Louis Kisaragi

"If the prism radiance was ever going to disappear from this world….Would you be able to save it?"
- Louis to Shin in the RTSSS #9 Sending my feelings to you! The Strawberry Moon of Fate!

**Louis Kirasagi** (如月ルヰ, *Kisaragi Rui*) is a prism star, prism messenger, and student of Schwarz Rose.

## Appearance

Louis is average height and has golden eyes and platinum blonde hair that reaches down to their neck. They are described and perceived by everybody to be a beautiful angel, as if something out of this world.

## Personality

Louis acts very mysterious, but is usually calm and kind. They don't have trouble showing affection to Shin and often expresses jealousy when Shin is with his friends. When they were Rinne, they were much more serious and only focused on their job as a prism messenger.

## Story

Louis was originally a prism messenger, or a Rinne in a past life. Before the Sonata Program was replaced with the Rinne/Shine Program, the G.O.Ds created Rinne and Shine to help spread the Prism Sparkle from other worlds. Although it was forbidden and unheard of between prism messengers, Rinne (Louis) and Shine fell in love with each other. After Rinne discovered Shine was performing public prism shows and destroying the prism sparkle, Rinne was tasked by the G.O.Ds to kill Shine. Instead of killing him however, Rinne sealed him through Mystical Lunamystic Heaven, promising to "come with him". After Shine was sealed by Rinne, Rinne began to exhibit errors. This made the G.O.D.s erase their data.

After a thousand years, Shine reappeared inside of a human named Shin and Rinne was reprogrammed and launched as a new Prism Messenger program called "Louis". Louis was ordered by the Prism Gods to kill Shine once more before he reawakened. However, Louis somehow still contained memories of their past life as Rinne which led them to disobey these orders. At the end of PRIDE the Hero, Louis destroys their prism wings, making them unable to go back to the Prism World and forever being bound to Earth with Shin.

In Shiny Seven Stars it is revealed that Louis realizes that they are in love with Shin, and not Shine.

## Etymology

**如月** (Kisaragi) - is a traditional name for February in the Japanese calendar, as Louis was born on the 29th of February. The meaning of *kisaragi* is not as deep as those of the other traditional names of the months. It is written as "like the moon" or "wear more clothes" respectively in *kanji*. It also means "the rehabilitation of plants". In the lunar calendar, which was used until the Meiji Period, February was the second month of winter.

**ルヰ** (Rui) - Louis is a name of french origin meaning "famous battle/war". The way it is spelled in Katakana uses a very old and obsolete form of the letter "wi" or "i" (ヰ).

## Songs

1. Pride ~ Louis Ver.~
2. CRAZY GONNA CRAZY
3. Lunatic Destiny
4. Silent Promise
5. Starved for You (with Alexander)
6. Gift ~ Louis Ver.~
7. I Know Shangri-La
8. MOONSHINE

## Trivia

* Louis' voice actor, Shouta Aoi, is said to have cried in the studio when recording one of Louis' songs due to it being so emotional.
* Louis has sung the song Gift, which is a song that Rinne from Rainbow Live sings.
* Louis' date of birth, 29th February, is the same as Shin's date of birth.
* Louis' favorite drink is milk, a trait they share in common with Rinne from Rainbow Live.