50 Fun Facts About Uta No Prince-sama

In Uta no Prince-sama, Tokiya Ichinose first claims to be the twin brother of which pop idol?

Hayato is really Tokiya himself: he grew to despise that image and enrolled at Saotome Academy to debut again as a more serious artist.

In Uta no Prince-sama, what does Natsuki Shinomiya take off to unleash his violent alter ego, Satsuki?

His glasses keep Satsuki at bay, and the cruel second self finally fades once he accepts that Natsuki no longer needs his protection.

In Uta no Prince-sama, a curse turns the foreign prince Cecil Aijima into which animal?

A black cat is the shape Cecil is trapped in when Haruka finds him and names him Kuppuru, and her kindness to the stray is why he falls for her.

In Uta no Prince-sama, what is Quartet Night's notoriously strict Ai Mikaze eventually revealed to be?

A robot copy of the vanished idol Aine Kisaragi, Ai struggles to understand human feelings but slowly learns to process love and happiness.

In Uta no Prince-sama, heroine Haruka Nanami enrols at Saotome Academy dreaming of which music career?

Composer is her goal because she longs to write a song for her favourite idol, and she ends up as the sole producer for STARISH.

Which activity is strictly forbidden at Saotome Academy, the idol training school in Uta no Prince-sama?

Romance is banned outright at the school, an awkward rule for students who must pair up as idol and producer to pass their projects.

Which animation studio, also behind Sword Art Online, produced every season of the Uta no Prince-sama anime?

A-1 Pictures has animated the idols since the first season in 2011, and returned for the theatrical films that followed.

Which voice actor, also Light Yagami in Death Note, plays Tokiya Ichinose in Uta no Prince-sama?

Mamoru Miyano also sang the theme song of the very first game, and the role helped earn him a supporting actor prize at the 6th Seiyu Awards.

On which social network did the idols of Uta no Prince-sama run in-character accounts, like real celebrities?

Twitter gave each idol a feed for news about his music and merchandise, part of the appeal that made the franchise one of Japan's top sellers in 2017.

Which voice actor, also Zenitsu in Demon Slayer, plays the short but fiery Syo Kurusu in Uta no Prince-sama?

Hiro Shimono voices Syo, the shortest member of STARISH, who makes up for it with sheer energy and idolises his actor teacher Ryuya Hyuga.

In Uta no Prince-sama Debut, what is principal Shining Saotome secretly revealed to be to Otoya Ittoki?

His father kept the truth quiet to avoid a scandal, while Otoya chased stardom knowing only that the parent he had never met was once an idol.

The original Uta no Prince-sama game was first released in June 2010 for which console?

The Sony PSP (PlayStation Portable) hosted the first game in June 2010, and a remaster called Repeat Love reached the Nintendo Switch in 2019.

What type of game is the first Uta no Prince-sama, in which Haruka Nanami can follow seven main plot lines?

A visual novel at heart, the game must be replayed with different choices to see every storyline, and its minigames help decide which ending appears.

Which instrument does Ren Jinguji, third son of a wealthy family, play in Uta no Prince-sama?

The saxophone suits his smooth image, and Ren took up music after finding a demo CD that his late mother, once an idol herself, had dedicated to him.

Each Uta no Prince-sama idol has an image colour; which one belongs to cheerful guitarist Otoya Ittoki?

Red marks Otoya, the sunny soccer fan of STARISH, while Tokiya, the cool roommate he shares a dorm with, is purple.

What role do the veteran idols of Quartet Night take on for STARISH in Uta no Prince-sama?

Mentors is the job, and a demanding one: Ai Mikaze's earlier pupils tended to quit after a single month of his training.

What kind of movie is Uta no Prince-sama: Maji Love Kingdom, which opened in Japanese cinemas in June 2019?

A concert film from start to finish, it was screened with English subtitles at Anime Expo 2019 and was still earning in Japanese cinemas six months after it opened.

In Uta no Prince-sama, the idol group name STARISH is an acronym built from what?

Its members' names supply the letters of STARISH, and the rival group HEAVENS spells out its own name in exactly the same way.

Who is Haruka Nanami's best friend and roommate at Saotome Academy in Uta no Prince-sama?

Tomochika Shibuya shares Haruka's class and dorm room, but her own dream is to become a famous idol.

Which voice actor, also Sukuna in Jujutsu Kaisen, plays Ren Jinguji in Uta no Prince-sama?

Junichi Suwabe gives Ren his voice, and an earlier generation of fans knows him as Keigo Atobe in The Prince of Tennis.

Which voice actress, also Kurapika in the 2011 Hunter x Hunter, plays Haruka Nanami in the Uta no Prince-sama anime?

Miyuki Sawashiro voices Haruka only in the anime, because in the games the heroine is the player's stand-in, with a name that can be changed.

Which instrument does Natsuki Shinomiya play in Uta no Prince-sama, having abandoned the violin as a child?

The viola replaced the violin after a teacher passed off one of young Natsuki's own pieces as hers, a betrayal of trust that gave rise to his darker second self.

Which unlikely instrument does the prankster Reiji Kotobuki of Quartet Night play in Uta no Prince-sama?

Maracas fit his playful side: Reiji hands out nicknames and loves pranking his bandmate Ranmaru, yet turns serious and competitive around rivals.

In Uta no Prince-sama, which kind of food does the haughty count Camus of Quartet Night eat to excess?

Desserts are the weakness of Camus, who plays the charming gentleman for fans but is arrogant and abrasive with his fellow idols.

In the Uta no Prince-sama anime, which fear must Syo Kurusu beat to audition for a film role?

