Mutsumi Hoshikawa

is one of the main characters from The☆Ultraman. She is a member of the Science Guard Party.
==Personality==
Mutsumi possesses a gentle, resilient, and cheerful personality. In combat situations, she confidently demonstrates combat skills on par with her male counterparts, taking pride in her position within the team. She adamantly refuses to be treated differently because of her gender and has consistently advocated for equal and fair treatment.
Beyond her courageous performances on the battlefield, Mutsumi also reveals an extremely friendly side towards animals and children. However, in everyday life, she is not adept at brewing coffee.
As the series progresses, Mutsumi gradually develops feelings for Choichiro Hikari, and the two often collaborate hand in hand during missions. However, she subtly begins to notice the relationship between Hikari and Ultraman Joneus.
== History ==
===The☆Ultraman===
Before joining the team, Mutsumi served as a support staff member in the Earth Defense Army's medical unit. Due to her interest in mysterious phenomena occurring on Earth, she engaged in data collection, ultimately leading to her selection as a new member of the Science Guard Party. She already knew Hiroaki Tobe before joining the team. Faced with the dazzling light falling on the Earth, the appearance of mysterious letters in the sky, and other abnormal phenomena, she believed these could be signs of an impending significant event.
When the team was first dispatched to investigate a massive iceberg drifting from Antarctica, she watched in awe as Ultraman Joneus made his initial appearance and defeated Seagra in an instant. Unlike some of the initial skepticism from other members, she considered the possibility that the entity might be Alien but a force of justice.
Subsequently, Mutsumi primarily served as the team's pilot and investigator. During a mission coinciding with Mutsumi's birthday, Kei Marume had prepared a special pendant as a gift for her. Despite him handing her the pendant during the mission, Mutsumi, citing her ongoing work, declined to accept the gift, leading to an angered Marume tossing the pendant to a nearby corner. Mutsumi calmly picked up the pendant.
Later, during her joint investigation of the tornado with the team, Mutsumi was accidentally engulfed by the tornado during an attack. When Marume entered the tornado for a rescue mission, he discovered the unconscious Mutsumi lying inside Bardy. In response to Marume's calls, Mutsumi successfully attracted the attention of Ultraman Joneus through the illumination flare in the pendant, enabling him to locate the position of Spiral and ultimately defeat it. Afterwards, the team smoothly celebrated Mutsumi's birthday.
When an island submerged due to the influence of an underwater volcano, peculiar phenomena were reported in the nearby waters. The Science Guard Party subsequently went to investigate the luxurious cruise ship "Peak Challenge" in the vicinity and discovered a strange bird. Upon seeing the bird on the brink of death, Mutsumi requested the ship's doctor to help it. However, even after the doctor examined the bird, its identity remained unclear. An attempt to administer an electric shock resulted in the bird transforming into a gigantic creature. Meanwhile, members returning to the base discovered, through data analysis, that the bird was, in fact, an ancient species known as King Moa.
King Moa, mistaking Mutsumi for its mother, captured her and took her to a rocky reef. However, a terrified Mutsumi accidentally fell off a cliff, but King Moa promptly rescued her from the sea, shielding her from the threat of a giant great white shark.
When Ultraman Joneus arrived and engaged in combat with King Moa, Mutsumi pleaded with him, insisting that the colossal bird had not inflicted real harm upon her. Ultimately, Joneus used a shrinking ray to return King Moa to its original form. King Moa bid farewell to Mutsumi and embarked on a journey across the ocean to find a new sanctuary. Mutsumi tearfully watched as it departed.
One evening, Mutsumi received a mission to investigate a meteorite that had fallen in the Southern Alps late at night. However, the next morning, when Mutsumi returned to the base, Hikari found her behavior somewhat strange. To divert her attention, he invited her on a date. However, when the two went out, the real Mutsumi returned to the base. 
After meeting up with Hikari at the amusement park, Mutsumi learned that the person impersonating her was actually a princess from Alpha Centauri First Planet. The princess and her guards had fled to Earth to escape an assassin's attack and assumed adult forms resembling Mutsumi's appearance. After averting the crisis, Mutsumi, along with the other team members, bid farewell to the princess who was about to leave Earth.
During a mission to protect the city, the team discovered a teenager named Federico suspected to be the manipulator behind the attacks orchestrated by Orolan. They began tracking his spaceship. However, when the teenager's spaceship crashed in the mountains, Mutsumi volunteered to rescue him from an avalanche caused by the impact and proceeded to treat Federico's injuries. When Federico asked why she helped him, Mutsumi replied, "Isn't helping someone who is injured a natural thing to do?" The two introduced themselves, establishing a sense of trust.
