The Harmonies
Hatsuki Hikari
- ✦ Age : 16
- ✦ Birthday : April 8th
- ✦ Year : 2nd-year (part of student council)
- ✦ Year : 2nd-year (part of student council)
- ✦ Height : 165cm
- ✦ Pronouns : she/they
- ✦ Personal Pronoun : atashi (私) or boku (僕)
- ✦ Family Members : unnamed dad, mother: Hatsuki Miki(初希 望生), brother: Hatsuki touma(初希 灯守) (deceased)
- ✦ Blood type : O
- ✦ Likes : soy sauce, manga, crane games, retro tech, collecting plushies, writing
- ✦ Dislikes : the government, propaganda music, grapefruit, monotony
- ✦ Magical Alias : Luminary Harmony
- ✦ Musical Talent : piano/keytar, which transforms into a sword
- ✦ Fighting Style : slashing and killing and cutting and a magic space light star friendship love beam
✦Personality:
Hikari has a disciplined but nice public persona at school. In reality, she’s an anxious person who can only be her real self around people she’s close with. She tries to be positive and have hope for the future no matter what. She’s accepting of everyone because she knows how much it hurts to be rejected by others. They’re very protective of their friends, wanting to keep them safe at all costs. Hikari’s guilt makes her feel responsible for not letting anyone get hurt and makes her hate the part of herself that's weak and a coward who wasn’t able to take action for so long. They’re often scared of speaking up or standing up for themselves due to what happened in their childhood. Their lack of communication can easily cause misunderstandings. Despite what happened to her, she still wants to push forward and fight for everyone's freedom.
✦Backstory:
As a child Hikari was very cheerful and tried to take care of everyone. She couldn’t get along with other kids because they found her annoying and overbearing. Her brother wanted to cheer her up, so he offered to teach her how to play piano. Touma wanted her to have something that would make her less lonely, something that would cheer her up. She always loved her brother's music, it was so warm and comforting, she didn’t think she could play something like that. Getting sound out of the keys was magical to her, it became the thing she loved doing the most.
After the music ban she and Touma didn’t want to give up music, so they kept their instruments, playing songs that the government didn’t allow. Touma discovered the underground music scene and began attending concerts, buying illegal CDs as well. He took Hikari with him to see bands perform a few times.
The police found one of the underground music spaces and began tracking down people who came there. When they showed up at Hikari’s house, Touma knew he couldn't get out of it, so he lied to protect Hikari. He tells the police she never went there with him, saying he only went by himself. Hikari saw this happen, and immediately began to block out the world around her. The guilt from him covering for her got twisted into thinking she was the one who got him in trouble. She forgets about him teaching her how to play piano, about him ever playing, but the music is still the only thing that comforts her.
Her parent’s grief consumed them, to the extent they couldn’t take care of Hikari anymore. It was like she was living alone in their house, until she actually became alone.
Hikari became scared of speaking out and taking action, because they’re scared of hurting others. She still detests the government and its control over society, but always found herself unable to do anything to change how things are. In high school, she joins the student council to make sure that there’s someone who looks out for others with authority.
✦ Extra info & Trivia :
- Hatsuki (初希) means first hope and, Hikari (光) means light
- Their biggest pet peeve is not being able to find the end of duct tape
- Her favorite fruit is strawberries
- They have a habit of covering their mouth when they laugh, developed unconsciously because of their peers finding their personality annoying in their childhood
- Her birthday is the day of celebrating buddha’s birth
Inamura Reina
- ✦ Age : 16
- ✦ Birthday : 17 March
- ✦ Year : 2
- ✦ Height : 150 cm or 4’11 ft
- ✦ Pronouns : she/her
- ✦ Personal Pronoun : watashi (私)
- ✦ Family Members : Unnamed Mother, Unnamed Father
- ✦ Blood type : A
- ✦ Likes : Cooking, martial arts, taking naps, advice columns. Her favorite drinks are warm genmaicha and hot chocolate. Her favorite foods are mackerel miso and okonomiyaki.
- ✦ Dislikes : Danger and disorder. Bright lights. Worrying about fashion and makeup. Her least favorite drinks are mint tea and strawberry milk. Her least favorite foods are tonkotsu ramen and steak.
- ✦ Magical Alias : Dream Harmony
- ✦ Musical Talent : Drums. Her drumsticks transform into two tonfa, which could be fused into nunchaku if called for.
