Yoshino Himekawa

Yoshino Himekawa, also known as Hermit, Yosshi and Yoshie, is one of the main characters from the Date A Live series.
== Charactah Account ==
The second Spirit to appear, Yoshino is very shy and relies on her hand puppet Yoshinon to communicate with others. She causes rain to fall whenever she appears, which is part of her ability to control the three states of water. Mainly uses ice attacks though. Shidou seals her powers at the end, and later lives in an apartment specifically built for sealed Spirits.
Yoshino is described as a shy yet kind little child and is far more passive than the other spirits. She possesses two personalities: Yoshino and "Yoshinon". "Yoshinon" is Yoshino's alter ego that appears in the form of a puppet speaking through ventriloquism and was created to help her bear the hardships of being hunted by the AST. Since Yoshinon was created based on Yoshino's ideal hero, the puppet often expresses more of an outgoing and outlandish demeanor when speaking. The Yoshinon personality only exists within the puppet, when the two are separated this personality becomes dormant. This is why Yoshinon doesn't understand what ventriloquism is as the puppet believes it is alive.
At her first appearance, Yoshino is a very shy girl who is unable to articulate full sentences and express herself well, as she lets Yoshinon do the talking for her with its outgoing personality. After Shido sealed her powers, she begins to improve her communication and begins learning to integrate herself into society. Later in the story, Yoshino can converse with Shido without relying on Yoshinon.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Date A Live
* Date A Live II
* Date A Live II: Kurumi Star Festival
* Date A Live III
* Date A Live IV
* Date A Live Movie: Mayuri Judgment
* Date A Live OVA
* Date A Live OVA 2
* Date A Live V
=== Light Novels ===
* Date A Live
* Date A Live Another Route
* Date A Live: Encore
* Date A Live: Material
=== Manga ===
* Date A Live
* Date A Origami
* Date A Party
=== Video Games ===
* Date A Live Twin Edition: Rio Reincarnation
* Date A Live: Arusu Install
* Date A Live: Ren Dystopia
* Date A Live: Rinne Utopia
* Date A Live: Spirit Pledge
* Divine Gate
== Trivia ==
* Yoshino's voice actress, Iori Nomizu, sang the 2nd and 3rd ending themes: Save The World & Save My Heart, as well as being a member of sweet ARMS who sang the opening theme, Date A Live.
* Yoshino made a small cameo in Episode 3 outside the arcade Shidou and Tooka entered.
* Yoshino has the "Four" character in her name. This refers to the fourth Sephira on Kabbalah's Tree of Life: "Kindness”.
* Yoshino's given name also contains the kanji for "string" and the possessive particle.
* Yoshino's surname contains the kanji for "ice", "bud", and "river".
* Yoshino's angel Zadkiel's name means "Righteousness of God."
* The name of Yoshino's Astral Dress is 'El' which means 'God', but also implies "The divine one" or "The mighty one'. The dress's armor mode, Shiryon, translates to "armor" in Hebrew.
* Yoshino's design is based on a "jungle girl" which means a "fairy-like female that lives in the forest".
* In Date A Live Tsunako Art Book SPIRIT, an extra illustration was made detailing Yoshino's appearance in her Inverse Form.
* Yoshino's favorite things are cute hats, and her least favorite are crowded spaces.
* Yoshino's Astral Dress was initially cat-themed rather than rabbit-themed.
* As an anthropomorphic disaster, Yoshino represents cold weather damage to crops.
* While the official date can shift by one day due to the Earth's rotation on its axis, Yoshino's birthday March 20th is usually Vernal Equinox Day (Shunbun no Hi), a public holiday in Japan celebrating the northward equinox.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Yoshino Himekawa at Date A Live Wiki
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Category:Females
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