Aikatsu Dive!

**Aikatsu Dive!**「アイカツダイブ！」is an Aikatsu crossover fan series by Yotsuba Anne, created in April 2018. The series will center around a group of idols, gathered from all across the *Aikatsu!* franchise. *Aikatsu Dive!* was created to celebrate the 5th anniversary of *Aikatsu!*.

## Plot

*List of Aikatsu Dive! episodes*

**"Hop, Step, Start to Fly!"**
*Misaki Natsuko is a happy-go-lucky girl, who had just started her life as an idol. Aspiring to be as rocking as the independent rock star Sarah・Python, Natsuko started her enrolled a public idol school. The further she dived into the idol world, the more experiences and friends she made.*

**"Fly, our aspiration A・RI・A!"**

*Soon after Natsuko started her idol journey, a new competition showed up. Desiring to take part in the Idol Unit Cup, Natsuko looked for a partner to be Friends with! But after the Idol Unit Cup, the constellation fever of the 25th Aikatsu! Celestial Festival started to spread and Natsuko and Eimi's path seemed to separate. Now whom will Natsuko will be Friends with...?*

**"But now's not the time for *Friends*! My dream is to win the Celestial Festival and become the Shiny Idol!"** — *Misaki Natsuko after finding out about the Celestial Festival*.

*The top designers of the brands used by Aikatsu idols as well as well-known producers and idol academies are happy to announce a new competition to celebrate the 24th anniversary of the Constellation System. In order to take part, the idols are required to own a constellation dress and have performed at least one constellation fever. The one who wins the Festival will from now on be known as the Shiny Idol!*

## Characters

### ***UNITE***

* **Misaki Natsuko** (美咲なつこ?)
*Voiced by Yamamura Hibiku*
Natsuko is a young and cheerful girl, who aspires to become a top idol and attends the idol division of the Star Harmony Academy. Natsuko, who may be described as an annoying girl with a tyring personality, is a happy-go-luck girl, who is determined to chase her dreams. She was inspired to become an idol by the street musician "Sarah Python", her sister's most favorite musician. Like many of her school, Natsuko looks for the someone to become *Friends* with. Her chosen brand is Sprite Party.
* **Véronique Lyle** (ベロニク・ライル?)
*Voiced by Kubota Miyu*
Véronique is an internationally known idol, who attends Neo Venus Ark, a boarding school for idols. Véronique, whose name is usually shortened as **Véronique L.**, is an elegant and calm, yet very graceful and stylish idol, whose family lives somewhere in Europe. Due to being a second year idol, Véronique acts like a *senpai* towards her friends and does her best to share her idol experiences with the others. Her chosen brand is Romance Kiss.
* **Toyama Hibiki** (遠山響?)
*Voiced by Masuda Toshiki*
Hibiki is a confident and kind hearted second year student of the Yotsuboshi Academy, who happens to be around the same age as Véronique. Hibiki attends the male division of Yotsuboshi's Bird Theater Class. Despite having quite impressive skills as an idol, Hibiki doesn't think too high of his own abilities and always wants to improve himself. Back when he first joined the Academy, he wasn't as confident and hardly could pull off an appeal. Hibiki's chosen brand is Royal Sword.
* **Yuasa Honoka** (岩佐和香?)
*Voiced by Inoue Marina*
Honoka is a rocking and sharp idol attending the first year of Starlight Academy. Honoka, who uses the pronoun "atashi", is a cool sister type of friends, who always comes of with the craziest ideas and plans that might get her and her friends in troubles. Her speciality is playing the keyboard, but has also been seen playing the guitar. Honoka is a free spirited girl, whose signature pose is the V-sign. Honoka's chosen brand is Swing Rock.
* **Akagi Eimi** (赤城えいみ?)
*Voiced by Minase Inori*
Eimi is a calm, yet lovely idol attending the first year of Dream Academy. Eimi originally enrolled Dream Academy with the wish to become a designer. However, after a few lessons and after watching her newly made friends performing, Eimi changed her mind and stepped on stage herself. She then transferred to the academy's idol division. Eimi is sometimes describes as the "fairy of wonderland". Her chosen brand is Aurora Fantasy.

