Kohane Sumireno

**Kohane Sumireno** (Japanese: **スミレノ コハネ** *Sumireno Kohane*; Korean: **코하네** *Kohane*) is one of the main protagonists of *Pastel Stars ☆ Cyber Chase*, and a member of Cyber Chase at Microgaoka.

Kohane's alter ego is **Disco Harmony** (Japanese: **ディスコハーモニー** *Disukohāmonī*; Korean: **디스코 하모니** *Diseuko Hamoni*), or Harmony for short, and her main talent is writing.

## Personality

A first year high school student who is pretty shy and has low self-confidence. When others get to know her better, she slowly opens up, and becomes a cheerful and sweet girl who is passionate about her interests. She adores idol fanfiction, which leads to her dream in writing.

## Appearance

As Kohane, she is a short girl with waist-length blonde hair tied into two ponytails by purple beads, and her hair has purple streaks. She also has lavender colored eyes and freckles on her face. Her casual clothes include a long lavender sweater, light grey jeggings, and lavender shoes. In *Virtual Sweethearts*, her clothes also consist of cherry blossom pink, while she wears a pair of hot pink ribbons. Her twin tails are smaller, letting most of her hair loose.

As Harmony, her hair is let loose with a small bun on the side, and her eyes are a lovely shade of silver. She wears a violet and pastel purple flower-shaped headset, and her cyber style outfit is mainly black, white, and pastel purple.

In *Pastel Stars TV*, Kohane wears a plain pastel violet blouse with fluffy white frills on the collar area. She also has two bubblegum pink ribbons to tie up her ponytails. The cuffs on her arms have frills and she has a white ribbon attached to the back of her bun. She also loses the soft cuffs from her wrists.

## Relationships

### Family

* **Seiji Sumireno:** Kohane's father.
* **Rose Sumireno:** Kohane's mother.
* **Momo Sumireno:** Kohane's younger sibling.

### Friends

* **Hibiki Matsuura:** Hibiki finds Kohane's shy nature adorable and wants to do everything she can to protect her. However, due to her awkwardness, sometimes she is afraid she would say something wrong to her by mistake.
* **Dina Nakamura:** Kohane and Dina appear to both adore idols and magical girls, and Dina always wants to make sure that Kohane is safe. She sees her as a cherry blossom flower due to her delicate nature.
* **Sakura Hanadera:** Kohane and Sakura don't interact as much, but they both dream of becoming idols together. While Kohane writes about them, Sakura would often dance to the music, which inspires her.
* **Felicity Aozora:** Kohane is Felicity's classmate and close friend. She appears to be the only one she refuses to make fun of. Felicity supports Kohane's writing skills, whereas she helps her stay true to her dreams of being a gamer. The two are known as the Rainbow Duo,
* **Ingrid Heartson:** Ingrid and Kohane have the same dream of becoming great heroes. Kohane feels a lot of joy around Ingrid's bubbly outlook, and wants to spend as much time as she could with her as best friends. The two appear to have a lot of things in common too.
* **Tsubomi Kamisato:** Kohane and Tsubomi are both known as the shy cinnamon rolls of the group. Kohane admires how Tsubomi manages to cope with her demons by writing, and the two would hang out sometimes.

### Future Family

* **Felicity Aozora:** Kohane's partner.
* **Yoshio Sumireno:** Kohane's nephew. He admires all the stories she tells him about her adventures as Disco Harmony.

## Disco Harmony

*"The purple flower of creativity! I am Disco Harmony!"*

**Disco Harmony** is Kohane's Cyber Chase alter ego, which she uses in Microgaoka. In order to transform, she needs her Iris Headset to complete the Rhythmic Makeover. Her theme color is purple, and her signature symbol is a flower.

### Attacks

* **Flourishing Diffusion** (solo)
* **Milky Way Petal** (with Neon Estrella)
* **Aura Rising** (group)

## Songs

Kohane's voice actress, Yui Ogura, has participated in many image songs for her character.

### Duet

* **~Rainbow Runners~** (with Ami Koshimizu, Maria Naganawa, Hana Hishikawa, Saori Hayami, and Ayane Sakura)
* **Heavenly HELL** (with Saori Hayami)
* **Cutie Detectives GO!** (with Saori Hayami)
* **Be My Star! Rainbow Runners~** (with Ami Koshimizu, Maria Naganawa, Hana Hishikawa, Saori Hayami, Ayane Sakura, Shunsuke Takeuchi, Rie Kugimiya, Kenji Nojima, Inori Minase, and Sally Amaki)

## Introductory Quote

*“G-Greetings, new friends! My name is Kohane Sumireno… I don’t really talk much at school, but once you get to know me, I love talking about my favorite things. My passion is writing and drawing, and I hope to release my own story one day~ If it wasn’t for Hibiki and the others, I wouldn’t have formed a bond with one of my friends, Felicity-chan. … Looks like I have a battle to complete! It’s been my dream to become a magical girl!"*

## Localized Names

* **Violet** – American English dub (and other various versions)
* **Layla (ليلة)** – Standard Arabic dub (Venus Centre)
* **Xīn Yí (欣怡)** – Cantonese, Mandarin, and Taiwanese dubs
* **Hope** – Dutch dub
* **Penina (פננה)** – Hebrew dub
* **Fiorella** – Italian dub
* **Nadya (Надя)** – Russian dub

## Trivia

* Her theme color's hex code is #C88EFA.
* Kohane struggles with anxiety, which sometimes gives her trust issues.
* She often sleeps with plushies, one of her favorites being a plush rabbit named Fuwa.
* Her favorite food is baked potato, and her favorite dessert is macarons.
	+ Kohane is often nicknamed the potato queen by her friends.
* Kohane can feel lightheaded in extremely hot weather.
* Her favorite game is *Project Sekai*, as it is lead to her love for idols.