Due to her constant failures, she gave up her dream of becoming a ballet dancer and gradually tried to close her heart and distance herself from her dream to shine and dance again.Įli is shown to be a perfect role model to the students in Otonokizaka High School. However, it is later revealed that Eli was actually at the bottom of the list in ballet compared to the other dancers and could barely pass the auditions.

In Season 1 Episode 7, it is shown that her mother and grandmother did ballet through the glimpse of the photos in her room, and it's a legacy passed down to Eli as she was also a ballet dancer herself when she was younger. Her grandmother is also an alumni of Otonokizaka High School, which furthered her urge to defend her school from getting shut down. She told Umi that her family has been living abroad since they were little and haven't really adapted to the lifestyle in Japan yet. She has a younger sister named Alisa Ayase. Because of this, she is known to say the Russian word 'хорошо' (pronounced as 'Harasho'), which means 'Good' or 'Okay.' Eli first said it in Season 1 Episode 10 when Umi Sonoda was awoken by the girls' pillow fight and she threw 'supersonic pillows' in her rage. Eli is partly Russian from her grandmother.

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