Shiraishi An

Gender: Female Birthday: July 26 Height: 160 cm School: Kamiyama High School (Class 2-A) Committee: Broadcasting Club: Helps out at various sports clubs Hobbies: Growing mint Specialty: Making coffee and tea Favorite Food: Rum raisin ice cream Least Favorite Food: Tomatoes Dislikes: Ghosts, Scary stories

Shiraishi An is a second-year student at Kamiyama High School. She is part of the street music group Vivid BAD SQUAD. Cheerful and honest, An helps out at Weekend Garage. She was working towards surpassing her father's team's legendary event, RAD WEEKEND, when she learned an earth-shattering secret about Nagi, his teammate and her role model. After learning about Nagi's hopes from her father, An has bounced back, pledging once more to surpass the legend. An is the daughter of the popular former musician Shiraishi Ken, who now owns a popular live cafe & bar called WEEKEND GARAGE, where she sometimes worked until the end of On Your Feet. An hopes to one day surpass the legendary event he put on, called RAD WEEKEND. She has been surrounded by music ever since she was young, and began singing partially because she felt a natural connection to it, and partially because she wanted to be like her dad. She has a lot of connections in the street music scene, due to being Ken's daughter.

When Kohane came back to WEEKEND GARAGE after hearing An sing there, An invited Kohane to form a group with her, calling themselves Vivids. After some rivalry and conflict, they join Akito and Toya of BAD DOGS to become Vivid BAD SQUAD, though she and Kohane are still active as Vivids. In her first year, An was classmates with Mizuki in class 1-A. In her second year, she is classmates with Akito and Nene. She is a member of the disciplinary committee, joining because a friend from middle school kept bugging her to. She also occasionally helps out the basketball team by being a stand-in for them, an interest she shares with her childhood friend Haruka.

An has amber eyes and long, waist-length black hair with blue tips, worn loose with little star accessories. She takes out her earrings and star accessories during school. Her voice is strong, bright and radiant.

Cropped black shirt with long open-shouldered sleeves and a dark blue-and-teal design from her sternum down, and baggy white pants with hot pink stripes down the sides of the legs and a black design on the cuffs. She wears a long black belt with the word "HEADS" printed along its length, black-and-teal running shoes, and a layered silver necklace. She swaps her hair clips for simpler ones.

An is a cool, chill and playful, candid girl with an unyielding spirit. She acts very affectionate towards her close friends, and is very kind and forgiving. She leaves a strong impression on others and is hard to forget. An encourages those around her to be the best they can. However, her and Akito often bicker due to their long-standing rivalry. When An is part of the disciplinary committee at Kamiyama, she gets nervous when asking someone to follow the rules, getting shaky and stuttering when asking someone to tuck in their shirt.

Azusawa Kohane: Fellow group member and close friend. They consider each other partners, and while An tends to be overprotective towards Kohane, she is learning to rely on her more equally. An gave Kohane confidence to perform.

Despite this, An is also shown to have feelings of inferiority towards Kohane. In Bout for Beside You, she becomes afraid that Kohane would one day leave her behind after her rapid improvement during Awakening Beat, and was also jealous of her vocal skill. She is trying to keep up with Kohane. She later confesses these feelings to Kohane, how she didn't want Kohane to leave her. However, much to her surprise, Kohane actually improved greatly due to her groupmates. Kohane realizes An was lonely without her and decides to give her all her support in the future. It's suggested that the other characters in the cast have interpreted them as being more than just partners, as when An vaguely informs Akito, Toya, Mizuki, and her father that she's going on a date in her Peak Excitement! side story, they all immediately know that it’s with Kohane without needing a moment to consider it. When An expresses disappointment at their lack of surprise, Akito bluntly asks her "Who else could it be?" while Mizuki points out that An talks about Kohane so much that they immediately knew. Tsukasa, Rui, and Mizuki also work together to make her a Kohane doll for her birthday.

Shinonome Akito: Fellow group member. As revealed in the Vivid BAD SQUAD unit story, An and Akito have known each other since middle school due to Akito making frequent visits to WEEKEND GARAGE after his experience with RAD WEEKEND. However, it's implied that they weren't particularly close during that time due to the amount of distance and animosity they treated each other with. On An's side, she referred to Akito by his first name due to them being in the same age group, but would otherwise refer to him with the rude form of "You", which is "あんた" in Japanese, until they became more friendly. After becoming Vivid BAD SQUAD, a more friendly rivalry forms between them and they bicker over various things, much to Kohane’s dismay. Their rivalry drives them to do their absolute best in each performance and they have great teamwork for surpassing RAD WEEKEND's popularity.

Aoyagi Toya: Fellow group member. They've known each other since middle school. However, it's implied that they weren't particularly close until after Vivids and BAD DOGS join together to become Vivid BAD SQUAD. Toya recognizes her talent and her dream of surpassing RAD WEEKEND, stating that she is "like Akito" in that regard, and An appears to mutually respect him.

Haruka Kiritani: Close childhood friends since elementary school. However, the two were separated when Haruka went to Miyamasuzaka and An went to Kamiyama High. They still hang out together outside of school. The two have a bit of a rivalry and would compete in things such as seeing who could eat their lunch faster in elementary school. It is also reflected in their Trust Rank title "Rivals in Everything but Studying".