Kanata Kira

Kanata Kira (吉良かなた) is a student of the Male Division at Four Star Academy. He is part of the idol unit M4. Kanata is a pop type idol.

Appearance
Kanata has a tan complexion and small, pale blue-green eyes. His brown-hazel hair is short with several strands sticking up or to the side, including a single cowlick at the right corner of his head. He wears white frame glasses and is normally depicted wearing a pair of headphones around his neck.

Personality
Kanata is cool-minded with a playful nature. He is serious and upfront with his opinions on others, and he usually has advice for those who appear troubled.

Relationship

 * Subaru Yūki
 * Fellow member of M4.


 * Nozomu Igarashi
 * Fellow member of M4.


 * Asahi Kasumi
 * Fellow member of M4.


 * Ako Saotome
 * He takes interest in her after discovering that she has a crush on Subaru. He often teases her. He appreciates her worry when she expresses that she'd miss him if he went away, from episode 87.  From the latest character relationship chart, it could be seen that he has a possible crush on her and vice-versa.

Etymology
Kira (吉良) Ki (吉) means luck and Ra (良) means good.

Kanata (かなた) means beyond or far off.

Quotes
"I don't understand a girl's heart, and I probably never will. But there's one thing I know for sure. The feeling of love isn't anything to be ashamed of. In fact, it's the most important thing. You should learn to be more honest too, greenhorn."

- Kanata to Ako

Trivia

 * He is 173cm tall.
 * His zodiac sign is Pisces.
 * He is the fourth known male idol student in the entire Aikatsu! Franchise.
 * His color theme in M4 is green.
 * His favorite things are headphones and cats.
 * His specialties are dancing, film editing, and composing music.
 * He has good analytical skills, and often uses it to give the other M4 members advice about their dancing.
 * He is the first male idol to wear glasses. Like Koharu, it's shown that he doesn't take them off even on stage.
 * He shares his surname with Izuru Kira, a character from the popular shounen series, Bleach.
 * He shares his seiyū with Kaito Tsukigami from the anime Starmyu.