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Shiraishi An
Kanji
白石杏
Romaji
Shiraishi An
Appellations
Watashi (Pronoun)
An (Akito, Haruka, Mizuki)
An-chan (Kohane, Minori, Shizuku)
Shiraishi (Toya)
Shiraishi-san (Ena, Nene)
Unit
Unit
Vivid BAD SQUAD
Special Units
YUME YUME JUMP!
Profile
Gender
Female
Birthday
July 26
Height
160 cm (5’3″)
School
Kamiyama High School (1-A)
Committee
Disciplinary
Club
Helps out at various sports clubs
Part-Time Job
Helping out at her father’s cafe
Hobbies
Growing mint
Specialty
Making coffee and tea
Favorite Food
Rum raisin ice cream
Least Favorite Food
Tomatoes
Dislikes
Ghosts
Scary stories
Image Color
#00BBDC
Portrayals
Voice Actor
Sumi Tomomi Jiena
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“I know we have what it takes to put on the best show ever!“
- ―Shiraishi An
Shiraishi An (白石杏) is a first-year student at Kamiyama High School. She is part of the street music group Vivid BAD SQUAD.
Background
—Profile
The easy-going yet spirited daughter of a retired musician who had quite a reputation on the streets of Shibuya. An’s goal is to put on a show that surpasses her dad’s RAD WEEKEND gig.
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An is the daughter of the popular former musician Shiraishi Ken, who now owns a popular live cafe & bar called WEEKEND GARAGE, where she works. An hopes to one day surpass the legendary event he put on, called RAD WEEKEND. She has been surrounded by music ever since she was young, and began singing partially because she felt a natural connection to it, partially because she wanted to be like her dad.[1] She has a lot of connections in the street music scene due to being Ken’s daughter.
When Kohane came back to WEEKEND GARAGE after hearing An sing there, An invited Kohane to form a group with her, calling themselves the Vivids. After some rivalry and conflict, they join Akito and Toya of BAD DOGS to become Vivid BAD SQUAD, though she and Kohane are still active as Vivids.
She is also classmates with Akiyama Mizuki in class 1-A.
Appearance
An has amber eyes and long, waist-length black hair with blue tips, worn loose with little star accessories. She takes out her earrings and star accessories during school.[2]
Unit Outfit/Casual
An’s outfit consists of a tucked-in black shirt, white shorts with neon green accents and two black straps on each side hooked to the front and back, and a teal-and-white oversized jacket which has the word “HEADS” printed on its left sleeve and neon green accented strings. She also wears white sneakers and a pair of chunky neon green headphones around her neck.
Personality
An is a cool and candid girl with an unyielding spirit. She acts very affectionate towards her close friends, and is very kind and forgiving. She leaves a strong impression on others and is hard to forget. An encourages those around her to be the best they can. However, she can still sometimes act aggressive towards Akito, as they used to be rivals in middle school. Despite this, the two have come to greatly respect each other’s skill and ambition.
When An is part of the disciplinary committee at Kamiyama, she gets nervous when asking someone to follow the rules, getting shaky and stuttering when asking someone to tuck in their shirt.[3]
Etymology
Shiraishi (白石) means “white stone”.
An (杏) means “apricot”.
Game Interactions
A list of characters An interacts with in the game.
Relationships
Azusawa Kohane: Fellow group member and close friend. They consider each other partners, and while An tends to be overprotective towards Kohane, she is learning to rely on her more equally. An gave Kohane confidence to perform.
Despite this, An is also shown to have feelings of inferiority towards Kohane. In Bout for Beside You, she becomes afraid that Kohane would one day leave her behind after her rapid improvement during Awakening Beat, and was also jealous of her vocal skill. She is trying to keep up with Kohane. She later confesses these feelings to Kohane, how she didn’t want Kohane to leave her. However, much to her surprise, Kohane actually improved greatly due to her groupmates. Kohane realizes An was lonely without her and decides to give her all her support in the future.
It’s suggested that the other characters in the cast have interpreted them as being more than just partners, as when An vaguely informs Akito, Toya, Mizuki, and her father that she’s going on a date in her Excitement at Its Peak! side story, they all immediately know that it’s with Kohane without needing a moment to consider it. When An expresses disappointment at their lack of surprise, Akito bluntly asks her “Who else could it be?” while Mizuki points out that An talks about Kohane so much that she immediately knew. Tsukasa, Rui and Mizuki also work together to make her a Kohane doll for her birthday.
Shinonome Akito: Fellow group member. As revealed in the Vivid BAD SQUAD unit story, An and Akito have known each other since middle school due to Akito making frequent visits to WEEKEND GARAGE after his experience with RAD WEEKEND. However, it’s implied that they initially weren’t particularly close, as Akito keeps up his facade of politeness with An and refers to her as “Shiraishi-san” for most of their first interactions, which is something he only does with characters he’s not well acquainted with. Even after he drops his facade, he still refers to her as “Shiraishi” without an honorific until after the main story. On An’s side, she always refers to Akito by his first name.
