Starry☆Sky (スターリースカイ, Sutārī Sukai), known as Sta☆Ska (スタ☆スカ, Suta Suka) for short in

Japan, is a series of Japanese otome game visual novels created and developed by the software
company Honeybee (game company). It was separated into four games, the first released in 2008, with
three love interests in each, making a total of twelve possible love interests. It was well received in
Japan, having Drama CDs, countless manga adaptations and a 26 episode anime adaptation.[1] In
addition, sequels of the four original games were created for both Windows and PlayStation Portable in
2008-2010 and 2011-2013 respectively

Gameplay
The player takes control of Tsukiko Yahisa, the heroine of the Starry☆Sky games, although her
name can be changed by the player. The games are primarily told in visual novel format, where
the player's decisions inadvertently affects the relationships she has with potential love interests
in the game.

Plot
Tsukiko Yahisa is the first female student to enroll at Seigetsu Academy, a former all-boys
school specializing in astronomy. She is closely watched over by her childhood friends, Kanata
Nanami and Suzuya Tohzuki, who often protect her from the male student body. Throughout the
games, she befriends other young men whose personalities are based on the Western zodiac
constellations.

In the first game, Starry☆Sky~in Spring~, not long after Tsukiko transfers to Seigetsu Academy,
a half-French boy named Yoh Tomoe follows suit to pursue her. This action stirs up emotions
from Kanata and Suzuya, both of whom had long loved Tsukiko.[2]

In the second game, Starry☆Sky~in Summer~, Tsukiko has joined the academy's archery club.
As she practices for the summer competition, she simultaneously solves the problems between
her teammates (Homare Kanakubo, Ryunosuke Miyaji, and Azusa Kinose).[3]

In the third game, Starry☆Sky~in Autumn~, Tsukiko becomes involved with three teachers at her
school (Iku Mizushima, Naoshi Haruki, and Kotarou Hoshizuki).[4]

The last game, Starry☆Sky~in Winter~, details Tsukiko's involvement with the student council,
which includes Tsubasa Amaha, Kazuki Shiranui, and Hayato Aozora.[5]

Characters
Tsukiko Yahisa (夜久 月子 (ヤヒサ ツキコ), Yahisa Tsukiko) Voiced by: Fumiko Orikasa
(anime)
 Tsukiko is the heroine of all of the Starry☆Sky games, although her name can be changed
by the player. She is the first female student to attend Seigetsu Academy. She is a second
year.

Spring

Yoh Tomoe (土萌 羊, Tomoe Yō) Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa

Yoh represents Capricorn. His French name is Henri Samuel Jean Aimée. Likewise, he is
half-French and was often teased for that as a kid. He met Tsukiko when he was young,
and because she was the only person who didn't make fun of him for being half-French,
he fell in love with her and asked his father to let him transfer to Seigetsu Academy in
order to pursue her. Initially disdainful to everyone except Tsukiko, eventually, he learns
the importance of having friends. His father hopes to work in America to develop a
special astronomy project. He is a second year.
Kanata Nanami (七海 哉太, Nanami Kanata) Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita
Kanata represents Pisces. Brash and impulsive, he has been friends with Tsukiko since
childhood and has developed feelings for her. He does not get along very well with Yoh.
Kanata suffers from a terminal illness that leaves him in a lethargic state, which is why he
often skips classes and faints without reason. However, he refuses to seek medical help
and often gets into school fights that worsen his health to protect Tsukiko. He is a second
year.
Suzuya Tohzuki (東月 錫也, Tōzuki Suzuya) Voiced by: Daisuke Ono
Suzuya represents Cancer. Calm and friendly, he was friends with Tsukiko and Kanata
since childhood and often watches out for them like an older brother. He is very good at
cooking and often uses the school's kitchen to prepare food for his friends. Suzuya is also
in love with Tsukiko, but because he knows that Kanata also loves her, he held back.
Beneath his warm exterior, Suzuya has a dark side and worries about Tsukiko constantly.
He is a second year.

Summer

Azusa Kinose (木ノ瀬 梓, Kinose Azusa) Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama

Azusa represents Sagittarius. Although he is a newcomer to the archery club, he has met
Tsukiko before and inspired her to become better at it. He is cocky and confident of
himself; while he declares himself as a natural genius, he is in fact insecure of his
abilities as he can't put his heart into anything. Azusa often flirts with Tsukiko and his
actions annoy Ryunosuke a lot. He is a first year.
Homare Kanakubo (金久保 誉, Kanakubo Homare) Voiced by: Soichiro Hoshi
Homare represents Taurus. He is the captain of the archery club. He is openly friendly
and often settles arguments between Ryunosuke and Azusa, but is prone to feel pressured
for the success of the archery club. He is a third year. His best friends are Shiranui
Kazuki and Shirogane Oushirou from the same year.
Ryunosuke Miyaji (宮地 龍之介, Miyaji Ryūnosuke) Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya
 Ryunosuke represents Scorpio. He is the sub-captain of the archery club. He appears to
be serious and calm, but hides a penchant for sweets. Ryunosuke has kept an eye out for
Tsukiko ever since he first saw her. He is a second year.

