People, Places & Things

People, Places and Things!

Here are some important places, things or people on Radiant Heart MUSH, that your character may know about, or heard of. This list is always being added to, and if you have something to add, merely add them in! Please keep in mind the formatting of this wiki page however. This is by no means an exhaustive list of every place, but is most of them.

People

Celebrities and Important People:

• Trinity: A popular idol group composed of three members, Miyuki, Reika and Nana. Known for their impeccable choreography. (Source: Fresh! Pretty Cure.)

• Sailor V: A enigmatic hero of Tokyo who is known for stopping criminals and being a vigilante. Her popularity has spawned countless merchandise and video games on the subject. She makes the local news constantly. The V is short for Venus. (Source: Sailor Moon)

• Utau Hoshina: An idol singer whose contract is owned by the Easter Corporation. Popular with girls in the Elementary Grades and Early Middle School Grades. (Source: Shugo Chara!)

• Professor Souichi Tomoe: A CEO and Head Scientist of Obsidian Incorporated. Kind of notoriously known for a lab accident that blew up his old laboratory. (Source: Sailor Moon)

• DARTS!: A three member, color coded (red, blue & green) boy-band, carefully groomed by Easter to appeal to the ‘correct target demographic’ -- rather popular among the elementary and middle school girls in particular. (Source: Shugo Chara!)

• Nobuko Saeki: A very popular TV Fortune Teller and mystic. She writes columns for the Housewives' Knowledge magazine and is known for being more spot-on with her predictions than most. (Source: Shugo Chara!)

• Kinzo Kagari: A famous theater actor that also stars in some TV shows. He's generally known for his handsome looks and debonair air and tends to star in period pieces more often than not, though handles the role of the 'modern villain' in media well-- playing characters 'people love to hate'. He's in Tokyo for small spats at a time, is more often than not, out of the country on tour or filming. (Source: Guardian Princess Runealy.)

• Jennifer Houston: A world-renowned singer who recently arrived in Japan for her concerts with her work partner Richard. She is in love with him, although she is uncertain about taking that final step (he reciprocates her feelings). She gets attacked once due to having her green jewel be mistaken for the Green Pearl. (Source: Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch)

• Shin Hayazaki: A well-known mangaka who specializes in writing cute and fluffy feel-good manga for children and young girls, with some series like 'Secret Agent Sailor V: Code V' having a more mixed audience. He has a relatively long, 14-year long career in the manga industry, and began 'Nono & Friends', his very first series, when he was only 18. Recently, he had some health problems and started writing darker storylines and a more mature series called 'Galatea In Hell', to extremely mixed reactions from his usual readers. (Source: Sailor Moon)

• Michiru Kaiou: An internationally renowed violion virtuoso. She has been playing concerts all around Japan since she was 7. She's been on TV both in Japan and in America. In early 2023, her parents died when their plane was lost over the Phillipine Sea, making her the heiress to their estate and to her father's shipping business, Kaiou International. The story was all over the Tokyo news for months. (Source: Sailor Moon)

• The Princess of Sarek: A thief who appeared one day in Tokyo and has since begun stealing objects of both great value and little renown, with no apparent pattern. She always leaves calling cards at the sites of her heists well in advance. Despite this, the police have been unable to catch her or uncover any leads on her identity.

Teachers and Radiant Heart Academy Faculty/Staff

[School Faculty List]

• Kyouka Inai: Radiant Heart Academy's guidance counselor.

• Setsuna Meiou: Radiant Heart Academy's school nurse.

