Kanon Ichinose

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> "*Thank you very very much!*"
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**Kanon Ichinose** (一ノ瀬カノン) from Idol x Warrior Miracle Tunes! is a positive yet scatterbrained 6th grader who joins the idol group Miracle2 as one of its first members. She transforms into the pink idol warrior.

## Biography

### Appearance

Kanon is a short girl and wears her long black hair in neat twin-tails, tied with pink hairbands almost all the time. However, there are many times where she lets it down loose. She is the youngest in Miracle2, being 11~12 years old throughout the series.

Her casual outfits always consist of skirts, and the color pink, reflecting off her personality and giving her a girly vibe, also with pastel colors most of the time. She is rarely seen with shorts or pants. Her pink Sound Jewel is in the form of a necklace.

When performing as an idol, Kanon's hair is tied up the same, but there are little braids done in her hair, in the color of pink. Instead of plain hairbands, Kanon uses pink ribbons. Her idol outfit is mainly pink with small sleeves. Her top is drunk-tank pink. There is a silver line in the middle of the top, and a pattern is shown, in the colors black, yellow, white, and a little bit of pink. There is a coral pink belt, with her Miracle Tact sitting in a case that matches the belt. Her skirt has the same pattern as the top, and pastel pink frills are at the bottom of her skirt. There is also a coral pink layer, shown on the outfit. She wears white and pink shoes as high as her ankles.

Her second idol outfit is mainly white with colorful spots on the outfit. She has pink laces and short pink sleeves. Her hair and shoes remain the same.

As an Idol Warrior, her hair is the same, only with pink highlights. She wears pink bows with a treble clef in the middle. She wears a pink headset with a microphone for performing. She has colorful eye makeup which consists of stars and music notes. Her outfit is white-based, with pink shoulder pads and a big pink circle in the middle, with a music note on it. Sitting near her hip is her Miracle Tact, with a pink case storing it in. Her skirt has two layers with pink frills underneath and silver frills over top. Above her skirt is a thicker pink outer layer with a music stave. She wears white knee-high socks with pink piano keys on the sides and she wears fingerless gloves. Her shoes are white with pink outlines.

Her Final Mode outfit consists of a white attire quite similar to her normal transformation outfit but instead lacks pink and the skirt has colorful treble clefs on it. Her shoes are also different, becoming white knee-high lace boots. Her headset and ribbons have also become white, and the pink streaks in her hair have increased. She also has silver nail polish.

In the style of anime and manga, her outfit and hair remain the same. She has pink eyes, dark pink hair, and classic pink highlights. She does not have eye makeup in the anime. However, in the manga version, she has eye makeup.

### Personality

Kanon is a free-spirited, laid-back, and kind elementary schooler who enjoys making friends with everyone she meets. She knows no stranger and always enjoys the moment. Even upon arriving at a new school for the first time, Kanon has no problem fitting in and making friends with those around her. Even with those who she must compete with or may dislike her, Kanon can't see why she cannot make friends with them.

A late riser, Kanon enjoys eating. She usually postpones practices due to being hungry or being full. She is an eater who treasures her lunch breaks.

Carefree, caring, and a little naïve, when asked to do something, usually she has no problem doing it even if it may risk her life or cause her to be late for a particular event. A child by nature, she can let her emotions overtake her and at times can get swallowed up in childish fights, revealing her personality of living in the moment. Though she may regret her actions, the others usually find it funny and enjoy her being herself.

She remains positive, optimistic, and innocent in all situations. Upon hearing that they were to participate in the "Music Colosseum" against sister duo KariKari, Kanon was enthusiastic despite the other two being more cautious. While the other two were wary that they may lose the competition between the ambitious sisters, Kanon continued to praise them for their skills and saying it was a pleasure to meet them. Kanon also has been stated by Akari to be able to make people smile no matter what.

Despite her nonchalant and energetic personality, she is hardworking and knows she must work hard to keep up with talented idol Mai and keen dancer Fuka. Words impact her a lot but she usually responds to them in a positive light and tries to ignore any negative words she's getting. Knowing she disappointed Fuka when the dance moves were simplified for her benefit, she eagerly got up early to practice even though she herself is not an early riser. Although Kanon seeks to be a good idol, she can still be clumsy. Being someone who has a lot of willpower to break out of her usual habits, she, in the end, will end up doing something she usually does, such as to forget her lunch bag.

### Relationships

Miki Ichinose - Miki Ichinose is Kanon’s mother of whom she has a tight bond with. During her journey to becoming an idol, her mother supported her fully, even making cakes for their events. The two have an inseparable bond. Her mother often encourages her when things don’t seem to go the way they were planned. This often brightens Kanon as she sits listening to her mother whilst her mother fixes her hair.

