Tsukiuta


Tsukiuta is a character CD series that started as a collaboration between Vocaloid producers and popular voice actors but expanded into a media franchise with its own animation, multiple stage plays, manga anthologies, video games, and merchandise.

Main characters

The characters of Tsukiuta are split into four idol groups under the fictional Tsukino Talent Production. There are twelve men and twelve women, each representing a month of the year. Tsukino Talent Production also manages the fictional idol groups under TsukiPro.
The men are split into rival units named Six Gravity and Procellarum. The members of Six Gravity come from Eastern Japan, while the members of Procellarum come from Western Japan.
The women belong to the units Fluna and Seleas. They are goddesses from a different dimension, unknown to anyone on Earth.

Six Gravity

/ Composition by Satsuki ga Tenkomori
Month - December
Birthday - December 12
Stage Cast:
  • Kiyama Ryu
  • Sawabe Neo
    Appearance
Kakeru is a fair-skinned young male with neck-length blond hair and orange eyes. He is currently the shortest among both Six Gravity and Procellarum's members. His theme color is gold.
Personality
A cheerful labor boy, Kakeru is lively, works with all his might with little complaint, is rarely discouraged, and does not like to lose. Despite his unlucky constitution, he starts his day in high spirits and top form. He is the type of person who will only continue to grow as time passes.
Kakeru carries a strong sense of pride and believes in self-reliance, as shown by how he chose to work part-time to support himself instead of relying on his parents' allowance since it was his choice to move out of his home.
Kakeru does feel uncomfortable when it comes to his height sometimes, especially due to him now being the shortest among the two groups. At some times, he feels as if his height makes him seem like a person who isn't very dependable, and, while he doesn't dislike it, he gets treated like a child.
History
Kakeru is the only child of Shiwasu Ayumu and Ayumu's unnamed wife, and it is heavily implied that he comes from an affluent family.
/ Composition by Machigerita, Misato Murai
Month - January
Birthday - January 8
Stage Cast:
  • Menjo Kentaro
  • Agata Goki
    Appearance
Hajime is a tall, fair-skinned, well-built young male with neck-length black hair and purple eyes. In his initial setting, Hajime had a lock of hair highlighted purple. His theme color is violet.
Personality
Hajime has a commanding presence, making him stand out compared to other people. With his naturally high amount of charisma, he often ends up being the center of the group without realizing it. Many people hail him as if he were a "King" due to his appeal and because he is good at taking care of those around him. While he is a man of very few words, he can be quite blunt and, at times, sarcastic and severe, but well-meaning. He also dislikes doing things half-done or half-way.
Hajime is also physically strong, which often manifests in his famous "Iron Claw" technique, which makes him strong enough to crush an apple with his bare hands. He has also practiced the art of self-defense and has the strength to break a certain number of tiles.
Despite his repertoire of skills and intellect, as well as his family background, Hajime keeps himself grounded and does not let himself get carried away with what he has accomplished.
Surprisingly, he also has a childish side, usually manifesting when he and the senior members assemble. He can also sometimes be rather airheaded, making him the target of teasing by others.
He has soft spots for animals and people younger than him. He often helps them study by holding study sessions which receive the name "Iron Claw Cram School" because he's known to be strict with the ones he teaches and punish them with his infamous iron claws.
History
Hajime comes from the noble Mutsuki family. He has a history of running away from home during their family's New Year's celebrations. It was the same with their 2014 celebration.
He and Haru first spoke with each other sometime after they'd been assigned to the same class in their second year as junior high school students. Haru had been playing with others while Hajime had been taking a nap.
/ Composition by Nijihara Peperon
Month - February
Birthday - February 14
Stage Cast:
  • Yokoo Lui
  • Suzuki Yota
    Appearance
Koi is a fair-skinned young male with short bubblegum-pink hair and slightly darker pink eyes. The hairpins he regularly wears are gifts from his younger twin sister, Ai. While initially one of the shortest among the male idols, he has experienced the most height growth in the past few years. He is also the youngest among the members of Six Gravity and Procellarum, having made his debut at the age of 15.
His theme color is pink.
Personality
