Chieri Sono

**Chieri Sono** is one of the main characters from the *AKB0048* anime.

Chieri is the heiress of the Zodiac Corporation, one of the major military contractors in the galaxy. She was a fan of AKB0048 since her childhood and is the one who introduced the group to Nagisa and her friends. Some years later, after learning of Zodiac's connections with DES, Chieri ran away from home to join AKB. Although she's the most talented of the understudies, at first she was unable to make her kirara glow which made her feel inferior to Nagisa. She eventually regains her self-confidence when she finds her radiance, and starts to become very popular.

In the XP4 fics, Chieri debuted in the XP4 Heroes Coalition - AKB0048.

## **Appearance**

Chieri has long, wavy, aqua blue hair and aqua blue eyes. She has a purple flower braided into her hair. During perform, she ties her hair up in a ponytail. Like all the AKB0048's trainees, she has a heart-shaped lining in her hair and eyes.

## **Personality**

Chieri has a cool personality and her seriousness and dedication surpasses that of the other girls. She is also the daughter of a large conglomerate. She speaks her mind regardless of what anyone else will think, to the point of being considered rude by some of her peers, though she does it to help her friends and team mates. In the second season her personality has changed considerably, being more ongoing and cheerful.

## **XP4 Fanfics**

Chieri is member of the Heroes Coalitions and is part of the Idols Division. She is also attends the Vanguard Academy as a student.

### **XP4 Heroes Coalition - AKB0048**

In Chapter 1, Chieri, alongside her fellow understudies, is seen having fun on their day-off at Akibastar when the DES arrives and attacked the city. They were later saved by the arrival of Izuku Midoriya, Shoto Todoroki, Geo Stelar, Luna Platz and Amu Hinamori, and after driving the DES off the planet, the girls thanked them and later decided to have a conversation somewhere else.

In Chapter 2, Chieri is seen having a discussion with the heroes of the Universal Defense Force, her fellow understudies and Tsubasa Katagiri in a living room of the main home of the AKB0048 in the main city of Akibastar. After accepting the heroes' aid and explanation, Chieri decided to watch their successors perform at the AKB0048's exclusive concert hall.

In Chapter 3, Chieri is seen having a conversation with Nagisa Motomiya, Yuuka Ichijou, Orine Aida, Luna Platz, Ichigo Momomiya, Tsubomi Hanasaki, Erika Kurumi and Sonia Strumm at the lounge area inside the Great White Shark.

In Chapter 4, Chieri took part in a mission at Kiharastar as a back-up. After the mission in Kiharastar ended in a success, she alongside everyone were on their way back to Akibastar when they came across Walkerton Battler from outside their ship.

In Chapter 5, Chieri, alongside her fellow idols, the heroes and Tsubasa Katagiri, are seen having a conversation with the member of Unit W inside the living area of AKB's main base in the city of Akibastar where Unit W offered them assistance which they accepted.

In Chapter 6, Chieri, alongside Luna Platz and Momo Yaoyorozu, are seen having a conversation and a drink at the same time at the lounge area inside the Great White Shark.

In Chapter 7, Chieri, alongside Nagisa Motomiya, Yuuka Ichijou and Orine Aida, are seen hanging around a lawn after a whole morning of dance practice when Sonia Strumm, Luna Platz and Momo Yaoyorozu joined them. Suddenly, Sonia told the girls to skip practice, much to their shock and disbelief. The girls then tried to come up with an excuse to skip until it was revealed that they had the rest of the day off, much to their shock and disbelief.

In Chapter 8, Chieri, alongside Nagisa Motomiya, Yuuka Ichijou, Orine Aida, Sonia Strumm, Luna Platz and Momo Yaoyorozu, are seen walking across the streets of Akibastar when Sonia accidentally drops her frankfurter and the girls then tried their best to catch it but they failed, Sonia then proceeds to picks up the fallen food on the ground and ate it, much to everyone's disbelief.

In Chapter 10, Chieri, alongside her fellow Understudies and the Unit W, are seen scouting around the town of Grust somewhere in Tundrastar before coming across Alyona, Gina, Nika and Vera whom are watching an AKB0048 music video inside an igloo, much to the kids' joy and excitement. And after receiving a report from Narcisco Va Vergeblich, they said goodbye to the kids before making their way to their designated area.

In Chapter 12, Chieri is present during the aftermath of the battle against DES and AKB0048's guerrilla concert, and alongside everyone, they discovered dead bodies of DES soldiers before coming across with Mace Wyndu, Abdul Hakim and Tamina Sixx.

In Chapter 15, Chieri, alongside her fellow understudies, are seen doing dance lessons under the guidance of Ushiyama and is surprised when Ushiyama told Sonia Strumm, Luna Platz and Momo Yaoyorozu to join them. Later that day, Chieri met up with her butler Yasunaga in the spaceport somewhere in the city, much to their joy. She is later present in the living area of the dormitory where Tsubasa Katagiri announced the mission at Lancastar.

In Chapter 16, Chieri, alongside the rest of the Understudies and the members of Team Extreme, are seen walking around a town somewhere in Lancastar before meeting up with Mamoru and Aoi Koenji whom agreed to aid them.

