Honoka Kosaka

Kousaka Honoka is the main protagonist of Love Live!. She is 16 years old and a second year in Otonokizaka High School. She was born on August 3. Honoka has ginger hair with some of it tied up in a side ponytail, and blue eyes. Her main image color is orange, though her outfits are sometimes pink. She is the center of Printemps, a mini idol unit. Her solo album is called "Honnori Honokairo! (ほんのり穂乃果色!)". She is voiced by Nitta Emi.

Background
Honoka's family owns a Japanese sweets shop. She lives at the back of the shop with her mother, father, and little sister. Since she was young, she has been friends with Minami Kotori and she befriended Sonoda Umi after inviting her to a game of hide and seek.

Personality
Honoka is an optimist who is never afraid to take risks. She is always in a good mood and likes to look at the bright side of things. She doesn't enjoy eating red bean paste despite working at her family's shop that sells Japanese sweets. She is determined and once her mind is set on something, nothing can stop her. This is believed to be the driving force behind μ's formation and success.

Clubs and Hobbies
Honoka enjoys swimming and collecting stickers. Her special skill is often finding money on the streets, which she attributes to good luck. She was the leader of the school idol group, μ's, before Rin took the role over. Starting from the second season, she succeeds Eli as Otonokizaka High School's student council president.

Chronology
Season I = Season II =

Trivia

 * Honoka has only untie her side ponytail once in the anime wearing a costume.
 * The various media in the project disagree on the relationships between the second-years. In the manga which was published earlier, Honoka is closer to Umi as the two of them are childhood friends and not Kotori, but in the anime and other newer media, the three of them are all childhood friends.
 * There has also been a Q&A answered in a magazine which stated that Honoka and Kotori are childhood friends because their mothers were also childhood friends, and they've always been living on the same street.

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