Amu Hinamori

**Amu Hinamori**, also known as **Joker** and **Amu-chii**, is the main protagonist from the *Shugo Chara!* series.

## **Charactah Account**

Everybody sees Amu Hinamori as a "Cool and Spicy" girl. In reality, however, she's really just a clumsy girl who really has no clue, like the majority of the student population. This changes, however, when she wakes up to find three eggs, each containing a different Character Change, aka an aspect of the personality she wants to be: Ran (Amulet Heart) makes her sporty and athletic, Miki (Amulet Spade) makes her cool and artistic, and Suu (Amulet Clover) makes her sweeter and more domestic. When the Guardians, the school's student council, finds out about this, they invite her into their circle — because she, with three Guardian Characters, has the perfect qualifications for the Joker's Chair.

Amu's favourite food is omelette and her favourite subject is music. However, Amu hates home economics, despite gaining a cooking guardian character. Her favourite colour is red and she likes doing window shopping. Her favourite word is "nakayoshi" which means "having a good relationship between friends." She doesn't like ghosts, or the occult. She wants to have an Ace card and she's not good at Scissors, Paper, Rock. She has her ear to the ground, meaning she can hear people whispering secrets that they don't want heard. This is because she is worried about hearing rumors of herself.

## **Appearance**

### **Anime**

* Shugo Chara!
* Shugo Chara!! Doki
* Shugo Chara! Party!

### **Manga**

* Shugo Chara!
* Shugo Chara-chan!

### **Video Games**

* Nakayoshi All-Stars: Mezase Gakuen Idol
* Shugo Chara! Amu's Rainbow-Colored Character Change
* Shugo Chara! Norinori! Chara na Rhythm
* Shugo Chara! Three Eggs and the Joker in Love!

## **Trivia**

* In Chapter 28, Ikuto Tsukiyomi told Amu he was in high school. In the Japanese school system, Elementary schools consist of six grades (grades one through six), while high school consists of only three grades (grades ten through twelve) and this implies that Ikuto is likely 15-17 years old, thus 4-6 years her senior.
	+ In response, Amu replied that "in spring I'll be a junior high schooler!" Japanese junior high school ages consist of 12-13 in the seventh grade, which is the first year of junior high school. The Japanese school year begins in April and ends in March, with Amu's birthday (September 24) falling in between there. That means about five months after the school year starts, Amu will have already had her next birthday. Also of note is children who have their sixth birthday on or before April 1 enter the first grade of Elementary school of that year. This would mean Amu's age as of spring in the manga would be around 12~13, with her having another birthday not long after. In comparison, Ikuto wouldn't have his next birthday until December 1.
* A running gag in the series is that whenever Amu is overly depressed, her soul will fly out of her mouth and her charas would try and persuade it to go back, which normally succeeds, seeing as Amu is fine in the next scene.
* In Episode 8 of Shugo Chara! Doki (Episode 59), Amu automatically Chara Changes with Ran. This is the only known scene where Ran forces a Chara Change by herself.
* In Episode 7, Amu stated that when she was a kid, she wanted to be a cake decorator.