Koi is a naturally friendly and amiable type of person. He is good at socializing, making him a person with lots of friends of either gender, and he always encourages those who feel down. He is also described as earnest, hard-working, straightforward, and quite well-informed. Because of this, he's made some startling connections. As a result of his naturally extroverted personality, Koi gets along very well with their staff members.
Furthermore, he resembles a big brother's role by looking out for everyone, despite being doted upon by those older than him. He's also quite the mood-maker, plays the funny man role, and can throw sharp retorts, making him a reliable member of his unit.
According to his profile, while he may look like a player, he has a strong moral sense.
History
Koi is one of the twin children of his unnamed father and unnamed mother, a former goddess. His younger twin sister, Ai, is also a goddess candidate. However, both Koi and his father are not aware of the Moon Society and Mrs. Kisaragi and Ai's standing as former goddesses and goddess candidates, respectively.
/ Composition by Yuuyu
Month - March
Birthday - March 19
Stage Cast:
  • Nakada Hiroki
  • Matsuda Gaku
  • Ota Yuji
    Appearance
Haru has collar-length, light sandy green hair, slightly parted bangs, and a natural ahoge. His eyes are lime green, with a mole under his left eye. He is the only idol in the series who wears glasses, although his eyesight isn't so bad that he needs to wear his glasses constantly.
Personality
Haru is described as a calm and gentle young man and is someone everyone relies on—practically a mother-type figure with a big heart on the level of a "holy mother" or the Virgin Mary. He is looked up to by those younger than him, and those older than him rely on him, making him the type who couldn't be hated by anyone. He is apparently weak at arguing and tends to avoid conflict.
He is also very intelligent and has earned himself the titles of "trivia king" and "Harupedia," although he has only beaten Hajime twice in academics.
History
He debuted during his third year of senior high school and is currently a university student.
/ Composition by ChouchouP
Month - April
Birthday - April 28
Stage Cast:
  • Yamazaki Taiki
  • Takenaka Ryohei
  • Nakajima Reiki
    Appearance
Arata has collar-length, greyish-black hair, and grey eyes. He tends to keep an expressionless face. He is said to resemble his mother.
Personality
Arata is a laid-back, unhurried person who takes things at his own pace, often compared to a cat in a sunny area. He tends to be someone who sits at either end of the spectrum when it comes to working; he can be quite difficult to handle once he loses his enthusiasm, but he displays an overwhelming ability to concentrate and talent when it comes to interests and goes all the way when having fun.
While his lack of expression makes him look unsociable and coldhearted, he does not seem to mind. He has also displayed a great love for strawberry-flavored milk on several occasions, such as when asked by Arata what kind of soup he'd prefer, he responded plainly with "Strawberry Milk."
History
He comes from a family of four, consisting of him, his parents, and Yuka, his sister, who is two years older than him.
He made his debut during his second year of senior high school.
/ Composition by Nem
Month - May
Birthday - May 5
Stage Cast: Jonin Tatsuki
Appearance
Aoi has fine, soft hair that is platinum-blonde with a faint tawny shade, with two distinctive tufts of hair bent outward on the top of his head, reminiscent of wings, and sky-blue eyes. He has fair, smooth skin. One of his casual attires is a black t-shirt with a cerulean blue jacket and dark blue jeans.
He is often described as very handsome and pretty, a trait he shares with the rest of the Satsuki family, making them well known as the good-looking family in their neighborhood. He and his older brother, Chihiro, both resemble their father in particular. It is said that whenever he smiles, there is always a momentary flash of light.
His theme color is light blue or sky blue.
Personality
He is described as a refreshing person, to the point that he can be too refreshing. He is nicknamed 'Gravi's Prince' or the 'Refreshing Prince' by the rest of the members due to his princely charm. Very mature and level-headed, he, together with Yayoi Haru, look after and back up the rest of Six Gravity.
He is a naturally diligent, serious person, which makes it hard for him to laze around and take things easy. He is also bad when it comes to love stories.
Despite being adult-like on the surface, he also has a rather cute and childish side, which he originally only showed to his childhood friend, Uduki Arata, but is now more often revealing this side of his to the rest of Six Gravity's members. He also tends to become lonely sometimes. He spends most of his time with Arata, his best friend.
History
Aoi is the youngest son of the Satsuki family, a family well known in their neighborhood for being very good-looking. He was scouted together with his childhood friend, Arata, when they tried to return Kuroda based on the contact address on his collar. He made his debut during his second year of senior high school.

