This includes the characters that have appeared in the Starry Sky anime, and the tropes they embodied.
May contain spoilers for the games and/or anime series
Yahisa Tsukiko
CV: Fumiko Orikasa (anime only)
The heroine of the Starry☆Sky games as well as the anime adaptation, although her name can be changed by the player. Tsukiko is the first female student to attend Seigatsu Academy, a second year, and part of both the student council and the archery club.
- Audience Surrogate: Obviously, as the heroine, she was created to represent the girls that listened to the Drama CDs.
- Babies Ever After: With Kanakubo in ~After Summer~, Haruki-sensei in ~After Autumn~, Kanata in ~After Spring~ and Kazuki in ~After Winter~.
- Brainy Brunette: Comes off as this. She also juggles 2 school clubs as well as helping out in the nurses office.
- Curtains Match the Window: In the anime adaptation and in the PSP remake of the games, where she is given a face, she has light maroon eyes which pairs with her light brown hair.
- Declaration of Protection: On the receiving end from everyone, especially in Kanata and Suzuya's cases. As her childhood friends, they protect her from the rest of the student body, which are all guys.
- The guys of the archery club also protect her from their classmates in one event.
- Determinator: She always strives to do her best, which sometimes results in overworking herself to the point of collapsing.
- Eyes Out of Sight: In the game and other CGs, her bangs often cover her eyes to maintain the sense of anonymity.
- Fairytale Wedding Dress: Wears them in the epilogues in ~In Spring~, ~In Winter~, ~After Summer~ & ~After Autumn.
- Featureless Protagonist: In the PC versions of the games. Subverted in the PSP remake, you have the choice whether she has one or not, and After, where she does have a face.
- Hello, [Insert Name Here]: Her name can be changed by the player but the default name is "Tsukiko Yahisa".
- Long Hair Is Feminine: To emphasize her as the only girl in a One-Gender School for male, she has long flowing streams of hair.
- Meido: Forced to to dress up as one in Iku's route for the school festival in ~In Autumn~.
- Oblivious to Love: As per the rule for old school otome protagonists, she is completely oblivious to the affections of her male peers.
- Ordinary High-School Student: There’s almost nothing special about her except the fact she’s a girl in an all-boy school.
- The Smurfette Principle: The only girl in the entire school and, as a result, is often pursued by many of the other male students.
~In Spring~
CV: Hikaru Midorikawa
- ”Thank you, I wanted to tell only it.”
As a kid he was constantly teased for being half-French. He met Tsukiko when he was young, and because she was the only person who didn't make fun of him, he fell in love with her and asked his father to let him transfer to Seigatsu Academy in order to pursue her. Initially disdainful to everyone except Tsukiko, eventually, he learns the importance of having friends. His father hopes to work in America to develop a special astronomy project. His real name is Henri Samuel Jean Aimée.
- As Long as It Sounds Foreign: Henri Samuel Jean Aimée? What the hell, naming agency?
- But Not Too Foreign: He is half-French, with the French ancestry comes from his father, and was constantly teased for it in his childhood.
- The Casanova: Clings to Tsukiko whenever she's near. Kanata immediately flares up at his actions.
- Character Development: Has a little of this. He comes off pretty cold at first, but then eventually learns the importance of having friends.
- Cherry Blossoms: His story takes place in Spring, so it features a goddamn gratuitous amount of these pink fluttering flowers.
- Childhood Friends: With Tsukiko, the only person who didn't make fun of him for being half-French.
- Curtains Match the Window: Both his hair and eyes are of a red shade.
- Defrosting Ice King: When he meets with everyone again at the beginning of the school year, he is quite aloof and doesn’t have any intention to make friends. After a while, he learns the importance of friends and the bonds they share.
- French Jerk: Comes off as one at first due to how he is initially disdainful and hostile to everyone except Tsukiko. He gets better.
- Friendless Background: In his childhood, he had almost no one to play with as children of his age often poked fun at his mixed ancestry. The only person he managed to befriend then was Tsukiko.
- Friendly Rivalry: With Kanata. They don’t get off to a good start, constantly fighting and provoking one another, but eventually become friends after a plot divided by Suzuya and Tsukiko.
- Gratuitous French: Being half-French and all...
- Happily Married: The true ending epilogue ~In Spring~ and in ~After Spring~, when he returns to Japan after 5 years studying astronomy with his family in America.
- I Will Wait for You: Yoh returns to France after 3 months at the Academy. If you go for the true ending 5 years later he returns to Japan, and he and Tsukiko get married.
- Only Friend: Tsukiko was his only friend for a long time, until he becomes involved with her circle of friends.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Blue Oni to Kanata's Red. Interestingly, their color palette is the opposite.
