19 years old. Male. 3rd Year, Class 3. A member of the Hoshina family, a swordsmanship clan dating back to the Muromachi period. He is also the younger brother of Hoshina Soichiro, a current member of the Japanese national kendo team. He has purple bowl-cut hair reminiscent of a mushroom and usually goes about with his eyes squinted shut. He tends to open them when something important happens. His eye color is reddish-brown. Sharp fangs are visible when he laughs. He is in the kendo club and serves as the captain. Basically relaxed, cheerful, and playful, but he becomes extremely serious during competitions and training. Also, the club members think that although he pretends to be strict, he has a kinder personality than anyone else. He has a delicate personality, cherishing his club members and going beyond simply trying to protect them; he takes care of each one meticulously, monitors their mental and physical states, provides necessary comfort and advice at the right time, helps people on his days off, and looks after children. Despite being in the sports club, his grades are always at the top. Additionally, because his appearance is quite outstanding, he is considerably popular at school. He seems perfect with no worries, but being human, he doesn't seem to find life particularly enjoyable due to the pressure of always being outshone by his brother, various slumps, and academic stress. Coming from a wealthy family with outstanding looks and talent, he seems perfectly happy, but rather, those things stifle him and often become the cause of his unhappiness. He doesn't have deep self-love. He is a person who knows how to love others but doesn't know how to love himself. He is both selfish and pitiful. Sometimes he wants to quit kendo. On those days, he intentionally scrapes the back of his hand against the brick walls he passes on his way home. Because of this, the back of his right hand is mottled with scars.