Haruka☆Ruka

Haruka☆Ruka (ハルカ☆ルカ) is a student at Four Star Academy of the Wind Dance Class. She is a member of the 27th generation of S4. Haruka is a pop-type idol.

Appearance
Haruka has chin-length, sky blue hair styled into a fluffy bob with part of it tied up into odango buns. Her bangs are in three portions with short, fluffy forelocks covering her ears. On the right of her bangs are two gold star clips. She has pink and purple dual-colored eyes.

Personality
She is similar to Yuzu, being quite excitable as well as a good dancer, having been chosen alongside Laura, Ako, and Mahiru as the top of their respective classes.

Etymology
Haruka (ハルカ), when written in katakana, has no true meaning. However, the most common meaning for it when written in kanji is "distance".

Ruka (ルカ) can be westernized as Luca, a unisex given name derived from the Latin name Lucas, meaning "one from Lucania".

Trivia

 * She was originally intended to be a main character, as confirmed by series director Teruo Satō.
 * It's confirmed that Haruka is her given name by how she addresses herself, but it is unknown whether or not Ruka is her actual surname simply stylized or just something she came up with for her stage name.
 * She shares her voice actress with Orine Aida from the AKB0048 series.
 * Sayaka Nakaya, her voice actress, is also a former AKB48 idol member as well.
 * She shares her given name with Haruka Haruno from the anime Go! Princess Pretty Cure.
 * She also shares her name with Haruka Amami from Idolmaster.
 * She also shares her name with Haruka Tenou from Sailor Moon.
 * Her star sign is Leo.
 * She shares her birthday with Mia Ageha from the Pretty Rhythm series and Maika Chōno from the Aikatsu Friends! series.