Akane Maruyama

"Everything can be quantified. And that's why I want to try putting a coefficient on you."

Akane Maruyama (あかね) is one of the members of 22/7 idol group and is a virtual YouTuber. She is also a member of 22/7 sub-unit Keikoto Saisei Keikaku. She is voiced by Kanae Shirosawa.

Akane's penlight color is purple.

Appearance
Akane has light blue-grey hair that reaches down to her chest and has a braid on her left-hand side tied with two white pompom balls. She has dark grey eyes and wears black-framed glasses. The frame of her glasses is slightly broken and she fixes it with tape. Akane wears dark grey tights instead of the usual knee-high socks.

Her character was designed by Tometa Ohara (QP:flapper)

Personality
Akane is cool, calm and very organised. In Miyako's character PV, she is shown to be polite. Akane is good at math and science courses. She also views herself as logical and level-headed, although has also claimed that she is clumsy. She is silent and also quite laid back, but doesn't get along with everybody. Because of her very few mood swings, people around her think she is a robot. She has a mysterious aura.

In episode 8, it is revealed that when Akane was 7 years old, Akane was the complete opposite of her current personality. She was outgoing, mischievous and active, and constantly disobeying her strict mother, often going along with her laid-back father instead.

By herself, Akane resumes to her personality when she was a child, outgoing and smiling.

It is said that cooking is her specialty and her hobby is collecting bath salts and listening to healing music. Akane is also able to recount the first 100 digits of Pi. Akane's weakness is showing emotions and unreasonable things. Her favorite food is anything healthy.

Biography
Akane is from Hokkaido. She is a maid. It is stated that she is apart of the student council. Akane's dream is for 22/7 to perform at Budokan, as well as eliminate the shortage of exercise.

In episode 8, it is revealed that when Akane was 7 years old, Akane and her family were travelling to the woods, when Akane ventured off by herself and consequentially fell down a mountain, and resulted in her being lost for three days. Although she was found by her mother, her parents found it an opportunity to fight with one another, and eventually the two got a divorce, with Akane going to live with her mother. During the event, the story of Akane's disappearance was broadcasted all over Japan, and despite it being 9 years ago, one of 22/7's staff still remembers her name.

Because of the chain of events all linked to Akane's thoughtless actions, Akane regrets leaving the cabin that day and realizes that it was all due to her capriciousness behaviour. With this noticed, Akane jumps to the conclusion that her feelings will only hurt more people, so she decides to bottle up all her emotions instead.

Miyako Kono
As seen in both Akane's and Miyako's PV, Miyako appears to be annoyed and impatient with Akane's stern personality, an example being when Miyako becomes impatient when Akane can't decide on what to eat, or when Akane tells Miyako that all of her previous attempts on the crane machine were 'tests'.

Cast Commentary
"Akane is a cool character, but the frame of her glasses is a little bit broken. She is trying to fix it with tape, and she uses different types of tape on different days. So I was wondering, maybe she is a really organized person, and being somewhat fashionable at the same time...I just tend to imagine what is she actually thinking. Although she is a cool character, but I’d be happy if people find the cute side of her lovable. : By the way, Akane is good at math and science courses, but I am at the humanities side from the very beginning…(laughs) However, my teachers had asked me do I want to try them out! I am not even that good though… My English is not good either, I might want to ask Sally to teach me that."

Discography

 * 1) Boku wa Sonzai Shiteinakatta
 * 2) Shampoo no Nioi ga Shita
 * 3) Rikaisha
 * 4) Nani mo Shiteagerarenai
 * 5) Muzui
 * 6) Kaze wa Fuiteru ka?
 * 7) Boku ga Motteru Mono Nara
 * 8) Kakusei

Etymology
Maruyama (丸山): Maru (丸) means "circle" and Yama (山) means "mountain".

Akane (あかね) means "brilliant red".

Videos
The Diary of Our Days PV= Anime Introduction PV= Nanaon Introduction PV=

Gallery
For more images of this character please refer here.

Quotes


Trivia

 * During a live, Akane noted that she came from Italy. However, in a recent Tweet and 22/7 Keisanchuu Akane states her birthplace to be Hokkaido.
 * Akane's motto is "Only those adaptable to changes can survive."
 * Her favorite quote is "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”   from Charles Darwin.