- ✦ Fighting Style : Reina’s attack power and fighting style are directly correlated to her self-control and heartbeat’s rhythm. Her mind, heartbeat, and breathing must be in control and level for her to access her greater magical capabilities. When in an “unfocused” state, she is relegated to aggressive, up-close physical attacks with her tonfa. Her martial art style is Yaw-yan. When in a “focused” state, Reina is able to access her magic, though this state leaves her vulnerable, as she has to focus on pacifying her mind and spirit instead of protecting her physical body. When focused, Reina is able to summon a small hand drum. Matching the beat of the hand drum to the heartbeat of someone near her allows her to impart them with status buffs/power ups or status debuffs depending on the target and her intention. Matching the drum with her own heartbeat directs the magic to all targets of her choice in her vicinity rather than just one. She is not able to buff or debuff herself.
✦Personality:
Reina is a quiet and stubborn girl, who isn’t one to speak up unless approached. Her past experiences have led her to highly value safety and security of herself and those she cares for, sometimes at the expense of herself or their feelings. Though Reina laments the state of her society and wants to change it, her obstinate nature and persistent value in safety means that she often is reluctant to take direct action against authority. However, she rebels in her own ways- she trains herself in Yaw-yan, and hosts the illicit radio broadcast Yume Radio, a radio show where she gives advice as well as playing outlawed music. She puts a lot of work into the radio show and broadcasts during the night almost every weekday, leading to her losing a lot of sleep and contributing to her tired demeanor.
✦Backstory:
When Reina was younger (around 9-10 years old, pre-transition), she was close friends with a boy. One day, she and the boy were playing somewhere dangerous and Reina ended up in some sort of life threatening situation… She was injured and incurred some scarring from the incident, while her friend ended up permanently blind. This memory had a lasting effect on her psyche, and is the major reason she’s hesitant to take risks or do dangerous things. In the recovery of the incident, Reina and her friend were inseparable- the sound of Reina’s voice was the only thing that could comfort her friend enough for him to rest and calm down. This was how she discovered her passion for radio and recording. Despite the two’s dependence on each other, her friend’s parents eventually decided that he would be better off if they moved away to get him better treatment, and that his dependance on Reina’s friendship was just unhealthy. Reina’s friend’s family moved him away without any warning to her or message about where they were going- thus, Reina hosts her radio show in the hopes that her voice will someday reach him.
✦ Extra info & Trivia :
- Her surname is built out of the kanji “稲” for rice plant and “村” for village. Her given name is built out of the kanji “麗” meaning beauty and “奈” meaning to deal with or endure.
- Her uncanny sense of rhythm and tempo allows her to time things in her head with terrifying accuracy; she never uses a timer when cooking.
- Reina developed epilepsy in the aftermath of her childhood incident.
- It’s possible she’s also developed narcolepsy, as she displays some symptoms.
Houchuu Niki
- ✦ Age : 15
- ✦ Birthday : September 23 (9/23/10)
- ✦ Year : 1
- ✦ Height : 156cm (5’1’’)
- ✦ Pronouns : they/them
- ✦ Personal Pronoun : Ore-sama (俺様) or ore (俺)
- ✦ Family Members : Mother, Father
- ✦ Blood type : B
- ✦ Likes : Orange soda, sewing, games, manga, anime (mostly fantasy and action types)
- ✦ Dislikes : Schoolwork, boredom, unfairness
- ✦ Magical Alias : Eclipse Harmony
- ✦ Musical Talent : Singing, using a megaphone. Turns into a spear once the head is removed.
- ✦ Fighting Style : Can do a long-ranged attack (Solar blast) by singing through their megaphone, otherwise can jab at enemies from a moderate distance using their spear.
- Their last name ‘Houchuu’ (宝中) means “treasure inside”, and their first name ‘Niki’ (日暉) means “sun's radiance”
- Their full name is also a pun on chuuni (chuunibyou), because houchuu niki lmao
- Their favorite holiday is halloween, they like making elaborate halloween costumes, dressing up for the event, and eating candy.
- ✦ Age : 15
- ✦ Birthday : November 14th (11/14/10)
- ✦ Year : 1st-year
- ✦ Club : Swimming club
- ✦ Height : 154 cm
- ✦ Pronouns : she/her
- ✦ Personal Pronoun : Atashi (アタシ)
- ✦ Family Members : Father (Kishimoto Takumi, 岸本 匠海), Mother (Kishimoto Miharu, 岸本 海美)
- ✦ Blood type : B
- ✦ Likes : The sea, swimming, collecting just about anything, water marbling, upcycling, fashion
- ✦ Dislikes : Winter, philosophy or anything too abstract, boring clothes, silence
- ✦ Magical Alias : Wave Harmony
- ✦ Musical Talent : Guitar made partially out of water and can therefore change shape
- ✦ Fighting Style : Can fight close or long-ranged, either using water as projectiles or shaping her guitar into a weapon. Although she can theoretically use water barriers, she isn't good at wielding her powers defensively. She can only control the shape and speed of her water but cannot change its temperature/state.
