Akari Aihana

Akari Aihana (愛花 明かり) is one of the five main characters in the Lucky Besties (anime) series. She's an optimistic and ditzy girl who cares for her friends and is one of Trixie's best friends. Her catchphrases are "Do your best! (がんばれ!)" and "Seriously... (真剣に...)" Her alter ego is Lucky Rainbow, whose theme color is red, and she acts as the healer/support of the group.

Personality
Akari is a generally optimistic girl who is cute, but can be clumsy. She enjoys video gaming and drawing and cares deeply for her friends, refusing to let anybody or anything hurt them. Idols and singing - even if she herself doesn't think she's super great at it - seem to be what she enjoys a lot, as well as gaming.

Akari is moedere, but can get nervous easily. At times she may get kind of insecure about things and prefers not to talk about it. She enjoys joking around with friends. and is a huge weeb, considering she watches a lot of anime and reads a lot of manga (which is revealed in Season 1 Episode 7). She likes cute things, such as plushies or outfits she finds to be cute, and will get super excited if she comes across any of them.

Civilian
Akari has blond hair with pink ombre. Her hair is tied in pigtails with straight bangs, and she has brownish-pink eyes. Her casual outfit is a white T-shirt under a red hooded jacket, black denim jean shorts, red knee socks, and black high tops.

For winter, (TBA)

For summer, she switches to a black spaghetti-strap camisole under a red baggy T-shirt with a ribbon, white denim shorts, and red sandals. She sometimes has a red scrunchie on her right wrist. She always has her Lucky Bracelet on her left wrist.

For Season 2, her spring/summer outfit consist of a pinkish-red 2/3 sleeve polo shirt under a red sleeveless vest that has white details, black Bermuda shorts, black scrunched socks, and red Mary Janes. She now has her new Lucky Bracelet on her right wrist. Her fall/winter outfit is unknown.

In Season 3, Akari's hair gets a little longer and she starts wearing her hair in a different style of pigtails. Her casual outfit is a black T-shirt under a pastel red jacket with baggy sleeves. She wears a red skirt, black shorts, black knee socks, and red ankle boots. She keeps her fall/winter outfit from the previous season.

In Generation 2, Akari is a junior-high student, and has become more mature, outfits she has on reflecting this. She wears a pair of red glasses and her hair is down. Her outfit consists of a light red shirt under a red trenchcoat with rolled-up sleeves, crimson skirt, black tights and red high heels.

Lucky Rainbow
As Lucky Rainbow, Akari's hair fades into red, her eye color is now pink and her pigtails are held up by red ribbons with a red headband. The top half of her outfit consists of a red buttoned top, a white sailor-like collar with red stripes, a thin red ribbon, white straps with an X-shape design, a black stripe in the middle, and black edges on the bottom. She has red puffy sleeves with white frills, and red arm warmers with white frills on them.

The bottom is red balloon shorts with white lines on the bottom, and black ribbons on each hip, with a gold chain connecting them. She has black bands on her legs, white socks and red ankle boots.

Etymology
Akari (明かり): Akari means "light". Aihana (愛花): Ai means "love" and hana means "flower". Her given name also has alternate kanji (明莉 (akari)), meaning "bright white jasmine".

Relationships
Hanami Trixie: One of Akari's best friends. The two both like cute things and have known each other before the series' debut. They like to joke around and what not, and Akari enjoys jokingly teasing Trixie for "having a boyfriend" and what not.

Sakurauchi Arle: One of Akari's best friends. She is fascinated by Arle's enjoyment for singing and aspires to want to sing just like her. Since Arle is a pretty new member of the team in Season 1, Akari wants to be a good friend and make sure that Arle feels comfortable being in the town of Yumeirogaoka. In one episode of Season 2, while seeing Arle perform on stage, Akari gets a crush on Arle, but is able to leave it behind by the end of the episode.

Hoshine Akira: One of Akari's best friends. She is fascinated by Akira's card game skills and enjoys their company. She believes they're a brave and confident person who's able to overcome anything.

Tsutsuji Misaki: Her apprentice. Misaki cares a lot about Akari and thinks of her as an older sister-figure, as well as think Akari is somewhat annoying as well. They give each other these special nicknames: Akari is "Aka-ane" ("Ane" means "Older sister") and Misaki is "Saki-ko".

Lucky Rainbow
"Peace and color overlapping! Lucky Rainbow!" 平和と色の重なり！ ラッキーレインボー！ ''Heiwa to iro no kasanari! Rakkī Reinbō!''

"The rainbow of peace! I'm Lucky Rainbow!" (English Dub only) Lucky Rainbow is the Lucky form of Akari. In order to transform, she needs her Lucky Bracelet and she needs to say Lucky Besties! Engage!.

Main Attacks

 * Rainbow Boom (Offense) - Her main attack in Season 1. Rainbow draws a rainbow-colored circle with her hands, jumps up and says "Boom" while the circle charges at the monster, causing it to explode as well as purifying it. The attack isn't always guaranteed to work.
 * Colorful Rainbow Boom (Offense) - A more powerful version of Rainbow Boom. The only difference: After the circle's drawn, it quickly blinks white and rainbow, up to 5 times; when it explodes, an explosion sound is heard. Like its previous version, it isn't always guaranteed to work.

Sub-Attacks

 * Rainbow Shoot (Offense) - A sub-attack used in Season 1. To use this attack, the Rainbow Fleuret must be used. Rainbow uses her Fleuret to attack. She gets out her Rainbow Fleuret and says "Lucky Besties", and the Fleuret glows bright red. She points it at the monster and says "Rainbow Shoot", and out comes a rainbow-colored laser beam which heads straight for the monster and destroys it.
 * Rainbow Shield (Defense) - A defending attack used to shield others from enemies' attacks. Rainbow says "Rainbow Shield" and, using either hand draws an arch, forming a light rainbow-colored barrier and protecting the Bestie or person.

Duo Attacks

 * Rainbow Thunderbolt - A combo attack with Lucky Tricks (Trixie) first seen in Season 1 Episode 1.
 * (TBA) - A combo attack with Lucky Harmony (Arle) first seen in an unknown episode.
 * (TBA) - A combo attack with Lucky Starlight (Akira) first seen in an unknown episode.
 * Rainbow Clover Shower - A combo attack with Lucky Clover (Misaki) first seen in an unknown episode.

Songs
Akari's seiyū, Mizusawa Fumie has sung a lot of songs for the character. Some also include Satomi Sato, who voices Trixie, (TBA), who voices Arle, and so on.

Solo Songs

 * Rainbow of Happiness
 * Ambitions ~The Next Step~

Duet Songs

 * Shining Colorful Sky (with Trixie)
 * Future's Voice (with Arle)
 * A Stage I Want To Reach (with Akira)
 * Memories of Luck (with Misaki)

Trivia

 * Her birthday is September 12, making her a Virgo.
 * Her favorite colors are pink, red, and black.
 * Akari can be pretty introverted sometimes.
 * She also likes to draw.

Gallery
Main Page: Akari Aihana/Image Gallery