Aikawa Hotaru

> "It doesn't matter what they think! I'm me, and I'm not changing for anyone!"
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Aikawa Hotaru (相川 蛍) is a 2nd Year student at Kamiyama Highschool and a member of Diamond Rêverie.

## Background

Hotaru had a normal childhood, he grew up in Shibuya, where he was very close friends with Koizumi Shun. When he was in middle school, he moved to a town in Kanagawa prefecture, where he lives currently. He is the second of three children.

Whilst in middle school, he read a magazine about visual kei, and fell in love with the style. It shapes most of his fashion and music choices. He runs a blog called "Hotaru's Page!!" where he talks about fashion, makeup, music and events in his life. He has quite a large following.

## Appearance

Hotaru has shoulder length, messy red hair in a wolf cut-like style. He has brown eyes and is average height. He often wears dramatic makeup, such as bright lipstick or graphic eyeliner. His natural hair colour is white, but he dyes it to match his family.

### Unit outfit

For his unit outfit, Hotaru wears a black shirt with very long, flowy sleeves. He wears it with a red corset/waistcoat and black trousers tucked into red mid-thigh, heeled boots. He has 2 silver chains that connects to the lapel pins of his waistcoat.

### School Uniform

In school, he wears the basic Kamiyama school uniform (Blue trousers, white shirt and blue/red/white striped tie) and black shoes. Instead of a blazer or cardigan, he wears a dark blue hoodie. His uniform is worn messily, with the shirt not buttoned fully and untucked, and the tie loose.

### Casual

His casual outfit consists of a long, skirt-like garment (which is long in the back and short in the front) worn over a pair of black ripped jeans with fishnet tights underneath. He wears this with a black and white band t-shirt and a black cardigan. He wears a lot more makeup outside of school, with typical vkei style makeup.

## Personality

Hotaru is very laid-back, he doesn't get angry easily. He likes joking with his friends and gets along with everyone. He's very popular among girls at school, due to his romantic prince-like behaviour. He loves the attention he gets, however he never experiences romantic feelings for any girls, as he is gay.

## Etymology

* 相 (Ai) means together, mutual, 川 (Kawa) means stream, river
* 蛍 (Hotaru) means firefly

## Game Interactions

A list of characters Hotaru interacts with in the game.

Uehara Ayumi, Inoue Romain, Koizumi Shun, Hatsune Miku, KAITO, Kagamine Rin, Kagamine Len, MEIKO, Megurine Luka, Arima Yui, Otsuka Akari, Charlotte Chou-Smith, Aikawa Reimu, Shiratori Kaede, Aoyama Hiyori, Sakuma Akisuke

## Relationships

Uehara Ayumi: Hotaru thought Ayumi was a girl at first. Despite Hotaru's apologising, Ayumi will never let him forget about it.

Koizumi Shun: Boyfriends. They've been close since they were very young, and Shun confessed his love for Hotaru in their 1st year of highschool.

Inoue Romain: Hotaru thought that Romain was so cool at first, and begged him to teach him French. Romain found Hotaru very annoying, but the two have become close friends.

Aikawa Reimu: Reimu is Hotaru's younger sibling.

Aoyama Hiyori: The two share the same music and fashion tastes and often talk about it together. They met after Hotaru noticed Hiyori's keychain (which was merchandise of her favourite band).

## Songs

Hotaru is featured in the SEKAI version or has an alternate vocal of the following songs:

* Commissioned Songs
* Cover Songs
* Another Vocal

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## Trivia

* His character image was created with this neka