Kiara Takanashi/Tropes

Tropes that apply to Kiara Takanashi, written as if it were a TV Tropes page.

## Characterization and background

* **Secret Life**: She is secretly a phoenix.
* **Alternate Character Reading**: "Takanashi" is a real but fairly rare Japanese surname, but for Kiara it's written with the kanji 小鳥遊, which reads as "little birds playing" (*kotori asobe*). "Takanashi" can be interpreted as meaning "there are no hawks" — in other words, the little birds can play because the hawks (their natural predators) aren't around to hunt them.
* **Berserk Button**: Being called a chicken, or "Henchou."
* **Beware the Nice Ones**: While generally quite kind and friendly, she can be quick to switch to aggression when things don't go her way.
* **Big Eater**: Says she eats 53 chicken nuggets a day and that she stays fit by working it off. Doesn't apply in S1.
* **Bizarre Alien Reproduction**: Talked at length about the reproductive process for phoenixes when explaining that she does not lay eggs; instead, two phoenixes get so hot that they burn each other, and the resulting ashes will have both reborn along with the birth of a new phoenix.
* **Blatant Lies**: She once lied about being turned into a witch, resulting in her getting slapped by a furious Victoria.
* **Catchphrase**: "Kikkeriki!"
* **Clingy Jealous Girl**: Kiara very frequently becomes aggressively jealous when any other girls get too affectionate to Calli.
* **Cry into Chest**: Kiara once broke down in tears when she realizes what Victoria's hiding from the Guardians in the S1 finale. Naturally, this happened, with Calli saying to her "It's okay to be sad."
* **Friend to All Children**: Obviously. She's even quick to befriend Victoria and Arcturus in *the first episode of the series*.
* **The Gadfly**: Due to Calli's dorkiness, Kiara loves taking every opportunity to flirt with her.
* **Genki Girl**: Same level with Gura, but not as much as Joy. The creators are even considering giving her a second Element of Harmony (Laughter) for that matter.
* **Heroic Self-Deprecation**: While she's usually upbeat, she tends to beat herself up when she doesn't do well.
* **Humanity Ensues**: She's a phoenix who has been turned into a human by her magic belt. According to her, taking it off would change her back.
* **Ill Girl**: Has asthma and suffers from chronic pain.
* **Lady Swears-a-Lot**: Kiara swears a lot, although not as much as Arcturus when facing Mirage.
* **Lovable Sex Maniac**: She even eclipses the almost perpetually horny Marine in this aspect.
* **Love at First Sight**: Her affinity for Calli appears to be this.
* **Love Freak**: One of the friendliest, most extroverted members of the Multiversal Guardians.
* **Manic Pixie Dream Girl**: Can be argued to be playing this role to Calli's brooding stoic introvert.
* **Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot**: She is a phoenix-slash-idol streamer-slash-Guardian-slash-fast food restaurant owner. Divnity knows how well she can handle all of *that*...
* **Interuupted Explaination**: During one scene in "Gone Camping," where the Guardians are chatting together...
	+ *Kiara: **That mixture of Berries you made was the best I've ever freaking had. You know, while I was eating, I was constantly ha-***
	+ *Victoria: **KIARA! KIDS' SHOW! KEEP THINGS SAFE FOR KIDS!***
	+ *Arcturus: **...great.***
* **Phrase Catcher**: "Language, Kiara!" is stated whenever she is being particularly vulgar and is acutely aware that her friends will call her out on it.
* **Portmanteau Couple Name**: She and Calliope are referred to as Takamori.
* **The Prankster**: One of Kiara's favorite pranks is to rickroll her fellow friends.
* **Rage Breaking Point**: In "Kiara is a Phoenix?!", after everycreature finds out of her true form, Kiara gotfrustrated, and went through the five stages of grief... including, of course, rage of the sort she's never shown before. Cue her witching out.
* **Really Gets Around**: Non-sexual example. Due to her outgoing personality, she *literally* became excited when she was told to contract with Kyubey. And this is her first time fighting as a Guardian...
* **Red Oni, Blue Oni**: Red to Calli's blue. Calli is gloomy, sarcastic and introverted, while Kiara is bubbly, cheerful and outgoing. Their contrasting personalities make for great comedic interaction.
* **Resurrective Immortality**: According to her backstory, she has died and revived many times, each time reincarnating into a different reality. When asked if phoenix meat was part of her menu, she claims that eating her would kill her for good as she can only resurrect from ashes.
* **Retractable Weapon**: Her weapons appear to be shrunken down and worn like a badge when not in use.
* **Shipper on Deck**: Seems to be on board with MagicAncestorShipping.
* **Significant Birth Date**: July 6th is National Fried Chicken Day in the real-world United States.
* **Straight Man and Wise Guy**: The wise guy to Calli's Straight Man, constantly flirting and saying outrageous things while Calli remains the Only Sane Man.
* **Suspiciously Specific Denial**: She often reminds anyone who she meets that she is a phoenix and not a Torchic. This (certainly deliberate) reminder of the confusion only ends up reinforcing it.
* **Tempting Fate**:
	+ She accurately called out that an entry would be made about her regarding the reading of her own list of entries.
* **Time Abyss**: Kiara's age is given as "Eternal" as she is an immortal phoenix who never stops reincarnating from death every few hundred years. Eventually, however...
* **Trademark Favorite Food**: Pineapples, enough that she loves putting them on pizza and burgers.
* **Tsundere**: A bit.
* **Vitriolic Best Buds**:
	+ Has this kind of dynamic with Calli— after all, an undying being will get on the nerves of the grim reaper. Despite that, Calli is very supportive of Kiara. Also, while Kiara likes to tease Calli, it's always good-natured ribbing, and it's obvious that she adores Calli.
	+ Often times with Gura. While Kiara loves to bully all of her teammates, the one who tends to bully back is the shark.

