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What we know about their family (so far)

a semi-comprehensive guide of the main characters' parents and relatives (w/ tiny bits of trivia here and there).

I compiled this list for myself months ago to keep track of each character's origins and find out about their early life. I do this in every fandom I invest in and now I've done it to Revue Starlight.

A few things to take note of:

All the information below are combined from various sources; more specifically the movie, stage plays (and their manga adaptations), visual novel, and mobile game so please expect spoilers of post-anime content!

Links to external sources are compiled at the end.

The only ones featured in this post are the Seisho cast. I'll make a separate one for the other schools from ReLIVE when I find the time.

Aijo

Karen's mom and her aunt Maki are very supportive of her dreams in becoming an actress, even watching performances of the troupe she was a part of during her elementary/junior high school days.

Maki was the one who suggested she'd aim for a prestigious performing arts school like Seisho Music Academy. At the same time, her mother wanted to see different sides of her as her potential grows (given the fact that Karen was a bit withdrawn as a child before she met Hikari).

Her father was mentioned for a bit in the movie. He's a hardworking fella who provides for the family. No other information about him though.

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Kagura

A full face view of Hikari's mother was never shown, only this side view from the movie that wasn't even more than two seconds long. She helped out Karen's family get settled in Tokyo when they moved there.

Even after moving to London, she kept in touch with Karen's mom, sometimes sending pictures of what Hikari has been up to nowadays.

As for Hikari's father, according to the stage play and manga adaptation, Karen thinks that Hikari moved back to Japan probably due to her dad's work. Claudine is skeptical though, saying that Hikari only moved back because her skills couldn't cut it in London.

Her dad could be the reason why they moved to the UK in the first place, then back again to Tokyo. It's not just an "on a whim" thing that Hikari had to do in order to join the auditions, right? Right???

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Tendo

Maya's parents are the ones we have the most information right now, especially her father. While introducing herself in ReLIVE, Maya talked about what her parents do for work.

Her mother is a prima donna, which is another term for a female lead singer in operas.

While her father, Yuichiro Tendo, is an actor and a renowned stage director who directed Starlight. The very same one Karen and Hikari saw as kids.

He is (or was) also the Theater Association Director who gifted Claudine the canopy bed from her performance as Arrie (with a few modifications to make it sturdier). He served as a board member in the association, maintaining a good impression on everyone there.

The "misunderstandings" and "trouble" Maya mentioned may be an indicator that he tries too hard to be well-liked by everybody in the theater industry.

Credit: 0mniessence (translation from Starry Ocean) [1]

Here is another piece of Yuichiro trivia. His name and stamp/signature can be seen on one of Claudine's certificates.

Credit: tamago_kasutera on fusetter [2] and superspicysnack on Twitter (translated) [3]

Although not canon, the "remarried many times" part is actually very plausible if you think of "making good impressions on anyone" from a different angle. I'll leave that up to you, hm?

In short, the Tendo family has a big name in the Japanese theater industry. "Sasuga Maya-sama!" indeed.

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Hoshimi

Not much information is known about Junna's parents but she did mention in the lyrics of Watashitachi no Iru Riyū that she didn't follow the path they set for her in order to fulfill her dreams as an actress.

They're strict in a sense that they don't want their daughter to end up unsuccessful. Besides, let's be honest, being an actress does not guarantee you a stable future unless you got extensive connections.

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Tsuyuzaki

Mahiru's grandmother is a big fan of stage plays and was the one who introduced Mahiru to the world of acting. She also encouraged her to apply for Seisho.

It is also plausible that the performance they're watching on TV in the panel below is from the New National Musical Theater Troupe since it was basically confirmed in the El Dorado VN that she's been a long-time fan of the troupe.

Her grandmother knows the favorable characteristics of what it takes to be a star in the troupe and even complimented Nana for possessing such qualities.

Not much is known about her mom and dad other than the fact they run the family farm, but it is evident in the Overture manga that they are super supportive of Mahiru's dreams of becoming a star as they bid her off to Tokyo.

As for her five younger siblings, they were eager to see Mahiru achieve her dream and assured her they'll help out on chores while she's away.

We were able to know their names in the El Dorado VN:

Shogo - baseball club member (not really that surprising from a family of Suzdal Cat fanatics)

Yuuhi

Asahi

Mayo

Ake

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Daiba

Due to her parents' work that makes them move from place to place, Nana had gotten used to transferring schools quite often. It was only when she got into Seisho did she make any long-lasting bonds.

Which explains a lot about her characterization as a whole.

Credit: r_starlight_en (RONDO RONDO RONDO Pamphlet translation) [4]

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Saijo

Not much to say here. What do you mean the only information we got about her parents is that they're both in the theater industry? What exactly do they do for work anyway?

