Arisa Ichigaya

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Arisa Ichigaya is one of the main characters from the BanG Dream! anime and games.

The keyboardist of Poppin'Party. An introvert who spends most of her time at home, where her family runs a pawnshop. Snarky and easily flustered, she claims that she was dragged into Poppin'Party against her will, but she doesn't seem to be in any hurry to leave.

In the AWA fics, Arisa is a student in the AWA Academy.

Appearance

Arisa has long, slightly curled blonde hair worn in pigtails held with ribbon or bands. Her bangs are mostly spread, with the exception of a few curled strands that stick up. Her forelocks are held with cross-shaped clips. She has gentle light brown eyes.

Her casual attire is mature and feminine, usually with lace or flowery details and long skirts. Arisa wears a black blouse with sheer off the shoulder sleeves tucked into a white skirt with lilac floral patterns.

Personality

Arisa is an introvert whose hobbies include tending for bonsai plants and internet surfing. Even though she's basically a shut-in and admits to being lazy by nature, she still manages to achieve excellent results in school due to her intellect.

She tends to be quite moody, and because of her sharp tongue, often gets into arguments with others (especially Kasumi). Usually, however, this is because she is unable to be honest with herself. She easily blushes and starts stammering when she gets complimented, especially by her fellow Poppin'Party members. Though she denies it, she gets lonely easily.

It was shown that in the past that Arisa was a loner who always did things by herself, and claimed not to need help from other people. However after meeting Kasumi, she slowly started changing, showing her kind side and interacting with other people as well. Due to her grounded personality, the other members of the band often tease her on friendly terms, though it doesn't stop her from getting frustrated.

In the beginning, and as a way of trying to maintain her image of a refined, rich girl, she talked in a very polite and exaggerated manner with people she hadn't interacted with before, or did not know well (such as Eve and Misaki in the game's first event story).

Trivia

• In the original storyline, her character color was white. Similarly to the current Arisa she was a shut-in and stayed a lot at home working at the Ryuuseidou before meeting Kasumi. However in the original storyline, her father - who has not been mentioned a lot - had died and left both the Random Star and notebook containing the word "BanG_Dream!" behind.
  • Just like with Kasumi, Arisa's personality and character were the complete opposite in the original storyline. She also owned two cats named Zanji and Bal.

• According to Saaya, there had been rumors about Arisa being a ghost because she didn't go to school a lot prior to joining Poppin'Party.
• She was unable to tell that the former Student Council President and Glitter*Green's keyboardist are the same person at first.
• She, along with Kasumi, are the only members of Poppin'Party that interact with members from all the other bands during Lives (and in the dialogues at the end of every game).
• She likes naming her bonsai trees and talks to them every day.
  • One of them is named Tamagawa.
• She was in the same class with Natsuki from CHiSPA during season 1.
• She has the same height as Chisato and Hagumi.
• According to the second season of the anime, she attended the same music school with Tae and Wakana Rei.

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