After becoming Vivid BAD SQUAD, a rivalry forms between them and they bicker on various things. Their rivalry drives them to do their absolute best in each performance and they have great teamwork for surpassing RAD WEEKEND’s popularity.
Aoyagi Toya: Fellow group member. They’ve known each other for two years by the time the events of the Vivid BAD SQUAD unit story happen. However, it’s implied that they weren’t particularly close until after Vivids and BAD DOGS join together to become Vivid BAD SQUAD. Toya recognizes her talent and her dream of surpassing RAD WEEKEND, stating that she is “like [Akito]” in that regard, An appears to mutually respect him.
Kiritani Haruka: Close childhood friends since elementary school. However, the two were separated when Haruka went to Miyamasuzaka and An went to Kamiyama High. They still hang out together outside of school.
Akiyama Mizuki: Good friends and classmates from 1-A. An knows their secret, and it is shown that An is one of the few people who treats Mizuki like a normal person. An invites them to the school festival with the reassurance that they won’t stand out too much, due to many people already being in costumes. They especially enjoy talking about fashion together, and Mizuki also likes to scare An with ghost stories.
In My Footprints, Your Destination An has also helped Mizuki keep their secret, as she avoids going too into depth about their situation when asked by Ena how Mizuki is in school after noticing Mizuki’s visible discomfort, instead only mentioning their grades and issues with the teachers. When the two discuss the interaction in Mizuki’s Hermit Reversed side story, Mizuki thinks to themself that An was kind for being considerate of them.
Hinomori Shizuku: Despite meeting for the first time in the wedding photoshoot, An already knew about Shizuku since she used to be part of the idol group Cheerfuls*Days, while Shizuku knew about An from Haruka. Shizuku later helped An’s modeling for a wedding photoshoot. Since then, they became good friends.
It was implied that An is attracted to Shizuku to some degree, as in Wishing for Your Happiness Upon the Blue Sky!, she becomes uncharacteristically flustered after accidentally tripping and falling into her arms and soon after think to herself that she was “thrilled” to be so close to Shizuku’s beauty. Kohane also describes An as being “cuter” when she’s with Shizuku, referring to how shy An becomes when she’s “spoiled” by older sisters. However, An clarifies in Chapter 8 of the event story that she admires Shizuku for being a reliable older sister figure in a similar way to how she views MEIKO and Nagi.
Shinonome Ena: Despite attending the same school, Ena and An don’t meet until Chapter 2 of My Footprints, Your Destination due to Ena attending night classes. An is immediately taken with Ena after meeting her, and says that she always wanted to meet her after hearing stories about her from Akito. We find out from Mizuki’s Hermit Reversed side story that An walked away with a different impression of Ena than the version of Ena that Akito described as “difficult” to the members of Vivid BAD SQUAD. Mizuki, who concedes to Akito’s interpretation of Ena’s character, decides not to break the truth to An to spare Ena’s honor.
MEIKO: Virtual singer and mentor. Wishing for Your Happiness Upon the Blue Sky! reveals that An admires MEIKO for being a kind and dependable older sister figure, which is what An aspires to become.
Shiraishi Ken: An’s father and mentor. Famed for being a part of the street music group radDERS and for his role in RAD WEEKEND, An looks up to her father and aspires to be a street musician like him. They have a very close and trusting relationship. An often helps out at her Ken’s live bar and café, WEEKEND GARAGE.
Songs
An is featured in the SEKAI version or has an alternate vocal of the following songs:
Introduction Video
【Vivid BAD SQUAD】白石 杏（CV.鷲見 友美ジェナ）
Trivia
- An’s zodiac sign is Leo.
- The flowers in An’s birthday card are tickseed flowers and larkspurs.
- An’s favorite food is rum raisin ice cream, while her least favorite is tomatoes. As for beverages, she enjoys drinking both coffee and tea.
- She is absolutely terrible at math and studying in general.[4]
- An, Akito, Saki, Rui, Tsukasa, and Toya are the only characters who have two-toned hair.
- She grows mint as a hobby.
- An is extroverted and enjoys working at WEEKEND GARAGE because she likes talking to the customers.[5] However, once the bar opens at night, she isn’t allowed to help out due to being a minor.[6]
- She joined the disciplinary committee (localized in English as the hall monitor committee) because a friend from middle school kept bugging her to join. She notes that whenever there’s a disturbance in school, it is almost always caused by Rui and Tsukasa.[7]
- An occasionally helps out the basketball team by being a stand-in for them.[8]
- She and Haruka have a shared interest in basketball.
- An is somewhat jealous of tall people, since height gives a big advantage in basketball. She also mentions that the shelves in her kitchen are too high up because they were made for Ken’s height.[9]
- In Walk on and on, it’s explained that she and Akito make the song’s performed at Vivid BAD SQUAD’s events, with the process of song creation being one of them coming up with an idea and creating the demo based off of that idea, and then discussing what they came up with later (as seen in her Nuanced Language side story). It should be noted that these songs are not stated to be the same as the songs that are commissioned for Vivid BAD SQUAD.
- She learned how to make music from her father Shiraishi Ken and Nagi, both of whom were involving her in the music scene since she was young.
References