Izumi Nakajima

**Izumi Nakajima** is a 2nd year student at Valencia Academy. She is the founder and leader of Mariposa. Her attribute is Cool and her image color is Passionate Red.

## Appearance

Izumi is a teenager of fairly average height and build. She has wavy hair that reaches slightly past her shoulders that she dyed blonde. She has fair skin and silver eyes that are slanted upwards. Her poor eyesight forces her to wear glasses at home, but in public, she wears contacts.

## Background

Izumi is half Spanish on her mother's side. She was Kirimi's first friend, before she moved to Spain where she would remain until her 2nd year of high school. Ever since she was a small child, Izumi was enamored by idols. Right before she moved away from Japan, she and Kirimi would make a promise that the two would become world-famous school idols together. Kirimi didn't devote herself as heavily to the promise as Izumi did. In fact, the only thing keeping her from becoming a school idol was the fact that she lived in Spain, where the concept of school idols was all but nonexistent. When she moved back to Japan, she made becoming a school idol with Kirimi her number-one priority.

Izumi preferred to be a solo idol until Kirimi agreed to perform with her and make the two of them a duo. She eventually warmed up to the idea of performing with others once she saw Emi's talent and got the idea that their combined talents would make them more popular. However, no matter how many members Mariposa had, it meant nothing to Izumi if Kirimi wasn't there alongside her.

Upon hearing that Kirimi had formed a school idol group on her own, Izumi was heartbroken. However, she hid her emotions behind a mask and disguised her sadness as intrigue. She was determined to get Kirimi back even if it meant stealing her away from Dream♡Core. After winning a competiton where the prize was Kirimi herself, she realized that having Kirimi in Mariposa only made her feel guilty. The experience also made her realize that she made genuine connections with her teammates Emi, Himiko, and Rika. Therefore, Izumi let Kirimi go back to Dream♡Core. Mariposa would go on to win 2nd place in that year's Love Live competiton.

## Personality

Izumi is charismatic and cunning. When meeting someone for the first time, she will shower them with compliments in order for the other person to feel more comfortable around her. For example, upon meeting Emi for the first time as she performed on the streets, she called her "talented". Izumi will go to great lengths to get what she wants, and she's not above playing dirty in order to get it.

Despite her arrogance and manipulation tactics, Izumi is far from heartless, although it takes her time for her to understand that her actions have consequences. It wasn't until Kirimi was taken away from Dream♡Core that Izumi felt the consequences of her actions. Realizing that forcing her best friend away from her group brought happiness to no one, she let Kirimi leave Mariposa and go back to Dream♡Core. Even though she has a tendency to play dirty, Izumi also understands the importance of teamwork and determination, as it was the combined efforts of her, Emi, Himiko, and Rika that would allow Mariposa to achieve greatness. Because she acknowledges that those three are her teammates, she promises to see to it that they will grow and flourish as idols.

## Discography

### Original Songs

* Vanishing Dream
* Marionette Syndrome
* Eternal Party

### Cover Songs

* Romeo and Cinderella
* KING
* Agehachou
* Flying Get
* Shinzou wo Sasageyo!
* Neraiuchi