All Starchild anime characters: names, height, age and kanji

"Starchild" even in the first series managed to squeeze out the ratings of many titans of the anime industry and significantly increased the sales of the original manga. Although after a while the anime “Idol Child” still lost its leadership in viewer ratings, it still remains almost the most rated and popular title in the spring of 2023. The show is replete with many of the most diverse characters who stand out with their images among other similar characters in the anime. industry.

In this article, we will talk about the characters of the Starchild - their age, height, and decipher the kanji with which the names of the beloved heroes are written.

Starchild Girls

There are many bright girls among the female characters of the Starchild. The "brightness" of the heroines lies in the chardis, in the behavior, and in the elaboration of the character and the storyline. It is worth noting that without exception, all the heroines have a very stylish design in the original manga. The creators from Doga Kobo carefully transferred the images of girls to the series, without missing a single detail.

Also for the fans in this article there is a nice detail - kanji decoding the names of most of the characters. Kanji are Chinese characters that are used in modern Japanese writing. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, and most characters have several common pronunciations.

Ai Hoshino

Growth	151 см
Age	16 years old (first appearance) 20 years later in the story.
Name kanji	"Love, affection."
Kanji family names	"Star" and "Field, Desert".

The mother of the main characters of "Star Child" and a kind of "face" of the franchise. At the beginning of the anime, Ai Hoshino is a 16-year-old idol who is forced to hide from the public first her pregnancy, and then the fact that she has two children. She always mixes up everyone's names, including her own son and daughter, jokingly calls herself a bad mother and is forced to play a certain role for society. In fact, Ai sincerely loved her children and tried to give them all the tenderness and care that she herself did not receive. Ai Hoshino turned out to be a bright and catchy character. Her image is multifaceted and throughout the story evokes a wide variety of emotions in the viewer, leaving no one indifferent.

Ruby Hoshino

Growth	158 см
Age	16 years in the main arc, 18 years in the final chapters of the manga.
Name kanji	"Lapis lazuli", "Beautiful", "Clothes, attire".
Kanji family names	"Star" and "Field, Desert".

The main character and daughter of Ai Hoshino, who dreams of following in her mother's footsteps and becoming a popular idol. Ruby is the reincarnation of a young fan of Ai's who died early from illness. A very kind, spontaneous, brutally honest girl, who initially looks at the world of show business through rose-colored glasses. She respects and loves her twin brother Aqua very much. Although at first Ruby was in the shadow of her brother and played a much smaller role in the plot, later she received quite a strong development as a character. Hoshino Jr. is certainly a living heroine who has a background, motivation and a well-developed character.

Akane Kurokawa

Growth	163 см
Age	17 years in the reality TV arc, 19 years in the final chapters of the manga.
Name kanji	"Dark red, a dye from the rubia plant."
Kanji family names	"Black", "river, stream".

The first full acquaintance with this sophisticated girl happens on the TV show LoveNow. Akane is a brilliant theater actress, very shy, awkward and somewhat insecure. The girl very accurately analyzes the personalities of other people and is able to copy even their thoughts, playing the necessary roles. Akane is very quiet and inconspicuous in everyday life and truly shines only on the theater stage, which is why she often has problems with her manager. She was able to perfectly reproduce the image of Ai Hoshino. In everyday life, Akane Kurokawa is a gray mouse, and on the theater stage - a sparkling gem. It is worth noting that her storyline largely intersects with the real story of Hana Kimura, which caused a scandal on the Internet. Among the characters in the anime "Idol's Child", Akane, perhaps, causes one of the most serious debates and has a huge number of both fans and haters.

Cana Arima

Growth	150 см
Age	17 years in the main arc, 19 years in the final chapters of the manga.
Name kanji	"Aroma, fragrant", "vegetables, herbs"; "aroma, fragrant", "apple tree"; “good, beautiful”, “apple tree”; “add, increase”, “apple tree”; "summer", "vegetables, greens"; "flower, flowering", "apple tree".
Kanji family names	"Exist", "horse".

