Riku Nanase

Nanase Riku is the center of IDOLiSH7, an honest and hard worker who tries his best in whatever he does. He carries a form of lovability that inspires both the people around him and fans alike to cheer him on.

Personality
Riku has a cute and energetic disposition in spite of his frail body; he tries his best in whatever he does, and doesn't want to be a burden or cause worry to anyone around him. This often results in him overstepping his body's limits.

Riku will often say things without thinking, and those things can unintentionally be very rude or otherwise insensitive. As he wears a heart on his sleeve, he would often let his emotions take over his rationale. He is also rather clumsy, often breaking cups in the dormitory amongst other things.

Because he spent most of his childhood away from peers his age, there's a lot about this world that Riku doesn't quite know much about and comes off as naive. Despite that, Riku is a bookworm and read a lot of books during his stays in the hospital.

It is noted by Iori Izumi that Riku has an influence similar to a cute animal, referring to how he is able to appeal people of any age with his emotions. He is able to sway the emotions of the whole audience by simply crying on stage, or any other displays of strong emotion. Iori also mentioned that companies have picked up on this, frequently hiring Riku for their advertisement commercials. Takamasa Kujo refers to him as a "monster" for this reason.

History
Due to his frail body, Riku has been in and out of hospital ever since he young. His parents owned a club and were often busy, leaving his twin brother Tenn Nanase to take care of him. Tenn would often perform for him and find numerous other ways to cheer him up and make him smile.

At the age of thirteen, the club that their parents owned went bankrupt and was forced to close down. In part of covering their funds and paying for Riku's hospital bills, Tenn left with Takamasa Kujo and was removed from the Nanase family registry. For the most part, Riku was unaware of this fact.

In order to see the view that Tenn sees as an idol and understand why he chose to leave home, Riku joined IDOLiSH7 when scouted by Otoharu Takanashi. Riku was singing at a karaoke box with friends when Otoharu suddenly came in. Although Riku thought that Otoharu had gotten the rooms mixed up and would turn around and leave, he instead just stood there and asked Riku to start singing. Once Riku finished singing, Otoharu started clapping and gave Riku his business card. His friends all thought that he was being tricked.

Appearance
Work in progress