Places

• Abandoned Theme Park: Structured like a castle town, Fantasy Zone has a wall around it that funnels visitors to a lowered drawbridge and a closed portcullis gate. The now-defunct theme park made the mistake of opening a mere several kilometers away from Dream Kingdom, after the more diverse and better-planned park had already opened. Runaway expenses meant Fantasy Zone was quickly abandoned, and it has spent the last few years being neglected.
• Asakusa Shrine: a Shinto shrine located in the Asakusa district of Tokyo, Japan. Also known as Sanja-sama (Shrine of the Three gods), it is one of the most famous Shinto shrines in the city and honors the three men who founded the Sensō-ji.
• Awami Shrine: A shrine in Tokyo that has been run by the Hawasaki Family for generations. They are responsible for the shrine's upkeep and occasionally send out calls for Shrine Maidens to perform their duties at Awami Shrine. The building is divided in three spaces: a warehouse, a rite chamber and an offerings chamber.
• Beach: Yumegahama Beach is a sprawling long beach front looking out onto Tokyo Harbor, usually kept clean by busy city workers and many volunteers. The sand is a soft brown and white color and falls through fingers easily, unless it's wet down by the waves and becomes perfect for making sandcastles!
• Botanical Gardens: The Pikarigaoaka Botanical Gardens is a lovely park area based in one of the many parks in Pikarigaoaka, known for its array of rose bushes, ivy-covered trellises, and large central koi pond that it's built around.
• Clover Tower: A large TV studio that also serves as Tokyo’s Main Broadcasting Center, it’s based in Pikarigaoka where the open landscape allows for an easier, longer range broadcast signal.
• Dream Kingdom: A Theme Park in Yumegahama that sits directly on the Bay. It’s known for it’s roller coaster that skims you over the Ocean Water, as well as it’s Panda Themed Kiddy Rides.
• Fairy Drop Fashion: A two story fashion shop primarily dealing with girls and women clothing- and to a lesser degree, male formal wear. It’s owned by the Kurumi Family.
• FaM-Mart: One of the more popular japanese Konbini, which is located towards a cluster of retail shops and apartments, but also close to the freeway exits from the district to the rest of the country.
• Four Clover Mall: A large mall somewhere in the downtown area of Mitakihara, a recently renovated building that has a large angular triangle shape at one end, smoothing to a single level area at the furthest end.
• Game Crown Arcade: The place where most students in Juuban City congregate after school to spend their hard earned allowance into the crane games and arcade machines. Known for it’s many Dance Dance Revolution Machines and giant Sailor V Arcade Game sit down cabinets. Owned by the Furuhata family.
• Gullwing Coffee: A modern new coffee shop that sits near the beach. It used to be 'Seaside Diner', though it was then bought out by a young entrepreneur and turned into Gullwing Coffee!
• Hikawa Karate Dojo: A dojo located in the Pikarigaoka Ward, run by a bald man with a long unkept beard in his elder age, overseeing and training his students, even sometimes providing demonstration fights against his pupils
• Hikawa Shrine: An old, traditional japanese shrine that’s known to bring tourists as it sits just outside the Uminari City district in Juuban.
• Hotel Augusta: A hotel known for it's fancy, frontal ballroom.
• Ice Cream Parlor: An ice cream parlor with a white and black checkered floor, and simple booths, with the expected display case of ice cream flavors at the front of the shop. It is decorated by an artistically done wallpaper with an elaborate beach scene painted on it, showing a wonderful ocean view of the beach.
• Juuban Ward: The Juuban Ward is a tightly packed urban area without high rises and a few multi story apartment buildings.
• Kaoru's Donuts: A donut stand on wheels, that deals in fresh donuts. It is mobile, but can usually be found among the many beachside parking lots along the road, doing a brisk business with people that commute into the city for work, and on the way home who want a sweet treat.
• Karaoke Crown: A Karaoke Parlor in the Downtown Neon District of Mitakihara. Owned by the Furuhata family, the same family that owns the Game Crown Arcade.
• KFC - Karaage Fried Chicken: The Karaage Fried Chicken spot has retained a distinct familiarity with its past as a former KFC, while embracing a more modern, Japanese-inspired vibe. The entrance still carries the classic glass doors, but they've been updated with frosted patterns of kanji and artful chicken designs. The original KFC red-and-white color scheme has given way to a softer palette of earthy tones---muted browns, slate grays, and warm yellows, creating a cozy yet vibrant atmosphere.
• Korma Chameleon: A modest restaurant on a side street in Pikarigaoka Ward, specializing in Japanese-Indian fusion cuisine.
• Midori-Ya Cafe: A Cafe resting on the busy route into Mitakihara from Juuban City. A place many people stop on their way into work for their morning coffee and pastry.
• Mitakihara General Hospital: One of many buildings devoted to treating people. A towering skyscraper, much of its interior can be seen through tall glass windows on nearly every floor. Its walls are designed to 'catch' the sunset, such that the evening light makes the building appear somewhat golden.
• Mitakihara Ward: Mitakihara is also known as Downtown, it’s a busy district, filled with tall skyscrapers and multi-story offices and malls. Infinity University is located in the heart of downtown. It’s known for it’s swinging nightlife in the Neon District.
• Museum: Yumegahama National Museum sits in Yumegahama Ward. The museum is a stately large mansion that used to belong to a well-to-do business man until they passed away, and was donated along with his collection of historical artifacts and rare paintings to the city to be used as a museum.
• Nezu Shrine: A shrine closely associated with Japan's Imperial family, famous for its azalea garden. It is a short way from Tokyo's famous Ueno Park, and has its roots in almost 2,000 years of Japanese history.
