Misaki "Michelle" Okusawa

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Misaki Okusawa, also known as Michelle, is one of the main characters from the BanG Dream! anime and games.

The DJ for Hello, Happy World!. Misaki was roped into the band by Kokoro against her will, but she eventually realizes she enjoys being a member. A bit socially awkward and rather blunt, she's also by far the most grounded member of the band, but even she can't always escape their tumultuous inertia. When she's on stage, she's dressed up as Michelle, a teddy bear mascot.

In the AWA fics, Misaki appears in the AWA Stories.

Appearance
Misaki has pale grey eyes and shoulder-length black hair that seems thin. She has a short side fringe and her hair is held back to the left with a pink hair clip.

Misaki sports a tomboy-ish casual getup, wearing a grey hoodie with the word "FUNNY" across the front and a cropped blue jacket on top. She wears black shorts underneath, and a grey and black cap with a bear on the side.

During winter she wears a dark blue-violet knitted beanie, a blue sweater with white stripes and the word "FUNNY" in red, a blue knee-length tube skirt and a pair of maroon tights. During summer she dons a white T-shirt with a striped gray tank top over it, and shorts with a brown belt.

As Michelle
Michelle is a fluffy pink bear costume with white facial detail and paws. Michelle's eyes are big and shiny, and her mouth is fixed to be opened in a cat smile. Michelle wears a matching uniform of her band mates, with the addition of fuzzy purple headphones with a black and gold center.

Personality
Misaki serves as the "normal girl" trope in the group of five in Hello, Happy World! She is a relatively laidback person who is unable to fight against the flow of a conversation or series of events even if she attempts to do so, the most prominent example being the series of events leading up to her joining the band in the first place. Her initial personality displayed that she didn't want any trouble, never wanted it at any point in time, and would have preferred a quieter life if possible.

Misaki is kind, reserved and considerate towards others, though she may also reply sarcastically or exasperatedly and sometimes struggle with the other girls in her band with the exception of Kanon, whom she considers the only other reasonable member. She has been forced into the role of the "straight man" of the group thanks to her relative normality as a person compared to the stooges of the band, scolding or commenting on the antics of the other members in immediate response. Most of her comments go unheeded, unheard, or not understood.

Despite the exasperation she lives with by being the closest thing to a normal person the band has, Misaki is a diligent individual capable of getting things done when she wants to get them done. Even if she is aware that she is not resisting the flow of events, she books live shows for the band and accommodates Kokoro's insanity despite the struggle she clearly goes through to do so.

Even with a hardworking nature, exemplified by her accomplishments working with Hello, Happy World!, she tends to debase her achievements and claim that anyone else could do what she does. For example, whenever people praise her for being able to understand Kokoro's hums and make them into songs, she'll shrug it off with "it's nothing special". This is indicative of what could be low self-esteem or a desire to keep the spotlight off her.

Misaki Okusawa

 * Despite telling them multiple times that she and Michelle are the same person, none of her band members aside from Kanon believe her. She is initially annoyed by this, but gets used to it as time goes on.
 * She has nicknamed Kokoro, Hagumi, and Kaoru "sanbaka" (The Three Idiots).
 * She is a member of the Tennis Club and has been playing tennis ever since middle school.
 * In one of her in-game dialogues, she mentions that her smashes have been getting stronger, thanks to her performing as Michelle.
 * Misaki loves to drink coffee.
 * She has two younger siblings, a brother and a sister.
 * Her character color has changed from red-violet[3] in Girl's Band Party season 1 to teal in season 2.

Michelle

 * Despite described as a bear, most people are confused at what Michelle really is. (Himari thinks Michelle is a dog, Hina thinks Michelle is a lion, while Yukina at one point thinks Michelle is a cat).
 * Michelle is shown to be somewhat of a mascot character in the in-game universe.
 * For the Persona collaboration, if players logged in during the campaign period they received a new Michelle costume, which is based on Morgana (Mona).