Ako Tsuchiya

Ako is the Passion representative of the New Wave trio. Her motivation for becoming an idol is to strike it rich and live a life of luxury with her best friends, Sakura Muramatsu and Izumi Ohishi. The trio is very close, and is almost never seen without the other members. Ako’s idol stage clothes always coordinate with Izumi and Sakura’s, and her cards are set up to work best with the other New Wave members. She wears glasses, has a beauty mark on her left cheek, and always has multicolored clips to keep her bangs in place. In the tie in Cinderella Girls Theater skits, Ako is a friendly girl who loves money and jewelry. Most of her idol adventures include her looking for prices or wondering about financial gain. She is closer to Sakura, due to their childlike behavior. She doesn’t seem to have much faith in her luck, and is very surprised when she wins a lottery prize of getting to go on a date with the Producer over a high class barbecue. When her two friends try to convince her of what parts of her character to flesh out when going solo, she realize that she is viewed primarily as loving money. She is happy to learn that her tendency to drop funny lines is noticed and laughs with her friends as Sakura imitates Mirei Hayasaka.