Mai Kanzaki - She loves Mai's song "Heart no Jewel". Since Mai is also the oldest and the leader, she holds great respect for her and was extremely happy when she could call Mai by her first name. When problems occur, she doesn't hesitate to ask Mai what to do.

Fuka Tachibana - Fuka had been jealous of Kanon's parents always being there for her. Fuka has also known to be annoyed at Kanon for not practicing well enough, and while Kanon wants to make the dance easier, Fuka denies, causing a little conflict between them. The two also have very different personalities, mirroring each other, hence occasional disputes.

Akari Shiratori - While the two originally were rivals, Kanon treated Akari like a friend she knew for a long time. When the Negative Jeweler says that Kanon is just an ordinary girl unsuited to be an idol, Akari immediately retorts, saying that Kanon's personality and ability to make everyone smile is what makes her special and therefore is best suited to be an idol. When Kanon thanks Akari, Akari said that it was just what she thought. Despite that, the two share a close relationship.

Hikari Shiratori - While they were rivals, Kanon treated Hikari like a friend. Hikari calls her funny, and the two grow closer when KariKari joined Miracle2.

Ryou Kurihara - A popular young actor, the two soon become very close. It is hinted that they might like each other. The two often find themselves in awkward situations but Ryou’s kind mannerisms often uplift the situation.

Yunta Serizawa - When Kanon first arrived at her new school, Yunta was one of the first introduced. Calling her an idiot and disbelieving that she was an idol, Kanon thought that he was going to be a mean bully. However, when Kanon forgot her textbook, Yunta reluctantly shared his with Kanon. Kanon proceeds to claim that she was wrong about him and that he was much nicer than she thought. Throughout the school year, the two's relationship gets much better.

### Etymology

**Kanon** (カノン) means "Sound of Flowers" when it is written in kanji "花音" . In music, a canon is a "contrapuntal technique".

**Ichinose** (一ノ瀬) uses the kanji 一 (Ichi; One), ノ (No; - katakana), and 瀬 (Se; rapids) meaning "One rapid".

## History

Kanon was a normal child, born to a family of four. Ever since idolising Mai Kanzaki as a little girl, upon hearing that she has auditions open for her new group, she doesn't hesitate and immediately goes to audition due to her love of idols.

## Synopsis

### Becoming an Idol Warrior

Kanon goes to the auditions as number 51 and meets Alice who is really nervous. After happily eating chocolate, she offers some to Alice. Alice's mother, Shizuko, asks if she's not nervous, but Kanon replies "It's a miracle I've gotten this far, I'm really happy." and then proceeds to introduce herself. They both find out that their favorite song is "Heart no Jewel" by Mai Kanzaki. As she enters the audition room, she stands shocked before jumping into the middle of the room enthusiastically. When she starts to sing and dance, the people in the room being to shuffle around and become fascinated by her. They start dancing, and even the Rhythms in the mirror are enjoying her performance and Poppun's sound jewel starts to glow.

All the girls stand in front of the judges and Kanon is announced to have won the auditions. She pinches herself, thinking it's a dream but gets interrupted when Alice's angry mother Shizuko appears to punish her without dinner and food. Kanon follows them down the stairs but the mother looks up at her with purple eyes as she drags Alice away to punish her without dinner and confiscating her phone. She hears a voice and decides to follow it, and enters a brightly colored room. The mirror shines brightly and the sound jewel pops out. Poppun asks Kanon if she wants to help an punished Alice and she says yes, she's then given a Miracle Pod and is told to put it to the mirror. Instantly Poppun is transferred into the Pod. Poppun introduces herself and tells her she'll always be with her and Kanon gladly accepts it. She then hears someone ask if she would like to fight with them, and she turns around to see Mai and her manager. Before she fully understands what's happening, she gladly agrees, starstruck by Mai.

After finding the punished Alice and her mother Shizuko, she sees that the mother has been taken over as what Mai explains to be a negative aura. Kanon barges into the room yelling "Stop!" and realizes that Alice had been taken over by the negative jewel as well. After being told to transform, Kanon still can't fully understand what Mai was explaining but happily copies her every move. Even after they remove the negative aura from Alice and her mother, Kanon still doesn't know what she's doing when she copies Mai again when she says "An encore is denied" and Kanon says "is denied".

