Hikari Hoshino

"*It doesn't matter if you're weak or strong. The only way you can't win is if you don't fight.*"

**Hikari Hoshino** (星野光 *Hoshino Hikari*) also known by her hero name **Lumina** (ルミナ *Rumina*) is a student at U.A. training to become a Pro Hero. She got into the school through official recommendations.

## Appearance

Hikari is a girl of above average height with a fit physique. She has shoulder length straight black hair and purple eyes. At school, she wears the standard Yuuei uniform with black thigh high stockings and a red bow instead of a tie.

Her hero costume consists of a white body-fit long-sleeved top with a large collar and two straps over her shoulders, black shorts and purple, thigh high boots. She also wears light purple gloves and a purple belt.

## Personality

Hikari is a friendly, empathetic girl who cares greatly about others. She has, however, a tendency to care little for herself, often putting the needs and worries of other before her own. Due to being very sickly and frail during her childhood, she hates being treated as incapable or weak, and strongly seeks to prove herself as a strong person.

In battle, Hikari is very confident, but respectul towards her adversaries. She always makes a point to give her all against an opponent that does the same towards her. She grew angry and frustrated at Shouto for not using his full power during their battle as well as against his other opponents, which was only aggravated by the fact that her illness stopped her from defeating him.

Hikari has a somewhat sassy sense of humor, and has been shown to enjoy teasing people. She's also noticeably clever and able to stay level headed in stressful situations, a trait that multiple people have acknowledged her for. When angry, however, Hikari has been described as scary or even terrifying. The traumatic experience of having been a test subject in the Eden Project has left Hikari with emotional scars, most noticeably self depreciating thoughts of being a "manufactured, fake hero" and a fear of hospitals.

## History

Hikari was born with a rare degenerative illness and as such spent most of her childhood in hospitals. She was neighbors with Shoto Todoroki, and the two were close friends until Hikari was permanently hospitalized. At one point during her hospitalization, Hikari was kidnapped by the Eden Project after being identified as a potential sucessful subject. For one year, she, along with many other children, was submitted to painful experiments and exhaustive training in order to artificially enhance her Quirk. Hikari was one of the few survivors of the experiment, and one of the five subjects known as a Level 5, the strongest Quirk enhancements.

Eventually, the Eden headquarters were raided by heroes, and the surviving subjects, including Hikari, rescued. While in the hospital, Hikari had the opportunity to speak with All Might. She confessed that Eden, who had put her and the other subjects through inhuman treatment in order to create strong heroes, had shaken her will to become a hero, since she felt she'd be satisfying their wishes if she became one. All Might then told her that her will was her own, and that if she still wanted to be a hero, she should not let the actions of bad people sway her, and instead, take the best she could out of a terrible experience and use that to become the best hero she could be. He said her pure heart would certainly make her a great hero, and that he'd look forward to the day he could see her become a Pro. This renewed Hikari's motivation, and from then on she strived to become a hero for the sake of those lost in the Eden Project.

## Abilities

### Quirk

**Hard Light** (ハードライト *Hādoraito*): Hikari possesses an Artificially Enhanced Quirk that grants her the ability to solidify and manipulate light particles in her sorroundings. Hikari has shown to be able to use this ability to create light beams that can melt through steel, shields, domes, ropes and platforms. Since Hikari relies on external light, her Quirk is weaker at night, and completely unusable in closed spaces with no light source.

As part of her training, Hikari practice creating many beams at the same time to increase her endurance and shooting them at targets to increase accuracy.

### Super Moves

* **Photon Flare** (フォトンフレア *Fotonfurea*): Hikari hardens a light sphere, then quickly dispels it, releasing a flash of light that blinds all around her.
* **Thousand Star** (サウザンドスター *Sauzandosutā*): Hikari creates several spheres of light around her target, then makes them explode, creating a barrage of light bombs.
* **Silicon Burn** (シリコンバーン *Shirikon Bān*): Hikari shoots a light beam through a silicon card, dispersing the shot into multiple ones.
* **Odin Spear** (オーディンスピア *Ōdinsupia*): Hikari creates an enormous spear of light that explodes upon contact with her target.
* **Starshower** (スターシャワー *Sutāshawā*): Hikari creates several light spheres above herself, which then turn into beams that shoot at her target.

### Stats

Hikari's stats, according to the Official Character Book

## Trivia

* According to her profile in Volume 2, Hikari likes video games and karaoke.
* Her surname, Hoshino, means star 星 (*hoshi*) field 野 (*no*). Her given name, Hikari (光), means light.