Hoshino Ichika/en

: "I wonder if every day will just be the same as always..."
: ―Hoshino Ichika (Original)
: "Just like Miku, I want to connect everyone!"
: ―Hoshino Ichika (Brand New World)
Hoshino Ichika (星乃 一歌) is a second-year student at Miyamasuzaka Girls Academy. She's the guitarist of 
Ichika is childhood friends with her fellow band members.
== Background ==
:"Leo/need's vocalist and guitarist. Seems aloof at first glance, but is friendly and caring when you get to know her. She's known Saki, Honami, and Shiho since they were little, but a certain event drove a wedge between them. Ichika loves listening to Miku songs."
Ever since she was a little child, she loved . Ichika would often sing Miku's songs while playing on the guitar she got from her father.
Ichika is childhood friends with , and , the group even deciding they wanted to form a band together as children. Once Saki became hospitalised, Ichika's relationship with Honami and Shiho slowly grew strained despite Ichika attempting to continue talking with the both of them. Their relationship remained strained until after Saki's return to school and the friend group finally reconciled.
During her first year she was classmates with Saki and in Class 1-C. As of her second year she is now classmates with Honami and in Class 2-A.
== Appearance ==
Ichika has light blue eyes and long straight black hair that she wears down.
=== Original ===
Ichika's unit outfit consisted of a white sleeveless blouse with a leather strap on her right shoulder attached to a black pleated skirt with blue accents, along with a blue jacket wrapped around her waist. She also wore a single black glove on her right hand, with a red, white, and black tie wrapped around her wrist, a pair of leather straps on her right thigh, and black mid-calf boots with black socks.
Ichika's casual outfit consisted of a light gray hoodie jacket with a darker textbox in the middle spelling "CHarGe", she wore it layered over a red and black plaid blouse. She paired this with black denim pants aswell as black and white sneakers.
Her school outfit was the standard Miyamasuzaka Girls Academy uniform, a long sleeve light gray tailor uniform with a red neckerchief.
=== Brand New World ===
Ichika's unit outfit consists of a white button up shirt under an open grey blazer with blue and black accents - her tie is a dark red with dark grey and white stripes. She has a rose-gold metallic star charm hanging from her blazer, matching the color of the blazer buttons. She wears a higher waisted black skirt with a blue trim along the bottom, keeping the double black leather straps on her right thigh from her previous unit outfit and a dark grey pair of combat boots.
Her casual outfit consists of an oversized white t-shirt with a thin red stripe on the right side of her chest and a light blue-grey jacket on top, black leggings, and white sneakers.
== Personality ==
Although she seems stoic at first, Ichika is a kind and caring girl who is always thinking about her friends. According to Honami, she can't always communicate or express herself well. She enjoys listening to Hatsune Miku songs and taking care of cacti.
== Relationships ==
* : One of Ichika's childhood friends, fellow bandmate and classmate in Ichika's first year. Ichika was always there for Saki even when she was hospitalised for long periods of time. The two reformed their band with Honami and Shiho together, after Saki's return. Ichika is glad to see Saki always having fun.
* : One of Ichika's childhood friends, fellow bandmate and classmate in Ichika's second year. Their relationship became strained before Saki's return in the main story, with Honami avoiding Ichika. Their relationship has greatly improved since then and Ichika relies and trusts Honami, whilst Honami feels Ichika has helped her out immensely.
* : One of Ichika's childhood friends and fellow bandmate. Their relationship became strained before Saki's return in the main story, with Shiho purposefully keeping Ichika at a distance. Their relationship has greatly improved since then and Ichika appreciates Shiho's support and guidance, whilst Shiho is grateful for Ichika and admires her Improvement.
* : "Fellow Miku lover. We tell each other when we find a nice song."Project Sekai 3rd Fanbook (translation by tekmixe) Friends, the two sometimes talk about Miku together - being big fans of the VIRTUAL SINGER. 
* : "Classmate from our first year. Haruka is really cute when she's talking about penguins." Friends and classmates during Ichika's first year. 
* : "Shiho's older sister. She dearly loves Shiho." The older sister of Ichika's bandmate Shiho and someone Ichika knew during her childhood. 
* : "Street live senior and 2-A classmate. We're eating lunch together more frequently now, including Honami." Friends and classmates during Ichika's second year. 
* : "Saki's older brother. Kind of a weird person. Always energetic." The older brother of Ichika's bandmate Tenma Saki and someone Ichika knew during her childhood. She finds him a bit loud but seems to appreciate how much he cares for Saki.
* : "Singing coach. Making aroma candles together, giving souvenirs...I'm happy that we're gradually getting closer like this." Friends - Ichika admires Nene's singing voice and strives to sing like her. Nene gives Ichika vocal lessons, due to Ichika asking her to. 
* : "Met thanks to Honami. She becomes a really good reference when it comes to making songs, and I want to talk with her about more stuff." Friends who initially met each other when reaching out for the same Miku CD in a music store, Ichika later lends said CD to Kanade through Mafuyu. Kanade helps Ichika with music composition. 
* : "A senior that took care of me at the class rep committee in my first year. Acted as a bridge between me and Kanade-san. I want to talk about lyrics writing with her more." Ichika's upperclassman who she greatly admires - the two were fellow class representatives during Ichika's first year. Ichika lends a Miku CD to Kanade through Mafuyu.
* : "She's doing circle activities with Kanade-san. She's in charge of the illustrations, and she's good at looking after people." Friends who met whilst Ichika was singing outside the station at Scramble Crossing. Ichika likes the illustrations Ena makes for her groups music videos.
== Trivia ==
* Ichika is one of the five group leaders in the game.
* Ichika is commonly used as the face for the game.
* Ichika was involved in an advertising campaign for Pocari Sweat, a sports drink brand, and appears in the web movies "Nechusho No!No!" and "Tokyo Supply Girl".
* She is a big fan of yakisoba buns, and many interactions with other characters have them surprised of her love of them.
* According to Area Conversation (18), Ichika inherited her guitar from her dad, who was also a musician in his past.
== Navigation ==
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Category:Miyamasuzaka Girls Academy
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