Hana Shiraishi

**Hana Shiraishi** is one of the main protagonists of *Pastel Stars ♡ Virtual Sweethearts*, and a member of Virtual Sweethearts at Microgaoka.

Hana's alter ego is **Beta Berry** or Berry for short, and her position in the band is lead singer.

## Personality

Hana appears to be really shy and soft-spoken, but she loves to sing and share her love to everyone else. It takes a while for her to open up, but she eventually does. Sometimes Hana can get very excited about the things she loves or hasn't seen in a while, but is quick to keep her composure and often apologizes if she does something wrong. It is hinted that she has social anxiety.

Despite her social anxiety and shyness, Hana is actually very smart deep down, and can come up with clever insults. She also adores singing, and is well known for her sweet voice amongst her friends and family.

## Appearance

Hana is a short girl with blonde slightly curly hair, pale skin, and bright blue eyes. She often wears a white fluffy headband with a pink bow on it. Her right cheek is decorated with two flower tattoos that she uses to transform into Beta Berry.

As Beta Berry, her hair grows longer with a neater wave on it, turning into a bubblegum pink color. Her eyes also become pink, and she gains a big transparent bow on her head, with a gold star in the middle. Her outfit consists of bubblegum pink, white, and black colors.

## Relationships

### Friends

* **Chiharu Asahina:** Chiharu was the first to greet Hana when she first started Kirariatto Academy, and gave her a tour around the school. She also was one of the people she trusted when she told her about her parents' car accident and how she became the principal's daughter. The two are shown to be best friends over the course of time.
* **Matsuko Hoshizora:** One of Hana's best friends and a huge companion for her. They make sure that she is safe at all costs, especially from Karen and her minions. Matsuko does their best to help Hana with her health skills and training so the Virtual Sweethearts would become stronger.
* **Ami Minako:** TBA
* **Yui Minako:** TBA
* **Miraikuru Murasaki:** Miraikuru discovers that Hana is the first magical girl in his timeline, thus he gives her the power to transform into Beta Berry. And in return, she helps him receive his human disguise. After the experience, Hana starts to become more determined to help Miraikuru save his timeline.
* **Hibiki Matsuura:** After defending her from Miku bullying her, Hibiki and Hana somehow click briefly, and she shows her the way to the classroom. It is evident that the two will eventually be the keys to defeating Clocksworth.
* **Ingrid Heartson:** Ingrid and Hana are in the same class together and the two get along really well, as well as Albert. It is possible that they will discover their true identities and agree to help each other stop Clocksworth from destroying friendships.

### Rivals

* **Clocksworth:** TBA
* **DiscConnect:** TBA

## Beta Berry

*“Ready to sing my heart out! Beta Berry, the fairy of flowers!”*

**Beta Berry** is Hana's Virtual Sweethearts alter ego, which she uses in Microgaoka. In order to transform, she needs to press the flower tattoos on her cheek. Her theme color is bubblegum, and her nickname is "Fairy of Flowers".

## Localized Names

* **Alia** (Arabic, Hebrew, Malaysian, Turkish)
* **Amelia** (Danish, German, Norwegian, Swedish)
* **Athena** (Greek, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian)
* **Fiona** (English, Filipino, French, Spanish)
* **Hana** (Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese)
* **Sophie** (Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian)

## Trivia

* Hana owns a teddy bear that she got for her sixth birthday as a present from her older brother, who is an archeologist.
* Before she became a magical girl, her dream was to become an idol like in *Aikatsu!* or *PriPara*.
	+ However, it was revealed in episode 26, that she struggles with stage fright, and wishes to conquer it.
* Hana's favorite dessert is strawberry shortcake.
* She is 152cm tall.
* She enjoys watching *Tokyo Mew Mew*, due to the adorable motif of animal themes in magical girls. Hence her alter ego's name, Beta Berry, was inspired by Mew Strawberry from the show.