Asakura Tooru (Japanese: 浅倉(あさくら) 透(とおる), Asakura Tooru) is a transparent predator idol featured in the web development game series The Idolmaster Shining Color and its derivative works. He belongs to 283 PRODUCTION and serves as the center of the four-member group 'noctchill.' His impression color is #50d0d0. She is a 17-year-old second-year high school student from Tokyo, born on May 4 (Taurus), 160cm tall, weighs 50kg, measurements 82/57/78, blood type B, right-handed, hobbies include watching movies and TV dramas, special skill is remembering others' appearances, voice actor is Yuu Wakui. Asakura Tooru has short hair with a tann-blue inner layer highlighted and blue eyes, wears earrings and a silly hair, embodying traits such as idol, mysterious type, genius, loser, straightforward, airheaded, forgetful, androgynous, high school girl, otome, heavenly childhood sweetheart, contrasting cuteness, and leader-like aura. As a child, she used the boyish "仆" (servant) as a first-person pronoun, retaining androgynous features. Hina Ichikawa commented, "If you were a boy, you'd definitely be your boyfriend."
In terms of personality, she is laid-back and easygoing, indifferent to others' gazes yet naturally has a sense of presence. Her emotions are subtle but possess a poetic sensibility, often expressing extremely concise inverted sentences and demonstrative pronouns, often confusing those unfamiliar with her; Her carefree nature reveals a naturally airheaded nature, and her academic performance is average. She belongs to the same group as Hina Ichikawa, forming the "Genius Slacker Group," contrasting with the "Hardworking Group" of Madoka Higuchi and Koito Fukumaru. However, she is highly skilled in idol training and possesses a natural leadership aura, serving as the core figure who brought her three childhood friends into the idol industry. She was weary of the monotonous ordinary life and longed to break the status quo, which became the trigger for her to become an idol.
In terms of plot, in the W.I.N.G. arc, Asakura Tohru met a young producer at a bus stop (the original Nagayama 5-chome Station) as a child. Together, they climbed a climbing rack she had always dreamed of never reaching, and this experience left a deep impression on her. Years later, the two meet again by fate. The producer's initial invitation is rejected, but with the phrase, "I'm going, I'm going!" She recognized him, then agreed to join the agency, echoing the group's slogan: "Goodbye, transparent us." In the subsequent storyline, she gradually learns to express her thoughts sincerely through childhood bonds and the "spiritual connection" illusion, using journals to bridge the emotional gap with the producer. After W.I.N.G. wins, she reveals her old acquaintance to the producer, hoping he will recall their first meeting.
In terms of social interactions, she calls players 'producer' and directly calls fellow members Fukumaru Koito and Ichikawa Hina by their first names, and uses the surname with Higuchi Yuanka; She is close to the producer and gets shy about kissing scenes when watching movies together; As the group's center, her room is a common gathering place for the four. She relies on neighbor Higuchi Madoka for care, is clingy to Hinato Ichikawa and applies nail polish to her, admired and trusted by Fukumaru Koito, and often initiates events with Hina, leading to Koito being lectured and teased by Madoka.
In terms of anecdotes, her CHAIN profile picture features the character "透" in her signature, her personal page background shows a sunrise by the sea, she wears one earring on her right ear and two earrings on her left, forgets lyrics after singing three times on average, but remains calm and muddle-headed; She had an old acquaintance with the producer before joining the agency, which is rare in the series (previously, Miyuki Yanase from 346 Studio had already met the producer due to her father's connections); On May 13, 2020, the first P-SSR was implemented, and within less than 4 months of launch, it already had two SSR P cards, less than 2 months apart; The line from the R Support card storyline, "wallet naiwa" (haha, sorry, forgot my wallet), won the 2020 Shining Color Buzzword Award and was repeatedly criticized for fan works and plot content; She habitually steals others' food or utensils, once leading group members to pick clothes they don't want and price them at 500 yuan. Officially, her shoes are listed as Nike Air Max 90, ranking 11th in height among 283 agencies, similar to Yugu Kiriko but only 1kg in weight; In the summer 2020 fictional product ad copy contest, she became the idol with the most submissions for the bottled water "SMOOTH WATER" project.
In terms of her works, her related songs include the group tracks "SOLAR WAY" and "VOY@GER," as well as the solo track "statice"; It features a wide variety of cards and costumes, covering P-SSR, P-SR, S-SSR, S-SR, N R and other categories, with diverse clothing styles including series like "White Tsubasa," "Beyond the Blue," and "10, Hikari." It also features official product promotional images, character avatars, character illustrations, and two-heads-tall images in "The Idolmaster POPLINKS."