Mai explains to Kanon that harmony is returned when people love or cheer for each other again and that's when the Miracle Pod becomes charged. The manager then proceeds to explain to her that the Miracle Tunes missions are to return all the sound jewels. She tells Kanon that Mai had been doing it all by herself until then. Mai tells Kanon that she would like to sing and fight with her. Kanon asks her if she's sure and Mai says of course, and happily shakes her hand. When Kanon skips home with big smiles she first encounters Fuka who is walking in the opposite direction.

### Activities as Miracle2

After passing the auditions, Kanon moved to a dormitory with the other members where she also began attending Angie Private Academy in the sixth grade. On the morning of her first day at school, she is first introduced to their dorm mother Yukie Suzuhara. The 3 girls get to know a little about each other, learning about their families. As school ends, the girls go to their first recording where they perform their debut song.

The girls finally begin their activities as the idol group "Miracle2" (miracle miracle) and Mayumi, their manager, announces that their debut event has been decided. After defeating the negative jeweler "kittie tongue", the girls arrive at the venue where their families and classmates are present. There, they perform their debut song "Catch Me".

### From Rivals with KariKari to Team Mates

Whilst eating breakfast one day, an American sister duo idol group named KariKari appeared on the news saying they were to make their Japan debut. Hearing the news, Kanon exclaimed that the two were really cute but Mai and Fuka began to worry because they were really good at singing and dancing. The two were worried they wouldn't receive much harmony energy if they debuted because their popularity would go down. Kanon, however, didn't seem all worried even when her classmate Rudolph Rain said KariKari would be more popular than Miracle2. Later that day, when KariKari appeared on a big screen in the town, Kanon was the only one to fawn over them.

When Kanon heard that they were to appear on Music Colosseum, she was overly excited by the fact she would be appearing with KariKari despite it being a duel. Out of the trio, Fuka remained the only one worried about the duel and even left to lessons first when Miki gave them cookies to share. Accidentally stumbling upon the sisters at lessons, Kanon was in awe yet again. As she exclaimed how amazed she was at their skills, Fuka walked away because of her Miracle Pod. As the two run off, Kanon says she's excited for their duel with Hikari calling her funny. Akari then proceeds to say that Kanon is making her look forward to it too.

On the day of the show, she eagerly greeted KariKari. KariKari asked to switch their appearance, so they could be second, but Mai refused. When Akari suggested doing a coin toss instead, Kanon exclaimed how cool of a decision it was to which she asks to do it. As Kanon tosses the coin, heads appeared so Miracle2 secured their place to appear second. As the girls cheered, Akari says to Hikari it's fine because they'll win anyway. During rehearsals, Kanon continues to praise the sisters leaving Mai to wonder if it was better to have gone first. When a Negative Jeweler appeared, the three girls transformed into Miracle Tunes to turn them back. Once the battle ended, the three ran back to rehearsals not knowing KariKari had been watching them the whole time.

During the show, the Doku Doku Dan figured out the girl's identities and turned a Reporter into a Negative Jeweler. As KariKari finished their performance, Poppun announced that a Negative Jeweler had appeared. Hikari heard the voice causing the three to jump in fright. Akari claims they heard everything already but Mai says it's their own problem. The sisters admit they had seen the whole thing, even when they transformed. Not knowing what to say, the Goddess suddenly appears telling Alm and Sopra to go to the Miracle Tunes. Mai tells the girls to go but Akari tells them to stop wondering if they'll just leave the stage empty. Hikari tells them that as a fellow idol, she won't let them do anything to disappoint the fans. The sisters tell them it's okay, to go sing and they'll take their place to fight instead. In the end, the sisters drag them onto the stage. As they performed, the sisters ran off trying to find the Negative Jeweler. Alm and Sopra appear before the girls in the mirror and KariKari transform.

As soon as the performance ended, the three hurry to the scene and notice they had transformed. Once again, Kanon exclaims her happiness. Mai hurries them all back to the stage. Back on the stage, a surprise announcement was made. Kazunari Sawanobori suddenly announced, instead of a winner, KariKari was to join with Miracle2 making them a five-member group leaving everyone in shock.[*citation needed*]

### KIRA TUNE

After the girls celebrate Fuka's birthday, they decide to head out and practice their song "Maware☆Maware". However, The Demon King suddenly makes an appearance much to their surprise. They transform but are overwhelmed by the strength of this power, allowing for him to strike Kanon resulting in her crystal jewel to get taken.  As the girls look at the energy they collected, Poppun calls out to them, noticing that something wrong happened to Kanon. As Kanon tries to call out to them, she realizes her voice has gone. Rocky explains this is probably a result from when the Demon King striked her with Negative Aura. Alm agrees as Sopra adds that it resulted in her voice to be taken. This becomes an immediate worry because Kanon's ability to sing had been taken away.

