Hinako Nakayama

Birthday- September 13

**Hinako Nakayama** (中山 ひなこ *Nakayama Hinako*) is the main protagonist of the otome game entitled Kenka Bancho Otome and the anime Kenka Bancho: Girl Beats Boys.

## Appearance

Hinako maintains an average build and has short pink cropped hair and dark pink eyes, her whole appearance made her look like a male despite having feminine features. Despite constantly training, she is not that muscular and appears to be thin.

## Personality

Hinako is quite a righteous person with consistent beliefs. She is kind and protective of those she holds dear and often seeks to make friends. She may seem frail and rather weak but when she needs to take action, she does. Although she is quite skilled in combat, she avoids having to fight in hopes of living a normal life as a boy. Despite having been shunned in the past by kids her age because they feared her, she remains hopeful that things will be able to change.

## History

Hinako was born into the Onigashima family with her twin brother Hikaru Onigashima. Due to their father, Isamu's fear of getting her involved in the yakuza war with the Urashima Group, he sent Hinako and her mother to the countryside. Unfortunately, the enemy yakuza went after them and held them hostage, only agreeing to spare them if Isamu gave up his life. Despite agreeing with the conditions, the enemy still attempted to kill him but was saved by Houo's real father, Kaizu Shinya, who died from taking the blow.

The war soon ended and the Urashima Group was caught but Hinako and her mother were nowhere to be found. She was later picked up by the Suzukaze Orphanage as a baby and raised there.

At the orphanage, she becomes friends with Rintarou Kira and learnt martial arts from him in hopes of protecting her fellow orphans who were constantly bullied. After Rintarou was adopted, he gave her a string bracelet and told her to protect everyone in his stead.

## Plot

On the day of her opening ceremony, Hinako bumps into Hikaru Onigashima who feigns being critically injured. She is later forced to attend the opening ceremony in his stead at an all boys school for delinquents called Shishiku Academy or she would be forced to pay his medical fees.

Having given up on her dreams of living a normal high school life as a girl and making friends, she cross dresses and does as she is told.

## Abilities

* **Martial Arts:** Hinako is capable of martial arts and is quite skilled at it. After being taught and trained by Rintarou, she continued to practice and has improved greatly to the point of being recognized as the "bancho" or head of the first years during the opening ceremony. In the manga, she is able to deliver a one-hit K.O. with ease.

## Etymology

* The name **Hinako** is written in hiragana (ひなこ), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (一七子, 光南子, 秀菜子, 雛子, 燈名虹, 瞳菜子, 日夏子, 日向子, 日菜子, 日暖幸, 日奈子, 日捺子, 日南子, 日名子, 日陽子, 日和子, 妃七子, 妃凪子, 妃南子, 披名子, 比菜子, 比直子, 比南子, 緋奈子, 緋名子, 飛菜子, 柊南子, 姫菜子, 百南子, 品子, 陽夏子, 陽向子, 陽菜子, 陽笑子, 陽南子, 陽名菊, 陽和子 or 鄙子), it could possibly mean:
	+ 一七子 - "one" (一) (**hi**), "seven" (七) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 光南子 - "light" (光) (**hi**), "south" (南) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 秀菜子 - "excellent, outstanding" (秀) (**hi**), "vegetables, greens" (菜) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 雛子 - "chick, squab, duckling, doll" (雛) (**hina**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 燈名虹 - "lamp, light" (燈) (**hi**), "name, noted, distinguished, reputation" (名) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 瞳菜子 - "pupil of the eye" (瞳) (**hi**), "vegetables, greens" (菜) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 日夏子 - "sun, day" (日) (**hi**), "summer" (夏) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 日向子 - "sun, day" (日) (**hi**), "yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach" (向) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 日菜子 - "sun, day" (日) (**hi**), "vegetables, greens" (菜) (**na**) and "happiness, good luck" (幸) (**ko**).
	+ 日暖幸 - "sun, day" (日) (**hi**), "warm/warmth" (暖) (**na**) and "happiness, good luck" (幸) (**ko**).
	+ 日奈子 - "sun, day" (日) (**hi**), "apple tree" (奈) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 日捺子 - "sun, day" (日) (**hi**), "press, print/printing, affix a seal, stamp" (捺) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 日南子 - "sun, day" (日) (**hi**), "south" (南) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 日名子 - "sun, day" (日) (**hi**), "name, noted, distinguished, reputation" (名) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 日陽子 - "sun, day" (日) (**hi**), "light, sun, male" (陽) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 日和子 - "sun, day" (日) (**hi**), "harmony, peace" (和) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 妃七子 - "queen, princess" (妃) (**hi**), "seven" (七) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 妃凪子 - "queen, princess" (妃) (**hi**), "calm, lull" (凪) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 妃南子 - "queen, princess" (妃) (**hi**), "south" (南) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 披名子 - "expose, open, show off" (披) (**hi**), "name, noted, distinguished, reputation" (名) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 比菜子 - "ratio, proportion" (比) (**hi**), "vegetables, greens" (菜) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 比直子 - "ratio, proportion" (比) (**hi**), "straight, direct" (直) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 比南子 - "ratio, proportion" (比) (**hi**), "south" (南) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 緋奈子 - "scarlet, dark red" (緋) (**hi**), "apple tree" (奈) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 緋名子 - "scarlet, dark red" (緋) (**hi**), "name, noted, distinguished, reputation" (名) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 飛菜子 - "to fly" (飛) (**hi**), "vegetables, greens" (菜) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 柊南子 - "holly osmanthus" (柊) (**hi**), "south" (南) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 姫菜子 - "princess, young lady of noble birth" (姫) (**hi**), "vegetables, greens" (菜) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 百南子 - "hundred" (百) (**hi**), "south" (南) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 品子 - "goods, article, thing, dignity, counter for meal courses" (品) (**hina**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 陽夏子 - "light, sun, male" (陽) (**hi**), "summer" (夏) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 陽向子 - "light, sun, male" (陽) (**hi**), "yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach" (向) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 陽菜子 - "light, sun, male" (陽) (**hi**), "vegetables, greens" (菜) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 陽笑子 - "light, sun, male" (陽) (**hi**), "laugh" (笑) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 陽南子 - "light, sun, male" (陽) (**hi**), "south" (南) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 陽名菊 - "light, sun, male" (陽) (**hi**), "name, noted, distinguished, reputation" (名) (**na**) and "chrysanthemum" (菊) (**ko**).
	+ 陽和子 - "light, sun, male" (陽) (**hi**), "harmony, peace" (和) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
	+ 鄙子 - "redneck, lowly, the country/the countryside/be countrified" (鄙) (**hina**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
* Hinako's surname **Nakayama** means "middle" (中) (**naka**) and "mountain, hill" (山) (**yama**).