- Sugar-and-Ice Personality: Despite his cold personality, he is actually kind, cheerful and always caring.
- Unlucky Childhood Friend: If you choose his bad route or end up with any other other character. If not then he becomes a...
- Victorious Childhood Friend: If you go for his true/good ending.
CV: Tomokazu Sugita
- ”I wonder when you would realize my heart.”
Kanata is brash and impulsive, he has been friends with Tsukiko since childhood and has developed feelings for her. He does not get along very well with Yoh. He suffers from a terminal illness that leaves him in a lethargic state, which is why he often skips classes and faints without reason. However, he refuses to seek medical help and often gets into school fights that worsen his health to protect Tsukiko.
- Cannot Spit It Out: Has had feelings for the heroine since childhood.
- Cherry Blossoms: The same thing with Yoh, being in Spring.
- Custom Uniform: To emphasize his delinquent-like status, he wears his school uniform jacket and dress shirt unbuttoned, with his neck tie placed in his right back pocket.
- Disappeared Dad: His dad died when he was 5 years old, due to the same illness that he passed on him.
- Don't You Dare Pity Me!: He hates being worried about, so the topic of his illness is one that is not spoken of around him. Everytime Suzuya calls him out on it saying he needs to go to the hospital to get it checked out, it pisses him off.
- Emotionally Tongue-Tied: Described as the typical tsundere, he is bad at expressing his emotions.
- Handicapped Badass: His illness often gets him in the worst of time. Luckily, he gets better in ~After Spring~.
- Hot-Blooded: Brash and impulsive, gets into school fights on a frequent basis without any regard for his health as long as it makes him feel alive... Yeah, he is.
- Intrinsic Vow: Sworn to protect the heroine no matter what.
- Messy Hair: His white hair is a fluffy mess.
- Two Guys and a Girl: The Childhood Friend round he had with Tsukiko & Suzuya. Until Yoh shows up.
- Unlucky Childhood Friend: If you choose his bad route or end up with any other other character. If not then he becomes a...
- Victorious Childhood Friend: If you go for his true/good ending.
CV: Daisuke Ono
- ”Expecting I could be with you forever.”
He has been friends with Tsukiko and Kanata since childhood and often watches out for them like an older brother. He is very good at cooking and often uses the school's kitchen to prepare food for his friends. Suzuya is also in love with Tsukiko, but because he knows that Kanata also loves her, he held back. Beneath his warm exterior, Suzuya has a dark side and worries about Tsukiko constantly.
- Cannot Spit It Out: Averted. He also has feelings towards the heroine but knew that Kanata also has feelings for her, so he held back.
- Childhood Friends: With Tsukiko and Kanata.
- Childhood Friend Romance: If you chose his good/true route.
- Happily Married: In the true ending epilogue in ~In Spring~.
- Intrinsic Vow: Also sworn to protect Tsukiko.
- Two Guys and a Girl: Until Yoh comes into the picture.
- Unlucky Childhood Friend: If you choose his bad route or end up with any other other character. If not then he becomes a...
- Victorious Childhood Friend: If you go for his true/good ending.
~In Summer~
Homare represents the Taurus. He is in third year and the captain of the archery club. He is openly friendly and often settles arguments between Ryunosuke and Azusa, but is prone to feel pressured for the success of the archery club.
CV: Soichiro Hoshi
- Affectionate Gesture to the Head: He's very fond of ruffling Tsukiko's hair, much to her embarassment.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Becomes overly protective when the heroine becomes his girlfriend.
- Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Is one of the tallest characters in the series at 6'2". The heroine is around 5'2".
- Performance Anxiety: Very talented when it comes to archery, but when faced with competition he cracks and the peer pressure gets to him.
- She Is Not My Girlfriend: Averted, much to Tsukiko's surprise: in an event in the first game when they aren't going out yet, when a shopkeeper comments about how cute is to see a boyfriend helping his girlfriend choose new clothes, he reaffirms being his boyfriend.
Ryunosuke is the vice-captain of the archery club. He appears to be serious and calm, but hides a penchant for sweets. Ryunosuke has kept an eye out for Tsukiko ever since he first saw her.
CV: Hiroshi Kamiya
- Can't Hold His Liquor: In ~After Summer~ someone spikes his drink at a Christmas Party and he passes out.
- Cannot Spit It Out: Actually kisses Tsukiko before his confession.
- Crazy Jealous Guy: Gets jealous when Azusa starts flirting with the heroine.
- Date Peepers: In ~After Summer~ when it's Halloween, Miyaji and Tsukiko dress up and make-out on a bench whilst the Inukai & Shiratori watch from the bushes behind them.
- Worthy Opponent: Considered the heroine to be one as far as archery goes. Until he falls in love with her.
