Layla
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Layla (ライラ Raira) is one of the characters available in THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls and THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage. She is voiced by Kana Ichinose (市ノ瀬加那 Ichinose Kana).
Statistics
Annual Rankings
Event | Prelim Rank | Final Rank |
1st Cinderella Girl General Election | Not a candidate | Not a candidate |
2nd Cinderella Girl General Election | Not a candidate | Not a candidate |
3rd Cinderella Girl General Election | Unranked | Unranked |
4th Anniversary Voice Idol Audition | Unranked | Unranked |
4th Cinderella Girl General Election | Unranked | Unranked |
5th Cinderella Girl General Election | Unranked | Unranked |
6th Cinderella Girl General Election | Unranked | Unranked |
7th Cinderella Girl General Election | Unranked | Unranked |
8th Cinderella Girl General Election | Unranked | Unranked |
9th Cinderella Girl General Election | Not applicable | Unranked |
10th Cinderella Girl General Election | Not applicable | Unranked |
Stage for Cinderella | 3 | 19 |
Biographies
THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Self-Introduction
"Oh… Who are you? My name is Layla. Idol…? Can it make money? Oh… okay, you pay for the rent. Thanks."
Character Description
Layla is a mysterious girl with vivid eyes and an intense stare. She spends her free time wandering parks and fields, feeding birds, approaching people at random and stirring up unusual conversations. As she is from Dubai, she speaks with incorrect grammar, and doesn’t seem to understand many of Japan’s customs, like when asking for "tons of cash" as her New Year's wish at the shrine. Because she had struggled with having to work part-time to be able to afford rent, she's very cautious with both money and food, although she does often indulge in ice cream.
Though the reason she came to Japan is initially ambiguous, she is very soon revealed to have escaped a forced arranged marriage after being encouraged to pursue her own happiness by one of her newly employed maids. While Layla's mother is supportive of her decision to become an idol and keeps in touch, it's supposed to be kept secret from her father, who is yet to discover her whereabouts.
Layla is particularly close with other foreign idols, most notably Natalia, and the two of them make up a unit called Sol Qamar.
Deremail Questions | ||
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Originally posted 09/25/2021. Translation source. | ||
Layla: Everyone, good evening to all of you. Today, Layla-san will answer the DereMail. | ||
Question: How did you learn Japanese, Layla-san? | ||
Layla: Maid-san taught Layla-san, Layla-san speak at the park, so she slowly learns it, yes. #DereMail | ||
Layla: At first, Layla-san was doing motions with her hands and moves her body a lot, which was very fun. | ||
Layla: Now, Layla-san is taught by everyone to speak the words of the city, so she is in the middle of paying everyone back, yes. | ||
Question: Please share something that surprised you when you came to Japan | ||
Layla: Kotatsu, yes. Winter is cold, but entering the kotatsu makes it just fine. #DereMail | ||
Layla: Thanks to Japan, Layla-san has learned to love coldness. So warm. | ||
Question: What do Layla-san and Maid-san usually talk about? What kind of things do you do? | ||
Layla: Layla-san and Maid-san talk work, what happened to day, and sometimes the city, yes. Layla-san also helps with chores too. | ||
Layla: But we two are thinking of money saving recipes is very great time. | ||
Layla: Okay, that will be the end for this, yes. Thank you for the questions. | ||
Layla: Layla-san will be waiting to hear from you all again, yes. So, goodbye for now. |
Game Appearances
- To view Layla's Cinderella Girls and Starlight Stage card data, click here.
THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls
Layla first appeared on September 11th, 2013 as one of the new idols in the game.
Layla appears in the Events listed below:
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THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage
Layla appeared on January 22nd, 2016 in the game.
Layla appears in the Events listed below:
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Event | Featured Song | Type | Duration | Cards |
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N/A | Cinderella Road | 11/10/2018 - 11/16/2018 | x80pxx80px |
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Next Chapter | LIVE Parade | 6/29/2023 - 7/9/2023 | x80pxx80px |
Media Appearances
Song Discography
Recorded Solo Songs
Recorded Solo Songs | ||
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Song | Classification | CD |
Onegai! Cinderella | Layla Solo Ver. | THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER Dreamy Anniversary & Next Chapter |
Recorded Group Songs
Recorded Group Songs | ||
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Song | CD | Sung With |
Next Chapter | THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER Dreamy Anniversary & Next Chapter | Shin Sato, Shiki Ichinose, Kako Takafuji, and Fumika Sagisawa |
Trivia and Fan Culture
Trivia
- In Starlight Stage, her image stat specialty is Dance.
Fan Culture
- Although Sol Qamar is formed only by Natalia and Layla, it has an unofficial "sister" unit which also includes Yao Fueifuei, called Xing Sol Qamar.
- While there's no official unit with the three of them, they're constantly shown together in the official 4koma.
- She is also sometimes grouped with Nagi Hisakawa, Yume Narumiya, Hijiri Mochizuki and Miu Yaguchi, since they share the same height of 150 cm. This fan unit is dubbed 150's (Or 150cm組, 150 cm-gumi, in Japanese).
- Due to Layla and veteran voice actor Akira Ishida trending on the same day in Japanese twitter on April 21, 2023, some Japanese fans started joking that Ishida is Layla's voice actor, similar to Natalia and Akio Ōtsuka.
- Because of similarity in appearance, Layla is sometimes compared to Shaddiq Zenelli, a character from Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury.
- When it was revealed that Layla's VA is Kana Ichinose, who voiced Suletta Mercury, the main character of the series, fans jokingly started calling her "Shaddiq's little sister".
- She has also been dubbed "The Witch From Dubai" (ドバイの魔女 Dobai no Majo), based on the series name The Witch from Mercury (水星の魔女 Suisei no Majo).
- When it was revealed that Layla's VA is Kana Ichinose, who voiced Suletta Mercury, the main character of the series, fans jokingly started calling her "Shaddiq's little sister".
Character Gallery
Animated Loading Characters | ||
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![]() [Azraq of Loneliness] |
![]() [The Sun's Diva] |
![]() [Desert Mummy] |
![]() [Rabia Sharita] |
![]() [Moonlight Night Story] |
Cinderella Post Images | ||
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Cinderella Girls Stickers | ||
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![]() "Oh…" |
![]() *Growling* |
![]() "A bargain" |
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Starlight Stage Renders | ||
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![]() [Wind Blowing in a Foreign Country] |
![]() [My Sweet Ice Cream] |
![]() [At the Mawj's Mercy] |
Starlight Stage Sprites | ||
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![]() Casual Outfit Sprite 01 |
190px Event Outfit Sprite 01 |
Starlight Stage's 4th anniversary countdown illustration.
Layla in Dice DE Cinderella.