Initially, Kana is an arrogant child actress and Akane's long-time rival, always taking all the roles she wanted from her. However, over the years, Arima's popularity waned, the girl gradually gave way to her competitor and agreed to any roles. Once, she was impressed by the acting of little Aqua and was incredibly happy about the fact that they would study in the same middle school. A member of the updated idol group B-Komachi. Kana's chardiz is made mainly in scarlet tones, which perfectly characterizes the character. Bright, flashy, sometimes rude or arrogant, but a very talented actress and a really good friend.

Meme-te

Growth	155 см
Age	25 years in the talk show arc, 27 years in the final chapters of the manga.
Alias ​​Kanji	Presumably a pun on "notebook".

A sweet and funny girl with a cat-like smile who dreamed of becoming an idol since childhood, but due to the need to her family financially, she missed the time and became too old by industry standards. Mem-te is a YouTube and TikTok star whom the viewer first gets to know closely on the show LoveNow. Aqua, having learned about her long-standing and seemingly unrealizable dream, invites her to the updated B-Komachi, to which she agrees. The girl's real name is unknown. Mem-te is the oldest girl among the main characters, and for a long time managed to hide her true age from fans. She became close friends with Ruby, Akane and Kana and showed herself to be an intelligent, kind, sensitive and very capable person.

Abiko Samejima

Growth	Unknown
Age	22 years
Name kanji	"Selfish, ours, myself", "Grandson, descendant", "Child"
Kanji Surnames	"Shark", "Island"

Abiko Samejima is a manga artist who publishes the popular Tokyo Blade manga series. She first appears in the Stage Play arc, where she is rehearsing for a theatrical production of her comic, after she was not satisfied with the original script, which caused a conflict between her and the scriptwriter, Goa. Abiko is a perfectionist by nature and is extremely meticulous about her creation, and she is also an introvert and not very good at communicating with others, which is reflected in both her work and her lifestyle.

Eriko Kichijoji

Growth	165 см
Age	34 years
Name kanji	"Rely" and "Child"
Kanji family names	"Auspicious, Lucky Sign" and "Temple"

Yoriko Kichijouji is the author of the popular manga Sweet Today and the mentor of Abiko Samejima, who was previously her assistant. As a manga artist, she has a wealth of experience in the industry and is even able to “read” her colleagues’ personalities from their works. Her comic is published once a month, and this schedule allows Kichijouji to not stress about deadlines and spend more time on small details.

Miyako Saito

Growth	167 см
Age	About 40 years
Name kanji	"Beautiful Child in March"
Kanji family names	"Religious Purification, Buddhist Food, Room, Worship, Avoidance" and "Wisteria"

Miyako Saito is the adoptive mother of Aqua and Ruby, who raised them as her own children after Ai's death. The wife of the former president of Ichigo-Pro, she initially appeared to be a shallow and vain woman who resented being saddled with the responsibility of looking after the twins. Miyako later revealed herself to be a caring and responsible mother and a successful leader, managing to keep Ichigo-Pro up and running for ten years despite her lack of experience and connections.

Other female characters

There are many beautiful female characters in Starchild, but some of them are not detailed online:

• Minami Kotobuki
• Sarina Tendouji
• Frill Shiranui
• Yuki Sumi
• Lala
• Taishi's mother
• Airi Himekawa
• Tsukuyomi
• Mana Suzushiro
• Marina Tendoji
• meia
• Mimi Yoshizumi
• Yura Kataese
• Kaguya Shirogane
• Monemone Anemone
• May Adashino
• Koyuki Yoshidom
• Akane's mother
• Kana's mother
• Mother Mem-te

of the original B-Komachi:

• Meimei
• Takamine
• Watanabe
• Ari
• Ken

The Starchild Boys

The male characters of the Starchild vary. Someone is unusually charismatic and makes the audience watch with bated breath, while someone has not yet been properly revealed or given too little screen time. However, many of the Idol Kid's boyfriends have turned out to be quite memorable and have become the favorites of many anime fans.

Aquamarine Hoshino

Growth	172 см
Age	16 years in the main arc, 18 years in the final chapters of the manga.
Name kanji	"Love, affection", "long time"; "love, affection", "sea, ocean".
Kanji family names	"Star", "field, desert".

