Hinagiku Katsura (桂ヒナギク, Katsura Hinagiku)
Profile
| Birth date | March 3rd 1989 |
| Blood Type | O |
| Age | 15 and turns 16 with the passage of time |
| Height | 161cm |
| Weight | 45kg |
| Hair Color | Pink |
| Eyes Color | Amber/Yellow |
Personality
| Like | Kendo |
| Dislike | High places, Airplanes, Helicopters |
| Specialty | Masamune, Sword fighting skills |
| Weakness | Acrophobia |
Character History
SPOILERS below: Contains spoilers for the whole series
Hinagiku Katsura is the current student council president, captain of the kendo club, and an unofficial school idol who garners fans from both genders at Hakuou Academy, the school that Nagi, Isumi, Wataru, and eventually Hayate attends. She is now 16 and is an expert with swords, specifically kendo. She is very capable in everything but suffers from a serious case of acrophobia. Although she tries her best at everything, Hinagiku has the same feelings as an average teenage girl.
Before Hinagiku's sixth birthday, she and her sister was abandoned by their biological parents who had left them with a debt of 80 million yen. Following this her sister, Yukiji, managed to pay off the debt albeit through rather dubious means. After that the two of them went to live with the Katsura family, as Mr. Katsura had been Yukiji's elementary school teacher and the two had been very close.
During her first year in Hakuou she met Athena for the first time. Since then they became friends until the time Hinagiku tried to give Athena the nickname "A-tan", sparking bad memories for Athena. Since then they had been distant to each other.
She also has loving feelings towards Hayate but has not confessed yet. During their trip to Mykonos, she revealed to Ayumu that her love for Hayate was love at first sight.
Trivia
− Hinagiku shares the same voice actress as Amanda Werner from Blassreiter, who also has pink hair.
− Has cosplayed as Tenjou Utena fom Revolutionary Gil Utena on several occasions (Hayate no Gotoku! Episode 27 and 28).
− She bears a striking resemblance and appearance to Lacus Clyne from Gundam SEED series, including her skill in singing , the hairpin and more she has pink hair too.
− On episode 12 of Hayate no Gotoku!! Second Season, she sang "The Cruel Angel's Thesis", which is the opening song of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
− Many fans of Hayate no Gotoku insisted that Hinagiku is more suitable to become Hayate's love interest, since they have so many things in common, including their parent's folly of giving them debts that exceeded a million yen. This is also proven in Crunchyroll's forums about this topic, and at the Doughnut gunso's Blog.
− Hinagiku has the ability to fall asleep sitting up, just like Hayate.
− Hinagiku is said to be more masculine then the protagonist Hayate.
− Although it isn't shown in the Second Season of the anime, Hinagiku's pupils are narrow like a feline's.
Other information
Voice Actress
Shizuka Itō (伊藤静, Itō Shizuka) – Japanese
Popularity
Hinagiku has ranked first on all 3 official Hayate no Gotoku popularity polls. On the first popularity contest; Hinagiku ranked 1st with 3728 votes, 2nd place was Maria with 1586 votes. On the second popularity contest; Hinagiku ranked 1st with 4185 votes, Maria ranked 2nd again with 1814 votes. On the third popularity poll; Hinagiku received 4089 votes to rank first, with Athena receiving 2168 votes to rank second.
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