Takamura Shiki

Takamura Shiki (篁 志季) is an idol under TSUKINO TALENT PRODUCTION. He is a member, the leader, and producer of the unit SolidS.

Appearance
Shiki is a man of average height, with dark purple hair and matching eyes.

Personality
While his looks and demeanor are cool, on the inside Shiki is actually a very passionate person. He's not good at expressing his emotions through words, which sometimes makes it difficult for him to socialize and communicate with others. However he does seem to become more open when the topic is about something he is passionate about.

Shiki is diligent and serious about his work, he holds himself up to incredibly high standards. The type of person who would not relent or fold until he achieves his goals. He is also very specific and stubborn about his goals and the visions he has for his works, making it difficult for him to work with others without conflict.

Shiki's insistence on perfection and lack of regard for anything outside of his music often leads to him overworking himself. On multiple instances Shiki was shown to have stayed up for multiple days in a row, only relying on short naps and copious amounts coffee to keep himself away, which always lead to him collapsing in exhaustion. This habit is often a concern for his fellow group members, and in some occasions lead to conflicts between them.

Outside of work, however, Shiki is shown to be a lot more relaxed. Despite his usual cool, almost stoic, demeanor Shiki can often get very passionate and heated. This change in demeanor is especially obvious during radio pod-casts, something often pointed out by his fellow SolidS members.

History
Shiki was born in Suwa, Nagano, on January 25. Shiki grew up with a younger brother, Takamura Keito, though we currently know very little about their relationship.

When he was 15, Shiki, along with QUELL's Izumi Shu, VAZZY's Mamiya Takaaki, infinit0's Sukigawa Rei & Mikaze Roa, and two other members debuted as a unit. This unit soon became nationally acclaimed, however due to conflicts with other members regarding their music Shiki ended up leaving the group. After leaving the idol front, Shiki began to work as a composer behind the scene. The exact time of his departure from the group is unknown currently.

Sometime before his departure from his former unit, Shiki met Rikka (ages 18 and 16 respectively then) for the first time.

Outside of his work on SolidS, Shiki still continues working as a music producer to this day.

Plot
2015 = Shiki was tasked by the company president to create a new unit. The president gave Shiki free choice with producing, scouting, and deciding the direction of this unit. Because of the conflicts he had with members of his former group, Shiki was doubtful that he would be able to produce a successful unit. After running into Rikka by coincidence, he invited Rikka to drink with him. As they drank the two caught up and Shiki invited Rikka to join the unit he is to produce. Rikka was undecided on joining the unit until later that night when the two met Tsubasa and Dai. Both Tsubasa and Rikka ended up joining on the condition that Shiki also joins the unit as a member along side them. The four debuted as SolidS on March 13, 2015
 * Age: 24
 * Height:  178 cm

2016 =
 * Age: 25
 * Height:  178 cm

2017 =
 * Age: 26
 * Height:  178 cm

2018 =
 * Age: 27
 * Height:  178 cm

2019 =
 * Age: 28
 * Height:  178 cm

2020 =
 * Age: 29
 * Height:  178 cm

2021 =
 * Age: 30
 * Height:  178 cm

2022 =
 * Age: 31
 * Height:  178 cm

SolidS
Okui Tsubasa - When the two first met, due to their clashing personalities and stubbornness, they did not get along very well. They would often butt heads and have arguments over many things. Initially Shiki would not have tolerated Tsubasa if it were not for Tsubasa's talents, which he knew could bring his goals and vision into reality. Over time however, the two have gotten to better understand each other, and be more tolerant towards each other.

Shiki starts to make more effort to communicate his wants and intentions, and Tsubasa becoming more patient and understanding to Shiki's lacking communication skills. Even though they have very different personalities, the two are very similar when it comes to work. Both hold themselves and each other to high expectations, pushing each other to be better and better.

Tsubasa has a tendency to tease Shiki for being slightly older than the other members; for instance at the TSUKINO PRODUCTION sports day he made fun of his eyesight, shoulders, waist, and his muscle aches. Despite this, like the other members of SolidS he tends to worry about Shiki working himself too hard and comes up with ways for him to get out more and relax.

Sera Rikka -

Murase Dai - The two are said to have a silent trust; they could just sit in a quiet room together and one would be able to feel their bond.