Autumn

Naoshi Haruki (陽日 直獅, Haruki Naoshi) Voiced by: Daisuke Kishio
Naoshi represents Leo. He is Tsukiko's homeroom teacher and the advisor for the archery
club. He is energetic and enjoys the "youth" part of high school since he spent high
school mostly studying, and because of that, a lot of students can't take him seriously and
often play pranks on him. Naoshi's best friend, Hiroki, got him to enjoy high school, but
Hiroki was hit by a car saving the girl he liked. Because of that, he was afraid to fall in
love until he met Tsukiko.
Iku Mizushima (水嶋 郁, Mizushima Iku) Voiced by: Kouji Yusa
Iku represents Gemini. He is currently a student teacher and is friends with the school
nurse, Kotarou, since they were children. Iku and his twin sister Yui were both born with
poor health, and Yui died while they were in high school. He was formerly the lead
singer of a band the heroine liked, but destroyed his voice while overworking himself due
to the pain of his sister's death. His band members turned out to be using him for money
and promptly dismissed him when he could no longer sing. Iku lost trust in everyone until
a girl, Tsukiko, helped him gain it back.
Kotarou Hoshizuki (星月 琥太郎, Hoshizuki Kotarō) Voiced by: Akira Ishida
Kotarou represents Libra. He is the school nurse who had ambitions to become a doctor.
Iku's sister, Yui, had feelings for him, but after her death Kotarou blamed himself for not
being able to save her. His father is the chairman of the academy, but after his father's
retirement, the position was given to Kotarou's sister, Koharu. However, he ended up
obtaining the position due to Koharu's wish to work overseas.

Winter

Kazuki Shiranui (不知火 一樹, Shiranui Kazuki) Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura
Kazuki represents Aries. He is the president of the student council. He is gifted with the
power of foresight, although this ability does not allow him to see everything. He blames
himself for the death of his parents because of his lack of understanding his power.
Because of this, he hates his power. As a child, he was often involved in fights to prove
his own strength, but one day he had met Tsukiko, who told him that only people who
think they are weak try and show their strength through brute force. He had become
friends with her, and Kanata and Suzuya as well. He is a third year (apparently he
repeated a year, together with Shirogane)
Tsubasa Amaha (天羽 翼, Amaha Tsubasa) Voiced by: Kenichi Suzumura
Tsubasa represents Aquarius. He is the treasurer of the student council. He often lights up
the mood in the student council. However, he is emotionally unstable. At a very young
age he was abandoned by his parents who got divorced. He was taken in by his
grandparents on his mother's side. When Tsubasa was young, he spent a lot of time with
his grandfather and they often made inventions together. Even now, Tsubasa still likes to
invent things. His grandfather's dying wish made Tsubasa promise to take care of his
 grandmother. His grandmother sent Tsubasa away to school, and ever since Tsubasa likes
to be alone. He thinks that being alone is better than being with people because he is
afraid of losing things that are important to him. He is a first year.
Hayato Aozora (青空 颯斗, Aozora Hayato) Voiced by: Daisuke Hirakawa
Hayato represents Virgo. He is the vice president of the student council. He comes from a
well-known family of pianists, but lacks self-confidence and feels pressured to be up to
par with his family's talent. In the end he decided to leave his house and stays in the
school dorm. He is a second year.

Special character

Shiki Kagurazaka (神楽坂 四季, Kagurazaka Shiki) Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano

Represents Ophiuchus, the 13th constellation. Special "13th Character" that was introduced in
the 13th secret date CD. Not much information is given. His Greek name translates to “serpent-
bearer” and he is often seen holding an albino snake in many official illustrations. In the fourth
game Starry Sky in Winter it's mentioned that he has greater, stranger power than Kazuki
Shiranui.

Minor characters

Idiot Trio (バカトリオ, baka torio) Voiced by: Kazuma Horie (Koguma), Takashi Kondo
(Shiratori), and Hiroyuki Yoshino (Inukai)
Shin'ya Koguma (小熊 伸也, Koguma Shin'ya), Yahiko Shiratori (白鳥 弥彦,
Hiratori Yahiko), and Takafumi Inukai (犬飼 隆文, Inukai Takafumi) are members of
the archery club and are dubbed as the "idiot trio.".
Oushirou Shirogane (白銀 桜土郎, Shirogane Ōshirō) Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe
Oushirou is an acquaintance of Kazuki's and Homare's, he carries a camera everywhere
due to being a journalist for the school paper. He is in third year.
Takatsugu Izumi (和泉 崇嗣, Izumi Takatsugu) Voiced by: Satoshi Hino
Izumi is a first year student in the Mythology department who appears in the After Spring
game. He has a serious and straightforward personality despite his devil-may-care
appearance. He tends to act on his thoughts, does not think very deeply, and does not lie
either. Despite coming from a yakuza background, he is a pacifist at heart and is weak at
fighting.
Haru Oshinari (忍成 ハル, Oshinari Haru) Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi
Oshinari is a student teacher who appears in the After Spring game. When he is free, he
helps out at the dormitories.
Makoto Haruna (春名 真琴, Haruna Makoto) Voiced by: Mitsuki Saiga
The name of this character is changeable. Haruna appears in the After Spring, Summer
and Autumn games. She is a boyish character who the protagonist relies on for advice.

