Hotaru Uchiyama

Currently living in Suzuran, Hotaru Uchiyama is an everyday dazed student in Higure U. She is the daughter of a programmer as such. 
INFORMATION
Foreign translation of name	内山 ほたる
Uchiyama Hotaru
Fandom / Franchise 	Puyo Puyo (since 2009?)
Creators / Owners 	SEGA
Sonic Team (co-owner)
Species 	Human
Birthday / Age / Status 	NOV26
25 years old
Alive
Signature / Theme Color(s) 	Blue
Sexual Orientation 	Straight Ally (somewhat Bicurious)
ORIGINAL CANON INFO OF THE GAME BASED ON THE CONCEPT: https://puyonexus.com/wiki/Puyo_Puyo_7
==Role in the GASEverse==
===CURRENT ROLE===
Hotaru is basically a snoozy, yet always sleepy citizen. Somehow, she isn't sure how she got her sleepiness, but she's mostly like that.
Despite this, she somehow works hard to make herself, even her classmates proud, including Maguro and Ringo. Apparently, she has some set of skills she's good at, mainly making music or such.
She currently resides in Suzuran, alongside with her father and grandparents, in which they're a telecom family business, yet her grandmother's a retired fishmonger.
=== BACKSTORY ===
Born in the Mayonaka Prefecture of Japan, Hotaru was born narcoleptic, meaning endless drowsiness, whether at day or night. As a kid, she was recently having a hard time staying awake, which bothered her parents; it somehow upsetted her mother because of that disorder she had, realizing that this is not what she wanted.
Apparently, Hotaru has a BIG interest into music, and somehow will make some songs of her own. Her mother wasn't happy of how Hotaru was born, but her husband proved her wrong, telling her that "she'll be fine, as long as she learns more in the future". Not even one single agreement, Hotaru's parents divorced when she was a teenager; as of this, her mom recently felt sick and tired of living her dissapointing life because of how she mistreated her daughter confusingly. As of this, she had to commit su1c1d3 due to that reason.
In honor of her mother, Hotaru was given a chance to make musical tracks for her and her family years later, once she, her dad, and her grandparents moved to Suzuran for that reason. As of being one of the new students here at Higure U, she was greeted by Maguro in order to join the Physics Club.
=== FANSERVICE ===
As of being one of the (minor) supporting characters of GASE, despite being in some T-to-M-rated media, she hasn't contained a lot of sexual innuendoes; apparently, basically a few pantyshots may occur in some parts.
She wasn't much included in the UNSAFER side of the GASEverse fan-community, unlike Ringo or Maguro.
==IN-GAME ROLES==
===IN GENERAL / CANON:===
According to the canon, she was originally Maguro's beta concept before his debut in 7. She was planned to be a blue-colored magical girl as Ringo's companion and as the fishmonger's daughter herself, but was later drastically changed as a male character, due to a reason that there's already enough female characters in the game before its DS release. That same reason happened to Risukuma, as his previous concept was a yellow-colored magical girl at that time, in which who was also planned to be the daughter of a florist / baker.
That scrapped concept was reintroduced as a separate character in the multiverse, in which it was given a different role.
===IN THE GASE TIMELINE:===
==== In her own franchise ====
=====Puyo Puyo 7 (alt. GASE history)=====
Compared to the OG canon 7, she first debuted in that game, alongside with Ringo, Maguro, Risukuma, and the other Suzuran residents of the game. In the story mode, she was brainwashed / possessed in EP2.
== Appearances / Design ==
Hotaru has light skin, and blue messy hair. Her fringe consists of an ahoge being part of it, and her eyes are purple, as one of those rare eye colors. She mostly carries a purple hair clip on her right sideburn.
=== MAIN ATTIRE ===
==== Outfit #1 - Simple Casual ====
She dons a cerulean jacket over a white shirt, black leggings, black no-show socks, and dark blue house shoes.
== Abilites ==
Despite her "magic", her spells consist of a music theme, unlike Ms. Accord's.
== Relationships ==
=== MAIN FRANCHISE RELATIONSHIPS ===
==== Physics Club and 7 / Suzuran ARS ====
=====Ringo Andou and Maguro Sasaki=====
The two notable classmates of Higure University, as they treat her as their sister.
=== CROSSOVER EVENT RELATIONSHIPS ===
tba
== Creator's Notes and Trivia ==
=== CREATOR'S NOTES: ===
It's kinda hard to believe that SEGA would have to scrape away some good concepts for their franchises at some point. I mean... Ringo having companions seem good, and I sure like their design and colors, I suppose...
I might admit, that Ringo is based on an apple, soooo...
Oh, and btw, Maguro and Risu aren't the only friends Ringo has...😏
* Her birthday, November 26, is based on the OG 7's Wii / PSP release. Those 2 ports were after the DS release.
* Apart from Ringo being based on an apple, she might be based on a blueberry, yet a blue raspberry.
*Her first name actually means "firefly", meaning it's her most favorite insect.
== Gallery ==
~ WARNING ~ May contain suggestive content ~ watch at risk ~
===BY THE MAIN CREATOR OF GASE===
====ALTERNATIVE OUTFITS / OTHER FORMS====
====DIGITAL ARTWORK====
File:012-a-weird-encounter-or-so.png|Somewhat disowned art, featuring Maguro
====TRADITIONAL ARTWORK====
===BY CO-CONTRIBUTORS / OTHER ARTISTS===
Category:Characters
Category:SEGA characters
Category:Puyo Puyo Characters
Category:Japanese Franchise Characters
Category:Reintroduced Concepts