Pleiades

**English** | Pleiades
 **Kanji** | プレアデス
 **Members** | Shinya AkaijoKotoha KimitaniMomoka ShibaraHideo GokuroseRyoku NanamiAko AoriguraUsagi Shiniko

**Pleiades** is a co-ed band in the **Butterfly Mosaic** series and consits of seven members:
**Shinya Akaijo** on lead vocals, **Kotoha Kimitani** on keyboard, **Momoka Shibara** on electric guitar, **Hideo Gokurose** on bass guitar, **Ryoku Nanami** on the DJs/rhythm guitar, **Ako Aorigura** on violin, and **Usagi Shiniko** on drums.

This band will make its debut in Prayer to Pleiades.

## About

Before Shinya pitched the idea of forming a band, all seven members had this idea in their heads since 9th grade. However, due to circumstances, it took them almost a year to be an actual band.

Pleiades was formed after Shinya attended a concert of Huetopia at Spica Livehouse. This was given a further push when Shinya and the manager of the underground live house, Capella Underground, made a deal so that he can have his voice lessons. Kotoha initially had the same idea and was recruiting on her own until she decided to work together with Shinya to form the band.

## Etymology

**Pleiades** is the name of the open star cluster located on the constellation of Taurus. The cluster is named after the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione who were turned into stars by Zeus.

## Members

* **Shinya Akaijo** - Shinya is the talkative, energetic and friendly vocalist of the band. He is good at sports but is not academically and musically gifted, the latter being his inner conflict. He aspires to be a singer but doesn't have a good singing voice until he received training by both his manager and his girlfriend, **Madoka Hatomiya**.
* **Kotoha Kimitani** - Kotoha is the natural artist of the band. She is not as talkative as her classmates but is always up for a good chat. Kind-hearted and creative, she knows how to improvise in most sticky situations. She secretly plays the piano until she asked Hideo to give her proper lessons.
* **Momoka Shibara** - Momoka is a girl not afraid of dares and challenges and is noted to be a risk-taker. She loves reading magazines, scrolling through social media, and entertaining herself with the trending. Thus, she has a fear of missing out on things. She only learned how to play the guitar because of her celebrity crush, but after joining the band, she yearns to improve.
* **Hideo Gokurose** - Out of everyone in the band, Hideo has to be the most musically gifted. He can play the piano and the guitar and chose to take the bass position to try something new. Similar to Shinya, Hideo is outgoing and likes to join around. He is a good and responsible leader too. Thus, he is appointed as Pleiades' leader.
* **Ryoku Nanami** - Ryoku is the quiet, lone-wolf of the group. He is secretly a music enthusiast and a DJ in disguise. Though distant, he actually cares about the band out of everyone else and has the most contributions for being its DJ, rhythm guitarist, and song composer. As he hangs out with his classmates more, Ryoku learns how to open up to his new friends and fellow musicians.
* **Ako Aorigura** - Initially the biggest struggle for the band's formation, Ako is hesitant about the band's formation and constantly rejects her classmate's invitations. In the end, they were able to capture the serious fashionista's heart and is now its violinist. She knows when to be serious and knows when to have fun. She has her own standards and is not the type to give up easily.
* **Usagi Shiniko** - The last member to join. Usagi is shy and soft-spoken but is very intelligent and knows a lot. She sometimes speaks using scientific terminologies. Though a genius, she can be a bit forgetful and light-headed at times. She usually takes the assistant role of both Ako and Hideo and is appointed as the band's sub-leader because of this. She is a rookie drummer.

## Songs

### Original

* *StarsLIGN*
* *Atlas Pleione*

### Cover

* Neo-Aspect
* Hidamari Rhodonite (Focus: **Usagi**)
* Determination Symphony (Focus: **Hideo**)
* Re:birth day (Focus: **Ako**)
* Sanctuary (Focus: **Momoka**)
* Opera of the Wasteland (Focus: **Ryoku**)
* Ringing Bloom (Focus: **Kotoha**)
* PASSIONATE ANTHEM (Focus: **Shinya**)

## Trivia

* The name of the band's theme color is "Pleiades Merope Nebula Pos 6 (Daylight WB)".
* All of the members are classmates.
* All of the members have a color and a number in their name.
* Most of their cover songs are Roselia songs.