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Matsuyama Dalia (松山ダリア?) is a character in the D4DJ franchise, and is a member of the group Merm4id.
Profile[]
Dalia devotes herself to practicing ballet, traditional Japanese dance, contemporary dance, and any other dance form in order to become a genre-exceeding dancer. She sees something that she lacks in Rika's positivity, and decides to join the unit. She is also a grade holder in martial arts, and acts as the bodyguard of the unit.[1]
Appearance[]
Dalia has curly white hair that reaches down to her waist, and blunt bangs. She has sharp turquoise-grey eyes.
She laments that her piercing and glaring eyes sometimes make her intimidating before others and wants to come off as approachable.[2][3] However, some others like Marika, find Dalia's eyes beautiful and captivating,[4] and notes that her eyes become more softer when something good happens to her.[3]
In-universe, Dalia is generally regarded as attractive and handsome. One of her cards even directly deals with this, showing Marika and Rika asking for her to do cool maid bodyguard poses and lines (even calling her abilities in this "GOAT"), and Saori losing her defenses after the most "ikemen-ish" catchphrase.
Background[]
Dalia's father is a three-star chef[5] and her brother is training to become a chef too.[6]
Dalia has always dreamed to perform at Broadway someday. In high school, Dalia once participated in a dance audition on TV to debut overseas. However, she didn't pass, which she didn't regret, since she felt that her dancing skills weren't polished at the time. Coincidentally, Marika also attended the audition, but they didn't recognize each other yet at the time.[7]
She also trained at a karate dojo in the past with Maho, capable of breaking roof tiles with one hand[8] and never lost to opponents larger than her. As a result, she was nicknamed "Bear Hunter," for her impressive feats.[9]
Currently, she works part-time as a bartender and often invites her friends over to have drinks.
Personality[]
Dalia is a cool and elegant woman, with a sense for style and fun. She has a rather remarkable appearance and personality, combining an outstanding sex appeal with femininity, a calm personality and good athleticism. She's quite flexible both mentally and physically, being able to discipline herself and concentrate on things well. She even states that she doesn't let herself get stressed since she dances off her tension.[10]
Because she puts her heart into her craft, she is a very capable and versatile dancer and can even put on an impromptu performance at the spur of the moment. She's also quite passionate about her bartender job and takes care to understand her customer's tastes.[11]
She is notable for being a very caring and supportive friend, especially with Merm4id and Hiiro. Her groupmates especially shower her with compliments constantly and view her as an admirable role model. Outside of them, Dalia takes on the role of a reliable older comrade and protector for characters like Saori, Miyu and the younger members of the other units. Though she is warm-hearted and compassionate at her core, she's a bit insecure about her strong eyes and worries that she gives off an intense impression at times.[4] So, she makes sure to perform acts of kindness to let others trust her.
Despite her stoic demeanor, Dalia is actually quite afraid of ghosts and the paranormal, explaining that she has no form of self-defense if she were to ever encounter one.[12][9]
Etymology[]
Matsuyama (松山) can be split into two parts. Matsu (松), meaning pine tree, and Yama (山) meaning mountain.
Dalia (ダリア) has no meaning of its own. But since it's in katakana, it could be the Japanese equivalent of Dahlia.
Trivia[]
- In addition to being a member of Merm4id, Dalia works part-time at a bar.[13] Although she is employed as their bartender, she also serves as their bouncer.
- As mentioned in one of her in-game lines, Dalia is interested in floriography.
- In one of her winter dialogues, Dalia mentions owning a cat which likes to rest under her kotatsu during cold days.
- Despite this, she is sad over the fact her piercing eyes often cause animals to run away from her.[14]
- She sometimes wears contact lenses.
Collaborations[]
Dalia has been featured in the following collaboration events:
- In Viva! Tropical-Rouge Groove!, her character design was based on Takizawa Asuka.
References[]
- ↑ Official Profile
- ↑ Girl Meets the Beast…?/Episode
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 【REVERSE】 Depths (Dalia)/Episode
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Two Flowers, the Stage for Dreaming Chapter 4
- ↑ Area Conversation Between Rika and Dalia
- ↑ Birthday -Fountain- (Dalia)/Episode
- ↑ Two Flowers, the Stage for Dreaming Chapter 3
- ↑ Dynamite Wave/Episode
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Paradisal Rhythms/Episode
- ↑ An Exceptional Drink for You -Passion-/Episode
- ↑ Cloyingly Sweet Cocktail Event Story
- ↑ The Enchanted Shuten-doji/Episode
- ↑ D4DJ Groovy Mix Character Illustrated Book Vol. 2
- ↑ Area Conversation Between Hiiro and Dalia
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