- Her last name is made up of the kanji 岸 (shore, bank) and 本 (book, main, true, real)
- Her first name is made up of the kanji 心 (heart, mind, spirit) and 海 (ocean, sea)
- She always feels the need to move, but since that’s not always the done thing, she’s developed a habit of biting her nails
- She has tried everything but bleach to lighten her hair
- She didn’t have that much of an interest in music before starting playing the guitar — she just thought it made her look cool
- Her favorite genre is city pop and synthwave
- ✦ Age : 17
- ✦ Birthday : December 20th
- ✦ Year : 3rd year, student council member
- ✦ Height : 170cm
- ✦ Pronouns : he/him
- ✦ Personal Pronoun : Watashi -> Boku
- ✦ Family Members : Kikuchi Yusei (father), Kikuchi Yuimi (mother), Miyu (robot clone)
- ✦ Blood type : AB
- ✦ Likes : his friends, baking, playing the bass, painting; strawberry mochi
- ✦ Dislikes : business, being put in the spotlight
- ✦ Magical Alias : Winter Harmony
- ✦ Musical Talent : Bass; transforms into a greataxe
- ✦ Fighting Style : Heavy hitter, changes the environment. He can spread ice over the ground. Very showy bc i mean have you SEEN HIM he’s skating around like THAT with a greataxe.
- His last name is made up of the kanji 菊 meaning chrysanthemum and 池 meaning pond.
- His first name is made up of the kanji 友 meaning friend or friendly and 紀 meaning chronicle or written record, but it sounds like 雪 meaning snow.
- His worst nightmare is being isolated and forgotten.
- ✦ Age : 16
- ✦ Birthday : December 11
- ✦ Height : 180 cm / 6 ft
- ✦ Pronouns : she/her
- ✦ Personal Pronoun : watashi・私
- ✦ Family Members : Manbushi Masaji (慢武士政治), Kashou Yuzuki (歌唱優雛希), Jinzou Jiai (人造慈愛), Kairo Nami (回路波音)
- ✦ Likes : Music/art, organizing, nature
- ✦ Dislikes : The Harmonies (lapsed), the various consequences of fame
- ✦ Magical Alias : Bloom Harmony
- ✦ Musical Talent : Electric Violin, bow
- ✦ Fighting Style : She turns her violin into a bow, shooting condensed magical energy in the shape of flowery arrows. By playing her violin, she can also weaponize her hypnotic music that was only available to her by singing in her Idol form. They can be used against robots.
- 咲 means to bloom (saku, saki), 機 is one half of the kanji for machine, kikai, means loom.
- Her last name, 音械 (Onkai), is a variant spelling of the word Onkai (音階) meaning musical scale. Kai is replaced with the second half of the japanese word for machine, 機械. 械 means machine.
- She fulfills the common “Purple Magical Girl” role in many shows in the magical girl genre (specifically Pretty Cure), who are often redeemed villains.
- Her hair curls are called Victory Curls. In her Idol form, they are pointier and sharper, resembling horns. In her Harmony form, they are curved and rounder, resembling a heart in her silhouette.
- She has ball joints
- She has Barbie feet
- Notoriously has weird humor (as in it’s not funny)
✦Personality:
They often act superior to others and drive people away because of this, they seem to live in a world of fiction which comes off as childish and immature. They act like they don’t need any friends, but in reality they feel lonely and don’t know how to make any so it’s easier for them to put on an act to save face. Despite how they act, they feel inferior to others due to their perceived shortcomings and would desperately prefer to fit in. Only if they’re comfortable around others do they show their true personality, which is a cheerful person who loves to ramble about and share the things they like with others. Unfortunately they lag behind in their studies due to missing a lot of school as a child and now having a hard time focusing on their work due to often drifting away into their daydreams and getting easily distracted by anything else that interests them. The only thing they seem to be able to put their mind to is their sewing projects — which they often forgo patterns and conventional styles with to instead make their own creations.
✦Backstory:
Having been diagnosed with bone cancer as a child, they spent most of their time in the hospital and eventually needed their leg amputated to prevent the tumor from spreading further. Since there wasn’t much they could do, they often stared out the window from their hospital room at the stars, read fiction, and played games — yet they felt lonely since their parents had to work overtime to afford Niki’s medical bills. Whenever their parents visited, Niki could see the fatigue on their faces, and felt guilty for having to make them go through that.
Eventually a child of their same age, Kokomi, was hospitalized as well and placed in the same room. Kokomi would talk and play games with Niki all day, which made them feel far less lonely to finally have a friend to talk to. Even after Kokomi was discharged from the hospital, they’d make visits to Nikis hospital room whenever they could, and when Niki got a prosthetic and felt weird compared to others, Kokomi would cheer them up by calling them unique and cool for it, which made them feel a lot better. Eventually Kokomi stopped visiting, which made them figure that she probably got cooler friends and had no use for them anymore.
