Hinata Nishimura

**Hinata Nishimura** is a minor character from *Yu-Gi-Oh! RED.* She is Saya Nishimura's older sister, who went missing nine years prior to the beginning of the series. She was originally a member of the now defunct Honors Dorm at Duel Academia, now known as the Abandoned Dorm. Hinata is a spirit seer with very limited powers, and uses a Worm deck.

## Design

### Appearance

Hinata is tall and skinny, but she has a round face very reminiscent of her sister's features. She has fair skin and long dark brown hair falling past her waist, with straight bangs and warm hazel eyes, as well as a scattering of freckles over her nose and cheeks. Hinata tends to dress comfortable, in sweaters and leggings.

### Personality

Hinata is cheerful and a bit of a jokester. She's laid-back, and while not so much the adventurous type, loves to hear about others adventures. She's a chronic tease, and loves banter. Hinata is extremely intelligent and spends a lot of time researching for her own self enjoyment. She is fascinated by magic and wants to learn as much as she can about it. Her time in Dark World, as well as her imprisonment by Armityle, has left some scars, and she is claustrophobic as well as afraid of the dark, having occasional panic attacks.

### Abilities

Hinata is a spirit seer, however, her abilities are limited. She can get a sense that a Shadow is in the room and can feel static when she passes a hand through their spiritual forms, but she can't see them clearly. Later, Saki awakens Hinata's powers to a greater potential, and Hinata can now see and touch spirits while they're in a spiritual form.

### Etymology

Hinata's given name is written 向日葵, a rare kanji spelling that translates to "sunflower." Her surname is written 西沼, from 西 *(west)* and 沼 *(marsh).*

## Biography

### History

Hinata enrolled at Duel Academia at age fifteen, when her sister was seven years old. A natural student, Hinata became one of the top ranked students at Duel Academia, and was quickly inducted into the Honors Dorm for both her grades and her burgeoning powers as noted by Daitokuji and Kagemaru. Hinata studied magic and artifacts along with the other Honors students, and participated in magic tests and research on both her own and her classmate's powers. She was among the Honor students who disappeared during their research, accidentally falling into Dark World during her second year at Duel Academia. She was there for three years, finding shelter among some of the other inhabitants of Dark World. When Judai arrived in Dark World and became the Supreme King, Hinata had to flee from the encroaching armies. She managed to escape, and briefly ran into Yubel while they were possessing Johan Andersen. She was able to escape from Yubel as well, and was then kidnapped by Armityle, after which she was imprisoned in a small bubble dimension that placed her into a deep, dormant sleep for six years.

### Red Days

At the end of Saki and Saya's graduation duel, Saki managed to use the power of World Dragon to break open the bubble dimension Armityle had imprisoned Hinata, releasing her. Hinata woke up for the first time in six years to Saya hugging her.

### Osiris Blues

While recovering from her time in Dark World and her long imprisonment, Hinata remained at Duel Academia with Saya, living in a small house off of the main campus that was once owned by the duel shop manager. Hinata suffered ill effects from her imprisonment, including PTSD from Dark World, extreme fatigue and low energy, and strange attacks, during which she would claim that something was watching her, ostensibly referring to Armityle, who had watched over her while she was dormant. She also had not aged since her kidnapping, appearing to be around nineteen years old rather than her actual twenty-six.

Hinata befriended Saki, wanting to get to know the girl who had helped rescue her. However, Saki's presence seemed to sometimes cause new attacks, where Hinata would be convinced she was imprisoned again and go into hysterics where she no longer knew where she was. Saki crafted a small medallion from her ethereal alchemy during one such attack, that temporarily managed to stabilize Hinata.

Judai attempted to help Hinata heal, but whatever had taken root in her seemed to react badly, nearly killing her any time he tried to heal her. Later, Hinata insisted that he do whatever it took to get rid of whatever was using her as a vessel, no matter what it did to her. She had begun to suspect that Armityle had released her not out of goodwill, but out of a means to plant dark magic into Duel Academia using her as the vessel. Judai reluctantly agreed to her wishes and followed the magic that held her, discovering the growing mass of Armityle.

After Armityle's attempt at growing new forms was thwarted by Judai and Johan, as well as several Osiris Red students, the remains of Armityle's magic dissipated from Hinata, allowing her to retake her true aged form and regain her health. She and Saya decided to leave Duel Academia to travel the world, including visiting their separated parents to tell them the good news of Hinata's return.

## Deck

Hinata's cards have not been specifically seen in universe, however, she has mentioned that she uses a Worm deck. She considers the Worms to be extremely cute, and plays them specifically because of that.