Houou Karin

**Houou Karin** (鳳凰火凛) is the center of Teion International High School's electronic music club in Shibuya area.

## Quote

**Season 1**

"We're gonna start soon! I'm gonna get rusty if I'm not competing against someone!"

**Season 2**

"I asked 'ya to look after them while I'm gone."

## Background

She has been involved in many different forms of media, and she prides herself on her charismatic, popular personality. She also prides herself on her perfect beauty on stage while she gives overwhelming DJ performances, but in her personal life, she can be pretty lazy…

## Appearance

Karin has long white hair with red, yellow, and blue colored streaks. She wears a red lightning shaped hair accessory and a red hairclip with a triangle cut out. Her eyes are blue and red. She wears a red, blue, and white jacket over a black and white shirt with multicolored buttons. She wears an orange and white skirt with black shorts underneath, which she pairs with a red belt. She also wears red headphones. Karin wears mismatched shoes and socks. On her left leg she wears a short orange sock and a red boot with white laces and black accents, while on her right leg she wears a long red sock and a yellow boot with black laces and white accents.

## Personality

### Karin's Stance Toward Other Club Members

Until the middle of the Denonbu novel part 1 Shibuya Edition, Karin believed that the secret of Shibuya's strength is to have the most dangerous enemy nearby and that there is no need for Shibuya's Denonbu club to get along with each other even if Mitsuki and Lucia are team members. One day, however, through a conversation with Reina, Karin realized that her "enemies" are her playmates and that she is searching for them. Karin's attitude toward her teammates may have changed since then, and at the end of Shibuya Edition, she said she would make up for Mitsuki's and Lucia's losses. Therefore, in the 4komas after the novel part 1, we can see the three of them spending time together in a friendly atmosphere.

## Relationships

* Seto Mitsuki: No.2 of Shibuya's Denonbu club. An enemy appears by chance in front of Karin, who was bored because of her strength and lack of enemies. She was originally an excellent classical piano player, but with Karin's tutelage in DJing, she quickly rose to second place behind Karin.
* Taiga Lucia: No.3 of Shibuya's Denonbu club. She is a battle junkie and often wants to fight with Karin. On the other hand, she misses Karin and Mitsuki a lot and does not want to be on another team.
* Hidaka Reina: the center of Akiba's Denonbu club. She is the perfect opponent for Karin, and through the STACK BATTLE, they can improve each other. Karin is concerned about the relationship between the twins, Mitsuki and Reina, and sometimes provides an opportunity for them to talk.
* Haijima Ginka: one of the members of Azabu's Denonbu club. She seems to have a lot of DJ skills in secret, so Karin often tells her to get serious.

## Etymology

* Houou (鳳凰) is the Japanese word for *fènghuáng*, a firebird in Chinese mythology.
* Karin (火凛) can be split into Ka (火), which means "fire", and Rin (凛) which means "dignified".

## Trivia

* Karin was the mascot for ASOBINOTES Online Fes. This means she was first seen (although with different accessories) before her full design was officially revealed in Denonbu.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Denonbu Novel Part 1, Shibuya Edition
2. ↑ Denonbu 4koma and Yuruonbu 4koma
3. ↑ Yuruonbu 4koma Vol.128 and 153

## Houou Karin

* Current
* Season.1

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