Sora Kitamura (Japanese: 北村想楽, Kitamura Sora) is one of the available idols in the mobile game THE iDOLM@STER SideM as one of the three winners of the New Idol Discovery Audition. He is voiced by Fumiyoshi Shioya (汐谷文康 Shioya Fumiyoshi).

Biographies

SideM Biography

-The realist who tells it like it is, a boy who manipulates words and language as he pleases!-
"In the world of arts, I aspire to stand tall as my heart desires."

SideM Idol File

Reasons for Becoming an Idol: To be myself while still earning a living.

Personal Motto: The foolish think too much.

Comments for the Future: In the world of arts / I aspire to stand tall / As my heart desires. I want to live my life flourishing in my own way~ Though thorns it may have / Its beauty remains untarnished— / The lovely red rose. I wish to bloom in full splendor on the path of idols~

Comments about Unit Members: Chris-san means well, but he’s a rather troublesome personality~. He’s fun from a distance, though~. Amehiko-san is, well…. He’s so shrewd he could find his way out of a pressure cooker, and it feels like he can see right through me, which is a bit... Fufu, but it’s all going well~

GROWING STARS Biography

-From general store worker to idol!-
"Entertain with eye-catching songs and dances."

THE iDOLM@STER POPLINKS Profile Quote

"Hello~. My name is Sora Kitamura~. Now that you called me here, I'll do my best in my own way~."

Character Description and Personality

Sora Kitamura
SideM Character Data
Name:	北村想楽 (Kitamura Sora)
Voice actor:	汐谷文康 (Shioya Fumiyoshi)
Age:	19
Height:	174 cm
Weight:	62 kg
Shoe Size:	26.5 cm
Birthday:	November 28th
Blood type:	B
Hobbies:	Traveling Alone
Skills:	Calligraphy
Handedness:	Right
Horoscope:	Sagittarius
Hometown:	Mie
Ex-Job:	General store worker
Card Type:	Mental
Image Color:
Autograph

Sora is quiet with a laid-back aura and an artistic disposition. He is very observant of those around him and composes haiku in his head about other people. He also incorporates haiku into his regular speech and as a general store worker, he often wrote haiku for advertisement boards as well. He cares deeply about being true to himself and his interests, driving his decision to become an idol. After seeing his upperclassmen hide their personalities to job hunt and his older brother, an artist, become too busy with work to draw, Sora wondered if he could continue to be himself in the future. This is when he happened upon the announcement for the 315 Pro idol auditions in a magazine.

Despite his outward nature, he's actually quite cunning and sometimes blunt, poking fun at his unitmates, although this is often in the form of haiku he keeps to himself. He's also very serious when it comes to his work, when Legenders had their first interview, Sora immediately asked about the details of the interview, preparing their answers and a tagline for the interview beforehand, as well as telling Amehiko to not make rude jokes and Chris to not talk about the sea, demonstrating that he had already picked up on their quirks. Despite Sora being the youngest, the other two seem to respect him and follow what he says, and their interview is successful. Despite claiming that he became an idol to be himself, he found himself hiding Legenders’ true personalities during their first interview seemingly for publicity’s sake and admits to the irony of him putting on different faces whilst performing. He wants to help others to be more like themselves as well, believing that others would be happier that way, but he’ll tell this to them in a bluntly honest way that can come off as rude or insulting, causing problems for him.

Sora prepares diligently for his other work as well, researching for every job he has, as he believes that showing effort or inexperience is unsightly, especially in his dancing. He’ll devote himself to improving his skills, but as he wants to appear effortless, he refuses to appear weak by asking anyone outside of his unit for help. As well as being insecure about his lack of dancing skill, he’s insecure about his appearance, disliking that he looks childish next to his unitmates, changing his poses and facial expressions to appear more mature.

He feels more comfortable around animals than humans, saying that they’re never two-faced so he doesn’t need to be wary around them. Amehiko and Chris note that he shows rare gentle expressions around animals, and animals seem to love him, with a dog in the Horse-Riding Gentlemen event rushing over to him, and a bird flying in through the window to land on his hand in the Happy Resort Wedding event. He admires animals for their honesty and wants to be as true to himself as they are.

Backstory

Originally from Mie, Sora shares an apartment with his older brother in Tokyo, where he attends university. After seeing his artist brother get an office job and become overworked to the point where he rarely came home or slept, let alone had time to paint, and his upperclassmen talking about hiding their personalities to find work, Sora believed that he would end up on the same path. Whilst worrying about this he decided to distract himself by reading a magazine when he came across an advertisement for 315 Production's auditions.

