Hoshino Ichika

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> Hoshino Ichika

**Hoshino Ichika** (星乃一歌), *****Hoshino Ichika***** is a second-year student at Miyamasuzaka Girls Academy. She is the vocalist, guitarist, and lyricist of the band Leo/need.

## Background

Leo/need's vocalist and guitarist. Seems aloof at first glance, but is friendly and caring when you get to know her. She's known Saki, Honami, and Shiho since they were little, but a certain event drove a wedge between them. Ichika loves listening to Miku songs.
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Ever since Ichika was a child, she loved Hatsune Miku and her songs. Ichika would often sing Miku's songs while playing the guitar she received from her father.

Ichika, Saki, Honami, and Shiho were friends as children. The group used to stargaze and play music, but after Saki was hospitalized, Ichika's relationships with Honami and Shiho became strained. Ichika still attempted to communicate with the two during middle school, but got little in response. After Saki returns to school and they visit the School SEKAI, the group slowly reunites and forms Le

o/need, named after the meteor shower they watched together as children.

As a first year, Ichika was classmates with Saki and Haruka in 1-C. As a second year, she is classmates with Honami and Kohane in 2-A.

## Appearance

Ichika has icy-blue eyes and long black hair, worn loose and flying about. Her voice is calm and harmonious.

Her original band uniform consists of a black tank top, covered by a white sleeveless blouse, a black skirt with thin blue lining and a blue coat wrap around her waist, and black boots with matching socks. Her accessories consist of a black fingerless glove worn on her right hand, a red ribbon with white diagonal stripes on her gloved hand, and a pair of mini belts on her right thigh.
Her new band uniform heavily resembles a school uniform with a white collared, buttoned up shirt under an unbuttoned grey, black and blue peak lapel, which a star keychain hangs off of. Her tie is dark red, striped white. Her skirt is black with a blue trim. She wears dark grey laced boots, and she keeps her mini belts on her right thigh.

Her casual outfit in her first year consists of a red and obsidian black plaid flannel under a grey hoodie jacket, along with black denim pants and black and white sneakers.
In her second year, it now consists of a long white t-shirt with a small red stripe on the top left, a grey unzipped jacket with its top corners hanging off the ends, as well as black denim pants and white sneakers.

## Personality

Although Ichika seems stoic at first glance, she is a quiet, modest, and kind girl who is always thinking about her friends. Adding to her kind nature, and despite her insistence, she is good at complimenting others. According to Honami, she doesn't always communicate very well.

At the start of Leo/need's main story, Ichika was listless, without much of a passion and was unable to gain the courage to bring her childhood friends back together, often wondering if things would continue this way. After Ichika discovers the School SEKAI, she gradually becomes more courageous and determined to reunite her friends. Once Leo/need is formed, Ichika becomes happier with her friends and more passionate about music to the point where she even asks Nene to teach her how to sing. She also tries performing on the streets to improve her skill. She enjoys spending time with her childhood friends and cherishes them deeply. In Resonating with you, Ichika's passion and determination grows even stronger as she realizes what she truly feels.

Ichika loves Miku's songs and is always listening to them whenever she feels bored and looks at them for reference. She dislikes noisy places; for example, she doesn't enjoy visiting Phoenix Wonderland unless Saki goes with her.

## Etymology

**Hoshino** (星乃): **Hoshi** (星) means "star" and **No** (乃) means "from; possessive particle".

**Ichika** (一歌): **Ichi** (一) means "one" and **Ka** (歌) means "song; singing". Together this means "one song", which she was named because her parents were brought together by a song they both liked.

## Relationships

**Tenma Saki**: Childhood friends and bandmates. Ichika enjoys Saki's happy demeanor and persistent smile, while Saki is glad Ichika is always there for her. Ichika was the one to visit Saki during most of her time in the hospital, outside of her immediate family, which Saki appreciates. Ichika sometimes worries that Saki is overworking herself while trying to experience everything she missed as a preteen. Ichika says that Saki good at cheering people up.

**Mochizuki Honami**: Childhood friends and bandmates. Their relationship strained during middle school due to Honami fearing that interacting with her would cause her classmates to bully her. Ichika says that Honami is always kind to everyone.

**Hinomori Shiho**: Childhood friends and bandmates. Shiho initially did not want to talk to Ichika due to their schoolmates finding Shiho rude and talking badly about her friends. Shiho is very serious about the band and is their harshest critic, but Ichika appreciates her honesty and skill. Ichika says that Shiho has good judgment.

**Hanasato Minori**: Friends following the Singing Among the Cherry Blossoms event. They sometimes have conversations about Miku.

**Kiritani Haruka**: Former classmates, and friends following the Run! Sports Festival! Committee Rush event. At times, Ichika has turned to Haruka for advice, and admires her work ethic that comes from her idol career.

**Azusawa Kohane**: Classmates from 2-A, and friends following the Singing Among the Cherry Blossoms event. Ichika stumbled upon Kohane having a street performance, and gained confidence to perform on the streets after hearing her words.

**Tenma Tsukasa**: Ichika describes him as "good at waking people up."

**Kusanagi Nene**: Friends following the Musical Twilight Parade event. Ichika admires her voice and aspires to sing like her. Nene gives Ichika singing lessons, per the latter's request.

**Yoisaki Kanade**: They once saw each other in passing at the music store, and both thought to themselves that the other had very pretty hair. The two meet again in the same music store in The Warmth of Intersecting Melodies. They interact more in the event Let's Enjoy Together! SpoJoy Park. Ichika also gets advice on composing music from Kanade in Echo My Melody.

**Asahina Mafuyu**: The two were formerly class representatives together. Ichika idolizes and cares for Mafuyu and wishes to interact with her more. In The Warmth of Intersecting Melodies, she lent Kanade the last Miku CD through Mafuyu, and properly meet up with each other later, talking about music. For Mafuyu's birthday, Ichika gifted her Miku cookies.

**Shinonome Ena**: Friends following the Let's Enjoy Together! SpoJoy Park event.

**Hatsune Miku**: VIRTUAL SINGER and friend. Ever since she was little, Ichika has always loved and adored Miku. She often goes to her for advice and takes her words to heart. Ichika has also bought Miku's voicebank at the end of Live with Memories, and started composing music using it.

**Kagamine Rin**: VIRTUAL SINGER and friend.

**Kagamine Len**: VIRTUAL SINGER and friend.

**Megurine Luka**: VIRTUAL SINGER and friend. Like Miku, Ichika looks up to Luka and values what she says.

**MEIKO**: VIRTUAL SINGER and friend.

**KAITO**: VIRTUAL SINGER and friend.

## Navigation

1. ↑ 4koma #8 "My Brother's Image"
2. ↑ Music Shop | Ichika & Kanade (1)
3. ↑ Happy Birthday!! (Mafuyu) Card Story