Mel Shido

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**Mel Shido** (紫藤める, *Shidō Meru*) is one of the main characters of Kiratto Pri☆Chan. She is a cool-type idol whose preferred brand is Universe Queen.

## Appearance

Mel has sharp indigo eyes with long lashes. Her long purple hair is waist length and flares outward on each side, with similar locks located on each side of the head behind the hair. Her bangs are similar in shape, split on the corner with a single, loose lock at the middle. The larger portion curled inward on the tip.

## Personality

Mel is a cheerful and highly energetic girl with an emotional side. She is a bit eccentric and greets everyone with a kiss on the cheek. She is also a *foodie* and she loves eating; once eating several cupcakes Mirai's mother made, and fought with Emo for a doughnut. She's highly optimistic and rarely ever shows anything on the contrary. However, she is unable to remain still because of her high energy.

## Relationships

### Anna Akagi

Her close childhood friend and teammate in Meltic StAr.

### Sara Midorikawa

Her close childhood friend and teammate in Meltic StAr.

## Etymology

**Shido** (紫藤) - **Shi** (紫) means "purple", while **do** (藤) means "wisteria", which is a type of flower. Similarly to the other characters' family names, **Shi** is a reference to her purple hair.

**Mel** (める) is an English name, mostly as an abbreviated version of other given names such as Melissa or Melody.

## Trivia

* Mel's birthday falls on *English Day* in Japan.
* Her favorite kind of coords are sparkling cool coords.
* Her favorite song is La La Meltic StAr.
* Donuts are her favorite food, as seen in episode 24 and episode 26.
* Her special skill is everything.
* Her hobby is inventing things.
* Her secret is that she's going to make a big donuts machine in the garden of Anna's house.
* She resembles Mia Ageha from Pretty Rhythm Dear My Future.
	+ Both have purple hair.
	+ Both have long hair that curls up around the tips, even though Mia’s isn’t too obvious.
	+ They have a similar personality, as both are cheerful and a bit goofy.
	+ Both of their names start with “M”.
	+ Both of them are in a trio unit with a cool-type idol and an idol with a celebrity-like personality.
* She is the only member of Meltic StAr to not be voiced by a member of i☆Ris.
* She's good in fixing things, as shown in Episode 23.
* She likes eating sweets made by Mrs. Momoyama.
* She has studied in university before.
	+ She has also worked in NASA before.
* She calls Mirai as "MiraMira", Emo as "EmoEmo", Rinka as "RinRin", Anna as "AnAn", Sara as "Sarara", Maria as "MariMari", Suzu as "Suzy", Nijinosaki as "NijiNiji", Daia as "DaiDai", Alice as “AliAli”, and Eve as "EveEve".
* She is the second idol in the series who performed without her Pri☆Chan Uniform Coord in her debut live.
	+ She is also the second idol in the series who debuted not using a duet, as she used a trio.
	+ She is the second idol to debut without using Go! Go! I tried doing a PriChan Debut! as a Yattemita too.
* She is the first character to obtain her colored Jewel Coord on her first Jewel Chance.
	+ She was followed by Sara, then Anju, and finally Nijinosaki.