As a young child, he was honest to a close friend when trying to help them and accidentally insulted them, causing them to fight and never speak again. After this, he closed himself off from others and didn’t allow himself to get close to anyone, or for anyone to get close to him, fearing that he’d hurt others or be hated. As he continued to close himself off until he joined 315 Production and slowly became friends with Amehiko and Chris, his loneliness caused him to be jealous of Jupiter and Beit’s close bonds when Legenders first started idol activities, but now they feel as if they’re similar to Beit’s familial dynamic, even if they don’t appear to be as close at first glance. His fear of hurting others doesn’t apply to Amehiko and Chris, as he frequently banters with Amehiko, and anything insulting flies over Chris’ head, but he continues to worry about hurting others and public opinion. Slowly but surely, Sora begins to make friends outside of his unit, bonding over lack of dancing skill and an interest in tea with Kuro in Xmas Live 2017 side:prelude, Kazuki finding his blunt honesty helpful for bettering himself in Write for someone, and bonding over a joint passion for travel with Tsubasa and Yukihiro in his offshot card.

Song Discography

Image songs

Flowing Freedom

Recorded Solo Songs

Recorded Solo Songs
Song	Classification	CD
Flowing Freedom	Solo Song	THE IDOLM@STER SideM ORIGIN@L PIECES 06
Symphonic Brave	Sora Kitamura Solo Remix	THE IDOLM@STER SideM 3rd ANNIVERSARY SOLO COLLECTION 01
Friendly Smile	Sora Kitamura Solo Remix	THE IDOLM@STER SideM WakeMini! SOLO COLLECTION 02 MENTAL Ver.
Make New Legend	Sora Kitamura Solo Remix	THE IDOLM@STER SideM 5th ANNIVERSARY SOLO COLLECTION 03
Little Happiness	Sora Kitamura Solo Remix	THE IDOLM@STER SideM PASSION@TE FORMATION -MENTAL-
Time Before Time	Sora Kimura Solo Remix	THE IDOLM@STER SideM GROWING SIGN@L SOLO COLLECTION 01
You're	Solo Song	THE IDOLM@STER SideM 49 ELEMENTS-11 Legenders

