Ai Narata

Ai Narata (奈良田 愛, Narata Ai) is a main character in Kageki Shojo!! series. She is a former idol who is expelled from her group because of her trust issues with men and she applied at the Kouka School to escape her past.

Appearance
Ai is a young girl with medium long dark-green hair (short light-blue hair) that has bangs hanging over her forehead and blue eyes.

Plot
Ai gets approached by a fan who recognizes her as former member "Naracchi" from JPX48 idol group, but she gets scared and grossed out and runs. She runs into her uncle who wonders why she is running and Ai explains a fan touched her. He gives her a letter from Kouka Academy of Music and Ai quickly rips it open to see she passed phase one. She gets excited stating that if she enters she will be able to avoid the presence of men for a couple of years and is sure to enter even if its not this year.

On the day of the second phase as the candidates gather, they easily recognize Ai. She sees a cherry blossom and goes to check it, surprised that no one is there. Taichi Narata observes from distance and realizes he forgot to tell her that those who stand under the Kouka cherry blossom before entering the school, will be jinxed and won't ever reach the top. While standing under it, Sarasa Watanabe finds it to be pretty and heads towards Ai and asks her to take a picture of her. That surprises Ai, who drops her letter and the wind blows it. However, Sarasa is able to get the letter and return it to Ai.

Sarasa Watanabe
Sarasa is Ai's dormmate whom she finds annoying at first.

Taichi Narata
Taichi is Ai's uncle who is the only male that she trusts.

Etymology

 * The name Ai means "love, affection" (愛).
 * Ai's surname Narata means "apple tree" (奈) (na), "good, virtuous, respectable" (良) (ra) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (ta).