The main character and a kind of star of the anime. Aqua is Ruby's twin brother and Ai Hoshino's son. In his past life, his name was Goro Amamiya, he was an obstetrician and an ardent fan of Ai Hoshino. By coincidence, the star idol came to give birth at his clinic, but shortly before the birth, the man dies at the hands of her crazy fan. After his death, he is reborn as the son of his favorite idol. Aqua is a very smart, cunning and insightful person and at the same time - a loving and loyal brother to his sister. Aquamarine is sometimes overly protective of Ruby, but this is dictated by concern for the girl, who looks at the world of show business through rose-colored glasses and is very naive. Aquamarine Hoshino, of course, in his development, charisma and influence on the plot leaves all the other characters far behind. Most of the screen time, the viewer watches this character, who hooks from the first seconds.

Hikaru Kamiki

Growth	178 см
Age	31 years in the main arc, 33 years in the final chapters of the manga.
Name kanji	"Light", "brightness, radiance, radiance, sparkle, reflection, flicker."
Kanji family names	"God, deity", "tree".

The most mysterious character of all the characters in the Star Child manga, Hikaru Kamiki is a dark horse, a former member of the Lala Lai theater company. His first full appearance is in chapter 72 of the manga, and in chapter 96, this young man's name is first announced. Hikaru was born in Kanagawa and graduated from the Faculty of Natural Sciences. Hikaru Kamiki is in many ways the biggest mystery in the story. His role in the events that took place is shrouded in mystery, and his personality is quite contradictory.

Ryosuke Kaihara

Growth	Unknown
Age	22 years
Name kanji	“Clean” and “help, assist”
Kanji family names	“Shell, mollusk” and “field, plain”

A character who actually had a key influence on the plot and the future fate of Aquamarine and Ruby. Resuke is an obsessive fan of Ai Hoshino who, upon learning of her pregnancy, first killed her doctor Goro Amemiya, and then the pop idol herself. Kaihara was a mentally unstable person and, in fact, a tool of the key antagonist of the anime and manga. The man became a fan of idols to feel loved by someone, and hung a poster of Ai, his main idol, in his room. His last name is revealed in chapter 128 of the manga, when they were choosing an actor for the film.

Taiki Himekawa (Uehara)

Growth	Unknown
Age	22 years
Name kanji	"Big, majestic" and "Brightness, shine, radiance, gleam, shimmer"
Kanji family names	"Princess, young lady of noble birth" and "River, stream"; "Higher, peak, in two" and "Field, plain".

Taiki Himekawa is an award-winning theater actor from the Lala Lai troupe, and the half-brother of Ruby and Aquamarine Hoshino. In the past, he was placed in an orphanage under unknown circumstances, from where he was later taken under the wing of Toshiro Kindaichi, becoming his ward and building an excellent acting career. This character fully demonstrated his professionalism and talent in the theater arc, where he played the main character of "Tokyo Blade", performing in tandem with Arima Kana.

Taishi Gotanda

Growth	180 см
Age	About 40+ years
Name kanji	"Peaceful, serene, carefree, Thailand" and "Will, purpose."
Kanji surname	"Five", "Anti, opposite, antithesis, antagonism, measure of land" and "Field, rice field"

Taishi Gotanda is a renowned director and a mentor of sorts to Aqua in the acting field, knows about his family connection with Ai and s him in his desire to avenge her death. He first met Aquamarine on the set and saw his potential, and also told the boy the details of the "inner workings" of the acting world and shared his experience with the boy. Throughout the story, Taishi shows himself to be a perceptive and wise man, providing great help to the protagonists due to his knowledge and experience.

Melt Narushima

Growth	172 см
Age	16 years old at first appearance, 18 years old afterwards
Name kanji	"Change from solid to liquid"
Kanji surname	"Ringing" and "Island"

Melt Narushima is a budding actor who debuted in the drama Sweet Today, where he did not show the best performance. He was subsequently cast in Tokyo Blade, and this production became a new step in both his career and personal development. Feeling inferior and pathetic compared to his colleagues, he turns to Aqua for advice and, in the end, develops his own style of acting, which impressed many.

