Aster Mashiro

Aster Mashiro (真白アスター) is one of the main characters of Pretty Rhythm: Rebirth. He is the twin brother of Iris Mashiro.

Appearance
Aster is a teenager with a fair complexion and cyan eyes, which often shimmers when determined. His white hair is in a typical boy's cut, with his bangs kept parted in the center and short, sticked-out forelocks.

Personality and Interests
Aster is a shy, reserved and soft-spoken teenage boy. He is smart, enjoys reading books of different genres, and conducting researches and experiments. He also excells in academics, a trait noted to have inherited from his mother. Although he appreciates his sister's company more than anyone else, he prefers to work on things alone and dislikes being in crowds for it makes him nervous. He is also not good at sports.

Behind his introverted nature is a talented young man who can acquire skills with ease. However, his stage fright is what prevents him from reaching his full potential. He hopes to conquer it someday.

Relationships

 * Iris Mashiro - His twin sister whom he is very close to. He heavily relies on her for speaking but whenever she is in trouble he won't hesitate to put himself in danger just to help her.
 * Nobuhiko Mashiro - His father. He would often help him by recording data of his training whenever his mother isn't around.
 * Ruriko Mashiro - His mother, whom he is close to. The two enjoy sharing trivias of knowledge or challenge each other with quizes.
 * Shouta Aozora - His best friend, and only friend.

Etymology
Mashiro (真白) - Ma (真) means "true" or "reality" while shiro (白) means "white", a reference to his hair and color scheme. His surname can be synonymous to the more deep junpaku (純白), both meaning "pure white".

Aster - An aster is a plant of the daisy family that has bright rayed flowers, typically of purple or pink.

Trivia

 * The voice actors of the Mashiro twins, Maaya Uchida and Yuma Uchida, are siblings.
 * He shares his voice actor with Yu Suzuno. from King of Prism.
 * He and his sister were born on International Twins Day of their birth year.