News outlets were quick to catch Kanon's sudden illness after spotting her wearing a face mask with her manager, articles began to flood every newspaper with "Miracle2 to disband". Kojiro tries to encourage them, telling them to ignore those articles because they're filled with lies except Akari reminds him that this isn't a lie, that Kanon is unwell. At home, Kanon watches TV as Miracle2 appear, trying to sing along, she remembers her voice is gone immediately growing disheartened. Noticing, her mother approaches her asking if she was not going to eat, telling her she should eat to get better sooner. Upset, Kanon gets up and leaves the table. Picking up her Miracle Pod, she communicates with Poppun telepathically, Poppun telling her all is well. Her mom comes in with a hairbrush and begins to fix her disheveled hair. She begins to speak of the time where she was first working at the pastry shop and how she was very busy during Christmas, having no time for Kanon. However, Kanon would write her letters, her mother saying she would be energized again after reading them. Her mother reminds her that there are many ways to deliver one's feelings, even if she did lose her voice. She encourages her to try to write a poem, telling her to convey her feelings. Encouraged, Kanon happily heads to her desk. Meanwhile, at the live event, fans mutter to one another that they wish for Kanon to get better when suddenly a fan starts to sing, with everyone joining in. The energy created by their harmony begins to pour into Kanon's Miracle Pod. After completing it, she excitedly reads over it again, hoping the others would sing the song for her when she is suddenly told that a Negative Jeweler was at the event.

Kanon arrives in a hurry much to the surprise of the other Miracle Tunes. She exclaims loudly not to harm those precious to her, shocking them that her voice returned. The Rhythms explain the harmony energy from her fans support and her own feelings blew away the negative aura that surrounded her.They transform and realize they need to use the rock jewel however after transforming, Kanon stops them. Suddenly, she begins to sing her song which weakens the Negative Jeweler. After completing the song, the 5 girls purify the girl.

## Quotes

> "*It's a miracle I've gotten this far, I'm really happy.*"
> ― Kanon to Alice and her mother
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> "*Stop!!*"
> ― Kanon to the Negative Jewelers
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> "*Thank you very very much!*"
> ― Kanon's catchphrase
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## Miracle Tunes

### Mode Changes

* Normal Mode
* Hip Hop Mode
* Techno Mode
* Rock Mode
* Enka Mode
* Final Mode

> "*Call Me, Kanon!*"
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**Normal Mode** (ノーマルモード) is a general term to an Idol Warrior's Base Mode, accessed by using a portion of Kanon's Harmony Energy through her Idol Jewel and Miracle Pod.

#### Transformation

When transforming, Kanon holds the Miracle Pod to her left hand and with her right hand she removes the sound jewel from within her pendant and places it onto the Miracle Pod whilst shouting 'Jewel Set'. When twisted into place the sound jewel lights up and a treble clef appears. Her rhythms, Poppun, appears to reveal a piano which she then swipes with her finger to activate her transformation saying "Live Start". In a pink sparkly whirl, she appears in white attire while pretending to rub her hair with her hands creating a flower pose. She begins to dance with Poppun flying around her and as she says 'Call Me, Kanon' her dress is revealed. She then spins around with headphones appearing and highlights in her hair with a stave design on her eyes. As she continues to dance pink sparkles reveal more parts of her dress. Her Miracle Pod is then placed inside its case at the side of her outfit. In her hand, the Miracle Tact appears and she finishes with her pose.

> "*Tuning with Hip Hop!*"
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**Hip Hop Mode** (ヒップホップモード) is a Mode Change accessed by the Idol Warriors when any of them puts the Hip Hop Jewel on the user's Miracle Pod or Miracle Brace.

Double tapping the screen of the Miracle Pod, inside is Poppun who is spinning around on a disk. It unveils Kanon who is shuffling a DJ mixer and as she looks at the screen she yells out "yay!" as she points. After this segment, the dance sequence begins.

#### Special Mode Ability

Hip Hop Mode enhances the group's Hip-Hop Harmony. In this mode, they were shown to be faster and more agile.

#### Hip Hop Mode Episode Appearances

* Episode 9, Episode 25, Episode 29, and Episode 42

> "*Tuning with the Beam of Techno!*"
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**Techno Mode** (テクノモード) is a Mode Change accessed by the Idol Warriors when any of them puts the Techno Jewel on the user's Miracle Pod or Miracle Brace.