Procellarum


Fluna


Seleas


Other characters

Managers

Six Gravity's managerBirthday - December 4
Kanade has light grayish-brown hair and brown eyes. He also wears thin-rimmed glasses. Kanade is a quiet, amiable person who always has a smile on his face. He handles his job as Six Gravity's manager quite well, despite them being the first unit and set of idols he has ever managed. He is also very generous, encouraging the members of Six Gravity to voice their whims or if they want anything. Before becoming Six Gravity's manager, Kanade had been a university lecturer. His older sister chose to retire after getting married, so he had been forced into inheriting her position.
Thanks to Hajime's careful guidance and leadership, the members of Six Gravity do not cause much trouble for Kanade, making his job as their manager rather easy. However, Kanade also wants Gravi's members to voice out their whims and become as self-indulging as a performer can become, even for just a bit.
Procellarum's managerBirthday - August 24
Dai is a well-built man with dark hair and brown eyes. Prior to becoming a manager, Dai was part of a security police task force. He was also hired into TSUKINO TALENT PRODUCTION as a bodyguard, but along the way, he became a manager.
Dai and Kanade, the manager of Six Gravity, get along very well, despite managing sibling and rival units. They often boast about their respective unit members' achievements to each other in a friendly manner. The two also go out to drink whenever there is time or reason to celebrate.
Dai tends to act as Procellarum's bodyguard rather than their manager, but handles them well. To Procellarum, he has earned a position as their father and has actually received a gift from Procella during Father's Day.

Other

;Mikoto Tsukino

Anime

An anime for the series was announced at the Animate Girls Festival 2014. The anime titled "Tsukiuta. The Animation" aired between July and September 2016 on Tokyo MX, BS11, and several other TV channels.
The anime was produced in celebration of Animate's 30th anniversary. The anime focuses on the members of Six Gravity and Procellarum, with a different character being the main focus of each episode. The character's name is incorporated into the title of the episode.
On November 9, 2018, it was announced that the series would receive a second season. The second season is animated by Children's Playground Entertainment, with Yukio Nishimoto replacing Itsuro Kawasaki as director and Natsuko Takahashi replacing Itsuro Kawasaki as script supervisor. The rest of the cast reprised their roles. Originally set to premiere in 2019, it was pushed to April 2020 and delayed again to July 2020 due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, but was delayed again to air from October 7 to December 30, 2020. Funimation acquired the series and streams the series on its website in North America and the British Isles. On November 11, 2020, the company apologized for the poor quality of the sixth episode of Season 2.

Music

The opening theme alternates between GRAVATIC-LOVE by Six Gravity and LOLV –Lots of Love- by Procellarum.
The ending themes are sung by each character in the order of their representative months, starting with December. Episode 13 finished with Tsuki no Uta, a combined song by Six Gravity and Procellarum.

Film

On April 3, 2022, it was announced that the series would be receiving an anime film titled Rabbits Kingdom the Movie. The film is produced by Studio Sign and directed by Masayoshi Ozaki. It was originally set to premiere in December 2023 but was later delayed to June 14, 2024, due to "various circumstances".

Stage plays

2.5 dimensions of dance live TSUKIUTA STAGE, or TSUKISTA. for short, is a series of dance live/stage play adaptations of the TSUKIUTA. series.

''2.5 Dimension Dance Live "Tsukiuta." Stage (1st Stage)''

2.5 Dimension Dance Live "Tsukiuta." Stage '' was the first stage play of the Tsukiuta. series and ran from April 23 to May 1, 2016, at Seiryokaikan Hall, Japan. It alternated between “ver. black,” which featured Six Gravity, and “ver. white,” which featured Procellarum.

''2.5 Dimension Dance Live "Tsukiuta." Stage: Act II: ~The Legend of Tsukiuta: "Yumemigusa"~ (2nd Stage)''

2.5 Dimension Dance Live "Tsukiuta." Stage: Act II: ~The Legend of Tsukiuta: "Yumemigusa"~ is the second installment of the stage play series Tsukiuta. It was held in the Roppongi Blue Theatre from October 27 to 31, 2016. Two versions of the show were performed once per day: the Sakura Chapter, with more focus on Six Gravity members Arata and Aoi, and the Moon Chapter, centralizing Procellarum's You and Yoru. All members of the cast were featured in these performances.

''2.5 Dimension Dance Live "Tsukiuta." Stage: Tri! School Revolution! (3rd Stage)''

2.5 Dimension Dance Live "Tsukiuta." Stage Tri! School Revolution! is the third in the stage play series of Tsukiuta. Similar to the first stage, two versions were produced: ver. Black featuring Six Gravity and ver. white with Procellarum. Ver. Black was held at Roppongi Blue Theatre from March 8 to 12, 2017. Ver. White was shown at Hakuhinkan Theatre from March 17 to 26, 2017.

''2.5 Dimension Dance Live "Tsukiuta." Stage: Lunatic Party (4th Stage)''

2.5 Dimension Dance Live "Tsukiuta." Stage: Lunatic Party is the upcoming 4th installment of the Tsukiuta stage play series. It was scheduled to be held at the Roppongi Blue Theatre from October 11 to 15, 2017. Arata Uduki's actor will be replaced by Ryouhei Takanaka.

