| “ | I've got to work harder, until everyone respects me! | ” |
Hidaka Saori (日高さおり?) is a character in the D4DJ franchise and the DJ of the group Merm4id.
Appearance[]
Saori has short light purple colored hair, with her bangs almost reaching her shoulders, and turquoise eyes.
Description[]
Saori started her DJ career in high school, and due to her hardworking nature, she's built up a certain level of technique. She decided to become a DJ after listening to a remix made by a person who worked at the club FROLIC. Her pessimistic thinking held her back from DJing actively, even as a university student. Rika forced her to join the unit, but has made up her mind to change her mentality and achieve her goals.[2]
Personality[]
Saori often acts the straight man of her unit, and is the one who always stops Rika and Marika's antics from getting out of hand (e.g. Saori scolding them for doting Saki too much).
All Mix's fifth episode delves a bit into this relationship dynamic, showing how Saori almost single-handedly has to arrange a collaboration with an American DJ and producer, even going through a severe depressive moment during it due to the need to learn English and a strong sense of insecurity in her music abilities in front of a foreign celebrity. Although Rika and the girls eventually manage to help her deal with it, Saori still has to mobilize her forces to resolve the situation.
Prior to meeting Rika and the others, Saori says that she was a really pessimistic person and a loner who had a hard time making friends, often doing things alone. She even struggled getting along well with her coworkers at her part-time jobs, which led to her quitting them.
Etymology[]
Hidaka (日高) can be split into two parts. Hi (日), meaning sun or day, and Daka (高) meaning tall or expensive.
Saori (さおり) is a festival to welcome the gods when the rice planting season begins.
Trivia[]
- Aside from reading manga, Saori also enjoys reading both regular and light novels.
- Saori claims she dislikes cilantro because she is "jealous of how it stands out", revealing the extent of her own inferiority complex.[3]
- Saori loves pandas.[4]
- Saori hates insects because she finds them very scary.
- Saori's favorite foods include cheese, squid, scallops, nuts, cucumbers, octopus, and shark cartilage.
- Saori is ticklish, which is how Rika and Marika make her smile and feel less anxious before performances, much to Saori's dismay.
- Saori used to take calligraphy lessons, hence where she developed her skill for it. One of her works is still hung at the school's entrance.[5]
- In All Mix, it is shown that Saori cannot speak English.[6]
- Saori has been featured in the following collaboration events:
- In Viva! Tropical-Rouge Groove!, her character design was based on Ichinose Minori.
- In Adolescent DJ Girls Dream of a Club Event, her character design was based on Koga Tomoe.
References[]
- ↑ Area Conversation Between Nagisa and Saori
- ↑ Official Profile
- ↑ D4DJ Groovy Mix Character Illustrated Book Vol. 2
- ↑ Critical JACKPOT/Episode
- ↑ Brilliant Neon and Yin Qipao Card Episode
- ↑ All Mix Episode 5
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