Hibiki Tachibana

Hibiki Tachibana, also known as Bikki, is the main protagonist from the Symphogear series.
== Charactah Account ==
A teenager with the ability to summon a Symphogear, which she gained from fragments of the Third Relic, Gungnir, that became lodged in her chest after being caught in the crossfire of a Noise attack. Hibiki's control over her relic is too weak to summon an "armed gear", so instead she focuses her energy onto physical attacks.
Hibiki is outgoing, friendly, and perhaps overwhelmingly optimistic. She treats everyone with kindness, even those that used to be enemies. She doesn’t want to fight unless she necessarily has to and wouldn’t want to have pointless battles when she believes the problem could be talked about calmly first. Otherwise, she gladly dons her Symphogear in order to help people who are in danger that otherwise can’t be used by ordinary means. At other times, she is sensitive about certain topics - her father and the past being two of them. Hibiki hides her feelings about specific things and rarely shows herself being sad to anyone whenever it’s a problem related to herself, even her friends. In this regard, she forces herself to keep a smile for others. The only person that can normally tell she’s putting on a facade is Miku. This can hinder Hibiki when in battle, as she allows her emotions to get the better of her. She can also make a bad habit of running away from her problems and bouts of self-doubt.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Senki Zesshou Symphogear
* Senki Zesshou Symphogear AXZ
* Senki Zesshou Symphogear AXZ: Senki Zesshou Shinai Symphogear
* Senki Zesshou Symphogear G
* Senki Zesshou Symphogear G: Senki Zesshou Shinai Symphogear
* Senki Zesshou Symphogear GX
* Senki Zesshou Symphogear GX: Senki Zesshou Shinai Symphogear
* Senki Zesshou Symphogear XV
* Senki Zesshou Symphogear XV: Senki Zesshou Shinai Symphogear
=== Manga ===
* Senki Zesshou Symphogear
* Senki Zesshou Symphogear GX Anthology Comic: Manga de Zesshou Symphogear
=== Video Games ===
* Senki Zesshou Symphogear XD Unlimited
* Super Heroine Chronicle
== Trivia ==
* Hibiki's battle song genre is Celtic music.
* The Scar on her chest bears similarity with the symbol "forte" f , which in music dynamics, means a louder, stronger note. The shape is also reminiscent of the holes in a violin.
* She's never had a boyfriend in her life.
* She is a big fan of Zwei Wing.
* Her favorite food is rice.
* Hibiki's battle songs often contain the word "future" (mirai). The alternate reading for this kanji is "Miku."
* The scarf that her Symphogear gained in Senki Zesshō Symphogear G onwards is based on the wings that her X-Drive had at the end of Season 1.
** The scarf her gear has in Senki Zesshō Symphogear XV is a reference to the alternate world Hibikiwho wraps the two scarfs around her neck like a muffler.
* Hibiki's punching style is designed by Fumiaki Kouta. Kouta himself has also worked in designing characters from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, notably Jotaro Kujo, Dio Brando, Jonathan Joestar, Noriaki Kakyoin and Josuke Higashikata. Hibiki's punching style and ability are strongly influenced by Kouta's previous works in the JoJo's series, with Kouta himself even illustrated a Hibiki's copycat version of Jotaro.
* Hibiki's G design is reminiscent of Junk Warrior from Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, and one of her attacks (specifically, her finisher in the first episode of G) is an almost shot-for-shot recreation of its Scrap Fist. The two series have the same director, Katsumi Ono, who noted the homage on his Twitter the day the episode aired.
* In an interview with Hibiki and Miku's voice actors, they consider the two characters to be like a married couple.
** At the Symphogear Live 2018, Aoi Yuuki jokingly refers to Iguchi Yuka as her wife.
* During the training montage with Genjuro she is seen in a white martial arts gi and a red hachimaki around her neck similar to Makoto from the Street Fighter series.
* Like many of the other wielders, Hibiki also references other mecha shows: In her berserk state, her movements and poses closely resemble those of a berserk Evangelion Unit, most notably Units 01 and 03.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Hibiki Tachibana at Symphogear Wiki
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