Mei Matsuo

"Come on! Stretch your legs! You'll feel waaay better after a jog!~ (Illust: Coonkio)

## Extra Info

### Club

Idol Club
Science Club

### Relatives

Mother
Father

### Crush

N/A

**Mei** is a 2nd year and secret member/choreographer of the school idol group, Love Note. Describing herself as a ray of sunshine she's always seen walking the halls with a pep in her step and a smile on her face. Gladly offering her assistance wherever she's needed; she always goes above and beyond for anyone and everyone who needs her. Especially if it's her childhood friend, Azumi Miyagi.

## Appearance

Mei has thick brown hair just past her shoulders, half of which she turns into pigtails the rest she leaves down. Her eyes are a golden amber and her skin is a medium dark tan. She's a relatively average height and her build is pretty strong due to self defense classes and idol training.

She often sticks pins of different character mascots on the hem of her skirts or on her bow. When not in school, she can be seen experimenting with different fashion genres. Typically, leaning somewhere between cottagecore and a retrowave aesthetic.

## Personality

On the surface, she has a very bright aura to her. Always seen with a smile on her face and willing to go out of her way to do things for other people. Though, don't try to take advantage of her kindness. Despite having that friendly demeanor she does have her moments of snarkiness. Usually letting it shine for people who overstep their boundaries or those who can be a little too stubborn for her taste.

Her idol persona, Nin, is more laid back compared to her normal one. While still keeping the upbeat energy of an idol, she has an air of calmness to her when on stage; almost as if she's made to be there.

Interesting enough, there are few rumors going around about the strange behaviors she exhibits when she's alone in the science club room. They say she'd sit in the corner of the room, any movements she'd make would be stiff, and her eyes never close.

It's all just silly stories though.

## Backstory

At a young age her parents had a falling out which led to a sort of messy divorce. Afterwards, her mother decided to move back to the States while her father stayed in Japan. Due to both failing to settle who gets custody over her and also being pretty well off they came to the agreement of letting Mei fly between both countries annually. This made it relatively hard for her to establish a few connections with others her age due to her leaving after the year is up.

For a while, Mei was a sort of somber child; very removed from the overly cheerful person she is today. That is until her father introduced her to his friend's two children, Azumi and Akemi. The three of them ended up getting along better than either parent expected. Usually spending days together just running and exploring the woods in the back or their properties, playing pretend with their wild imaginations, and devouring all the food in their houses during play dates.

After meeting them Mei was much more reluctant to go back to her mother's and was always in a hurry to leave and get back to her dad's so she can spend time with her friends there. This greatly upset her mother to the point of arguing with her father to keep her there with her until the end of middle school; which she did end up doing. Regardless of the distance, the three of them were able to keep in touch while Mei was away. They'd constantly talk about what they'd do after they reunited. However, the excitement was cut short after Akemi's disappearance.

## Relationships

Azumi Miyagi - Mei's childhood best friend. They're almost attached to the hip despite how fundamentally different they are. She misses the way he was before he threw himself into his studies. However, she knows it's not hard to get that side of him back. All she needs to do is tease him about his height or trash his waifus/husbandos and he's back to his adorably grumpy, flustered old self!

Jinsei Sawada - Ah, Azumi's stalker and the jerk who tries to make light of a serious missing persons case. Okay, she admits she doesn't believe he's as bad as a guy he's trying to make himself out to be. He's probably just this weirdo who shows his affections in stupid insensitive ways? She also absolutely swears that she's met this guy before! She just can't put her finger on it.

Koinolia Aleph - One of her only other real friends, as well as the center/leader of her idol group, Love Note! She finds her whole bratty goddess act to be absolutely endearing and adorable. She loves to indulge in her delusions and has a great deal of respect for her as a leader. This of course isn't going to stop her from teasing her from time to time.

Tori Tamura - Another one of her only other real friends, as well as the costume designer of her idol group, Love Note! She has oodles of respect for Tori and is completely enamoured by her designs! As a person who constantly plays with her styles she loves getting feedback from her outfit choices of the day. Even if it ends with a lecture she still finds the experience super fun!

## Trivia

* Mei totally has a YouTube channel where she makes dancercise videos and vlogs/storytimes.
* She is an absolutely terrible cook/baker. Everything she makes is basically poison.
* She a huge nerd for cutesy mascots like from Sanrio or Tokidoki but her #1 is Usashi. (A made up mascot I made.)
* She has a collection of little erasers shaped like food and various other items.
* She was in track and field in middle school but decided to take up weight lifting in high school. Making her deceptively stronger and faster then she looks.