Karin Asaka

Karin Asaka is a main character in Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club. She is a third year student at Nijigasaki High School. She is a member of DiverDiva, a unit under Nijigaku. Her image color is royal blue.

In All Stars, she was a member of the Association.

Background
Karin wanted to become a school idol to boost her self-confidence. Along with Kasumi Nakasu and Setsuna Yuki, she works with Dengeki Online.

In the Nijigasaki dorms, she shares a room with Emma Verde.

Personality
Karin is very mature and gives off a rather seductive vibe. She uses her adult-like looks to her advantage, such as when she tries to tease her underclassmen. She also teaches others how to be sexy and cool like her. However, these lessons sometimes backfire when people begin to show her significant attention or respond in a pure manner, as Karin will become embarrassed. Despite her teasing attitude, she is rather innocent and has a somewhat naive side to her personality.

In the anime, however, her personality is different, being noticeably more reserved and shy. She states she doesn't like being around many people, and used to be a little bit aloof at the beginning of the first season, but nevertheless is genuinely kind and friendly. She is shown to be rather self-conscious about her weaknesses and initially being a loner, and can be naive and clumsy.

Sometimes, Karin is a little bit more childish and nervous than usual, which she dislikes, but she manages to keep up her cool demeanor most of the time. While she is quite confident and likes to compete, she's also a genuinely supportive and empathetic person, as shown when she interacts with Ai's friend Misato and when she worries about her.

Because of her modeling activities taking up most of her time, her grades are below average and she has difficulties waking up in the morning. She is helped at studying by Mia later on, while Shizuku helps Kasumi.

Clubs and Hobbies
Karin's strength is dancing, and thus she takes the role of choreographer in the club. Outside of the school idol club, she works as a model for magazines. She has enrolled in a design course at Nijigasaki Academy.

Her favorite classes are science and cooking, but she dislikes geography. As revealed in ALL STARS, she actually has bad grades.

Appearance
Karin is tall with a slim yet curvaceous figure and short navy blue hair that reaches her shoulders and bright blue eyes. She has three aligned beauty marks on the left side of her chest.

Songs
The songs featuring Karin are:

Solo

 * Starlight
 * Wish
 * Fire Bird
 * VIVID WORLD
 * Turn it Up!

Nijigasaki High School Idol Club (Group)

 * TOKIMEKI Runners
 * Love U my friends
 * Mirai Harmony
 * Just Believe!!!
 * Nijiiro Passions!
 * Sweet Eyes
 * NEO SKY, NEO MAP!
 * Zensoku Dreamer
 * Yume ga Koko Kara Hajimaru yo
 * Hurray Hurray
 * L! L! L! (Love the Life We Live)
 * Miracle STAY TUNE!
 * Yume ga Bokura no Taiyou sa
 * Ryouran! Victory Road
 * Colorful Dreams! Colorful Smiles!
 * Twilight
 * Future Parade
 * Level Oops! Adventures
 * Eien no Isshun
 * OUR P13CES!!!
 * Wachu Gonna Do

DiverDiva (Sub-unit)

 * SUPER NOVA
 * Love Triangle
 * POWER SPOT!!
 * Saika -saika-
 * THE SECRET NiGHT
 * Fly into the sky
 * Eternal Light
 * Koisuru Magic!!
 * Fashionista
 * Shadow Effect
 * Kiss the Sun

Collaboration

 * LIVE with a smile! (Featuring Aqours and Liella!)

Chronology
NOTE: The Tapestry Manga's story took place in the ALL-STARS continuity rather than the Anime.

Gallery

 * Please refer to this character's Image Gallery.

Etymology

 * The name Karin means "fruit, reward, carry out, achieve, complete, end, finish, succeed" (果) (ka) and "forest" (林) (rin).
 * Karin's surname Asaka means "morning" (朝) (asa) and "fragrance, fragrant" (香) (ka).

Trivia

 * Karin fulfills the cool attribute of the NijiGaku third years.
 * Karin is the tallest of all of the Love Live main characters at 167 cm (or 5'6").
 * Karin is the first third-year of the Cool attribute to not have the role of Student Council President.
 * It is shown in both the anime and Love Live! All Stars, that Karin is very clueless when it comes to navigation.
 * In Something I Can Only Do Right Now, Karin said that she did not like crowds.
 * It can explain why she is often seen eating alone or having a solitary attitude.
 * Karin plays the saxophone.