Kirimi Sonozaki

**Kirimi Sonozaki** is the primary protagonist of *Love Live! Project Fusion*. She is a fusion of Kotori Minami and Iruka Suda. She is a second year at Mikomi High School and the leader of the school idol group Dream♡Core as well as one of its subunits, Märchen. Her attribute is Pure and her image color is Dreamy Pink.

## Physical Appearance

Kirimi is of below-average height and has a curvy figure. She has long, light-brown hair that she ties a portion of into a side ponytail on the right side of her head. She has pale skin and round, turquoise eyes.

## Background

Kirimi helps run a sushi restaurant with her family. The restaurant itself has been in business since before Kirimi was born, and so her parents decided to name her, as well as her brothers Mirugai and Maguro, after fish-related terms in honor of the restaurant's success. Kirimi and the rest of her family live upstairs, above the restaurant.

She would spend most of her days as a young child playing with her best friend Izumi Nakajima. Before Izumi moved to Spain when the two were still young, she and Kirimi made a promise to become school idols together when she returned. Kirimi agreed without knowing what a school idol was, and so it became one of her many entries on her "Things to Try" list that she would continue to add entries into up to her high school days.

When Izumi left for Spain, Kirimi was all alone, and no one was there to defend her when she was mocked by other classmates for having a strange name befitting of her family's restaurant. That is, until a student named Makoto Aizura transferred to her a few months later and stood up to Kirimi's bullies. Kirimi and Makoto quickly became friends, even though Kirimi initially mistook her new friend for a boy for several weeks.

Kirimi decided to become a school idol once she had checked off everything on her list up to that entry. Her mild curiosity turned into inspiration as she watched an Aqours music video during her research on school idols. From there, she became a founding member of Mikomi High's School Idol Club, later known as Dream♡Core.

Kirimi's family consists of herself, her mother, her father, and two younger twin brothers. Having grown up on sushi from living in a sushi restaurant, Kirimi invented her own special dish: the Sushi Sandwich (several sushi rolls between two slices of bread).

## Personality

Kirimi is very cheerful, headstrong, optimistic, and somewhat airheaded. She is the kind of person to give just about anything a try. . As quick as she is to try something new, she is also quick to drop it once she feels it becomes too repetitive. However, during her school idol journey, she learns that an undertaking as heavy as becoming an idol is something that requires genuine commitment.

Kirimi is much more likely to stay committed to certain people rather than activities. For example, even though Yoko initially declined to join the school idol club, Kirimi persisted. Not by continually pestering her to join, but by befriending her, and allowing Yoko to open up and face her true feelings about her love of performing.

Kirimi is also very emotional. She has a tendency to speak without thinking, which tends to make her prone to scolding from her peers. She has no qualms about crying or pouting to her friends over trivial matters, but when it comes to more grave issues, such as the talent show being cancelled last minute, she tries harder to hold back the tears and keep a smile on her face.

## Activities and Hobbies

Kirimi has been involved in many activities over her academic career. Her most recent school activity before becoming a school idol was the swim club.

## Discography

### Original Songs

* Tokimeki Poporon
* FUN!FUN!
* Fukashigi no Carte

### Cover Songs

* Renai Circulation
* Kanade
* Momoiro Kataomoi
* Watashi, Idol Sengen
* Kimagure Romantic
* Catch You Catch Me