Hinata Fukumoto

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Hinata Fukumoto (福本日向, *Fukumoto Hinata*) is the main protagonist of Ikigai Project.

He is a high school honor student who lived an ordinary life until he got into the car crash. The car crash took away both his parents and his legs, and he was rushed to the hospital for 6 months. Everything seems hopeless for him until Mitsuki comes and saves him. So he and his friends go on wacky adventures and yeah.

## History

Hinata grew up in an upper middle class family that was caring and loving, but there was a catch. He was the only child and was raised by his parents to be a successful one.

Hinata was seen to be perfect by his family- perfect grades, he was the definition of perfection. If he worked hard and got good grades, he would be loved and rewarded beyond recognition. He became part of the student council, and he worked hard to get good grades and succeed. That was all ruined by the car accident.

His parents who he held closest were killed in a car accident before his eyes. They were eaten and taken alive by the zombies. And as the zombies took apart his legs with their teeth, he was rushed to the hospital to get an amputation. This changed Hinata forever; instead of *just* being polite, he became colder and more distant than ever before. Inside, he wishes he could love again.

## Appearance

### Ikigai Project

Hinata is a 17-year-old Japanese boy with the average height of 5'9. He has gray hair with bangs and two ahoge (shokakku) that goes down in an S shape. Hinata has light blue eyes. He almost always (except when wearing his uniform) wears a chain necklace that has a green gem (demantoid garnet) attached to it. He wears a lot of bandages on his arms that go just past his elbow.

In Chapter 1, Hinata wears a gray Japanese hospital uniform and sandals. In Chapter 2, he is given a white T-shirt and baggy brown pants. He wears socks and sandals from that point on.

### Post-Ikigai Project

Hinata is now 19 years old. He got a job and wears a white shirt with a purple tie. His hair also grew out a bit in the back.

## Personality

Because of how he was parented, Hinata is shown to be extremely smart and academically and mentally, being at the top of his class, but maybe not so emotionally. He was a part of his school's student council and is highly responsible. Before the incident, Hinata was likely more caring and talkative, and he is very polite.

After the incident, Hinata suffered mental trauma. He became more of a kuudere, and is cold, emotionless, and serious on the outside. On the inside, however, he still keeps his caring nature. He is sensitive to loud noises and can be somewhat friendly at times.

## Relationships

### Mitsuki Sakuma

Even though Mitsuki appears to be attached to Hinata, he doesn't really show any feelings back. However, since Mitsuki is his first friend since the incident, he does care for and trust in her.

In Chapter 5, when Mitsuki sacrificed herself for him, a tear fell from his eye.

### Yuta Shiratori

Hinata was at first indifferent and at times weirded out by how Yuta seemed to get so close to him, although he didn't *really* care. As the story progresses, Hinata's fondness and trusting for Yuta seems to grow stronger, until Yuta betrayed him. In secret, Hinata was hurt, but he didn't have much time to react since his consciousness faded away quickly.

It is heavily implied Yuta had feelings for Hinata; for example, in Chapter 4, Yuta and Hinata (mostly Yuta) agree to come up with a secret sign language so they could communicate in front of others (especially Kuro). Yuta shows Hinata the sign for 'I love you', which he does in the next chapter before knocking Hinata unconscious.

### Hikaru Fujisaki

Initially, Hinata was disturbed yet fascinated by Hikaru's obsession with anime. But he soon began to silently analyze Hikaru's personality and find out that he was just a sweet--admittedly selfish at times--kid who had an obsession. They even slept in the same room.

In Chapter 5, when Hinata is knocked unconscious, Hikaru's seishin is revealed for the first time. His tears fall onto Hinata's body and heal some of his damage.[1]

## Gallery

9/29some older artI'm being held at gunpoint forced to draw and upload this
## Trivia

* His Instagram handle is @hinata\_needssleep. (doesn't actually exist)
* His Japanese voice claim is Totemo Itai Itagaritai by EZFG, covered by TOUYU.
* His English voice claim is Homage by Mild High Club.
* He knows how to play the piano. (His parents made him.)
* He speaks in Tokyo dialect.
* Official playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4auuZRnBuIEH63Eud4U8C6

Last edited 10/25/23