• Nounamu Sweets: One of those older shops that had been around for so many years that it didn't originally have a name, just a sign out front declaring what it sold. Dubbed 'Nounamu Sweets' by the kids due to the lack of an actual name, that has now been embraced and welcomed, as shown by a chalkboard standee with colorful calligraphy declaring 'Nounamu Sweets'.
• Obsidian Tower: One of the tallest skyscrapers in the downtown district of Mitakihara. It's a tall, black colored building, with bright, shining windows from the third floor upwards, containing the offices of various corporations. The windows look like points of light on a black space background.
• Okujoo Ramen: A restaurant that sits on the roof of a small convenience store and takes up the majority of the rooftop space, reached by the building's elevator, the doors of which open into the restaurant's dining space.
• OSA-P Jewelers: A major jewelry store in Juuban’s Shopping Strip. Known for the monthly sale the owner runs, usually themed around a particular jewelry style.
• Pearl Pier: The Pearl Pier is a beachside hotel located in the Yumegahama Ward. It is owned by an elderly woman known as Madame Taki, an eccentric individual that is never seen without her crystal ball and is always dressed like a fortune teller. However, Nikora Nanami, the hotel's manager, is a resourceful young woman, whose commitment keeps the hotel operating smoothly.
• Penguin Park: A Large Public City Park known for its penguin themed play equipment, zoo and public library. It rests in the sprawl between Pikarigaoka and Mitakihara.
• Pikarigaoka Ward: Pikarigaoka is a suburban area, with small houses and open grassy sprawl and the occasional small shop though it is mostly residences. It’s wide open layout was the perfect spot for the Clover Tower.
• Port Warehouses: There are plenty of warehouses in the port in Yumegahama - and this particular stretch isn't exactly in good condition. Mostly used by less than savory companies without much care about where their goods are stored, these warehouses are occasionally patrolled by security guards, but mostly protected by high fences - plenty easy to get past for mahou on patrol.
• Pretty Holic: Pretty Holic is a joint partnership of several different entrepreneurs, although the face of the business are the Suzumura and Nekoyashiki families. It is mainly dedicated to and famous for beauty products, but a small part of its space is allocated to offering beautifully decorated stationery and sweets on the side.
• Public Library: A library located in Juuban Ward. Its mascot seems to be a penguin, with a large amount of decorations that are penguin-themed.
• Radiant Heart Academy: A large, sprawling, older school that looks almost like a castle out of some fantasy, surrounded by a small community that's sprung up around it, with an eight foot tall wall surrounding the large educational campus.
• Riverside Path: A walking path and athletic park along the river that connects Juuban and Pikarigaoka wards, that's enjoyed by tourists and citizens alike.
• Sensoji Temple: A Buddhist temple located in Asakusa. It is one of Tokyo's most colorful and popular temples.
• Shin Hoshi Shotengai: A typical shotengai (shopping street) in Juuban, where many locals prefer to do their shopping. Opening pre-dawn and with the eateries closing late into the night, this one runs the full length of a city street, with an enclosed glass ceiling that reveals the sky above
• Tako Café: A food truck that can be seen around the city, but typically parks itself near Pikarigaoaka, where the owner, Akane Fujita, has worked an exclusive deal to be allowed to serve food just outside Penguin Park.
• The Book Nook: A popular but quiet book store with a variety of literature, including training manuals and research, magazines, fiction and non-fiction novels, children's picture books and coloring books, and an impressive manga and tabletop gaming section. The Book Nook is located on the Juuban Plaza, across from a cafe, and surrounded by other small businesses.
• Twin Bells Toy and Card Store: A Toy Shop, Popular for it’s large selection of Trading Cards and Stuffed Animals, in Downtown Mitakihara.
• Untidy Squid: A basement club in downtown Tokyo, somewhere in Mitakihara. A nightclub sort of place that caters to the teen crowd, which means it doesn't serve alcohol until after 10pm, and it hosts performances of bands that teens are likely to want to pay money to see.
• WcDonald's: A world renown and ubiquitous fast food restaurant specializing in burgers and french fries primarily.
• Yumegahama Aquarium and Marine Center: A building set on Tokyo Harbor, built halfway into the water. It is shaped in a wide circle and sticks upwards about five stories off of the ground. It has a large outdoor area that is closed in the winter, though the Aquarium interior remains open year round.
• Yumegahama Ward: The Yumegahama City district is a mixed area of offices, shops and apartment residences. It sits on Tokyo Bay, and is the place many tourists visit when they come to Tokyo. It’s known for it’s Theme Park, and Shopping District.

Things

Legally Distinct Radiant Hearts

• Tooter: An in-universe social media site. Its worldwide ubiquity allows one to get news, commentary, and silliness in limited-size toots from nearly any region, on any topic that may conceivably be of interest. Careful curation of one's follows and followers makes it a great way to keep tabs on friends.

• Woogle: An in-universe search engine. It's worldwide ubiquity means that just about anything, be it information, image, item, or directions, can be found with just one quick Woogle search.

• Clock App: An in-universe social media and video sharing website.

Terminology

• Juuban Flu: The colloquial, non-scientific term for a mysterious recurring phenomenon of people becoming weak, collapsing, passing out, and sometimes experiencing hallucinations of monsters, demons, and angels. The affected tend to recover quickly and have only vague memories of the time they were ill. While it happens most commonly in Juuban Ward, it sometimes spreads to other parts of Tokyo, and there have been occasional variants (some of which have been more serious than usual cases).