* **Bowlderize**: Her sex-crazed, foul-mouthed personality is ***HEAVILY*** toned down in the English dub.
* **Dub Name Change**: Averted. She keeps her Japanese name in the English dub.
* **Fire/Water Contrast**: The Fire to Gura's Water.
* **Hold Your Hippogriffs**: Much like how her canon counterpart loves chickens, she is quite fond of Torchic in GoH.

## Appearance

* **Animal Motifs**: Phoenixes... obviously. She even has *wings made of fire* as a Guardian.
* **Dangerously Short Skirt**: She wears a microskirt with Grade A Zettai Ryouiki for emphasis. Leggings are added to her in the English dub to avoid kids getting grossed out.
* **Henshin Hero**: Her gear, especially her belt, gives off this vibe; observers have drawn a lot of comparisons to Kamen Rider OOO Tajador Combo and Hou'ou Soldier, two phoenix-themed Toku heroes. However, while her canon counterpart has admitted that she herself has zero knowledge of (or interest in) Toku shows, her GoH counterpart is actually a Guardian.
* **Multicolored Hair**: Her hair is primarily a bright orange, but the section behind her neck has some teal mixed into it.
* **Non-Standard Character Design**: Unlike most Guardians who typically have either non-foldable fairy wings or feathered, foldable angel wings, or no wings, Kiara's wings are *made of fire*. This is a possible reference to Bloom's wings in *Fate: The Winx Saga*.
* **Exotic Eye Designs**: Aside from the color being a very vibrant magenta, her pupils are noted by Calli to resemble skulls. Her canon counterpart's illustrator, huke, denied this theory as he originally drew her pupils as standard black circles and it is simply the way that they're shaded which creates the resemblance.
* **Tsureme Eyes**: She has this eye design.

## Abilities

* **Fiery Redhead**: Quite literally. Whenever she's incensed enough, her hair would spontaneously combust. One of her belt buckle's many functions is to prevent this from happening.
* **The Phoenix**: Part of her theme with her profile noting that she'll be reborn from the ashes.
* **Power Limiter**: Her belt buckle is one, as it normally serves to restrict her powers to a manageable level and keeps her in her human form, so long as Kiara doesn't mess with it, as its activation will turn her back into a phoenix.
* **Transformation Trinket**:
	+ She has a *Kamen Rider*-esque belt, sealed with the message "Do Not Use"; according to her, activating it will make her turn into a phoenix again, which isn't really a good idea.
	+ Like all Guardians, she has a Harmony Gem and Power Necklace.

* **Brutal Honesty**: She represents the Element of Honesty.
* **Playing with Fire**: She is a Fire Elemental.

## Relationships

* **Abhorrent Admirer**: She wants Calliope to love her and teases her constantly, but Calliope finds her repulsive because of her immortality.
* **(Not-So) Affectionate Nickname**: "\*Bleep\*bird," used by Calli. This is what Calli labeled her as during her debut episode. Without context, this name appears to be an insult.
	+ Let's just say that Victoria does not take it well when she overhears that...
* **Aggressive Submissive**: Despite Kiara's penchant for making a lot of dirty jokes as well as incredibly suggestive statements in regards to her teammates and friends (especially Calli,) she has also stated that if anything were to happen, she is completely unable to take the lead. When describing such a theoretical situation involving Calli, she immediately started getting flustered, acting much more timid than she normally does.
	+ Victoria knows she's lying about the leader part, as ***SHE*** has that role in her days...
* **Ambiguously Bi**: She insists unilaterally on her love for Calliope, claiming her as her "wife" multiple times and acting as a Clingy Jealous Girl to anyone else (especially YOU, Mirage) who gets close to Calli. Appropriately for a phoenix, she's as flaming as they come.
* **Token Nonhuman**: Along with Twilight Twinkle, Sparkle Hope, and Mira if her turning into a human is counted.