### Friends

* **Misaki Haruko** (美咲はるこ?)
Haruko is Natsuko's older sister, who is a big fan of Sarah Python, a *rockin'* street musician. Despite the bad rumors about Sarah, Haruko aspires to become like Sarah one day. However, she also cheers on her sister, who dreams of becoming a top idol.
* **Kokubo Yuka** (小久保ユカ?)
Yuka is a cute idol, who attends Star Harmony Academy along with Misaki Natsuko. Despite of being a cute idol, Yuka is the most experienced model of her age. However, Yuka is also known for her cutesy voice and is known as "Macaron Girl" among her friends.
* **Higashi Rena** (東れな?)
Rena is a first year idol of Star Harmony, who is about the same age as Natsuko. Rena is a sexy typed idol, whose chosen brand is Love Moonrise. Rena is a calm, yet passionate idol, who took the Feather Friend audition along with Natsuko. Rena and Natsuko both managed to win the audition.
* **Aisaka Karin** (相坂かりん?)
Karin is one of Yotsuboshi's current top idols. She is a third year idol, who is part of the popular unit S4. She is the top idol of the Wind Dance Class at Yotsuboshi. Karin is a cool typed idol, who most likely uses LoLi GoThiC as her chosen brand.
* **Amanogawa Maria** (天野川まりあ?)
Maria is a student attending Dream Academy, and one of Eimi's good friends. Maria's concert inspired Eimi to become an idol instead of an designer. Maria's chosen brand is Dance Fusion.
* **Tachibana Rie** (館花りえ?)
Rie is Honoka's dorm mate at Starlight Academy, who is pop-typed idol. Her chosen brand is Magical Toy.
* **Asagiri Chihaya** (朝霧ちはや?)
Chihaya is a first year idol attending Starlight Academy. Chihaya is the second youngest girl of a theater diva from Europe and a financier from Japan. Despite her young age, Chihaya is actually very independent and wild. Chihaya's chosen brand is Sangria Rosa.
* **Hoshizora Minami** (星空南?)
Minami is a second year idol attending Dream Academy in produces and idol courses. Minami is a confident, yet pretty calm producer who has faith in all the idols she supports. However, she doesn't have the same courage in herself. Minami's chosen brand is Luna Witch.

### Others

* **Sarah・Python** (サラ・パイソン?)
*Voiced by Uchida Maaya*
Sarah Python is a very famous street musician, who is said to have a free spirited and rebellious behavior. According to magazine information and rumors, Sarah originally lived in a suburb of Tokyo but ran away from home in order to become the kind of person she always wanted to be. Sarah's real name was revealed to be **Kumata Sara** (熊田さら, *Kumata Sara*?).
* **Lynn Lightning** (リンライトニング?)
*Voiced by Takada Yuki*
Lynn Lightning, usually referred as "Rin-sensei", is a dance teacher at Starlight Academy. Due to being a former idol, Lynn created an alias she uses to peacefully teach a new generation of idols. Back in her idol years, Lynn used to be a member of the units Vanilla Chili Pepper and Dream☆Dash.
* **Kazesawa Sora** (風沢そら?)
*Voiced by Takahashi Minami*
Kazesawa Sora is the top designer of the brand Bohemian Sky, who graduated from Dream Academy years ago. Though having put an end to her idol career, some idols still aspire to become like Sora. It is said that Sora is still in touch with her from Dream Academy.
* **Yuu H.** (ユウH．?)
*Voiced by Terui Haruka*
Yuu H. is a veteran idol who is said to have formerly attended Starlight Academy as a cool idol. Today, Yuu H. works as an idol's manager and happens to be Misaki Natsuko's new manager after transferring to the Star Harmony Academy.
* **Darien** (ダリエン?)
Darien is the top designer of the pop typed brand Sprite Party. He had just moved to Japan and, since he has just started to design, he has yet to learn more about *Aikatsu*. Even though having no sense of fashion, he somehow manages to create top-selling designs.
* **Kotori and Yuzuki** (コトリ＆ユヅキ?)
Yuzuki and Kotori are best friends who form the idol unit FeatherS. They are cute and sexy idols respectively. Kotori is known to use the band Angely Sugar, while Yuzuki uses Bohemian Sky.

## Units

* **FeatherS** (フェザーS?)
Best friends that attend the same school as Misaki Natsuko. The members of FeatherS are the current top idols of the Academy. The Symbol of their unit is the beauty of nature.
* **Victory Us** (ビクトリアス?)
An idol unit consisting of Véronique Lyle and Toyama Hibiki. Victory Us was formed in episode 19.
* **THUNϟDER**
THUNϟDER is an idol unit consisting of Yuasa Honoka and Tachibana Rie.
* **A・RI・A**
An idol unit consisting of Misaki Natsuko and Akagi Eimi.
* **UNITE**
A *real life* unit consisting of the voice actresses and voice actors of the main characters.

### Legendary Units

*For more information of official Aikatsu/Aikatsu Stars/Aikatsu Friends units, please check out the actual wikis!*
**Please note:** There are a lot more "legendary idol units" in Aikatsu Dive!. But due to the list of units it would be too much to list any of the legendary units. This section will focus on the most important ones.