Azusa is a first year. Although he is a newcomer to the archery club, he has met Tsukiko before and inspired her to become better at it. He is cocky and confident of himself; while he declares himself as a natural genius, he is in fact insecure of his abilities as he can't put his heart into anything. Azusa often flirts with Tsukiko and his actions annoy Ryunosuke a lot. He is Tsubasa Amaha's cousin.
CV: Jun Fukuyama
- Insufferable Genius: A natural genius; comes off quite cocky and has quite the ego.
- You Need to Get Laid: Apparently, Azusa's ~After Summer~ route was mostly about getting laid.
~In Autumn~
Iku represents the Gemini. He is currently a student teacher and is friends with the school nurse, Kotarou, since they were children. Iku and his twin sister Yui were both born with poor health, and Yui died while they were in high school. He was formerly the lead singer of a band the heroine liked, but destroyed his voice while overworking himself. His band members turned out to be using him for money and promptly dismissed him when he could no longer sing. Iku lost trust in everyone until Tsukiko helped him gain it back.
CV: Koji Yusa
- Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Being 6'3" Iku is the tallest character in the game. The heroine is somewhere around 5'2".
CV: Daisuke Kishio
- Butt-Monkey: Tends to fall victim to the student pranks. Played for laughs, obviously.
- Can't Hold His Liquor: Gets drunk really easily.
- First Kiss: Yeah, he's 24 and still not had his. Obviously, he does eventually get it in game.
- First-Name Basis: Even though he's a teacher, a lot of the students call him 'Naoshi' or 'Nao-chan-sensei'.
- I Will Wait for You: Waits for the heroine to graduate before moving any further.
- Luminescent Blush: Blushes a lot after his Love Epiphany.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Red Oni to both Iku and Hoshizuki-sensei's Blue Oni.
- Younger Than They Look: Does he really look 24?
Kotarou represents the Libra. He is the school nurse who had ambitions to become a doctor. Iku's sister, Yui, had feelings for him, but after her death Kotarou blamed himself for not being able to save her. His father is the chairman of the academy, but after his father's retirement, the position was given to Kotarou's sister, Koharu. However, he ended up obtaining the position due to Koharu's wish to work overseas.
CV: Akira Ishida
- Guilt Complex: Blames himself for Yui's death.
- Lap Pillow: Uses the heroine as one when they get married in ~After Autumn~.
- Now, Let Me Carry You: The heroine gets sick after waiting in the rain for so long and passes out.
- The Slacker: Seen sleeping a lot.
- Hidden Depths: Blames himself for Yui's death, so he sees himself as rather useless so doesn't take his work seriously.
- Trash of the Titans: His office is usually messy with books, folders & papers lying around. It's the heroine's job to clean up after him.
~In Winter~
A first year at Seigetsu Gakuen. Immediately upon entry, he was convinced to be the Student Council Treasurer by Kazuki Shiranui (who was a former student of Tsubasa's grandfather).
CV: Kenichi Suzumura
- Gadgeteer Genius: Influenced when Tsubasa lived with his grandfather.
- Happily Married: In the epilogue of ~In Winter~.
- Head Phones Equal Isolation: Subverted. Is rarely seen using them, they're always around his neck though.
- Hidden Depths: Despite his usual cheerful persona, he became depressed when his grandfather died. He is ultimately afraid of being alone forever.
- High-School Sweethearts: If you choose his true/good route.
- I Will Wait for You: In one of his endings, goes to America to follow his dream.
- Parental Abandonment: His parents got divorced, who then went on to abandon poor Tsubasa. Which is why he's scared of loving someone, who will then go on to leave him just like his parents did.
- Smart People Build Robots: Even if they do malfunction from time to time.
- The Glomp: Does this to the heroine on his 16th birthday.
- The Nicknamer: Gives everyone a nickname and never calls them by their real names.
- Verbal Tic: His laugh, which was also influenced when he lived with his grandfather.
- Younger Than They Look: Despite being one of the tallest characters, he's actually the youngest at 15.
Kazuki represents the Aries. He is the president of the student council. He has a strange ability to see the future and because of that, he blames himself for the death of his parents. He is a third year.
CV: Yūichi Nakamura
- Childhood Friends: With the heroine. Along with Kanata and Suzuya.
- Childhood Friend Romance: If you choose his true/good route.
- First-Name Basis: Made this a rule between the student council members as a sign of closeness.
- Graduation for Everyone: Gets held back a year because he was involved in an accident after saving Ooshirou Shirogane's life. He ended up being hospitalised for 2 months. He eventually graduates along with Shirogane and the other 3rd years.
- Group Hug: Gets one at the end with his fellow student council members, when he graduates.
- Guilt Complex: Due to having the strange ability to see the future, blames himself for his parents death for not being able to save them.
