One of the Friends, "Love Me Tear", who won the Diamond Friends Cup. She is currently a high school second year, and is an alumni of Star Harmony Academy. Sensitive to the latest trends, Mirai is a bright girl who loves social media. She often takes pictures of her everyday life. She is a fashion leader who enjoys a not only cute, but poisonous sense of style that strays from traditional rules. As an idol, Mirai believes that it's bad to be the same as everyone else, and constantly puts an overwhelming amount of effort in searching for individuality and originality. She serves as both the designer and the muse of her own brand, Milky Joker.

(Source: Wikipedia)

"Let's go, together! Head for the goal, Diamond Friends!!" 

The new anime will have a theme of "Aikatsu with your friends!" and will center on a new protagonist named Aine Yuuki, who is good at making friends, and is enrolled in Star Harmony Academy's general education track. She befriends Mio Minato, the school's top idol, and becomes an idol herself. 

(Source: Anime News Network)

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A voice actor, singer, and the drummer of [Poppin'Party](https://anilist.co/staff/153185/PoppinParty). Ayaka was born in Saitama Prefecture but moved to Tokyo after kindergarten. She became part of a theater company in elementary school and appeared in commercials, stage productions, and TV dramas. After receiving some voice acting lessons in the company, she realized that she wanted to become a voice actress. She got scouted in 2011 by Horipro and began her career. In August 2014, she debuted as a singer with her single "YES!!", which was used as the opening theme for the anime _Sabagebu!_.

Her hobbies includes karaoke as well as watching anime, drumming, browsing the internet, gaming, watching sports, and reading light novels. She had drumming skills prior to joining the _Bang Dream_ franchise. Ayaka loves heavy metal and shares her love together with her mother, who used to sing Marilyn Manson's songs for her as lullabies. Her favorite bands are Evanescence, Papa Roach, and Slipknot. She also admires [Nana Mizuki](https://anilist.co/staff/95081/). 

Ayaka is also the voice provider of the VOCALOID4 voicebank, MATCHA.

__Non-Anime Roles:__
- Iansan - Genshin Impact (VG)
- Angelina - Arknights (VG)

Raki Kiseki is a second-year middle school student who transfers to Star Harmony Academy to become an idol. However, when she uses an Aikatsu Pass she received from her big sister (an Aikatsu engineer), something mysterious happens. Lots of doors appeared before her, and when she opens them, she meets Aikatsu idols she never knew before, such as Yume Nijino. Raki vows to design her own premium dress and perform in it on stage. (Source: Anime News Network)

Two years after the Diamond Friends competition, Aine Yuuki, now is in high school, have a unexpected encounter with the mysterious idol Hibiki Tenshou who wears the shining Jeweling Dress.

Mirai Asuka