Sora Kitamura

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:
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Sora Kitamura (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 part of the unit Legenders along with Amehiko Kuzunoha and Chris Koron. 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."

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

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 Candid Shot card.

Game Appearances

THE iDOLM@STER SideM GROWING STARS

Sora appears in the Events listed below:

Events
Event	Featured Song	Type	Duration	Cards
x80px	Time Before Time	SIGN@L	12/31/2021 - 1/7/2022
x80px	N/A	Carnival	3/11/2022 - 3/15/2022
x80px	String of Fate	SELECTION	7/19/2022 - 7/26/2022	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination

Song Discography

Image songs

• Flowing Freedom
• you're

Trivia and Fan Culture

Trivia

• Sora is based on a historical figure Matsuo Basho, the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan.
• 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.
• 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 a ー (long vowel mark), 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.

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 Kiyosumi and Kazuki Tsukumo. 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.

Character Gallery

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  SideMini sprite.

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  Sora's LIVE ON ST@GE! profile.

• SoraGSProfile.png

  Sora's GROWING STARS profile.

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  Sora's GROWING STARS reference sheet.

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  Collection of Sora's senryu from SideM official Twitter account.

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  SideM Mobile Game shutdown last photo.

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  LIVE ON ST@GE! shutdown last photo.

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  Sora's profile in POPLINKS (Swinging Bird).

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  Sora's profile in POPLINKS (Celestella Unison).

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  8th STAGE ～ALL H@NDS TOGETHER～ key visual.

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  F@NTASTIC COMBINATION LIVE ~CONNECTIME!!!!~ key visual.

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  VILLAGE VANGUARD collaboration poster.

Cards

SideM Cards

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  [General Store Worker Who Composes Japanese Poetry]

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  [General Store Worker Who Composes Japanese Poetry]+

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  [Checkmate]

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  [Checkmate]+

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  [Flower Sign Dance Festival]

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  [Flower Sign Dance Festival]+

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  [ORIGIN@L PIECES]

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  [ORIGIN@L PIECES]+

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  [Wedding]

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  [Wedding]+

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  [Art Collection]

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  [Art Collection]+

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  [Pirates]

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  [Pirates]+

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  [Hot-Blooded Reasoner]

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  [Hot-Blooded Reasoner]+

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  [Seaside Live]

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  [Seaside Live]+

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  [Onmyouji]

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  [Onmyouji]+

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  [Valentine 2019]

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  [Valentine 2019]+

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  [B.N.M!]

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  [B.N.M!]+

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  [5th Anniversary]

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  [5th Anniversary]+

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  [Sports Festival 2019]

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  [Sports Festival 2019]+

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  [Warlock]

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  [Warlock]+

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  [Fireworks Show 2020]

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  [Fireworks Show 2020]+

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  [New Year 2021]

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  [New Year 2021]+

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  [Suit Collection]

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  [Suit Collection]+

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  [Classical School]

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  [Classical School]+

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  [Time Prediction]

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  [Time Prediction]+

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  [Jet-Black]

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  [Jet-Black]+

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  [Tanabata LIVE]

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  [Tanabata LIVE]+

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  [ST@RTING LINE]+

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  [Snowscape King]

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  [Snowscape King]+

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  [Magnificent Handling of the Whip]

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  [Magnificent Handling of the Whip]+

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  [2nd STAGE]+

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  [The Language of Light]

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  [The Language of Light]+

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  [Stellar novelist]

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  [Stellar novelist]+

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  [Candid Shot]

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  [Candid Shot]+

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  [Heart Moving Performance]

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  [Heart Moving Performance]+

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  [SP@RKLING TIME]+

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  [Sweet Citrus Fruits]

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  [Sweet Citrus Fruits]+

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  [PRIDE STAR]+

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  [Person That Sees Through the State of Mind]

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  [Person That Sees Through the State of Mind]+

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  [Sparklingly Bewitching]

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  [Sparklingly Bewitching]+

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  [Words That Speak the Truth]

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  [Words That Speak the Truth]+

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  [M@KE YOU PROUD]+

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  [Mad-Scientist]

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  [Mad-Scientist]+

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  [Kindness-Introducing Warmth]

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  [Kindness-Introducing Warmth]+

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  [NEW STAGE Ep]+

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  [315 G@RDEN]+

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  [Taking in the Passionate Gaze]

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  [Taking in the Passionate Gaze]+

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  [Incomplete Artificial Life]

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  [Incomplete Artificial Life]+

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  [Playful Wolf]

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  [Playful Wolf]+

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  [315's Christmas]+

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  [Remembrance Shot]

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  [Remembrance Shot]+

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  [315!!!SHOP]+

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  [With Natural Movement]

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  [With Natural Movement]+

LIVE ON ST@GE! Cards

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  [Sora Kitamura]

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  [Sora Kitamura]+

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  [315 Production]

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  [315 Production]+

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  [Calm and Composed Shooter]

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  [Calm and Composed Shooter]+

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  [TRE@SURE GATE]+

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  [PRIDE STAR]+

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  [315@MBITIOUS]+

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  [The Other Me]

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  [The Other Me]+

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  [Follow Your Heart]

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  [Follow Your Heart]+

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  [No Words Required

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  [No Words Required]+

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  [Everlasting Happiness]

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  [Everlasting Happiness]+

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  [Soothing Room]

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  [Soothing Room]+

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  [Sound-Clad History]

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  [Sound-Clad History]+

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  [Heading to the New Door]

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  [Heading to the New Door]+

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  [If I Reach For the Stars]

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  [If I Reach For the Stars]+

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  [The One Who Clears the Way]

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  [The One Who Clears the Way]+

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  [Gentle Effort]

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  [Gentle Effort]+

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  [Honest Self]

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  [Honest Self]+

GROWING STARS Cards

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  [Start Line]

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  [Start Line]+

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  [GROWING STARS]

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  [GROWING STARS]+

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  [Let Me Feel Your Heart]

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  [Let Me Feel Your Heart]+

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  [As My Heart Desires]

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  [As My Heart Desires]+

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  [NEXT DESTIN@TION!]+

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  [No Words Required]

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  [No Words Required]+

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  [PASSION FESTIVAL]+

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  [Gazing Upon the Flickering Light]

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  [Gazing Upon the Flickering Light]+

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  [Exchanging Glances and Second Hands]

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  [Exchanging Glances and Second Hands]+

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  [Take a Stump!]+

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  [315!!!SHOP]+

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  [Glory Monochrome]+

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  [Rising Confidence]

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  [Rising Confidence]+

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  [Paranormal Incident]+

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  [Sweet Step]

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  [Sweet Step]+

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  [Beneath the Exposed Veil]

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  [Beneath the Exposed Veil]+

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  [String of Fate]