''2.5 Dimension Dance Live "Tsukiuta." Stage: The Rabbits Kingdom (5th Stage)''

TSUKIUTA.STAGE THE FIFTH STAGE RABBITS KINGDOM Black versus White, or, in short, referred to as RABBITS KINGDOM, is the fifth of a series of stage play adaptations of the TSUKIUTA. series.
The performances were held in Osaka at the Sankei Hall Breeze from November 30 to December 3 and in Tokyo at the AiiA 2.5 Theater Tokyo from December 7 to December 22, 2017.

''2.5 Dimension Dance Live "Tsukiuta." Stage: Kurenai Enishi (6th stage)''

2.5 dimensions of dance live TSUKIUTA STAGE Kurenai Enishi, or, in short, referred to as Kurenai Enishi, is the sixth of a series of dance live adaptations of the TSUKIUTA. series.
The performances were held in Shinagawa at the Stellar Ball from October 18 to November 4, 2018, for a total of 27 performances.

''2.5 Dimension Dance Live "Tsukiuta." Stage: CYBER-DIVE-CONNECTION (7th Stage)''

TSUKISTA. 7th CYBER-DIVE-CONNECTION, or, in short, referred to as CYBER-DIVE-CONNECTION, is the seventh of a series of stage play adaptations of the TSUKIUTA. series.
The performances were held in Tokyo at the Hulic Theater from December 5 to December 9, and in Osaka at the Miel Parque Hall from December 13 to December 16, 2018, for a total of 17 performances.

''2.5 Dimension Dance Live "Tsukiuta." Stage: Tsukino Empire (8th Stage)''

TSUKIUTA. STAGE THE EIGHTH STAGE TSUKINO EMPIRE UNLEASH YOUR MIND., or, in short, referred to as TSUKINO EMPIRE, is the eighth of a series of stage play adaptations of the TSUKIUTA. series. The performances were held in Chiba at the Maihama Amphitheater from March 27 to March 31, 2019, for a total of nine performances.

''2.5 Dimension Dance Live "Tsukiuta." Stage: Shiawase Awase (9th Stage)''

TSUKIUTA STAGE. NINTH STAGE Shiawase Awase, or in short, referred to as Shiawase Awase, is the ninth of a series of stage play adaptations of the TSUKIUTA. series.
The performances were held in Yurakucho, Tokyo, at the Hulic Hall from October 30 to November 4, 2019, for a total of 10 performances.

''2.5 Dimension Dance Live "Tsukiuta." Stage: TAIKYOKUDENKI (10th Stage)''

2.5 dimensions of dance live TSUKIUTA STAGE Tsukiuta Kitan TAIKYOKUDENKI, or in short referred to as TAIKYOKUDENKI, is the tenth of a series of stage play adaptations of the TSUKIUTA. series.
The performances were held in Yurakucho, Tokyo at the Hulic Hall from January 29 to February 2, 2020, for a total of nine performances.

''2.5 Dimension Dance Live "Tsukiuta." Stage: TSUKIHANA KAGURA (11th Stage)''

Venue

Japan, Hulic Hall, 〒100-0006 Tokyo, Chiyoda City, Yurakucho, 2 Chome−5−1, Yurakucho Center Building, 11F

Schedule

September 30 to October 11, 2021; all 16 performances.
*Venue, schedule, etc. are subject to change without notice.

''2.5 Dimension Dance Live "Tsukiuta." Stage: ZANSHIN (12th Stage)''

Venue

Japan Seinenkan Hall 4-1 Kasumigaoka-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0013

Schedule

March 25 to April 3, 2022; all 15 performances.

''2.5 Dimension Dance Live "Tsukiuta." Stage: TSUKINO HYAKKIYAKOU (13th Stage)''

Venue

Japan, Hulic Hall, 〒100-0006 Tokyo, Chiyoda City, Yurakucho, 2 Chome−5−1, Yurakucho Center Building, 11F

Schedule

Fourteen performances from November 25 to December 4, 2022.

Cast

The initial cast, along with the staff, venue and performance dates, was announced by Animate.

Games

Mobile

There were two mobile applications for Tsukiuta. – Tsukino Park, an application featuring mini games and media release information; and Tsukino Paradise, a rhythm game published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Both mobile games also featured characters from the other groups under TsukiPro. The two games were available on both iOS and Android.
Tsukino Park was discontinued on November 30, 2018.
Tsukino Paradise was discontinued on February 5, 2020.

PS Vita

A PlayStation Vita game titled Tsukitomo. -Tsukiuta. 12 memories- was released on June 1, 2017. Unlike the mobile games, the Vita game solely features the Tsukiuta. groups of Six Gravity and Procellarum. The game was released both as a packaged version and as a digital download, with Animate receiving a limited edition that included physical goods and extra downloadable content.