Hinako Mishuku (real)

## Hinako Mishuku

御宿(ミシュク) 雛子(ヒナコ), *Mishuku Hinako*?

*This is for the real Hinako, for the impostor counterpart, see Hinako Mishuku.*
**Hinako Mishuku** (御宿(ミシュク) 雛子(ヒナコ), *Mishuku Hinako*?) was a middle school student and one of the 20 participants in the Death Game. She died during the First Trial.

## Appearance

The real Hinako had, in contrast with her impostor's long pink hair, short spiky black hair.

She wore the same clothes as her impostor: a middle school sailor-styled uniform. It had a light brown long-sleeved top with a white collar and red ribbon, as well as red buttons and a matching skirt. Her thigh-high socks were also a matching brown with an argyle pattern.

Being a participant of the Death Game, She wore a collar as do all Participants, Dummies, and Floor Masters.

## Personality

In her final moments alive, Hinako thanked Rio Ranger after realizing he had a part in her death, revealing at least some suicidal ideation. And certainly, a lack of motivation to fight for her own survival. She is unexpectedly calm during the entire situation, even as Ranger beat her already hung body, though she may have already expired at that point.

According to the Artbook, Hinako is described to be a timid and negative person.

## History

### Background

Hinako was a middle school student.

According to her Imposter's page spread in the artbook DLC that comes free to those who purchase the game on Steam, the "somewhat traditional and dignified design" of her uniform implies that she may have attended a rather prestigious school.

### The Death Game

Hinako was one of the 20 participants forced into the Death Game. She was paired with Alice Yabusame for her First Trial, which seemed to call back to the infamous Prisoner's dilemma, the way it was set up. Through a voice recording, she was given the choice of either cooperating with someone she could not see or leaving the room in order to ensure her own safety. She chose to stay, whereas her partner did not, and the Trial ended with Hinako being magnetically attached to the ceiling via her collar and hanged to death.

During her final moments, she was taunted by Rio Ranger for her lack of interest or drive in fighting for her life. In fact, she unexpectedly thanked Ranger, which infuriated him. Ranger, who has his own inferiority and jealousy complex toward humans, ends up beating her corpse. So, unlike for the other First Trial victims, he did not take any of her clothes.

She had made a faint connection with Alice, and thus she was considered ineligible to be made a Dummy. As there were 6 remaining participants and only 5 Dummies, this necessitated the recruitment of a human to pose as Hinako.

## Appellations

* Game Participants
* Organization Members

 Q-taro | • Hinako Mishuku  • The real Hinako
 Reko | • Hinako Mishuku  • The real Hinako
 Alice | • Hinako Mishuku  • The real Hinako

 Sou | • Black-haired Hinako

## Trivia

* The kanji that make up her first name are 雛, *hina*?, lit. "chick; doll; used in Hinamatsuri" and 子, *ko*?, lit. "child."
* The kanji that make up her last name are 御, *mi*?, lit. "honorable; beautiful" and 宿, *shuku*?, lit. "inn".
* She had a 1.1% chance of winning the Death Game, making her the second most likely to die besides Shin.
* In the Japanese fandom, her surname has popularly been romanized as Miyado (due to there not being a canon kanji reading as of yet and to distinguish her from her impostor), even on the Wikipedia page.
* Hinako is one of the four Participants to not have any clothes taken by Rio Ranger, the other three being Ranmaru Kageyama, Shunsuke Hayasaka, Megumi Sasahara.