Tōi Tengoku Academy

**Tōi Tengoku Academy** (遠い天国アカデミー;*Distant Heaven Academy*) is considered to be one of the most prestigious idol schools in Japan.

Unlike Shine Royal Academy, Tōi Tengoku Academy does not have the succession system - insteady they have something refered to as Triplets-Twins-Ace system.

## Genereal Information

Tōi Tengoku Academy was founded in AS007 by Isamu Imai, and it was originally only for high schoolers - The Middle School Division was opened later on in AS012.

Only female idols are allowed to enrol the school, and the entrance exams are very strict; the applicants have to prove themselves in various ways that they are eligible for the academy.

All the students have to attend singing, dance and visual lessons. In addition to that, they can also choose 1-2 elective course(s) that the academy provides to them during the span of the school year, depending on the which instructors the academy has currently hired.

Since AS019 the school accepts transfer students, but only for Middle School Division. If some idol wishes to leave earlier they may, but for one to be considered an Early Graduate of the academy, they need to at least finish the Middle School education - otherwise they will be consider as withdrawns.

## Triplets-Twins-Ace System

The middle school division is basically the preparation for the high school. The idols gain experience and fame in those three years, and during the last year, seven most promising students - who are referd to as **Rainbow 7** - are chosen to battle for the title of Bronze Triplets in late March.

The high school division is on a whole different level from the middle one. Each year has a special title for its top students - **Bronze Triplets** for the First Years, **Silver Twins** for the Second Years, and **Golden Ace** for the Third Years. The six idols that hold those titles are considered to be the elite of the academy. In order to become part of Silver Twins one has to be part of Bronze Triplets first, and becoming Golden Ace requires having been in Silver Twins.

Staring with AS019, **Former Bronze Triplets** and **Former Silver Twin** roles have been officially acknowleged to be on par with the other 6 idols, making the collection of academy's top student grow up to nine.

### Annual Traditions

* Tengoku no Kaihō (Single by top academy students)
* T.T.A. Contest (Choosing of the new Bronze Triplets, Silver Twins, and Golden Ace)
	+ Rainbow Contest (Choosing of members of Rainbow 7)

## Notable Students

*Note: The idols are listed in the school year classes and positions they would be in after the end of March AS021 (in other words it's listed as of AS021/22 school year).*

### High School Division

Legend: **Bronze Triplet** / **Silver Twin** / **Golden Ace** / **Former Bronze Triplet** / **Former Silver Twin**

## Trivia

* The abbreviation TTA can refer not only to the name of the school, but also to the "collection" of its top students (**T**riplets, **T**wins, **A**ce).
	+ It is rumoured that is is the reason why the word "academy" is used in the name of the school instead of "gakuen", which could make sense given the fact that the rest of the name is in Japanese.
* The school uniform, Distant Heaven Uniform, uses the English translation of the academy's name.
	+ The name of the school coords, Heavenly Coords, is also derived from there.
* As of school year AS019/20, the top nine acdemy students Triplets, Twins, Ace, former Twin and former Triplets are sometimes unofficially reffered to as **TTA~9**.