Heights terrify Syo until his friends band together to cure him, and in the second season he makes a daring jump between platforms to save Haruka.

In Uta no Prince-sama, Syo Kurusu's twin brother Kaoru is studying for which profession?

Doctor is the goal for Kaoru, who in the games worries constantly about the chronic heart condition his twin lives with.

Fittingly for the flirt of Uta no Prince-sama, Ren Jinguji has his birthday on which holiday?

Valentine's Day, February 14, is the birthday of Ren, a ladies' man who greets Haruka with pet names instead of her own.

In Uta no Prince-sama, where did the ever-cheerful Otoya Ittoki grow up?

An orphanage raised Otoya after his mother supposedly died in a plane crash, and he still goes back to play with the children there.

Which Saotome Academy teacher in Uta no Prince-sama is a male idol who performs dressed as a woman?

Ringo Tsukimiya teaches Class A and cross-dresses because his agency demands it, though his biggest dream is to perform as a male idol.

In the Uta no Prince-sama anime, which relative did Haruka Nanami live with before enrolling at Saotome Academy?

Her grandmother is the one Haruka runs home to in the first season finale, where a reminder of her love of music restores her resolve.

Which flamboyant leader of HEAVENS in Uta no Prince-sama is the son of the group's own manager?

Eiichi leads HEAVENS for agency boss Raging Otori, and his dramatic swagger hides a desperate need to meet that unaffectionate parent's demands.

In Uta no Prince-sama, HEAVENS member Yamato Hyuga joined the group hoping to surpass which person?

His older brother Ryuya, the actor who teaches Class S at Saotome Academy, has always overshadowed Yamato, who resents him as fiercely as Syo admires him.

Which HEAVENS member openly pursues Haruka Nanami while paired with Ren Jinguji for a duet in Uta no Prince-sama?

Van fell for Haruka the first time he heard her music, and the brash idol is cast as Ren's rival in a TV drama at the same time.

Which Uta no Prince-sama anime season pairs every STARISH member with a HEAVENS rival for a duet project?

Maji Love Legend Star, the fourth season, uses the duets as a warm-up for a three-way showdown that also includes Quartet Night.

In the second Uta no Prince-sama anime season, what must the group that loses the UtaPri Award do?

Disband is the forfeit both agency bosses threaten, yet the beaten HEAVENS resurface in the third season finale with more members than before.

In Uta no Prince-sama, the idol groups compete to open the Triple S; what kind of occasion is it?

A sports event, the Triple S first names Quartet Night as its main act, which spurs STARISH to prove themselves through a new project called Cross Units.

Which song do Quartet Night perform when Shining Saotome first introduces them in the Uta no Prince-sama anime?

Poison Kiss also gives the second season's opening episode its title, and the seniors promptly move in with STARISH and impose a long list of rules.

Which Uta no Prince-sama game received a 2015 sequel called After Secret that centres on Quartet Night?

All Star arrived in 2013 with a theme song named after Quartet Night, and its follow-up kept the STARISH idols on only as extra routes.

Which prize did the voice actors of STARISH win together at the 6th Seiyu Awards for Uta no Prince-sama?

Best Musical Performance went to the six actors for singing Maji Love 1000%, the first season's ending theme and 2011's best-selling character song.

Uta no Prince-sama Repeat won Best Consumer Game at the 2011 Dengeki Girl's Style awards for which genre?

Otome games are story-led titles aimed at women, and at the same ceremony Syo Kurusu was voted Best Character.

Which Japanese company, also known for Di Gi Charat and Galaxy Angel, created Uta no Prince-sama?

Broccoli launched the franchise as a handheld game in 2010 and kept the games' music in-house, leaving the anime songs to a record label.

Which American distributor licensed all four television seasons of the Uta no Prince-sama anime?

Sentai Filmworks first picked up seasons one and two for release in 2014, then added the third and fourth.

Which illustrator drew the original game character designs for Uta no Prince-sama that the anime later adapted?

Chinatsu Kurahana created the look of the game's idols, and animator Mitsue Mori reworked those designs for the first television season.

Which video site streamed the first Uta no Prince-sama season overseas right after each Japanese broadcast?

Niconico offered the 2011 episodes free in English to viewers in six countries, including the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

Which veteran voice actor, also Cell in Dragon Ball Z, plays principal Shining Saotome in Uta no Prince-sama?

Norio Wakamoto voices the eccentric principal, a once-famous idol who spies on his students and pops up at random to hand out advice.

The Uta no Prince-sama manga drawn by Utako Yukihiro was serialised in which shojo magazine?

Sylph ran both of Yukihiro's adaptations of the games, while a separate gag comic appeared in Comic B's Log.

In Uta no Prince-sama, the aristocratic idol Camus owns a dog named Alexander of which breed?

A borzoi named Alexander keeps the arrogant count company; he also plays the cello and bickers constantly with his bandmate Ranmaru.

Which voice actor, also Jotaro Kujo in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, plays HEAVENS' Kira Sumeragi in Uta no Prince-sama?

Daisuke Ono voices Kira, a taciturn heir who defied his family because he finds it easier to express his emotions in song than in speech.

Which voice actor, also the vocalist of rock band Granrodeo, plays Natsuki Shinomiya in Uta no Prince-sama?

Kisho Taniyama fronts Granrodeo under the stage name Kishow, and anime fans also know him as Jean Kirstein in Attack on Titan.

Which voice actor, also Shikamaru Nara in Naruto, plays Quartet Night's Reiji Kotobuki in Uta no Prince-sama?

Showtaro Morikubo plays Reiji, the light-hearted senior who guides Otoya and Tokiya when the veteran group moves in with STARISH.