Fourth Harmony Academy

**Fourth Harmony Academy** (*第四ハーモニーアカデミー*) is a prestigious performing arts school attended by both boys and girls. Courses consist of the Idol Course, Producer Course, Musician Course, and Fashion Designer Course. All the courses act as both training schools and agencies allowing students to participate in professional jobs from the very start of their first year. The four courses are inclined towards the Aikatsu System, especially the Idol Course.

## Location

The academy is located in an unspecified city. It has big green areas around all the buildings which include a main construction for both administration and most of the usual classrooms and study labs at the north, an extensive sports field, and other buildings for all of the courses with special attention to the lined-up Classes buildings at far west. The academy also offers dormitories for both students and teachers, boys and girls. Most of the auditions on school grounds are performed in the academy's auditorium.

## Courses

### Idol Course

The **Idol Course** is the most known in Fourth Harmony Academy due to the popularity of students who successfully debuted during their school years. The course is tied with the Aikatsu System and uses its prestige to have direct contact with important organizations like Brand headquarters, entertainment agencies, and the Aikatsu Company itself. That provides great opportunities for students to take part in exclusive auditions and other idol work. The entrance exams include a live performance. Besides the usual course, students can choose one of four Classes to specialize their skills. Each Class has a representative selected at the end of each year by winning a Class Tournament and that representative becomes part of the academy's leader unit H4RMONY.

#### Singing North Class

The **Singing North Class** (*歌う北クラス*) is for those students who would like to work on their singing skills and focus on Live-type performances. Its current representative is Kin Akihiko. Other relevant students include ー.

#### Dancing West Class

The **Dancing West Class** (*ダンシングウエストクラス*) is for those students who would like to work on their dancing skills and focus on Dance-type performances. Its current representative is TBA. Other relevant students include ー.

#### Beautiful South Class

The **Beautiful South Class** (*美しい南クラス*) is for those students who would like to work on their modeling skills and focus on Fashion Show-type performances. Its current representative is TBA. Other relevant students include ー.

#### Dramatic East Class

The **Dramatic East Class** (*ドラマチックイーストクラス*) is for those students who would like to work on their acting skills and focus on Drama-type performances. Its current representative is TBA. Other relevant students include ー.

### Producer Course

The **Producer Course** is based on preparing students to become successful producers with an inclination to work with idols. This course is known for being very technical and theoretical and involves a great variety of segments ranging from fashion coordination to basic healthcare. The entrance exam is an extensive test that includes various subjects from both regular school disciplines and current themes and trends. Students are required to enter an internship at the start of their second year and regularly work with students from the idol and musician courses. Relevant students include ー.

### Musician Course

The **Musician Course** is divided into performing and songwriting and allows the students to choose their specialization. Activities include learning instruments and musical techniques, song production, and composing. The entrance exam is an original song either written or produced by the student. Students are free to commercialize their musical creations. This course's prestige comes from the great number and variety of artists who studied at Fourth Harmony Academy. Relevant students include ー.

### Fashion Designer Course

The **Fashion Designer Course** is known as the fastest way for an amateur to enter the fashion industry. The entrance exam is full fashion coordination with Top, Bottom, Shoes, and Acessories parts. The course is heavily inclined to the Aikatsu System and realizes a competition at the end of each year where a student is selected to debut their own brand using the Aikatsu Cards. Students have the opportunity to enter an internship in professional brand headquarters and the most talented individuals are hired even before graduating. Relevant students include ー.

## Events

### Class Tournaments

It is an event that takes place at the end of each year at Fourth Harmony Academy in which students from the Idol Course choose ten candidates from each Class to face each other in a tournament of performances judged by teachers until a winner is chosen and crowned the representative of the Class and, consequently, part of H4RMONY. Historically, only third years were chosen to participate in these tournaments until Kin Akihiko became the first sophomore to take part in this event and also win.

### Fourth Harmony Annual Brand Contest

It is an event that crowns a student from the Fashion Designer Course and gives them full support to launch their own Brand. The students are free to participate if they want to, but the judging by the teachers is said to be extremely cruel. Most of the students who take part in this contest and lose prefer to quit and abandon the academy.

### Harmony Festival

It is a large festival that happens during summer on school grounds. It's an event open to the public and has the objective of showcasing the student's talents for both the common audience and professional agencies. Most events include joining forces with students from other courses to put on large performances. The weeks preceding this festival are known as "inferno days" due to the overall chaotic state of both students and teachers in preparation for the event.

## Trivia

* Except for special occasions, the academy is mostly closed to outsiders and has a very reliable security system.