Family
Raoul Mathias Jean Aimée (ラウル・マティアス・ジャン・エーメ, Rauru Matiasu Jan
Ēme) Voiced by: Ryōtarō Okiayu
Yoh's father who is French. Often teases Yoh for fun. He has a cheerful personality and
tends to dote on his wife to the extent that he sometimes forgets about Yoh's existence.
Tomoe Imari (土萌 未莉, Tomoe Imari) Voiced by: Fujimoto Noriko
Yoh's mother. She actually knows the protagonist's mother as they were classmates. She
and her husband are still passionately in love.
Mayumi Nanami (七海 まゆみ, Nanami Mayumi) Voiced by: Katou Masami
Kanata's mother. Despite her coarse language, she is good at looking after others. After
her husband's death, she raised Kanata by herself. Although she hits Kanata quite often,
she pampers the protagonist and Suzuya, and thinks of them like her own children.
Sayuri Touzukii (東月 小百合, Tōzuki Sayuri) Voiced by: Okamoto Nami
Suzuya's mother. As the result of being the only housewife within the three families in
After Spring, she is the one who looked after the children the longest. Her husband is a
salary-man and is not shown in the game.

Development
All character designs, covers, and background art were digitally painted by Kazuaki. However,
in October 2010, Japanese netizens accused her of using copyrighted stock images as references
without permission. As a result, both Honeybee and Kazuaki issued formal apologies on their
websites and the release of the first spinoff game, Starry☆Sky~After Spring~, was pushed
back.[6][7]

In 2011, JAST USA announced it was considering licensing the Starry Sky series for an English
release. However, the plans were later dropped due to the high cost of fees that would have had
to be paid to the voice actors.[8]

Media
Game

Starry☆Sky was separated into four games, each one taking place in a different season with three
possible love interests, for the PC. The first game, Starry☆Sky~in Spring~, was released on
March 27, 2009. The opening theme song was titled Starry Sky and was performed by Hikaru
Midorikawa, the voice of Yoh Tomoe.[9] Following its release, the second installment,
Starry☆Sky~in Summer~ was released on June 26, 2009. The opening theme song was titled
Shoot High and was performed by Hiroshi Kamiya, the voice of Ryunosuke Miyaji.[10] The third
game, Starry☆Sky~in Autumn~, was released on September 25, 2009, and its theme song was
Lies, Truth, and Our Destiny performed by Daisuke Kishio, the voice of Naoshi Haruki.[11] The
last game, Starry☆Sky~in Winter~, was released on December 25, 2009, and the opening theme
song was Grayed Out performed by Yuichi Nakamura, the voice of Kazuki Shiranui.[12] Starting
in 2010, all four games were ported onto the PlayStation Portable.
The original games were followed by a spin-off, which takes place between the epilogue and the
original time of the game. Starry☆Sky~After Spring~ was the first of the spin-off games to
release onto the PC, but its release was postponed from November 26, 2010 to December 10,
2010 due to accusations of character art designer Kazuaki plagiarizing.[6]

CDs

The limited edition of all the games were bundled with a CD with the full version of the opening
theme and a separate drama CD featuring the male characters in the game.[13] A full-length
drama CD for the spring characters was released on August 28, 2009.[13] In addition, a
soundtrack for the game's music was released on September 25, 2009.[13]

Throughout 2009, twelve date CDs were released monthly, starting with Yoh Tomoe (the
Capricorn) on January 30, 2009, to Azusa Kinose (the Sagittarius) on December 25, 2009.[13] The
date CDs feature the voice actors for each of the twelve possible love interests in the game and
simulate a date and a romance between the listener and the character. Each CD came with a
special coupon. If the coupons from all twelve CDs were submitted to Honeybee at the end of the
year, one would receive a secret date CD featuring a 13th character, Shiki Kagurazaka (voiced
by Mamoru Miyano), who represents the Ophiuchus, the 13th constellation.

Manga

Short manga stories about the characters of each game have been collected into anthologies by
DNA Media Comics. Starry☆Sky~in Spring~ Comic Anthology was released on October 24,
2009, and features all the characters from the spring game. Similarly, Starry☆Sky~in Summer~
Comic Anthology was released on December 25, 2009.

Anime

An anime adaptation was distributed through Animate.tv's website and Sun TV. It was written by
Makoto Nakamura and directed by Kiyoko Sayama.[1]

There are 26 episodes lasting 11 minutes each. First airing of the episodes was on Animate.tv in
beginning of February 2008. In February 2011, Sun TV started also simulcasting this series,
airing two parts episodes of this series as a whole episode (meaning 13 episodes by 22 minutes
each). They are done in an episodic format, with each episode (or two parts of the episode)
focusing on one character or subset of characters from the storyline.