Hanayo Koizumi

Hanayo Koizumi is one of the nine main characters in Love Live!. She is a first-year in Otonokizaka High School. Her image color is green, though she is also represented with teal and yellow. She is a member of Printemps, a sub-unit under µ's.

Background
Hanayo has been friends with Rin Hoshizora since they were children. She has always said she wanted to be an idol. She lives with her father, mother, grandfather, and her grandmother. Hanayo's mother used to be an idol.

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, her personality changes when it comes to school idols, as she is very enthusiastic about them.

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.

Audio

 * Does not work on iPad, or any medium that does not support the .ogg audio format.

Chronology
Season I = Season II = Manga =

Trivia

 * 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 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 happens when "h" comes after "n" during "RinHana", hence "RinPana".
 * Hanayo originally had an older brother.

Gallery

 * Please refer to this character's Image Gallery.