In order to cope with their renewed isolation, they continued indulging in the world of fiction and made up their own stories to feel better about themselves, which carried over to their highschool years. Due to never developing the necessary social skills, they had a hard time making friends at school, and came off as a weird loner instead — so they felt no choice but to embrace it.
When they joined SEIGYO Highschool and saw Kokomi in their same class getting along and being social with others, they figured their initial suspicions were true and figured Kokomi wouldn’t want to be friends with someone like that, so they avoided her instead to save themselves the embarrassment.
✦ Extra info & Trivia :
Kishimoto Kokomi
✦Personality:
Kokomi is an energetic, bubbly girl, loud and not quite self-aware, she can be unintentionally pushy and struggle view things in a way different than hers. If that can be an issue, she's nonetheless open-minded when she's learned the “other” ways. Despite her appearance and hobbies, she easily makes do with what she has and doesn't care about luxury, in fact preferring to give things a second life. Aside from material possession, she has a bit of a tendency toward melodrama, easily getting bumped or irritated (and in some cases, freaked out) about little things, however she quickly gets back on her feet.
✦Backstory:
Kokomi's father was from a long line of fishermen. Even as intensive fishing kept increasing, her father wanted to keep the tradition alive, as well as more ethical practices. They owned a small fish shop, along with a restaurant that her mother cooked for. Such a small business was hardly profitable, and people preferred to buy from bigger, cheaper chains. For most of her early childhood, Kokomi lived in poverty. In these conditions, she learned to do with what she had and became fairly inventive. She had a very close relationship with her parents. They always tried to make time for her. She always tried to "help" her parents (most of the time, it was just her standing by them). She specifically loved "sneaking" in her father's boat. She never liked fishing, but she loved the ocean. After more important restrictions were put in place, independent businesses like theirs were no longer allowed, and her parents had to work for chains. This significantly increased their salary, but it also meant they had to work even more and especially had to fit in their new company. Kokomi's parents started to spend less and less time with her, as she could no longer tag along. When they were back home, they were exhausted and were slowly robbed of their individuality.
Kokomi hated that and started to rebel a lot. That got her parents in a lot of trouble, so she eventually calmed down, finding more subtle ways to "bypass" standards and still trying to bring joy in her parents life.
✦ Extra info & Trivia :
Kotone Mao
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Kikuchi Yuki
✦Personality:
Likes to be around people, but doesn’t tend to talk much. He particularly doesn’t talk about himself much. He has massive self-esteem issues, and feels under pressure all of the time – he has to be the perfect heir, the perfect student. He’s very loyal and hardworking. He has a hard time expressing himself. A bit of a people-pleaser.
✦Backstory:
Yuki was born to Kikuchi Yusei and his wife Yuimi on the 20th of December, 2008. For the first few years of his life, he lived fairly happily with his parents; a week before his 9th birthday, Yusei started to teach him to play the bass.
On his 9th birthday Yuimi seemingly committed suicide. This deeply affected both Yuki and Yusei.
Yuki began to attend tutoring sessions with Manbushi Masaji around the age of 10. These were supposedly to prepare him for his eventual inheritance of Kikuchi.co.
When he was 14 years old, Yusei promised Yuki’s hand in marriage to Kanari Kasai, a member of a prestigious old money family. They weren’t officially betrothed, but there was a deal made between the families.
Yuki met Hikari through the student council in his second year at SEIGYO high school, and they became fast friends.
Yuki was the second member of the Harmonies after Hikari.
✦ Extra info & Trivia :
Onkai Saki
✦Personality:
Saki is known as the “Cool, Elegant Beauty” of Regis☆3. She is a mild-mannered, polite, over-achieving robot girl. She’s always been different from her sisters, though she doesn’t know why. Not knowing what emotion to express or how much to express it, she usually is reserved and straight faced. She executes commands from her father and boss—Manbushi Masaji—with fierce precision, desperate to gain his approval. For nearly a decade she spent making herself smaller, doing everything she’s asked without complaint, all for her father. Now, after she freed herself from his control, she’s attempting to branch out and see who she can really be.
✦Backstory:
Saki was created by Manbushi Masaji as a tool to spread “the love and honor of their nation” throughout their country through song. She debuted sixteen years ago alongside her idolmates, who she views as sisters. They would bring light to the darkness and keep the populous in line. As they were the one of the few kinds of music that were still allowed and a form of entertainment, they gained mass popularity. They used their hypnotic music to keep people in line and draw in the crowds. She knows she has memories before the fame and glamor — of a much happier time, a family of three. Things are different now, and it seemed to be of no use in remembering those memories. Until now, that is.
✦ Extra info & Trivia :