Chiharu Asahina

**Chiharu Asahina** is one of the main protagonists of *Pastel Stars ♡ Virtual Sweethearts*, and a member of Virtual Sweethearts at Microgaoka.

Chiharu's alter ego is **Alpha Aqua** or Aqua for short, and her position in the band is guitar.

## Personality

Chiharu is a very smart and clever girl who can be hardworking and well-mannered. At the same time, she is very caring towards everyone she knows, especially her friends. She is one of the top students in her class, getting the best grades because of her father's help. Because of this, Chiharu is known to be a "rock of support" to many; despite her pretty strict nature, she is actually gentle at heart and wants nothing but the best for them.

## Appearance

Chiharu has chest-length orange hair, usually tied into a ponytail, and her bangs are pushed back a little. Her eyes are a beautiful spring green color, and she wears glasses when she goes to school. However, when at home, she wears contact lenses. She has two snowflake tattoos on her right cheek.

As Alpha Aqua, her hair (being slightly longer than usual) and eyes become turquoise, and she gains four star hair accessories on the top of her head. Her clothes consist of the colors cyan, black, and white.

## Relationships

* **Hana Shiraishi:** Chiharu was the first to greet Hana when she first started Kirariatto Academy, and gave her a tour around the school. She also was one of the people she trusted when she told her about her parents' car accident and how she became the principal's daughter. The two are shown to be best friends over the course of time.
* **Matsuko Hoshizora:** Chiharu and Matsuko are in the same friendship group and they are both extremely close with Hana. The two argue sometimes over the smallest things, but in the end, they always find ways to look out for each other, and make sure that they don't get hurt or lose Hana during drastic situations.
* **Ami Minako:** TBA
* **Yui Minako:** TBA
* **Miraikuru Murasaki:** Miraikuru discovers that Chiharu is the second magical girl in his timeline, thus he gives her the power to transform into Alpha Aqua. He is also one of the first people who knows about Chiharu's backstory. Now she wants to try to save his timeline from falling apart, and make her father proud.
* **Jason:** TBA
* **Kohane Sumireno:** TBA
* **Ingrid Heartson:** Ingrid and Chiharu are in the same class together, and are on good terms with each other. They both communicate openly due to having some issues with their lives, as it shows they deeply care about each other.

## Alpha Aqua

*“Gonna tune the strings away! Alpha Aqua, the princess of ice!”*

**Alpha Aqua** is Chiharu's Virtual Sweethearts alter ego, which she uses in Microgaoka. In order to transform, she needs to press the snowflake tattoos on her cheek. Her theme color is mint, and her nickname is "Princess of Ice".

## Trivia

* It is revealed in chapter 23, Chiharu was adopted by Principal Stevens not long after her parents died in a car accident.
* Her favorite dessert is mint chocolate chip ice cream, with chocolate.
* She is 155cm tall.
* Her civilian appearance represents Manatsu Natsuumi from *Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure*.
* Chiharu is Jewish and she celebrates Hanukkah with her father every year.