Claudine did mention at some point that she and her mother have the similar hair. It's most likely that she inherited most, if not all, the physical features of her mother while imitating her sense of style growing up.

Other than the first screenshot with Amemiya from the Lovers bond story, Claudine's father was never mentioned again.

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Isurugi

Futaba wrote in her Seisho application form that her reason for learning traditional Japanese dance is to follow in her mother's footsteps, who used to be a famous dancer.

Credit: r_starlight_en (RONDO RONDO RONDO Pamphlet translation) [4]

In the Fourth Zodiac Rabbit bond story, Kaoruko told Tomoe that Futaba had already gone ahead to visit her mother.

Her mom being the favorite pupil says a lot about their relationship with the Hanayagi family. This could be one of the many reasons why Kaoruko and Futaba got along so well since childhood.

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Hanayagi

Speaking of Kaoruko's grandmother, she served as the 11th head of Senka-ryu and raised Kaoruko to be the successor. It's also worth mentioning that she and Tamao's grandmother were rivals in many traditional Japanese dance stages.

Kaoruko held a grudge against Tamao who immediately gets praised by their teacher for only mastering the basics of dance. Kaoruko has a different case though, who had never been praised before due to the burden she shoulders for being the heir of a renowned Japanese dance school. She must always be in search of something unique in order to become a worthy Suisen.

Kaoruko's grandmother is really strict on her to the point that just seeing the rehearsal room in Rinmeikan Girls School "brings back unpleasant memories."

Links to sources (in order):

[1] https://x.com/0mniessence/status/1870950849058595064

[2] https://fusetter.com/tw/Q6VuNEPa#all

[3] https://x.com/superspicysnack/status/1619232354287124480

[4] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1ZYFycfcLxmOBTIOir1DGA3FF0omdAh7GHJ-v9gmH3JE/

Miscellaneous:

All manga panels were translated by Starlight Scanlations. It can be read on almost any manga site. The titles are

Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight Overture

Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight - The LIVE - Show Must Go On

and all the ReLIVE transcripts were taken from the Revue Starlight fandom wiki

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Changelogs:

2025/4/27 - First draft

2025/7/24 - Posted! Happy birthday, Maya!!! 24 years of unhinged top star energy and counting. I would add a picture right here but I've reached the limit.

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If I missed out on any info, let me know! I'll add them here :)

This will be updated as time goes on. Hopefully they'll drop more lore about them soon (just crumbs will do... please).

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Little karemahi bc i love domestic karemahi

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Making epic of bravery wooden keychain

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would u ever try participating in the harajuku festival?

Oh I've never heard of that before, I mostly thought the only french anime/manga conventions were paris manga and japan expo but maybe i could try something small idk, i don't think i have enough merch to offer yet but i'm brewing a few stuffs

there's also ycon more centered on yuri/yaoi in november which im probably gonna check out

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would u ever go to a con to sell ur merch?

I really want to, but since my merch is exclusively revue starlight i dont think many ppl know them enough to buy and it might not be worth it

And since i live in france i would sell here and even less ppl know revue starlight so :')

i also dont want to make merch of popular franchises i dont care about

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photos of my revstar photocards ^_^

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Went to Paris recently, she's confused about this not being tokyo tower

that's Stonehenge

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Haven't shared it here but someone who bought my revue plushies went to the Momoyo Haruki fanmeeting in Korea and showed them my Karemahi plushies and they complimented them 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

I talked about it on twitter yesterday but it makes me so happy

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making a stamp design

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tried considering making my powerpoint night subject on nanamahi but its so personal to me i didnt feel like doing it

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These are the two fics

First one is from the pov of Mahiru's sister and the karemahi parts are only secondary but its so cute i love domestic karemahi

Second is amusement park date

Read two karemahi fanfics on pixiv and i've been having brainrots over them you have no idea how much i love domestic karemahi and just casual love with no angst its so cute and fluffy i'm starting to have depressive thoughts /pos

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Read two karemahi fanfics on pixiv and i've been having brainrots over them you have no idea how much i love domestic karemahi and just casual love with no angst its so cute and fluffy i'm starting to have depressive thoughts /pos

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Wrote nanamahi again

https://archiveofourown.org/works/56704717/chapters/169740202

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rondo 🦒

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gf and friend keep asking me if i prefer nana or karen and it's always so confusing to me bc i really love nana and want merch and stuff but some things make me believe i generally prefer karen

i love nana but mostly when she's insane and never really thought much of when she's nice although i do like her that way but for karen theres no exception, i love karen as the entire character

so i tend to say i love nana as a cope and love karen more but then again i think i go more insane over nana so idk

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lowkey nanamahi week would be fun