Hibiki Shouta

Basic Character description.

Self-introduction.

## Appearance

Basic appearance.

Unit appearance.

## History

Hibiki lived a normal childhood, at least as normal as a household of seven gets. Second born, he was doted on by his older brother and parents, spoiled as a kid. Not long after, his two younger sisters were born and the house only grew more hectic but full of love. Amongst it all, a boy who didn’t look like the rest of them joined the family as well, to which Hibiki soon learned to be an adopted younger brother. Seeing how his sisters weren’t helping him fit in by unnecessarily pestering him, Hibiki took it upon himself to get his new brother used to the family. As such, the two stick together pretty often.

In high school, Hibiki wasn’t very good at socializing, often sticking to himself and what few friends he retained from middle school. Halfway through high school, he impulsively decides to dye his hair white, for one reason to make his younger brother Kanata more comfortable with his appearance, and to try and be more approachable to people. During high school, Hibiki had also picked up sewing and writing his own compositions as a hobby, starting out by designing outfits for his plushies and doing simple environmental compositions for video games. Around this time, he’s started posting his musical work as “hitsujiP”. High school passes by normally, and it never really gets exciting for him until the end of high school and when he begins to go to university.

Hibiki attends a university, majoring in musical composition. There he starts kicking off his music more seriously, composing full-length songs and even going so far as to attempt writing lyrics himself. He gained a bit of attention online from singing his own songs as well, catching the eyes of nebul✬ STUDIOS, leading him to be thrusted into the world of idols… with not a clue as to what he’s doing. But, well, he supposes he’ll manage.

## Relationships

### Family

**Ayane Shouta** (翔太 綾音) : Hibiki's mother. A fashion designer working from home, she often used Hibiki as one of her models as a child. This gave him the memories of being put into dresses and the like, but he’s rather grown used to it. She is his inspiration in picking up sewing. Ayane constantly dotes on Hibiki, teasing him at almost every corner.

**Kazuo Shouta** (翔太 和夫) : Hibiki's father. A freelance composer, though he’s mainly known for his works in musical theater. He is his inspiration in going to school for musical composition.

**Kotone Shouta** (翔太 琴音) : Hibiki’s younger sister. Aged 13, the lesser of two evils. Kotone teams up with Suzune in her schemes, but mostly because she thinks it’s a fun little game to play with Hibiki. She doesn’t actually care too much about his love life like Suzune. Thus, Hibiki can’t hate her that much.

**Suzune Shouta** (翔太 鈴音) : Hibiki’s younger sister. Aged 16, the greater of two evils. Growing up, Suzune always bothered Hibiki about his love life, attempting to play matchmaker with him, since watching so many romance films she thought it would do good on him to have a partner. Hibiki thinks of her as annoying, wishing she would stop trying to pry into it. Suzune has the pleasure of being the only person to make Hibiki actually angry to want to smack her upside the head.

**Hayate Shouta** (翔太 疾風) : Hibiki’s older brother. Aged 24, he’s often not at home, instead traveling overseas due to his job as a photojournalist. Hayate used to dote on Hibiki quite a bit, considering Hibiki was his first younger sibling. Whenever he is home, Hayate brings everyone souvenirs. Despite Hayate always seeming to not be present in his life otherwise, Hibiki looks up to him a lot.

**Kanata Shouta** (翔太 彼方) : Hibiki’s younger brother. Aged 17, he was actually adopted into the family and Hibiki dotes on him quite a bit. Kanata admires him for becoming an idol, and supports him from home. Despite living away from home, the two chat on the phone often to keep tabs on each other. He’s an albino. Kanata aspires to become an idol like him one day.

### campanella.

**Karin Minamoto**: They met at an arcade, and after hitting it off pretty well, Hibiki asked him if he would join his unit. They share a lot of the same interests and hobbies. Hibiki thinks they’re fated to have met because of how well they match up.

### nebul✬ STUDIOS

**Akemi Mibuchi**:

**Akitsu Tsukiuchi**:

**Tsubaki Tsukichi**:

### PARAGON Productions

**Mitsue Amari**: They go to the same university. They frequently exchange information about the best nap spots around town. Hibiki thinks Mitsue is very nice despite how the other acts in front of others. He once had a crush on him, but due to fear, he never confessed and lost to Akemi. Hibiki's happy for him though.

**Seiun**: They met in person during Snowy Winter❄ESCAPE!, situated in the same room. He wanted to become closer friends with her, even going so far as to help her mend her relationship with Mitsue during this time. As hitsujiP, Hibiki looks up to Tsukimi and adores her covers. Many of his own followers on Twitter continues to ask him to perhaps collaborate with her, but he hasn’t entirely had the chance to ask. He still has no idea that there’s a connection between Tsukimi and Seiun.

## Etymology

**Shouta** (翔太): "Shou" (翔), normally read as "kakeru" or "tobu" means "to soar". Ta (太) normally means "fat", but can also mean "great" or "large". Together, Shouta (翔太) means "to soar greatly".

**Hibiki** (響): Means "to echo".