Sorane Matsuyama

Sorane Matsuyama (松山 空音, Matsuyama Sorane) is a minor character in the Oshi ga Budokan Ittekuretara Shinu manga by Auri Hirao, as well as the anime adaptation. She is a member of ChamJam.

Appearance
Sorane has short seafoam colored hair and matching colored eyes.

She dresses in a sea-blue colored dress, with a matching color belt and ribbon, and high heel boots.

Personality
Being an idol, Sorane's charisma lets her earn and charm her fans very naturally, initially earning her the 2nd place ranking. She is also supportive of her fellow members, helping Maina Ichii ask for fan letters while she MCs during shows and helping Yuuka Teramoto with her homework. She is very conscious of her fans' opinions of her reading up on the rumors of her and her supposed boyfriend and then later the speculation of a falling out between her and Aya Yokota.

Biography
In high school, Sorane played in the tennis club where she didn't really have any friends. While she was outside with her Aunt she saw Reo Igarashi performing with her old group and was encouraged by her aunt to become an idol which Sorane shut down. She was initially pretty apathetic towards idols as she was under the impression that idols were supposed to be super popular and stunning, and that she could never become an idol herself because it required lots of hard work. Despite her initial refusal, her aunt submitted her application to become an idol to ChamJam's management.

As a trainee, Sorane met Reo whom she saw performing before. Seeing how talented and supportive, Reo is Sorane developed a massive admiration for Reo who she views as the 'ideal idol'. Sorane's charisma and skills as an idol allows her to gain the 2nd place position and being in the front row.

When Maina Ichii expresses her desire to ask for fan letters Sorane helps Maina to ask for fan letters during their next show when she MCs by providing a segue for Maina to ask. Being in the top 3, Sorane was invited to model for the Girls Festa along with Reo, Maki Hakata and the addition of Maina.

For the sports festival, Sorane is placed into the red team along with Yumeri Mizumori and Aya Yokota. Her high athletic ability allowed her to dominate the relay race and help her team win the competition.

Sorane searches herself up on social media and notices rumors of a sighting of her with a boyfriend which causes her to worry and lose popularity which isn't good for the upcoming popularity ranking. With the culmination of dating rumors and the upcoming popularity ranking, she fell from the front row 2nd position to the 5th position in the back row.

On social media, Sorane sees discussions about her and Aya fighting and not being on good terms. During live shows Sorane attempts to portray that she and Aya have a good relationship and hang out together. Sorane confronts Aya about their conflict and tells the latter that she hopes she will continue to like her. After the Christmas event, she walks with Reo and catches they first snowfall together. For new years she visits family making her unable to spend time with the other members of ChamJam.

ChamJam is set to appear at Setouchi Idol Festival along with many other groups. As ChamJam are about to perform at the Setouchi Idol Festival they are approached by Mei who tells them that Maple Doll will be performing at the Budokan. Reo is upset and distraught and Sorane help to comfort Reo along with the other members after the rough encounter. After the performance ChamJam sets out onto the festival grounds to hand out fliers and promote the group and Sorane spots Maina who expresses her worry about fans and their loyalty and Sorane comforts and reassures Maina.

Etymology

 * The name Sorane means "sky" (空) (sora) and "sound" (音) (ne).
 * Sorane's surname Matsuyama means "pine tree, fir tree" (松) (matsu) and "mountain, hill" (山) (yama).