* **Masquerade**
Masquerade is a legendary idol unit, which dispanded many years ago. Their trademark were the masquerade masks. One of the members of Masquerade used to be the headmistress of Starlight Academy. However, the identity of *Miya* has yet to be revealed.
* **WM** (pronounced as **double M**?)
WM is a legendary idol unit, which consisted of the former top idol Kanzaki Mizuki, and Natsuki Mikuru. The unit had officially disbanded after the Twinkle Star Cup, where they lost against the unit consisting of Hoshimiya Ichigo and Otoshiro Seira, known as 2wingS.
* **STAR☆ANIS** & **Dream☆Dash**
STAR☆ANIS and Dream☆Dash are legendary idol units consisting of a number of former students of Starlight Academy. While STAR☆ANIS consisted of Hoshimiya Ichigo and her friends, Dream☆Dash consisted of one of Starlight's Queens Ozora Akari.
* **QuintetD** (クインテットD?)
A legendary idol unit consisting of the five idols Otoshiro Seira, Saegusa Kii, Kazesawa Sora, Himesato Maria and Otoshiro Noel. All idols of QuintetD used to attend Dream Academy.
* **Galaxis** (ギャラクシス?)
Galaxis is a legendary idol unit, consisting of four impressive idols that used to perform as top idols in the past. The members were the former top idols, Kanzaki Mizuki, Nijino Yume, and the duo of Cosmos, Hoshimiya Ichigo and Ozora Akari.
* **Aikatsu Stars!**
Aikatsu Stars! is one of Yotsuboshi Academy's legendary idol units. Any of the members of the group are known to have achieved the power of the legendary sun dresses.
* **Zweilight** (ツワイライト?)
Zweilight, also known as 2light, is a legendary idol, consiting of the idol of the moon and the idol of the sun.
* **Love Me Tear** (ラブミーティア?)
Love Me Tear is the name of a brand, and diamond of idol units, and a legendary idol unit, which consisted of the Diamond Friends Kamishiro Karen and Asuka Mirai.

## Listings

### School Coords

*See also: Aikatsu Dive! List of coords*
* **Honey Link Coord** (ハニーリンクコーデ?): Misaki Natsuko's school coord.
* **Lilac Venus Coord** (ライラックビーナスコーデ?): Véronique Lyle's school coord.
* **Ruby Marching Coord** (ルビィマーチンコーデ?): Toyama Hibiki's school coord.
* **Lime Parade Coord** (ライムパレードコーデ?): Yuasa Honoka's school coord.
* **Fairy Dream Coord** (フェアリードリームコーデ?): Akagi Eimi's school coord.

### Discography

*Main article: Aikatsu Dive! Discography*
* The fanime's opening, **Double Smile♯A Brightening Day**「Wにっこり♯A Brightening Day」 will be performed by the voice actors of the characters of **Misaki Natsuko** (Yamamura Hibiku) and **Véronique Lyle** (Kubota Miyu). Later on, a special version will be released that has been performed by the voice actors of any of the main characters.
* The ending song, **AIKATSU GENERATION**「AIKATSU GENERATION」, is an official song of the official Aikatsu! series, which was released shortly before the original idol units dispanded. Aikatsu Dive! uses the already published version of the song, which was performed by the remaining cast of STAR☆ANIS and AIKATSU☆STARS! in 2018.
* The second opening of the fan season, **Forte☆Dash!!!**「フォルテ☆ダッシュ!!!」, will be performed by the members of UNITE, the idol group providing the speaking and singing voice of the five main characters.
* The second ending song of the season, **Très Bien Calendar Girl**「トレビアンカレンダーガール」, is a new recorded version of a song released for the Ichigo Gen. of the first Aikatsu! series. Calendar Girl was used as ending song of the first half of the first season.

### Aikatsu System

*Main article: 25th Aikatsu! Celestial Festival*
The Aikatsu System of Aikatsu Dive!, the **25th Aikatsu! Celestial Festival** (２５周年アイカツ！セレスティアルフェス?) celebrates the 25th year after the first appearance of the original Constellation System. Much like the system from 2014, the 25th Aikatsu! Celestial Festival will feature rare constellation dresses, appeals and fevers.

### PreDoll

*Main article: Aikatsu Dive!: PreDoll*
**"PreDoll"** (プリドル, *Puridoru*?) is a magical girl anime mainly aimed for younger children. PreDolls tells the adventures of young girls who can transform into the magical *Pretty Dolls*. Many idols are known to have provided the speaking voice of many main characters. Even after airing for more than 10 years, PreDoll is still a very popular franchise. Many idols start or peak their (voice) acting career by voicing a main character of the individual seasons.

### Idol Aura

*Main article: Aikatsu Dive! Idol Aura*
Every Aikatsu! idol has their own **Idol Aura** (アイドルオーラ?). The idol's aura is a trademark or scent of an idol that makes them unique und special. The aura appears whenever the idol is able to fully express her idol self and usually seen on stage. Some people have claimed they have been able to smell an idol's aura. The aura may also appear during every day's work.

### Data Carddass Aikatsu Dive!

*Main article: Data Carddass Aikatsu Dive!*
**Data Carddass Aikatsu Dive!** (データカードダスアイカツダイブ！?) is an arcade collectible card game from Bandai's DATA CARDDASS series. The data carddass is released in collections, which each introduce new aspects to the plot. The carddass features idols, coords and songs.

## Trivia

* *Aikatsu Dive!* is so far the only Aikatsu series to have a lead character whose main type is pop instead of being a cute idol.
	+ However, in original concepts, Misaki Natsuko, the main character, had been planned to be cute until the author noticed the lack of pop idols in the group.
* *Aikatsu Dive!*, unlike the original *Aikatsu!* seasons and *Aikatsu Stars!*, also includes minor characters performing in CGI.

## References

1. ↑ Yuka shares her name with a DCD character of the first two seasons of *Aikatsu!*.
2. ↑ https://aikatsu.wikia.com/wiki/Data\_Carddass\_Aikatsu!