Sakuya Kamoshida

Growth	Unknown
Age	22 years
Name kanji	"Conjunction, first day of the month" and "Night, evening"
Kanji family names	"Duck, Wild Duck, Easy Prey," "Will, Purpose," and "Field, Rice Field"

Sakuya Kamoshida is an actor from 2.5D Productions who is participating in the play "Tokyo Blade", where Sumiaki Raida introduced him as a true professional in the acting business. It was Kamoshida's great experience and natural talent that inflated his self-esteem, causing him to disdain the less experienced Melt and ridicule his acting. During the play, a kind of "duel" occurs between the two boys, as a result of which Sakuya acknowledged Narushima's efforts and began to treat him as a full-fledged colleague.

Sumiaki Raida

Growth	Unknown
Age	35 years
Name kanji	"Pure" and "Unclouded"
Kanji family names	"Thunder" and "Field, Rice Field"

Sumiaki Raida is the energetic representative of Magic Floor and the lead producer of the 2.5D stage adaptation of Tokyo Blade, who played an important role during the rehearsals and script writing. After Abiko Samejima's displeasure and her decision to write the script herself, he finds himself in a difficult situation, but thanks to Aqua, he is able to get out of the situation and actually save the play.

Toshiro Kindaichi

Growth	Unknown
Age	56 years
Name kanji	"Fast, Smart, Resourceful" and "Son"
Kanji family names	"Gold (metal), money, cash, currency", "Field, rice field" and "One"

Toshiro Kindaichi is one of the founders of the Lala Lai theater troupe and Taika Himekawa's mentor, having taken the boy from an orphanage and raised him. His insight and many years of experience as a director are clearly demonstrated during the rehearsals of Tokyo Blade, where he skillfully built relationships and healthy competition between its participants. Toshiro was attentive to each of the actors and was ready to clarify their roles and adjust their performances for the better.

Goa

Growth	Unknown
Age	29 years
Name kanji	Unknown
Kanji family names	Unknown

Goa is the scriptwriter responsible for the script for the Tokyo Blade production. Being a professional in his field and possessing vast experience and talent, he unexpectedly caused dissatisfaction with the manga artist Abiko and was on the verge of being removed from work on the play. However, thanks to the help of Aquamarine and Sumiaki Raida, the crisis was overcome, and Goa, in tandem with Samejima, wrote a new script, showing himself to be an understanding person and ready for dialogue.

Ichigo Saito

Growth	165 см
Age	Unknown
Name kanji	"One" and "Guard". Also possible to read as "Strawberry"
Kanji family names	"Religious Purification, Buddhist Food, Room, Worship, Avoidance" and "Wisteria"

Ichigo Saito is the former president of Ichigo Production, Inc. and the man who opened the door to the world of show business for Ai Hoshino. The death of his beloved ward hit him hard, and he left the company and went on a quest for revenge, thereby placing all the responsibility for Ichigo Production on the shoulders of his wife. In the past, as a manager, Ichigo showed business acumen and a willingness to compete, promoting the first lineup of B-Komachi and ensuring their fame. He also helped Ai hide her pregnancy and further care for the children, which once again emphasizes his paternal feelings and sympathy towards the girl.

Other male characters

Unfortunately, there is still no detailed information about the rest of the beautiful men of the Starchild anime:

• Goro Amemiya
• Nobuyuki Kumano
• Kengo Morimoto
• piyon
• Masaya Kaburagi
• Shun Yoshizumi
• Urushibara
• Masashi Tanaka
• Ryoma Funato
• Norio Mita
• Himura
• Kiro Hayashibara
• Akane's father

"Idol Child" thundered throughout the anime community and immediately after the final episode was shown announced season 2. In continuation of a great story about the underside of show business with a detective line and drama, the viewer will surely be introduced to all the wonderful manga characters that were not shown in season 1, which already makes Starchild 2 a very promising title. We, in turn, are looking forward to a new meeting with our favorite characters and will definitely supplement the article later!

We hope that our article helped you get to know the characters of the anime "Star Child" better. There is also a separate article on our website about the announced anime.