Tokiko Zaizen

**Tokiko Zaizen** (財前 時子, ***Tokiko Zaizen***?) is one of the characters available in *THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls* and *THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage*. Her idol type is passion. She is currently unvoiced.

## Bio

### Personality

Tokiko is a direct and commanding woman who doesn't mince words. Her personality most likely stems from her privledged upbringing, as she places high value on social etiquette and manners. She loves to toy with the Producer and her fans, calling them "servants" and "pigs", and cracking her whip when they please her.

Tokiko has expressed her enjoyment on high quality products. She has said herself that she "doesn't drink cheap liqour", and when the Producer critiques her on her choice of cushions, she finds it offensive that the Producer would think she would anything but the highest quality cushions. She also believes in the importance of beauty, and takes note on every detail of her appearance.

It is highly likely for Tokiko's affinity for extravagant things stemmed from her privledged upbringing. She sees working for money as stupid, and she only has a job to "kill time". One place she travels to often is New York City, especially on Christmas. She loves the Rockerfeller Center Christmas tree, and even if she's seen it dozens of times, expresses her appreciaton for its beauty.

However, Tokiko stresses quality over quantity. She places importance on excellence and the effort of one's actions. It's not just if something is extravagant then she will enjoy. Even a single fan letter will charm her if written with sincerity. In her "Bathed Moonlight" SR card, she mentioned that one particular letter motivated her to put on an emotional performance as Kaguyahime.

Another SR card, "The Queen of Media", she recieves a giant pile of gifts from her fans, but her focus is primarily on a stuffed animal. It has a letter sent with it, which she reads and carefully places it back with the stuffed animal every time. Tokiko highly appreciates of her fans, placing them close to her heart. Afterward, she requests for all the gifts to be sent to her house, leading Misaki Etou to say if one didn't know Tokiko well, they would've assumed she wouldn't care at all.

Tokiko's most primary trait is definitely her domineering persona. She loves to elicit emotional responses from her fans, including tears of joy. While she leans into the Dominatrix archetype, Tokiko believes that actions shouldn't be left without reward. She wants to promote indepedent thinking within people like the Producer and values loyalty though one's actions, saying "excessive loyalty is a sign of indesicive incomptence". However, it could be troublesome sometimes for the Producer, like when he gave her an empty box as words couldn't describe his emotions to her alone, she crushed the box in a fit of anger. But when he used firecrackers instead, she was impressed.

However, among her fellow idols, especially younger ones, Tokiko's personality softens, and she is seen as a older sister figure. She has done numerous kind acts, like leaving cat treats for Yukimi's cat Pero, playing with Nina with both of them genuinely enjoying the other's company, and giving Kurumi a tissue after a lesson. One moment of interest was when Kanade Hayami said that she wanted to grow up and grow up fast. When told this, Tokiko showed maturity and said to her to cherish the time she has while she's young, because she won't get that time to be young again.

Her hobby of "cooking pigs" was literal. She is a great cook, and is especially skilled at pork. One of the rewards she likes to make for the Producer is a nice meal.

She puts good manners as a top priority, and wants people to be their best in her presence. She says that's what separates "men" from "pigs". Other idols, like Mika Jougasaki and Mai Fukuyama, seek her out for advice on basic manners.

As stated previously, Tokiko became an idol to "kill time", and has stated if she found it boring, she'll quit. But she actually finds being an idol an exciting and enriching experience, and she always does her best.

### Relationships

* Noa Takamine and Miyu Mifune: Friends. They like going to fun places together, like getting a fish pedicure at a spa. On Valentine's Day, Tokiko has given them both Valentine's Day Chocolates. Miyu says she's surprised that she had time to prepare the chocolates. Tokiko calls her a blabbermouth. Noa, Tokiko, and Tsukasa Kiryu form the unit Violet Violence.
* Noriko Shiina: Tokiko and Noriko get along very well. They form the unit Domi◎Donna.
* Shizuku Oikawa: Friends and unitmates in Cowgirl&Cow.
* Reina Koseki: Friends and unitmates in Queens' Conflict.
* Misaki Etou: Friends.

## History

Tokiko meets the Producer while out on a stroll. The Producer notices she dropped her hankerchief and tries to give it back, but she just stands there and looks at him with silence. Eventually, she takes the hankerchief back, scolds the Producer for staring at her, and walks away. But the Producer then tells her that he has an admiration of her talent and suggests she should go to his office. It puzzles Tokiko, so he rephrases his wording as "Would you like to go to the office?", and Tokiko agrees, pleased with his adjustments.

When they make it to the office, the Producer asks for Tokiko to become an idol. She is amused with the proposal and decides to toy with him, telling him to beg for her to become an idol. In the end, Tokiko accepts the Producer's offer to become an idol, on one condition - She will become the Producer's master.

## Trivia

* Tokiko is one of six idols in *THE iDOLM@STER* to be from Aichi, along with Hitomi Niwa, Chinami Komuro, Nagisa Aino, Midori Mizuno, and Natsuha Arisugawa. Konatsu Shinjou from *Idol Incidents* is also from Aichi.
	+ Also of note, Tokiko and Hitomi are both from the city of Nagoya.
* Tokiko shares her birthday with Chiyuki Kuwayama.
* Tokiko wants to be referred to as **Tokiko-sama** (時子様, ***Tokiko-sama***?). This can be compared to how Reina Koseki refers to herself as "Reina-sama", despite it being in katakana.
* Tokiko likes her coffee black.
* Apparently, Tokiko's fanbase is made up of only the most upstanding and tasteful men. It seems especially so because her fans give her many a lavish gift to her, from beautiful flowers to award-winning wine.
* Tokiko is fluent in English.
* Her family owns a villa in the South of France.
* It is rumored that Tokiko is majoring in psychology in a rich private university.