- Happily Married: In the epilogue in ~In Winter~.
- Hidden Depths: Has trust issues and feels like he can't become close to anyone.
- I Will Wait for You: To the heroine. Says he wants to travel the world and study abroad before settling down and getting married.
- Let's Just Be Friends: He rejects the heroine at first.
- Shameless Flirt: Often jokes about the heroine one day being his bride.
- Unlucky Childhood Friend: If you choose his bad route or end up with any other other character. If not then he becomes a...
- Victorious Childhood Friend: If you choose his true/good ending in ~In Winter~.
Hayato represents the Virgo. He is the vice president of the student council. He comes from a well- known family of pianists, but he lacks confidence and feels pressured to be up par with his family's talent. He is a second year in the mythology department.
CV: Daisuke Hirakawa
- Beware the Nice Ones: Scratches his nails along a chalkboard to get everyones attention. Usually does this to get the student council under control.
- Follow In My Foot Steps: Wants to be a professional pianist just like his parents were.
- High School Sweet Hearts: If you choose his true/good route.
- Lonely Rich Kid: Until he met the other student council members.
- Obsessively Organized: Very precise and organised. Every time Tsubasa makes a mess with his inventions, he makes a note of it.
- Only Sane Man: Seems like it. He's always the one to keep the student council under control. Punishes Tsubasa and Kazuki for slacking off.
- Parental Neglect: His parents never acknowledged him as a child as he wants a genius pianist like his older brother and sister. They even refused to call him by his name.
- Personality Blood Types: Type A. Fits these traits to a T.
- Youngest Child Wins: In a sense. He manages to overcome his issues and eventually gets acknowledged by his parents.
Other
Represents the Ophiuchus, the 13th constellation. Special "13th Character" that was introduced in the 13th secret date CD. His Greek name translates to “serpent-bearer” and he is often seen holding an albino snake in many official illustrations.
CV: Mamoru Miyano
- Ascended Extra: Originally a bonus character whose Drama CD was given to those that bought all 12, got his own route in After Winter.
- Seers: It's said that his future seeing abilities are stronger than Kazuki's.
- The Quiet One: Doesn't speak much. He mostly just monologues.
Inukai Takafumi, Shiratori Yahiko & Koguma Shinya
Are members of the archery club and are dubbed as the "idiot trio".
CV: Hiroyuki Yoshino (Inukai), Takashi Kondo (Shiratori) & Tsubasa Yonaga (Koguma)
- All Men Are Perverts: Shiratori. He joins the archery club because he heard that the only girl in the school was a member. This does not please Miyaji when he finds out.
- Date Peepers: In ~After Summer~ Shiratori and Inukai spy on Miyaji and the heroine.
- Hopeless Suitor: Shiratori, again. Until ~After Summer~.
- Platonic Life-Partners: Within the ~In Summer~ game, if you choose not to romance either Kanakubo, Miyaji or Kinose, there an option of just being best friends with the Baka Trio.
- Shrinking Violet: Koguma comes off as one of these.
- Third-Option Love Interest: In ~After Summer~ it gives you a chance to date and marry either one of them.
Awata Kensuke, Kakino Makoto, Kouji Shugo, Nashimoto Takuya & Tachibana Morio
A group of guys in the heroine's class, usually like to play pranks on Haruki-sensei. Also, they seem like they're the closest group of students towards Haruki-sensei calling him 'Naoshi' or 'Nao-chan-sensei', treating him like one of the students and not like a teacher.
CV: Takuma Terashima (Awata), Makoto Naruse (Kakino), Yuuki Ono (Kouji), Noriaki Sugiyama (Nashimoto) & Yasuhiro Takano (Tachibana).
- Affectionate Nickname: See above.
- Curtains Match the Window: Kakino & Tachibana.
- Platonic Life-Partners: With the heroine. Throughout ~In Autumn~ they're relatively close to the heroine.
- Pointless Bandaid: Tachibana has one on the bridge of his nose.
- Shipper on Deck: All of them. When you're chasing after Naoshi's route. Especially in ~After Autumn~.
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The Danza: Kakino is voice by Makoto Naruse. - Third-Option Love Interest: In ~After Autumn~ you have the option of dating any of the 5 guys.
Ooshirou is an acquaintance of Kazuki's and Homare's, he carries a camera everywhere due to being a journalist for the school paper. He is in third year.
CV: Jun'ichi Suwabe
- Graduation for Everyone: Stays back a year because Kazuki saves his life, which put Kazuki in the hospital. Shirogane felt guilty and stayed back a year also.
- School News Paper News Hound: Carries a camera around with him.
- The Nicknamer: Calls the heroine 'Madonna-chan' and Tsubasa 'Edison-kun'.