QUELL
 Izumi Shu - Due to their history in a unit together, Shu is one of the few people who has made a lasting friendship with Shiki. Due to Shu being the younger of the two Shu looked up to Shiki as his senpai, and was greatly upset when Shiki decided to leave their unit. Despite this, the two have remained friends due to both being under the management of TSUKINO PRODUCTIONs and eventually in the same series (SQ).

Shiki periodically invites Shu out for drinks (alcoholic), but Shu always ends up drinking tea because he can't handle alcohol. The two are also fans of soba and frequently go out and find good restaurants to eat at.

Kuga Issei - When discussing who was different from their first impressions within the two SQ units, Issei said he was surprised to learn that Shiki was an interesting/funny person.

VAZZY
Mamiya Takaaki - Despite being in a unit together when they were younger the two apparently don't talk much anymore, this could be due to the circumstances under which Shiki left the unit.

Procellarum
Shimotsuki Shun - Due to both being unit leaders Shiki has spent quite a bit of time with Shun during his work at TSUKINO. He recently said he thinks everyone in Procella is cool, but that Shun also gives off a gentle and elegant impression at the leader meetings. Shiki's competitive nature also came out when talking about Shun, saying he doesn't want to lose to him (as a leader).

Etymology

 * His surname, Takamura (篁), means bamboo grove.
 * His given name, Shiki (志季), can be read as intention/plan/motives (志) and season (季).
 * Shiki's fanclub name, FIDES, is the latin word for "faith".

Trivia

 * His catch phrase for 2021 is "Take it easy!"
 * Shiki is acquaintances with Tsukishiro Kanade (Six Gravity's manager).
 * Tsukishiro's sister was the manager for the previous unit Shiki was in.
 * Kurotsuki Dai (Procellarum's manager) is Shiki's junior in TSUKINO PRO.
 * Shiki was born and raised in Suwa, a city located in Nagano, and it has been shown several times that he loves his hometown.
 * Shiki has recently been into coffee and exploring new stand-up soba restaurants.
 * According to Rikka, people online have been posting sightings of Shiki eating soba lately.
 * According to Tsubasa, Shiki is terrible at making unfunny jokes.
 * He also seems to have a radio persona.
 * According to Tsubasa, Shiki's driving license photo makes him look like he's gonna kill someone.
 * Both Shiki and Rikka have problems with missing exits when driving.
 * One of his embarrassing childhood memories is that once when he was a child he went for a walk in a forest in Nagano and got lost while looking at insects and flowers. He was missing for two days.
 * This seems to have been a recurring issue when he was younger, as on a separate occasion he again went missing for several days after going searching for a fallen star fragment after watching the stars one night with Keito.
 * Shiki's voice actor, Eguchi Takuya, made a cameo appearance in SOARAs live action movie, LET IT BE -Kimi ga Kimi Rashiku Aru You ni-, as the TSUKINO TEI master.
 * He is currently the oldest idol, that we know of, under the management of TSUKINO PRODUCTIONs.
 * When several of the TSUKINO idols were discussing their favorite songs by other units Shiki actually first mentioned a song by a unit under another company, Me Against Myself by Anthos from Amagiri PRODUCTION. He said it has a satisfying sound that hooks you in, that it is a cool and amazing song. From TSUKINOs music, he listed Procellarum's ONE CHANCE？] as a favorite. He says the gradation to the last chorus in particular gives him goosebumps, that despite the sadness of the lyrics you can feel the strength as well, & that Shun singing this song is the epitome of cool. His final recommendation is [[Fluna's song Fluna!, calling it a true idol song and that he'd like to try something similar for SolidS.
 * movic, the real-life company responsible for TSUKINO PRODUCTIONs, are also the ones who handle the HANA-Doll Project that Anthos are part of, and even features the writer responsible for SQ's dramas.
 * Shiki says he'll never show his stomach (unlike the other SolidS members).
 * During a SoliRadi segment on SQ's Twitter where listeners voted on character & song images on a four way axis with DIRTY & CLEAN on one scale, and HOT & COOL on the other, Shiki's image was voted as being predominantly "DIRTY", with a slight lean towards "HOT" as his second trait.
 * He received a second image vote, this time with the same trait parameters as members of the other units (MILD to WILD, and SEXY to CUTE), this time being voted as mostly WILD with a slight lean towards SEXY for his second trait.
 * Shiki once revealed on SoliRadi that he knows how to drive a tractor.
 * He also revealed on a SoliRadi segment that he's weak when it comes to taking eye related medicines, like having to put in eye drops.