Kinako Sakurakoji

Kinako Sakurakoji
Kinako Sakurakoji
Kanji	桜小路きな子
Romaji	Sakurakoji Kinako
Statistics
Birthday	April 10
Year	Second Year (Season 3); First Year (Season 2)
Height	159cm
Blood Type	O
Other
Zodiac Sign	Aries
Favorite Food	Potatoes; Pumpkins; Corn
Debut
Debut	Season 2 Episode 1
Japanese Voice Actress/Actor
Seiyuu Kanji	鈴原希実
Seiyuu Romaji	Nozomi Suzuhara
Icon and Signature
Icon	File:Kinako Logo.png
Signature	File:Kinako Signature.png

This article is about the character. For other uses, see Kinako Sakurakoji (disambiguation).

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Kinako Sakurakoji is a main character in Love Live! Superstar!!. She is a third-year student at Yuigaoka Girls' High School. She is both a second-generation member of Liella! and a member of the sub-unit 5yncri5e!. Her image color is maize yellow.

Background

Kinako transferred to Yuigaoka in Tokyo from the boonies of Hokkaido, as she has always dreamed of living in the big city.^[1] Kinako lives on her own, and isn't used to the big city. She was recruited by Kanon to become a school idol after getting lost on campus. Kinako thinks school idols are really pretty but thought it would be impossible to become one herself. But she decided to give it a go after seeing how dazzling Liella! was on stage. She becomes the secretary of Yuigaoka's student council, and Liella!'s second lyricist.

Kinako has a habit of referring to herself in the third person and ends her sentence with "~ssu" due to her rural upbringing. Before joining the group, she spent a lot of her time outdoors since her family owns a ranch estate, and as a result she is great with animals. Kinako refers to Harajuku as the Hills people (ヒルズ族, Hills people).

Kinako has sisters, but how many she has is unknown, as confirmed in Season 2 Episode 6 of the anime.

Kinako becomes the student council president following Ren's graduation.

Personality

Kinako isn't very athletic, and her grades are average. However, Kinako is a hard worker who does not back down easily from challenges. She is very good at understanding animals and how they're feeling. She's very kind, sweet and cheerful, and always happy to offer her support to the group. Despite being sociable, she's also a little shy and awkward at times. She has a tendency to be very loud and can be easily startled. She's somewhat eccentric and comes across as a bit of an airhead. However, she's shown to be level-headed at the end of the day. Her assessments can come off as innocently insensitive since she's honest to a fault. One example is when she thought Kanon was already the club president by virtue of Ren being the student council president and everyone else not being suited for it.

Appearance

Kinako has a slim figure with long brown hair that she ties into low twin tails with white ribbons, a braided crown and her straight bangs have a lighter brown ombre. Her eyes are deep green.

Songs

The songs featuring Kinako are:

Beginners Rock!!
Dreamer Coaster
Afureru Kotoba

Dancing Raspberry
A Little Love
Jellyfish
Thank you Good morning

Blooming Dance! Dance!
Summer Escape!!
Teenage・Loneliness

Etymology

Kinako's surname Sakurakoji means "cherry blossom" (桜) (sakura) and "alley" (小路) (koji).

Trivia

Along with Mei Yoneme, Kinako fulfills the pure attribute of the Liella! second years.
Kinako is the third school idol, after Saint Snow, to come from Hokkaido.
Of all the animals, Kinako seems to be fond of the long-tailed tit, as one of them is seen as a swing mascot on her bag, and one is printed on the circular storage box when she's watching her photobook.
Talking to animals is her hobby, and her absolute favorite animal is Ezo red fox.

Gallery

Please refer to this character's Image Gallery.

References

↑ Season 2, Episode 1

[1] Season 2, Episode 1

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