Kako Takafuji

Kako Takafuji
Cinderella Girls Character Data
Name:	鷹富士茄子 (Takafuji Kako)
Voice actor:	森下来奈 (Morishita Rana)
Age:	20
Height:	160 cm
Weight:	43 kg
Birthday:	January 1st
Blood type:	AB
Three sizes:	88-57-88 cm
Handedness:	Right
Hobbies:	Hidden Talents
Horoscope:	Capricorn
Hometown:	Shimane
Card Type:
Image Color:
Autograph

Kako Takafuji (鷹富士茄子, Takafuji Kako) is one of the characters available in THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls and THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage. She is voiced by Rana Morishita (森下来奈, Morishita Rana).

Statistics

Annual Rankings

Event	Prelim Rank	Final Rank
1st Cinderella Girl General Election	Unranked	30
2nd Cinderella Girl General Election	26	18
3rd Cinderella Girl General Election	25	27
4th Anniversary Voice Idol Audition	5	5
4th Cinderella Girl General Election	Unranked	36
5th Cinderella Girl General Election	Unranked	32
6th Cinderella Girl General Election	Unranked	13
7th Cinderella Girl General Election	Unranked	4
8th Cinderella Girl General Election	Unranked	Unranked
9th Cinderella Girl General Election	Not applicable	43
10th Cinderella Girl General Election	Not applicable	40
Stage for Cinderella	4	16

Self-Introduction

"Fufu, spending Hatsumode with you is almost like a date♪ I have a lot of confidence in my luck. As thanks for finding me, I'll make sure to bring you happiness, Producer~"

THE iDOLM@STER POPLINKS Profile Quote

I'm Kako Takafuji. It's not Nasu, it's Kako~. Hehe♪ That's the greeting I promised to you.

Character Description

Kako is almost the personification of the traditional Japanese New Year. She loves datemaki (sweetened egg roll) and kurikinton (chestnuts and sweet potato), both traditional New Year's dishes. She is extremely talented at many things that she tries and has incredible luck. Her one weakness is that she is very bad at telling jokes.

As an idol, Kako makes plenty of friends, such as the clumsy Karin Domyoji and Hotaru Shiragiku, fellow luckbringer Yoshino Yorita, to fellow 20 year-olds Miyo Harada and Yuki Himekawa.

In the tie-in Cinderella Girls Theater skits, Kako is introduced as being very knowledgeable about the customs of the New Year. She is seen as extremely lucky, earning Shinobu Kudo a lottery prize, and other idols seem to enjoy her company for their benefit. She commonly mentions the Japanese folktale of the eggplant, the falcon, and Mount Fuji. She appears to have trouble behaving in an idol-like manner, but her versatility and seriousness encourage her fellow idols to do their best.

Deremail Questions
Originally posted 05/26/2021. Translation source.
Kako: Hello there~. It's me, Takafuji Kako. Thank you for sending all those questions.
Kako: I will answer them the best that I can.
Question: Lately, good things keep happening to me, but I'm a pessimist so the thought “Something bad will happen any time soon”. Should I just be pleased about this?
Kako: Of course!! #DereMail
Kako: Even if something bad does happen, something good would come around right away. Which is why, enjoy those good things.
Question: Eggplant?
Kako: It's Kako~!
Question: Nibitashi? Agebitashi? Or maybe mabo?
Kako: I recommend having a nibitashi with a properly made dashi. #DereMail
Kako: Oozing with dashi... It's just the best.
Question: Kingyohime (Goldfish Princess) was so great!!!! Kako-san, have you tried goldfish scooping? I haven't successfully scooped one.
Kako: Yes, I did~. It is quite difficult to keep the paper scooper from tearing apart.
Kako: The secret is to wait for the goldfish to come to you then get close to it so that you can scoop it up.
Kako: That will be all for today. Everyone, I hope you all have a nice day!

Game Discography

To view Kako's Cinderella Girls and Starlight Stage card lines and data, click here

THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls

Kako appears in the Events listed below.

Event	Duration	Cards

THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage

Kako appears in the Events listed below.

Featured Song	Type	Duration	Cards
Kimi e no Uta	LIVE Parade	11/30/2018 - 12/08/2018
Trust me	Token	12/19/2018 - 12/27/2018	Not a featured card.
Max Beat	Token	05/21/2019 - 05/28/2019
Shiawase no Rule	Token	01/20/2020 - 01/28/2020
Go Just Go!	LIVE Carnival	08/31/2020 - 09/08/2020	Not a featured card.
Next Chapter	LIVE Parade	06/29/2023 - 07/09/2023	Not a featured card.

Song Discography

Recorded Solo Songs
Song	Classification	CD
Max Beat	Kako Solo Ver.	THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS LITTLE STARS! Max Beat
Shiawase no Rule	Kako Solo Ver.	THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER for the NEXT! 06 Shiawase no Rule
Hatsuyume o Anata to	Image Song	THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS LITTLE STARS EXTRA! Kimi no Stage Ishou, Hontou wa…
Trust me	Kako Solo Ver.	THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 10th ANNIVERSARY M@GICAL WONDERLAND TOUR!!! Tropical Land Original CD
Kimi e no Uta	Kako Solo Ver.
Go Just Go!	Kako Solo Ver.	THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER GOLD RUSH! 01 Go Just Go!
Sasanoha ni, Utakata ni.	Kako Solo Ver.	THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER R/LOCK ON! 14 Sasanoha ni, Utakata ni.

