Victoria Elise Nakamura

Victoria James is the main protagonist of Aikatsu Universe! in Seasons 1, 2, and 3. She is a student at Four Star Academy of the Star Dream Class and is a member of the 27th and 28th Gen S4. Victoria is a sexy-type idol whose preferred brand is her self-created brand, Wishing Star. She formerly attended Starlight Academy as an exchange student.



Appearance
Victoria is a tall girl with magenta-colored eyes. She has long violet-colored hair and chest-length forelocks. Her eyes are magenta. In Season 1, she wears the standard Four Star Academy uniform.

In Seasons 2 and 3, Victoria wears the S4 uniform.

Personality
Before becoming an idol, Victoria is mature and kind. Whenever her mother had to go out by herself, Victoria had to take care of herself and her younger sister Amy as well as the family's jewelry shop.

After becoming an idol, Victoria is said to have a mature and comfy air about her that puts others at ease and at the same time makes them admire her. She is a strong leader and makes friends easily.

Background
Victoria's grandmother, Elise, worked in Japan as a designer for Anna Hibiki's Spice Chord. She met her husband, who was on vacation from America, in Japan and moved to the United States with him, quitting her job at Spice Chord. After having children Jasmine Elizabeth and Yukie Grace, her condition intensified to a point where she didn't feel strong enough to apply for a job.

Victoria's mother, Jasmine Elizabeth, started a jewelry shop with her husband. They had two daughters, Victoria and Amy, with a three-year gap in between. When Victoria was five, her father and his parents died in a plane accident. Victoria inherited her grandmother's condition, macroinsomnia.

Yukie married the king of Monaco and they had one daughter, Elza Forte.

Relationships

 * Emily Takahashi
 * The two have been best friends since 5th grade. Victoria was the one who convinced Emily to become an idol with her after being in the school choir together and witnessing Emily's passion for singing. When Emily is discovered to have the same strange power that Hime and Yume previously had, Victoria and Yume often work together to help her through.
 * Claire Kodama
 * After being kicked out of Venus Ark, Claire sees Victoria sitting by the water. After hearing about Claire's predicament, she invites Claire to apply to Four Star Academy. Claire accepts and soon joins Victoria, Sakura, and Emily as a first year student. A few days later, Alice is also accepted. Claire and Alice are very close.
 * Sakura Saotome
 * Sakura, Emily and Victoria are put in the same homeroom class on their first day. Although Sakura in her Ako form seems very natural because of her acting skill, it makes her Aikatsu more difficult. When Sakura loses the S4 Selection, Victoria is the one to convince her to revert back to her true self.
 * Elza Forte
 * Elza and Victoria are cousins with a three-year age gap. Before Elza became an idol (at age twelve), she and Victoria were close confidants and Elza and her mother came often to visit Victoria and her mother in America. However, at age twelve, she sent a letter to Victoria cutting off communication between the two and telling her that she was going to become an idol. Victoria refuses to see Elza perform until she becomes an idol herself and goes to Four Star Academy. She is also the one to discover Elza's secret.
 * Rei Kizaki
 * Rei and Victoria met when Victoria first boarded the Venus Ark. After that, Victoria shared that she knew Elza before. Eventually, she shared her suspicions about Elza's secret, and the two worked together to expose her. Victoria then suggests that Rei take the headmistress position at Venus Ark, replacing Elza.
 * Yume Nijino
 * Yume and Victoria often worked together to ensure Emily's well-being. Yume admires Victoria and looks up to her even though she is older.
 * Laura Sakuraba
 * Victoria and Laura often look out for each other and for Yume. After the Class Selection when Laura doesn't get accepted into the Star Dream class, Victoria makes sure that she has someone to talk to.
 * Yuri Ashida
 * Victoria asks Yuri to take care of Laura when she and Yume are accepted into Star Dream class. Yuri admits that many older students look up to Victoria even though she is younger, herself included.
 * Lily Shirogane
 * When Victoria ends up in the hospital wing before her debut performance, Lilie is the one who tells her that S4 and the admins all know about her condition and were instructed to keep an eye out for her whenever they could.
 * Yuzu Nikaido
 * Yuzu and Victoria are very close, both loving dance. Victoria is revealed to be the only one who can keep up with Yuzu's energetic dancing and is selected as her partner. At that time they are shown to be equally matched At the S4 Selection when they face off for the first time, Victoria is revealed to come out on top.
 * Ako Saotome
 * Victoria confronts Ako about her relationship with her sister. Ako feels ashamed that she hasn't given Sakura much attention but doesn't know how to show her she cares. Together, they plan a way to fix the sisters' relationship.
 * Nozomu Igarashi
 * The headmaster asks Nozomu to look after Victoria, since he is the least busy out of all the admins, S4, and M4. As a result, he is often seen watching her or giving her encouragement after her performances. Most of the time, he is stunned that she is so talented even in her first year. Victoria is shown to have a crush on him since her first year. Toward the middle of her second year, Nozomu admits to her that he has felt the same since he first met her. Before this time, the rest of M4 was constantly teasing him about this.
 * Subaru Yuuki
 * Victoria and Subaru are good friends, and she is the only one in which he openly confides his feelings for Yume. She often gives him advice on how to build their relationship. She mentions that she has a love interest but won't tell him who it is. For a while, he suspects that it is him and worries about how to reject her. When he starts dating Yume, Victoria admits that she has a crush on Nozomu and he is relieved, saying he will always see her as a close friend.

Etymology
Victoria means "victory" in Latin.

James is a common surname in England, which is where Victoria's maternal grandfather was born before his family moved to the United States in his teens.

Trivia

 * Victoria is very attracted to sweets, but since she does not sleep and often spends her nights running or practicing, she is quite healthy.
 * Perhaps because of her background working at her family's jewelry shop, Victoria's aura contains a selection of purple and blue jewels.
 * Victoria obtains the Jupiter Star Premium Rare coord, and is the only first year to obtain Star Wings.