Raki Kiseki

Raki Kiseki (姫石らき) is one of the main protagonists of the Aikatsu on Parade! series. She is a student at Star Harmony Academy. Raki is a cute-type idol whose preferred brand is her self-created brand Maple Ribbon. Along with Wakaba Harukaze, the two are a part of Cheer Star☆.

Appearance
Raki has fair skin with rosewood, paradise-pink and pastel yellow eyes with flecks of baby blue. Her medium-long hair is pale khaki, worn in a pair of thick pigtails held by wrapped hair at the base and a slight curl, accenting a few loose curled locks of hair and her forelocks. Her fluffy bangs are partially straight, and she wears a crimson headband with a tied ribbon on top.

Personality
Raki is a bright and energetic girl who is very optimistic. She has incredible luck, for which she can come first in a lottery for example. However, there are moments where she overly relies on her luck, which can sometimes get her into trouble. To reach her goal in designing, Raki tends to rush her dresses resulting in an unpleasant draft, but with time, she has learnt that behind every dress is a group of strong emotions embedded into it, to deliver joy to the fans who look up to her.

Relationships

 * Sāya Kiseki


 * Sāya is Raki's elder sister who cares about her and supports her dreams towards Aikatsu!. However,


 * Wakaba Harukaze
 * Wakaba is Raki's partner in their friends unit after the passing the audition which held by Wakaba and Mirai.


 * Kokoro Kojima
 * Kokoro is her big fan, she wanted to become an idol because of her.

Etymology
Kiseki (姫石) Ki (姫) means princess and seki (石) means stone. This could be a reference to the theme of jewels in Season 2 of Aikatsu Friends!, in which Raki herself is to be a polished jewel. The surname also shares pronunciation with the term Kiseki (奇跡), meaning miracle, possibly hinting on Raki's good luck.

Raki (らき) has no clear meaning in Japanese. However, it could hint on the English term "lucky", and directly references how Raki often gains good fortune.

Trivia

 * She is 154cm tall.
 * Her zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
 * Her favorite food is bacon & waffles with a lot of syrup.
 * Her favorite things are shooting stars and daruma dolls.
 * Her specialties are sketching and having good fortune.
 * Her hobbies are dress design, sewing, and watching idol performances.
 * She's bad with computers and electronics.
 * Raki is the sixth Aikatsu! franchise protagonist, following Ichigo Hoshimiya and Akari Ōzora from the original Aikatsu! series, Yume Nijino from the Aikatsu Stars! series as well as Aine Yūki and Mio Minato from the Aikatsu Friends! series.
 * She is the third protagonist whose surname doesn't have anything to do with a phenomenon in the sky.
 * She is the third protagonist who has never had flowers in her aura.
 * Raki's eyes is a combination of aspects of previous protagonists: the rosewood base shared with Ichigo, the paradise-pink iris shared with Akari, the pastel yellow highlight shared with Yume and Aine, as well as the baby blue flecks shared with Mio.
 * She shares her voice actress with Wakaba Harukaze from the Aikatsu Friends! series and Hip Hop Break from the Aikatsu Planet! series.
 * She is the second protagonist to wear her hair in pigtails, following Yume Nijino from the Aikatsu Stars! series.
 * Like Yume, her pigtails are held by sections of hair.
 * She is the second protagonist to wear a red hair ribbon on a headband, following Ichigo Hoshimiya from the original Aikatsu! series.
 * She is the second protagonist not to have pink as her theme color, following Mio Minato from the Aikatsu Friends! series.
 * She is the first protagonist not to wear her school dress in her debut performance.