Later, when the modified Orolan, under the control of the Heller Empire, began attacking the city, Federico realized he had been deceived by the Heller military. After his demise due to an attack, members including Mutsumi held a space funeral in his honor.
Due to the discovery of a moving island in the ocean below the equator, the Science Guard Party embarked on an investigation. However, during this investigation, Mutsumi became involved in an accident due to the explosion of an oil tanker and was rescued by an elderly man named Hatari. The moving island turned out to be a giant battleship piloted by Hatari. On the ship, Mutsumi learned that Hatari's profession was that of a space hunter, tasked with capturing Joneus on Earth, albeit mistakenly identifying Joneus as a monster.
Mutsumi was treated as a guest on the ship and, during this time, came to understand that Hatari was not a villain. However, to buy time, she engaged in activities and played with Hatari on the battleship. Inadvertently, she discovered that the crew on the ship were actually soldiers of the Heller Empire. Learning of their plan to execute Hatari after capturing Joneus, Mutsumi decided to inform Hatari of the truth to thwart their conspiracy. However, when she reunited with Hikari on the ship, she was attacked by the crew in an intense battle and was knocked unconscious.
When Joneus was captured by the battleship, Mutsumi regained consciousness and informed Hatari that he had been deceived by the Heller Empire. She successfully used a firearm to repel the soldiers of the Heller Empire, rescuing Hatari. Before escaping on the shuttle, they released Joneus. With the explosion of the battleship, the crisis involving Joneus came to an end. Mutsumi bid farewell to Hatari along with Hikari.
During an intense battle with Gedon, Mutsumi lost control of Bardy, causing it to rapidly ascend to high altitudes. In the process, she accidentally discovered a spacecraft and realized that Gedon was actually being controlled by this extraterrestrial vessel. Despite Mutsumi's attempts to convey this crucial information to the team, she faced fierce attacks from the Heller Empire, ultimately leading to the destruction of her aircraft.
Even after escaping from Bardy, fragments from the explosion struck her parachute, causing Mutsumi to crash into a thicket, narrowly avoiding a direct impact with the ground. However, she lost consciousness and suffered severe injuries, placing her in critical condition. Witnessing the incident, Hikari rushed to the rescue and administered first aid.
However, the enemy's attacks intensified, leading to the downing of Ulthria. Hikari, believing that staying there wouldn't change anything, left the scene and transformed into Ultraman Joneus, plunging into the intense battle. When Marume and others hurriedly arrived at Mutsumi's side, her heart had already stopped beating. In the midst of everyone's grief, Captain Gondo used a defibrillator to shock Mutsumi, miraculously restarting her heart. However, this also led to the team developing distrust toward Hikari for leaving midway.
As Joneus got involved in the fierce battle once again, Mutsumi, in the hospital room, regained consciousness. Learning that the battle had begun, she attempted to convey through the monitor to Joneus that there was a command ship above the battlefield. Due to the inability to directly communicate with Joneus, her words went unheard. Yet, using the communication device created by Tobe, her instructions successfully reached Joneus, leading to the destruction of Gedon. After this, Hikari avoided the fate of being dismissed, and Mutsumi had a vague sense that Hikari might be Joneus.
While heading to Planet U40 to participate in the final battle, Mutsumi became aware of the reality that Hikari was actually integrated with Joneus. After the team and the Ultra People successfully defeated the Heller Empire in the ultimate confrontation, she, along with other team members, returned to Earth. There, they bid a final farewell to Joneus and Amia, who were about to leave the Earth. 
==Powers and Weapons==
*Medical Training: Mutsumi was a skilled medic before joining the team.
*Painting: Mutsumi is an avid traditionalist painter, using the traditional painting.
*Piloting: Like all members of the team, she is able to operate any of the vehicles in their menagerie.
==Gallery==
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===Miscellaneous===
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== Trivia ==
*In the English dub, her name is Lieutenant Anne Johnson.
*She is the only human female character in the Ultraman Series shown naked onscreen; in episode 39 where she was in the shower. Additionally, Mutsumi holds the dubious honor of being the first heroine of an Ultraman Series with a fanservice scene.
*In contrast to other members of Science Guard Party, her first name is written on Katakana instead of the other way round.
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