Rabi~en~Rose

Rabi~en~Rose
Debut
Personal
Alternate Name(s):	Hikaru Usada (Real Name)
Gender:	Female
Age:	14
Birth date:	August 30th, 1985
Home Planet:	Earth
Height:	164 cm (including heels)
Weight:	Secret
Hair Color:	Rose Pink
Eye Color:	Rose Red
Relationship:	Mr.Usada (Father); Gertrude Usada I (Mother); Juri Usada (1st Cousin,Deceased); Koji Usada (Uncle,Deceased); Gertrude Usada II (Cousin,Deceased); Akari Usada (2nd Cousin); Miyako Usada (Cousin)
Japanese CV:	Kyoko Hikami (1999-2008; 2013-present) ; Rieka Yazawa (2008)
English VA:	Michelle Ruff (1999 series, Leave It To Piyoko!) ; Carol-Anne Day (Nyo!)

Rabi~en~Rose (ラ・ビ・アン・ローズ), also known by her real name, Hikaru Usada (うさだヒカル) is revealed to the viewer to be Dejiko's rival.

Etymology

Her name was decided following a request for reader submissions, and may be a play on a number of things. "Ra Bi an Rozu" can read as gairaigo for the common French saying "La Vie en Rose", literally "life in rose-pink", referring to a life spent without any worries, which might be taken to describe her personality. The Japanese phrase, "rose-coloured" (バラ色, bara iro) also refers figuratively to an optimistic outlook. "Rabi", which resembles the English word "rabbit", replaces "La vie" to form the pun, "Rabbit in rose-pink", describing her appearance. Her real name is Hikaru Usada, a pun on the name of the famous Japanese pop singer, Hikaru Utada, which she hates being called. Her "Usada" surname is another pun: "Usa" is a shortening of the word "usagi", meaning "rabbit" in Japanese.

Information

In the original anime, she is seen as a normal girl who uses dice to transform into her bunnygirl outfit: a pink, white and red dress with large white rabbit ears and a large round cotton tail. Her parents left her to live on her own in an attempt to help her become an idol. Rabi~en~Rose does not end her sentences with a rabbit sound (typically pyo in anime) and is the only character with kemonomimi animal traits other than Rik. Ky, and Coo in the Di Gi Charat franchise not to do so.