family members without anyone stopping it, Ichigo has grown up to be rather timid and shy, the constant teasing and picking on leaving her with trust issues and causing her to be rather reserved, as she is worried about being judged for being herself around others. She seems to be less reserved and more trusting around people she is very close to, such as Kai. However, it is stated that Ichigo has been shy, reserved, and a bit timid as a child as well.

Ichigo is also described by Kai as a good person to talk to about her feelings, feeling as if she can confide in Ichigo about how she truly feels and is able to vent to her in a way that will help her feel better. It seems to be that Ichigo feels the same, though both girls may express their help differently. As Ichigo is reserved, she rarely seems to mention her feelings at all to Kai, keeping her feelings cooped up inside of her. Despite that, Kai seems to always cheer her up, even if Kai is unaware that Ichigo is upset, to which Ichigo appreciates greatly.

## Trivia

* ***Ichigo*** can’t cook whatsoever, so Kai makes most of the food
	+ She even burns microwave popcorn to a crisp, but regardless she still tries to help Kai
* ***Ichigo and Kai*** both live in the same house that was given to them by their manager
	+ They pay off their rent to him as well
* ***Ichigo’s*** favorite food are the pumpkin pancakes **Kai** makes every morning
* ***Ichigo*** is introverted
* ***Ichigo*** is a Sagittarius
* ***Ichigo*** is a night owl, and normally has to be waken up by **Kai** every morning so she can get out of bed
* ***Ichigo*** is lesbain and asexual
* ***Kai*** means “Sea” or “Shell” in some cultures whereas ***Ichigo*** means “Strawberry”
	+ Combined, their names could be put as Strawberry Shell, which is a decoration Kai likes to put around the house
* ***Ichigo*** prefers to use the sloshing machine

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* + Along with this ***Kai and Ichigo have specialized specials that go along with them*** File:If Ichigo’s specialized special had an icon .png   ,***Ichigo*** has a specialized killer wail in the shape of her icon for splatfests
* ***Kai*** considers **Ichigo** to be very good to talk to about how she is feeling, as if she is the only one that can understand how she feels
* ***Ichigo*** is very tech savvy
* ***When Kai and Ichigo first met***, Ichigo had to help Kai pronounce the word “Inkling” and “Anemone” correctly
* ***Ichigo’s*** long lost ”friend” still looks for her till this day, their encounters with eachother however, have not been so great
* ***Ichigo*** used to work at a cafe before officially taking on the career of an idol
* In the deadzone storymode, it is stated that ***Ichigo*** is one of 5 siblings in her family
* ***Ichigo*** doesnt a vocal synthesize her voice, it is natural, unlike Paruko's singing from ABXY who is said to have used a vocal synthesizer
* There has been a time where ***Ichigo*** was dared by ***Kai*** to do a cooking contest with her as a joke
	+ she lost
* ***Ichigo*** canonically is said to like wearing suits
* During the Fanmail VS Fanart splatfest, ***Ichigo*** states she values words more then gifts from other people, stating that she finds it meaningful to hear how people feel directly
* Ironically, Strawberries are not one of ***Ichigo's*** favorite fruits, though she doesn't dislike them
* ***Ichigo*** is friends with one of the band members from Weeping Waves