Hikaru/Trivia

## Hikaru

### Motto

* “I’m HIKARU – a vitamin with a healing smile and unique RAP that leaves a strong impact”motto in GP999

## Pre-Debut

* She was part of a rap duo +GANG as a child.
* She was part of the pre-debut lineup for XG, but was eliminated.

## Girls Planet 999

* She introduced herself fully in Korean by memorizing the entire script.
* Her Girls Planet 999 motto was "I'm HIKARU - a vitamin with a healing smile and unique RAP that leaves a strong impact".
* Her hobbies include relaxing in the hot springs.
* Despite her cute looks and demeanour, she much prefers songs with cool concepts.
* Her specialty is eating deliciously and rapping.
* Despite her limited fluency in both languages, she can rap in Korean and English quickly and clearly.
* She claps softly and would do praying signs when stressed.

## General Trivia

* She is the shortest member of Kep1er at 5 feet and 0.8 inches (154.5cm).
* She is shorter than the tallest member by over 5 inches.
* She was not fluent in Korean upon debut, and is a slow writer.
* She is a fan of 2NE1 and CL.
* Her favorite CL song is *HELLO B\*TCHES.*
* She speaks Japanese in dialect, and carries the tonality of the accent into the way she speaks Korean at times..
* She dislikes cheese.
* She has written birthday notes to Xiaoting in Chinese.
* While most Japanese given names are written in Kanji, Hikaru's name has no Kanji equivalent.
* Her name is often translated as "Light" (光) by Chinese fans.
* Hikaru's name means "to shine" or "light."
* She spoiled a section of the WA DA DA choreography during the group's VLIVE on November 8, 2021.
* She is the only member with Type O blood.
* She likes gummy worms and spicy strips.
* With her hip hop style, she likes wearing beanies.
* She cries hard when holding tears in for too long, which causes her to cry even more.
* On her 18th birthday, she wore her prescription glasses on the birthday V Live.
* Because she sleeps early, she'd rather have members wish her a happy birthday after she wakes up in the morning. When Chaehyun and Xiaoting woke her up at midnight, she thought she was late for a schedule, keeping her from falling back asleep for 4 hours.
* She tends to sleep on the couch with TV on.

## Kep1er View

* Episode 1:
	+ Her favorite snack is a particular brand of ramen exclusively sold in Fukuoka, Japan.
	+ She is an only child.
* Episode 2:
	+ She and Dayeon formed a performance sub-group in Party Team because they can't cook. They covered *I Am The Best* by 2NE1, with Hikaru taking the lead in learning choreography.
	+ When cooking, she has decent knife skills, but poor portion control.
* Unaired:
	+ She really dislikes watching scary movies and has trouble sleeping alone after watching them.
	+ She is very physically affectionate.
	+ She would become a cheerleader since she is very impractical and bad at chores.

## Favorites

* **Color(s):** Purple, Yellow
* **Season:** Spring
* **Animal:** Monkey
* **Food(s):** Soboro rice, Yukhoe, Cucumber

## Kep1er DEBUT SHOW

* **Other members' first impression of her:** Brr Rambo, Well-mannered, Likes to sit with her hands in front of her belly button but with good posture.
* **Current impression:** Very Playful and Cute
* **Key talents:** Making up her version of Happy Feet Dance, Eye smile, Big laugh (but has to be genuine as she cannot fake laugh)
* **Legendary videos:** Boombayah, No Excuses
* **Animal Resemblance:** Puppy 🐶
* **Common Phrase:** Thanking Praise, Back (Shortened from "Keep going back/Go to the Back"), Please (very honorific)
* **Common Emoji:** Putting her cheeks next to others while winking, like two Pikachus recharging (she drew takoyaoki (fried octopus) balls).
* **Pentagon ratings (out of 100):**
	+ **Physical Endurance:** 90
	+ **Selfie Ability:** 40
	+ **Easy to Laugh:** 0
	+ **Playfulness:** 90
	+ **Sense of Humor:** 90
	+ **Total (out of 500):** 310

## Idol Human Theater

* She was in Seeker Team with Mashiro and Dayeon.
* She often forgets how to say nine in the native Korean number system.
* When speaking Korean, she often confuses the names of body parts with the names of types of fish.
* She admits that her ability to laugh easily is often a burden.
* She dislikes using towels to wipe her face due to its relative roughness, so she would use a towel to dry every part of her body except her face and uses lots of tissues to wipe it.

## POPKORN

* The entire group would rather have a 5-year-old Hikaru than 5 present-day Hikaru's.
* Most of the group reaffirms that she is the most different on-stage compared to off-stage.
* She often sings the same bits of the song repeatedly at night, even while the others are asleep.

## Weekly Idol

* When the entire group covered The Boys by Girls Generation, she covered Sunny's parts.
	+ Both Hikaru and Sunny are the shortest members of the group and are fluent in Japanese, but it is Hikaru's mother tongue.
* Hikaru is voted as the laziest member because at the beginning, she only acted as the cheerleader when members were busy assembling furniture and cooking.
* She is also voted as the most stubborn member due to her quirky points of view and often adding a lot of flair and pizzazz on simple dance moves, as proven on their first appearance on Weekly Idol where she danced very energetically and seductively when covering Dreams Come True by S.E.S despite still being a minor in Korea.

## Kep1er Zone

* Episode 3
	+ She utilized her small stature to hide inside a small compartment under the counter in one of the food stalls, thus being the only person from either team to last the entire 15 minutes without being found.

## Best Idols

* First impressions of members:
	+ Huening Bahiyyih - Older brother vibe
	+ Dayeon - Dislikes aegyo, scary
	+ Xiaoting - Too beautiful and tall to stand next to her.
	+ Yujin - Slim celebrity
	+ Youngeun - Loud, noisy and energetic, but huge reverse charms on stage like herself.
	+ Yeseo - Baby-like, but performs well on stage.
	+ Chaehyun - Very fair skin, attractive voice.
	+ Mashiro - Not close with each other, very business-like, but very cute when she smiles.

## Queendom 2

* She comforted Dayeon and Yujin after their mistakes during the Pool Party (Rollin' Right Now) performance on Queendom 2.
* She helped Umji in the lead-up to Purr performance in the Dance Team.

## Notes & References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeB7982SJUE
2. ↑ https://youtu.be/jIsaq-BIXLc?t=291