#### Transformation

Kanon appears on the Miracle Pod as a screen. A larger screen appears in the background and the sound waves lifts upwards and reveals her in her transformed attire. The dance segment continues after this.

#### Special Mode Ability

Techno Mode enhances the group's Techno Beat Harmony. It was shown to have a high defense and recovery when they used it against a Hyper Negative Jeweler.

#### Techno Mode Episode Appearances

* Episode 11, Episode 16, Episode 31, and Episode 46

> "*Tuning with the Beat of Rock!*"
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**Rock Mode** (ロックモード) is a Mode Change accessed by the Idol Warriors when any of them puts the Rock Jewel on the user's Miracle Pod or Miracle Brace.

#### Transformation

Kanon placees the sound jewel on the Miracle pod and strums the screen where strings have appeared. Poppun appears and reveals Kanon with a pointed guitar as she yells out "yay!" as she strums the string. Upon strumming, the other members appear revealing the dance segment.

#### Special Mode Ability

Rock Mode enhances the group's Rock Music Harmony. It was shown to have a high offense.

#### Rock Mode Episode Appearances

* Episode 10, Episode 22, Episode 28, and Episode 43

> "*Tuning with Fist of Enka!*"
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**Enka Mode** (演歌モード) is a Mode Change accessed by the Idol Warriors when any of them puts the Enka Jewel on the user's Miracle Pod or Miracle Brace.

#### Transformation

Fuka hits the drums and the doors close revealing the girls silhouettes, upon the door opening, they bow. Waves come in and transitions the transformation into the dance sequence.

#### Special Mode Ability

Enka Mode enhances the group's Japanese Traditional Music Harmony. When used, it was shown to have a soothing effect on multiple targets.

#### Enka Mode Episode Appearances

* Episode 18, Episode 30, and Episode 44

> "*Tuning with Crystal Melody!*"
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**Final Mode** (ファイナルモード) is a Mode Change accessed by the Idol Warriors when all 5 Idol Warriors of their generation gives their respective Crystal Jewel access to all their Harmony Energy and place them in the Crystal Melody Box. If any of the Crystal Jewels are not present, or if an Idol Warrior is captured, they would not be able to access this mode.

#### Transformation

Holding out their sound jewels, the jewels fly in the air around the Rhythms and gets placed into the Crystal Melody Box. As soon as it fits itself into the box, the box shakes as a bright light appears and it overflows with pianos. Emerging from the pianos, Kanon appears in a white dress and the others hold one another's hands and close their eyes. Kanon is then revealed as she plays the piano's that have been flying around, the Crystal Melody Box behind her. After playing the last note she yells out "Final Live Start!" and swipes away the piano. Upon doing so, the girls emerge in the screen wearing their final mode outfits and begin the dance segment. As they dance, pieces of their attire appear as well as their Miracle Tacts. The Crystal Melody Box appears and Kanon places her hand inside and pulls out the Final Tune Tact. Finishing the transformation saying "Tuning with Crystal Melody".

#### Special Mode Ability

Final Mode is the strongest form the Idol Warriors could achieve. It allows Kanon to access the Final Tune Tact, a symbol for her being chosen as her generation's Center Idol Warrior. In exchange for all the Harmony Energy the Idol Warriors have, they release a power to Tune Up opponents stronger than a Hyper Negative Jeweler, but less powerful than the Demon King.

#### Final Mode Episode Appearances

* Episode 31-Episode 41, Episode 50, and Episode 51

### Items

* **Miracle Pod (ミラクルポッド):** Transformation item.
* **Sound Jewel Pendant (サウンドジュエルペンダント):** A necklace that holds their sound jewel.
* **Crystal Melody Box (クリスタルメロディボックス):** A case that also stores sound jewels but it is also used for their final transformation when they place their crystal jewels inside.
* **Miracle Tact (ミラクルタクト):** A tact-like weapon used to attack.
* **Final Tune Tact (ファイナルチューンタクト):**  A tact-like weapon granted to Kanon in Final Mode.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Miracle Tunes* Episode 3
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Miracle Tunes* Episode 4
3. ↑ *Miracle Tunes* Episode 7
4. ↑ *Miracle Tunes* Episode 9
5. ↑ *Miracle Tunes* Episode 12
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 *Miracle Tunes* Episode 1
7. ↑ *Miracle Tunes* Episode 41
8. ↑ *Miracle Tunes* Episode 42
9. ↑ *Miracle Tunes* Episode 43
10. ↑ Crystal Melody Box in Miracle Tunes Takara Tomy Page. Identifies this form as "Normal Mode".