Recorded Group Songs
Song	Classification	CD	Sung With
Trust me	Election Song	THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER Trust me	CINDERELLA GIRLS!
Kimi e no Uta	Election Song	THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER Trust me	CINDERELLA GIRLS for BEST5!
Max Beat	Group Song	THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS LITTLE STARS! Max Beat	Kaede Takagaki, Asuka Ninomiya, Ryo Matsunaga, and Aki Yamato
Shiawase no Rule	M@STER VERSION	THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER for the NEXT! 06 Shiawase no Rule	Miss Fortune
Go Just Go!	M@STER VERSION	THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER GOLD RUSH! 01 Go Just Go!	Riamu Yumemi, Yui Ohtsuki, Karen Hojo, Shin Sato, Shiki Ichinose, Atsumi Munakata, Mizuki Kawashima, and Kyoko Igarashi
Itsuka no, Ikutsuka no Kimi to no Sekai	Cover Song	THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER GOLD RUSH! 05 Orange Time	Miss Fortune
Nippon Egao Hyakkei	Cover Song	THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER R/LOCK ON! 12 No One Knows	Karin Domyoji and Yoshino Yorita
Sasanoha ni, Utakata ni.	M@STER VERSION	THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER R/LOCK ON! 14 Sasanoha ni, Utakata ni.	Yudutsuhi
Next Chapter	M@STER VERSION	THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER Dreamy Anniversary & Next Chapter	Shin Sato, Shiki Ichinose, Layla, and Fumika Sagisawa

Trivia & Fan Culture

Trivia

Kako is voiced as of July 31st, 2018 through [Happiness God of the Blue Seas] SR card in the original Mobage game, as a result of placing fourth overall in the 7th Cinderella Girl General Election.
While she was introduced at the end of 2011, she did not get a card set released in a month other than December or January until Summer 2016.
Her name contains the kanji for Mount Fuji (富士), hawk (鷹), and eggplant (茄子, usually read as "nasu"). In Japan, the first dream of the New Year is considered prophetic of the dreamer's luck for the rest of the year. The most lucky symbols are said to be Mount Fuji, a hawk, or an eggplant.
Kako was the first idol to receive a limited SS rare card while unvoiced on January 4th, 2018. She received her 4th SS rare card on July 31st, 2020. This makes her the fastest idol to receive 4 SS rare cards, spanning only 2 years and several months.
The [Goddess of Fortune] SR was first released for New Year's 2012, the year of the dragon, represented by the dragon on Kako's ema. When this SR was ported to Starlight Stage for New Year's 2017, the year of the rooster, this dragon was replaced by a chicken.
She shares the same birthday with Karin Domyoji.

Character Gallery

Animated LINE Stickers

Animated Loading Characters

Cinderella Post Images
July 1st, 2018 at 5:30 P.M.	January 1st, 2019 at 10:23 A.M.	February 1st, 2021 at 5:23 P.M.
July 7th, 2021 at 2:43 P.M.	May 21th, 2022 at 5:12 P.M.

Cinderella Girls Stickers

Starlight Stage Models
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination [Cinderella Collection (Bright)]	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination [Cinderella Collection (Color)]	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination [Make My Trend]
[Day by Day Present] Kimi e no Uta	[Spacy Sweatdress]	[Fortune Invoking Dancer] SSR
[The Colors I Met By Chance] SSR	[The Night When Stars Meet] SSR	[Ephemeral Mermaid] SSR
[Light, at it's Peak] SSR

Starlight Stage Renders
[Fortune Invoking Dancer]	[The Colors I Met By Chance]	[The Night When Stars Meet]
[Ephemeral Mermaid]	[Light, At It's Peak]	[Awaiter of Happiness]

Starlight Stage SSR Cameos
[Sweetie-Cute☆New Year]

Starlight Stage SR Cameos
[Skilled Temari Maker]	[Trust me]	[Trust me]+
[Shiawase no Rule]	[Shiawase no Rule]+	[Go Just Go!]+
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination [Sasanoha ni, Utakata ni.]	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination [Sasanoha ni, Utakata ni.]+	[Next Chapter]
[Next Chapter]+

Starlight Stage's 3rd anniversary countdown art.
Kako's profile in POPLINKS (Bring Fortune).
Kako's profile in POPLINKS (Celestella Unison).
Kako’s Chibi Art drawn by the Starlight Stage staff to celebrate Cinderella Girls’ 10th anniversary.
Poster of 10th Anniversary of Cinderella Girls.
Twitter birthday illustration.
Twitter Shimane Prefecture tourism ambassador campaign illustration.
Starlight Stage Sticker.
Soft Bank Hawks Collab Illustration.
Animate Fair in 2020 (Chugoku and Shikoku).
Cinderella Girls Mobile Game Shutdown Illustration.