Honami Nishikawa

**Honami Nishikawa** (西川 保奈美, ***Honami Nishikawa***?) is one of the characters available in *THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls* and *THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage*. Her idol type is cool. She is currently unvoiced.

## Bio

### Appearance

===Personality===Honami is a ladylike and friendly young woman. She strives to be the greatest diva and works assiduously as an idol to do so. She had prior experience as an opera singer, so she is confident in her powerful and beautiful voice, one she tries to maintain along with her appearance so she can perform at her very best. People may percieve her as a snob because of her love of opera, but she is far from viewing herself on interests to be superior to others, and has expressed interests in other music genres besides opera.

Honami tends to be the voice of reason in the agency. If she got into any sort of trouble, it's likely not because she started it but rather she got pulled into it. She acts like the mature big sister to many of the younger idols, which she appreciates the children for looking up to her for advice. Because of her maturity, she is often mistaken for being older than she is, with people expressing surprise when she says she is 16. Despite this, she does have a few childish traits, like singing when she's happy or having a competitive streak.

Honami enjoys seeing operas or the Takarakuza in her free time. The stories incorporated into the songs never fail to captivate her, which she truly appreciates, so she pays close attention to them, which resulted in her and mother sharing a collection of recorded performances. Honami's development as an idol has included learning about subjects outside of her opera experience. Singing as an idol is vastly different than singing as an opera performer, but she'd still fall into her old habits while performing.

Honami has always had a dilemna with feeling like the best thing she can do is sing. She had no confidence in her physical strength, her body, or anything but singing, so as being an idol was very different from opera, learning the genre was a huge challenge for her, and made her experience many things Honami hadn't otherwise planned. But through hard work and dedication, she is continually improving her skills, and even her singing becomes better because of it.

Although Honami is an easygoing young woman now, she used to struggle to express her feelings clearly and would often act proud to hide the fact that she had nothing but a desire to sing. She was frequently seen coldly by her peers as a result. Honami is aware of this, and she visits it in her second SSR card, where she plays the Phantom of the Opera. She expresses that she feels jealousy for the stars who were able to shine on the stage she so desperately wanted to be a part of and envious of others who shone just out of reach. But by immersing herself in idol culture, Honami has grown, both as a person and as a skillset, and now on the stage she craved to be on those years ago.

### Relationships

* Honoka Ayase: Friends and unitmates in Pirouette Opera.
* Otoha Umeki & Yukari Mizumoto: Friends and unitmates in Sound of Rain.
* Seika Suzumiya: Friends and unitmates in Bel Canto.
* Mary Cochran: They have a mother-daughter relationship that neither of them will admit to.
* Chiaki Kurokawa: Friends. They have watched some operas together.
* Arisu Tachibana: Arisu looks up to Honoka.

## Trivia

* Honami is one of nine idols in *iDOLM@STER* to be from Hyogo, along with Saya Matsubara, Momoka Sakurai, Mai Fukuyama, Clarice, Koume Shirasaka, Arisu Tachibana, Hayato Akiyama, and Yukihiro Kamiya. Aina Kingetsu from *Idol Incidents* is also from Hyogo.
* Honami always fills out the questionaires after performances.
* Honami's parents have expressed more interest in music since she became an idol.