Layla

Layla
Cinderella Girls Character Data
Name:	ライラ (Raira)
Voice actor:	市ノ瀬加那 (Ichinose Kana)
Age:	16
Height:	150 cm
Weight:	40 kg
Birthday:	May 21st
Blood type:	O
Three sizes:	75-54-78 cm
Handedness:	Right
Hobbies:	Chatting with Strangers in the Park
Horoscope:	Gemini
Hometown:	Dubai
Card Type:
Image Color:
Autograph

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
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:

Events
Event	Duration	Cards

THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage

Layla appeared on January 22nd, 2016 in the game.

Layla appears in the Events listed below:

Events
Event	Featured Song	Type	Duration	Cards
	N/A	Cinderella Road	11/10/2018 - 11/16/2018	x80px x80px
	Next Chapter	LIVE Parade	6/29/2023 - 7/9/2023	x80px x80px

Media Appearances

Song Discography

Recorded Solo Songs

Recorded Solo Songs
Song	Classification	CD
Onegai! Cinderella	Layla Solo Ver.	THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER Dreamy Anniversary & Next Chapter

Recorded Group Songs

Recorded Group Songs
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).

Character Gallery

Animated Loading Characters
[Azraq of Loneliness]	[The Sun's Diva]	[Desert Mummy]
[Rabia Sharita]	[Moonlight Night Story]

Cinderella Post Images
June 18th, 2018 at 3:42 P.M.	July 8th, 2018 at 1:22 P.M.	July 13th, 2019 at 7:28 P.M.
January 30th, 2020 at 6:58 A.M.	November 30th, 2020 at 5:20 P.M.	April 27th, 2022 at 8:00 P.M.
April 8th, 2023 at 3:03 P.M.

Cinderella Girls Stickers
"Oh…"	Growling	"A bargain"
Growling

Starlight Stage Models
[Starry Sky Bright]	[Across the Stars]	[Party Time Gold]
[Cinderella Collection (Bright)]	[Cinderella Collection (Color)]	[Make My Trend]
[Ribbon Blouse Date]	[Gothic Dress: Night Rose Princess's Invitation]	[Keyhole & Denim]
[Wind Blowing in a Foreign Country] SSR	[My Sweet Ice Cream] SSR

Starlight Stage Renders
[Wind Blowing in a Foreign Country]	[My Sweet Ice Cream]	[At the Mawj's Mercy]

Starlight Stage Sprites
Casual Outfit Sprite 01	190px Event Outfit Sprite 01

Starlight Stage Card Cameos
Starlight Stage SSR Cameos
[Let it Cute!]	[My Fair Dolly]	[One Night's Shine Lasts an Eternity]
[Super Luminous Meteor]
Starlight Stage SR Cameos
[Rocker Girl]	[Happy Party People]	[New bright stars]

Starlight Stage's 4th anniversary countdown illustration.
Twitter Idol Birthday illustration (May).
Twitter Overseas Tourism Ambassador campaign illustration.
Layla drawn by the Starlight Stage staff to celebrate Cinderella Girls 10th anniversary.
Layla in Dice DE Cinderella.
Cinderella Girls July 2019 calendar wallpaper.
Cinderella Girls Mobile Game shutdown illustration.