Recorded Group Songs

Recorded Group Songs
Song	CD	Sung With
Legacy of Spirit	THE IDOLM@STER SideM ST@RTING LINE-15 Legenders	Amehiko Kuzunoha and Chris Koron
String of Fate
DRIVE A LIVE
Beyond The Dream	THE IDOLM@STER SideM "Beyond The Dream"	315 ALLSTARS
Beyond The Dream	THE IDOLM@STER SideM "Beyond The Dream"	315 Mental Idols
Symphonic Brave	THE IDOLM@STER SideM 3rd ANNIVERSARY DISC 01 Café Parade & Altessimo & Legenders	Amehiko Kuzunoha and Chris Koron
Eternal Fantasia		Asselin BB II, Makio Uzuki, Saki Mizushima, Soichiro Shinonome, Yukihiro Kamiya, Kei Tsuzuki, Rei Kagura, Amehiko Kuzunoha and Chris Koron
Friendly Smile	THE IDOLM@STER SideM WakeMini! MUSIC COLLECTION 02	315 STARS (Mental Ver.)
LIVE in your SMILE	THE IDOLM@STER SideM 4th ANNIVERSARY DISC "LIVE in your SMILE / DREAM JOURNEY"	Altessimo, W, FRAME, Sai, Shinsoku Ikkon, S.E.M, THE Kogadou, and Legenders
ALL nOR NOTHING	THE IDOLM@STER SideM Drama CD "Best Game 2 ～Meiun o Kakeru Trigger～"	Yukihiro Kamiya, Hideo Akuno, Shoma Hanamura, Natsuki Sakaki, and Nao Okamura
PRIDE STAR	THE IDOLM@STER SideM 5th ANNIVERSARY DISC 01 PRIDE STAR	315 ALLSTARS
DRIVE A LIVE
Beyond The Dream
Reason!!
GLORIOUS RO@D
PRIDE STAR (Legenders Ver.)	THE IDOLM@STER SideM 5th ANNIVERSARY UNIT COLLECTION -PRIDE STAR-	Amehiko Kuzunoha and Chris Koron
Make New Legend	THE IDOLM@STER SideM 5th ANNIVERSARY DISC 04 FRAME & S.E.M & Legenders	Amehiko Kuzunoha and Chris Koron
Bet your intuition!		Hideo Akuno, Seiji Shingen, Ryu Kimura, Michio Hazama, Jiro Yamashita, Rui Maita, Amehiko Kuzunoha, and Chris Koron
Welcome to Japan!	THE IDOLM@STER SideM WORLD TRE@SURE 13	Kyoji Takajo, Seiji Shingen, and Shiki Iseya
MEET THE WORLD! (JAPAN ver.)	THE IDOLM@STER SideM WORLD TRE@SURE 13	Kyoji Takajo, Seiji Shingen, and Shiki Iseya
FOCUS ON YOUR LIFE	THE IDOLM@STER SideM NEW STAGE EPISODE:10 Legenders	Amehiko Kuzunoha and Chris Koron
NEXT STAGE! (Legenders Ver.)	THE IDOLM@STER SideM NEW STAGE EPISODE:10 Legenders
MEET THE WORLD! (Legenders Ver.)	THE IDOLM@STER SideM WORLD TRE@SURE UNIT COLLECTION -MEET THE WORLD!-
Growing Smiles!	THE IDOLM@STER SideM GROWING SIGN@L 01 Growing Smiles!	315 ALLSTARS
DRIVE A LIVE
Beyond The Dream
NEXT STAGE!
Stories	THE IDOLM@STER SideM Drama CD "Ryokuin no Gymnasium"	Jiro Yamashita, Pierre, Jun Fuyumi, Genbu Kurono, Makio Uzuki
Growing Smiles! (Legenders Ver.)	THE IDOLM@STER SideM UNIT COLLECTION -Growing Smiles!-	Amehiko Kuzunoha and Chris Koron
Time Before Time	THE IDOLM@STER SideM GROWING SIGN@L 05 Legenders
PERMAFROST	THE IDOLM@STER SideM GROWING SIGN@L 05 Legenders
Little Happiness	THE IDOLM@STER SideM PASSION@TE FORMATION -MENTAL-	315 Mental Idols
Take a StuMp!	THE IDOLM@STER SideM GROWING SIGN@L 15 Take a StuMp!	315 ALLSTARS
Take a StuMp! (Legenders Ver.)	THE IDOLM@STER SideM UNIT COLLECTION -Take a StuMp!-	Amehiko Kuzunoha and Chris Koron
Annei no Dystopia	THE IDOLM@STER SideM Choujou Jihen ~Tairitsu Suru Seigi~ Shudaika "Gensou no Utopia"/"Annei no Dystopia"	Touma Amagase, Hokuto Ijuuin, Kei Tsuzuki, Rei Kagura, Minori Watanabe, Seiji Shingen, Shoma Hanamura, Kuro Kiyosumi, Shiki Iseya, Yukihiro Kamiya, Makio Uzuki, Saki Mizushima, Shiro Tachibana, Rui Maita, Jiro Yamashita, Michiru Enjoji, Daigo Kabuto, Kazuki Tsukumo, and Amehiko Kuzunoha
Eclipse of the Heart	THE IDOLM@STER SideM 49 ELEMENTS-11 Legenders	Amehiko Kuzunoha and Chris Koron

Trivia and Fan Culture

Trivia

Sora is based on a historical figure Matsuo Basho, the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan.
He has no preference between cats or dogs, saying he likes both.
He hates senbei rice crackers, but once taste-tested various brands to gift some to the Producer for White Day.
He ends most sentences with ー, usually translated as ~, as his speech frequently trails off.
Despite being average height, Sora looks small next to Amehiko and Chris, with fans who see them in person being surprised at how big Sora is, much to his annoyance.
Sora attends Rikkyo University, one of Tokyo’s “Big Six” of top universities, which can be seen in his pre-awakened "Stellar novelist" SR card.
Sora shares the same birthday with Chihiro Senkawa.
Despite being based on Matsuo Basho, who was famous for his haiku, Sora's poetry is a form of Senryu. While Senryu has the same 5/7/5 structure as haiku, it doesn't require a kireji (cutting word) or kigo (seasonal indicator), which are both requirements for haiku. Senryu tend to be cynical and about human affairs, whilst haiku are generally more serious and are about nature.

Fan Culture

Sora is part of the unofficial unit 19歳組 (lit. 19 year old group, often shortened to 19gumi by English-speaking fans), alongside Kuro and Kazuki. The three share similar themes of being true to themselves due to their age, and have a joint calm and mature aura. They featured in an event together in Write for someone ~A Reminiscent Sky~, fittingly set in 19th century London.
Sora has two shirts with birds printed on them, and is often depicted with birds, especially black and white birds.