In Chapter 17, Chieri, alongside the rest of the Understudies, Tsubasa Katagiri, Hikari Kimishina, Shiori Arisawa and Mayu Watanabe Type 3, are seen inside the Flying Get when Tsubasa got a report from Gowther about their current situation. Tsubasa then advised everyone to do their best which they all complied in response.

In Chapter 18, Chieri took part in a successful guerrilla concert in a town somewhere in Lancastar and is later present in the aftermath celebration.

In Chapter 20, Chieri, alongside Makoto Yokomizo, Nagisa Motomiya, Orine Aida, Kanata Shinonome, Sonata Shinonome, Suzuko Kanzaki, Yuuka Ichijou, Sonia Strumm, Luna Platz, Momo Yaoyorozu, Dan Kusou and Shun Kazami are seen having lunch at the dorm's dining area while having a conversation about Nagisa's last name and her parents when Junpei "JP" Shibayama arrives and told them about a meeting going to be held an hour later. She is later present during a meeting instigated by Kazeyoshi Imai and Tsubasa Katagiri.

In Chapter 21, Chieri, alongside her fellow understudies, are at Baltistar with concern looks on their faces when the members of the Multiverse's Cutest Team greeted them. The girls then witnessed the team doing a performance which eased their anxieties a bit and were in awe at the team's performance at the same time.

In Chapter 24, Chieri is present during the aftermath of the mission at Baltistar and later witnessed Kazeyoshi Imai's announcement all across the universe.

In Chapter 25, Chieri, alongside Kanata Shinonome, Makotto Yokomizo, Nagisa Motomiya, Orine Aida, Sonata Shinonome, Suzuko Kanzaki, Yuuka Ichijou, Luna Platz, Sonia Strumm and Momo Yaoyorozu, are present at the AKB dorms' courtyard where they witnessed Kazeyoshi Imai's 'punishment' before having a conversation about the upcoming guerrilla concert at Kasumigastar.

In Chapter 28, Chieri, alongside everyone, are seen approaching Kasumigastar and upon arriving at one city, they were confronted by Noboru Takizawa and his cohorts, demanding them to leave but they refuse. They then later witnessed the arrival of thousand of AKB-fans, much to their shock and awe.

In Chapter 29, Chieri, alongside everyone, are seen backstage of the concert hall in a city somewhere Kasumigastar with a look of awe at the large number of crowd gathered for the concert. Later on stage, she witnessed the return of Atsuko Katagiri and the rest of the missing idols, and had a great performances afterwards.

In Chapter 32, Chieri took part of paying respects for Mace Wyndu's death by attending his funeral via burial at sea in Atamistar. She then witnessed the arrival of a fleet of Dimensional Defense Union ships whom paid their respects for Mace by gifting him with a Heroes' Tribute.

In the Epilogue, Chieri, alongside her fellow idols and the heroes, is present in the AKB-exclusive space terminal in Akibastar where they said their goodbyes to the members of Unit W and Alpha Squadron. Afterwards, everyone decided to take a break for the rest of the day.

### **XP4 Heroes Coalition - Neo-City Diaries**

In Chapter 80, Chieri is seen backstage of a concert hall where a charity concert is being held in a park somewhere in Neo-City and is seen having a conversation with her fellow idols. She later then witnessed the Crew 5's performance, the ScamLords & the Gemstars' collaboration performance and Marcus "The Kane" McGee's harp performance, much to her awe.

In Chapter 83, Chieri, alongside Nagisa Motomiya, Orine Aida and Yuuka Ichijou, are seen playing a crane game inside the Canterlot City Mall when Luna Platz, Sonia Strumm and Momo Yaoyorozu joins them.

## **Trivia**

* Sonata Shinonome gave her the nickname "Meanyface" but only ever called her the name in one episode.
* Mayu Watanabe (Chieri's seiyuu) is the only current member of AKB48 to voice a character in the series and have a character based on her, Mayuyu.
* Chieri's original design was very different from what it eventually turned out to be. Originally, she resembled Sae Miyazawa in her design, having a boyish build and a short blue haircut.
* Chieri's family's butler is Yasunaga.
* As shown in Season 1's opening, Chieri is skilled at the piano.
* In Episode 15 and Episode 16, it is revealed that Chieri ranked 9th in the early results of the General Elections.
	+ However, in Episode 17, at the General Elections with the final results, she ranked 6th.
* Kojiharu and some of Chieri's fans in the series call her "Cherry", a nickname they have created for her.
* Chieri and Yuuko both have a similar fringe.
* Chieri does not like peppers.
* Chieri's first friends were Nagisa Motomiya, Yuka Ichijo and Orine Aida.
* Chieri ran away from home to attend the auditions of 0048.
* Chieri's birthday is on December 8th, which is the day AKB48 debuted.
* According to Yuuko, Chieri's radiance combined with Nagisa's radiance could rival that of the last Acchan.
* In Episode 24, it is revealed that Chieri had a family who are killed in different ways:
	+ An older brother who has died.
	+ A mother who died before the beginning of the series.
	+ A father who was shot by the end of the episode.
* Both Chieri and Mayuyu own stuffed alpacas.
* In Episode 26, Chieri becomes the Center Nova.
* Her name, in conjunction with Nagisa's, is a play on the words from AKB48's song "Nagisa no Cherry".