Hanayo Koizumi

Hanayo Koizumi is a main character in Love Live!. She was a first year student at Otonokizaka High School until she graduated at the end of Love Live! The School Idol Movie. She is a member of Printemps, a sub-unit under µ's. Her image color is green, though she is also represented with teal and yellow.

Background
Since they were children, Hanayo has been best friends with Rin Hoshizora, who has always said that Hanayo wanted to be an idol as her mother used to be in the past. She lives with her father, mother, grandfather and her grandmother.

Personality
Hanayo is a very shy, quiet character who doesn't normally voice her opinions. She is very reserved and will often let other people make decisions for her because of this. Hanayo is also easily scared. However, she has a very passionate side, and her behavior changes when it comes to school idols and anything related, as she is very enthusiastic about them. She doesn't usually state her desires either, so when she wanted to become an idol she didn't say so for a while and needed a push from both Maki and Rin to become one. Despite her timid nature, she is genuinely sweet and kind-hearted, and is considerate towards her friends and their feelings, similar to Kotori Minami.

Hanayo loves to eat anything, especially rice balls. For that reason, she usually gets upset with her weight, as shown in Season 2 Episode 7.

Clubs and Hobbies
Hanayo is interested in drawing and origami and is obsessed with school idols. She is a caretaker for the school's alpacas, and became the Idol Research Club's president after the third years graduated.

Appearance
Hanayo has a slim figure with short brown hair and dark purple eyes. She also used to wear glasses until she switched to wearing contact lenses during Season 1 Episode 4.

Audio

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Songs
The songs featuring Hanayo are: Solo = Kodoku na Heaven Kodoku no Kairou Nawatobi µ's= Bokura no LIVE Kimi to no LIFE Yuujou No Change Snow halation Baby maybe Koi no Button Natsuiro Egao de 1,2,Jump! Mermaid festa vol.1 Mogyutto "love" de Sekkin Chuu! Aishiteru Banzai! Wonderful Rush Oh,Love&Peace! Bokura wa Ima no Naka de WILD STARS Kitto Seishun ga Kikoeru Kaguya no Shiro de Odoritai START:DASH!! [Korekara no Someday]] Wonder zone Kakumei desu ne? Kamisama! LONELIEST BABY Music S.T.A.R.T!! LOVELESS WORLD Takaramonozu Paradise Live ENDLESS PARADE Koremade no Love Live! Sore wa Bokutachi no Kiseki Datte Datte Aa Mujou Donna Toki mo Zutto COLORFUL VOICE Yume no Tobira SENTIMENTAL StepS Love wing bell Dancing stars on me! KiRa-KiRa Sensation! Happy maker! Soshite Saigo no Page ni wa Shangri-La Shower Ruteshi Kisuki Shiteru Dreamin' Go! Go!! Mi wa µ'sic no Mi Super LOVE=Super LIVE! Angelic Angel SUNNY DAY SONG Bokutachi wa Hitotsu no Hikari HEART to HEART! Arashi no Naka no Koi dakara Korekara MOMENT RING Sayounara e Sayonara! A song for You! You? You!! Natte Shimatta! Printemps = Love marginal Sweet&sweet holiday Pure girls project UNBALANCED LOVE Puwa Puwa-O! Eien Friends Nightingale Love Song CheerDay CheerGirl! MUSEUM de Dou Shitai? WAO-WAO Powerful day! NO EXIT ORION Duo & Trio = Kokuhaku Biyori, desu! Listen to my heart!! After school NAVIGATORS Suki desu ga Suki desu ka? Hello, Hoshi o Kazoete

Chronology
NOTE: Due to its separate continuities, Both the Anime and Manga's stories are not canon to each other unless otherwise specified. Season I = Season II = Manga =

Etymology

 * The name Hanayo means "flower, blossom" (花) (hana) and "light, sun, male" (陽) (yo).
 * Hanayo's surname Koizumi means "small" (小) (ko) and "spring, fountain" (泉) (izumi).

Trivia

 * Hanayo fulfills the pure attribute of the µ's first years.
 * Hanayo occasionally wears glasses, though she rarely uses them. At the beginning of Season 1 Episode 5, she is seen without her glasses and wears contacts.
 * In the anime, Rin is the only known character to address Hanayo as "Kayo-chin". She is also sometimes referred to as "Kayo" by others in other media.
 * "Kayo" is an alternate reading of the kanji in her name.
 * Most notable in Love Live! School idol festival, in which Maki addresses Hanayo as such.
 * In Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS, Kasumi calls Hanayo "Kayoko" or "Hanako" (to match Shizuku's nickname "Shizuko", Rina's nickname "Rinako", and Shioriko's nickname "Shioko").
 * In the audio drama, she was once addressed to be "Kayoppe" by Honoka in Love Live! Tatoeba Konna Love Train audio drama.
 * Love Live! fans also call her "Pana" because a phonetic change happens when "h" comes after "n" during "RinHana", hence "RinPana".
 * Hanayo originally had an older brother.
 * In the Love Live! School idol diary books, Hanayo's mother was previously an idol in training before quitting to marry someone (in that case, Hanayo's father) before her proper debut.
 * Given Hanayo's enthusiasm about rice, fans inferred that this is the only food she ever wants to eat. (whether the rice ball she ate had no filling is unclear.)
 * This was further emphasized in Love Live! The School Idol Movie, as she broke down to tears after eating bread for a few days on her trip to America.
 * Later solidified in one of the School Idol Diary Special Edition chapters where she was shocked after Rin adds curry onto her white rice.
 * However, the unidolized card released on March 5, 2021 for School Idol Festival shows that she eats rice with additional food on it.
 * Hanayo is Ruby Kurosawa's favorite µ's member.
 * Both are first years who fulfill the pure attribute.

Gallery

 * Please refer to this character's Image Gallery.