The protagonist and the first student to enroll in the Producer Course. Anzu is meant to be the player. She is characterized as a shy girl with a quiet voice, but is nonetheless hardworking.

In Ensemble Stars!, Anzu was the sole student in the producer course and managed the idols as part of her school activities. As of the Ensemble Stars!! timeline, she works with the idols as a member of the P-Association.

Timid and kind, Anzu is a hard-working, self-sacrificing young woman with a mischievous and tomboyish side to her. While she was made into a producer on a whim, she takes her job very seriously.

An anime adaptation of the idol raising game Ensemble Stars! 

The "idol-training game" takes place at a private boys' idol-training school with a history of turning out many great talents in show business. The protagonist is the school's lone female student who transfers to the school because of a special situation, and enters the school's producer department. 

(Source: Anime News Network)

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An American voice actress affiliated with Funimation.

The main plot of the novel follows the game's main story, but in the novel readers are now given insight on Anzu's thoughts, as well as more in-depth characterization of some characters.
