Hanako Yamada

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This page is for the version of Hanako Yamada in 202X Mode. For her Mission Mode counterpart, see Nemesis.

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Hanako Yamada is the ninth upcoming rival and one of the female students that will attend Akademi in Yandere Simulator.^[5]

Appearance

Hanako has fair skin^[6] and black hair tied into pigtails that reach her shoulders with two strands protruding, similar to the first drafts of her appearance. Her bust size is 1.2.

Once she is implemented, she will wear the default school uniform with a red heart hairpin unless customized by the player. It is also known that she will wear special stockings to make herself stand out,^[7] as well as unique panties^[8] that suit her personality.^[9]

Hanako's height is 160cm (5'3").^[10]

Hanako's in-game appearance can be changed to suit her brother's depending on whether the player customizes Senpai. YandereDev plans on doing this.^[11]

Personality

Hanako is Senpai's younger sister. She loves her big brother more than anything in the world and depends on him for almost everything. She is very possessive of him and becomes upset when he won't spend time with her.
After nine weeks of gameplay, Hanako decides that she just can't bear to be enrolled in a different school than her beloved brother, and transfers into his school so that she can be with him all day long.
Hanako is deathly afraid that if her brother gets a girlfriend, he'll forget all about her and refuse to spend time with her. She has made it her mission to stop him from getting a girlfriend at all costs so that nobody else can have her big brother's attention. Senpai would never want to do anything that would make his little sister cry... this would spell doom for anyone who has fallen in love with Senpai.

— Description on Official Website.

Among the Personas that are implemented in the game, Hanako will be Lovestruck.^[12]

She is someone who never uses profanity.^[13]

If Hanako would see another student getting bullied, she'd step in and tell the bullies to stop.^[14]

Hanako is always happy to make more friends, but her childish and overbearing behavior is not for everyone to deal with.^[15]

The only time Hanako's behavior would be "normal" is in formal settings, like a wedding, funeral or a graduation ceremony. Any social setting that isn't formal would have Hanako be energetic and childish.^[16]

She was revealed to be Nemesis in the alternate timeline of Mission Mode after Taro Yamada was assassinated by Ayano Aishi.^[17] She also becomes Nemesis in the Genocide ending timeline after Taro seemly disappears according to YandereDev on a Reddit post. ^[18]

Routine

Hanako will remain in another city and school until the ninth week when she is introduced.^[19]

Since she will always be close to Taro, it is presumed that she will have a similar routine to him. In order to eliminate her, the player will have to find a way to eliminate her during the few moments she is away from her brother.^[20]

If the player fails to eliminate Hanako by Friday, she will force Taro to promise to not get a girlfriend by the Confession Tree.^[21]

Topics

The topics towards Hanako are as follows:

Positive	Negative

Justice Reading Solitude Family Nature	Drama Occult Cats Violence Gossip

Relationships

Family

Her Brother: Main article: Taro Yamada

Hanako does not have a crush on Taro, but she doesn't want him to ignore her. She doesn't lust after her brother, but loves him to the extent that she does not want him to get a girlfriend. She wants all his attention and does not want anyone to divert his attention from her.^[22] She is also extremely clingy, possessive of him, and would never want to leave his side.^[23] If she is killed, Taro's Sanity will greatly decrease.^[24] At the end of Hanako's week, she will force her brother to agree that he'll never get a girlfriend.^[21] According to YandereDev, Hanako heard that the Confession Tree could bound people to be together if said people promised each other to stay forever. She thinks of this as "any promise/wish made under the tree comes true", and will ask her brother to never abandon or leave her.^[25]

Taro asked his sister not to call him "onii-chan" at school because he felt it was too childish. Instead of complying and calling him "onii-san," she chose to address him as "senpai."^[26]

Obviously, Hanako would feel jealous if she saw her brother being hit on by a girl, even if he doesn't reciprocate the girl's advances.^[27]

If she convinces Taro to never get a girlfriend, she will eventually develop into a self-reliant, independent person who wouldn't rely on her brother.^[28]

If Hanako tried to convince her older brother to switch schools, her attempts would not be successful.^[29]

YandereDev says that both Hanako and her older brother do not like cats is due to an allergy.^[30]

Other Family Members

She is not super-attached or protective over her other family members.^[16]

If she was expelled or dropped out because of sever bullying, her parents would demand she moves back to Tokyo.^[31]

Osana Najimi

Main article: Osana Najimi

Hanako and Osana have known each other since they were children and used to play with each other alongside Taro when they were little.^[32] Osana might be the only person that Hanako would be willing to "give" her brother to. Hanako wouldn't really look at Osana as competition, or a threat, or an enemy. Hanako would be very sad if Osana died.^[33]

In the future, YandereDev may add Osana and Hanako talking to each other in the latter's week.^[34]

Other

Her Future Suitor: In the future, Ayano Aishi will be able to matchmake Hanako with her suitor. She will have to make Hanako love the boy even more than she loves her brother.^[35] If she ever got a boyfriend, she would become independent from Taro, and he would be happy for her.^[36] Hanako needs an "older brother figure" in her life, her suitor would be someone who feels like an older brother to her had she developed an attraction to the suitor.^[37]
Oka Ruto: Despite Oka's weird interests and inability to socialize, Hanako would be willing to be friends with her, alongside Amai Odayaka and Asu Rito.^[38]

Trivia

She is two school years behind Taro.^[39]
Her opinion on her brother's relationship with Ayano will depend on how she was eliminated.^[40]
Like her brother, her name is the Japanese equivalent of a "Jane Doe".
- The name "Hanako" (花子) consists of kanji "花" (hana) meaning "Flower", and "子" (ko) meaning "Child", making her name meaning "Flower Child". The kanji "子" can be also switched with the kanji "籠" (ko) meaning "Basket", making her name mean "Flower Basket".
If a week-long cultural festival were to be added into the game, YandereDev has stated that she may be the rival of this week.^[41]
Hanako appeared as a playable mortal in Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals, before its removal from the Steam storefront on September 27th, 2023.
She did not attend the same school as Taro and Osana because her grades were not good enough.^[42]
- YandereDev has stated that Akademi has an entrance exam, and Hanako didn't pass the first few times she applied. She kept applying, though, and eventually passed.^[43]
Her favorite animals are rabbits.^[44] Hanako also owns a pet rabbit,^[45] according to YandereDev in a Discord message^[46] and his March 17th Development Blog Post.^[47]
- Her brother played with and fed her rabbit when they lived together.^[48]
Hanako's original design was a result of YandereDev giving the artist only two words "little sister" and "no other descriptive terms".^[49]
- The summary of the discussion for this design was "a lewd/jailbaity version might make you feel a little less bad about offing her”.^[50]
She watches cute animal videos.^[51] On TV, she watches anime.^[52]
In an email, YandereDev mentioned that if Hanako were not in Japan, she would be wherever her brother would be.^[53]
If she was an influencer, she would post videos about her pet rabbit.^[54]
If someone slapped Hanako, she would start crying.^[55]^[56]
Out of all of the 202X rivals, Hanako ranks #8 in intelligence and general competence.^[57]
When outside of school, Hanako wears casual clothing that leans slightly more toward "cute" than "plain". She would also wear at least one cute accessory per outfit.^[58]